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Endocrine Signalling 3 Flashcards

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1
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Whats the difference between autocrine and paracrine

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Autocrine is to the same cell type and paracrine - different cell type

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2
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What is a pheromone

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Substance that goes into the environment (smells etc)

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3
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Are there any human pheromones

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No robust evidence but believed to be - androstenone

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4
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What steroid hormones are produced by the gonads

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Oestrogens
Androgens (testosterone, DHT etc)
Progesterone

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5
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What non-steroid hormones are produced by the gonads

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Inhibin A and B
Activin
Follistatin

(Growth factors)

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What hormone is released by the hypothalamus

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GnRH

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What hormone is produced by the anterior pituitary gland

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LH
FSH
Prolactin

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What hormone is produced by the pineal gland

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Melatonin

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9
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What hormones does the placenta produce

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hCG
Placental lactogen

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10
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How are hormones modulated and why

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Via desulphation and glucuronidation - allows them to cross the cell membrane.

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11
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Give some methods of hormone modulation

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Sulphation
Glucuronidation
Sex hormone binding globulin
AFP
Serum albumin
Glycosylation
Active transport
Biotransformation in the liver

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12
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Explain the hypothalamo-pituitary gonad axis for sex hormones

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Hypothalamus releases GnRH to AP

AP releases LSH and FH to gonads

Gonads release testosterone, progesterone and oestrogen to target tissues

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13
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What is an ultrashort feedback loop

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Hormones affect cells which secrete them (autocrine)

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What is a short feedback loop

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Releasing hormones (e.g. GHRH on the hypothalamus)

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What is a long feedback loop

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Feedback via the peripheral blood supply (e.g. - GnRH inhibited by sex hormones)

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16
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What is photoperiod

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The change in environment light cycles

17
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What hormone is affected by photoperiod

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Melatonin - high at night

18
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What are retinal ganglion cells positive for

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Melanopsin

19
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What does melanopsin do

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Melanopsin –> retino-hypothalamic tract –> pineal gland –> manipulates melatonin release

20
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When do most hormones peak

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Night time

21
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Why is photoperiod important in humans regarding sexual activity

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The rise in melatonin correlated to a rise in pregnancy - therefore melatonin has link to sexual activity.

22
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What are the three stages of sex determination

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Genetic sex - determine by sperm if XX or XY present
Gonadal sex - uterus or testes grow etc
Phenotypic sex - looks male/female

23
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What is SRY

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Sex determining region - found on Y chromosome as testosterone pushes testes growth

24
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What are the general stages of sex determination

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Bipotential gonad - germ cells migrate to gonadal precursor tissue near kidneys

Primary sexual differentiation - reproductive tissues and brain sex - no surge area in males (labour)

Secondary sexual differentiation - secondary sexual characteristics

25
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Why does guevedoces help us understand DHT

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Guevedoces is children in the dominican republic which dont grow penises until puberty as have a deficiency in 5-alpha-reductase (testosterone to DHT)

Boys appear female but get second surge of testosterone in puberty and grow secondary characteristics.

26
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What did the guevedoces help achieve

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Finasteride - 5 alpha reductase inhibitors

27
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What does anti-mularian hormone and testosterone do to the mesonephric duct and paramesonephric duct during sexual development (MALES)

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Mesonephric duct - becomes wolffian duct and epididymis

Paramesonephric duct degenerates

28
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What does no anti-mularian hormone and no testosterone do to the mesonephric duct and paramesonephric duct during sexual development (FEMALES)

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Mesonephric duct degenerates

Paramesonephric duct - oviducts, uterus and cervix

29
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How do XY chromosomes make a male

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TDF/SRY on Y chromosome - testes develop –> seritoli cells secrete AMH –> Degeneration of paramesonephric duct and leydig cells differentation –> leydig cells make testosterone and dihydrotestosterone –> male duct system, penis, scrotum and accessory sex glands

30
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How does no Y chromosome make a female

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No TDF/SRY –> Ovaries develop and no AMH produced –> paramesonephric duct becomes oviducts, uterus and cervix

31
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What is the masculination programming window

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Important time which is testosterone dependenent between 10-12 weeks gestation.

Important for male gonad development

32
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What two conditions are important regarding poor testosterone production

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Crpytorchidism
Hypospadius

33
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What three hormones are needed for production of female oocytes

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E2
FSH
Inhibin

34
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How many oocytes do females have at week 22 gestation compared to birth

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7 million –> 2 million

35
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When is LH needed

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Late stages of oocyte development, takes over from FSH

36
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Why might a gene have different hormone response elements

WIDER READING - Pg973 of molecular cell biology krieger et al

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Allows versatile control over the rate of transcription of a specific gene

37
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What did melatonin injecctions show in rats regarding sexual activity

WIDER READING - Drago 2000

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High injections into the amygdala inhibit sexual performance whilst small doses stimulated sexual activity in rats

38
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What does melatonin do to erections

WIDER READING - Boxkurt et al 2018

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Deficiency can cause erectile dysfunction

39
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What is an indicator for the masculinization programming window

WIDER READING - Welsh et al 2014

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Anogenital distance - can be indicated for azoospermia, hypospadias and cryptorchidism.

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