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What is the goal of the endocrine system?

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Homeostatic regulation of physiological processes through coordinated function of the endocrine and autonomic nervous system. Critical for metabolism, reproduction, and growth. Has behavioral components

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What coordinates components of the endocrine system?

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Hypothalamus

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What does endocrine mean?

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Secrete internally, usually into systemic circulation

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What is a hormone?

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Chemical substance produced by a gland or tissue that acts upon distant targets at low concentrations. Targets must have receptors

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What are the functions of a hormone?

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  • Reproduction and sexual differentiation
  • Development and growth
  • Maintenance of the internal environment
  • Regulation of metabolism and nutrient supply
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What is a permissive effect?

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One hormone may have an effect on another hormone. to reach it’s physiological max

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How do you get integrated activity of the endocrine and nervous system?

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  • Endocrine reflex loop
  • Autonomic reflex loop
  • Regulatory behavior
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What is the endocrine reflex loop?

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  • Stimulus from afferent nerves
  • Central integration (hypothalamus)
  • Release hormone
  • Hormone action upon target
  • generally negative feedback loop
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What are the types of hormones?

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  • Metabolism
  • Growth
  • Reproduction
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What are the types of metabolism hormones?

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  • M-energy

- M-Mineral

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What are the M-energy hormones?

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Insulin, glucagon, cortisol, epinephrine, thyroid hormone, growth hormone

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What are the M-mineral hormones?

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Parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, angiotensin, renin, aldosterone

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What are the growth hormones?

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Growth hormone, thyroid hormone, insulin, estrogen, androgens, Growth factors

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What are reproduction hormones?

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-Estrogen, androgen, progesterone, LH, Follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, oxytocin

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What are the different chemical composition of hormones?

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  • Proteins
  • Peptides
  • Amines
  • Thyroid hormone
  • Steroids
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Which hormones are proteins?

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  • Growth hormone
  • Insulin
  • Corticotropin
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How are protein hormones made?

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Synthesized as prehormones and modified to prohormones. They are stored within granules in the gland until released via exocytosis

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Which hormones are peptides?

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  • oxytocin
  • Vasopressin
  • Angiotensin II
  • Cholecystokinin
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Which hormones are amines?

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  • Dopamine
  • Nor/Epinephrine
  • Melatonin
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Which hormones are steroids?

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  • Adrenocortical

- Sex hormones

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How are steroid hormones made?

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Synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and they are released as they are made

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What percentage of hormones are proteins and peptides?

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85%

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Where are protein receptors?

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Cell membrane. Proteins are water soluble so they don’t cross the membrane

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Why can’t you administer peptide hormones orally?

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They are easily digested and inactivated by gastrointestinal enzymes

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What percentage of hormones are steroid hormones?
15%
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Where are steroid hormone receptors?
Cytoplasmic receptors. Steroids have hormone-receptor complex traffic to nucleus
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Can you administer steroid hormones orally?
Yes
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Amino acid and fatty acid derived hormones are derived from what?
Tyrosine or tryptophan
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The adrenal medulla produces?
Catecholamines (Nor/Epinephrine)
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What produces melatonin?
Pineal gland
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What is an intracrine system?
Goes within cell, not a hormone, usually second messenger signaling
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What is the paracrine system?
Released and goes to neighboring cell. If it enters blood cell ->local hormone
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What are autonomic reflex loops?
This is an integration of ANS and endocrine
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What is the result of Cushing's Syndrome?
Increased secretion of cortisol, does not tell us where the problem is originated
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Cushing's disease is characterized by what?
- Primary locus: adrenal tumor causes excess cortisol release by tumor - Secondary locus: pituitary tumor adenoma causes excess ACTH-> secondary excess cortisol
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What are some amino acid derived hormones?
- Catecholamines - Thyroid hormones - Melatonin
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What are hormones derived form fatty acids?
Eicosanoids - Prostaglandins - Thromboxanes - Leukotrienes
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What inhibits eicosanoids?
NSAIDs
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Can hormones derived from amino acids be administered orally?
Yes
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How do you transport protein and peptide hormones?
They are hydrophilic so they can be dissolved in plasma
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How do you transport steroid and thyroid hormones?
These are lipophilic and are not soluble in water. They require carrier proteins with either specific binding proteins or non-specific binding proteins
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How do peptide or protein hormones interact with cells?
- Specific receptors on membranes | - Second messenger systems
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How do steroid hormones interact with cells?
- Specific receptors in cytoplasm (type I nuclear receptors) - Hormone/receptor complex translocate to nucleus - Complex binds DNA and effects gene transcription - Affects mRNA synthesis and protein synthesis
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What is the purpose of second messenger systems?
Signal amplification
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Where are receptors for thyroid hormone?
Nuclear receptors (type II)
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How are protein/peptide hormones metabolized?
- Enzymatically cleaved - Metabolite is less biologically potent - short half life
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How are steroids metabolized?
- Reduction of molecules - Conjugation with sulfates and glucoronides in liver - Excreted in urine - Can get metabolism to more active form of steroid - Longer half life
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What does hormone response depend on?
- Overall amount - Permissive effect - Sensitivity - Hormesis
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Which type of hormone has relatively fast actions?
Protein or peptide hormones
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Which type of hormone has relatively slow actions?
Steroid hormones
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What is the relationship between bound and free hormone?
These are proportionate so an effect on one has an effect on the other. Needs to be free to bind to receptor
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What is needed for the release of stored Peptide, protein, or catecholamine hormones?
Calcium and ATP in the cell
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What are the binding proteins for thyroid hormone?
- Thyroxine binding globulin - Transthyretin - Albumin
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What is a steroid carrier protein?
Transcortin and albumin
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Steroid receptors bind to what on the DNA?
Palindromic hormone response element
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Type II nuclear receptors bind to what on the DNA?
Direct repeat hormone response element
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What is an exogenous hormone?
Comes from outside of the body. Hormone therapy
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What can effect exogenous hormones?
- Type of tissue - Time of observation - Species, age, sex - Type of hormone, formulation, and how delivered - Pattern of release or time of day - Dose-effect relationship
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What is hormesis?
U shaped dose response curve where a low dose has physiological effect, but a high dose is inhibitory or pathophysiologic responses
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How do you control hormone secretion?
Negative feedback loops generally
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What parts of the brain regulate circadian rhythms?
Suprachiasmatic nucleus | Pineal body
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When do cortisol levels peak?
After you wake up and eat is the first largest peak. and smaller peaks after subsequent meals
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What is the most common endocrine disorder that affects cats?
Hyperthyroidism
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What are some ways the endocrine system can fail?
1. Loss of hormone production 2. Normal hormone release but apparent loss of function 3. Excess hormone
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What is an iatrogenic hormone disorders?
Disease caused by veterinarian's intervention
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What are some examples of iatrogenic hormone disorders?
- Hyperadrenocarticism- overuse of glucocorticoids - hypoadrenocorticism from adrenalectomy - Hypothyroidism from goiter treatment - Pan-pituitary hormone loss resulting from hypophysectomy
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What system responds quicker and is more localized?
Nervous system
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Which system bathes all cells with hormones and may take longer to see response?
Endocrine system
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What neurohormones are released in the pituitary gland ?
Oxytocin and Vasopressin
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What releasing factors that control anterior pituitary gland (adenohypophysis) are released from hypothalamus?
- CRH - GHRH - TRH - GHIH (somatostatin) - PRF - PIF - GnRH - LHRH
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What is a stress response homone?
Corticotropin-releasing hormone is released at the base of hypothalamus at the medium eminence this goes to the adenohypophysis and it releases ACTH and get release of cortisol
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What are the three main parts of the pituitary?
1. Adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary, Pars Distalis) 2. Neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary, Pars Nervosa) 3. Pars Intermedia (intermediate lobe)
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What is Rathke's pouch?
Oral ectoderm forms pars distalis and part of pars intermedia (can get endocrine disorders if this doesn't form correct)
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What forms the infundibulum and pars nervosa (pp)?
Neuroectoderm
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What is the medium eminence?
Fenestrated capillary bed where hypothalamic releasing factors are released to enter the pituitary gland
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What is the pituitary fossa?
Concave portion of the skull where the pituitary sits and the hypophyseal stalk is at the top of this fossa and could be damaged there if head is hit hard enough
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What could be a side effect from pituitary tumors?
Could get visual problems because tumor travels up the infundibulum and affect the optic chiasm
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Signs vs symptoms
Signs-what you see | Symptoms- what they tell you
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What are the acidophils?
Somatotropes and lactotropes
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What are the basophils?
- Thyrotropes - Gonadotropes - Corticotropes
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What are pituicytes?
Support cells in the posterior pituitary. Cover terminal when not active, when it is active it unblocks the terminal so it can release hormone

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