MindMap Gallery Liver Biochemistry
This is a mind map about the biochemistry of the liver, including the role of the liver in material metabolism, the biotransformation of the liver, the metabolism of bile and bile acids, etc.
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Liver Biochemistry
Section 1 The role of liver in substance metabolism
1. The liver is an important organ that maintains relatively stable blood sugar levels.
Regulates glycogen synthesis and breakdown, Gluconeogenesis pathway maintains blood sugar stability
Hepatocyte membrane glucose transporter 2, GLUT2, transports glucose Keep intrahepatic cellular glucose concentration consistent with blood glucose concentration
Specific hexokinase isoenzyme IV, glucokinase Not inhibited by the product glucose-6-phosphate group, it is synthesized into liver glycogen for storage When blood sugar is high, it can also be converted into fat and used as very low-density lipoprotein VLDL is transported outside the liver
Glucose-6-phosphatase (not found in muscle tissue), liver glycogen → glucose-6-phosphate →glucose→blood sugar↑
Complete gluconeogenesis enzyme system, fasting for 12-18 hours Glucogenic amino acids, lactic acid, glycerol → glucose
Pentose phosphate pathway, provides NADPH Glucose → (Uronic acid pathway) UDP-glucuronic acid (UDPGA)
2. Liver plays a central role in lipid metabolism
Digest and absorb lipids, synthesize them in liver cells, secrete bile acids, Liver damage or bile duct obstruction, leading to poor digestion and absorption of lipids , producing greasiness and steatorrhea
Coordinate fatty acid oxidation for energy supply and esterification to synthesize triglycerides
Endogenous triglyceride synthesis When full, liver, glucose and certain amino acids → acetyl CoA → fatty acids → triglycerides Exogenous fatty acids in the digestive tract are partially β-oxidized and partially synthesized into triglycerides. Endogenous TG and exogenous cholesterol and phospholipids synthesized in the liver →VLDL→extrahepatic tissue uptake and utilization.
During hunger, fat mobilization → fatty acids and glycerol → hepatic metabolism FA→β-oxidation→acetyl CoA→triccarboxylic acid cycle→oxidation energy supply FA is mostly → ketone bodies → oxidatively utilized by the brain and muscles. Brain energy supply (60-70%)
Regulate cholesterol metabolism balance
The liver is the main organ that synthesizes cholesterol, accounting for 3/4 of the amount synthesized.
Main organ of transformation and elimination The liver is almost exclusively responsible for the elimination of cholesterol and its conversion products from the body the only organ The biliary tract is its only route.
apoE receptor, LDL receptor, HDL receptor Uptake of endogenous and extrahepatic tissue cholesterol →Bile acid may be directly excreted with bile
Esterification of cholesterol, liver → lecithin (cholesterol ester acyltransferase LCAT) Transport cholesterol → cholesterol esters in plasma LCAT↓→plasma cholesterol↓and earlier and more pronounced appearance of plasma cholesterol esters↓
plasma lipoprotein metabolism
LDL degrades vital organs
HDL uptake of exogenous cholesterol
apoCII→LPL on the surface of capillary endothelial cells in extrahepatic tissue →TG decomposition in CM and VLDL
Lecithin synthesis, synthesis disorders → VLDL synthesis and secretion → Fat accumulation in the liver → Fatty liver
3. Protein synthesis and catabolism in the liver are very active
The liver synthesizes 90% of plasma proteins In addition to gamma globulin, albumin, prothrombin, fibrinogen, Ceruloplasmin, coagulation factor I II V VI IX
Various apolipoproteins: apoA B C E, some lipoprotein metabolic enzymes
In liver damage, prolonged clotting time and bleeding tendencies occur.
Plasma albumin is almost always synthesized by liver parenchymal cells Role: As a non-specific transport carrier of fat-soluble substances (FC, bilirubin) Maintain plasma osmotic pressure,
Alpha-fetoprotein, present in embryonic stage, inhibited after birth, important tumor marker for primary liver cancer
Important organ for the decomposition and transformation of amino acids except branched chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, valerian) Transamination, deamination, decarboxylation, transmethylation. ALT in the liver is helpful in the diagnosis of liver disease
Detoxify ammonia, ornithine cycle, ammonia → urea. Carbamoyl phosphate synthase I CPS-I, ornithine carbamoyltransferase OCT
Amine conversion: hepatic monoamine oxidase decarboxylates the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine into phenylethylamine and tyramine for oxidative elimination In case of severe liver disease → phenylethanolamine and octamine, similar to catecholamines, are abnormally suppressed. Hepatic encephalopathy.
4. Liver participates in the metabolism of multiple vitamins and coenzymes
Synthesize and secrete bile acids → absorb VA D E K (fat-soluble amino acids)
Store VA95% K E B12
Synthesizes and secretes retinol-binding protein, binds retinol, and transports it in the blood
VD is not stored, VD-binding proteins are synthesized and secreted, and 85% of VD metabolites are combined with VD for transport.
Participate in the conversion of various V, carotene → VA, VPP → coenzyme I, coenzyme II Pantothenic acid → Coenzyme A, VB1 → Thiamine pyrophosphate TPP, VD3 → 25-hydroxyVD3 VK is involved in the synthesis of coagulation factor II VII IX X
5. The liver is involved in the inactivation of multiple hormones Inactivation: Many hormones are metabolized and transformed in the liver, thereby reducing or losing activity
Water-soluble hormone, endocytosed
steroid hormones, diffusion Combined with glucuronic acid or activated sulfuric acid
Liver cells are severely damaged and inactivated↓→Estrogen, aldosterone, antidiuretic hormone↑ →Gynecomastia, spider nevi, liver palms (local arteriolar dilation) and water and sodium retention
2. Biotransformation of liver
1. Liver biotransformation is an important protective mechanism of the body
Concept: Some substances cannot be used as building blocks of tissue cells. It cannot be used as an energy substance and may have harmful effects on the human body. Certain biological effects and potential toxic effects, long-term Accumulation is harmful to the human body, undergoes metabolic transformation, and improves water solubility. The polarity is enhanced and it is easily excreted through bile and urine. this process for biological transformation.
Physiological significance: S↑cholesterol, toxic, benzopyrene, BaP, reactive, cyclophosphamide, Bailangduoxi Chloral hydrate, Chinese medicine rhubarb.
2. Biotransformation of the liver includes two-phase reactions
First phase reaction, oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis Water solubility and polarity are not obvious, the binding reaction (second phase) is continuous, and there are many types
(1) Oxidation reaction is the most common first phase
The monooxygenase system is the most important enzyme for oxidizing xenobiotics Cytochrome P450, NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (Flavase with FAD as prosthetic group) RH+O2+NADPH+H+→ROH+NADP+➕H2O Increase water solubility, VD3 hydroxylation, bile acid and steroid hormone synthesis process hydroxylation Moldy grains and peanuts contain aflatoxin B1, → aflatoxin 2,3 epoxide, combined with guanine →DNA mutation→primary liver cancer.
2. Oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic amines Monoplus oxidase MAO in hepatocyte mitochondria Flavoenzymes Catalysis → Aliphatic and aromatic amines (Histamine, Tyramine, Tryptamine, Cadaverine, Putrescine) Serotonin, catecholamine oxidative deamination → aldehyde →Aldehyde dehydrogenase→Acid (inactivated) RCH2NH2+O2+H2O→RCHO+NH3+H2O2 RCHO+NAD+➕H2O→RCOOH+NADH+H+
3. Alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD+ is a coenzyme, ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH, ethanol → acetic acid RCH2OH+NAD+→Enzyme-RCHO+NADH+H+ RCHO+NAD+➕H2O→RCOOH+NADH+H+ A 70Kg adult metabolizes 7-14g ethanol per hour, chronic ethanol poisoning from long-term drinking → hepatic microsomal ethanol oxidation system MEOS (functions with high ethanol content in blood) → consumption of O and NADPH can also catalyze lipid peroxidation to produce hydroxyethyl free radicals, Promote lipid peroxidation → oxidative damage to cells. The ALDH gene has normal homozygous, inactive homozygous and heterozygous types of both. On 45.10.45, this gene mutated and some ALDH activity was low. After drinking alcohol, the person's blood vessels expanded, his face flushed, his heart beat too fast, and his pulse accelerated. At the same time, ethanol oxidation leads to an increase in the NADH/NAD+ ratio in the cytoplasm of the liver, reducing pyruvate to lactate. Severe alcoholism → accumulation of ethanol, lactic acid, → acidosis and electrolyte balance disorders, blocked gluconeogenesis → hypoglycemia.
(2) Nitroreductase and azoreductase are the main reductases in the first phase reaction.
Nitro compounds: food preservatives, industrial reagents Azo compounds: food pigments, cosmetics, textile and printing industries (possible former carcinogens) Under the catalysis of liver microsomal nitroreductase and azoreductase, NADH or NADPH is used as a hydrogen donor carrier to reduce to amines. Then monooxygenase generates acid. Bailangduoxi → dapsamide with antibacterial activity.
(3) Esterase, esteramidase and glycosidase are the main hydrolases in biological transformation.
Liver microsomes and cytoplasm contain a variety of hydrolases: esterase, amidase, glycosidase Catalyze ester bonds, amide bonds and glycosidic bonds in lipids, amides and glycosides compounds respectively Reduce or eliminate biological activity. Needs further transformation. Acetylsalicylic acid → salicylic acid → (hydroxysalicylic acid) → glucuronic acid conjugation conversion reaction.
(4) The conjugation reaction is the second phase reaction of biological transformation
1. Glucuronic acid conjugation is the most important and common conjugation reaction Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid UDPG➕NAD+→ (UDDPG dehydrogenase) Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid UDPGA+NADH+H+ As an active donor of glucuronic acid, UDPGA will have multiple functions under the catalysis of liver microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase UGT. The glucuronic acid group of the hydroxyl group and the dissociable carboxyl group is transferred to the hydroxyl group, amino group and carboxyl group of the alcohol, phenol, amine, and carboxylic acid compound to form The corresponding β-D-glucuronide increases polarity and is easily excreted from the body. Thousands of lipophilic endogenous and xenobiotic substances can be combined with glucuronic acid, such as bilirubin, steroid hormones, morphine, and phenobarbital drugs, and converted and excreted from the body. Glucolactone (Gantyler) treats liver diseases as a glucuronic acid preparation to increase the liver's biotransformation of converted substances.
2. Sulfuric acid binding is also a common binding reaction. Sulfate transferase SLUT, 3·adenosine phosphate 5-phosphoryl sulfate PAPS serves as the active sulfate donor. Catalyzes the transfer of sulfate groups to steroids, phenols, aromatic amines → sulfate esters. Increased water solubility facilitates excretion and promotes its inactivation. Estrone → estrone sulfate.
3. Acetylation is an important transformation reaction for some amine-containing xenobiotics
4. Glutathione binding is an important defense response of cells against electrophilic xenobiotic substances.
5. Methylation reaction is an important reaction in metabolizing endogenous substances.
6. Glycine is mainly involved in the biotransformation of carboxyl-containing xenobiotics
3. Biotransformation is regulated and affected by many factors
(1) Factors such as age, gender, nutrition, disease and genetics Have a significant impact on biological transformation.
1. Age has a significant impact on biotransformation
2. There are obvious gender differences in some biological transformation reactions.
3. Nutritional status also affects biotransformation.
4. Disease, especially severe liver disease, can significantly affect biotransformation
5. Genetic factors can also significantly affect the activity of biotransformation enzymes.
(2) Many xenobiotics can induce biotransformation enzymes
3. Metabolism of Bile and Bile Acid
1. Bile can be divided into liver bile and gallbladder bile
Liver bile, secreted by liver cells, gallbladder Bile is concentrated by the gallbladder Bile: bile salts, inorganic salts, mucin, phospholipids, bile pigments, Bile pigments, various enzymes.
2. Bile acids can be divided into free type, combined type, primary type and secondary type.
Free: cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid,/deoxycholic acid, lithocholic acid Conjugated, glycine, taurine conjugated, glycocholic acid, taurocholic acid, glycosaminochenodeoxycholic acid, taurochenodeoxycholic acid.
3. Main physiological functions of bile acids
1. Promote the digestion and absorption of lipids
2. Maintain the dissolved state of cholesterol in bile to inhibit the precipitation of cholesterol. Bile acid, lecithin: cholesterol ≦10:1
4. Bile acid metabolism and enterohepatic circulation of bile acids
(1) Primary bile acids are produced in the liver using cholesterol as raw material Parts, hepatocyte microsomes and cytoplasm Key enzyme, cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase. High cholesterol → HMG-CoA reductase synthesis ↓ and induction Expression of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase maintains cholesterol levels. Glucocorticoids, growth hormone increase activity, and thyroxine induces its mRNA expression Therefore, patients with hyperthyroidism have low serum cholesterol levels.
4. Bile pigment metabolism and jaundice Bile pigments: biliverdin, bilirubin, cholinogen, cholinogen
1. Bilirubin is a degradation product of iron porphyrin mixtures
(1) Bilirubin mainly originates from the destruction of aging red blood cells. Iron porphyrins include Hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochromes, catalase and peroxidase.
(2) Heme monooxygenase and biliverdin reductase catalyze the production of bilirubin. Location: liver, spleen, bone marrow, mononuclear-macrophage microsomes and cytosol. Properties, lipophilic and hydrophobic, toxic to the brain.
2. Bilirubin in blood is mainly combined with albumin and transported
Transport form: bilirubin-albumin complex (increases water solubility and improves plasma's transport capacity for bilirubin.)
Organic anions (sulfonamides, salicylic acid, bile acids, fatty acids) can bind competitively to bilirubin.
3. Bilirubin is converted into conjugated bilirubin in liver cells and secreted into the bile canaliculi
(1) Free bilirubin can penetrate liver cells and be taken up.
(2) Bilirubin combines with glucuronic acid in the endoplasmic reticulum to form water-soluble bilirubin. Part: Smooth endoplasmic reticulum, enzyme, glucuronosyltransferase, product, bilirubin diglucuronate, A small amount of bilirubin glucuronide and bilirubin sulfate.
(3) Hepatocytes secrete conjugated bilirubin into the bile canaliculi.
4. Bilirubin is converted into cholinogen and cholin in the intestine
2. A small amount of cholinogen can be reabsorbed by the intestinal mucosa and enter the enterohepatic circulation of cholinogen.
1. Bilibinogen is a product of conjugated bilirubin through the action of intestinal bacteria.
5. Hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice
(1) Normal people have very little heme content.
3.4-17.1um/L
(2) Jaundice can be divided into hemolytic, hepatocellular and obstructive depending on the cause.
1. Physiological jaundice In prehepatic jaundice, the liver has insufficient ability to synthesize UDP-glucuronosyltransferase.
1. Pathological jaundice
hemolytic jaundice
A large number of red blood cells are destroyed due to various reasons. The mononuclear system produces too many red blood cells, which exceeds the amount taken up by liver cells. The ability to convert and excrete bilirubin, resulting in a significant increase in the concentration of unconjugated heme in the blood.
feature. 1. Increased plasma total bilirubin and unconjugated bilirubin levels 2. The concentration of conjugated bilirubin is not large, and urinary bilirubin is negative. 3. Increase in urobilinogen and urobilin, and increase in urobilinogen and urobilin 4. Anemia, splenomegaly and increased reticulocytes in peripheral blood
Diseases such as falciparum malaria, allergies, sickle cell anemia, favismosis, and improper transfusion can cause the destruction of a large number of red blood cells, leading to hemolytic jaundice.
hepatocellular jaundice
Damage to liver cell function results in reduced ability to uptake, transform and excrete bilirubin. Urinary bilirubin is positive, urobilinogen is elevated
obstructive jaundice
Urinary bilirubin was strongly positive, fecal cholinogen was reduced, and serum cholesterol and ALP were significantly increased.
largest solid organ , the largest gland, accounting for 2.5% of the body weight of an adult weighing 1.5Kg Structural features: 1. Dual blood supply from hepatic artery and portal vein 2. Dual output channels of hepatic vein and biliary system 3. Rich liver sinusoids, 4. Rich organelles (endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, Lysosomes, peroxisomes)