Lecture 19/20: The Energy Distribution System Flashcards

1
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What is the medium of energy exchange in the cell?

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Adenosine Triphosphate

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2
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How is ATP used in coupling reactions?

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  • fatty acid or amino acid oxidation
  • coupling reactions are not efficient, 60% energy released lost as heat
  • 40% used for biological work
  • break phosphate bond to release energy
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3
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What metabolism provides most atp?

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  • glucose and fatty acid metabolism

- little from amino acids

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4
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What is NADH and FADH2?

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  • reducing agents produced by glycolysis, beta oxidation and kerb’s cycle
  • supply protons and electron to ETC, where majority of ATP made
  • actas fuel
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5
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Where is ATP made?

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  • some in glycolysis and kerbs cycle

- majority in ETC

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6
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How is ATP produced anaerobically

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  • no O2
  • sometimes in muscle
  • generated by phosphocreatine degradation (ATP buffer)
  • ATP –> ADP + Pi
    PCr + ADP + H+ –> ATP + Cr
    (allows atp to be reproduced, donates phosphate group)
  • glycolysis, end product is lactate
  • inefficient but very fast
    ***not useful if running marathon, more HIIT workouts
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7
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What are high energy phosphagens?

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  • ATP and PCr

- provide immediate energy, (depleted in 12-13 seconds)

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8
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What is creatine supplementation?

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  • increase muscle PCr content
  • faster restoration of ATP
  • Improves performance with repeated bouts of high-intensity excersise
  • gains in muscle mass and strength w/ resistance training
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9
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How does gluocose boost effectiveness of Cr supplementation?

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  • creatin transport is insulin sensitive
  • get inside cell because of transporter, the transport is insulin sensitive
  • if creatin taking at same time as high dose of glucose causing much larger increase in creatin in body
  • however not healthy
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10
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How/where is most energy stored?

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as triglycerides in adipocytes

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11
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Where are carbohydrates stored?

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  • glycoen in liver (approx 150g)
  • glycogen in muscle (approx 350 g)
  • only about 30g off glucose in blood (not much)
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12
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What is significant about protein as energy storage?

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  • protein is a large potential energy source
  • represents about 25000 kcal but protected
  • used in starvation or caloric restriction
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13
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What are Pros/cons of carbohydrates as fuels?

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  • generate ATP faster than fat
  • can also generate atp anaerobically (3x faster than aerobic)
  • holds a lot of water “heaver” and less energy dense than fat
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14
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What are pros/cons of lipids as fuels?

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  • does not hold water, twice as energy dense as carbs
  • represents must abundant energy reserve
  • cannot provide energy anaerobically
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15
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How many calories in a pound?

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3600 kcal in a pound of adipose tissue, most people expend 2000-2500 kal per day

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16
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How can you minimize loss of lean mass durng weight loss?

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  • can have 30-40% lean mass lost during weight loss
  • can be minimized via:
  • resistance training, resistance +higher protein intake
17
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What is the absorptive state?

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  • first 3-4 hours after a meal
  • energy (macronutrients) stored
  • called anabolic state
  • glycogen stored in liver and muscle
  • triglycerides stored in adipose tissue, liver and muscle
  • excess calories in form of glucose and amino acids get converted to fat
  • nutrients: glucose, fatty acids, amino acids can get oxidized and stored
    • Diagram on slide 13 lec 19/20**
18
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What is the postabsorptive state?

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  • fasting
  • stored macronutrients are mobilized for energy (catabolism)
  • glucose spared for nervous system
  • all fuels (protein,s triglycerides, glycogen can be mobilized for glucose)
    • Diagram on slide 14 lec 19/20**
19
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What is gluconeogensis

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  • muscle stores most glycogen, when it breaks down it is for own use not released into the body
20
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Why is glucose maintained so tightly?

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  • many cells require glucose
  • maintain osmotic balance
  • hpyerglycemia cause glycosylation of amino acids in kidneys, peripheral nerves, lens of eye, causing damage
21
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Glucose Regularion via Insulin

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SLIDE 16 LOOK AT IT

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22
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What is glucagon

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  • counter hormone to insulin
  • does opposite
  • does not alter glucose uptake, but stimulates fat breakdown in adispose tissue
    • slide 17
23
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Explain substrate use during exercise?

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** EXAM: subtrate use during exercse**
- mostly muscle glycogen, muscle triglycerides, plasma free fatty acids (FFA) and lastly plasma glucose
(above written in order)
- prolonged lower intensity relies on plasma derivdes substrates (free fatty acids0
- intense exercise, mainly muscle glycogen and some triglycerides

24
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How is blood glucose maintained during exercise?

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  • maintained by liver
  • glycogenolysis: breakdown of glycogen
    • early exercise depletes liver glycogen by 50% in hour, 80% of total glucose output
    • due to dec insulin, inc glucagon, inc catecholamines
  • gluconeogensis: make new glucose
    • later in excersise when liver glycogen is depleted and precursors (lactate, glycerol, pyruvate, alanine) become more abundant
    • mainly due to dec insulin, inc glucagon, inc catecholamines
25
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How is ingesting glucose beneficial during exercise

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  • glucose supplement during exercise can delay fatigue
  • if done the wrong way, (large amount before exercise) causes a “crash”
  • happens because insulin spikes, stops liver glucose production. promotes too much uptake for muscle, tells fat cells to stop breaking down fat
26
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How is muscle glycogen a determinant of fatigue during excersise

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at high levels, depend on glycogen

- fatigue usually is related to a low glycogen level

27
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What is glycogen super compensation?

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  • inc muscle glycogen level
  • cant just give high carb diet (no effect)
  • must have both exercise and high carbs
28
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How is diabetes related to excersise

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caused by

  • insulin deficiency (type 1)
  • impared tissue response to insulin (type 2), most common and often related to obesity
  • glucose uptake by contracting/exercising muscle is NOT impaired for diabetics
  • “stress” signals inside muscle translocate glucose transporters to plasma membrane. contraction and insulin each cause translocation but through independent pathways
  • training mean respond better to insulin and can take in more glucose
  • few days after exercise this goes down, body no longer is insulin sensitive