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Beyond the classic endocrine glands Flashcards

1
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What is the main function of adipocytes?

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→ Store energy as triglycerides

→ Release them as free fatty acids

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2
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How do triglycerides get inside cells?

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→ As free fatty acids

→ hydrolyzed by lipoprotein lipase

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3
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What are free fatty acids bound to?

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→ Albumin

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What is the main source of triglycerides?

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→ Chylomicrons from digestion

→ VLDL

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5
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What happens when free fatty acids are in the cell?

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→ Become triglycerides again

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6
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What happens when the body needs fat for energy?

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→ HSL (hormone sensitive lipase) breaks down fat stored as triglycerides
→ Adrenaline, glucagon,cortisol and GH stimulate this

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What happens when the body has excess fat and needs to store it?

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→ Insulin stimulates LPL to break down TG into FFA

→ FFA enter the cell

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8
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What is glucose usually converted to for storage?

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→ Glycogen

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9
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What is glucose converted to when it can no longer be stored as glycogen?

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→ converted into fat

→ Stored in larger quantities

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10
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Why is adipose tissue needed?

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→ If fat was allowed to accumulate it would be toxic

→ Lipotoxicity

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11
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What does leptin do?

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→ Signals satiety to the brain

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12
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What does adiponectin do?

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→ Increases insulin sensitivity

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13
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What is leptin released from?

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→ Adipose tissue

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14
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What do mutations of leptin cause?

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→ LEP gene or LEPR (leptin receptor)

→ lead to abnormal eating behavior and morbid obesity

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15
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What is obesity associated with?

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→ Leptin resistance

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16
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What is obesity a state of?

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→ Chronic low level inflammation

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17
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What are the signals like in healthy adipose tissue?

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→ Leptin signals satiety to the brain
→ Adiponectin increases insulin sensitivity
→ Resistin levels low

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18
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What are the signals like in obesity?

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→ Leptin is high but resistance to leptin
→ Adiponectin is low
→ Insulin resistance

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19
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What happens as adipose tissue expands?

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→ as adipose tissue expands
→ cytokines are secreted eg IL6 and TNF alpha
→ They attract more macrophages

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20
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What are general disorders of energy metabolism?

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→ Obesity 
→ Hypertension
→ Hyperglycaemia
→ High triglycerides
→ Insulin resistance
21
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What is visceral fat exposed to?

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→ Portal circulation

22
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Why is losing weight when obese difficult?

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→ The body remembers its highest body weight and defends this as the new normal
→ During weight loss there are appetite regulating hormones increase hunger

23
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What does gastrin do?

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→ Stimulates gastric acid secretion

24
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What is gastrin stimulated by?

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→ Peptides and amino acids in gastric lumen

25
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What does CCK do?

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→ Stimulates secretion of pancreatic enzymes

→ Contraction of the gall bladder and emptying

26
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What is CCK stimulated by?

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→ Presence of fatty acids and amino acids in small intestine

27
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What does secretin do?

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→ Stimulates secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts

28
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What is secretin stimulated by?

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→ Acidic pH in the lumen of the small intestine

29
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What does ghrelin do?

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→ strong stimulant for feeding and appetite

→ Stimulates growth hormone

30
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What does GIP do?

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→ Inhibits gastric secretion and motility

→ potentiates release of insulin from beta cells in response to high blood glucose levels

31
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What is GIP stimulated by?

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→ Presence of fat and glucose in the small intestine

32
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What are the three factors for regulation of food intake?

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→ Hormones from stomach
→ Vagal afferents to NTS
→ Leptin from adipocytes

33
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What does GLP do?

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→ Potentiates insulin secretion in response to rising plasma glucose
→ Reduces appetite

34
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What happens if you stimulate the lateral hypothalamus?

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→ Increased feeding

35
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What happens if you stimulate the ventro medial hypothalamus?

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→ Stops feeding

36
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What are other non classical endocrine organs?

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→ Heart
→ Kidney
→ Bone
→ Tumors
→ Pineal gland
37
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What is the pathway for inhibiting food intake?

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→Leptin, Insulin, PPY, CCK, GLP1 increase
→ POMC/CART neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus are stimulated
→ Decreases food intake

38
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What is the pathway for stimulating food intake?

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→ Ghrelin increases and leptin decreases
→ AGRP and NPY neurons are stimulates in the lateral hypothalamus
→ Stimulates food

39
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What do the kidneys secrete and in response to what?

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→ EPO

→ low partial pressures of oxygen

40
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What does EPO do?

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→ Stimulates the production of erythrocytes

41
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What is recombinant EPO used for?

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→ Treat anaemia due to renal failure

→ Blood doping agent

42
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What are circadian rhythms driven by?

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→ The biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

43
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Where is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?

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→ Above the optic chiasm

44
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In the absence of sensory cues what does the circadian cycle do?

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→ Generates its own rhythm of 25 hours

45
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What rhythms does the suprachiasmatic nucleus control?

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→ Melatonin

→ Cortisol

46
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What is the pathway from retina to pineal gland?

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→ Retina
→ SCN
→ Paraventricular nucleus 
→ sympathetic chain
→ Pineal gland
47
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What are the steps in the synthesis of melatonin?

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→L- tryptophan
→ Serotonin
→ Melatonin

48
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What stimulates and inhibits melatonin?

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→ Darkness stimulates production and secretion of melatonin

→ Light inhibits it

Physiology 1 : endocrine (12 decks)

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