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Control of Mineral Metabolism Flashcards

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roles of calcium

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structural (bone), second messenger, exocytosis, neuronal/muscle excitability

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hypocalcemia effect on neuronal/muscle excitability

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increase excitability

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hypercalcemia effect on neuronal/muscle excitability

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decreases excitability– due to surface charge screening

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why does hypercalcemia result in hypoexcitement

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due to Ca in ECF, it binds the negative charges on the cell membrane of neurons/muscles, making the voltage gated channels sense less of a charge difference between inside/outside and less likely to fire

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Roles of phosphate

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Structure, energy currency, component of DNA/RNA, regulatory role (phosphorylation)

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how well is Ca absorbed

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not well, about 50% absorbed in gut; also lose about 325 from secretions in intestine, so net intake about 175 mg from diet of 1 g
- excrete about 825 in feces

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Ca level set point

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between 8 and 10

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8
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how is Ca in blood

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50% bound to albumin,
about 40% as free Ca,
and 10% as salts (bicarbonate, phosphate)
- free Ca is regulated

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how much Ca does kidney filter

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about 10 g– retains most of it, excreting about 0.2 g excreted and retains about 9.8 g

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main cell types in bone formation/degradation

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  • Osteoblasts
  • complex canals filled with canalicular fluid–contains osteocytes
  • osteoclasts– phagocytic cells involved in matrix degradation
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11
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does blood or canalicular fluid have higher Ca

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blood– this drives Ca into canalicular fluid

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How does Ca get into bone

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Ca pumped into canalicular fluid via surface osteoblasts and taken up by osteocytes and pumped out

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how much Ca is exchanged between blood/canalicular fluid

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10 g per day of Ca is rapidly exchanged

NOT Phosphate

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Osteoclast role

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degrade bone matrix to release Ca and Phosphate; slower than Ca exchange with blood and canalicular fluid

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what processes contribute to serum Ca

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fast exchange between blood and canalicular fluid and slower osteoclastic process exchanging both Ca and phosphate (net exchange of 280 mg Ca and 210 mg of phosphate every day)

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16
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is phosphate or Ca better absorbed

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phosphate

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17
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how much phosphate taken up per day

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1400 mg in diet – 1100 absorbed–200 lost in gut secretions

  • net uptake 900 mg, while 500 mg excreted in feces
  • 7g filtered through kidneys
  • 210 mg exchanged from osteoclast activity
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Parathyroid hormone

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  • peptide hormone
  • released by Ca dependent endocytosis by Chief cells of parathyroid
  • purpose: regulates Ca levels. If Ca lowers, PTH released to restore Ca back to set point
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how is PTH stored

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secretory vesicles;

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why does decrease in serum Ca increases cytosolic Ca to release PTH

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  • have Ca sensor on chief cells
  • normally bound with Ca– inactive
  • removal of Ca triggers receptor, which is a G protein coupled receptor (Gq) – produces IP3 – acts on IP3 receptors in ER to release Ca into cytosol, allowing vesicles of PTH release from vesicles
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21
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how does PTH act

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on PTH receptors– G coupled protein receptors (Gs or Gq)– increase cAMP or IP3 levels in body

22
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function of PTH

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  • mobilize sources of Ca to increase serum Ca back to set point
  • activate all processes leading to increased Ca in blood
    BONE
  • activates rapid Ca exchange so that equilibrium goes towards Ca release from bone
  • the slower osteoclast process activated – equilibrium shifted towards matrix breakdown and Ca going into blood (Phosphate will also be released here)
    KIDNEY
    -decreased reabsorption of phosphate but retention of Ca (so it doesn’t exceed solubility); also increases synthesis of 1,25 (OH)2 Vit D
    GUT
  • also increases Ca absorption via vitamin D
23
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if too much Ca phosphate

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can have calcium-phosphate deposition

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24
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high PTH

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lots of Ca loss from bone – osteoporosis

- also can get kidney stones (lots of Ca retained can exceed solubility even if phosphate filtered out)

25
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how does PTH increase Ca absorption

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  • through activation of vitamin D
  • vit D3 produced by skin (inactive) but activated by hydroxylation reactions in liver – 25 hydroxy vit D3 – 1,25-dihydroxy vit D3 in kidney
  • kidney also have enzyme to inactivate vit D3 – becomes 24,25 - dihydroxyvitamin D3
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what other deficiency would you have with PTH def

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vitamin D deficiency

27
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function of vitamin D

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promotes absorption of Ca by increasing Ca binding protein Calbindin

28
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Calbindin fxn

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bind Ca and transfer form lumen of gut

29
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2 hormones controlling Ca and phosphate in blood

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PTH , vit D (absorption)

30
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production/action of vitamin D regulated by what

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parathyroid hormone

31
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Causes of hyperparathyroid

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usually tumors of parathyroid gland, and other tumors secreting peptides mimicking PTH

32
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causes of hypoparathyroidism

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surgical errors (thyroidectomy), pseudohypoparathyroidism

33
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hyperparathyroid sxs

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sluggish, low mental/muscle response, osteoporosis over time

34
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sxs of hypoparathyroidism

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Ca below set point– tetany, seizures, retain more phosphate, Ca driven into bone

35
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pseudohypoparathyroidism

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glands nl, hormone nl, but receptors abnormal

  • can even have elevated hormone
36
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how is phosphate transported in blood

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85% free in ionized active form (as HPO4 and H2PO4)

- nl serum phosphate about 3-4 mg/dl

37
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Calcitonin

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produced by parafollicular ‘C’ Cells of thyroid

- secreted in response to elevated Ca and certain GI hormones (gastrin, cholescystokinin, secretin, glucagon)

38
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function of calcitonin

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acts on bone to decrease efflux of labile bone calcium

39
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how is 1, 25 (OH)2 Vitamin D regulated

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it acts in negative feedback look to negatively affect 1-hydroxylase

  • often 1-hydroxylase and 24-hydroxylase reciprocally regulated by influencing factors
    (i. e. high PTH positively affects 1-hydroxylase and negatively affects 24-hydroxylase; also leads to increase Ca via increased 1,25(OH)2 Vitamin D
  • cAMP thought to be involved in mediating influences of PTH/phosphate on 1 and 24 hydroxylase activity`
40
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Short term regulation of blood Ca

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mainly by PTH mobilizing Ca when levels are low; Calcitonin may help with increasing storage rate of acute Ca load

41
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long term regulation of Ca balance

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Vitamin D important in long-term regulation of Ca/phosphate via intestinal absorption

42
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vitamin D deficiency

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Rickets in children; osteomalacia in adults

  • rare in US due to milk supplementation; can be seen in certain liver diseases and renal dysfunction
43
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Rickets: severe skeletal deformities

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severe skeletal deformities

44
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osteomalacia

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vitamin D deficiency in adults; can include bone pain and pathologic findings

45
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excess vitamin D

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ingestion of lots of vitamin D– hypercalcemia and pathological calcification of soft tissue

46
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hyperparathyroidism

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primary: increased PTH increases Ca levels in plasma and urine – can cause renal stones
secondary: any disorder where plasma Ca low (rickets/renal failure)

47
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effects of hypercalcemia

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vague/overt sxs of muscle weakness, depression and GI disorders; severe cases– bone demineralization can cause bone pain/fractures

48
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hypoparathyroidism

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lack of PTH causing
low calcitriol levles and decreased serum Ca levels as a result of less absorption in kidneys and intestines
-increased neuromuscular excitability (cramps, seizures, mental changes)

49
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test for hypoparathyroidism

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tap facial nerve– evokes facial muscle spasms called Chvostek’s sign)

50
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treat hypoparathyroidism

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vitamin D and Ca supplements

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