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Physiology and Pharmacology of the Liver Flashcards

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Functions of Liver?

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  • Carb metabolism
  • Fat metabolism
  • Protein metabolism
  • Degradation fro insulin, steroid, glucagon & ADH
  • Activation of Vit D to hydroxyvitamin D2
  • Storage Vit A, B12, E, D + K, copper, iron, glycogen
  • Coagulation
  • Synthesis of plasma proteins
  • Protective
  • Detoxification
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Examples of carb etabolism?

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Gluconeogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Glycogenesis
Glycolysis

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3
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What is gluconeogenesis?

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Producing glucose form amino acids

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What is glycogenolysis?

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Release glucose as required

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5
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Glycogenesis?

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To store polymerised glucose as glycogen

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Glycolysis?

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Form pyruvate, thence lactat or acetyl Co-A

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7
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What is involved in fat metabolism?

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  • Processing of chlyomicron remenants
  • Synthesis of lipoproteins & cholesterol
  • Ketogenesis (starvation)
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8
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What is involved in protein metabolism?

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  • Trans and de-amination of amino acids
  • Convert ammonia to urea
  • Synthesis of plasma proteins
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9
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When is bile secreted?

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Between meals

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10
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Where is bile stored?

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Stored and concentrated in gall-bladder

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11
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What happens in regards to bile during a meal?

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Chyme in duodenum stimulates the GB smooth muscle to contract via CCK

  • Sphincter of Oddi opens
  • Bile spurts into duodenum via cystic and common bile ducts
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12
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What does bile consist of?

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Cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids

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13
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What is cholelthiasis?

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Concentration of bile in gall bladder caused by resorption of water- producing a supersaturated solution that is unstable
Cholesterol may crystallise and over time produce gall stones

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14
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What is the best treatment for symptomatic gall stones?

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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What is given to patients with impaired GB function with small-medium sized radiolucent stones? And the drugs adverse affect?

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Ursodeoxycholic acid

Diarrhoea

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16
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What does atropine or GTN relieve?

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Biliary spasm

17
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Bile acid sequesterants?

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Colesevalam
Colestipol
Colestyramine

18
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What do bile acid sequesterants do?

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Bind to bile acids preventing reabsorption

Lower plasma cholesterol indirectly

19
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What are bile acid sequesterants used for? And what are their adverse affects/limitations?

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Used in hyperlipidaemia, cholestatic jaundice and bile acid diarrhoea

-Unpalatable, Causes diarrhoea, reduced absorption of fat soluble vitamins

20
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Where does Phase 1 of drug metabolism occur?

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Right Liver

21
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3 processes in phase 1 of drug metabolism?

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Oxidation
Reduction
Hydrolysis

22
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What is the effect of drug metabolism phase 1?

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Makes drug more polar

Adds chemically reactive group permitting conjugation

23
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Where does phase 2 of drug metabolism occur?

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Left liver

24
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What happens in phase 2 of drug metabolism?

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Conjugation
An endogenous compound is added increasing polarity
Then excreted (some drugs excreted unchanged and don't go through the phases)
25
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What does drug metabolism do?

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Acts to convert patent drugs to more polar metabolites that are not readily reabsorbed by kidney facilitating excretion

26
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What is CYP450? What does it stand for? What does it do?

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Cytochrome P450
Metabolizing enzyme in liver
Paracetamol and other drugs mess this up so liver can’t metabolise (do it’s job)

27
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What does not occur in severe hepatic failure?

What condition is this known as?

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Detoxification of NH3 to urea

Hepatic encephalopathy

28
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What effect does a lack of detoxification of NH3 to urea have?

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Blood NH3 levels rise

Resulting in coma

29
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What do you use in hepatic encephalopathy?

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Lactulose

Converts ammonia to ammonium which is not absorbed/digested in SI

30
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Examples of plasma protein secretions?

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Albumin
Alpha globulins
Beta globulins

31
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What do alpha globulins do?

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Transport lipoproteins, lipids, hormones and bilirubin

32
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What do beta globulins do?

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Transferrin (transports Fe3+, store bound to ferritin)

Fibrinogen (inactive from of fibrin, clotting blood)

33
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What is albumin?

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Most abundant plasma protein

Small, negatively charged, water soluble, liver synthesizes about 14g/day

34
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What do lipoproteins do?

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Transport dietary fats + synthesized fats. Only liver can metabolise and excrete cholesterol

35
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What vitamins does the liver store and for how long?

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Vitamin A- 10 months
Vitamin D- 3 weeks
Vit B12- Few years

36
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What does cholesterol synthesis require?

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C atoms-Acetyl Co-A
Reducing power-NADPH
Energy- ATP

37
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What is the role of HMG-CoA reductase?

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Catalyiss irreversible form of mevalonic acid
Rate limiting enzyme
Statins target this to lower cholesterol

38
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Products form cholesterol?

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Vitamin D- Regulates calcium + phosphorous metabolism
Steroid hormones- Corticosteroids, androgens, estrogens
Bile salts-Main metabolic product of cholesterol

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