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Carbohydrates

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Carbon + hydrogen
Most abundant organic molecule

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What are the functions of carbohydrates?

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Energy in the diet
Storage in the form of energy
Serving as a component of cell membrane

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Monosaccharides

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Simple sugars
Those with 3-7 physiological importance

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Disaccharides

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Sucrose, maltose, lactose

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Polysaccharides

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Glycogen (animals)
Starch (plants)
Cellulose (only animals can metabolize)

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What are the most important monosaccharides?

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Glucose, fructose and galactose

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Glucose

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Major mammalian fuel
Wildly distributed in fruits and veggies as monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides

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Why is glucose converted to other carbs?

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For storage during catabolism

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What diseases are associated with glucose metabolism?

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Diabetes mellitus, galactosemia, glycogen storage disease

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Galactosemia

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Rare, hereditary disorder
Affects the body’s ability to convert galactose to glucose

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Glycogen storage disease

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Inability to form or degrade glycogen in normal metabolic pathways
Affects miniature dog breeds, cats, horses and primates
Prognosis is poor

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What are the types of glycogen storage disease?

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Type 1: G6P deficiency
Type 2 and 3: debranching enzyme deficiency

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What are glucose transporters called?

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GLUT 1-4
SGLT 1 and 2

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SGLT glucose transporter

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Located in the apical membrane of cells that line the proximal tubule (kindey) and small intestine

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SGLT-1

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Moves 2 Na with each glucose
Kidney, small intestine

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SGLT3 and SGLT 2

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Move one Na for each glucose
Kidney

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Cells lacking _______ do not respond to insulin

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GLUT-4

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How is glucose absorbed?

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Na-glucose transporter (absorbed from the lumen)

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Hyperglycemia

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When the GLUT transporter isn’t working
Have high blood glucose

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Where is the GLUT-4 transporter located?

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When insulin is present
Heart, skeletal muscles and fat

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Glycolysis

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Embeden-Meyerhoff Pathway (EMP)
To start removing the energy stored in glucose and make ATP the cell can use
Major route for catabolism of glucose, fructose and galactose
First step for respiration

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How much glucose is metabolized via EMP?

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80-90%

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Glycolysis Process

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  1. GLUCOSE enters the cytoplasm from the blood
  2. 2 ATP are used to energize the glucose
  3. GLUCOSE splits in 2
  4. Two 3-CARBON molecules made
  5. Each 3 CARBON molecule gives HIGH ENERGY ELECTRONS and HYDROGEN to make NADH
  6. Each 3 C molecule then gives energy to make 4 ATP molecules (2 each side)
  7. Each 3 C molecule now becomes a molecule of PYRUVATE (3C)
  8. NADH carries energy to the MITOCHONDRIA to be used in ELECTRON TRANSPORT
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Phosphofructokinase deficiency

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Clinical significance of glycolysis
Glycogen storage disorder
Breeds: american cocker spaniels, english springer spaniels

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Pyruvate kinase deficiency
Enzyme in the last step of glycolysis that catalyzes the conversion of phophoenolypyruvate in ADP and to pyruvate and ATP in glycolysis Associated with anemia Breeds: Basenjis, beagles, cairn terriers, west highland white terriers
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Anaerobic glycolysis
Glycolysis when oxygen is unavailable for oxidative phosphorylation
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Why is anaerobic glycolysis important
Because the release of glycolytic energy to the cells can be lifesaving measure for a few minutes when oxygen is unavailable
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What does the formation of lactic acid during anaerobic glycolysis allow?
The release of extra anaerobic energy
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Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
An inherited metabolic disorder affecting Clumber Spaniels Affected dogs present signs as early as 15 weeks
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PDH deficiency symptoms
Exercise intolerance (no more than 5 mins) Puppy can't play along with litter Walk slowly and rest more often Collapse during exercise/ play
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What is another name for Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) cycle
Kreb's cycle
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TCA cycle
A major integration center for coordinating carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism Produces 2 ATP
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What reactions is TCA cycle involved in?
Transamination, deamination, gluconeogenesis from lactate, animo acids and propionate and lipogenesis in the liver
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Where in the cell does TCA cycle occur?
Mitochondrial matrix
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TCA ________ are not compatible with life
enzyme deficiences
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Oxidative Phosphorylation
Metabolic pathway where cells use enzymes to oxidize nutrients, releasing chemical energy to produce ATP (mitochondria)
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What does glycolysis produce
2 net ATP 2 NADHs 2 Pyruvates
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What does 1 glucose molecule produce
2 ATP from glycolysis 2 ATP from TCA 10 NADH (2+2+6)= 30 ATP 2 FADH2 from 4 ATP (34 from oxidative phosphorylation) Total 36-38 ATP
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How many ATPs does NADH produce?
2 ATP
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Glucneogenesis
Process wehre non-carbohydrate substrates are converted into Gluc-6-P in the liver and kidneys A route to clear certain metabolites from blood Stimulated by diabetogenic hormones
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What does gluconeogenesis provide?
Plasma glucose to glucose-sensitve tissues such as nerves and RBCs between meals
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What leads to hepatic glycogenesis in omnivores?
High hepatic portal glucose after meals
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What happens to omnivores between meals?
Hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis will dominate Hepatic glycogenolysis will provide glucose needs for 12-28 hours
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Why do ruminants and strict carnivores rely on Gluconeogenesis?
Little or no glucose is absorbed from GI and liver glycogen reserve is limited so GNG is a continuous process with little or no correlation to food
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Cori cycle
The continuous conversion of lactate from muscle to glucose in liver and back to lactate in muscle From Gerty and Carl Cori
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Dog Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD)
Glucose 2-phosphatase deficiency when circulating blood glucose levels cannot be increased
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What is the result of Dog Glycogen Storage Disease?
Fasting hypoglycemia Accumulation of glycogen and fat (liver and kidney issues)
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What does the shunting of G6P into alternative metabolic pathway results in?
Lactic acidosis Hypertriglyceridemia Hyperuricemia
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How much glucose breakdown is not in glycolysis and citric acid cycle?
30%
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What does the pentose phosphate shunt do?
Generate NADPH Provision of ribose for nucleotide and nucleic acid synthesis
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What happens when a muscle is deficient in Gluc-6-P dehydrogenase?
Limited hexo-monophosphate shunt and lipid synthetic activity
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What dog has G6P D.H. deficiency been reported in?
Weimaraner dogs
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What can G6P D.H. deficiency in humans lead to?
Hemolytic anemia
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What does NADPH deficiency lead to?
Impaired GSH reduction and hemoglobin oxidized
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What is required for hexo-monophosphate shunt ?
MG ++ and thiamine
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What does the oxidative phase of hexo-monophosphate shunt produce
It's irreversible and produces CO2 and NADPH
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What are the biosynthetic functions of the uronic acid pathway
Synthesis of sugar moieties for glycoproteins Participates in heparin and heparan sulfate formation Production of UDP-glucoronate for various conjugation reactions L-ascorbate formation (vitamin c) Minor route for formation of pentoses that can enter HMS
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What enzyme of the uronic acid pathway is absent in humans?
Gulonolacton oxidase because we can't synthesize that enzyme Also absent in fish, flying mammals and songbirds
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Glucokinase
Enzyme in the liver and pancreatic B cell Inducible in humans but not in ruminant liver because of low glucose absorbed from GI
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Hexokinase
Non-indicible Present in all mammalian cells Strongly inhibted by Glc-6-P Activity in RBC declines with age Responsible for erythrocyte
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What is the fate of glucose?
Glucose to G6P by enzyme glucokinase and hexokinase, and ATP, then back to phosphate Glycolysis
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How is glycogen utilized after absorption into cells?
It's utilized immediately for energy or stored in the form of glycogen
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Glycogenesis
Process of glycogen formation
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Glucogenolysis
Process of glycogen breakdown to re-form glucose
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What are the features of glycoge storage disease?
Exercise intolerance, low blood glucose, hyperlipidemia, ketonemia
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GSD: G6P deficiency
Toy dog breeds
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GSD: 1,4-glucosidase, acid maltase deficiency
Corriedale sheep, lapland dogs, shorthorn and brashman cattle, japanese quail
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GSD debranching deficiency
German shepherds
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GSD branch deficiency
Cat, charolaise cattle, quarter horses
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GSD: phosphofructokinase deficiency
Egnlish spring spaniels, wachtelhunds

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