Cholesterol and Bile Acid Synthesis
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| Cholesterol Synthesis Starting materials | Acetyl CoA
NADPH
ATP
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| HMG-CoA reductase | rate limiting step (target of drug therapy)
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| Products of cholesterol synthesis | Cholesterol
NADP+
ADP
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| Location of Cholesterol synthesis | hepatocytes
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| regulated enzyme of cholesterol synthesis | HMG CoA reductase
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| Increasing levels of cholesterol __________ cholesterol synthesis | decreases
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| HMG CoA is active when | dephosphorylated
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| HMG CoA is dephosphorylated with ___________ insulin to glucagon levels. | high
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| HMG CoA is inactivated by ____________ and is then _____________ | Glucagon; phosphorylated
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| Most significant factor in regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis | decreasing HMG CoA reductase synthesis
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| Proteolysis of HMG CoA reductase increases as ____________ | sterol levels rise
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| Which drug class inhibits this enzyme | statins
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| Extrahepatic cholesterol synthesis | occurs under certain pathological conditions
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| Why is cholesterol esterified | regulation
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| where is cholesterol esterified | on lipoprotiens and in cells
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| How does esterification change regulation | cholesterol ester CANNOT regulate HMG CoA reductatse
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| Two enzymes that esterize cholesterol | LCAT (Lecithin)
ACAT (acyl CoA)
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| LCAT | Esterifies cholesterol on lipoprotein that can be transferred from HDL to LDL
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| ACAT | esterifies cholesterol within the cell
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| Extrahepatic cholesterol synthesis | under certain pathological conditions
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| Where are cholesterol esterified/de-esterified in cells? | lipoproteins
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| Esterifcation of cholesterol | changes the properties of cholesterol especially with regard to its control functions
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| LCAT | Lecithin: chelesterol acyl transferase
Esteerifies cholesterol on lipoproteins
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| What is transfered to LDL and HDL | Esterfied cholesterol
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| ACAT | esterfies cholesterol within the cell
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| Cholesterol esterase | reveses LCAT and ACAT esterification
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| Bile Salt Synthesis Location | hepatocytes
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| Starting compounds of Bile Salts | Cholesterol, ATP, NADPH
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| 4 conjugated bile salts | taurocholic
glycocholic
taurochenocholic
glycohenocholic acids
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| Conjugation of bile salts increases ____________ | solubility
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| Solubility enables bile salts to act as | detergents
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| Conjugated bile salts composed of | primary bile salts, cholic acids and chenocholic ascid conjugated to taurine or glycine which are hydrophobic
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| How much bile salts are recycled | > 95%
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| Liver synthesis of bile acid _____ g/day | .2 - .6
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| Amount of bile salts reabsorbed | 12-32 g/day
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| bile removed by feces | .2-.6 g/day
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| Why would we want to decrease bile salt reabsorption | drugs which bind to bile acids prevent their reabsorption to increase cholesterol excretion
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| Cholesterol esterase | reverses LCAT and ACAT by de-esterifying cholesterol
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| Bile Salt Exrection | in feces
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| Primary Bile Salts | chenocholic acid and chlic acid
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| Location of bile acid synthesis | hepatocytes
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| starting compounds of bile acid synthesis | cholesterol
ATP
NADPH
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| Controlled step of bile acid salts | products and substrate!!!!
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| Products of bile acid synthesis | cholic acid and chenocholic acids
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| Conjugated bile salts | primary bile salts bound to hydrophobic taurine or glycine
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| 4 conjugated bile salts | taurocholic
glycocholic
taurochenocholic
glyochenocholic acids
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| Bile Salts recycled | > 95%
12-32 g/day
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| Why would we want to pharmachologically bind drugs to bile acids | to prevent reabsorption to increase cholesterol excretion
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