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Where are adrenal androgens produced?

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Zona reticularis of the adrenal cortex

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What three adrenal androgens are released from the zona reticularis?

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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
Androstenedione
Testosterone

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What receptor takes in cholesterol for steroid hormone production?

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SRB1 (scavenger receptor class B member 1)

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What binds to SRB1?

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LDL

HDL

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What regulates the synthesis of adrenal androgens?

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ACTH

CASH (cortical androgen stimulating hormone)

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What binds and carries androgens in the blood?

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SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin)

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What has a negative feedback on ACTH?

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Only cortisol not any other steroid hormone

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What receptor does ACTH bind to in the adrenal cortex?

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MC2R (melanocortin-2 receptor)

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What does cortisol inhibit?

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CRH from hypothalamus

ACTH and CASH from anterior pituitary

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What are two different forms of DHEA?

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DHEA

DHEAS (sulfate)

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Which DHEA has a longer half-life?

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DHEAS

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Where is testosterone mostly created?

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Leydig cells in the testes (95%)

Only 5% created in the zona reticularis

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How is testosterone carried in the blood?

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98% binds to albumin and SHBG

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What are the most abundant steroid hormones in the bloodstream?

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DHEA

DHEAS

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What is adrenarche?

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Period in time (10-11 years of age) in which the zona reticularis is developed and begins to create androgens in an increased level without increased cortisol

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When does adrenarche occur?

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Age of puberty 10-11 years old

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Where does DHEA go in premenopausal females?

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Ovary for estradiol (E2) and testosterone formation

Mammary gland

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Where does DHEA go in males?

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Testes for testosterone production

Prostate

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What does 11B-HSD2 do?

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Converts cortisol to cortisone

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Free androgens (DHT/Estradiol) are highly metabolized where in the body?

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Liver and excreted by the kidney

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What are the metabolites of DHT and Estradiol?

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Androsterone

Etiocholanolone

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Effects of DHEA?

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Pubertal growth spurt (essentially everything involved in growing)

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Effect of estrogen on bones?

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Epiphysis fusion of bones and mineralization

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Effect of DHEA on immune system?

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Antagonizes cortisol

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What is the effect of DHEA on endothelial function?
Increases eNOS -> NO production causing vasodilation
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What does 5alpha-reductase do?
Converts testosterone to DHT
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What does aromatase do?
Converts testosterone to estradiol
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What does a deficiency in aromatase or estrogen receptor cause?
Failure to fuse long bones | Osteoporosis
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What develops from the Wolffian mesonephric duct?
Epididymis Vas deferens Seminal vesicle Ejaculatory duct
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What develops from the Mullerian paramesonephric duct?
Fallopian tubes Uterus Upper part of vagina
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What genes on the Y chromosome determines the sex of the fetus?
SRY gene
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SRY gene in gonads causes formation of Sertoli cells, what do the Sertoli cells release?
Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS)
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What does MIS cause?
Mullerian duct degeneration
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SRY gene in gonads causes formation of Leydig cells, what do the Leydig cells release and the effect?
Testosterone | Causes Wolffian duct development
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What medical problem in women has the highest negative impact on morbidity?
Menopause
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What occurs to sodium and potassium levels in 21-alpha hydroxylase deficiency?
Hyponatremia | Hyperkalemia
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Why do you have Hyponatremia and hyperkalemia in 21-alpha hydroxylase deficiency?
Decreased aldosterone not
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What does a 21-alpha hydroxylase deficiency cause in steroid hormone production?
Cannot produce mineralocorticoids or glucocorticoids so it is shunted to formation of androgens
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Most common congenital genetic enzymatic defect in steroid hormone synthesis?
21-hydroxylase (same as 21-alpha hydroxylase)
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Second most common congenital genetic enzymatic defect in steroid hormone synthesis?
11-beta hydroxylase
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What occurs in 21 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency?
ACTH loss of negative feedback Increased androgen shunting Virilization
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What is Virilization?
Presence of masculine traits
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What occurs in 11 beta-hydroxylase defects?
Increase in deoxycortisol/deoxycorticocosterone Decrease but not loss of cortisol negative feedback Increased androgen shunting/Virilization Salt and water retention (hypertension)
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Why do you still have mild ACTH negative feedback and hypertension in 11 beta-hydroxylase defects but not 21 alpha-hydroxylase defects?
Because in 11 beta-hydroxylase you have a build up of the intermediates (deoxycortisol/deoxycorticocosterone) that have mild effects on ACTH and large effects on ENaC (increased Na retention)
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Effects of 17 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency?
Increase in mineralocorticoids and aldosterone
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What is androgen insensitivity syndrome?
Mutation in androgen receptor such that tissues do not respond to testosterone or other androgens
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What gonads develop in androgen insensitivity syndrome?
The testes
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What do individuals develop as externally with androgen insensitivity syndrome?
Female (they are XY males though)
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How is androgen insensitivity syndrome detected?
Amenorrhea (lack of menstruation)
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Proper development of what is dependent on DHT?
Penis | Prostate gland
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What occurs in 5-alpha reductase type 2 disorder?
Males are born with female-appearing external genitalia | Hypospadias (penis doesn't enlarge)
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What occurs at puberty in 5 alpha-reductase disorder?
Large levels of circulating testosterone stimulate development of male structures
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What does the drug Abiraterone do?
Inhibits both 17,20-lyase and 17 alpha-hydroxylase
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What does Abiraterone administration result in?
Inhibition of androgen and glucocorticoid synthesis and shunting to mineralocorticoid synthesis
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What gene does CYP17A1 code for?
17,20-lyase and 17 alpha-hydroxylase
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When is Abiraterone administered?
Prostate hyperplasia | Prostate cancer
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What is given with Abiraterone to counteract the effects of decreased glucocorticoids?
Prednisone
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What is Kennedy's disease?
X-linked bulbospinal neuropathy
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What occurs in Kennedy's disease?
Androgen receptor mutation

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