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1a Glucose Homeostasis COPY Flashcards

1
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What is significantly impaired when glucose concentration falls below normal levels?

A

Cerebral function

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2
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What is glucose particularly important for?

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The functioning of the central nervous system

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3
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What is hypoglycemia?

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Blood glucose concentration levels fall below a normal levels

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4
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What can happen is blood glucose Concentration falls below 2mmol/L

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Unconsciousness, coma and ultimately death

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5
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What does persistent hyperglycemia result in?

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Diabetes mellitus

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6
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What hormones act against hypoglycemia?

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Glucagon
Cortisol
Growth hormone
Catecholamines

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7
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What is the most prevalent form of diabetes?

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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8
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What are the three types of diabetes

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Type 1 DM
Type 2 DM
maturity onset diabetes of the young

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9
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What is meant by a retroperitoneal structure?

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Has a peritoneum on the anterior side only

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10
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What are the small clumps of cells in the pancreas called?

A

Islets of Langerhans

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11
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What are exocrine acinar cells?

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Cells that generate exocrine secretions

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12
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What are the three types of islet cells?

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Alpha, beta and delta cells

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13
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What are the alpha cells involved with?

A

Glucagon secretion

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14
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What are the beta cells in the islets of langerhans involved with?

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Insulin secretion

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15
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What are the delta cells in the islet of langerhans involved with?

A

Somatostatin secretion

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16
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What effect does somatostatin have on insulin and gluacagon?

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Somatostatin inhibits both in a negative feedback loop to keep them in balance

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17
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How does glucagon and somatostatin affect the release of insulin from beta cells when there is a rise in blood glucose?

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  • Glucagon stimulates release of insulin
  • Somatostatin inhibits the release of insulin
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18
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How do the GI hormones and amino acids affect the secretion of insulin from the beta cells when there is a rise in blood glucose?

A

Both increase secretion of insulin

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19
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How do SNS and PNS activity affect the secretion of insulin when there is a rise in blood glucose?

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SNS - inhibits secretion of insulin via alpha cells
PNS activity stimulates the release of insulin

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20
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What are gap junctions?

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They allow small molecules to pass directly between cells

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21
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What are tight junctions?

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Create small intercellular spaces

22
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What type of communication is found between the islet cells?

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Paracrine communication

23
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What does insulin do?

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Stimulates growth and development and reduces blood glucose

24
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What affect does insulin secreted from the beta cells have?

A

Increased:
- Glycolysis
- Glycogenesis
- Glucose transport into cells via GLUT 4

25
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Where is GLUT 4 predominantly expressed?

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Adipocytes and skeletal muscle

26
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When blood glucose is high, what is released?

A

Insulin from the beta cells as well as some glucagon from the alpha cells to ensure that hypoglycaemia doesn’t occur

27
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Aside from glucose effects, what else does insulin do?

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Increase amino acid transport, protein synthesis and lipogenesis

Decrease in lipolysis

28
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What is released when blood glucose levels are lowered?

A

Alpha cells release glucagon

29
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What affect does glucagon have?

A

INCREASED:
- gluconeogenesis
- lipolysis
- blood glucose
- amino acid transport to the liver
- hepatic glycogenolysis

30
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Is GLUT 2 insulin sensitive?

A

No

31
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What is the main glucose sensor?

A

Glucokinase (hexokinase as IV)

32
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What is GLUT 2’s affinity for glucose, and what does this mean?

A

High affinity for glucose, so whatever glucose is in our blood stream is therefore reflected in the intracellular concentration of the beta cell

33
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Does glucose 6 phosphate inhibit glucokinase?

A

No

34
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Why do glucose 6 phosphate levels give a good indication of glucose levels as well?

A

Glucose to glucose 6 phosphate is a continual conversion by glucokinase therefore the amount of glucose present is equal to glucose 6 phosphate

35
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How is insulin released?

A

The ATP produced from glycolysis inhibits the potassium ion channels, meaning K+ remains in the beta cells
therefore, there is an intracellular influx of Ca2+ which triggers the insulin to be released from the beta cells

36
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What is meant by a graded response of insulin production?

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Insulin isn’t released in an all or nothing manner, continually released when needed and the amount released changes over time

37
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What is pro insulin cleaved into?

A

Pro insulin and C-peptide

38
Q

What happens to C peptide levels after a big meal?

A

Increase

39
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What happen to someone’s C peptide levels when a person with type 1 diabetes eats a meal?

A

They are low - this is because C peptide levels are only a measure of endogenous insulin, and doesn’t include the insulin which they have injected following the meal

40
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What is the difference between oral and intravenous glucose in terms of plasma insulin production? And what is this effect called?

A

Oral is significantly higher - increatin effect

41
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Transcription of what gene produced Glucagon like peptide 1?

A

Pro-glucagon gene

42
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Where is glucagon like peptide found?

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In the gut

43
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What is the effect of glucagon like peptide 1?

A

Stimulated insulin and suppresses glucagon

44
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What effect does glucagon like peptide1 do to us?

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Increases feeling of fullness

45
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Wh6 does GLP1 have a short half life?

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Rapidly degraded by enzymes dipeptidyl peptidase 4

46
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What is GLP1 used in the treatment of?

A

Diabetes mellitus

47
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What is meant by the first phase insulin release?

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This is following a meal, when a diabetics insulin levels do increase slightly, but much less than a healthy individuals, and stay elevated

48
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How does the insulin receptor work?

A
  1. Insulin binds to alpha subunit
  2. Causes a confirmation change in the tyrosine kinase domain of the beta sun unit
  3. This causes the movement of GLUT 4 from intracellular space to cell membrane so glucose can be absorbed
49
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What part of the insulin receptor does insulin initially bind to?

A

Extracellular domain - alpha subunit

50
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What percentage of the pancreas gland is involved in exocrine secretions?

A

98%

51
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Where may you find insulin receptors?

A

Liver, muscle and fat

52
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What is the incretin effect?

A

When the production of plasma insulin is significantly larger and higher following giving oral glucose to patients

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