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72          SECTION II    BIOCHEmISTRY  ``BIOCHEMISTRY—METABOlISM                                                                                                   BIOCHEmISTRY  ``BIOCHEMISTRY—METABOlISM





               Ethanol metabolism
                                                                                         Fomepizole—blocks alcohol
                          NADPH     NADP +
                              CYP2E1                                                       DH; antidote For Overdoses of
                                      ROS        Microsome
                                                                                           Methanol or Ethylene glycol.
                             Fomepizole                         Disulfiram                Disulfiram— blocks acetaldehyde
                                –                                  –                       dehydrogenase Ž  acetaldehyde
                         Alcohol dehydrogenase             Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase      Ž  hangover symptoms
                 Ethanol                Acetaldehyde                          Acetate
                                                                                           Ž discouraging drinking.
                         NAD +    NADH             Cytosol   NAD +    NADH               NAD is the limiting reagent.
                                                                                              +
                                                                             Mitochondria
                                                                                         Alcohol dehydrogenase operates via
                                                                                           zero-order kinetics.
                              Catalase
                          H O       H O
                           2  2      2           Peroxisome
                                                                                         Ethanol metabolism  NADH/
                Gluconeogenesis         Glycolysis                                         NAD  ratio in liver, causing:
                                                                                               +
                               Glucose
                                                           NADH      NAD +                     Lactic acidosis— pyruvate
                                                                                             conversion to lactate
                            Glyceraldehyde-3-P       DHAP                  ↑ Glycerol-3-P
                                                                 4 A                           Fasting hypoglycemia—
                                                                                              gluconeogenesis due to
                                PEP
                   (fasting              NADH      NAD +                                      conversion of OAA to malate
                 hypoglycemia)                                                                 Ketoacidosis—diversion of
                               Pyruvate                    ↑ Lactate       ↑ Triglycerides
                                              Q      (anion gap  metabolic acidosis)
                                                                             (hepatic        acetyl-CoA into ketogenesis
                                                                             steatosis)      rather than TCA cycle
                                                           ↑ Ketoacids
                                                     S                                         Hepatosteatosis—  conversion
                                                                Ketogenesis                  of DHAP to glycerol-3-P
                     OAA      Acetyl-CoA
                                                                                             4A ; acetyl-CoA diverges into
                     ↑
                                                     4 B
                  NADH                                     ↑ Fatty acids                     fatty acid synthesis 4B , which
                       R           Isocitrate  +
                         OAA                NAD                            Lipogenesis       combines with glycerol-3-P to
                                                                                             synthesize triglycerides
                                                                                                      +
                 NAD +                       NADH                                         NADH/NAD  ratio inhibits
                              TCA cycle                                                    TCA cycle Ž  acetyl-CoA used
                    ↑ Malate             α-KG                                     +
                                                             Pathways stimulated by  ↑ NADH/NAD  ratio  in ketogenesis (Ž ketoacidosis),
                                            NAD +                                +
                                                             Pathways inhibited by  ↑ NADH/NAD  ratio  lipogenesis (Ž hepatosteatosis).
                                Succinyl-
                                 CoA        NADH




                ` `BIOCHEMISTRY—METABOlISM

               Metabolism sites

                Mitochondria         Fatty acid oxidation (β-oxidation), acetyl-
                                      CoA production, TCA cycle, oxidative
                                      phosphorylation, ketogenesis.
                Cytoplasm            Glycolysis, HMP shunt, and synthesis of
                                      cholesterol (SER), proteins (ribosomes, RER),
                                      fatty acids, and nucleotides.
                Both                 Heme synthesis, Urea cycle, Gluconeogenesis.  HUGs take two (both).











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