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Lecture 14- Animal hormones Flashcards

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What are hormones?

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Chemical signals secreted by the cells of the endocrine system into the extracellular fluid

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What are endocrine cells?

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Cells that secrete hormones

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What are target cells?

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Cells that have receptors for the hormones secreted by the endocrine system.

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What hormones act at a distance?

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Circulating hormones

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How do circulating hormones enter the system?

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Hormones are secreted into the extracellular fluid and can diffuse into the blood

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What are the three types of hormone?

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Circulating hormones
Paracrine hormones
Autocrine hormones

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What cells do paracrine hormones effect?

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Cells near the site of release

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What cells do autocrine hormones effect?

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The cells that released the hormone

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Why do paracrine hormones only effect cells near the site of release?

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They are released in tiny quantities
Rapidly inactivated by enzymes
Taken up efficiently by local cells

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Give an example of a paracrine hormone.

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Histamine- a mediator of inflammation

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What do autocrine functions do?

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Provide negative feedback to control rates of secretion

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Give an example of endocrine cells that exist as single, isolated cells within a tissue.

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Hormones of the digestive tract are secreted by cells in the stomach and small intestine walls

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What is the name given to aggregations of endocrine cells?

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Endocrine glands

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What are exocrine glands?

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Glands that have ducts that carry their product to the surface of the skin or a body passageway that leads out of the body (sweat glands and salivary glands respectively)

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When did chemical communication arise?

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Early in evolution

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Give examples of organisms that use chemical communication.

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Plants, sponges, protists.

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What do hormones control in arthropods?

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Molting and metamorphosis

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What are the three chemical groups hormones can be divided into?

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  • Peptides/polypeptides
  • Steroid hormones
  • Amine hormones
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To what chemical group does the majority of hormones belong to?

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Peptides/polypeptides

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Give an example of peptide/polypeptide hormones.

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Insulin

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What are the chemical properties of peptide or polypeptide hormones?

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Water soluble, easily transported in blood

Cannot pass lipid rich cell membranes

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How do peptide or polypeptide hormones pass cell membranes?

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They are packed in vesicles in the cells that make them and released by exocytosis

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What are the chemical properties of steroid hormones?

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Lipid soluble

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Give an example of steroid hormones.

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Testosterone and estrogen- derivatives of cholestrol

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How are steroid hormones transported?
They are bound to carrier proteins in order to be transported to target cells
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What are amine hormones?
Mostly derivatives of the amino acid tyrosine- some are lipid soluble some are water soluble.
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Where are hormone receptors found?
The cell surface or cell interior
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Where are the receptors for lipid soluble hormones?
Inside the cell interior in the cytoplasm or nucleus
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Where are the hormone receptors for water-soluble hormones?
Receptors are large glycoproteins with three domains
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What are the three domains of glycoprotein receptor molecules?
- Binding domain (projects outside plasma membrane) - Transmembrane domain (anchors receptor to membrane) - Cytoplasmic domain (extends into cytoplasm)
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How do most steroids act on a cell?
Altering gene-expression in the cell
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How does the cytoplasmic domain initiate the target cells response?
Activates protein kinase or phosphatases which activate or inactivate enzymes in the cytoplasm Can also alter gene expression
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What does the nature of a response to a hormone depend on?
The responding cell and its receptor- one hormone can trigger different responses.
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Give an example of a hormone that can cause different responses on different cells.
Epinephrine which triggers fight-or-flight response
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What responses does epinephrine cause?
- Heart- stronger and faster - Constriction of blood vessels in digestive tract (more blood for muscles) - Less blood flow to skin and kidneys - Suppresses immune system - Breaks down glycogen in the liver- a source of energy
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What does the pituitary gland do?
Connect nervous and endocrine functions
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Where is the pituitary gland found?
A depression at the bottom of the skill, over the back of the roof of the mouth
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What is the pituitary gland attached to?
The hypothalamus
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What are the two parts of the pituitary gland?
The anterior pituitary and the posterior pituitary
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Why are there two parts to the pituitary gland?
They have different functions and developmental origins
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What two hormones does the posterior pituitary secrete?
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin
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ADH and oxytocin are considered....
Neurohormones
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Why is ADH and oxytocin considered neurohormones?
These hormones are synthesised in neurons in the hypothalamus
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What is the main action of ADH in mammals and birds?
To increase the amount of water conserved by the kidneys
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When is ADH secreted?
When blood pressure falls or blood becomes too salty
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What does oxytocin do?
Stimulates uterine contractions before birth Stimulates milk flow Promotes bonding
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What hormones does the anterior pituitary secrete?
-Tropic hormones -Growth hormones -Prolactin -Enkephalins and endorphins (peptide and protein hormones)
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What do tropic hormones do?
Control other endocrine glands
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What do growth hormones do?
Promote growth in a variety of tissues by stimulating cells to take up amino acids and stimulating the liver to produce growth factors.
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What does prolactin hormones do?
Stimulates breast development The production and secretion of milk Controlling endocrine functions in the testes
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What are endorphins and enkephalins?
Opiates- act as neurotransmitters that control pain
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What is the anterior pituitary gland controlled by?
Hypothalamic hormones
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How does the hypothalamus control the anterior pituitary gland?
- Nerve endings secrete neurohormones - Portal blood vessels connect the anterior pituitary and the hypothalamus - Neurohormones activate or inhibit release of hormones
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How does the hypothalamus control the posterior pituitary?
- Hypothalamus produces neurohormones | - Neurohormones are released by nerve endings that extend into the posterior pituitary
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What does the hormone thyroxine do?
Controls metabolism by elevating metabolic rate of cells and tissues
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Where is thyroxine produced?
Follicles in the thyroid gland
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What other hormone does the thyroid gland produce?
Triidothyronine (a version of throxine with only three atoms of iodine)
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How is sensitivity to thyroid hormones controlled?
T4 is converted to the more active form T3 by enzyme action
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What is a goiter?
An enlarged thyroid gland resulting from thyroid disfunction (hypo/hyperthyroidism)
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Where is the adrenal gland found?
Above each kidney
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What is the anatomy of the adrenal gland?
A gland inside a gland
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What is the core of the adrenal gland called?
The adrenal medulla
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What does the adrenal medulla produce?
Epinephrine, norepinephrine (adrenaline and noradrenaline)
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What surrounds the adrenal medulla?
The adrenal cortex
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What does the adrenal cortex produce?
Steroid hormones
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What are epinephrine and norepinephrine examples of?
Amine hormones
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What two types of receptors do epinephrine and norepinephrine bind to?
alpha adrenergic and beta adrenergic receptors
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Which of the receptors do epinephrine and norepinephrine act on?
Epinephrine- both | Norepinephrine- mostly alpha adrenergic receptors
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What drug acts on these receptors?
beta blockers
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How do beta blockers work?
Block beta-adrenergic receptors to reduce fight or flight responses to epinephrine without disrupting regulatory functions of norepinephrine
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The adrenal cortex use cholesterol to produce what?
Three classes of steroid hormones, collectively called corticosteroids
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What are the three corticosteroids produced in the adrenal cortex?
Glucocorticoids Mineralocorticoids Sex steroids
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What do glucocorticoids do?
Influence blood glucose concentrations as well as other aspects of fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolsim.
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What do mineralocorticoids do?
Influcence the ionic balance in extracellular fluid
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What do sex steroids do?
sexual development, sex drive, anabolism
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What is the main mineralocorticoid?
Aldosterone
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What does aldosterone do?
Makes kidneys conserve sodium and excrete potassium
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What is the main glucocorticoid?
Cortisol
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What does cortisol do?
Mediates the bodies response to stress- blocks immune system.
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What are the three aspects to studying hormones?
- Detect, identify and measure the hormone - Identify the receptors - Understand the signal transduction pathways in different tissues
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What techniques are used to measure hormone concentration?
Immunoassay techniques
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What is the half-life of a hormone?
The time required for one half of the hormone molecules to be depleted.
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How does an immunoassay work?
1. Saturating amount of labelled hormone binds to antibodies 2. Add different known quantities of unlabeled hormone to different test tubes to displace labeled hormone 3. Wash out unbound hormone and measure amount of bound hormone
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How do different hormones mediate the actions of a single hormone?
One hormone may bind to different receptors
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How can receptors be identified?
Affinity chromatography | Genomic analysis
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How is the abundance of hormone receptors regulated?
Negative feedback
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What types of negative feedback can occur to change the abundance of hormone receptors?
Downregulation | Upregulation
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Explain downregulation.
Continuous high levels of hormone decreases number of receptors (type II diabetes mellitus)
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Explain upregulation.
When hormone secretion is suppressed, receptors increase.
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Explain how type II diabetes mellitus develops.
Downregulation of insulin receptors | Possibly due to overstimulation of pancreatic release of insulin by excessive carbohydrate intake
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Explain how beta blockers can result in upregulation.
Beta receptors are blocked over time, more receptors are produced.
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Why is there a diverse action of hormones in cells if hormones are cell and tissue specific?
Hormones can act through different signal transduction pathways- they can elicit different responses within the same cell
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What does it mean if a signal transduction pathway is a cascade?
Each step amplifies the response-one molecule binding to a receptor might result in many molecules of the final product
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Give an example of a cascade.
Live cells in a response to epinephrine

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