BIOSC 1000 Lecture 18: Lecture 18
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Lecture18(3/21)
Thursday,March21,2019 10:58AM
LipidCatabolism
•Lipids
○Builtfromfattyacidsortheirderivatives
○Threemaintypes
•Triacylglycerols
•Energystorageformoffattyacids
•Membranelipids
•Phospholipids&sphingolipids
•Cholesterol
•Membranecomponentsandprecursorsofsteroidhormones
•FattyAcidNomenclatureReview
○AcylGroup
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•Basicallyacarboxylicacidwithoutthe‑OH
○KetoGroup
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•Omegacarbonistheendcarbon
•Triacylglycerolscontain3fattyacidsesterifiedtoglycerol.
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○CalledfatsorTAGs
○Functioninenergystorage
○Contain3fattyacidsesterifiedtoaglycerol
•EnergyStorageMolecules
○Glycogenvs.Fat
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•Takeslotsofvolumetostoreglycogen
•Triacylglycerolsarederivedfromthediet,biosynthesisinliver,andadipocytes.
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○Primaryformofenergystorageinanimals
○Dietarytriacylglycerolsaretransportedbychylomicrons
•Largelipoproteincomplexes
○TriacylglycerolssynthesizedintheliveraretransportedbyVLDLparticles.
○Triacylglycerolsstoredinadipocytesarereleasedasfreefattyacidsin
responsetohormonesignaling
•Transportedbythecarrierproteinalbumin.
•Dietarytriacyclglycerolsaremetabolizedintheintestineandtransportedtothe
circulatorysystem.
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○Solubilizedsothatsolublelipasescaninteract
•Bileacids(salts)emulsifydietaryfatsinthesmallintestine,forming
mixedmicelles
•Intestinallipaseshydrolyzetriacylglycerolstogeneratefreefattyacids
•Fattyacidsaretakenupbytheintestinalmucosa(epithelialcells)and
convertedbacktotriacylglycerols
•Triacylglycerolsareincorporatedwithcholesterolandapolipoproteins
intochylomicrons
•Chylomicronsmovethroughthelymphaticsystemandenterthe
bloodstreamtotravel
○PancreaticlipasesconverttriacyglycerolsintoFAandmonoacylglycerolfor
absorptioninintestines.
•Chylomicronstransporttriacylglycerolsanddietarycholesterolthroughthe
lymphaticsystemandbloodstreamtotissues.
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○Mainconstituent:triglycerides
•Alsocontaincholesterolesters
○Surroundedbymonolayerofphospholipids
•Phospholipidmembraneisderivedfromtheendomembranesystemof
intestinalepithelialcells
•Embeddedwith~6differentapolipoproteins.
•Apolipoproteinsactassignalsforuptakeandmetabolismof
chylomicroncontents
•Apolipoproteinsonchylomicronsserveassignalsforlipoproteindeliveryand
metabolism.
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○Lipase
•Enzymethatcleaveslipids
○ApolipoproteinC‑IIbindstolipaseonendothelialcells
•Leadstoreleaseoffattyacidsintothecells
○Fattyacidsenternearbyadipocytesormusclecells
•Ortransportedbyserumalbumin(transport)proteintoothertissues
○Glycerolproducedbylipasereturnstotheliverwhereitisconvertedto
DHAP
•TypesofLipoproteins
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•VLDL
•Verylowdensitylipids
•Highconcentrationoffat
•TriacylglycerolssynthesizedintheliverarepackagedandtransportedinVLDL
particles.
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