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Endocrine vs. exocrine

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endocrine- secrete hormones directly into ECF (pituitary, adrenal, etc)
exocrine- products discharged through ducts (salivary, sweat)

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What are hormones?

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chemical messengers; either proteins, pepties, amino acid derivatives, or steroids

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paracrine vs. autocrine

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paracrine- hormone acts on neighboring cell

autocrine- hormone acts on itself

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Second messenger system

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Hormone binds to receptor, activates G protein, which activates enzyme, which causes production of “second messenger”- causes reaction

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Endocrine System characteristics

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  • slow, prolonged
  • hormones broken down by liver, excreted in urine
  • supplies all cells with receptor
  • UNCONSCIOUS
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Neuro System characteristics

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  • fast
  • can “switch off”
  • supplies ONLY muscles and glands
  • hypothalamus controls ANS
  • conscious brain can control
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Negative feedback loop

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stops production and secretion of hormone once specific response has occured

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What are glands stimulated by?

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  • changing blood levels
  • stimulating hormone
  • nerve stimulus
  • gene expression
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Adrenal cortex and its hormones

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glomerulosa- “salts” -aldosterone
fasciculata- “sugars” - glucocorticoids
reticularis- “sex” - androgens

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Aldosterone

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major role in ECF Na and K concentrations and total fluid balance

  • 60% bound to plasma proteins
  • 20 minute half life
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What stimulates aldosterone release?

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  • HYPERKALEMIA
  • angiotensin II
  • hyponatremia
  • ACTH
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RAAS

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1) renin released from kidney in response to hypovolemia, SNS stim, hypotension, hyponatremia
2) renin acts on angiotensinogen to form angiotensin I
3) angiotensin I -> angiotensin II by ACE in lungs
4) angiotensin II causes vasoconstriction and release of aldosterone

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Where does aldosterone exert effects and what does it do?

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DCT and principal cells of collecting ducts- reabsorption of Na, secretion of K (expands ECF and elevates BP)

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What is the major glucocorticoid?

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cortisol/hydrocortisone

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How much cortisol produced daily?

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15-30 mg/day, mostly in the morning

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Cortisol characteristics

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  • highly protein bound
  • free cortisol is active form
  • stress/surgery increases production (100 mg/day)
  • ACTH controls secretion
  • metabolized by liver
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Cortisol negative feedback loop

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1) cortisol inhibits release of CRH from hypothalamus

2) cortisol decreases ACTH synthesis and release from anterior pituitary

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Glucocorticoids effect on carb metabolism

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  • stimulates gluconeogenesis
  • decrease glucose uptake and use by muscles
  • overall increase blood glucose concentration
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Glucocorticoids effect on protein metabolism

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  • decrease synthesis and increase catabolism in all body cells except liver
  • effect on skeletal muscles- weak and atrophic
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Glucocorticoids effect on fat metabolism

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  • FFA mobilized from adipose tissue
  • enhanced oxidation of FFA
  • enables use of FFA for energy when glucose limited
  • distinct obesity- chest, abd, intrascapular, buffalo torso, moon face)
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Glucocorticoids effect on inflammation and immunity

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  • diminishes inflammatory response
  • suppresses proinflammatory cytokines
  • decreases antibody production
  • decreases eosinophils and lymphocytes
  • stablizes lysosomal membranes
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What is the primary androgen?

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testosterone

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Catecholamines of medulla

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  • 80% epi
  • 20% NE
  • both metabolized in liver and kidney by COMT
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Where are catecholamines stored and how are they released?

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chromafin granules; released by stimulation of sympathetic nerves

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Anterior and posterior lobes of anterior pituitary
anterior- adenohypophysis | posterior- neurohypophysis
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Hormones of anterior pituitary
FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, prolactin, GH (FLAT PiG)
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hormones of posterior pituitary
ADH, oxytocin
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growth hormone
skeletal development and body growth, regulates protein and carb metabolism
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
regulates release of hormones from adrenal gland and growth of adrenal cortex
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TSH
controls growth and metabolism of thyroid gland and secretion of thyroid hormones
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FSH
stimulates ovarian follicle development in females and spermatogenesis in males
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LH
induces ovulation in females, stimulates testes to produce testosterone in males
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prolactin
promotes mammary gland development and milk production; inhibits synthesis and secretion of LH and FSH; increased in pregnancy
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What inhibits ACTH?
increased cortisol levels and opioids
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What stimulates ACTH?
corticotropin releasing hormone, hypoglycemia, stress, trauma, sepsis, alpha adrenergic stim, decreased cortisol, circadian rhythm
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When is ACTH the highest?
2 hours before and just after awakening
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Growth hormone characteristics
- aka somatotropin - release stimulated by GHRH from hypothalamus - inhibited by GHIF (somatostatin) - secretion also stimulated by stress, deep sleep, exercise, hypoglycemia
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Where are the posterior pituitary hormones synthesized?
hypothalamus- travel down via pituitary stalk
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oxytocin
stimulates milk secretion and contraction of uterus
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ADH/vasopressin
acts on collecting ducts to increase free water reabsorption through aquaporins (increases blood volume, urine osmo, decreases serum osmo)
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What stimulates ADH?
1) increase in plasma osmo (osmoreceptors in hypothalamus) 2) decrease in blood volume by >10-20% (peripheral varoreceptors and atrial stretch receptors)- afferent signal through vagus/glossopharyngeal nerves)
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Factors that influence ADH release
hypotension, stress, pain, PPV, hyperthermia, beta adrenergic stim, histaimes, volatile agents, smoking, nausea
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Pancreas functions
- exocrine- acinar cells (synthesize digestive enzymes and bicarbonate for digestion) - endocrine- islets of langerhans (4 types of cells)
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Islet of Langerhans cells
Beta- secrete insulin and amylin alpha- secrete glucagon delta- secrete somatostatin pancreatic polypeptide -inhibits exocrine pancreatic secretion
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Glycolysis
breakdown of glucose to pyruvate or lactate
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glycogenesis
storage of glucose as glycogen
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gluconeogensis
formation of glucose from lactate, pyruvate, aa, and glycerol
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lipogenesis
formation and storage of fat as triglycerides
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lipolysis
breakdown of stored triglycerides to FFA and glycerol
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Obligate vs. facultative tissues
- obligate- can only use glucose as energy (brain, medulla, RBCs)- ketones used during starvation - facultative- use glucose for energy if available (can use amino acids or fats)- muscles and most other tissues
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Insulin
- secreted in capillaries and portal circulation - 50% removed by 1st pass - daily secretion 60 units/delivery is 30 units
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Metabolic effects of insulin
- liver and muscle- promotes storage of glycoge, inhibits gluconeogenesis - stimulates uptake of amino acids- promotes protein synthesis and inhibits breakdown - carbs are converted to FFA and glycerol- stored as triglycerides, inhibits breakdown, limits use of fats for fuel when glucose high
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Insulin effect on ion transport
stimulates uptake of K, Mg, and phosphate into cells
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Factors that stimulate insulin release
amino acids, GI hormones, PSNS stimulation, beta adrenergic stimulation, ACTH, vagal stimulation
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Factors that inhibit insulin release
hypoglycemia, somatostatin, glucagon, cortisol, GH, alpha adrenergic stimulation, stress
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Glucagon
- biological antagonist to insulin - increases plasma glucose and enhances hepatic glucose output via gluconeogensis and breakdown of liver glycogen - blood glucose <90 stimulates release - works with GH, cortisol, and epi
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Somatostatin
- inhibits insulin and glucagon secretion - decreases motility of stomach, duodenum, and gall bladder contraction - decreases GH release - decreases secretion and absorption within GI tract - extends time over which food and nutrients are digested and absorbed
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Type 1 diabetes
- absolute insulin deficiency- dependent on exogenous insulin - beta cell destruction (symptoms when >80% destroyed) - prone to DKA
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Type 2 diabetes
- impaired insulin secretion, peripheral insulin resistance, abnormal fat metabolism, excess hepatic glucose production - obesity - insidious onset - prone to HHS
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What connects 2 lobes of thyroid?
isthmus
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Follicles of thyroid
- lined by epithelial cells | - produce and secrete T4 and T3
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Thyroid hormone functions
- increase cellular activity - required for normal growth - growth and development of brain during fetal and postnatal - augment HR and contraction - enhance secretion of digestive juices and GI motility - increased hormone secretion of most endocrine glands ( especially pancreas)
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What is necessary for T4 and T3 production?
iodine
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Regulation of thyroid hormone secretion
1) TRH released from hypothalamus 2) TRH causes ant. pituitary to produce and secrete TSH 3) TSH causes increased thyroid gland activity 4) if overactivity, excessive amounts of TH produced
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Calcium regulation
- 99% in bone - 1% in ECF - changes in protein may affect Ca status - alkalosis- increases protein binding, decrease serum iCal
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3 forms of serum calcium
9%- nonionized, bound to anions 41% non ionized, bound to proteins 50%- ionized and diffusible, active
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PTH
- secreted from chief cells of parathyroid in response to low serum iCal, high phosphate, low mag - increases extracellular calcium concentration, decreases phosphate
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Direct effects of PTH
bone resorption (osteoclasts), increased reabsorption from DCT, phosphate excretion in PCT
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Indirect effects of PTH
promotes formation of vitamin D which enhances calcium and phosphate absorption from intestines
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PTH feedback loop
small decrease in circulating iCal produces rapid increase in PTH secretion and vice versa
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Difference b/w calcium chloride and gluconate
calcium chloride has higher concentration
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Vitamin D
- absorbed from GI or produced enzymatically by UV light - inactive form converted in liver and kidney to active - active increases Ca, Mg, phosphate absorption - inadequate- rikets, osteomalacia
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Calcitonin
- secreted by thyroid in response to elevated iCal - lowers serum calcium - weak effect- inhibits osteoclasts (osteoblasts more prevalent)
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Symptoms of hypocalcemia
hyperreflexia, muscle spasm, tetany, perioral paresthesias, laryngospasm, Chvostek (twitching of face), Trousseau's (flexion of wrist and thumb)

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