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Chapter 10: Vitamins Flashcards

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What type of vitamins, (lipid or water soluble) are precursors for coenzymes?

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water-soluble

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What are enzymes that are dependent on biotin?

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  • pyruvate carboxylase
  • Acetyl CoA carboxylase
  • propionyl CoA carboxylase
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What are some metabolic pathways that utilize biotin?

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  • gluconeogenesis
  • fatty acid synthesis
  • odd-carbon fatty acids, Val, Met, Ile, Thr
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What is the most common cause although rare, of biotin deficiency?

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excessive consumption of raw eggs (contain avidin, a biotin-binding protein) also, biotinidase deficiency

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Some S/E of having biotin deficiency?

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alopecia (hair loss), bowel inflammation, muscle pain

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Another name for B1?

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Thiamine

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What are the enzymes that utilize thamine?

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  • pyruvate dehydrogenase
  • α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
  • Transketolase
  • Branched chain ketoacid dehydrogenase
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What are some metabolic pathways that utilize thiamine?

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  • PDH
  • TCA cycle
  • HMP shunt
  • Metabolism of valine, isoleucine, and leucine
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What are some causes of thiamine deficiency?

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alcoholism (alcohol interferes with absorption)

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What are some signs and symptoms of thiamine deficiency?

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Wernicke (ataxia, nystagmus, ophthal-moplegia)

Korsakoff (confabulation, psychosis)

Wet beri-beri (high output cardiac failure, fluid retention, vascular leak and dry beri-beri (peripheral neuropathy)

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What are important enzymes that utilize niacin?

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dehydrogenases

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Niacin is a major component of what two coenzymes?

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NAD(H)
NADP(H)

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What metabolic pathways utilize niacin?

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many

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What are the side effects of niacin deficiency?

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Pellagra: diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis, and if not treated death

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Pellagra may also be related to what important deficiency?

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deficiency of tryptophan in areas where there are lots mostly corn diet, corn is low in tryptophan which supplies a portion of the niacin requirement

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What are important enzymes that utilize folic acid?

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thymidylate synthase

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What is THF?

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Tetrahydrofolic acid is a folic acid derivative that is produced from dihydrofolic acid after conversion by dihydrofolate reductase.

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What are metabolic pathways that folic acid is utilized in?

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thymidine (pyrimidine) synthesis
purine synthesis

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What is the most common cause of folic acid deficiency?

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alcoholism and pregnancy (body stores depleted in 3 months), hemodialysis

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What are some symptoms of folic acid deficiency?

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homocystinemia with risk of deep vein thrombosis and atherosclerosis

megaloblastic (macrocytic anemia)

Deficiency in early pregnancy causes NTD in fetus

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What is another name for B12?

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cyanocobalamin

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What are enzymes that require B12?

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homocysteine methyltransferase
methylmalonyl CoA mutase

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What pathways utilize B12

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methionine, SAM

Odd-carbon fatty acids, Val, Met, Ile, Thr

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What are the most common causes of B12 deficiency?

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pernicious anemia

aging especially with poor nutrition, bacterial overgrowth of terminal ileum, resection of the terminal ileum secondary to Crohn disease, chronic pancreatitis, and rarely vegans, or infection with D latum (Diphyllobothrium latum)

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What are some signs and symptoms of B12 deficiency?
megaloblastic (macrocytic) anemia progressive peripheral neuropathy
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What is another name for vitamin B6?
pyridoxine
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What is Pyridoxal P? What does it stand for?
One of the active forms of vitamin B6 Pyridoxal 5' phosphate
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What are enzymes that utilize B2?
dehydrogenases
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What is another name for B2?
riboflavin
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What coenzyme does riboflavin create?
FAD(H2)
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What are some S/E of riboflavin deficiency?
corneal neovascularization cheilosis or stomatitis (cracking or scaling of lip borders and corners of the mouth) magenta colored tongue.
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What are some enzymes that utilize ascorbate (C)?
prolyl and lysyl hydroxylases dopamine hydroxylase
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What are some metabolic pathways that require ascorbate?
collagen synthesis catecholamine synthesis absorption of iron in GI tract
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What is the most common cause of vit. C deficiency?
diet deficient in citrus fruits and green veggies
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What are the signs and symptoms of ascorbate deficiency?
scurvy: poor wound healing, easy bruising, bleeding gums, increased bleeding time, painful glossitis, anemia
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What are the enzymes that require pantothenic acid CoA?
fatty acid synthase fatty acyl CoA synthetase pyruvate dehydrogenase α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
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What are the important metabolic pathways that utilize pantothenic acid?
fatty acid metabolism PDH TCA cycle
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Is a deficiency of pantothenic acid common?
rare
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What is infantile scurvy?
when infants are 2-10 months of age who are bottle-fed with formula that is overheated for pasteurization and not supplemented with Vit. C pithed frog position bleeding occurs same as adults but gum bleeding is not a common feature
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What is renal osteodystrophy?
a bone disease that occurs in adults and children with chronic kidney disease
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What are some symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency?
bone demineralization rickets (children) osteomalacia (adults)
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What are symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency?
* night blindness * keratinized squamous epithelia * xeropthalmia, bitot spots * keratomalacia, blindness * follicular hyperkaratosis * alopecia
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Most common cause of vitamin D deficiency?
insufficient sunlight, inadequate fortified foods (milk), or end-stage renal disease (renal osteodystrophy)
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What are some causes of Vit. A deficiency?
fat malabsorption or fat-free diet
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What is vitamin E deficiency caused by?
caused by fat malabsorption or premature birth
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What are other names for Vit A? (as a whole not active forms)
carotene
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Which type of vitamin A is important in rod and cone cells for vision?
retinal
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Which type of vitamin A is important as a growth regulator especially in epithelium?
retinoic acid and retinol
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Other names for Vitamin K?
Menaquinone, bacteria; phytoquinone, plants
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What are the important functions of vitamin K?
carboxylation of glutamic acid residues in many Ca2+ binding proteins, importantly coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X as well as protein C and protein S
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What are the important functions of Vitamin E
antioxidant; protect membrane lipids from peroxidation
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What are other names for vitamin E?
α-tocopherol
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1-α hydroxylase important final rate limiting step in conversion of what substrate to what product?
vitamin D to 1,25-DHCC (dihydroxycholecalciferol or calcitriol)
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What are other sources with which to get vit. D if there is insufficient exposure to UV light?
Vit. D3 is found in saltwater fish (salmon) and egg yolks
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Describe or draw out the Steps in the synthesis and activation of vitamin D
Draw and explain diagram
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Genetic deficiencies or patients with end stage renal disease have impaired 1α hydroxylation defects patient must be given 1,25-DHCC. List some of these types of patients.
End-stage renal disease secondary to DM Fanconi renal syndrome (renal proximal tubule defect) Genetic deficiency of the 1α hydroxylase (vit D resistant rickets)
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What can excess vit D cause?
can promote intestinal absorption of Ca2+ and phosphate also bone resorption leading to hypercalcemia
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What are some early signs of Vit D toxicity besides bone related conditions?
polyuria, polydipsia, and nocturia
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What does deficiency of vit. D after epiphyseal fusion lead to?
osteomalacia
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Vitamin A is associated with what two important functions?
maintenance of healthy epithelium and vision
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Describe the structures of retinol, retinoic acid, and retinal?
retinol has a hydroxyl group at C-1 retinoic acid: a carboxyl group at C-1 retinal: an aldehyde group at C-1
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What are the main functions of retinol and retinoic acid?
required for the growth, differentiation, and maintenance of epithelial cells
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What is a major use for isotretinoin? Which form of vit A is it?
a form of retinoic acid that is used in the treatment of acne
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What are some major teratogenic effects of using isotretinoin?
malformations of the craniofacial, cardiac, thymic, and CNS structures)

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