Exam 3 Flashcards
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What happens once insulin is released from pancreas?
- it is degraded primarily by the liver during the first cycle through (up to 80% if not utilized)
- kidney and target tissue decrease levels of circulating insulin
Acetylcholamine (ACH)
- major neurotransmitter between the pre-synaptic neurons and post-synaptic neurons
Epinephrine and Norepinephrine affect on metabolic rate
- Start break down of glycogen quickly
- Make available glucose into 2-pyruvate
- Go through the Citric Acid Cycle
- Make lots of ATP
- Drives physiological processes!
CRH (corticotropin releasing hormone)
- produced by trophoblast (both layers)
- increases through pregnancy
- at level of developing fetus maintains placental blood flow
Molecules and Enzyme Pathway to make catecholamines
- Tyrosine
- tyrosine hydroxylase - DOPA
- DOPA decarboxylase - Dopamine
- Dopamine B-hydroxylase - Epinephrine
- Norepinephrine
GLUT Channels
- glucose channels/transporters
- 14 different types
- GLUT 1-5 are well characterized only
- sodium and ATP independent
- ubiquitous (wide spread throughout mammalian species)
Estrous Synchronization protocols
- Assess the Animals
- BCS (5) and days post-partum (45-50d) - Resources
- labor, facilities, experience, budget
- time for heat detection and what is realistically manageable
Organs of female repro tract
- ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, breasts, cervix, uterus and mammary glands (reservoir for milk during lactation)
- ovary is the PRIMARY reproductive organ
- ovaries not connected
- fimbria will capture release of oocyte
- implantation will occur in uterine body or uterine horn
- mullerian ducts derived from mesoderm
Activin in male
- inhibits Inhibin B
- activates FSH and LH release (stimulatory effect)
Glucagon
- glucagon going in opposite direction of insulin (breaks down glycogen to glucose for use)
- helping to utilize what is being stored and put back into blood stream
- high blood glucose levels will inhibit production of glucagon
- fasting state
Nitric Oxide in male
- cyclic GMP inhibits prolonged erections
- penile erection is vasodilation and increased blood flow
What peripheral nervous system will override the other?
- the sympathetic nervous system will override the parasympathetic nervous system
Insulin Receptors
- is a heterotetramer, 2 alpha and 2 beta subunits
- beta subunits bound to the membrane
- alpha are extracellular
- when insulin binds gets cross-phosphorylation and get a downstream intracellular signaling mechanism
- entire receptor complex can be internalized and insulin can be broken down and receptors can be put back on surface of the cell
Norepinephrine affect on the heart
- Norepinephrine binds to receptors on the blood vessels
- causes inc rate and force of heart by vasoconstriction of the blood vessels (dec size) to increase blood pressure
- it is a potent vasoconstrictor
- BUT it can also cause vasodilation by increasing the blood vessel to get more blood flow to target tissue
- > different effects if binds to a different receptor
Estrous Synchronization
- a reproductive management tool to stimulate artificial insemination
- used for a group of females to achieve parturition
- > dec labor and calving period
- > reduce time required for estrus detection (heat)
- use exogenous hormones to manipulate the estrus cycle so all the females come into estrus at once and will ovulate at the same time
- use artificial insemination to improve genetics, guarantee a certain sex, dec number of bulls used
GLUT 1
- blood, blood brain barrier, heart
- insulin independent
Female Reproductive System Function
- to provide ova for fertilization
- to provide proper conditions for implantation, fetal growth, development, birth and lactation
Functions of melatonin
- circadian rhythm (24 hr cycle of light and dark)
- seasonal reproduction
- cardiovascular system
Endocrine regulation of female reproductive tract regulated by
- hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis
Insulin Functions
- Ensures that excess nutrients are stored
- Decreases blood glucose concentration by limiting the rise in blood glucose after eating
- Promotes the formation of glycogen (storage form of glucose)
- Inhibits glycogenolysis
- Inhibits gluconeogenesis
- Decrease blood fatty acids by inhibiting mobilization of fatty acids and increasing their storage
- Inhibits lipolysis
- Decreases blood amino acid concentration by promoting anabolism of proteins
GLUT 2
- liver, pancreas, SI
- insulin independent
- Km High
Leptin in male
- produced by adipose tissue and linked to increase levels of LH
- males with low adipose have delayed onset of puberty
- people w more adipose can mature earlier (fatties)
Testosterone and Testosterone derived estrogen in male
- LH drives testosterone production
- required for growth spurts in developing males
- inc bone mass and inc bone proliferation
- inc protein synthesis and dec protein breakdown (accum more skeletal muscle mass)
- inhibits lipid uptake and stim lipolysis (aids burn fat)
Physiological Effects of Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
- they bind to their receptors which are classified as adrenergic receptors
- adrenergic receptors are a subclass of G-protein associated receptors
- alpha 1 (increases Calcium)
- alpha 2 (dec cAMP)
- Beta 1 (inc cAMP)
- Beta 2 (inc cAMP)
- > a1, a2,B1 all binds to epinephrine and norepinephrine
- > B2 primarily binds to epinephrine