Week 2 Flashcards
CHO Digestion in the mouth
Salivary Glands, known as the parotid, sublingual and submandibular, release alpha amylase and water (Salivary amylase) that breakdown Carbohydrates into polysaccharides and disaccharides
CHO Digestion in the Duodenum
Pancreatic Amylase (alpha amylase) hydrolyzes starch to maltose (polysaccharide to disaccharide)
CHO in the Stomach
Moves through Stomach increasing acidity which is neutralized by sodium bicarbonate from the pancreas
CHO Digestion in the epithelium of the SI
Disaccharides converted to monosaccharides by enzymes (lactase, sucrase, maltase) on brush boarder
CHO Absorption
- Sodium- Glucose cotransporter 1 (SGCT1) transports Glucose and Galactose in the enterocyte (Moves 2 sodium with monosaccharide)
- Glucose Transporter 5 transports fructose into the enterocyte
- All monosaccharides transported into capillary of hepatic portal vein by GLUT 2
Protein Digestion in the mouth
Only mechanical digestion of proteins occurs in the mouth
Protein Digestion in the stomach
Pepsinogen is released from cells in the lining of the stomach and converted to its active form (Pepsin) by HCl in the stomach, allowing it to break down the connective tissue around meat. After that other proteases digest the protein 10-20% breaking it down to polypeptides
Protein digestion in the Duodenum
Pancreases releases protease precursors which convert polypeptides into peptides
- Higher pH in this area deactivates pepsin
(E.g. Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Carboxypeptidase)
Protein Digestion in the epithelium of the SI
Peptidases breakdown peptides into amino acids, dipeptides and tripeptides
Absorption of Protein
Active transport facilitated by proteins in brush boarder, which either transport the dipeptides and tripeptides or break them down into amino acids
Fat Digestion and Absorption
- Bile salts surround fatty acids and monoglycerides to form micelles
- Micelles attach to the plasma membranes of intestinal epithelial cells, and the fatty acids and monoglycerides pass by simple diffusion into the intestinal epithelial cells
- Within the intestinal epithelial cell, the fatty acids and monoglycerides are converted to triglycerides; proteins coat the triglycerides to form chylomicrons, which move out of the intestinal epithelial cells by exocytosis
- They chylomicrons enter the lacteals of the intestinal villi and are carried through the lymphatic system to the general circulation
Absorption of small fatty acids
10-12 C can diffuse brush boarder and basolateral surface
Where will absorbed fats go
Through thoracic lymphatic duct to left subclavian vein to enter into circualtion
Fates of absorbed of CHO
- Intestine converts fructose and galactose to glucose before transportation through portal vein to liver
- Glucose can be stored as glycogen or glycerol backbone of TGs in the liver
- Glycerol of triglycerides in adipose tissue
- Enter muscle to be converted to G-6P and stored as glycogen
Glycogen Synthesis
- Glucose to G6P (HK)
- G6P isomerize to G1P (via G6P isomerize)
- Another reaction creates glycoside bond
Why can’t G6P be converted back to glucose in the muscle but can in the liver
Muscle is missing glucose-6-phosphotase and liver has enzyme
Fate of absorbed fats
- Stored as triglycerides in liver and adipose tissue
- Stored in muscle as intramuscular triglycerides (IMTG)
- Enters cells as FFA and glycerol
Esterification
Opposite to Hydrolysis
1. Fatty acyl-CoA, transfer to glycerol
2. Glycerol-3-phosphate
3. +2 fatty acyl-CoA
Fates of absorbed proteins
- Transported to the liver through portal vein
- Converted for storage as Fatty acids or glucose in the liver
- Stored in all other tissues as AA pool used for proteins throughout body
Fuel storage in skeletal muscle
- Skeletal muscle contains significant glycogen stores
- about 300-500g available in leg, 100g in liver, 3g in plasma
- Triglycerides available in fat depots and IMTG dispersed around myofibers (fiber type specific - favour type 1)
How does the storage of water with CHO lead to reduced efficiency?
1g of stored CHO = 3g of water
What is the main problem associated with using fat as a fuel source?
The RATE at which it can be taken up by muscle and oxidized to provide energy
- Can only get up to 60% of VO2 max on fat oxidation
How does ATP production through aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis compare to fat oxidation?
Produces ATP at a faster rate but not more ATP
Anabolic
TO BUILD UP
- Requires energy
- E.g. Making glycogen, triglycerides, proteins