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1
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Define EAR (Estimated Average Requirement)

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Average daily nutrient intake level estimated to meet the requirements of of half of the healthy members of a particular life stage and gender group

2
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Define RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance)

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Average daily dietary nutrient intake level sufficient to meet the nutritional requirements of nearly all (97-98%) healthy persons in a particular life stage and gender group

3
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Define Tolerable Upper Limit:

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Risk of “overdose” is approx. 0.1%

4
Q

Biologically active form of vit A:

A

all-trans-retinol

  • B-ionone ring
  • branched polyunsaturated acyle chain
  • alcohol
5
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Three things all-trans-retinol can be converted to:

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  1. aldehyde
  2. carboxylic acid
  3. ester w/ fatty acid (eg. palmitate)
6
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Three dietary forms of vit A:

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  1. retinyl palmitate
  2. B-carotene
  3. a-carotene
7
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Vit A metabolite that can be transported in blood with albumin:

A

Retinoic acid

8
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Vit A metabolites that are transported in chylomicrons:

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Retinyl-fatty acid esters

9
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Reservoir for vit A storage in liver:

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Stellate cells

10
Q

retinal cycle in photoreceptors?

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cis-retinal + opsin = rhodopsin

rhodopsin + UV light = opsin + tras-retinal

trans-retinal –> G-protein rec. –> closes Na+ channels –> hyperpolarization of rod cell –> signals neuron

trans-retinal recycled back to cis-retinal

11
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4 roles of retinoic acid ligand based transcription factors (RAR, RXR, PPAR):

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  1. differentiation of goblet cells (inhibits keratinization)
  2. apoptosis of cancer cells
  3. maturation of dendritic cells
  4. recruitment of antibody secreting cells to small intestine
12
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Vit A metabolites that act as antioxidants:

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carotenes (double bonds bind free radicals)

13
Q

Bitot’s spots in the eye?

A

Vit A deficiency

14
Q

Dry eye due to keratinization?

A

xeropthalmia

due to vit A deficiency

15
Q

Vit E form with SATURATED 16-C acyl chains:

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tocopherols

16
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Vit E form with polyUNsaturated 16-C acyl chains:

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tocotrienols

17
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Vit E absorption and distribution parallels _____?

A

fat digestion and absorption

18
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Vit E functions?

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  1. lipid bilayers
  2. intracellular plasma membranes
  3. cellular oxidative stress defense
19
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Vit that can inhibit Vit K absorption and metabolism:

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Vit E

20
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Vit E deficiency: Causes? Symptoms?

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Causes:

  • premature infants
  • Crohns
  • short bowel syndrome

Sx:

  • myopathy
  • hemolytic anemia
  • peripheral neuropathy
  • ataxia, loss of vibratory sense
21
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Main form of dietary vit K:

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Phylloquinone

green leafy vegetables

22
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Vit K produced by fermentation:

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Menaquinones

23
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Vit K absorption paralells _____.

A

fat

24
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Vit K stored in _______.

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cell membranes of lung, kidney, bone marrow, adrenal glands

25
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Coumadin blocks what enzyme?

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vit k epoxide reductase

**increases PTT

26
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Clotting factors reliant on vit K dependent carboxylation:

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VIIa

IX

X

27
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Main circulating form of vit D:

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25-hydroxycholecalciferol

28
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Biologically active form of vit D:

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1,25-dihydrocholecalciferol

29
Q

Where does vit D get activated:

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kidney

**in response to PTH

30
Q

Enzyme in kidney responsible for activating vit D:

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1-a-hydroxylase (+ PTH)

31
Q

Ca++ channel on brush border:

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TRPV6

32
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Vit D deficiency characterized by seizures, growth retardation, failure of bone mineralization (osteomalacia):

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rickets

33
Q

Most toxic vitamin?

A

D

34
Q

Vit associated with reduced colorectal carcinoma:

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vit D

35
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Most abundant metal ion in the body:

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Calcium

36
Q

HOw does Ca++ get across basolateral membrane?

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Ca++ ATPase

37
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Transcellular movement of Ca is regulated by?

A

calcitrol

38
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Pericellular transport of Ca is regulated by?

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Claudin

39
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Inhibits PTH?

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calcitonin

40
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Intracellular signalling by calcium is mediated by?

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calmodulin

41
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How does Ca decrease cholesterol?

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traps bile salts and fatty acids in undigestable soaps –> diverts cholesterol to bile salt synthesis

42
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Saturable transport of Mg+ across brush border?

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TRPM6

43
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Basolateral transport of Mg+?

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  1. 2Na+ / Mg2+ antiporter

2. 2K+ / 3Na+ ATPase (creates favorable Na conc for #1 above)

44
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Functions of Mg++?

A

bone

ATP

kinases

polymerases

45
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Best measurement of Mg++?

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renal excretion

46
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SLC12A3 mutation

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Gitelman Syndrome

47
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Intracellular processes dependent on Mg++:

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ATP associated processes