Lec 3 - Chemical Signals in Animals Flashcards

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Regulatory Mechanism

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  • Nervous system
  • Endocrine system
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conveys high-speed electrical signals along specialized cells

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Nervous system

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3
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Specialized cell in nervous system

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Neurons

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4
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secretes hormones that coordinate slower but longer-acting responses

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Endocrine system

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5
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are chemical signals that are secreted into the circulatory system and communicate regulatory messages within the body

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(Animal) Hormones

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Hormones which regulated insect metamorphosis

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  • Steroid 20-hydroxyecdysone
  • Lipid juvenile hormone
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Two types of glands

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  • Exocrine Glands
  • Endrocrine Glands
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secrete chemicals into ducts and the effect is where the duct empties

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  • Exocrine glands
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9
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secrete chemical messengers (hormones) into the blood for distribution throughout the animal’s body and bind to specific hormone receptors

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Endocrine Glands

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10
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Conclusion of Arnold Adolph Berthold’s study

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Hormones in testes is responsible for crown phenotype

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11
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Regulates developments in humans

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Signaling Pathways

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12
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Activates the signaling pathways

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Specific chemical signaling molecules

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13
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Only target cells respond to the signal, because it bears receptors for the hormone

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Target Cell concept

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14
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3 types of intercellular communication

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  1. Endocrine signaling
  2. Paracrine signaling
  3. Direct signaling
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15
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  • secreted molecules diffuse into the bloodstream
  • Trigger response in target cells anywhere in the body
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Endocrine signaling

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16
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special type of endocrine signaling

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Nueroendocrine signaling

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17
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neurohormones diffuse into the bloodstream and trigger responses

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Neuroendocrine signaling

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18
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secreted molecules diffuse locally and trigger a response in neighboring cells

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Paracrine signaling

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Special types of paracrine signaling

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  1. Autocrine signaling
  2. Synaptic signaling
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20
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secreted molecules diffuse locally and trigger a response in the cells that secrete them

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Autocrine signaling

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21
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neurotransmitters diffuse across synapses and trigger responses in cells of target tissue

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Synaptic/neuronal signaling

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22
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for some signals to be received, the cells must be in direct contact.

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Direct Signaling

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23
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signaling that is relative slow

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Endocrine signaling

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24
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signaling that has quick response

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Paracrine signaling

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25
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Types of secreted signaling molecules

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  • Local regulators
  • Neutrotransmitters
  • Neurohormones
  • Phermones
  • Hormones
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26
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chemical signals that travel over short distances by diffusion

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Local regulators

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27
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What does local regulators regulaate

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  • help regulate blood pressure
  • nervous system function
  • Reproduction
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2 types of local regulators

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  1. paracrine
  2. autocrine
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signals act on cells near the secreting cell

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Paracrine

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signals act on the secreting cell itself

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Autocrine

31
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proteins and polypeptides that stimulate cell proliferation

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Growth Factors

32
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play a role in immune responses

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Cytokines

33
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acts as a neurotransmitter when secreted by neurons

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Nitric oxide (NO)

34
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what does nitric oxide do to bacteria and cancer cells

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  • Kills them when secreted by WBCS
35
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Effects of nitric oxide to blood vessels

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  • Dilates the wall of blood vessesl when secreted by endothelial cells
36
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modified fatty acids, secreted by placenta to stimulate uterine contractions

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Protaglandins (PGs)

37
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secreted by neurons at many synapses

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Neurotransmitters

38
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Roles of neurotransmitters

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  • sensation
  • memory
  • cognition
  • movement
39
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muscle contraction

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Acetylcholine

40
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  • secreted by neurosecretory cells
  • diffuse from nerve cell endings into the bloodstream
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Neurohormones

41
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increases water permeability of kidney’s collecting ducts and causes vasoconstriction

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ADH (vasopressin)

42
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chemical signals that are released from the body and used to communicate with other individuals in the species

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Pheromones

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chemicals that transfer information and instructions between cells in animals and
plants

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Hormones

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Importance of pheromones

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  • Defining territories
  • warning to predators
  • Attracting potential mates
45
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Importance of hormones

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  • regulates metabolism
  • regulates growth and development
46
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A hormone can also have different effects in different species

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Multiple effects of hormones

47
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The same hormone may have different effects on target cells that have;

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  • Different receptors for hormones
  • Different transduction pathways
  • Different proteins for carrying out the response
48
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Epinephrine effects to liver vs skeletal muscle blood vessel with the same α-receptor

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  • Glycogen breaks down and glucose is released
  • Vessel dilates
49
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Epinephrine effects to β- receptor

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vessel constricts

50
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Three major classes of molecule functions as hormones in vertebrate

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  • Polypeptides
  • Amines derived from amino acids
  • Steroid hormones
51
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Classes of hormones

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  • steroids, polypeptides, amines
52
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Water soluble

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polypeptides and amines

53
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Lipid-solube

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  • steroid hormones
  • other largely non-polar hormone
54
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are secreted by exocytosis, travel freely in the bloodstream, and bind to cell-surface receptors

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Water-soluble hormones

55
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  • diffuse across cell membranes,
    -travel in the bloodstream
  • bound to transport proteins
  • diffuse through the
    membrane of target cells
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Lipid-solube hormones

56
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Epinephrine effects in the body

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mediating the body’s response to short-term stress

57
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epinephrine binding sit

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  • receptors on the plasma membrane of liver cells
58
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epinephrine triggers

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release of messenger molecules, release of glucose in the bloodstream

59
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Key events for signaling hormones

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  1. Reception
  2. Signal transduction
  3. Amplification
  4. Response
60
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detection of a signal in
the environment

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Reception

61
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activating a series of proteins inside the cell

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Signal transduction

62
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change in behavior that
occurs inside the cell

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Response

63
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involves the hormone-secreting tissues and organs of the body

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Endocrine system

64
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chemical messengers

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Hormones

65
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referes to the duration of time required to decrease the concentration of a circulating hormone by half

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Half life of a hormone

66
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two factors influencing hormone concentration in blood

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  1. Rate of hormone secreted into the blood
  2. Rate of the removal of the hormone from the blood