REGULATION OF BODY WEIGHT

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REGULATION OF BODY
WEIGHT
THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF APPETITE AND
ENERGY EXPENDITURE
REGULATION OF BODY WEIGHT
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OVERVIEW
ORGAN SPECIALIZATION
METABOLIC PATHWAYS
HOMEOSTASIS
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DYSREGULATION
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PROTEINS INVOLVED IN WEIGHT REGULATION
STARVATION
OBESITY
DIABETES: TYPES I AND II
DIETING
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ATKINS DIET
OVERVIEW 1
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NORMAL METABOLISM IS A HIGHLY CONTROLLED AND REGULATED
BALANCE BETWEEN ANABOLISM AND CATABOLISM
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CATABOLIC PROCESSES RELEASE CHEMICAL ENERGY STORED IN
COMPLEX MOLECULES
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ANABOLIC PROCESSES BUILD COMPLEX MOLECULES FROM SIMPLER
MOLECULES
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REQUIRE ENERGY, USUALLY FROM ATP, NADH, NADPH
METABOLIC FUELS (STORAGE MOLECULES)
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ENERGY SAVED AS ATP, NADH, NADPH, FADH2
OR USED AS NEEDED IN VARIOUS PROCESSES
PROTEINS
POLYSACCHARIDES
LIPIDS
NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM :ONLY A VERY SMALL ROLE IN ENERGY
BALANCE
(AT THE LEVEL OF PYRIMIDINE CATABOLISM)
OVERVIEW 2
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PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN ENERGY METABOLISM ARE
INTERRELATED
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REVIEW THE MAJOR PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN FUEL
METABOLISM AND THEIR REGULATION
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GLYCOLYTIC/GLUCONEOGENIC
GLYCOGEN METABOLISM
FATTY ACID METABOLISM
CITRIC ACID CYCLE
AMINO ACID METABOLISM
PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION
OVERVIEW 3 : COMPARTMENTALIZATION
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TWO COMPARTMENTS IN WHICH METABOLISM IS
DIVIDED:
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CYTOSOL
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MITOCHONDRIA
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GLYCOLYSIS
GLUCONEOGENESIS
GLYCOGEN BREAKDOWN AND SYNTHESIS
PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY
FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS
AMINO ACID DEGRADATION AND UREA CYCLE
CITRIC ACID CYCLE
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION
FATTY ACID OXIDATION
AMINO ACID DEGRADATION AND UREA CYCLE
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT BETWEEN CYTOSOL AND
MITOCHONDRIA
OVERVIEW 4
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MITOCHONDRIAL-CYTOSOLIC INTERFACE
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MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS:
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PYRUVATE TRANSPORTER
CARNITINE/ACYLCARNITINE TRANSPORTER
CITRATE TRANSPORTER
ASPARTATE TRANSPORTER
MALATE TRANSPORTER
CITRULLINE TRANSPORTER
ORNITHINE TRANSPORTER
OTHERS
OVERVIEW 5
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ORGANS ARE SPECIALIZED WITH REGARD TO
METABOLISM
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DIFFERENT METABOLIC NEEDS AND FUNCTIONS
INTER-ORGAN COORDINATION
WE WILL LOOK AT HOW SPECIFIC METABOLIC FUNCTIONS
ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE FOLLOWING ORGANS:
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BRAIN
MUSCLE (SKELETAL AND HEART)
LIVER
KIDNEY
ADIPOSE TISSUE
ORGAN SPECIALIZATION: MUSCLE
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MUSCLE FUELS:
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GLUCOSE
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FROM GLYCOGEN
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FATTY ACIDS
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KETONE BODIES
GLYCOGEN
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GLYCOGEN  GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE
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G-6-P ENTERS GLYCOLYTIC PATHWAY
MUSCLE LACKS G-6-PHOSPHATASE
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SO CANNOT GENERATE GLUCOSE FOR EXPORT
MUSCLE CAN SYNTHESIZE GLYCOGEN FROM
GLUCOSE
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1% - 2% OF MASS IN RESTED MUSCLE
GLYCOGEN MOBILIZED FASTER THAN FAT
GLUCOSE METABOLISM BOTH AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC
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FAT METABOLISM ONLY AEROBIC
MUSCLE
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CANNOT CARRY OUT GLUCONEOGENESIS
MUSCLE CONTRACTION
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DRIVEN BY ATP HYDROLYSIS
AEROBIC OR ANAEROBIC
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NEEDS ATP REGENERATION
ATP RESUPPLY
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INITIALLY FROM PHOSPHOCREATINE (1st 4s OF MAX. EXERTION)
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PHOSPHOCREATINE + ADP  CREATINE + ATP
RESPIRATION (GLYCOLYSIS OF G-6-P)
ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION TO LACTATE
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WHEN GLYCOLYTIC FLUX > KREBS, OXPHOS FLUXES
MUSCLE
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LACTATE
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  pH  MUSCLE FATIGUE
TRANSFERRED TO LIVER VIA BLOOD
HEART MUSCLE
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AEROBIC
PRIMARILY FATTY ACIDS AS FUEL
CAN ALSO USE
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GLUCOSE (FROM SMALL GLYCOGEN STORE)
KETONE BODIES
PYRUVATE, LACTATE
MUSCLE
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CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN MUSCLE SOLELY
SERVES MUSCLE
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CAN’T EXPORT GLUCOSE
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CAN’T PARTICIPATE IN GLUCONEOGENESIS
IN STARVATION
 PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION OF MUSCLE TO
AMINO ACIDS
MUSCLE METABOLISM
TO LIVER
ALANINE
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TO LIVER
LACTATE
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INTO
AMINO ACIDS  PYRUVATE  H2O + CO2
BLOOD
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PROTEINS
GLUCOSE
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FATTY ACIDS
GLYCOGEN
+
FROM LIVER
KETONE BODIES
INTERORGAN PATHWAYS
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE ***
DURING MAXIMUM EXERTION, MUSCLES GENERATE LACTATE,
WHICH IS RELEASED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
(1) SHOW THE PATHWAY BY WHICH GLUCOSE IS SYNTHESIZED FROM LACTATE
IN THE LIVER.
(2) WHY ARE SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS NEEDED FOR THIS.
(3) WHY DOESN’T MUSCLE RELEASE PYRUVATE DIRECTLY FOR UPTAKE BY
THE LIVER TO REGENERATE GLUCOSE, INSTEAD OF CONVERTING IT TO
LACTATE?
(4) WHAT IS THE NET COST, IN TERMS OF NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATES, OF
ONE SYNTHETIC CYCLE?
ADIPOSE TISSUE
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STORES AND RELEASES FATTY ACIDS
STORAGE
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SUBCUTANEOUS
INTRA-ABDOMINAL
SKELETAL MUSCLE
FATTY ACIDS TRANSPORT: AS LIPOPROTEINS
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LIPOPROTEINS: NONCOVALENT PROTEIN-LIPID COMPLEX
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CHYLOMICRONS (INTESTINAL MUCOSA) DIETARY TG, CHOL
 TISSUES
VLDLS (SYNTHESIZED IN LIVER) : LIVER TISSUE; TG, CHOL
HDLS (PLASMA) : TISSUELIVER CHOL. TRANSPORT
STORED AS TRIGLYCERIDES
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
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FATTY ACID ACYLATION TO ACYL-CoA
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FATTY ACYL-CoA + GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE 
STORED TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
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GLUCOSE  DHAP (GLYCOLYSIS)
DHAP + NADH + H+  G-3-P + NAD+
HYDROLYSIS OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS FOR FUEL
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ATP-DEPENDENT
ACYL-CoA SYNTHETASES
 FATTY ACIDS + GLYCEROL
WHEN GLUCOSE IS PLENTIFUL, GLYCOLYSIS
PREDOMINATES  DHAP  G-3-P
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FATTY ACIDS  STORED AS TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
ADIPOSE TISSUE
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
FROM LIVER
WELL-FED
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
TO LIVER
FATTY ACIDS
+
WELL-FED
GLYCEROL
WELL-FED STATE
FROM LIVER
GLUCOSE
BRAIN
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20 % OF RESTING O2 CONSUMPTION
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FUEL FOR PLASMA MEMBRANE Na+- K+ ATPase
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GLUCOSE IS PRIMARY FUEL
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BRAIN DOESN’T STORE MUCH GLYCOGEN
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MAINTAINS NEURONAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL
 REQUIRES STEADY SUPPLY OF GLUCOSE
DURING FASTING, STARVATION
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KETONE BODIES
BRAIN
KETONE BODIES
H2O + CO2
FROM
LIVER
GLUCOSE
TO BLOOD
LIVER
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A “CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE” FOR METABOLITES
ALL NUTRIENTS ABSORBED BY INTESTINES DRAIN
DIRECTLY INTO THE LIVER VIA THE PORTAL VEIN
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EXCEPT FATTY ACIDS
REGULATES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL
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RESPONDS TO:
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INSULIN
GLUCAGON
EPINEPHRINE
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL
LIVER
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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER CHO INGESTION?
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LIVER CELLS ARE PERMEABLE TO GLUCOSE
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INSULIN HAS NO DIRECT EFFECT ON UPTAKE
WHEN [GLUCOSE] ~ 6 mM LIVER CONVERTS IT TO
G-6-P
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GLUCOKINASE IS THE ENZYME
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AN ISOZYME OF HEXOKINASE
REVIEW ENZYME KINETICS OF BOTH
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KM = 0.1 mM FOR HEXOKINASE; 5 mM FOR GLUCOKINASE
HYPERBOLIC VS SIGMOIDAL KINETICS
LIVER
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EARLY SATURATION OF HEXOKINASE
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GLUCOKINASE ACTIVITY LINEAR AT
HIGHER [GLUCOSE]
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NOT INHIBITED BY G-6-P
GLUCOKINASE IS MONOMERIC
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INHIBITION BY G-6-P
ALLOSTERISM DOESN’T EXPLAIN KINETICS
OTHER ABSORBED SUGARS  G-6-P IN
LIVER
CENTRAL ROLE OF GLUCOSE-6PHOSPHATE IN CHO METABOLISM
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ITS FATE DEPENDS ON DEMAND FOR GLUCOSE
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G6P  GLUCOSE (G-6-PHOSPHATASE)
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WHEN BLOOD [GLUCOSE] < 5 mM
TRANSPORT TO PERIPHERAL ORGANS
G6P  GLYCOGEN
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WHEN GLUCOSE DEMAND IS LOW
WHEN GLUCAGON AND/OR EPINEPHRINE LEVELS 
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G-6-P  PYRUVATE (GLYCOLYSIS)  ACETYL CoA
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INDICATES  GLUCOSE DEMAND
GLYCOGEN  G-6-P  GLUCOSE
OXIDIZED BY C.A. CYCLE AND OXPHOS OR
USED FOR FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS
ALSO PHOSPHOLIPIDS, CHOLESTEROL
PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE
G-6-P  HEXOSE-MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT
INTERORGAN PATHWAYS
IN-CLASS STUDY QUESTION
***
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AMINO ACIDS CAN BE TRANSAMINATED TO ALANINE IN
MUSCLE BY USING PYRUVATE AS THE -KETOACID
SUBSTRATE. ALANINE IS RELEASED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
AND CIRCULATES TO THE LIVER.
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(1) SHOW HOW ALANINE IS CONVERTED TO GLUCOSE IN THE
LIVER.
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(2) SHOW THE FATE(S) OF THE AMINO GROUPS TRANSFERRED
BY THE AMINO ACIDS METABOLIZED THIS WAY IN MUSCLE
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(3) SHOW THE FLUX OF ALANINE’S AMINO GROUP FROM ITS
ENTRY INTO THE LIVER TO ITS EXIT AS UREA. START WITH 2
MOLECULES OF ALA.
IN-CLASS STUDY QUESTION
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EXPLAIN WHY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AFTER
STRENUOUS EXERCISE, OR ACCIDENTALLY BY A
FASTING CHILD, CAUSES HYPOGLYCEMIA (A LOW
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL)
CLINICAL CASE STUDY
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A THREE MONTH OLD BABY IS REFERRED TO A DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN
BECAUSE SHE HAS POOR HEAD CONTROL, IS HYPOTONIC, AND IS NOT DEVELOPING
IN A TYPICAL FASHION. ON EXAMINATION, SHE SHOWS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTAL
DELAY (AT THE LEVEL OF A ONE MONTH OLD) AND IS FEELS LIKE A “RAG DOLL”
WHEN PICKED UP. SHE HAS DECREASED MUSCLE MASS AND IS NOT FEEDING WELL.
SHE HAD A NORMAL EXAMINATION AT BIRTH, BUT WAS “SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL
AGE”. HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE IS NOW IN THE “MICROCEPHALIC” RANGE.
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THE PEDIATRICIAN CONSIDERED A METABOLIC CAUSE FOR THE BABY’S SYMPTOMS,
AMONG OTHER CAUSES, AND DID AN EXTENSIVE “METABOLIC WORKUP”.
ABNORMAL RESULTS INCLUDED:
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INCREASED SERUM [PYRUVATE], [LACTATE], [AMMONIA]
INCREASED LEVELS OF SERUM ALANINE AND CITRULLINE
LOW SERUM [ASPARTATE]
LOW FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL
BORDERLINE LOW BLOOD pH
*NOTE: THE PHLEBOTOMIST WAS INSTRUCTED TO TRANSPORT THE LACTATE AND PYRUVATE
IMMEDIATELY TO THE LAB ON ICE.
CLINICAL CASE STUDY: CONTINUED
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THE REMAINDER OF THE BLOOD STUDIES WERE NORMAL. AFTER THE
LABS RETURN, A FIBROBLAST CULTURE IS OBTAINED AND A PYRUVATE
CARBOXYLASE DEFICIENCY IS DIAGNOSED.
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BEFORE THE RESULTS OF THE FIBROBLAST CULTURE ARE AVAILABLE,
THE INFANT DEVELOPS A VIRAL SYNDROME WITH FEVER, DEVELOPS
SEIZURES AND DIES.
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QUESTIONS:
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EXPLAIN THE BIOCHEMICAL BASIS FOR EACH OF THE ABNORMAL LAB FINDINGS
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“PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION” IS THE RESULT OF A LACK OF THE NEUROTRANSMITTERS
GLU, ASP AND GABA. WHY DOES PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE DEFICIENCY RESULT IN
DEFICIENCIES OF THESE?
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IF THIS INFANT HAD NOT DIED, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME POTENTIAL TREATMENTS?
HORMONAL INFLUENCES ON
METABOLISM
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EPINEPHRINE
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GLUCAGON
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CYCLIC AMP AS SECONDARY MESSENGER
CYCLIC AMP AS SECONDARY MESSENGER
INSULIN
ACTIONS OF EPINEPHRINE
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ACTIVATES MUSCLE GLYCOGEN
PHOSPHORYLASE
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GLUCOSE-6-P USED IN GLYCOLYSIS
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TRIGGERS PHOSPHORYLATION (ACTIVATION) OF
HORMONE-SENSITIVE LIPASE IN FAT CELLS
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MOBILIZES FAT BY HYDROLYZING TGs
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GLYCOGEN BREAKDOWN IN LIVER
ACTIVATES GLUCONEOGENESIS IN LIVER
INHIBITS FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS
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THE ACTIONS OF GLUCAGON
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ACTIONS RESTRICTED TO THE LIVER
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BINDS TO A GLUCAGON RECEPTOR
cAMP AS A SECONDARY MESSENGER
PROTEIN KINASE A IS ACTIVATED
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CONTROL AT LEVEL OF PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLN’
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PHOSPHORYLATION
OF GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE   ACTIVITY
OF GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE   ACTIVITY
OF PYRUVATE KINASE   GLYCOLYTIC ACTIVITY
OF FRUCTOSE -2,6-BIPHOSPHATASE   F-2,6-P 
 PFK1   GLYCOLYTIC ACTIVITY
AN INSULIN ANTAGONIST
THE ACTIONS OF GLUCAGON
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 RATES OF GLYCOGENOLYSIS
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G-6-PHOSPHATASE IN LIVER
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 RATES OF GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS
 RATE OF GLYCOLYSIS IN LIVER
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CONSERVE GLUCOSE FOR OTHER ORGANS
 RATES OF GLUCONEOGENESIS
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G-6-PHOSPHATE  GLUCOSE + Pi
GENERATES GLUCOSE FOR RELEASE TO BLOOD
 RATES OF FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS
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FAT BECOMES ENERGY SOURCE TO PRESERVE BLOOD
GLUCOSE LEVELS
EPINEPHRINE AND GLUCAGON ARE
INSULIN ANTAGONISTS
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AFTER BINDING TO THEIR RECEPTORS, THEIR
INTRACELLULAR SIGNALS ARE MEDIATED BY THE
TRANSIENT ACTIVATION OF STIMULATORY GHETEROTRIMERIC PROTEINS
ADENYLATE CYCLASE IS ACTIVATED
cAMP IS A “SECONDARY MESSENGER”
HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS
MEDIATE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION :
LIGAND+RECEPTOR  HET G PROTEIN  TARGET
AMPLIFICATION OF EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL
L-R COMPLEX ACTIVATES MANY HET G PROTEINS
HET G PROTEINS BIND GTP AND GDP
INACTIVE FORM: HET G PROTEIN + GDP
ACTIVE FORM : HET G PROTEIN + GTP
INACTIVE FORM + GTP  ACTIVE FORM + GDP
-THIS IS AN EXCHANGE REACTION
-REQUIRES LIGAND BOUND TO RECEPTOR
HET G PROTEINS HYDROLYZE GTP TO GDP + Pi
CAUSES DEACTIVATION OF ACTIVATED G PROTEIN
A SLOW PROCESS (2 – 3 MIN-1)
ACTIVATED HET G PROTEIN ACTIVATES ADENYLATE CYCLASE
HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS
ONE OF A LARGER FAMILY OF “G PROTEINS”
G PROTEINS BIND GDP AND GTP
G PROTEINS HAVE GTPase ACTIVITY
AMONG THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE:
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
VESICLE TRAFFICKING
TRANSLATION
TARGETING (SIGNAL RECOGNITION)
(NOTE THAT THE GTPase ACTS AS AN “ENERGASE” AND NOT A
HYDROLASE IN THESE)
HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS INCREASE CYCLIC AMP
I.E., A SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION FUNCTION
EXTRACELLULAR
HORMONE
L B
I I
P L
RECEPTOR
ADENYLATE
CYCLASE
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I A
DY
E
R
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GDP
INTRACELLULAR
GTP
INACTIVE HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEIN
HORMONE-RECEPTOR COMPLEX
RECEPTOR
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ADENYLATE
CYCLASE
GTP
GDP
GTP-GDP EXCHANGE REACTION  ACTIVATED G PROTEIN
HORMONE-RECEPTOR COMPLEX
RECEPTOR
ADENYLATE
CYCLASE
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
GTP
4 ATP  4 cAMP + 4 PPi
ADENYLATE CYCLASE IS ACTIVATED AND CYCLIC AMP IS PRODUCED IF
THE RECEPTOR IS A “STIMULATORY” ONE
HORMONE
RECEPTOR
ADENYLATE
CYCLASE
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GDP
+ PPi
BOUND GTP IS HYDROLYZED AND AC IS DEACTIVATED
G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS
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INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS
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1 % OF HUMAN GENOME CODES FOR THESE
RECEPTORS FOR
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7 TRANSMEMBRANE HELICES
CATECHOLAMINES
EICOSANOIDS
MOST PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN HORMONES
OLFACTION AND GUSTATION
LIGHT SENSING (RHODOPSIN)
MOST IMPORTANT CLASS OF DRUG
TARGETS (~ 50 % OF NEW DRUG EFFORTS)
CYCLIC AMP
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A “SECONDARY MESSENGER”
ATP  3’,5’- cAMP + PPi (ADENYLATE CYCLASE)
cAMP + H2O  AMP (PHOSPHODIESTERASE)
REQUIRED FOR ACTIVITY OF PROTEIN KINASE A
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cAPK PHOSPHORYLATES SPECIFIC Ser AND/OR Thr
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ALSO KNOWN AS cAMP-DEPENDENT PKA, OR cAPK
PHOSPHORYLASE b KINASE
GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE
cAMP PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS MEDIATED BY
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ACTIVATION OF SPECIFIC PROTEIN KINASES
CYCLIC AMP
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GLUCAGON AND EPINEPHRINE   cAMP LEVELS
THIS   cAPK ACTIVITY
 cAPK ACTIVITY 
  PHOSPHORYLATION RATES
  DEPHOSPHORYLATION RATES
 PHOSPHORYLATION OF ENZYMES OF GLYCOGEN
METABOLISM
 GET  GLYCOGEN BREAKDOWN
 WHY?
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ACTIVATION OF GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE
INACTIVATION OF GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE
OPPOSITE HAPPENS WHEN [cAMP] DECREASES
THE ADENYLATE CYCLASE SIGNALING
SYSTEM
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REFER TO THE MECHANISM OF RECEPTORMEDIATED ACTIVATION/INHIBITION OF AC ON PAGE
676 OF THE VOET&VOET TEXT
INSULIN ACTIONS: PERIPHERAL
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STIMULATES GLUCOSE UPTAKE IN
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STIMULATES GLUCOSE STORAGE AS GLYCOGEN IN
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ADIPOSE TISSUE
MUSCLE
LIVER
MUSCLE
STIMULATES STORAGE AS FAT IN ADIPOCYTES
PROMOTES DIFFERENTIATION OF WHITE FAT CELLS
ACTIVATES LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE
INHIBITS HORMONE-SENSITIVE LIPASE
INHIBITS GLUCONEOGENESIS IN LIVER
INHIBITS GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE
INHIBITS CATECHOLAMINES
STARVATION
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NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF NUTRIENTS
AFTER A MEAL
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PROTEINS  AMINO ACIDS IN GUT
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ABSORBED BY INTESTINAL MUCOSA
PORTAL VEIN CIRCULATION TO LIVER
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IF NOT METABOLIZED IN LIVER
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PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
IF EXCESS, OXIDATION FOR ENERGY
PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION FOR METABOLISM
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SERINE FROM RENAL GLY METABOLISM
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ALANINE FROM INTESTINAL GLN METABOLISM
NO DEDICATED STORAGE FOR AMINO ACIDS
STARVATION
IN-CLASS STUDY QUESTIONS
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DURING STARVATION, GLUCOSE IS SYNTHESIZED FROM
PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION OF PROTEINS (MOSTLY
MUSCLE).
EXPLAIN HOW THE REACTIONS OF THE GLUCOSE-ALANINE
CYCLE OPERATE DURING STARVATION.
WHAT KIND OF MOLECULE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A KIND
OF STORAGE DEPOT FOR AMINO ACIDS?
HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM OTHER FUEL-STORAGE
MOLECULES?
GLUCONEOGENESIS
PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE
ADP
CO2 + GDP
PYRUVATE KINASE
PEP CARBOXYKINASE
ATP
GTP
CITRIC
ACID
CYCLE
OXALOACETATE
ALANINE
FROM
LIVER
PYRUVATE
ACTIVATES
ADP + Pi
ATP + CO2
ACETYL-CoA
PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE
ACTIVATES
CITRIC
ACID
CYCLE
STARVATION

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF NUTRIENTS
AFTER A MEAL



CARBOHYDRATES DEGRADED IN GUT
PORTAL VEIN CIRCULATION TO LIVER
DIETARY GLUCOSE




~1/3 CONVERTED TO GLYCOGEN IN LIVER
~1/3 CONVERTED TO GLYCOGEN IN MUSCLE
REMAINDER OXIDIZED FOR IMMEDIATE ENERGY
GLUCOSE IN BLOOD   INSULIN

INSULIN STIMULATES:


GLUCOSE UPTAKE
GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS: BODY STORES ~ 24 HR SUPPLY
OF CARBOHYDRATE
STARVATION

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF
NUTRIENTS AFTER A MEAL

FATTY ACIDS

PACKAGED AS CHYLOMICRONS



CIRCULATED FIRST IN LYMPH AND BLOODSTREAM
NOT DIRECTLY DELIVERED TO LIVER
UPTAKE BY ADIPOSE TISSUE

TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
FAT METABOLISM REGULATION

F.A. OXIDATION REGULATED BY BLOOD [FATTY
ACID]


CONTROLLED BY TG HYDROLYSIS IN FAT CELLS
MITOCHONDRIAL OXIDN’  ACETYL-CoA


KETONE BODIES
+ OXALOACETATE  CITRATE



TRICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORT SYSTEM

CITRATE + CoA  ACETYL-CoA + OXALOACETATE + ADP + Pi


 CITRIC ACID CYCLE
TRANSPORTED TO CYTOSOL
ATP-CITRATE LYASE IS THE ENZYME
F.A. SYNTHESIS  TGS

ACETYL-CoA CARBOXYLASE IS 1st COMMITTED STEP
THE METABOLIC CONSEQUENCES OF
STARVATION

WHEN [GLUCOSE] , GLUCAGON RELEASED

 GLYCOGEN BREAKDOWN IN LIVER


PROMOTES GLUCONEOGENESIS


RELEASES GLUCOSE
FROM AMINO ACIDS, LACTATE
AT SAME TIME, INSULIN 


 MOBILIZATION OF FATTY ACIDS FROM FAT
INHIBITS GLUCOSE UPTAKE BY MUSCLE


MUSCLE USES FATTY ACIDS FOR FUEL
 LACTATE PRODUCTION
STARVATION



EVENTUALLY LIVER GLYCOGEN DEPLETED
  RELIANCE ON GLUCONEOGENESIS
CANNOT SYNTHESIZE GLUCOSE FROM F.A.s
 WHY NOT?
SOURCE OF GLUCONEOGENIC INTERMEDIATES



AMINO ACIDS FROM MUSCLE BREAKDOWN
GLYCEROL FROM TRIACYLGLYCEROL BREAKDOWN
AFTER A FEW DAYS OF STARVATION:

KETONE BODIES SYNTHESIZED IN LIVER


FROM FATTY ACID OXIDATION
ALTERNATE FUEL FOR BRAIN
STARVATION

 FATTY ACID BREAKDOWN AFTER PROLONGED
STARVATION SPARES MUSCLE BREAKDOWN

SURVIVAL TIME ULTIMATELY DEPENDS ON FAT
STORES

NORMAL ADIPOSE STORE CAN SUSTAIN LIFE FOR
ONLY ~ 3 MONTHS
STARVATION

STUDY QUESTION


EXPLAIN THE BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES SEEN AS
THE BODY ADAPTS TO STARVATION.
LIST THE ORDER IN WHICH THE LIVER USES THE
FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES TO PROVIDE THE
BODY WITH METABOLIC FUEL DURING STARVATION: GLYCOGEN, FATTY ACIDS, MUSCLE
PROTEIN, NON-MUSCLE PROTEIN
PROTEINS INVOLVED IN BODY WEIGHT
REGULATION









LEPTIN
INSULIN
GHRELIN
PYY3-36
NEUROPEPTIDE Y
(NPY)
AgRP
(AGOUTI-RELATED PEPTIDE)
PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN (POMC)
-MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE (-MSH)
COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE-REGULATED
TRANSCRIPT (CART)
APPETITE CONTROL AT HYPOTHALAMIC
LEVEL
DIRECT EFFECTS OF PROTEINS ON NEURONS IN ARCUATE NUCLEUS
HYPOTHALAMUS
ARCUATE NUCLEUS
GHRELIN
RECEPTOR
INSULIN OR
LEPTIN
RECEPTOR
-
OTHER
NEURONS
+
GHRELIN
-
PYY3-36
Y2R
(AN NPY RECEPTOR
SUBTYPE)
MSH
RECEPTOR
POMC/
CART
NPY/
AgRP
-
+
LEPTIN AND INSULIN
LEPTIN



A MONOMERIC PROTEIN OF 146 RESIDUES
DISCOVERED IN 1994
EXPRESSED ONLY BY FAT CELLS

REFLECTS QUANTITY OF BODY FAT

FAT  LEPTIN  APPETITE

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:

LEPTIN BINDS TO OB-R PROTEIN IN HYPOTHALAMUS

ALSO CONTROLS ENERGY EXPENDITURE ( METAB. RATE)

IN OBESITY, LEPTIN  BUT LACK OF EXPECTED  IN APPETITE

“LEPTIN RESISTANCE”

SATURATION EFFECT AT BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
LEPTIN

***LEPTIN HAS PERIPHERAL EFFECTS AS WELL AS
CNS EFFECT
 PERIPHERAL OB RECEPTORS
 STIMULATES FATTY ACID OXIDATION IN NONADIPOSE TISSUE
 INHIBITS LIPID ACCUMULATION IN NONADIPOSE TISSUE





ACTIVATION OF AMPK INACTIVATION OF ACETYL-CoA
CARBOXYLASE (BY PHOSPHORYLATION) 
 [MALONYL-CoA] 
 INHIBITION OF CARNITINE PALMITOYL
TRANSFERASE I 
 TRANSPORT OF FATTY ACYL-CoA INTO
MITOCHONDRIA
DOES NOT PREVENT OBESITY, THOUGH
LEPTIN

“THRIFTY GENE” HYPOTHESIS

SHORT-TERM FAT STORAGE IN ADIPOSE TISSUE


PREVENTION OF ACCUMULATION IN NON-ADIPOSE TISSUES
DURING SHORT-TERM OBESITY


PROTECTS AGAINST: CAD, INSULIN RESISTANCE, DIABETES
LEPTIN INJECTIONS   APPETITE   OBESITY IN
INDIVIDUALS WITH LEPTIN DEFICIENCY



PROTECTION FROM INTERMITTENT FAMINES
RARE CONDITION
G DELETED IN CODON 133  FRAMESHIFT MUTN’  INACTIVE
LEPTIN
IN OVERFED RODENTS RESISTANT TO LEPTIN, IN-JECTION OF
LEPTIN INTO CNSBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
LEPTIN

SUMMARY

WEIGHT-CONTROL IN NON-OBESE

 CONCENTRATION WITHOUT EFFECT IN OBESE


LEPTIN RESISTANCE
RESPONSIBLE FOR LONG-TERM WEIGHT PROBLEMS
LEPTIN E100
(Zhang F, Basinski MB, et al. 1997. “Crystal structure of the obese protein leptin-E-100”. Nature
387(8):206-209.)

X-RAY STRUCTURE OF LEPTIN E100
(WILD-TYPE HUMAN LEPTIN IS DIFFICULT TO CRYSTALLIZE BECAUSE IT
AGGREGATES EXTENSIVELY. SUBSTITUTION OF Glu FOR Trp AT POSITION 100 RESULTS IN
THE PROTEIN LEPTIN-E100 WHICH CRYSTALLIZES READILY AND HAS COMPARABLE
BIOLOGIC ACTIVITY TO THE WILD-TYPE. ON A STRUCTURAL BASIS, LEPTIN BELONGS TO
THE LONG-CHAIN HELICAL CYTOKINE FAMILY, OF WHICH HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IS
ANOTHER MEMBER.)

SEE PDB 1AX8





A MONOMER, 146 RESIDUES, ONE DOMAIN
IDENTIFY THE FOUR-HELIX BUNDLE
ONE DISULFIDE BOND: IDENTIFY THE CYS RESIDUES INVOLVED
IDENTIFY E100
IDENTIFY Tyr 61 WITHIN A HYDROPHOBIC POCKET


A BURIED Tyr ON THIS HELIX IS CONSERVED IN LONG-CHAIN HELICAL
CYTOKINES
WHAT ATOM H-BONDS TO THE –OH GROUP OF Tyr61
PROTEINS: GHRELIN





A PEPTIDE SECRETED BY GASTRIC MUCOSA ON AN
EMPTY STOMACH (FASTING   GHRELIN LEVELS)
28 RESIDUES
REQUIRES OCTANOYLATION OF SER3 FOR ACTIVITY
ALSO RELEASES GROWTH HORMONE
GHRELIN  DURING FASTING




 APPETITE   FOOD INTAKE
  FAT UTILIZATION
INJECTIONS OF GHRELIN DO THE SAME THINGS
IN OBESITY, GHRELIN LEVELS ARE 
GHRELIN

ACTIVATES NPY/AgRP NEURONS IN ARCUATE
NUCLEUS IN HYPOTHALAMUS



THESE ARE APPETITE-STIMULATING NEURONS
SHORT-TERM APPETITE CONTROL
OVERPRODUCTION  OBESITY

PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME


HIGHEST LEVELS OF GHRELIN EVER MEASURED IN HUMANS
GHRELIN LEVELS IN MOST OBESE PEOPLE ARE
LOWER THAN IN NON-OBESE
GHRELIN

GHRELIN LEVELS  WHEN WEIGHT IS LOST WHILE
DIETING


OPPOSES EFFECTS OF DIETING
IN GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY, GHRELIN LEVEL 
AND STAY THAT WAY

NOT SURE WHY
GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
PROTEINS: PYY3-36



A PEPTIDE
SECRETED BY GI TRACT
 IN PROPORTION TO CALORIC INTAKE


  FOOD INTAKE
ACTIONS IN ARCUATE NUCLEUS


INHIBITS NPY/AgRP NEURONS
STIMULATE POMC/CART CELLS

POMC RELEASE

POMC PROCESSING IN HYPOTHALAMUS  RELEASE
OF -MSH


-MSH  INHIBIT FOOD INTAKE;  ENERGY USE
CART  INHIBIT FOOD INTAKE;  ENERGY USE
INSULIN AS A HORMONAL SIGNAL IN THE
BRAIN

STIMULATES POMC/CART CELLS



 SATIETY
INCREASES ENERGY EXPENDITURE
INHIBITS NPY/AgRP CELLS


DECREASES APPETITE (SATIETY)
INHIBITS ENERGY EXPENDITURE
APPETITE CONTROL AT HYPOTHALAMIC
LEVEL: SUMMARY (1)


APPETITE CONTROL CENTER IN HYPOTHALAMUS
ARCUATE NUCLEUS

TWO CELL TYPES: (SECRETE NEUROPEPTIDES)



NPY AND AgRP:




NPY/AgRP (NEUROPEPTIDE Y/AGOUTI-RELATED PEPTIDE)
POMC/CART (PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN/COCAINE AND
AMPHETAMINE-REGULATED TRANSCRIPT)
STIMULATE APPETITE
INHIBIT ENERGY EXPENDITURE
POMC CONVERTED TO -MSH
CART AND -MSH:


INHIBIT FOOD INTAKE
STIMULATE ENERGY EXPENDITURE
APPETITE CONTROL AT HYPOTHALAMIC
LEVEL: SUMMARY (2)

NEUROPEPTIDE SECRETION REGULATED BY:




LEPTIN
GHRELIN
INSULIN
PYY3-36
APPETITE CONTROL AT HYPOTHALAMIC
LEVEL: SUMMARY (3)

LEPTIN AND INSULIN:
(1) STIMULATE POMC/CART NEURONS   CART AND -MSH
LEVELS
(2) INHIBIT NPY/AgRP NEURONS   NPY AND AgRP
NET EFFECTS: SATIETY AND  APPETITE

GHRELIN STIMULATES NPY/AgRP   NPY AND AgRP
SECRETION   APPETITE

PYY3-36 IS A HOMOLOGUE OF NPY

BINDS TO AN INHIBITORY RECEPTOR ON NPY/AgRP  
SECRETION OF NPY AND AgRP   APPETITE
OBESITY
OBESITY

A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

30% OF U.S. ADULTS ARE OBESE (NHANES 1999-2000)



ANOTHER 35 % ARE OVERWEIGHT (NHANES)
15 % OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ARE OVERWEIGHT





THIS HAS DOUBLED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS!
WENT FROM 11 % - 15 % OVER PAST 20 YEARS
300,000 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM OBESITY-RELATED
DISEASES
WORLDWIDE > 1 BILLION OVERWEIGHT
WORLDWIDE > 300 MILLION OBESE
PROJECTING TO 2008: OBESITY RATE OF 38%
OBESITY


OBESITY ACCOUNTS FOR 5.5 % - 7.8 % OF ALL
HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES
HEALTH RISKS OF OBESITY




TYPE II DIABETES ( 10X INCREASE IN PAST 20 YEARS)
HEART ATTACK
STROKE
SOME CANCERS


BREAST, COLON
DEPRESSION
OBESITY

DEFINITIONS



OVERWEIGHT: BMI > 25 KG / M2
OBESITY: BMI > 30 KG / M2
CALCULATE YOUR OWN BMI AND WRITE THE
VALUE ON A SHEET OF PAPER. WE’LL COLLECT
THESE AND DETERMINE THE CLASS DISTRIBUTION
OF BMIs
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
OBESITY

MAJOR FACTORS DRIVING THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC:

THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT!

OVERCONSUMPTION




EASY AVAILABILITY OF FOODS

ENERGY-DENSE

LARGE PORTIONS
DECREASING FREQUENCY OF FAMILY MEALS

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS
ADVERTISING TO CHILDREN
REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY



 IN JOBS REQUIRING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
GENERAL CONVENIENCES   ENERGY EXPENDITURES
SEDENTARY ACTIVITIES

TV, VIDEO GAMES, WWW
OBESITY

FACTORS DRIVING INCREASE IN OBESITY:

THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

 TECHNOLOGY   PRODUCTIVITY





CHANGING FAMILY STRUCTURE



FASTER PACE OF LIFE
INCREASED STRESS
NOT ENOUGH TIME
WALLMARTS : GETTING MORE FOR LESS
INCREASE IN BOTH PARENTS WORKING
INCREASE IN SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT  PHYS. ENVT.
RECIPROCITY
OBESITY

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN OBESITY

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN HEIGHT, WEIGHT



GENETIC (GIVEN ADEQUATE ACCESS TO FOOD)
WEIGHT (BMI), HEIGHT ARE DISTRIBUTED AROUND
A MEAN VALUE IN THE POPULATION

HEREITABILITY OF OBESITY = THAT OF HEIGHT
AND WEIGHT
DEFINITION OF OBESITY: A FIXED “THRESEHOLD”
VALUE

SHIFTING THE POPULATION CURVE TO THE
RIGHT  LARGE INCREASE IN AREA UNDER THE
CURVE BEYOND THRESHOLD
OBESITY

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN OBESITY

GENETIC DIFFERENCES IN DRIVE TO EAT
 5% - 6% OF SEVERLY OBESE CHILDREN HAVE
SINGLE GENE MUTATIONS
 10 % OF MORBIDLY OBESE CHILDREN
WITHOUT DOCUMENTED GENE DEFECTS
COME FROM HIGHLY INBRED FAMILIES
 “THRIFTY GENE HYPOTHESIS”

DRIVE TO EAT IS “HARDWIRED”; DRIVE TO NOT
EAT IS WEAKER AND CAN BE OVERRIDDEN
OBESITY

THE THERMODYNAMICS OF OBESITY

THE “FIRST LAW” : LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY





ENERGY STORED = ENERGY INTAKE – ENERGY EXPENDED
THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THIS!
EXCESS ENERGY STORED PRIMARILY AS TRIGLYCERIDES IN
FAT CELLS
“POSITIVE ENERGY BALANCE”
CENTRAL REGULATORY MECHANISMS

A “LIPOSTAT” (IN HYPOTHALAMUS)

BODY MAINTAINS FAT RESERVES AT WHATEVER THEY ARE


WITHIN ~ 1% OVER YEARS
PEOPLE TEND TO “DEFEND” HIGHEST ATTAINED WEIGHT
OBESITY

A VARIATION ON THE “SECOND LAW”

YOU CANNOT GET MORE FOR LESS

IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF LIFE IN ONE AREA WILL
OFTEN HAVE UNINTENDED AND UNEXPECTED NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES IN OTHER AREAS.

WILL YOUR GENERATION AND THOSE SUCCEEDING IT
HAVE A LESSER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN MINE?
OBESITY

SOME “BOTTOM LINE” COMMENTS


DESPITE THE GENETICS, THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC IS A
CONSEQUENCE OF THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
EVOLUTION HAS BEEN DIRECTED ALONG THE LINES OF
ENERGY STORAGE



LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF WEIGHT LOSS IS DIFFICULT
DIETING MAY BRING SHORT-TERM WEIGHT REDUCTIONS
BUT NOT LONG-TERM ONES
PREVENTION IS THE BEST APPROACH


INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS
POPULATION EFFORTS
GENETIC OR ENVIRONMENTAL?
BIOCHEMISTRY OF OBESITY


PROTEIN AND GLYCOGEN LEVELS ARE
REGULATED NARROWLY
FAT STORES ARE NOT, SO:



EXCESS FAT INTAKE COMPARED TO FAT OXIDN’
WITH EXCESS FAT INTAKE, CHO-DERIVED
ACETYL-CoA IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF
F.A.s
ADIPOSE TISSUE MASS 


INCREASE IN # OF FAT CELLS
INCREASE IN SIZE OF FAT CELLS
BIOCHEMISTRY OF OBESITY

STEADY STATE EVENTUALLY REACHED



% BODY FAT  DIETARY FAT INTAKE
LEPTIN RESISTANCE DEVELOPS




FAT STORAGE = FAT MOBILIZATION
HYPOTHALAMIC SET-POINT IS RAISED
APPETITE NOT SUPPRESSED
 ENERGY METABOLISM (IN NON-ADIPOSE TISSUE)
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF F.F.A.s  INSULIN
RESISTANCE


DECREASES FUSION OF GLUT4-CONTAINING VESICLES
WITH PLASMA MEMBRANE (MORE ABOUT THIS LATER)
  GLUCOSE ENTERS CELL
BIOCHEMISTRY OF OBESITY

PANCREAS MUST  INSULIN PRODUCTION


CAUSES  APPETITE (“HYPERPHAGIA”)
INSULIN  PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF F.A.s IN
ADIPOSE TISSUE
DIETING

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS:





PROTEIN: 10% – 15%
CARBOHYDRATES: 55% – 60%
FAT: 25% - 30%
IN-CLASS EXERCISE: PREDICT THE BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSE
TO HAVING A DIET CONSISTING OF NO FAT, 70%
CARBOHYDRATES AND 30% PROTEIN.
IN-CLASS EXERCISE: DO THE SAME FOR A DIET WITH 0%
CARBOHYDRATES, 70% FAT AND 30% PROTEIN.
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ATKINS DIET

IT’S A HIGH FAT, HIGH PROTEIN, LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET

PROTEIN IS USED FOR:



LOW CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE:




TISSUE BUILDING AND REPAIR
CONVERSION TO GLUCOSE FOR ENERGY
PROTEIN-DERIVED GLUCOSE CANNOT SUSTAIN ENERGY NEEDS
FAT MUST BE BURNED
LESS INSULIN PRODUCED BECAUSE LESS GLUCOSE ABSORBED
FATS


HIGH SATIETY FACTOR
INGESTED FAT IS NOT STORED (LOW INSULIN)

EXCESS FAT IS CATABOLIZED AND EXCRETED
ATKINS DIET: STUDY QUESTIONS***

EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE
CITRIC ACID CYCLE WHEN SOMEONE IS ON THE
ATKINS DIET.

WHAT EFFECT DOES THIS HAVE ON FAT
METABOLISM?
BIOCHEMISTRY OF ATKINS DIET

DISADVANTAGES:

HIGH SATURATED FAT DIET 


INCREASES RISK OF HEART DISEASE
A DIET LOW IN FRUITS

FRUITS ARE PROTECTIVE IN CANCER


KETOGENESIS IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE ENERGY



BLADDER, GI TRACT, PROSTATE
 PERPETUAL STATE OF KETOSIS
SIMILAR TO LONG-TERM STARVATION
SYMPTOMS OF KETOSIS:





ABDOMINAL: PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING (DEHYDRATION), LIVER
FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES
NEUROLOGIC: FATIGUE, HEADACHE
METABOLIC: K+ LOSS, Ca++ LOSS, RTA
HEMATOLOGIC: HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
CARDIAC: CARDIOMYOPATHY (POSSIBLY REVERSIBLE)
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ATKINS DIET

ACID-BASE EFFECTS:





KETONE BODIES   BLOOD pH
A LOW pH   GFR
  RENAL TUBULAR REABSORPTION OF Ca++
  CALCIUM IN URINE
Ca++ SALTS MOBILIZED FROM BONE



PO42- NEEDED TO BUFFER  ACID LOAD TO KIDNEY
 OSTEOPOROSIS
CALCIURIA  STONE FORMATION
BIOCHEMISTRY OF ATKINS DIET

ADVANTAGES



IT WORKS IN THE SHORT RUN
TG AND HDL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IMPROVED
RISK/BENEFIT ANALYSIS:

PROBABLY NOT FAVORABLE




WEIGHT LOSS NOT SUSTAINED (UNLESS YOU
STAY ON THE DIET)
IT’S UNHEALTHY
CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY
CAN RESULT IN PREMATURE DEATH
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ATKINS DIET



DESPITE ALL OF THE FANCY BIOCHEMISTRY, THE
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT INCREASED FAT IN THE DIET
CAUSES EARLY AND SUSTAINED SATIETY, WHICH
ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN LESS DAILY INTAKE OF
CALORIES. IT’S STILL A CONSEQUENCE OF THE
“FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS” (ENERGY IN –
ENERGY OUT).
THERE ARE NO SAFE FAD DIETS THAT BOTH WORK
AND ARE HEALTHY AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU WILL ALWAYS GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK AFTER
YOU STOP THE DIET.
A CLINICAL CASE STUDY

A 20 YEAR OLD, 5’ 4”, 180# FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENT WHO
HAS BEEN OVERWEIGHT SINCE THE AGE OF 3 YEARS VISITS
THE INFIRMARY BECAUSE SHE HASN’T BEEN FEELING WELL
LATELY. SHE HAS BEEN HAVING HEADACHES AND
CONSTIPATION FOR A FEW MONTHS AND SOMETIMES SHE
DOESN’T THINK AS CLEARLY AS SHE USED TO. HER PERIODS
HAVE BECOME IRREGULAR AND NOW SHE HAS ABDOMINAL
PAIN, BACK PAIN AND RED URINE. HER FRIENDS HAVE TOLD
HER THAT HER BREATH SMELLS “FUNNY”.
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IN TAKING A HISTORY, YOU LEARN THAT SHE HAS BEEN
EXPERIMENTING WITH THE ATKINS DIET FOR THE PAST 5 OR 6
MONTHS AND HAS LOST OVER 40 POUNDS.
CLINICAL CASE STUDY: CONTINUED
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HER PHYSICAL EXAM IS GENERALLY NORMAL
EXCEPT FOR SOME ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS AND
A SWEET SMELL TO HER BREATH.
LABORATORY STUDIES SHOWED A LOW INSULIN
LEVEL, A BLOOD GLUCOSE OF 60 mg/dL (LOW), AND
AN ABNORMALLY LOW BLOOD pH. A URINALYSIS
SHOWED RED BLOOD CELLS, A LOW pH, AND A
MARKEDLY ELEVATED CALCIUM/CREATININE
RATIO. HER CHOLESTEROL LEVEL IS 190 mg/dL.
AN ABDOMINAL X-RAY (“KUB”) SHOWED SOME
KIDNEY STONES
CLINICAL CASE STUDY: CONTINUED
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QUESTIONS:
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WHY DOES HER BREATH SMELL SWEET?
WHY IS SHE HAVING TROUBLE THINKING?
WHY ARE HER INSULIN LEVELS LOW?
WHY IS HER BLOOD pH LOW?
WHY IS HER URINARY CALCIUM EXCRETION INCREASED?
WHY IS HER URINARY pH DECREASED?
WHY HASN’T THE CHOLESTEROL LEVEL CHANGED MUCH,
DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE’S EATING MORE FAT?
DRUGS AND DIET
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XENICAL
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INTESTINAL LIPASE INHIBITORS
MERIDIA (SIBUTRAMINE)

AMPHETAMINE-LIKE
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NE AND SEROTONIN RE-UPTAKE INHIBITION
PHENTERMINE (PART OF “REDUX”)
FUTURE ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS

RIMBONABANT
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
CNTF (CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC
FACTOR) (“AXOKINE”)
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INHIBITS CANNABINOID RECEPTORS
CNTF AND LEPTIN RECEPTORS VERY
MUCH ALIKE
CNTF DOESN’T GENERATE RESISTANCE
MELANOCORTINS AND RECEPTORS
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-MSH
BIOCHEMISTRY OF DIABETES

TYPE I
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INSULIN ABSENT OR ALMOST ABSENT
AUTOIMMUNE
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION

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CLASS II MHC PROTEINS
MOSTLY IN CHILDREN
TYPE II

INSULIN RESISTANCE

OBESE

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
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
USUALLY IN > 40 YEAR OLDS
NOW SEEN MORE FREQUENTLY IN OBESE YOUTH
BIOCHEMISTRY OF DIABETES

BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS RISE

“HYPERGLYCEMIA”

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OSMOTIC EFFECT  DEHYDRATION
 POLYDYPSIA
 GYCOSURIA

OSMOTIC LOSS OF WATER
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GLUCOSE ENTRY INTO CELLS IMPAIRED
ALTERNATE FUEL NEEDED
HYDROLYSIS OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS


INCREASED FATTY ACID OXIDATION
KETONE BODIES
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
POLYURIA
KETOACIDOSIS
GLUCONEOGENESIS
BIOCHEMISTRY OF DIABETES

KETOACIDOSIS

A STRESS ON BUFFER CAPACITY OF

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BLOOD
KIDNEYS
EXCRETION OF EXCESS H+ INTO URINE
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ACCOMPANIED BY EXCRETION OF
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NH4+
Na+
K+
INORGANIC PHOSPHATE
WATER
DEHYDRATION AND  BLOOD VOLUME

SHOCK
BIOCHEMISTRY OF DIABETES

[K+] IN BLOOD IS MAINTAINED BY LOSS OF
K+ FROM CELLS



“WHEN pH IS LOW, K+ MUST GO”
 TOTAL BODY K+ DEPELETION
INAPPROPRIATE REHYDRATION AND
INSULIN ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT
SUPPLEMENTING K+ CAN  CARDIAC
ARYTHMIAS AND DEATH
GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEIN: GLUT4

LOCATED IN MEMBRANES OF
INTRACELLULAR VESICLES

TRANSLOCATED TO AND FUSED TO CELL MEMBRANE

TRIGGERED BY INSULIN BINDING TO INSULIN RECEPTORS

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  RATE OF GLUCOSE ENTRY INTO CELL
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A PASSIVE TRANSPORT
Vmax  BECAUSE OF INCREASED # OF GLUT4s
MOSTLY IN MUSCLE AND FAT CELLS
WHEN INSULIN LEVELS  TRANSPORTERS RELOCATE
INTO CELL


“EXOCYTOSIS”
“ENDOCYTOSIS”
DEFECTS IN GLUT4  INSULIN RESISTANCE
GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS

OTHER GLUCOSE TRANSPORTERS
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GLUT1 : ERYTHROCYTES
GLUT2 : PANCREATIC β-CELLS AND LIVER
CELLS
GLUT3 : BRAIN, PLACENTA, FETAL
MUSCLE
INSULIN ACTIONS AS A NEURAL SIGNAL

INSULIN RECEPTORS IN HYPOTHALAMUS

NEURONAL REGULATION OF
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FOOD INTAKE (INCREASES APPETITE)
BODY WEIGHT
ACTIONS MEDIATED BY INSULIN SIGNALING
SYSTEM


SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
REQUIRES BINDING OF INSULIN TO INSULIN
RECEPTORS
INSULIN

PROINSULIN  INSULIN + C-PEPTIDE

SITE SPECIFIC CLEAVAGE AT THE SEQUENCES:

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2 INSULIN MONOMERS  DIMERIZE
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ANTIPARALLEL -SHEET ASSOCIATION
C-TERMINAL OF B-CHAIN
3 INSULIN DIMERS  HEXAMER


ASSOCIATION REQUIRES Zn2+
Zn2+ RELEASED WHEN INSULIN SECRETED
HEXAMERS ARE STORED IN  CELLS OF PANCREAS
RECOMBINANT SYNTHESIS OF INSULIN ANALOGS


“LISPRO” INSULIN: USUAL INSULIN OF CHOICE IN DIABETICS
PRO28 AND LYS29 ON B-CHAIN ARE SWITCHED



ARG-ARG
LYS-ARG
BOTH ARE COMMON SIGNALS FOR PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING
INSULIN MONOMERS DO NOT DIMERIZE
 FASTER ONSET OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY (15 MINUTES AFTER SC ADMIN.)
C-PEPTIDE: NO BIOLOGIC FUNCTION
PROTEINS: INSULIN IN PERIPHERAL
TISSUES

INSULIN HAS 2 CHAINS LINKED BY 2 DISULFIDE
BRIDGES
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
GENE PRODUCT IS “PREPROINSULIN”

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
GENE IS ON SHORT ARM OF CHROMOSOME #11
AFTER TRANSLOCATION TO THE E.R. 23 N-TERMINAL
AMINO ACIDS ARE REMOVED  “PROINSULIN”
PROINSULIN: CHAINS “A” AND “B” , 3 –S-S- BONDS,
AND “C” PEPTIDE
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
THE “A” CHAIN: 21 AMINO ACIDS
THE “B” CHAIN: 30 AMINO ACIDS
SINGLE CHAIN OF 86 AMINO ACIDS
PROINSULIN PACKAGED IN SECRETORY GRANULES
THE INSULIN RECEPTOR

A RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE
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
A TRANSMEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN
HAS A CYTOPLASMIC PTK DOMAIN
A PERMANENT DIMER (2  AND 2 
SUBUNITS)


2 s ARE LINKED BY DISULFIDE BOND
EACH  LINKED TO A  BY –S-S- BOND
THE INSULIN RECEPTOR

WHEN INSULIN BINDS TO InsR,
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CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE OCCURS
 PTK DOMAINS FACE EACH OTHER
 CROSS PHOSPHORLYATION

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ACTIVATED TYRs CAN FURTHER PHOSPHORYLATE AT:

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3 SPECIFIC TYR RESIDUES ARE PHOSPHORYLATED
“AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION”
OTHER TYRs OUTSIDE OF PTK DOMAIN
CYTOPLASMIC PROTEIN
SIMILAR RTKs FOR OTHER PROTEIN GROWTH
FACTORS

EGF, PDGF, FGF
THE INSULIN RECEPTOR

THE Y-KINASE ACTIVITY OF THE RTK DEPENDS ON:

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DEGREE OF PHOSPHORYLATION AT THE 3 Y-SIDE CHAINS
FULL ACTIVITY WHEN Y1163 IS PHOSPHORYLATED
SIDE CHAINS OF SER AND THR NOT LONG ENOUGH TO
REACH ACTIVE SITE
MAIN TARGETS OF INSULIN-RTKs

“INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATES” 1 AND 2

WHEN PHSOPHORYLATED,  INTERACTIONS WITH
PROTEINS THAT HAVE Src HOMOLOGY 2 DOMAINS



THESE BIND phospho-Tyr WITH HIGH AFFINITY
Phospho-Ser and phospho-Thr NOT BOUND WELL
SH2 DOMAINS
PDB EXERCISES

EXPLORE THE XRAY STRUCTURE OF
THE PTK DOMAIN OF InsR:
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
PDB ID 1IRK (UNPHOSPHORYLATED)
PDB ID 1IR3 (PHOSPHORYLATED)
AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION OF PTK DOMAINS OF InsR
INSULIN

S-S
S-S
S-S
S-S

TRANSMEMBRANE PART
OF -SUBUNITS
MEMBRANE

Y1158
P Y
PTK DOMAIN
P
IRS-1
INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE-1
Y1162
P Y
Y1163
P Y
ACTIVATION
LOOP
HAS Y-KINASE ACTIVITY
INSULIN SIGNALING SYSTEM (1)

INSULIN BINDS TO THE INSULIN RECEPTOR

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION AT TYR RESIDUES


-SUBUNITS OF IR
PROTEINS BOUND AND TYR-PHOSPHORYLATED BY THESE
phosTYRs

Shc


Gab-1


phosShc STIMULATES MAPK
phosGab-1 ACTIVATES MAPK ALSO
APS/Cbl Complex


phosAPS/Cbl STIMULATES TC10 (A G-PROTEIN)
ALSO REGULATES GLUCOSE TRANSPORT INDEPENDENT OF PI3K


INVOLVES LIPID RAFTS AND CAVEOLAE
IRS Proteins

phosIRS ACTIVATES PHOSPHOINOSITIDE CASCADE


PI3K INTERMEDIATE
STIMULATES: GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS, GLUCOSE TRANSPORT,
CELL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION
INSULIN SIGNALING SYSTEM (2)

OTHER CASCADES ACTIVATED:



MAPK (PHOSPHORYLATION)
PI3K (PHOSPHORYLATION)
MAPK CASCADE

REGULATES GENE EXPRESSION




CELLULAR GROWTH
DIFFERENTIATION
Myc, Fos, Jun PROTEINS (TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS)
PI3K CASCADE

CHANGES PHOSPHORYLATION STATES OF SOME ENZYMES


STIMULATES GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS
CONTROL OF VESICLE TRAFFICKING

GLUT4 GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TRANSLOCATED TO CELL SURFACE

  RATE OF GLUCOSE TRANSPORT INTO CELL
INSULIN SIGNALING: SHORT SLIDE

PROTEINS THAT BIND TO pY RESIDUES OF IR





Shc
Gab-1
Aps/Cbl Complex
IRS Proteins
PHOSPHORYLATION CASCADES ACTIVATED


MAPK: PHOSPHORYLATES NUCLEAR TRANSCRIPTION
FACTORS (Myc,Fos,Jun)  GENE EXPRESSION
PI3K:


STIMULATES GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS
 GLUCOSE TRANSPORT INTO CELL BY STIMULATING
TRANSLOCATION OF GLUT4 TRANSPORTERS
WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN OBESITY
AND TYPE II DIABETES?


WHAT CAUSES INSULIN RESISTANCE?
ONE PROPOSAL BY GERALD SHULMAN (2005)



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
 FFAs DIFFUSE INTO MUSCLE CELLS
  PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACYL-CoA
 ACTIVATION OF PROTEIN KINASE C (PKC)
 TRIGGERING OF A SER/THR KINASE CASCADE
 PHOSPHORYLATION OF IRS-1





INCREASES SER/THR PHOSPHORYLATION
DECREASES TYR PHOSPHORYLATION BY INSULIN SIGNAL
DECREASE IN TYR PHOS.   ACTIVATION OF PI3K
  RATE OF FUSION OF GLUT4-VESICLES
  GLUCOSE ENTERING CELL
(FATTY ACIDS CAUSE INSULIN RESISTANCE BY DIRECTLY INHIBITING INSULIN-STIMULATED
GLUCOSE TRANSPORT ACTIVITY)
From: Lowell BB, Shulman GI. 2005. “Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Type 2 diabetes”. Science. 307: 384-387.
STUDY QUESTION
• EXPLAIN HOW INCREASED FREE
FATTY ACIDS CAUSES INSULIN
RESISTANCE.
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