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122; Biliary Pancreatic Flashcards

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What 2 hormones are produced by the duodenum in response to a meal?

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CCK (choleocystokinin)

Secretin

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What stimulates the secretion of secretin?

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The acidic pH of chyme entering the duodenum

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What stimulates the secretion of CCK from the duodenum?

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The presence of amino acids and fatty acids within the chyme

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From where are Secretin and CCK secreted?

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  • Secretin

S cells of the crypts of Leiberkun in duodenal epithelium

  • CCK

I cells of the duodenal epithelium

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What is the role of Secretin?

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  • Stimulates the Pancreatic Ductal cells to secrete bicarbonate;
    • neutralises duodenal contents
  • Inhibits HCl secretion from the Parietal cells of the stomach
  • Augments the effect of CCK

Neutralisation provides a negative feedback to the S cells

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What is the role of CCK?

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  • Stimulates Vagus, Ach causes contraction of gall bladder
  • Stimulates pancreatic Acinar cells to secrete enzymes
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Describe the distribution of different cell types within the pancreas.

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80% Acinar cells

10% Duct cells

10% Islet cells

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What are the different cell types of the Islet cells, and what do they secrete?

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α cells - Glucagon

β cells - Insulin & amylin

δ cells - Somatostatin

γ cells - pancreatic polypeptide

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What are the roles of Glucagon, Insulin & Amylin?

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  • Glucagon- Raises the plasma concentration of glucose
  • Insulin & Amylin- Reduce the plasma concentration of glucose (amylin directly blocks glucagon release from α cells)
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What are the main causes of acute pancreatitis?

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  • Cholelethiasis (gall stones)
  • Alcohol
  • Infections (mumps)
  • Pancreatic tumour
  • Drugs
  • Iatrogenic (ERCP)
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What are the main causes of chronic pancreatitis?

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  • Alcohol
  • Tropical
  • Hereditary
    • CF
    • Cationic trypsinogen gene
  • Idiopathic
  • Trauma
  • Hypercalcaemia
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What is the difference between Acute and Chronic pancreatitis?

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  • Acute

Nacrosis of the pancreatic parnechyma

No permanent damage

  • Chronic

?inapropriate activation of enzymes within the pancreas

Causing inflammation of the pancreatic duct –> Obstruction

Permanent damage

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What is the difference between Hereditary and Familial pancreatitis?

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Hereditary pancreatitis describes a condition caused by an identifiable gene.

Familial pancreatitis has no identified gene but has been present in multiple family members over at least 2 generations.

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What is Trypsin?

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A pancreatic enzyme, secreted as pro-trypsin

Once activated (by HCl) it cleaves and activates other pancreatic enztmes

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What are the main enzymes secreted by the pancreas?

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  • Lipase
  • Co-lipase
  • PhospholipaseA2
  • Cholesterol Esterase
  • Amylase
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What is the role of the Gall bladder?

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Storage of Bile

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What is Bile composed of?

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Bile Salts + Lecithin (Phosphatidylcholine)

mainly

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What is the role of Bile?

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It emulsifies dietary lipids to aid their digestion

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What are the main Blie acids?

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Cholic Acid

Chenodeoxycholic Acid

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What are bile salts derived from?

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Cholesterol

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Which enzyme is required for Bile acid formation from cholesterol?

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Cholesterol-7- α-hydroxylase

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What is the rate limiting step in the formation of bile acids?

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Conversion of cholesterol to cholic acid by:

cholesterol-7- α-hydroxylase

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What is the difference between bile acids and bile salts?

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Bile acids

  • Un-conjugated
  • Carboxyl group not ionised at phisiological pH
  • Amphipathic= hydro- and lipo- philic properties

Bile salts

  • Conjugated
  • Higher pKa, ionised at physio. pH
  • More amphipathic; better emulsifiers
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What controls the activity of cholesterol-7- α-hydroxylase?

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Up-regulated by Cholesterol

Inhibited by Cholic Acid

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Wat are the main molecules found conjucated to Bile Acids?
Glysine Taurine
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What are the main Bile salts?
Glycocholic Acid Taurocholic Acid Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid Taurochenodeoxycholic Acid
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What is the difference between primary and secondary bile salts?
* Primary; conjugated in the liver * Secondary; Removal of hydroxyl side chain by gut flora ee. Deoxycholic acid ee. lithocholic acid
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Bile salts provide a significant mechanism for cholesterol excretion, how?
* Bile salts are a metabolic product of Cholesterol * Bile salts are a solubiliser for cholesterol also
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What is the effect of intestinal flora on bile salts?
1. Regenerate bile acids * By removal of glycine/taurine 2. Convert primary bile acids to secondary.. * By removal of -OH side chain ee. Cholic acid ---\> DeoxyCholic acid Chenodeoxycholic acid ---\> Lithocholic acid
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What percentage of bile salts secreted are reabsorbed by the intestines?
95%
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Primarily in what area are the bile salts reabsorbed?
Ileum
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How do the bile salts reach the liver in their hydrophobic state?
Bound to Albumin
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How do the reabsorbed bile salts reach the liver?
Via the **enterohepatic** circulation; via the hepatic portal vein
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What happens when reabsorbed primary and secondary bile salts and acids reach the liver?
They enter hepatocytes Bile acids are conjugated Bile salts ready to enter the bile
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What percentage of bile salts are lost in the faeces daily?
5%
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What is Cholestyramine?
A bile acid sequestrant. It binds bile acids in the intestine breventing their reabsorption. More cholesterol required to synthesise more. * Treatment for hypercholestraemia (High fibre diet has similar effect)
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What is one risk of hypercholesteraemia associated with the liver?
Choleoliethiasis | (Gall stones)
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What factors may cause choleolethiasis?
* Severe ileal disease (malabsorption of bile acids) * Obstruction of enterohepatic circulation due to biliary tract obstruction * Hepatic dysfunction; decreased bile production * Excessive feedback supression of bile synthesis
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What are the 3 main dietary lipids?
1. Tri glyceride 2. Phospholipid 3. Cholesterol ester
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What are the 2 essential UNsaturated fatty acids?
* Linoleic acid * Linolenic acid
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How do bile and panreatic enzymes work together to digest lipids and fat soluble vitamins?
* Bile emulsifies lipids to form **emulsion droplet** * Pancreatic enzymes digest these lipids and break emulsion droplet into smaller **multilamellar vesicles** * These vesicles are further broken down into **mixed micelles**
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Wat is the substrate for Lipase, and what are the products?
**Triglycerides** * Co-lipase binds TG on emulsio drpolet and provides an anchor for Lipase * Produce Fatty Acids and Glycerol
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Wat is the substrate for PhospholipaseA2, and what are the products?
**Phospholipids** ## Footnote Products are **lysolecithin** and Fatty Acids
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Wat is the substrate for Cholesterol Esterase, and what are the products?
**Cholesterol Esterers** Products are Cholesterol and Fatty Acids
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What bile pigment is the product of Haeme degeneration?
Bilirubin
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What are the steps in the catabolism of haeme to bilirubin?
**Haeme** Microsomal Haeme Oxygenase **Biliverdin **(green) Biliverdin Reductase **Bilirubin** (red)
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Where is haeme catabolised?
In the Reticulo-endothelial system of MØ
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What happens to Bilirubin after it is produced in the MØ?
* Travels in the blood bound to **albumin** * Taken to the liver via hepatic portal vein * Enters hepatocytes * Binds to **ligandin**
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Following Bilirubin's entry to hepatocytes, what is the next step of its excretion process?
Formation of **Bilirubin di-glucoronide** ## Footnote Solubility of Bilirubin is increased by binding 2 molecules of _glucuronic acid_ by the enzyme **glucuronyl transferase**
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Which enzyme catalyses the binding of glucuronic acid to bilirubin?
**Bilirubin glucuronyl transferase**
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Why is conjugation to glucuronic acid required for bilirubin?
Bilirubin is insoluble, conjugation allows solubulisation and thus excretion of bilirubin
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How is bilirubin diglucoronide excreted from the liver?
**Actively transported** into the liver ductules; An energy dependent process susceptible to impairement in liver damage
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How is bilirubin diglucoronide excreted from the body?
_Hydrolysed_ and _reduced_ by gut flora to **urobilinogen** * Urobilinogen oxidised by gut flora to produce **stercobilin** (Brown pigment- excreted in the faeces) * Absorbed into blood and taken to kidneys- converted to **urobilin** (Yellow pigment- excreted in the urine)
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What is Jaundice?
Hyperbilirubinaemia When the pathway of converting bilirubin to urobilinogen is dysfunctional; increased levels of circulating Bilirubin Red/orange colour to skin, mucous membranes and urine; pale stools due to lack of Stercobilin...
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What fat-solubloe vitamins require bile and pancreatic enzymes for digestion?
Vit A, D, E, K
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List some causes of pancreatic insufficiency.
Chronic pancreatitis Cystic Fibrosis Duct obstruction Pancreatic atrophy
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What are the signs & symptoms of pancreatic insufficiency?
* Malabsorption; malnutrition * Steatorrhoea * Weight loss * Vitamin deficiency (A, D, E, K) * Diabetes (lack of insulin)
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What imaging techniques are used for the pancreas?
* **US**; not always useful, pancreas deep structure and behind bowel gasses * **CT**; good for parenchyma an surroundings, good to assess necrosis and blood supply * **MRI**; better than CT to assess ducts * **ERCP**; best test for imaging ducts, but invasive and complications * **EUS**; good for biopsies and to assess operability, Highest resolution of stones in the CBD
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What are the Pros and Cons of testing pancreatic exocrine function?
* PROs * Stool sample collection is not invasive * CONs * Not direct assessment of secretions into the duodenum; enzymes may get digested/absorbed along the way
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What enzyme is used to measure pancreatic exocrine function through stool samples?
Elastase levels in the stool * A positive result is reliable * Negative result can be due to other reasons
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What is the tubeless pancreatic function test?
Labeled substance is ingested Measure its clearance in urine
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Which test is used for **acute** pancreatitis?
Measurement of serum amylase concentration * levels 3x higher than normal is indicative of pancreatic damage Amylase elevation does not reflect the severity of the damage
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What test may be used to diagnose cystic fibrosis cause of pancreatic insufficiency?
**Sweat test** The concentration of Cl in sweat is elevated
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What is a serum tumour marker for pancreatic cancer?
**CA19-9**
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What are the signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis?
Epigastric pain --\> refer to back Vomiting and prostration Time course of days/weeks Able to resolve
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What are the causes of acute pancreatitis?
* Gall stones * Alcohol, young male * Drugs, high calcium...
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What are the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer?
* Relentless upper abdo/back pain * Weight loss * Diarrhoea/malnutrition * Diabetes * Jaundice, painless if CBD obstruction * Enlarge liver if metastases
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What are the risk factors for pancreatic cancer?
Smoking Age \>50
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What sign might a head of pancreas tumour cause?
Double duct sign; obstruction of CBD and pancreatic duct
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What are the signs and symptoms of chronic pancreatitis?
* Severe upper abdo & back pain * Weight loss * Diabetes * Diarrhoea * Time course months-years * Pts may become addicted to opiates
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What are the risk factors for developing chronic pancreatitis?
* Alcohol * Nutritional causes in 3rd world * Cystic fibrosis, and rare familial causes * Idiopathic
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What is autoimmune pancreatitis?
* Onset similar to pancreatic cancer * Dfferentiated via identification of raised serum **IgG4** levels * Responds dramatically to steroids

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