2024 CPPS 303 - Lipids 4 ( Adipose Tissues in Metabolism and as an Endocrine Organ ) Pt. 1 Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- Subcutaneous Fat
Answer: Fat located directly under the skin
- Abdominal
- Femoral
- Upper body
- Gluteal
- Cranial
- Visceral, intra-abdominal Fat
Answer: fat located around major organs
- Omental
- Mesenteric
- Adipocytes
Answer: fat cells
- 3 Physiological Characteristics of Adipocytes
Answer:
- Lipid Storage
- Insulin Sensitive
- Secretory functions
5. Adipocytes: Lipid Storage
Answer: Form lipid energy in the form of TAG
- maintains homeostasis between lipolysis and lipogenesis
6. Adipocytes: Insulin Sensitive
Answer:
Insulin increases:
- Glucose uptake
- lipid uptake
Insulin Inhibits
- Lipolysis
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7. Adipocytes: Secretory Functions
Answer:
- Endocrine hormones
- miRNAs
- Complement factors
- Exosomes
To regulate distant target cells
- Systemic Metabolic Dysfunction
- Disruption in the adipocytes function can lead to this
Answer: a cluster of conditions that occur together, increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes
- Adipocyte separation techniques
Answer:
1) ECM Digestion 2) Centrifugation
- 1) ECM Digestion
Answer: Digest the ECM from the adipose tissue
- Releases the cells
- 2) Centrifugation
Answer: Separates the adipose tissues into 2 fractions based on density
- 2 Fractions of Adipose centrifugation
Answer:
Top
- Mature, functional adipocytes and precursor cells
- Non-adipocytes
Botton
- Mature, functional adipocytes and precursor cells
Answer: Fat cells (Adipocytes) float to the top
- Glucose/lipid metabolism in adipocytes
- Respond to physiological cues or metabolic stress
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