202 ES - Physiology Flashcards
Anterior pituitary secretions (5)
Growth hormone
Prolactin
Adrenocorticotropin or corticotropin (ACTH)
Thyrotropin or thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
Gonadotropins (FSH & LH)
Posterior pituitary secretions (2)
Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)
Oxytocin
Secretory cells of pituitary gland & their secretion
Somatotropes (Acidophils) - somatotropin (Growth hormone GH) Corticotropes - corticoropin (ACTH) Thyrotropes - TSH Gonadotropes - FSH & LH Lactotropes - prolactin
Growth hormone (GH)
Growth of body
Thyrotropin (TSH)
Stimulate thyroid to produce hormones
Corticotropin
Stimulates adrenal cortex to produce cortisol
Prolactin
Stimulates milk production from breast
FSH & LH
Reproductive function in males & females
What controls anterior pituitary secretion?
Hypothalamus
- hypothalamic releasing & inhibitory hormones
How do neurons from hypothalamus reach anterior pituitary gland?
From hypothalamic nucleus → hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal vessels
Releasing hormones of hypothalamus & affected hormone
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) - TSH
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) - ACTH
GH releasing hormone - GH
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) - FSH & LH
Prolactin releasing hormone - prolactin
Inhibitory hormones of hypothalamus & affected hormone
GH inhibitory hormone (somatostatin) - GH
Prolactin inhibitory hormone (PIH/dopamine) - Prolactin
Sheehan syndrome
Affects women, following post-partum hemorrhage
Reduced blood flow to pituitary → pituitary infarction & necrosis → pituitary hormone insufficiency
Functions of growth hormone
Growth
Metabolic
Bone growth
When does the lengthening of bone stop?
After fusion of epiphysis with shaft
What is the effect of GH on bones after adulthood?
Thickening of bone
Effect of GH on protein
↑ cellular protein synthesis; ↓ protein breakdown
Anabolic effect
Effect of GH on adipocytes
↑ lipolysis → ↑ free fatty acids
Why does lipolysis cause protein sparing?
Lipolysis mobilize free fatty acid, which supplies energy
Protein sparing
Body derives energy from sources other than protein
How does GH affect carbs metabolism?
- Decrease glucose uptake in tissue
- Increase glycogenesis
- Increase insulin secretion (compensatory)
Diabetogenic effect of GH
It mimics insulin’s glucose-lowering effect
GH effect on bone growth
- Increase protein production by chondrocytic & osteogenic cells
- Increased rate of reproduction of these cells
- Converting chondrocytes into osteogenic cells → deposition of new cartilage in epiphysis & conversion to bone
Chondrocytic cells
Produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix
Osteogenic cells
Only bone cells that divide
Develop into osteoblasts → responsible for forming new bones
How does osteoblast affect bones after adulthood?
Increases bone thickness, mainly membranous bones
Protrusion of jaw
Bony protrusions over eyes
Somatomedin C
When GH acts on liver/cartilage
aka. insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I)
Factors affecting GH secretion
↓ Secretion: Aging
↑ Secretion Exercise, excitement, trauma Deep sleep Ghrelin - produced before meals Acute hypoglycemia Chronic protein deficiency - Kwashiorkor Low free fatty acid Starvation Stress
Regulation of GH secretion
Secretion: GHRH
Inhibition: GHIH
What happens if there’s excessive GH?
Negative feedback → inhibition & decrease secretion
Panhypopituarism
Decreased secretion of all anterior pituitary hormones
- hypothyroidism, decreased secretion of adrenal hormones, decreased secretion of gonadotropins
Dwarfism causes
Decreased GH secretion during childhood
Deficiency of somatomedin C - African pygmies & Levi-Lorain syndrome
Part of panhypopituitarism - sexual maturation also impaired
Gigantism causes
Hypersecretion of hormone during childhood
Pituitary tumors → hypersecretion
Acromegaly causes
Increased GH secretion after fusion of epiphysis
GH producing tumor in anterior pituitary → increased thickness of bones
Signs of acromegaly
Protrusion of jaw - prognathism
Enlarged, hands, feet & membranous bones
Deficiency of GH can lead to?
Dwarfism
Excess secretion of GH may lead to?
Gigantism
Acromegaly
GH can ______ blood glucose in pt with hypoglycemia, why?
increase; due to negative feedback
Where does the anterior pituitary develop from?
Rathke’s pouch
Where does the posterior pituitary originate from?
Neural ectoderm
Where are hormones produced in?
Hypothalamic nuclei (Supraoptic & paraventricular nuclei)
What is posterior pituitary mainly composed of?
Pituicytes (glial cells)
Hypothalamic-hypophysial tract
How hormones are transported from hypothalamic nuclei to pituitary
What happens if pituitary stalk is cut?
Decrease of hormone production, but normal after few days - secreted by the cut ends of the fibers by neurophysins
Where is ADH produced?
Suproptic nuclei
Where is oxytocin secreted?
Paraventricular nucleus
How are ADH & oxytocin secreted at nerve terminal?
Exocytosis
Function of ADH
Increases reabsorption of water from DCT & collecting duct
How does ADH increase reabsorption?
By inserting aquaporins in epithelium of DCT & collecting ducts - through V2 receptors → concentrated urine
Stimulus for ADH secretion
Hyperosmolarity of blood
Decrease in blood volume
Osmoreceptors
Sense an increase in blood osmolarity → stimulate ADH secretion
Baroreceptors
Sense decrease in bp hence decrease blood volume → stimulate ADH secretion
Inhibition of ADH secretion
Alcohol
Diabetes insipidus
Secretion of ADH from hypothalamus decrease due to injury, infection, congenital
Signs of diabetes insipidus
Pt passes large volumes of dilute urine
Persists even with water deprivation
Results in dehydration
High blood osmolarity
Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Production of ADH normal, but the kidney is not responding to ADH
Treatment of diabetes insipidus
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
Treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Doesn’t respond to DDAVP
Treat cause
Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH)
Increased secretion of ADH
- causing hyponatremia - water retention & decrease blood osmolarity
Neuroendocrine reflex (oxytocin - contraction of uterus)
Positive feedback:
- Baby’s head stretches cervix
- Cervical stretch excites fundic contraction ( → stimuli reaches hypothalamus → release oxytocin)
- Fundic contraction pushes baby down & stretches cervix more
- Repeats until expulsion of baby
Main functions of oxytocin
Uterine contraction
Milk ejection
Why is T4 converted to T3?
bc T3 is more potent than T4
It has a shorter life and less amount, but more active than T4
Difference between T3 & T4
T3 - active thyroid hormone
T4 - precursor of the thyroid hormone
What do thyroid follicles contain?
Filled w colloid made of glycoprotein thyroglobulin
Lined by cuboidal epithelium
C cells
between follicles; secrete calcitonin
Calcitonin
Lower blood calcium
Synthesis of thyroid hormones
- Thyroglobulin synthesis
- Iodide trapping - sodium-iodide symport pump
- Oxidation of iodide - by peroxidase
- Transport of iodine into follicular cavity - by iodide-chloride pump - “pendrin”
- Iodination of tyrosine (organification) - iodine binds with thyroglobulin
- Coupling reactions
Coupling reactions of thyroid hormones
2 DIT - T4
MIT + DIT = T3
Release of thyroid hormones
- Thyroglobulin w hormone is taken up by epithelial cells by endocytosis
- Vesicles fuses w lysosomes
- Lysosomal enzymes cleave the hormone
- Hormone exits cell through basolateral side into blood
Deiodinase
Remove iodine from MIT & DIT for reuse
Deficiency in deiodinase will result in?
Hypothyroidism
- bc iodine from MIT & DIT cannot be reused
How is thyroid hormone transported?
By binding to plasma proteins - thyroxine-binding globulin
MOA of thyroid hormones
Genomic - slower
Non-genomic - faster
Thyroid hormone effect on metabolism
↑ metabolic activity
↓ body weight
______ can cause diabetes mellitus
Hyperthyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism is typically associated with worsening glycemic control and increased insulin requirements.
______ have high blood cholesterol
Hypothyroidism
- hypothyroidism LDL cholesterols not removed quickly, LDL accumulates
______thyroidism causes weight gain;
______thyroidism causes weight loss & increased appetite
Hypothyroidism; Hyperthyroidism
Thyroid hormone effect on growth
Important for skeletal growth & brain development
Why does hypersecretion of thyroid hormone cause reduced height?
Due to early fusion of epiphysis
Thyroid hormone effect on CVS
↑: CO HR Force of contraction ↑ Systolic ↓ Diastolic
Thyroid hormone effect on GI
↑ GI secretion & motility
Diarrhoae in ______;
Constipation in ______
hyperthyroidism; hypothyroidism
Thyroid hormone effect on CNS
Increase cerebration - working of the brain
Does hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism cause extreme worry?
Hyperthyroidism
Thyroid hormone effect on hormones
↑ insulin secretion - bc hyperglycemia from carb metabolism
↑ PTH - bc ↑ skeletal growth
Thyroid hormone effect on sexual function
Hyposecretion - ↓ libido (M & F)
Hypersecretion - impotence (M)
Hypersecretion & hyposecretion - menstrual abnormalities (F)
Regulation of thyroid hormone secretion
Negative feedback:
- Hypothalamus secretes TRH, stimulate anterior pituitary
- Anterior pituitary secretes TSH, stimulate thyroid gland
- Thyroid gland secretes thyroid hormones, ↑ in thyroid hormones → ↓ TSH & TRH
Goiter
Enlargement of thyroid gland indicating ↑ TSH
Antithyroid drugs - Thiocyanate
- Bind to sodium-iodide transporter & inhibits the uptake of iodine
- Thyroglobulin formed normally
- Iodination & formation of thyroid hormones ↓
- Lack of negative feedback → ↑ TSH → goiter
Antithyroid drugs - Propylthiouracil
- Inhibits iodination & coupling
- ↓ thyroid hormone secretion
- ↓ negative feedback → ↑ TSH → goiter
Antithyroid drugs - Iodides
Given in high amounts can reduce thyroid secretory activity
Reduces size of thyroid gland & vascularity
Given 2-3 weeks before surgery to reduce bleeding
Grave’s disease
Antibody against TSH receptor; increase secretion of thyroid hormones
Expothalamos
Protrusion of eyeballs
Seen in hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism:
______ thyroid hormones; ______ TSH
Increase; reduced
How to distinguish between Grave’s disease & adenoma?
Grave’s disease: the presence of antibodies
Adenoma: antibody absent
Hyperthyroidism treatment
Surgical removal - adenoma
Antithyroid drugs
Radioactive iodine