Unit II Week 1 Flashcards
Positive vs. negative energy balance
Positive energy balance: following meal ingestion when nutrients are being distributed between tissues and stored for later use (nutrient excess, fed state)
Negative energy balance: previously stored nutrients are mobilized to provide energy and substrates for metabolic process (fasted state, illness, exercise)
Components of Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) (3)
1) Resting metabolic rate (RMR)
2) Thermic Effect of Food (TEF)
3) Energy Expended in Physical Activity (EEPA)
(including Non-Exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT))
Resting metabolic rate (RMR)
accounts for 75% of total energy expenditure in sedentary people
Primary determinant of RMR is fat free mass (lean body mass)
Measuring/estimating RMR
Measured by:
-indirect calorimetry: measures respiratory gas composition and flow rates to estimate O2 consumption and CO2 production → rate of oxygen consumption at rest is indirect measure of energy expenditure
Estimated from: age, sex, height, weight
Thermic Effect of Food (TEF)
What is it?
________ has the highest TEF
_______ has the lowest TEF
accounts for about 8% of total energy expenditure
Energy cost of digesting and distributing nutrients from the diet to tissues of the body
Types of nutrients and TEF:
- Protein = highest TEF (highest energy cost of digestion)
- Carbs then fat = lowest TEF
Energy Expended in Physical Activity (EEPA)
most variable - can account for 30-40% of total daily expenditure for highly active people
Non-Exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT)
component of EEPA, energy expended in a movement that is “unconscious” or unplanned (e.g. fidgeting)
TEE can be measured most accurately by using method called _________ - measure O2 consumption in free living individuals over weeks
“doubly labeled water”
Energy intake = _________ if ________ is stable
EI = TEE if weight is stable → a measure of total energy expenditure accurately predicts energy intake if weight is stable
Pool sizes of stored
Fat
Carbs
Protein
Fat - contain greatest amount of stored energy (roughly 120,000 kcal, 9 kcal/g)
Carbohydrate - 2,000 kcal (4 kcal/g) - mostly stored as glycogen in muscle/liver
Protein - protein does not have a readily accessible storage pool
If person is on protein balance, and fat/carbs are overfed then …
carbohydrate will be oxidized and fat will be stored
→ individual in positive energy balance will accumulate body fat
Anabolic vs. Catabolic Processes
Anabolic process = synthesize complex molecules from simpler ones
Catabolic process = process of breaking down complex molecules to simpler ones
Glycolysis overview
glucose present in excess in blood relative to intracellular concentration (e.g after eating) → glucose tends to enter cell and move down pathway of glycolysis
Linked enzyme pathway
Located in cytoplasm
Breaks down six-carbon parent molecule → two three carbon molecules of pyruvate + ATP + NADH
If there is no O2 or mitochondria then pyruvate → lactate (anaerobic metabolism)
TCA cycle overview
in presence of O2 and mitochondria
Pyruvate → Acetyl CoA –> CO2, GTP (ATP), NADH, and FADH2
Occurs in mitochondrial matrix
Starts with one acetyl group (2C) (acetyl CoA) and 2 CO2 leave
Oxaloacetate regenerated at end, no net removal of oxaloacetate
Important for converting intermediates
Electron transport overview
proteins in inner membrane of mitochondria that take NADH and FADH2 produced in TCA cycle to produce ATP from ADP
Consumes O2, produce H2O
aka Oxidative phosphorylation
Gluconeogenesis overview
new glucose production using carbon skeletons from other tissues (lactate, amino acids, glycerol) for use in brain during fasting
Occurs in liver (and some in kidneys)
Glycogen
stores glucose available in excess, polymer of glucose
Most stored in liver and skeletal muscle
Important immediately available energy source
Pentose Phosphate Pathway (Hexose Monophosphate shunt) overview
Detour from path of glycolysis
Activated when glucose present in excess or there is need for molecules the pathway produces
Generates NADPH and ribose (5 carbon) sugars
NADPH → energy for synthesis of fatty acids and steroid hormones and important for defending cells against oxidative stress
Ribose → key for RNA and DNA
Triacylglycerol (triglyceride) Synthesis (De Novo Lipogenesis) overview
energy consuming process that converts glucose → fat for storage
Glucose present in excess within liver cell or adipocyte → rise in acetyl-CoA within mitochondria
Acetyl-CoA can be used to make fatty acids derived from glucose for storage
3 fatty acids + 3 carbon alcohol glycerol → triglyceride (fat stored in adipose, and secreted from liver in triglyceride rich lipoproteins/VLDL)
Triacylglycerol Degradation, Beta-Oxidation and Ketogenesis
body in negative energy balance, and stored fat used for energy to oxidizing tissues as an alternative to glucose
Frees glucose up for the brain which cannot oxidize fat directly
Fasting state - general overview
insulin is low, glucagon is high
body relies on previously stored nutrients
Stored nutrients broken down into component building blocks (glucose, fatty acids, amino acids) and moved to energy requiring tissues to meet energy needs
Building blocks enter relevant tissue and are catabolized by linked enzymatic pathways → chemical modification (oxidation) → stored potential energy released and converted into usable form (ATP or NADPH)
Fed state - general overview
Insulin is high, glucagon is low, task of body is to assimilate ingested nutrients
Oxidation
transfer of electrons from reduced molecule to acceptor molecule
Km
concentration at which reaction is half max
Low Km → substrates have strong affinity for enzyme and reaction will go at low substrate concentrations