Ldh Flashcards

(50 cards)

1
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Major tissue source of LDH

A

Heart
Erythrocytes
Liver
Kidney

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2
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LDH is found in small amount in

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Smooth muscle
Brain
Lungs

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3
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Elevated surem levels of LDH id observed in (?)

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Myocardial infarction
Liver disease
Renal disease
Certain forms of anemia
Malignant diseases
Progressive muscle dystrophy

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4
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Lactate and pyruvate offers a number of advantages such as

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Better reagent stability
Elemintaion of pre-incubation in the procedure
Rate of reaction being linear to a wide range
Less contamination of NAD with inhibiting products

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5
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Catalyzes the oxidation of lactate to pyruvate in the presence of NAD

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Lactate dehydrogenase

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6
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Wavelength of LDH

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340 nm

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7
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Forward reaction pH of LDH

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8.3 - 8.9

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8
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Reverse reaction pH of LDH

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7.1 - 7.4

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9
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Advantages of reverse reaction

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Small volume
Short incubation time

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10
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Disadvantages of reverse reaction

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Prone to substrate exhaustion
Loss of linearity

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11
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LDH does not act on (?) and only (?) acts as the coenzyme

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D-lactate
NAD

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12
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In lactate dehydrogenase reaction, the (?) formed will proceed to the (?) pathway for generation of energy

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Pyruvate
Embden-meyerhoff pathway

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13
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With the oxidation of lactate to pyruvate, pyruvate and NADH are formed

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Colorimetric method based on Wacker

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14
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In the Colorimetric method based on wacker, a mixture of (1) and (2) reacts with NADH to produce (3) colored compound

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1 Phenazine methosulfate
2 nitroblue tetrazolium
3 Blue

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15
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conversion of pyruvate to lactate by LDH with the presence of NADH

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Wroblewski and La due
pH 7.4 - 7.8

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16
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The rate of reverse reaction in wrobleski and la due is (?) times faster than forward reaction allowing (advantages)

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three
smaller volume samples and Shorter reaction time

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17
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Methods for separation and quantitation of LDH isoenzyme

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1 Electrophoresis
2 Column chromatography
3 Immuno-inhibition
4 Babson’s method
5 Kaplan and Berger
6 using alpha-hydroxybutyrate as a substrate

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18
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Separates isoenzyme based on their anodal rate of migration in an electrophoretic field

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Electrophoresis

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19
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(LDH Isoenzyme)
Migrates the fastest in electrophoresis

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LDH1

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20
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(LDH Isoenzyme)
Migrates the lowest in electrophoresis

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LDH6

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21
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In electrophoresis, an LDH bound to immunoglobulin such as IgA and IgG migrate between (?)

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LDH3 and LDH4

22
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Method employed for isolation of LDH1 and LDH2 for screening of AMI

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Column chromatography

23
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Isoenzymes being isolated during the screening of AMI in column chromatography

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LDH1 and LDH2

24
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Method used for the isolation of LDH1 (only)

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Immuno-inhibition

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Only isoenzyme that does not contain the M subunit of LDH
LDH1
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Measures the ratio of LDH1 and LDH5
Babson’s method
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Inhibits the LDH1 in Babson’s method
M-lactate
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Inhibits the LDH5 in Babson’s method
M-lactate-1 M urea
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Involves the determination of LDH1 using the rate of heat production in a batch type of colorimeter
Kaplan and Berger
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In alpha-hydroxybutyrate, the (?) subunit has greater affinity than the other subunit
H
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Acute myocardial infarction Rise: ? Peak: ? Elevated for: ?
R: within 12-24h P: 48 - 72h Ef: 10 days
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Highest concentration of LDH is observe in (conditions/disease)
Pernicious anemia Megaloblastic anemia
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Increased LDH concentration is also observe in (conditions)
Cardiac, hepatic, skeletal muscle and renal disease
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The Subunits of LDH
H and M subunits
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Reagent composition of LDH
L-lithium lactate Buffer (pH 9.0)
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LDH isoenzyme observe when patients is near death
LDH6
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LDH is determined by: Mean abs difference/ min x (?)
6592
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What is the: 1 Number of absorbance readings in LDH? 2 trend of absorbance?
1 three 2 increasing
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Expected values: (30°C) Males: (?) Females: (?)
M: 50 - 166 U/L F: 60 - 132 U/L
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Expected values: (37°C) Males: (?) Females: (?)
M: 80 - 285 U/L (37°C F: 103 - 227 U/L (37°C)
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Linearity of LDH
800 U/L
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Preferred specimen
Fresh unhemolyzed serum
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Frozen samples show decreased activity of isoenzyme (?)
LD-4 and LD-5
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Inhibits LDH assay (Additives)
Heparin Citrate Oxalate
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Type of serum samples that require a serum blank
Icteric and lipemic samples
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Most heat stable LDH isoenzyme
LDH2
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Fastest LDH isoenzyme (anodal)
LDH1
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Most labile LDH isoenzyme
LDH5
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Intermediate LDH isoenzyme in terms of electrophoretic mobility
LDH3
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Most predominant LDH isoenzyme in the serum
LDH2