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GI Regulation Flashcards

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Neurotransmitters in the ANS

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  • Preganglionic ALWAYS use Ach and nicotinic receptors
  • Postganglionic PSNS use Ach and muscarinic receptors
  • Postganglionic SNS use norepi or epi, EXCEPT for sweat glands, which use Ach
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Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter causes what in the GI tract?

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PSNS gets GI tract moving

Contraction of smooth muscle, relaxation of internal sphincters, and increase in secretions from salivary, gastric, and pancreatic glands

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Norepi as a neurotransmitter causes what in the GI tract

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SNS stops the GI tract

Relaxes smooth muscle, contracts internal sphincters, and reduces watery glandular secretions

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Gastrin (source, stimulus, action)

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  • G-cells of stomach antrum; few in duodenum
  • increases H+ secretion from parietal cells, grows gastric mucosa, and increase gastric motility
  • stimulated by AA and vagus (which uses GRP)
  • direct and indirect pathways (indirect being more powerful)
  • binds to CCKb
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CCK

Source, stimulus, action

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  • released from I cells of duodenum and jejunum
  • binds to CCKa (specific for CCK) and CCKb (for CCK and gastrin)
  • causes contraction of gallbladder, relaxation of sphincter of Oddi, stimulation of secretions from exopancreas, promotes growth of exopancreas, and inhibits gastric emptying….secretory trifecta
  • released after gastrin in response to protein and lipids
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Secretin

Source, stimulus, action

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  • released from S-cells of duodenum and jejunum
  • released after gastrin and CCK
  • the “anti-gastrin”
  • released in response to H+ and fatty acids
  • causes release of bicarb from pancreas for protection of duodenum and appropriate pH for pancreatic lipases needed for lipid absorption
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Incretins

Types, source, stimulus, response

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  • GIP released from K-cells of duodenum
  • GLP-1 released from L-cells of ileum and colon
  • released in response to glucose, protein, or fat load
  • only hormone to be released in response to glucose, protein, or fat
  • in response to glucose, causes increased insulin release.
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Local GI reflexes

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  • distention of stool causes contraction behind it and relaxation in front of it
  • mediated by ENS
  • controls secretion, peristalsis, and mixing
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Extrinsic Reflexes of GI tract

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  1. GASTROCOLIC: Signal from stomach causes evacuation from colon
  2. ENTEROGASTRIC: Signal from small intestine inhibits stomach secretion and motility
  3. COLONOIEAL: Signal from colon inhibits emptying of ileum
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Motility in mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

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Chewing

Swallowing

Digestive period: receptive relaxation, accommodation, and gastric emptying. Interdigestive: migrating myoelectric complexes

Digestive period: segmentation. Interdigestive: peristalsis (MMC)

Haustral shuttling

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Function of secondary peristalsis and mechanism of initiation

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Distention of esophagus stimulates stretch receptors
Clear esophagus of retained food and refluxed gastric contents
Little/no sensation

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Anti-reflux mechanisms

Mechanisms for infant and pregnant mother

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  1. LES pressure greater than stomach
  2. Diaphragm pinching esophagus (INFANTS)
  3. Secondary peristalsis (PREGNANT)
  4. Reflexes
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Neuroendocrine effect on ECAs

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Excitatory: Ach, gastrin
Increase ERA:ECA

Inhibitory: norepi, VIP, and nitric oxide
Decrease ERA:ECA

Can modulate, but not initiate!

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Interstitial cells of Cajal

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Pacemaker cells that generate ECAs

Determine max rate of contraction

Lie btwn circular and longitudinal muscle layers

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What are ERAs? How do they affect contractions?

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Local events on plateau of ECA that cause muscle contraction

Frequency of ERAs determine frequency of contraction

Multiple allow more Ca2+ into SMCs for a stronger and mores sustained contraction

Number and strength of contractions increased with increased ERA:ECA

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Neuroendocrine control of peristalsis

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Behind bolus (oral to):
Longitudinal: relaxed (inhibitory neuroendocrines)
Circular: contracted (excitatory neuroendocrines)

In front of bolus (aboral to):
Longitudinal: contracted (excitatory neuroendocrines)
Circular: relaxed (inhibitory neuroendocrines)

Interneurons coordinate muscle contraction and relaxation so bolus follows pressure gradient

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Three phases of swallowing

Only phase that is voluntary

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  1. Oral-voluntary
  2. Pharyngeal
  3. Esophageal
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Antral systole

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Simultaneous contraction of terminal antrum and pylorus causes mixing via retrograde movement of contents and shearing of food

Chyme and liquids leave before antral systole

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Driving forces of gastric empyting

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  1. Lower stomach peristalsis

2. Upper stomach tone

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Inhibitors of gastric emptying

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  1. Pyloric sphincter tone

2. Duodenal contraction

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Characteristics and functions of MMCs

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=migrating motor complexes
Strong and intermittent waves of contraction in small intestine
Housekeeping-cleans out residual material and prevents bacterial overgrowth
During interdigestive period
Pylorus is open
Mediated by motilin

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Affects of somatostatin

What cells release it? What causes its release?

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Endocrine function: inhibits growth hormone

Paracrine function: suppresses release of gastrointestinal hormones
Inhibit G-cells from secreting gastrin in a negative feedback paracrine loop!

Released from D cells; stimulated by stomach acid to act in negative feedback paracrine loop

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VIP

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Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP)-mixed response, causing relaxation of SM but increased secretions (–>watery diarrhea)

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Neuropeptide Y

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Neuropeptide Y-acts like norepi, relaxes smooth muscle and

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GRP

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Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP, bombesin)-acts like Ach, causing increased gastrin secretion

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Enkephalins

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(opiates)-mixed response, causing contraction of smooth muscle and sphincters and reduction of glandular secretions.
Constipation

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Substance P

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Substance P-acts like Ach and is secreted with it, causing contraction of smooth muscle and increase in secretions

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Neurotransmitters in the ENS

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PSNS acting: Ach, GRP, and Substance P
SNS acting: Norepi, epi, Neuropeptide Y
Mixed: opiates and VIP

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Saliva characteristics

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Hypotonic

Higher K+ and bicarb than plasma

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Gastric secretion characteristics

What would happen with vomitting?

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Higher Cl-, H+, and K+ than in plasma

Two major secretions:
Oxyntic: from parietal cells, includes HCl, IF, and K+, which is stimulated by feeding

Non-oxyntic: from chief cells and mucous cells, includes pepsinogen,mucous, and Na+

Blood pH would increase because lose H+

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Pancreatic Juice Caracteristics

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High bicarb

Concentration of K+ and Na+ equal to what is in blood

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Effect of CCK and Ach on Secretin

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Increase effect by acting on K+ channel through Ca2+, causing more leakage of K+

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Secretin effect on CFTR

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Stimulates CFTR and the translocation of the H+ K+ ATPase so more bicarb is released into the lumen (as is Cl-)

Secretin stimulates adenosine cyclase to convert cAMP to PKa, which opens CFTR

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Hartnup disease

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  • defective amino acid transporter
  • especially affects tryptophan (which is needed to make serotonin, melatonin, and niacin)
  • similar symptoms to niacin deficiency (pellegra)
  • can partially compensate with PepT1 action
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Difference between liver and gallbladder bile

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Cl-, Na+, bicarb, and water are reabsorbed when bile is in gallbladder. Lower concentration of these ions in gallbladder bile as compared to liver bile

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Hirschsprung Disease

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failure of neural crest migration leads to megacolon (lack of enteric NS)

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Patterns of digestion and absorption

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  1. Glucose is not digested and is absorbed unchanged
  2. Luminal hydrolysis-of polymers to monomers (peptides broken down into amino acids in the lumen before absorption)
  3. Brush border hydrolysis-of polymers to monomers (polysaccharides broken down by brush border enzymes into monomers before absorption)
  4. Intracellular hydrolysis-of di and tri peptides, which can be absorbed as is and broken down into individual amino acids in the enterocyte
  5. Luminal hydrolysis followed by re-synthesis of TAGS, broken down into 2 fatty acids and monoglyceride before absorption, but reassembled in the enterocyte
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Interdigestive absorption of NaCl

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Parallel Na-H and Cl-bicarb exchange, which is ELECTRONEUTRAL

Occurs in villous epithelia cells of ileum and colon

CA generates intracellular carbonic acid which dissociates to bicarb and H+; both leave the cell so Cl- and Na+ can come into the cell (Na+ uses NHE channel)

Increase in second messengers inhibit this mechanism

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Nutrient dependent Na+ absorption

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Villous epithelial cells of small intestine absorb most Na+ using SGLT1 or Na+/amino acid co-transporters

Cl-, K+ and water will follow Na+ absorption into the cell, passively

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Electrogeneic Na+ absorption

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Large intestine

Increased by mineralocorticoids

Uses Na+/k+ pump

41
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Electrogenic Cl- Secretion
Where?
Why does it matter?

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From crypts of large and small intestine

CFTR is the chloride channel

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Types of Diarrhea

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  1. Osmotic: non-absorbable substance pulls water and electrolytes with it (ie lactose)
  2. Secretory: electrolytes and fluid actively secreted into the gut (ie cholera)

The B subunit of the cholera toxin causes activation of G-alpha

GI Midterm (6 decks)

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