Growth Hormone Flashcards
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Growth hormone basics
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- Also called somatotrophin
- Polypeptide hormone
- Half life: 20 minutes
2
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Excess of GH during childhood results in what?
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Gigantism
3
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Excess of GH during adulthood results in what?
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Acromegaly
4
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Deficiency of GH during childhood results in what?
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Dwarfism
5
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Regulation of GH secretion
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- Hypothal releases GHRH (positive mediator)
- Hypothal can also release somatostatin (negative mediator)
- Stomach and pancreas release ghrelin (positive mediator)
- All activate G-Protein coupled receptors
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Role of GHRH
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- Increases GH gene transcription
- Promotes GH release
- Stimulates production of GHRH receptor
- Stimulates somatostatin release (negative feedback loop)
7
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Role of somatostatin
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- Decreases GH pulse frequency and amplitude
- No impact of GH synthesis
- Inhibits GHRH release
8
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Role of ghrelin
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- Stimulates hunger
- Increase before meals and decrease after
- Acts of growth hormone secretagogue receptor
9
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Secretion of GH
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- Pulsatile
- Primarily at night
- Larger amplitude during puberty
- Exercise can increase GH
10
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Stimulation of GH secretion
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- Deep sleep
- Exercise
- Sex steroids
- Fasting/hypoglycemia
- Amino acids (arginine)
- Stress
- alpha-adrenergic agonists
- Dopamine agonists
11
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Inhibition of GH secretion
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- IGF-1
- Obesity
- Glucocorticoids
- Hyperglycemia
- Free FAs
- GH
- B-adrenergic agonists
12
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GH activation of its receptor
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- Transmembrane receptor in cytokine receptor family
- GH binding causes rearrangement of receptor dimer that activates JAK2
- JAK2 phosphorylates/activates STAT transcription factors
- STATs dimerize and translocate to the nucleus and act as transcription activators
- Increased expression of CISH (a GH target gene)
-NO inherent tyrosine kinase receptor activity
13
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Cause of short stature in pygmies
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-Severe underexpression of GH receptor
14
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GH regulation/effects
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- GH release by ant pit controlled by GHRH (arcuate nucleus) and somatostatin (PVN nucleus) from the hypothal’
- GHRH stimulates Gs receptors, increases cAMP and Ca, PKA is activated and CREB phosphorylated causing pit-1 to upregulate GH and GHRH receptor.
- Somatostatin inhibits AC via Gi receptors and lowers Ca.
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Effects of GH
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- Postnatal longitudinal growth (indirect and direct)
- Stimulates production of IGF-1 in liver and glucose production
- Stimulates release and oxidation of FFAs in adipose tissues. Reduces lipoprotein lipase activity. Lipogenesis reduced.
- Anabolic effects on skeletal musccle. Stimulates AA uptake and suppresses protein degradation.
- Affects mood and behavior
- Counteracts action of insulin on lipid and glucose metabolism
