Calcium and phosphorus metabolism Flashcards
Only difference between Pi and Ca++
Pi is a component of the phopholipid membrane
% of Ca++ that is free
50%
Respiratory alkalosis causes
Hypocalcemia
Respiratory acidosis causes
Hypercalcemia
Why does respiratory acidosis cause hypercalcemia
Because H+ binds to albumin so Ca++ is now free
Ca++ free depends on
[H+]
Calciotrophic hormones
Vitamin D
PTH
Vitamin D effect on Ca++
Increases intestinal Ca++ absorption
Anabolic hormones
GH and sex hormones
PTH function
Parathyroid hormone controls Ca++ in blood
Half life of PTH
2 minutes
Increased PTH pathologies
Hypocalcemia
Hyperphosphatemia
Catecholamines
What causes PTH inhibition
Hypercalcemia
Vitamin D administration
Hypomagnesemia
Enzyme activating Vitamin D
1-a-Hydroxylase
Functions of PTH
Activate 1-a-hydroxylase
Decrease phosphate
Increase Ca++
How many times does Vitamin D get hydroxylased
2 times, in liver and kidney
Active form of Vitamin D
1.25 Vitamin D
Which Vitamin D do we measure
25 Vitamin D
Osteoblast and osteoclast function
Osteoblast –> bone formation
Osteoclast –> bone destruction
What do osteoblasts bind to in osteoclasts
Osteoblasts have RANKL that bind to RANK in osteoclasts
PTH secretion impact on RANK/RANKL process
PTH stimulates an increase in Ca++
Therefore when PTH is increased, there is an increase in RANKL from osteoblasts binding to RANK in osteoclasts for bone resorption