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Lipid Transport & Storage: Abdul Salam M. Sofro Faculty of Medicine YARSI University
Lipid Transport & Storage: Abdul Salam M. Sofro Faculty of Medicine YARSI University
Learning objectives
By the end of lectures, the students are
expected to:
Understand lipid transport in the body (or the
blood plasma)
Recognize various lipoprotein and the role of liver
in lipid transport and metabolism
Understand lipid storage for energy reserve
Triacylglycerol (TAG)
Phospholipids
Cholesterol
Cholesteryl ester
Another plasma lipid: Free Fatty Acids (FFA)
only 5% of the total FA present in the plasma
and the most metabolically active plasma lipid
Phospholipid Structures
Phosphatidylcholine (PC)
Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)
Phosphatidylserine (PS)
Cont.
Chylomicron derived from intestinal absorption of
TAG
Very Low Density Lipoproteins (VLDL of pre-lipoproteins) derived from the liver for export of TAG
Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL or -lipoproteins)
representing the final stage in the catabolism of VLDL
High Density Lipoproteins (HDL) or -lipoproteins)
involved in VLDL & chylomicron metabolism and also in
cholesterol transport
Function of lipoproteins
Chylomicrons
Transport triacylglycerols from intestines to other
tissue except kidneys
VLDL
Bind triacylglycerols in liver and carry them to fat
tissue
LDL
Carry cholesterol to peripheral tissues
HDL
Bound to plasma cholesterol. Transport cholesterol
to liver
Source
Protein
(%)
Total lipid
(%)
TAG
(%)
Chylomicrons
Chylomicron
remnants
VLDL
IDL
LDL
Intestine
Chylomicrons
1-2
6-8
98-99
92-94
88
80
Liver (intestine)
VLDL
VLDL
7-10
11
21
90-93
89
79
56
29
13
HDL1
HDL2
HDL3
Pre--HDL
32
33
57
70
68
67
43
30
2
16
13
-
Albumin-FFA
Adipose tissue
99
Lipoproteins
Molecular
Mass (Da)
Apo A-I
HDL, Chylomicrons
28,000
Apo A-II
HDL, Chylomicrons
17,000
Apo A-IV
46,000
Apo B-100
550,000
Apo B-48
260,000
Apo C-I
7,6000
Apo C-II
8,916
Apo C-III
8,750
Apo D
Subfraction of HDL
19,300
Apo E
34,000
Note:
FFAs in the plasma arise from lipolysis of TAG
in adipose tissue or as a result of the action of
lipoprotein lipase during uptake of plasma
TAG into tissues. They found in combination
with albumin, rapidly metabolized to form
energy or esterified, the level may arise in
uncontrolled DM