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Kruse DSA: Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones Flashcards

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GH

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somatropin

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IGF-1

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Mecasermin

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Somatostanin analogs

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  • Octreotide

- Lanreotide

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GH antagonists

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Pegvisomant

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Dopamnine agonists

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  • bromocriptine

- cabergoline

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Vasopressin receptor agonists

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Vasopressin

Desmopressin

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Vasopressin receptor antagonists

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  • cconivaptan

- Tolvaptan

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What kind of hormones are from the ant pit?

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-peptide hormones

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What provides the blood flwo to the ant pit

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-the portal venous system that drains the hypothalamus

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10
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What negatively regulates the ant pit?

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  • somatostatin
  • dopamine
  • both from hypothalamus
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the posterior pituitary is an extension of neurons from the hypothalamus…. from what 2 nuclei do they originate in?

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  • Supraoptic: Vasopressin

- paraventricular: Oxytocin

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What do GH and PRL activate?

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  • JAK/STAT kinase linked receptors

- they are single-chain protein hormones

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13
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What ant pit hormones activate GPCRs?

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  • TSH
  • FSH
  • LH
  • they are dimeric ptns
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14
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What ant pit hormone is a single peptide that is cleaved froma larger precursor containg the peptide B-endorphin?

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ACTH

-it also binds GPCRS

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15
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What feeds back and inhibits TSH and TRH?

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-T3 and 4

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What feeds back to inhibit FSH, LH, and GnRH?

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  • estrogen and progesterone in women

- androgens in men

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17
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What inhibits ACTH and CRH

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cortisol

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Growth hormone

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  • stimulated by GHRH
  • inhibited by SST
  • GH and IGF feed back to inhibiti GH release
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Prolactin

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  • inhibited via the D2 dopamine receptors (Gi)
  • so, disruption of pitutary stalk and hypothalamohypophysial portal vessels will increase PRL levels while the other hormones will decrease***
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What is weird about GnRH?

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  • When released in pulses, stimulates LH and FSH release

- when administered continuously, it inhibits LH and FSH release

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What does ACTH target (organ)

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Adrenal gland

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22
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What is GH metabolized by?

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  • liver

- CYP450

23
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What receptor does GH get?

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Jak/STAT

-IFG-1 production

24
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What do we give ppl who have a GH deficiency?

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rhGH

25
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GH toxicity and contraindications

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  • well tolerated in children
  • adults: peripheral edema, myalgias, arthralgia, carpal tunnel syndrome
  • contraindicated in patients with a known malignancy
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Mecasermin

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  • when children are unresponsive to exogenous GH, use this
  • it’s a complex of recombinant human IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 (that incrases the half-life of rhIGF-1)
  • subcue
27
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What is the most common adverse effect of Mecasermin?

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  • hypoglycemia

- so eat 20 minutes before and you’ll be good to go

28
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What are GH antagonists use for?

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  • ant pit adenomas that secret GH

- remember, acromegaly in adults, gigantism in children

29
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Somatostatin analogs

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  • inhibits GH, glucagon, insulin ,and gastrin release
  • exogenous SST has a really short half life
  • found in hypothalamus, pancrease, and GI tract
30
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What are the longer acting SST analogs?

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  • octreotide

- Lanreotide

31
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Which drug is approved for the treatment of acrogmegaly?

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-Lanreotide

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Adverse effects of SST analogs

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  • GI: diarrhea, nausea, ab pain
  • Gallbladder sludge and gallstones.. because decreased gallbladder contraction and bile secretion
  • Cardiac effects (sinus bradycardia, conduction disturbances), Vitamin B12 deficiency
33
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What is Pegcisomant?

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  • GH receptor antagonist
  • a PEG derivative of a mutant GH that binds to GH receptor and allows receptor to dimerize, but does not activate the JAK-STAT signaling cascade or stimulate IGF-1 secretion
  • used to treat acromegaly as well
34
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Prolactin

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  • lactation
  • no preparations are available for use in PRL-deficient patients
  • if they have hyperprolactinemia, just give them a dopamine agonist
35
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How does hyperprolactinemia present in women and men?

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  • Women: amenorrhea and galactorrhea

- Men: decreased libido and headaches)

36
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How is inhibition of PRL secretion achieved?

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by use of dopamine agonists

-dopamine= Prolactin inhibiting factor (PIF)

37
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What are the 2 dopamine agonists?

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  • Bromocriptine

- Cabergoline

38
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What else can dopamine agonists be use for?

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-to shrink a prolactin-secreting tumor

39
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Toxicity and contraindications of dopamine agonists

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  • nausea, headache, light-headedness, orthostatic hypotension, fatigue are most common
  • psych… takes months to resolve
  • pts with macroadenomas and preggo continue therapy
  • pts w. microadenomas and preggo discontinue therapy b/c microadenoma growth during pregnancy is rare
  • not recommended to suppress postpartum lactation due to increased indcidence of stroke or coronary thrombosis
40
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Oxytocin

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  • stimulates uterine contraction and elicits milk ejection in lactating women
  • administered IV for initiation and augmentation of labor and IM for control of postpartum bleeding
  • this is a post pit thing remember
41
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Vasopressin (ADH)

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42
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Desmopressing

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long acting synthetic analog of casopressin with minimal Va receptor activity
-mainly a good antidiuretic

43
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What receptors does vasopressin get?

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  • GPCR’s V1 receptors found on vascular smooth muscle… vasoconsriction
  • V2 receptors found on renal tubule cells… increases water permeability in collecting tubules
44
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What else will activation of the V2 receptor do?

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release factor VIII and VWF

45
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What do we use vaso and desmopressin for?

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  • diabetes insipidus (the central kind)

- remember, that’s the test to see if it’s central or nephrogenic…. if desmopressin makes it better

46
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Which one has higher V2 receptor affinity?

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desmopressin

47
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What else could desmopressin be used for since it activates those V2 receptors?

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-Hemophilia A (factor VIII deficiency) and VWD

48
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Toxicity and contraindications for vaso/desmopressin?

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  • headache, nausea, ab cramps, agitation, allergic rxns rarely
  • overdose can result in hyponatremia and seizures
  • vasopressin should be used with caution in patients with coronary artery disease due to vasoconstriction
49
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Vasopressin antagonists

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  • Conivaptan

- Tolvaptan

50
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MOA of the Vaptans

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  • antagonists of vasopressin receptors
  • Tol for V2
  • Coni gets both
51
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What is unique about the vasopressin antagonists?

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they increase renal free water excretion with little or no change in electrolyte excretion (as opposed to diuretics)

52
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What would we use vasopressin antagonists for?

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-tx of euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia

53
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In CHF, which drug increases renal free water excretion without a change in systemic vascular resistance?

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Conivaptan

54
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What metabolizes coni/tolvaptan?

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CYP3A4

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