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State list of trophic hormones produce from anterior pituitary gland.

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FLAT PIG - F (FSH), L(LH), A(adrenocorticotrophin), T(thyroid-stimulating- hormone), Prolactin, I, Growth Hormone

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State examples of tropic hormones made from anterior pituitary gland.

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  • ACTH, FSH,LH, GRH, GHIH(somatostatin)
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State the function of the core of neuroendocrine system

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  • maintain homeostasis
  • Dramatic changes to internal physiology
  • regulation of diurnal patterns
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State the pathway of formation of cortisol/glucocorticoids and feedback pathway

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Hypothalamus-(CRH)- pituitary gland- Adrenocotropic hormone - adrenal cortex( cortisol)
cortisol - inhibit ACTH, CRH

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Enzyme require for induction gluconeogenic enzymes

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phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

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Symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome

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  • Moon shape face (change in appearance)
  • bruising
  • psychosis
  • depression
  • insomnia
  • polyuria
  • growth arrest
  • amenorrhoea
  • central weight gain
  • backpain
  • thin skin
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Causes of Cushing’s syndrome( hyperadrenalism)

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  • ACTH dependent ( defects in pituitary/Cushing’s , Ectopic ACTH , ACTH adminstration)
  • non-ACTH causes ( adrenal adenomas and carcinomas)
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Symptoms of Addison’s disease

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  • Imagine a grandma bending back
  • backpain
  • brown pigmentation
  • anorexia
  • confusion
  • depression
  • poor muscle mass
  • amenorrhoea
  • abdominal pain
  • fever/ nausea
  • reduce glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid and sex steroid production
  • destruction of adrenal cortex
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Cause of Addison’s disease( Hypoadrenalism)

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  • Autoimmune disease (90%)/ TB(10%)
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State the HPA pathway of synthesis of growth hormome

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Hypopituitary - growth hormone releasing hormone(+) / somatostatin(-)- anterior pituitary gland - growth hormone - liver- release IGF-1

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State the effect of growth hormone

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  • muscle ( increase protein synthesis , decrease glucose uptake)
  • bone- chondrocyte and osteoblast differentiation from fibroblast
  • adipose tissue ( increase lipolysis)
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State the name of the enzyme to make cortisol from corticosterone

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17alpha- hydroxylase

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sTAR

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Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory protein

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State the process of steroidogenesis

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-STAR attach to mitochondria( cholesterol from LDL forms pregnolone) - pregnolone transport from mitochondria to ER - pregnenolone turn to progesterone in ER - progesterone turn to deoxycorticosterone - to corticosterone in mitochondria - to cortisol in cytoplasm

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State the enzyme which converts progesterone from pregnenolone.

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3 beta-HSD ( 3 beta- hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase)

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State the process of insulin synthesis

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Gene(S-A-B-C) - Transcription(mature mRNA)- translation - proinsulin folded S-S bonds in ER - cleavage in Golgi - insulin( A and B connected but not C chain)

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State the factors which inhibit and activate insulin secretion

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A- incretins, breakdown products from food(glucose) , parasympathetic nerves
I - sympathetic nerves, insulin

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State the process of insulin secretion

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biphasic secretion
1st stage - readily releasable pool and no docking process require
2nd - requires subsequent docking of vesicles

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Three parts of small intestine

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duodenum, jejunum, ileum

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State four tunics of digestive system/GIT

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M.S.M.S
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis external
Serosa
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State the function of gastrin and how does gastrin work?

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  • Gastric motility
  • direct via CCk receptors on parietal cell or indirect via activating ECL cells to produce histamine
  • tropic ( target another cell) and trophic roles ( increase mucosa growth)
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Pernicious anaemia

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-loss of parietal cells
- not enough vitamin B12
mnemonics - hyper (bigger RBC)

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State the process of gastrin synthesis

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  • Preprohormone - 101aa
  • two isoforms - G34 and G17
  • metabolised by kidney, intestine and liver
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State two main classes of CCK receptors

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  • CCK1 and CCK2

- CCK1 receptor specific for CCK1/ CCk2 receptor recognise both CCK and gastrin with high affinity

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State the function of somatostatin in stomach
- delta cell in stomach produce somatostatin at low gastric pH, which inhibits gastrin - reduce gut motility - reduces pepsinogen production - reduces bile flow & intestinal transport of nutrients and fluid - inhibits tissue growth and proliferation
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Function of GLP-1
- stimulates insulin secretion - increase beta cell mass - inhibits release of glucagon - delays gastric emptying
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function of incretin
- produce insulin
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State the process of Glucagon synthesis
- tissue specific processing - pancreatic alpha cell - produce glucagon - in small intestine L cell - produce GLP-1 and GLP-2
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What is Gastric inhibitory peptide
Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide
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State which cells secrete GIP and GLP-1
GIP - K cells of duodenum | GLP-1 - L cell of small intestine , pancreas
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State where is Cholecystokinin made
- I cells of small intestine
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State the synthesis of cholecystokinin
- 33 amino acid peptide(prepare hormone) cleaved to different sizes ranging from CCK-58 to CCk-8 by post translational processing.
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State the function of chloecystokinin
- gall bladder - pancreas - smooth muscle of stomach - peripheral nerves - reduce satiety - inhibits gastric acid secretion by binding to CCk1 receptors on somatostatin cells in the antrum mucosa
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What stimulated the production of cholecystokinin
- protein/food | - ghrelin
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Ferguson reflex
-positive feedback loop where vaginal distension, cervical stimulation and uterine contraction send signals to hypothalamus which causes pituitary to produce more oxytocin( via oxytocin- producing neurones )
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State the positive feedback theory for initiation of labor
- mechanical stretch of cervix signals to/ feedback to hypothalamus and pituitary to produce more oxytocin and enhance fundic contraction at the same time for labor - oxytocin increase contraction of uterine smooth muscle or myoepithelial that line mammary gland ducts
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Cushing"s syndrome
excessive production of cortisol ( rmb fat hormone - change in facial appearance , abdominal fat,backpain,depression
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an enzyme which is only form in ZF, ZR to produce estradiol
Cyp17 -17 alpha hydroxylase
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enzyme which convert cholesterol to pregnenolone
P450SCC-cholesterol cleavage enzyme
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effect of cortisol
- maintain cardiac output( arteriolar tone) - inhibit inflammatory and immune response - promotes foetal lung and production of surfactant - increases glomerular filtration and water clearance - modulate emotional tone and wakefulness - decrease muscle mass
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pathway of cortisol/glucocorticoids production
hypothalamus - CRH - produce POMC from anterior pituitary gland - ACTH - adrenal cortex - cortisol - (target organs - muscle, bone, tissue, heart, liver & dampens immune system)
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pathway of how ACTH receptor induces cAMP and steroidogenesis
ACTh binds - CAMP - Star allows cholesterol to enter mitochondria -(P450SCC) form pregnenolone- (3beta-HSD) progesterone- (21beta-hydoxylase) deoxycorticosterone - (11beta hydroxylase/aldosterone synthase) corticosterone - aldosterone - ( 17alpha-hydroxylase)- cortisol
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sTAR
Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein
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3beta-HSD
3beta-hydoxysteroid dehydrogenase
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causes of cushing's syndrome
- overproduction of cortisol - ACTH dependent(pituitary dependent, ectopic ACTH and ACTH adminstration) / ACTH independent(adrenal adenomas and carcinomas)
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cause of addison disease
- autoimmune disease | - tuberculosis

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