GI 2 Flashcards
3 Regulatory Substances
- Neurocrines
- Paracrines
- Hormones
Neurocrine
from the neurons of the GI tract, released following an AP, and can travel up to the length of the axon and across a synapse to act on target cells
Hormones
release from endocrine cells and secreted into the blood to travel to target (long distance)
Paracrine
secreted by endocrine cells and act locally within the same tissue that secretes them (short distance)
Examples of Neurocrines
acetylcholine, norepinephrine, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), gastrin releasing peptide (GRP)
Are neurocrines excitatory or inhibitory?
BOTH, can promote secretion while also inhibiting contracting, or vice versa
4 Criteria to be a GI Hormone
- Secretion in sponse to physiological stimuli
- Independent of any neural activity
- Can be isolated and identified
- Can reproduce physiologic effect following injection into bloodstream
“open” endocrine cells
endocrine cells which contact the intestinal lumen
When are hormones released into the GI tract (in response to what?)
in response to nervous activity, chmical, and mechanical signals conincidents with food digestion
Morphology of an Enteroendocrine cell
Narrow apex with a broad base, full of vesicles with hormones and paracrines
What is the only hormone you will find in the stomach?
gastrin
What part of the GI tract will you find the most hormones?
duodenum and jejunum (major site of digestion and absorption)
What hormones might you find in the ileum?
CCK and secretin, in small amounts
Will you find any hormones in the colon?
No (if you do it could be a sign of disease)
How do GI hormones act on the digestive tract?
they act distally from where they are released
What hormone can have a feedback reflex to the stomach to reduce movement?
CCK
crosstalk
hormones that bind to receptors in afferent nerves and amplify their action by simultaneous recruitment of neurocrines
4 Gastrointestinal Hormones
- Gastrin
- Cholecystokinin (CCK)
- Secretin family
- Motilin family
What do gastrin and CCK have in common?
identical C-terminal AAs, they are initially long peptides and then cleaved to active forms
Secretin family
includes secretin, gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP), and vasoactive inhibitory polypeptide (VIP), share some AA sequence
Where does the secretin family of hormones bind?
bind to G-protein recptors to increase intracellular levels of cyclic AMP (cAMP)
Where do gastrin and CCK bind?
bind to G-protein coupled receptors they both increase cytoplasmic calcium level