Quiz 4 Flashcards
Nascent chylomicron
- where is it formed?
- what does it consist of?
- how does it undergo maturation?
- Formed in the intestinal epithelium
- Consists of
- TGs
- cholesterol esters
- phospholipids
- Apo B48 (truncated ApoB100) -> does NOT bind to LDLr - Maturation
- released into lymph -> blood stream
- picks up ApoE, ApoCII, and ApoCIII from HDL
- apoCIII blocks ApoE binding site
How do TGs get into adipocytes and muscle cells? Describe the mech
Binding of ApoCII with LPL found on endothelial cells
LPL secreted by tissues in response to insulin
TGs -> broken down into 3 FAs + glycerol -> FAs taken up by tissue and glycerol taken up by liver
What is the fx of hepatic lipase?
Digestion of chylomicron remnant
Nascent VLDL
- where is it made?
- what does it consist of?
- what happens to it?
Made in the liver
Consists of
- endogenous TG + TG from chylomicron remnant
- endogenous cholesterol + cholesterol esters
- phospholipids
- apoB100
Picks up ApoE, ApoCII and ApoCIII from HDL -> bind to LPL -> releases FFAs -> becomes IDL
What are the 2 fates of IDL particles?
- Endocytosed by liver (ApoE mediated) -> recycled to VLDL
2. Further digested by LPL -> becomes LDL -> delivers cholesterol esters to cells through endocytosis
HDL related enzymes/proteins
- ABC-1
- LCAT
- CETP (include disadvantage)
What is a major role of HDL?
ABC-1 - transporting cholesterol from cell to HDL
-helps get cholesterol across plasma membrane
LCAT - Forms cholesterol ester
-activated by ApoA-I
CETP - exchanges cholesterol for TGs from
-can promote atheresclerotic disease -> cholesterol uptake by tunica intima of arteries -> oxidation
HDL -> carry cholesterol back to the liver
-SRB-1r on liver binds to HDL -> internalization -> recycling of cholesterol
What mediates LDL endocytosis by cells?
Presence of ApoB100 -> binds to LDLr
Describe the sxs of LPL deficiency w/ regards to
- chylomicrons
- LDL
- VLDL
What other deficiency shows the same sxs
- chylomicrons -> elevated
- LDL -> low
- VLDL -> normal
ApoCII deficiency = same sxs
Hepatic lipase def leads to?
Hypertriglyceridemia
-inc duration of LDL and HDL in circulation
How does the chylomicron remnant get into hepatocytes
ApoE -> binds to LDLr and LRP
ApoB48 -> bind to LRP
ABSORPTIVE ENDOCYTOSIS
If there is an excess of cholesterol, which enzyme promotes storage?
aCAT -> Stimulate production of reesterification to form cholesterol esters (storage form)
What allows LDL to fall of the LDLr in the endosome?
-dec in pH which is sensed by the EGF region -> dissociates the receptor from the particle
How can we inc HDL levels?
- exercise
2. Alcohol
SR-B1
- where is it found?
- what role does it play?
Found on hepatocytes
Allows for uptake of HDL-2
Role of scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis
UNREGULATED uptake of oxidized LDL by macrophages
-receptors are NOT downregulated
Product and substrate for HMG-CoA reductase
Substrate - HMG-CoA
Production - Mavalonate
Describe the hypothesis for muscle pain associated with statins
Reduction in CoQ10 (ubiquinone) due to decrease in Farnasyl PP
Protein prenylation requires which 2 intermediates of the cholesterol synthesis pathway
GPP and FPP
HMG-CoA reductase activity regulation
- what increase
- what decreases
What controls rate of synthesis?
- Insulin -> inc activity by blocking adenyl cyclase
- Glucagon and AMP dependent phosphorylation -> decreased activity
- the phosphorylated form of HMG-CoA reductase in INACTIVE
Rate of synthesis -> SREBP (Sterol levels)
Tangier disease
- defect
- inheritance
- pathognomonic signs
- presentation
- defect in ABCA1
- autosomal recessive
- orange tonsils
Presentation
- inc level of immature HDL (reduced HDL)
- inc cellular level of cholesterol esters
- inc atherosclerosis risk
LCAT deficiency
- observed effects
- risk of atherosclerosis?
Observed
- reduced HDL and LDL
- inc phospholipids
No inc in atherosclerosis
Abetalipoproteinemia
- defect
- effects
Defect -> MTP
-needed for chylomicron (ApoB48) and VLDL (apoB100) synthesis
Effect
- low chylomicron and VLDL levels
- reduced absorption of dietary fats and fat soluble vitamins
Defect in LDL bind to LDLr effects
Defective LDLr -> familial hypercholesterolemia
- achilles tendon xanthoma
- corneal arcus
-increase serum cholesterol due to inc in serum LDL levels
Hepatic lipase deficiency effects
Triglyceride rich HDL and LDL
Dysbetalipoproteinemia
- defect
- effects
-apo E2 isoform -> doesn’t bind to LDLr properly
Effects
- elevation of chylomicron and VLDL remnants
- elevated blood levels of TGs and cholesterol
Fx of PCSK9? implications in controlling cholesterol
Binds to LDL + LDLr complex and PREVENTS recycling of the receptor back to the membrane
mAb against PCSK9 dramatically lowers LDL levels
What is the tetrad for metabolic syndrome?
- Impaired glucose regulation/insulin resistance
- fasting glucose > 100 - Abdominal obesity
- High BP
> 130/85 - Hyperlipidemia (
- High TGs > 150
- Low HDL < 40 in men and < 50 in women
BMI
- obese
- pre-obese
OBESE > 30
Pre-OBESE = 25-30
kg/m^2
Summarize relationship between obesity and atherosclerosis
Hint: discuss the effects on increasing BMI
Inc BMI -> inc TNF-alpha
Inc TNF-alpha -> inc serum FFAs
- inc activity of HSL
- dec activity of LPL
Inc TNF-alpha -> inc IL-6
- dec in LPL
- in the liver:
- > inc TG synthesis -> inc VLDL
VLDL is atherosclerotic
Summary - obesity related hypertriglyceridemia due to:
- inc synthesis of TG and secretion of VLDL (IL-6)
- dec in LPL activity (TNF-alpha + IL-6)
- inc in HSL activity (TNF-alpha)
THIS IS EFFECT IS MOSTLY DUE TO ABDOMINAL (OMENTAL) FAT -> acts more like an endocrine system
Summarize the relationship b/w obesity and insulin resistance (diabetes)
hint: 2 mechanisms stemming from same primary problem
Insulin resistance due to INCREASED serum FFAs in basal state leading HIGH levels of insulin (poorly regulated) -> downregulation of insulin receptors
- Dec uptake of glucose by muscle -> inc gluconeogenesis using the FFAs
- inc levels of circulating glucose -> inc insulin secretion
- dec uptake of insulin by the liver - Inc FFA -> take up by pancreas -> buildup of acetyl-CoA -> conversion of pyruvate to OAA -> INC levels of NADPH -> inc insulin release
- pancreas becomes insensitive to glucose
- downregulation of insulin receptors (downstream effects)
- exhaustion of beta cells in the pancreas
3 categories of afib etiology
- Conditions that stretch the atria
- conditions that irritate the atria
- metabolic abnormalities
- thyrotoxicosis
- Alcohol
- Sympathomimetics, theophylline
- hypoxia
In general, where do the drugs used to control ventricular rate in afib act? Give some examples
AV node
- digoxin
- diltizem
- beta blocker
- amiodarone
Drug used to cardiovert in afib
Ibutilide
- given IV
- can cause vfib
Features which favor return of NSR
- Reversible precipitating cause
- Short duration of atrial fibrillation
- Limited left atrial enlargement (LA <5 cm by echo)
Best drug to maintain NSR in afib
Amiodarone
T/F - VF NOT associated w/ acute MI or reversible metabolic/drug cause has a high risk of recurrence
TRUE!!!
-30% w/ in 1 year
tx of choice for patients resuscitated from VT/VF?
Implantable cardioverter/defib
What’s the cutoff at which an aortic aneurysm has risk of leaking and should be txed?
5 cm