20 | Ca2+, PTH Flashcards
1,25 Dihydroxycholecalciferol
1,25 DHCC or 1,25[OH]2D3
- steroid hormone derived from vitamin D
- increases Ca2+ absorption from intestine
parathyroid hormone (PTH)
- secreted by the parathyroid gland
- mobilizes Ca2+ from bone
- increases phosphate excretion
- biological activity is dictated mainly by N-terminal half of the molecule
calcitonin (CT)
- hormone secreted by cells in thyroid gland
- calcium lowering
- inhibits bone resorption
roles of calcium
secondary messenger excitation/contraction coupling fertilization visual excitation *neuromuscular excitability (open or close ion channels)
hypocalcemia
- hypocalcemic tetany: inc excitability of nerve and muscle cells (spams)
- neg effects on blood clotting
hypercalcemia
cardiac arrhythmia
depressed neuromuscular excitability
Ca2+ balance
loss = gain
- amount absorbed by gut decreases as one gets older
- abs > excretion: excess to bones
- exc > abs: deficit from bones
Ca in bones
- 20% in rapidly exchangeable pool. homeostasis with plasma Ca2+.
- remainder in stable pool. homeostasis with bone remodeling - constant resorption and deposition.
- small changes in rate of resorption or deposition have large impact on Ca2+ metabolism.
Ca in kidney
large amount is filtered
98% resorbed
regulated by hormones
Ca in GI tract
actively transported by Ca-dependent ATPase
-regulated by 1,25[OH]2D3, through negative feedback
bone structure
- collagenous matrix with calcium phosphates (hydroxyapatite)
- cellular and well vascularized
- outer layer of compact bone (denser, less metabolically active)
- inner layer of trabecular (spongy) bone
bone cells
- osteoblasts: secrete collagen, form a matrix that calcifies. from fibroblast-like precursor
- osteocytes: differentiated osteoblasts surrounded by bone matrix. branching processes through bone.
- osteoclasts: multinuclear cells that digest and resorb bone. monocyte derived. secrete acids and proteases.
endosteum
layer of cells that separates bone marrow space from bone
periosteum
layer of cells that cover outer surface of bone
bone mineralization
balance between calcium and phosphate
-osteoblasts secrete alkaline phosphatase that cleaves pyrophosphate, increasing phosphate to promote calcium phosphate crystallization
vitamin D + D3 (formation, transport)
- group of related sterols
- produced by action of sunlight on pro-vitamins
- D3 can be prod. in body by UV light on 7-dehydrocholesterol in skin
1. transported from skin by vitD- binding protein in plasma
2. D3 hydroxylated in liver, returned to blood (bound to D3BP)
3. in renal tubules 25OHD3 further hydroxylated to form biologically active form 1,25(OH)2D3 - lower affinity for D3BP, shorter half life
1,25(OH)2D3 production in kidney
stimulated by PTH, hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia
-PTH through enhancing phosphate diuresis, decreases intracellular phosphorus conc. in kidney, increasing prod. of 1,25(OH)2D3
*hypophosphatemia stimulates kidney to produce 1,25(OH)2D3
[hyperphosphatemia is potent inhibitor of 1,25(OH)2D3 prod]
action of 1,25(OH)2D3
-provide Ca2+ and phosphate to ECF for bone mineralization
vitamin D deficiency
children: rickets
adults: osteomalacia
- reduced bone mineralization (but D3 doesn’t promote Ca deposition in bone)
vitamin D receptor (VDR)
- 1,25(OH)2D3 acts by binding to nuclear VDR
- VDR is transcription factor, codes for calcium-binding proteins (CaBP), and calcium and phosphate transporters
- VDR in Ca2+ reg tissues (intestine, bone, kidneY0 and others (PTH, pancreas, skin, etc.)
recommended vit D3 intake
birth-50 yo: 200IU/day
50-70 yo: 400 IU/day
>70 yo: 600 IU/day
higher levels recommended for protection against colorectal and other cancers
1,25(OH)2D3 action + uptake: GI (4)
- increase Ca pumping out of basolateral membranes in intestines
- promotes phos + Ca uptake (inc plasma levels)
- Ca entry enhanced by 1,25(OH)2D3-induced increases in epithelial calcium channels (ECaC) + intracellular Ca binding protein (calbindin) in mucosal cells
- inc Ca entering cells excreted at serosal side with Ca pumps and Ca/Na exchange (also upreg by 1,25(OH)2D3)
1,25(OH)2D3 action: bones (1)
- mobilizes Ca and phos. by inc pumping through osteoblasts
- works synergistically with PTH, alone far less effective in mobilization