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1
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Selenium shares chemical properties with what element?

A

Sulfur

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How much selenium is needed

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55 MICROgrams

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What foods are high in Se?

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Brazil nuts,

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Why are brazil nuts high in Se?

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It depends on the Se concentrations in soil

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What are the Plan food forms of Se?

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Selenomethionine and selenocysteine

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What are the animal food forms of Se?

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Selenocysteine

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How are Organic forms of Se absorbed in the intestine?

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Like AA via AA transporters

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How are inorganic forms of Se absorbed?

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Not known

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Are selenomethionine and selenocysteine transported differently?

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No

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In Se deficiency what happens to absorption?

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Nothing. Rate stays the same.

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What is another name for Selenocytsteine?

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The 21st Amino acid

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Selenocysteine (Sec) occurs in how many proteins in the human proteome?

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25 proteins

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Conventional cysteine can do what that Sec can do?

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fulfills a chemical function

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What makes Sec different from other AA?

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It is not coded for directly in the genetic code. It relies on independent SEC insertion machinery

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What does SECIS stand for?

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SelenoCysteine insertion sequence

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What is SECIS?

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A stemloop structure in the mRNA

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How is sec put into proteins?

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When an mRNA codes for UGA, the SECIS element binds to a SECIS binding protein which binds to elongation factors which is bound to a tRNA which will bring Sec in for UGA and keep moving.

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The functions of the selenoproteins that we do know function in what?

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antioxidant and anabolic processes

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What is Selenoprotein P (SELP)?

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Major Se transport protein

Accounts for 80% of plasma Se

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Where SELP produced?

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Liver

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How many Se can SELP hold?

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10 atoms/ molecule

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What is a side function of SELP?

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As an antioxidant for peroxynitrite radicals

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What happens if you KO SELP?

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Mice have neurological problems and trouble walking

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What was the first selenoprotein identified in 1957?

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Glutathione Peroxidase 1

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Gluthione peroxidase 1 accounts for how much of total body Se?
more than 50%
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What is glutathione peroxidase 1?
An antioxidant enzyme
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What is Glutathione peroxidase 1 side function?
Function as a Se buffer
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How does Glutathione peroxidase function as an antioxidant enzyme?
It converts hydrogen peroxide to water
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Which GPx proteins work to detoxify H2O2?
GPx1 (cytosol), GPx2 (cytosol), GPx3 (plasma), GPx6 (cytosol).
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What does GPx4 function as?
protects lipids from H2O2 mediated oxidation
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What is thioredoxin reductase?
Enzyme that reduces thioredoxin
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How does thioredoxin protein act as an antioxidant?
By acting as an electron donor (reducing agent)
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What does thiredoxin reductase regenerate?
Thioredoxin
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What is SelenoproteinW? (SELW)
Small selenoprotein found in muscle (implicated in white muscle disease that affects sheep)
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How do you prevent white muscle disease?
Supplement soil with Se
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How much Se can the body store?
30 mg
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What tissue has the greatest concentration of Se?
The kidney
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What tissue has the most Se?
Muscle
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What form of excretion is important for maintaining homeostasis?
Urinary excretion
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Pharmacologic doses of Se are released how?
Expired in the breath as diemthylselenide
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What is the major form of Se in the urine?
Methylselenol
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Se def rat
Visually smaller, leg weakness, rough hair coat, display muscle degeneration, reporoductive failure and liver necrosis if also Vit. E def
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Se has been shown to correct what?
Liver necrosis cause by a lack of methionine, cysteine, or vitamin E
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Human Se def was first reported where?
In China
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What is Keshan Disease?
Human Se Def | Causes cardiomyopathy
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What causes Keshan disease?
Low levels of Se in certain area and viral infection
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What is Kashin-Beck disease?
Human Se def Endemic disease of the cartilage Due to low Se in soil (affects people in northern china and russia) and iodine def or toxic contamination may be involved.
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Does Se supps cure Kashin-beck?
No.
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What is Myxdematous Cretinism?
Disease characterized by thyroid enlargement and decreased intelligence
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What contributes to Myxedematous cretinism?
Se and Iodine deficiency
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Se status assessment
Intake indicators - plasma/serum selenium: reflects recent diet - red blood cell selenium: past 120 days
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Where was Se toxicity first identified?
In livestock0 they consumed plants grown in high-se soil
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Why are inorganic Se and amino acid forms toxic in excess?
Because they are highly bioavailable
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What is Selenosis?
Chronic Se toxicity
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What is commonly associated with selenosis?
Changes in nail structure, loss of nails, and hair
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Continued ingestion of Se during Selenosis leads to:
- lesions of the skin and nervous system - nausea - weakness - diarrhea
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Symptoms of selenosis are present with what intake range?
3.2-6.7 mg /day
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What causes acute Se toxicity?
Caused by ingestion of gram quantities of Se
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What does acute Se toxicity cause?
GI and neurological disturbances MI (Myocardial infarction) Renal failure Acute respiratory distress syndrome
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How do you fix Se overdose?
There is no cure, it is fatal
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What is Se strange? (LONG NOTECARD)
- Se is taken up form soil by the plants and incorporated into Sec. Neither Se or Sec are required for plants. - Se takes the place of another atom (S) in cysteine and forming a new AA (Sec) - Sec is not encoded for in the genomes; SECIS element is used - Se absorption does not increase in deficiency - Se def and toxicity are due to inadequate/excessive intake (which are directly caused by [Se] in soil)

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