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Iron Flashcards

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Gut Involvement in Iron Metabolism

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Decrease stomach pH solubilizes Fe-containing compounds
Transport molecules facilitate absorption into blood

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Blood Involvement of Iron Metabolism

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Fe3+ bound to Transferrin and transported to tissues
- Maintains solubility
- Keeps Fe unreactive

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Cells Involvement with Iron Metabolism

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Transferrin endocytosis is receptor mediated
Results in Fe3+ release
Fe distributed in cells

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4
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Usage of Iron in Cells

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Protein components (Heme)

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5
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Storage of Iron in Cells

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Ferritin (Fe2+)

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6
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Excess Iron in cells

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Causes toxicity

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7
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Normal Iron Ranges

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55-160 ug/dL (Male)
40-155 ug/dL (Female)

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8
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Total Iron Binding Capacity

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Sites on transferrin saturated with iron
Reference range: 255-450 ug/dL

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9
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Percent transferrin saturation

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20-50%

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10
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Increased Total Iron Binding Capacity

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Situations that cause increase in transferrin
- Late pregnancy
- Iron deficiency anemia (compensation)
- Acute hemorrhage
- Acute destruction of liver cells

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Decreased Serum Iron

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Dietary deficiency or malabsorption
Loss of iron (blood loss or late pregnancy)
Impaired release of stored iron

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12
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Decreased Total Iron Binding Capacity

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Decreased synthesis of Transferrin
Increased loss of protein as in renal disease

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Total Serum Iron Principle of Assay

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Dissociate ferric iron from transferrin and reduce to ferrous form
Iron + Color Reagent = Color Change

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TIBC Principle of Assay

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Saturate transferrin with ferric iron
Remove excess free iron from reaction tube
Dissociate ferric iron from transferrin and reduce to ferrous form
Measure iron as in total serum iron procedure

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15
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Calculation for % Saturation

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(Serum Iron/TIBC) x 100

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16
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Other forms of Iron

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Ferritin
Transferrin
Hemosiderin
Hemochromocytosis

17
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Ferritin

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Tissue Storage form
Sensitive indicator of Iron Deficiency Anemia

18
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Transferrin

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Transport molecule for iron

19
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Hemosiderin

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Insoluble iron deposits in tissue and bone marrow

20
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Hemochromocytosis

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Excess iron deposition in tissues
Defective iron control
Multiple transfusion

21
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Ceruloplasm

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Alpha-2-glycoprotein
Enzyme with 6 Cu atoms
Carries >95% of total Cu in plasma
Participates in conversion of ferrous iron to ferric iron
Works in association with transferrin after release from RES

22
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Wilson’s Disease

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Autosomal recessive disorder
Causes Cu buid-up in tissues
Genetic defect of Cu-ATPase ATP7B
Cu incorporation into ceruloplasmin is diminished

23
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Wilson’s Disease Symptoms

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Cirrhosis
Kayser-Fleischer rings in cornea
May cause brain and kidney damage from Cu deposition

24
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Kayser-Fleischer rings

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Ring of golden-brown or brownish-green pigment behind the limbic border of cornea

25
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Porphyrin Derivatives

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4 Tetrapyrrole ring linked by methane bridges

26
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Oxidative compounds of Porphyrins

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Hemoglobin
Myoglobin
Vitamin B12
Chlorophyll
Cytochromes

27
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Porphyrin ring

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Metal chelates
Hgb = Iron
Myoglobin = Iron
Vit B12 = Cobalt
Chlorophyll = Magnesium
Cytochromes = Cu & Fe

28
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Three Clinically Significant Porphyrins

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Uroporphyrins (URO)
Coprophyrins (COPRO)
Protoporphyrins (PROTO)

29
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Uroporphyrins

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8 Carboxyl groups
Highly soluble because of large number of -COOH side chains
Excreted primarily in urine
Soluble in blood & tissues

30
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Coproporohyrins

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4 carboxyl groups
Demonstrates intermediate solubility
Excreted primarily in feces but also appears in urine

31
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Protoporphyrins

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2 carboxyl groups
Least soluble
Located primarily within erythrocytes
Excreted only in feces
Most soluble in lipid solvents

32
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Biosynthesis of Porphyrins

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Intermediate products in heme biosynthesis
Have no role in body function in free form
Appear in tissue and body fluids only as an abnormality in enzyme function

33
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Lead Toxicity

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Binds to any compound with a sulhydryl group
Inhibits multiple enzymes in heme biosynthesis
Get elevations in delta ALA

34
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Lead Toxicity Test

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Whole blood screening is the test of choice
Hair analysis for lead concentration is alternative marker for exposure

35
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Other heavy metals & organic solvents poisoning

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Have been associated with porphyria

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