Lipids 2

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What is steatorrhea?

Excess fat in stool

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What are the two major lipid disorders discussed in this lecture?

Steatorrhea and hyperlipidemias

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What is the function of bile in lipid digestion?

Emulsification

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Where is bile produced?

Liver

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Where is bile stored and released from?

Gallbladder

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What are the products of pancreatic lipase action on TAGs?

2-MAG and 2 fatty acids

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Which enzymes digest short- and medium-chain fatty acids?

Lingual and gastric lipases

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Which fatty acids are hydrolyzed by lingual and gastric lipases?

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What is the product of cholesterol ester digestion?

Cholesterol and fatty acid

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Which enzyme digests cholesterol esters?

Pancreatic esterase

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Which enzyme removes the fatty acid at C2 of phospholipids?

Phospholipase A2

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What is the product of phospholipase A2 action?

Lysophospholipid

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How are short-chain fatty acids transported in blood?

Bound to albumin

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How are medium-chain fatty acids transported in blood?

Bound to albumin

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Which fatty acids enter the portal blood directly?

Short- and medium-chain fatty acids

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Which fatty acids require chylomicrons for transport?

Long-chain fatty acids

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What is required for TAG re-synthesis in enterocytes?

2-MAG and LCFA-CoA

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Which enzyme esterifies cholesterol in enterocytes?

ACAT

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What does ACAT stand for?

Acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase

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Which apolipoprotein is synthesized in enterocytes?

Apo B-48

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Which lipoprotein is formed in intestinal cells?

Chylomicron

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What are the major components of chylomicrons?

TAGs, CE, PL, Apo B-48

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Which apolipoproteins are added to chylomicrons by HDL?

Apo C-II and Apo E

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What causes steatorrhea due to bile deficiency?

Impaired emulsification

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What causes steatorrhea due to pancreatic disease?

Reduced lipid digestion

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What causes steatorrhea due to intestinal disease?

Reduced lipid absorption

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Which lipids are affected by bile deficiency?

TAGs, CE and phospholipids

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Which lipids are affected by pancreatic insufficiency?

TAGs, CE and phospholipids

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Which lipids are affected by absorptive defects?

Fatty acids, cholesterol and lysophospholipids

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What is hyperlipidemia?

Elevated blood lipids

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What is another name for Type I hyperlipoproteinemia?

Chylomicron syndrome

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What enzyme deficiency commonly causes chylomicron syndrome?

Lipoprotein lipase deficiency

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How common is lipoprotein lipase deficiency?

1 in 1,000,000

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What retinal finding is associated with chylomicron syndrome?

Lipaemia retinalis

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What is the main treatment for lipoprotein lipase deficiency?

Low-fat diet

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What fat intake is recommended in LPL deficiency?

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Which triglycerides are supplemented in LPL deficiency?

Medium-chain triglycerides

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Which essential fatty acid should be supplemented in LPL deficiency?

Linoleic acid

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What deficiency can be temporarily treated with fresh plasma?

Apo C-II deficiency

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What is the most common inherited hyperlipidemia?

Familial hypercholesterolemia

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How common is familial hypercholesterolemia?

1 in 500

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Which populations have high rates of familial hypercholesterolemia?

Africans and French Canadians

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What is the primary defect in familial hypercholesterolemia?

LDL receptor mutation

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What is the most common lipid abnormality in familial hypercholesterolemia?

Increased LDL cholesterol

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Name mechanisms causing LDL receptor dysfunction.

Reduced synthesis, Failed Golgi transport, Defective LDL binding, Inadequate expression, Defective receptor recycling

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What tendon lesion is characteristic of familial hypercholesterolemia?

Tendinous xanthomas

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What eye finding is associated with familial hypercholesterolemia?

Corneal arcus

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What causes familial defective ApoB-3500?

ApoB gene mutation

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Which amino acid substitution occurs in familial defective ApoB-3500?

Arginine replaced by glutamine

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Which disease can familial defective ApoB-3500 resemble clinically?

Familial hypercholesterolemia

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How is familial defective ApoB-3500 treated?

Same as familial hypercholesterolemia

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What is another name for familial dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Broad beta disease

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What Fredrickson type is familial dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Type III

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Which apolipoprotein is abnormal in familial dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Apo E

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Which Apo E variant is associated with dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Apo E2

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What is the defect in Apo E2?

Reduced receptor binding

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Which lipoprotein remnants accumulate in dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Chylomicron and VLDL remnants

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What happens to TAG levels in dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Increased

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What happens to total cholesterol in dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Increased

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What happens to HDL levels in dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Decreased

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What happens to LDL levels in dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Decreased

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What is familial hypertriglyceridemia characterized by?

Elevated triglycerides

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What is familial combined hypercholesterolemia characterized by?

Elevated cholesterol and/or triglycerides

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What is the key enzyme deficient in Type I hyperlipoproteinemia?

Lipoprotein lipase

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Which apolipoprotein activates lipoprotein lipase?

Apo C-II

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Which apolipoprotein is essential for chylomicron formation?

Apo B-48

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Which apolipoprotein mediates remnant clearance?

Apo E

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Which receptor is defective in familial hypercholesterolemia?

LDL receptor

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Which lipoprotein is elevated in familial hypercholesterolemia?

LDL

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Which lipoprotein accumulates in chylomicron syndrome?

Chylomicrons

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Which lipoproteins accumulate in dysbetalipoproteinemia?

Chylomicron and VLDL remnants

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Which enzyme is high yield for cholesterol ester formation in enterocytes?

ACAT

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What is the hallmark stool finding of fat malabsorption?

Steatorrhea