Gastric secretions Flashcards
name the volume of secretions that happen in the gut
- Ingested water (2L)
- Liver and pancreatic secretions (2L)
- Salivary gland secretions (1.5L)
- Secretions by glands of the stomach and small intestines (3.5L)
- Small intestines absorbs 8.5L
- Colon 400ml
- Faeces 100ml
what is the function and effect of amylase
Function: Enzyme
Effect:Breaks down polysaccharides into disaccharides
(e.g. starch to maltose)
what is the function and effect of lysozyme
Function: Enzyme
Effect: Lyses (destroys) bacterial membranes
what is the function and effect of bicarbonate
Function: Buffer
Effect: Neutralizes food and bacterial acids
what is the function and effect of growth factors
Function: signalling molecule
Effect: Stimulate epithelial proliferation Particularly protective for oesophageal epithelium
what is the function and effect of transcobalmin II
Function: chaperone
Effect: Binds and chaperones cobalamin (vitamin B12)
what are the salivary secretions
- amylase
- lysozyme
- bicarbonate
- growth factors
- transcobalamin
what are the gastric secretions
- mucus
- acid (HCl)
- pepsinogen
- chymosin
- lipase
- intrinsic factor
where is Mucus secreted from and what is its effect
Secreted from: Mucous cells (cover luminal surface, extend into glands as mucous neck cells)
Effect: Secrete bicarbonate-rich mucus that coats and lubricates the gastric surface, and protects the epithelium from the acid that we need to properly digest the food Bicarbonate acts as a buffer prevents gastric acid being in direct contact with the epithelium
where is acid secreted from and what is its effect
secreted from: Parietal cells
effect:Activation of pepsinogen
Inactivation of ingested microorganisms such as bacteria
Produces acid
where is pepsinogen secreted from and what is its effect
secreted from: Mucous cells and chief cells
effect: activated by low pH into active protease pepsin - digestion of proteins
where is chymosin(renin) secreted from and what is its effect
secreted from: Chief cells
effect: Coagulates milk protein and is used to make cheese
where is lipase secreted from and what is its effect
secreted from: Chief cells
effect: Initiates triglyceride digestion
where is intrinsic factor secreted from and what is its effect
secreted from: Parietal and chief cells
effect: Glycoprotein- binds vitamin B12 in intestine for absorption
describe how B12 absorption takes place
- Bind to haptocorrin proteins produced in the salivary gland
- Must be complexed with the IF
- IF is released by the stomach
- Absorbed in the terminal ileum
- Transported in portal circulation and transferred to transcobalamin II (TCII/B12)
- Degraded in lysosome to allow function as a cofactor
what do the gastric epithelial cells secrete
- Surface mucus cells = secrete mucus, trefoil peptides (associated with mucus), bicarbonate
- Mucus neck cells = stem cell compartment
- Parietal cells = secrete acid, intrinsic factor
- ECL cells – secrete histamine
- Chief cells. – pepsinogen, chymosin, lipase
what are the gastric epithelial cells
- surface mucus cells
- mucus neck cells
- parietal cells
- ECL cells
- chief cells
what causes gastric acid secretion
- parietal cells
how is HCl made
- Carbonic anhydrase takes carbon is acid that dissociates with carbon dioxide and water
- Water can easily cross the membrane using aquaporins via facilitated diffusion
- Carbon dioxide can diffuse by simple diffusion as it is a gas
- Then carbonic anhydrase reassembles carbon dioxide into bicarbonate and the bicarbonate is taken back into the blood
- The proton that is created is pumped out through the potassium proton pump
- Need to use an ATP driven pump to pump the hydrogen ions against the concentration gradient
- This produces the proton to make HCL
- Chloride is pumped in when bicarbonate is pumped out in order to maintain electroneutrality
- Therefore the CFTR pumps chloride out straight away as you do not want it in the cell
- Proton combines with the chloride and makes HCl
where is the proton pump located
- located on the apical membrane of the parietal cell
describe the proton pump
- Driven by energy released by ATP
- Electroneutral K+ goes the other way
- Has a crystal structure
what structure does the proton pump have
crystal structure