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calcium and phosphate metabolism Flashcards

1
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what is calcium important for? (7)

A
  1. bone growth and remodelling
  2. secretion
  3. muscle contraction
  4. blood clotting
  5. co - enzyme
  6. stabilisation of membrane potentials
  7. important secondary messenger - stimulus response coupling
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2
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what is the distribution of calcium?

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  1. 99% in bones
  2. extracellularly: 45% ionised and free and 45% bound to plasma proteins
  3. very small amount intracellularly
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3
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what are extracellular calcium levels controlled by? (2)

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  1. PTH

2. Vitamin D

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4
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what are the functions of phosphate? (4)

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  1. constituent of DNA/RNA and phospholipid membranes
  2. intracellular ion
  3. activation of enzymes by phosphorylation
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5
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what is the distribution of phosphate?

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  1. 90% in bones
  2. small amount extracellular
  3. 10% intracellularly.
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6
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what is extracellular phosphate controlled by? (2)

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  1. PTH

2. FGF23

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7
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what is PTH important for? (3)

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  1. delivering elements to bone with vitamin D
  2. controlling flux of calcium in kidney
  3. controlling flux of phosphate in kidney with FGF23
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8
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Where is vitamin D’s major site of action?

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in the gut for calcium and phosphate absorption.

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9
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what builds bone?

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osteoblasts

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10
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what breaks or remodels bone?

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osteoclasts

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11
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what do osteoblasts turn into?

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osteocytes (mononuclear)

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12
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what are the two types of bone

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  1. cortical (outside)

2. trabecular (inside like bracing)

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13
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what are osteoclasts actually

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modified macrophages.

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14
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where do osteoclasts come from?

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hematopoietic stem cells

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15
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where do osteoblasts come from?

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mesenchymal derived cell

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16
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what activates osteoclasts?

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RANK ligand - through activation of nuclear kappa beta - stimulates differentiation into osteoclasts

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17
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what signals the bone resorption and where are its receptors found?

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  1. PTH

2. osteoblasts

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18
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what is the growth of the precursor promoted by?

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GM - CSF promoted by T cells produced locally

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19
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what does the PTH receptor on the osteoblast do?

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allows co-ordinated resorption of bone.

20
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how do osteoblasts know where the line of stress is since bone grows on lines of stress?

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because electricity is produced when you stress bone and tells osteoblasts when to switch on.

21
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what produces FGF23 and what is its action

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produced by osteocytes.

acts on kidney to decrease synthesis of active vitamin D and to increase excretion of inorganic phosphate.

22
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what do osteoblasts produce that acts on pancreatic beta cells?

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uncarboxylated osteocalcin.

23
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what does uncarboxylated osteocalcin do? (2)

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  1. increase insulin production and secretion.

2. acts on adipocytes to increase adiponectin on muscles to increase insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake

24
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what other hormones are involved in bone turnover and bone resorption? (4)

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  1. sex steroids - stimulate osteoblast precursors
  2. growth hormones stimulatee bone via IGF - 1
  3. thyroxine for boney growth
  4. glucocorticoids inhibit osteoblast maturation
25
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what cells in the parathyroid gland produce PTH and what is the other type of cells that doesn’t produce hormone?

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  1. chief cells

2. oxyphil cells.

26
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what is the blood supply for parathyroid gland

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inferior thyroid artery.

27
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what is the synthesis of PTH

A

preopro hormone (signalling sequence)
prohormone
hormone

28
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what is the process of using two antibodies to detect PTH, called?

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immunometric assay

29
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what does an increase in plasma proteins and alkalosis mean?

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a decrease in free ionised calcium

30
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what does an decrease in plasma proteins and acidosis mean?

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an increase in ionised free calcium (H+ displaces calcium)

31
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what is free calcium sensed by

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calcium receptors on PTH producing chief cells - ultra short feedback loop

32
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what happens in calcium receptors in PTH happen?

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increase in PLC and decrease in cAMP - results in decrease PTH production.

33
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once ionised calcium goes outside normal range what happens?

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PTH secretion immediately shuts off - calcium has to be tightly regulated.

34
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what does PTH do? (4)

produce it in response to low calcium in order to increase calcium

A
  1. stimulates osteoblasts to produce M-CSF and RANK ligand which increase bone resorption
  2. increases calcium reabsorption in DCT
  3. increases phosphate excretion
  4. increases 1-alpha hydroxyls in the PCT.
35
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what is calcium bound to and transported to the basolateral membrane by?

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bound to calbindin

36
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how does PTH increase the amount of calcium channels on the luminal surface?

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stimulates AC to increase cAMP and activates PKA which increases amount of calcium channels on the luminal surface.

37
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what does the foetus produce?

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PTHrp

38
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what are the two major causes of hypercalcaemia?

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  1. primary hyperparathyroidism

2. malignancy

39
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symptoms of hypercalcaemia?

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  1. shortening of QT interval - bradycardia
  2. decreased concentration, confusion, fatigue, fitting
  3. GI - hypo motility - constipation
  4. excess gastrin - leading to peptic ulcer formation.
  5. renal function - polyuria, polydipsia
  6. muscular weakness and bone pain
40
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how is vitamin D produced

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D3 - cholesterol to cholecalciferol

D2 - ergosterol to ergocalciferol

41
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what is the main regulating enzyme in the kidney for vitamin D

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1-alpha hydroxylase - regulates calcitriol

42
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what is renal dysfunction tend to be associated with?

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low levels of vitamin D

43
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what diseases can result in hypercalcemia?

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sarcoidosis, tubercolosis, and other granulomatous

44
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what type of receptor are vitamin D receptors?

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type 2 nuclear receptors

45
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