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Phys - Endo Intro/Hypothalamus Flashcards

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What is the function of the endocrine system

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  • secrete messengers that regulate organ system function

- coordinates with neural regulation

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List the 6 gland with endocrine function

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  • pituitary
  • thyroid
  • parathyroid
  • adrenal glands
  • pineal
  • thymus
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List the four organs with endocrine function

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  • gonads
  • pancreas
  • kidneys
  • heart
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List the three hormone types

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  1. Steroid
  2. Peptide/protein
  3. Amine
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Steroid hormones

  • synth from what
  • produced by what
  • bind to what
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  • synthesized from cholesterols
  • produced by gonads, placenta, and adrenal glands
  • usually bind to intracellular receptor (can cross cell membrane)
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Where do peptide hormones usually bind?

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surface receptor on a target cell

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Amine hormones

  • synth from what
  • produced by what
  • bind to what usually
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  • synth from tyrosine
  • produced by adrenal medulla (and thyroid)
  • usually bind to intracellular receptor
  • somewhat similar to proteins
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Peptide hormone

  • synthesis
  • storage
  • release
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  • via protein synthesis
  • synthesized as preprohormones
  • cleaved in ER to prohormone
  • cleaved in secretory vesicles to active hormone
  • stored in cytoplasmic granules
  • exocytosis to release hormone when stimulated by specific signal
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What regulates peptide hormone production (overall)

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secretory pathway

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Steroid hormone synthesis

  • synth from what
  • regulation
  • constitutive or pulsatile production?
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  • synth from cholesterol
  • regulated by production of key enzymes in synthesis pathway
  • constitutive
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Peptide/amine hormone transport

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free or bound

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Steroid hormone transport

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  • insoluble = must have carriers
  • Most carriers made in liver, called steroid binding proteins (SBP)
  • when arrive at target cell, hormone is released from carrier
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Steroid hormone binding to a carrier

  • prevents what
  • allows for what
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  • prevents elimination

- allows for hormone reserve

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What cells to hormones reach? How to they act?

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  • hormones reach all cells

- act specifically on target cells that contain specific receptors

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What does hormone receptor binding rely on?

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  • blood level of hormone
  • number of receptors
  • affinity of receptor for substrate
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How do hormones alter target cell activity?

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  • change in membrane permeability or membrane potential
  • synthesis of protein or regulatory molecule
  • enzyme activation/deactivation
  • induction of secretory activity (secrete another hormone or cell product)
  • stimulation of mitosis
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What do protein and amine hormones use to cause intracellular change? why do they need this?

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  • second messengers

- because they bind to the cell surface but need to make an internal change

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What are 2 common second messengers

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  • cAMP

- IP3 & DAG

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cAMP MoA

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  • common secondary messenger
  • Hormone receptor is G protein coupled receptor
  • binds GTP which dissociates subunits
  • Activates/inhibits adenylate cyclase cleavage of ATP to cAMP
  • cAMP activates protein kinases which phosphorylate a regulatory protein
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what degrades cAMP

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phosphodiesterase

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IP3 and DAG MoA

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  • GPCR binds hormone
  • activation splits PIP2 into DAG and IP3
  • DAG activates protein kinases
  • IP3 increases ICF calcium which binds calmodulin or activates enzymes
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Define
PIP2
DAG
IP3

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  • PIP2: phospatidylinositol
  • DAG: diacylglycerol
  • IP3: inositol triphosphate
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Steroid hormone MoA

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  • bind intracellular receptors (bc lipid can cross cell membrane)
  • attach to chromatin
  • Alter gene transcription (increase/decrease protein synthesis)
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Feedback control of hormones

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  • target cell response to hormone sends signal to hormone source
  • positive feedback increases the hormone
  • negative feedback decreases hormone (MC)
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Hypothalamus - describe - role
- homeostatic center for chemistry and temp or internal environment - acts with limbic system as a unit that regulates emotional and instinctual behavior - controls release of hormones from pituitary gland
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How is the hypothalamus able to control chemistry/temp of the body?
- "sips" full strength blood all the time to test | - no/less blood brain barrier so exposed to blood
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Hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract | - define
- neural connection between hypothalamus and posterior lobe of the pituitary gland - hypothalamic nuclei produce hormones - hormones are sent by fibers via infundibulum to posterior pituitary
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Hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract | - What two hypothalamic nuclei are involved and what do they produce
- Supraoptic nuclei (ADH) | - Paraventricular nuclei (oxytocin)
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Hypophyseal portal system
- vascular pathway from hypothalamus to anterior lobe of pituitary gland - ventral hypothalamus neurons release hypophysiotropic (releasing) hormones to primary capillary plexus of infundibulum - drained by hypophyseal portal vein to secondary capillary plexus at anterior lobe
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List the 7 hypophysiotropic hormones
- corticotropic-releasing hormone (CRH) - thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) - growth hormone-releasing hormone (GRH) - growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GIH/somatostatin) - Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) - prolactin-releasing hormone (PRH) - prolactin-inhibiting hormone (PIH)
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What does CRH stimulate the release of?
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
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What does TRH stimulate the release of?
thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
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What does GRH stimulate the release of?
growth hormone
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What does GRH inhibit the release of?
Growth hormone
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What does GnRH stimulate the release of?
gonadotropins - LH - FSH
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What does PRH stimulate the release of?
prolactin
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What does PIH inhibit the release of?
prolactin
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Name the two parts of the hypophysis
- neurohypophysis (posterior) | - Adenohypophysis (anterior)
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Anterior pituitary | - two cells types
1. secretory cells ("-trope"): granulated | 2. Folliculostellate cells: regulate growth and function of secretory cells (assistants)
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What are the five types of secretory cells in the anterior pituitary, what do they release, and what percent are they
- somatotrope: growth hormone (50%) - Lactotrope: prolactin (10-30%) - Corticotrope: ACTH (10%) - Thyrotrope: TSH (5%) - Gonadotrope: FSH, LH (20%)
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What is the process to produce ACTH
corticotropes produce POMC (pro-opiomelanocortin) which are cleaved into many things including ACTH and endorphins
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ACTH - released by - in response to - target cell - action - inhibited by
- corticotropes - hypothalamic CRH - adrenal cortex - stimulate release of glucocorticoids including cortisol - feedback inhibition by cortisol
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what does cortisol do?
increase blood sugar
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Growth hormone - released by - in response to - inhibited by
- somatotropin of anterior pituitary - GHRH - somatostatin (from hypothalamus), GH, somatomedin, cortisol
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How variable is the genetic coding for GH?
located on 5 diff genes with variable processing = how important it is to have GH!!
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GH transport
50% bound to extracellular GH receptor
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At what frequency/pattern is GH released?
pulsatile over lifetime and daily
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GH actions
- stimulates cellular uptake of aa - stimulates protein synthesis - stimulates uptake of sulfur needed to make chondroitin sulfate - increased production of cartilage matrix - increased lipolysis and FA in blood - decreased cellular glucose uptake, maintains blood sugar levels - increases somatomedin (ILG) production
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Somatomedins - made where - describe - action
- produced by liver - insulin-like growth factors (ILG-1 and ILG-2) * enhances insulin-like activity which is contrary to most GH which decreases - GH mediated anabolic effect on skeleton and muscle
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TSH - released by - in response to - target cell - action - inhibited by
- thyrotropes - hypothalamic TRH - thyroid gland follicle cells - stimulates production/release of thyroid hormone, stimulates iodine uptake - somatostatin, circulating thyroxine
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What is release pattern of TSH?
constitutive (not pulsatile)
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Gonadotropins - released by - in response to - target cell - inhibited by
- gonadotropes - hypothalamic GnRH - target gonads - estrogen in female, testosterone and inhibin in male
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FSH | - action in male
Testes | - stimulates spermatogenesis in seminiferous tubules and sperm maturation in epididymis
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FSH | - action in female
Ovaries - stimulates estrogen production by granulose cells - follicle maturation
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LH | - action in male
Testes | - testosterone production via cells of Leydig
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LH | - action in female
- estrogen production - ovulation - corpus lute conversion and progesterone secretion
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Prolactin - released by - in response to - action - target cell - inhibited by
- lactotropes - hypothalamic PRH - estrogen/progesterone primed mammary glands - production of milk, initiates lactation post-birth, takes a few days - hypothalamic PIH
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Oxytocin - released from - in response to - target cell - inhibited by
- posterior pituitary - cervical and nipple stretch, infant suckling, oxytocin - uterus, alveolar glands - stimulates: milk release, uterine contractions (OUCH), bonding/empathy/trust - lack of neural stimulus
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ADH - aka - released from - target organ
- vasopressin - posterior pituitary - kidneys: increase number or size of water channels in CD to retain water
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What stimulates the release of ADH
- increased blood osmolarity (water loss dt dehydration, sweating, diarrhea, reduced blood volume/pressure) - low-pressure receptors in great veins, LA, RA, PV - also continuously released at low level
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What inhibits ADH release
- decreased blood osmolality - increased blood volume - increased blood pressure

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