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Lecture 11 Flashcards

1
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Steroid hormones

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derived from the (cholesterol framework)
Move across membranes and bind inside the cell
Thyroid hormones is an example

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Protein/peptide hormones and Catecholamines

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Too large/polar to cross membranes
Act on protein receptors at the cell surface which triggers signals to the cell

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Prohormones

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are inactive forms of hormones
Converted to active form by enzymes

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Detection of Hormones

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Hormones are found at much lower concentrations than other clinical analytes
Radioimmunoassay developed in the 1960s are the reference method though being replaced by ELISA Assays

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Epinephrine (Adrenalin) and Norepinephrine

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Both “Fight or flight” hormones
Stimulate lipolysis/glycogenesis, increase heart rate -> making more energy available
both Catecholamine hormones
secreted by Adrenal Medulla

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Between Epinephrine and Norepinephrine, which is more potent?

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Epinephrine it is also more abundant

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Pituitary Hormones: Types

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Growth Hormone (GH), Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), and Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

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  • What type of hormone are pituitary hormones?
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Peptide Hormones

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What do Pituitary hormones regulate?

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Growth and fertility -especially during puberty

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What does LH trigger

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Ovulation

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What does GH stimulate?

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stimulates glycogenesis/lipolysis making more energy available

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Thyroid hormones

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T3 and T4 (aka thyroxine) are thyroid hormones
affects metabolism, growth and activity of other hormones

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What is T4 considered?

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A prohormone
converted to T3 by Thyroglobulin

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  • What are Thyroid hormones similar too?
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Steroid hormones
Able to cross cell membrane due to them being non polar

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TSH

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Thyroid stimulating hormone
elevated when T3/T4 is low and needs to produce more

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Hyperthyroidism

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Grave’s disease

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Hypothyroidism

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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Glucocorticoids

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steroid hormones that affect glucose metabolism

19
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Cortisol

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major glucocorticoid
Stimulates glycogenesis/lipolysis and reduces inflammation

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What is cortisol considered?

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the stress hormone b/c stress = elevated levels

21
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Mineralocorticoids

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Steroid hormones that affect mineral (electrolyte) absorption are called Mineralocorticoids

22
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What is a major mineralocorticoids?

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Aldosterone

23
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Cortisol and Aldosterone both released by what?

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Adrenal Cortex

24
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

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the precursor for both M and F hormones
the most abundant, though not the most potent, steroid hormone

25
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Androstenedione

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metabolic precursor (prohormone) of testosterone

26
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Testosterone

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most masculinizing steroid hormone released/formed in the testes

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Androsterone

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metabolic product of testosterone – weaker response to masculinizing

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Estrogens

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Steroid hormones responsible for female characteristics are released/formed in the ovaries

29
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Xenobiotic metabolism

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Most polar substances -> kidneys
Non-polar substances made more polar in 2 phases

30
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Xenobiotic Metabolism Phases

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Phase 1: Enzymes called Mixed Function Oxidases (MFO) or Cytochrome P450s (CYP) perform a variety of reactions -> more polar
Phase 2: Called Conjugation – involves reactions that attach polar groups such as glucuronide or sulfate

31
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Acute toxicity

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refers to dangers of short-term exposure
If you survive you are not at continued risk
Example carbon monoxide (CO) or cyanide (CN-) poisoning

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Long-term toxicity

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mostly involves danger from accumulated DNA damage

33
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ED 50

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effective dose to 50% of those exposed

34
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TD 50

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toxic dose to 50% of those exposed
toxic means some undesirable side effects are seen

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LD 50

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lethal dose to 50% of those exposed

36
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Therapeutic Index (TI)

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The ratio of TD50/ED 50

37
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Ames test

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measures how effective a compound is at mutating the DNA of bacteria
Bacteria that require the AA histidine are used

38
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Ames test result

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More toxic compounds = more mutations and more bacterial colonies

39
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Pharmoacokinetics

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preferred route of drug delivery is ingestion

40
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Absorption in the intestine requires that a molecule have?

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a moderate polarity
a molar mass <500 g/mol

41
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Hepatotoxicity

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Liver is the body’s detoxing organ
at the greatest risk of being damaged by foreign substances

42
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Liver enzymes are widely used indicators of what?

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exposure to a toxin

43
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Chromatography

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Technique to separate mixtures containing many compounds
Based on a sort of “filtering” of the mixture through a material called the stationary phase

44
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Different types of chromatography

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Liquid chromatography: Liquid is the mobile phase, solid is the stationary phase
Gas Chromatography: Gas is the mobile phase and liquid in contact with solid is the stationary phase. Aids in the detection of drug/alcohol, or their metabolites

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