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triacylglycerol

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glycerol backbone w/3 FAs attached

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glycerophospholipid

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glycerol w/2 FAs and a PO4 w/alcohol (X) attached (ex: phosphatidylcholine)

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phospholipid sphingolipid

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sphingosine backbone w/one FA attached and a PO4 w/choline attached (ex: sphingomyelin-only one in humans)

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glycolipid sphingolipid

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sphingosine backbone w/one FA and a mono- or oligosaccharide (ex: gangliosides)

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phosphatidic acid X

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H

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phosphatidylethanolamine X

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ethanolamine (-CH2-CH2-NH3)

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phosphatidylcholine X

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choline (-CH2-CH2-N(CH3)3

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phosphatidylserine X

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serine (-CH2-CHCOO-NH3)

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phosphatidylglycerol X

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glycerol (CH2CHOHCH2OH)

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phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate X

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myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate

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cardiolipin X

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phosphatidylglycerol

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phosphatidylcholine

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prime source of choline; highest [ ] in membs; bile secretion; normal lung fxn dep on constant synth (surfactant); esters of chol in HDL

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phosphatidylinositol

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sig transduc as 2nd msgr; cont arach acid on C2 (provides subst for PG synth)

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cardiolipin

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20% of inner mito memb; imp in fxn of e- trans chain and oxid phos

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plasmalogens

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has ether link at C1; 50% of PTcholine is in this form in <3, nerves, testes, kidneys

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platelet activating factor

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activates platelet agg, anaphylactic shock, acute inflam, chemotaxis; active at 10^12M; TSS; can activate PLA2

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phospholipase A2

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hydrolyzes glycerolphospholipids; in all tissue and panc juice; 4 types; this one hydrolyzes FAs from C2 of glycerol; in tissue, panc, snake and bee venom; activ by GCPRs in PM, then translocates (Ca dep) to nuc memb–>hydrol AA from glycerolPs (PTC, PTI)

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sphingolipids

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have sphingosine backbone (not glycerol); addn of LCFA in amide link–>ceramide; addn of choline to ceramide–>sphingomyelin (myelin sheath)

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sphingomyelinase

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removes choline from sphingomyelin

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Nieman-Pick A

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defect in sphingomyelinase; mental retardation, seizures, eye paralysis, ataxia, failure to grow; cells are foamy b/c accum sphingomyelin in spleen, liver, bone marrow, brain

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glycosphingolipids (GSL)

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both carb and lipid, but not P; in membs, lots in nerve; sugars are antigenic, sourece of ABP blood gp Ags; cerebrosides and globosides are bdg sites for toxins; dramatic /\ in comp when cells transformed; in imm system, cell recognition, cell devel; synth and degrad usu balanced; if not, disease

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cerebroside (GSL)

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ceramide linked to monosaccharide (galactose or glucose)

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globoside (GSL)

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ceramide linked to more than one monosaccharide

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ganglioside (GSL)

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prod by adding one or more N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA)(sialic acid) to cerebroside or globoside

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gangliosides (G)
most complex GSL; on cell surface of ganglions of CNS; subscript = #NANA (high is slow); neuronal grth and devel, receptors for cholera toxin
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sphingolipidosis
degradative disease b/c synth and degrad of GSLs not balanced
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Tay-Sacks
GM2 gangliosidosis; defect in hexosaminidase, so GM2 accum in brain-->red spot on retina, then blind, deaf, paralyzed
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Gm1 gangliosidosis
accum in many tissues; defective b-galactosidase; symps are neuro deterioration, hepatosplenomegaly, skel deforms
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eicosanoid
from 20-C arachidonic acid; potent; prod in small amts and act locally, not stored, short t1/2; inflam
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eicosanoid pathway
HA, hormones, thrombin, cytokines, tissue injury, inflam-->receptor-->activate PLA2 in cyto-->eicosanoid AA-->PGs and TXA, LTs, lipoxins; PLA2 also -->EPA-->resolvins
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PGs
in almost every nuc cell (not RBC); short t1/2 before mod and excreted; low concs (10^-14); cyclopentane ring, unlike TXA (cyclohexane ring); autocrine or paracrine
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PG synthesis
PGS has 1-cyclooxygenase (COX) and 2-peroxidase (dioxygenases); PGH2 is unstable precurs of other PGs and TXA; fate of PGH2 dep on tissue w/PG synthesis; released thru specific transporters; PG transmemb receptors transduce effect into tgt cell (spec for each PG)
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thromboxane synthase
in platelets; convert PGH2 to TXA2
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prostacyclin synthase
in vasc endothelial; convert PGH2 to PGI2
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COX-1
exp constit in almost all tissues; prod PGs that maint gastric mucosa, kidney fxn, platelet aggreg, vasc homeostasis; general tissue homeostasis; inhib-->bleeding ulcers, loss of kidney fxn
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COX-2
induc w/inflam; deleterious b/c trigger, partic in, exacerbate inflam; pain, swell, fever, heat, redness; ind by cytokines, horm, GF, endotoxins; inhib good in inflam disease; overexp in breast, colon, prostate cancers; hyphob pocket near AS
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COX-3
tx from COX-1, but not active in humans; frameshift mutation-->incorp intron 1 into mRNA (altered AA seq)
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NSAIDS
inhib COX1 and COX2; aspirin, indometh, ibuprofen; inc peptic ulcers and kidney dmg; aspirin acetylates Ser near AS, prev arachidonate bdg; ibuprofen blocks hyphob chan, prevent arachidonate from entering AS
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Celebrex, Vioxx, Bextra
inhib COX2 w/lesser effect on COX1; inhib inflam w/less dmg to kidneys/GI, but heart attack/stroke
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acetaminophen
selectively reduces pain and fever, not inflam; inhib COX2; also inhib signal transduc for fever and pain; OD-->liver failure
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glucocorticoids
PG inhibitors (anti-inflam); induce synth of prot (macrocortine) that inhibits PLA2, but many side effects (impaired glucose tolerance)
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leukotrienes (LTs)
C-20, 3 dub bonds in conjugation (4 total); no cyclic rings; insert oxygen into specific sites on AA
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LT effects
sim to PGs; major role in atherosclerosis and asthmatic constric of bronchioles; Singulair and Accolate block bdg; med inflam response; recruit monocytes, mast cells, T cells, endothelial, SM cells into inflam resp
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lipoxins (LX)
anti-inflam; C20, 4 dub bonds, 3 OH gps, no cyclic ring struc; opposite of PG and LT; appearance signals end/resolution of inflam resp; inhib neutrophil chemotaxis, inerleukin synth, TNFa secretion; stim phagocyt of dead cells by macrophage (AA w/enz 15-LO)
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resolvins
anti-inflam eicosanoids from EPA; C20 w/4 dub bonds (3 conjugated) and 3 OH groups; inhib LT stim of neutrophil mig aX endothel cells; block oxid bursts of macs and inhibs neutrophil adhesion; inc phagocyt of dead neutrophils and decs prod of TNFa (AA w/enz 5-LO); aspirin enhances rxn

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