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Lecture 17 - Causes of Diabetes Flashcards

1
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What secretes insulin?

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the beta cells in the pancreas

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Where does the pancreas sit?

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in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach

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Where are the beta cells contained within the pancreas?

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In pancreatic islets which contain alpha, beta and delta cells

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What cells secrete glucagon?

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alpha cells

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5
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When is insulin released?

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in response to high blood glucose levels

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What does an increase in blood glucose lead to?

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an increase of glucose uptake into the cell

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7
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What does increased glucose in the cell cause?

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higher levels of ATP, which increases the ATP”ADP ratio

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What does increased ATP:ADP cause?

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closure of the ATP-sensitive K+ channels, which causes membrane depolarisation

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What does membrane depolarisation cause?

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activation of voltage gates Ca2+ channels, causing increased Ca2+ inside the cell

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What does increased cytosolic Ca2+ cause?

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fusion of insulin granules with the plasma membrane, causing release of insulin

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What does insulin increase?

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glucose uptake, glycolysis, glycogen synthesis, fatty acid/triglyceride synthesis, amino acid uptake and protein synthesis

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What does insulin decrease?

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glycogen breakdown, gluconeogenesis, lipolysis, proteolysis

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13
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What are the effects of insulin mediated via?

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activation of insulin signalling pathways in target cells

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14
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What does insulin binding to the insulin receptor do?

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activates many different signalling pathways to bring about its effects on metabolism and growth

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15
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What does insulin signalling involve?

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protein phosphorylation

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What does binding of insulin to the insulin receptor (IR) lead to?

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auto phosphorylation of the receptor (receptor phosphorylates itself)

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What do phosphorylates residues on the IR act as?

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binding sites for insulin receptor substrate (IRS)

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18
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What does IR phosphorylate?

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4 tyrosine residues in IRS proteins

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19
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What binds to phosphorylated residues?

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The lipid kinase, phosphoinositide 3-kinase

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20
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What does the lipid kinase phosphoinositide 3-kinase do?

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converts PIP2 to PIP3

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What does binding of PIP3 do?

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activates PKD1

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What does PKD1 do?

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phosphorylates and activates kinases such as PKB/Akt

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What does PKB/Akt do?

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diffuse through the cell and activate processes such as glucose transport and glycogen synthesis

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24
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What does insulin stimulate?

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glucose transport into adipocytes and skeletal muscle

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What does insulin binding to receptor on adipocytes and skeletal muscle cells do?

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activates the insulin signalling pathway, leading to fusion of GLUT4 containing vesicles to the membrane

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What happens when GLUT4 vesicles fuse with the membrane?

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GLUT4 inserts itself into the cell surface where it can take up those glucose molecules into the cells

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27
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How does insulin repress gluconeogenesis?

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by inhibiting transcription factor Fox01

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28
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Where is Fox01 synthesised?

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in the cytosol

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29
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Where is Fox01 targetted?

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to the nucleus

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What does Fox01 do?

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regulates expression of genes that mediate gluconeogenesis (PEPCK, G6Pase)

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What does PKB do to Fox01?

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phosphorylates it

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What does phosphorylation of Fox01 do?

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prevents it from entering the nucleus, leading to a loss of expression of gluconeogenic genes and hence a loss of glucose production

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33
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How does loss of insulin secretion or insulin resistance lead to hyperglycaemia?

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as a result of loss of insulin stimulated uptake into target cells (skeletal muscle, adipocytes)

loss of insulin-mediated repression of gluconeogenesis (and glycogen breakdown) in the liver

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34
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What happens in type 1 diabetes?

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is a chronic autoimmune disease in which destruction of beta cells results in insulin deficiency and hyperglycaemia

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35
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Who does type 1 diabetes generally occur in?

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susceptible individuals, likely as a result of an environmental trigger

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What has been identified as a cause of type 1 diabetes?

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susceptibility genes and possible triggers (e.g. enteroviruses)

37
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How much higher is the risk of T1D for first degree relatives of someone with the disease?

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~15 times higher

38
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What is the HLA region?

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a critical susceptibility locus for T1D

39
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What does the HLA region contain?

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genes that encode components of major histocompatibility complex and is a key component of the immune system

40
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How many people with the HLA gene variant develop T1D?

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only 5%

41
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Where is the HLA gene region?

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chromosome 6

42
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What do the HLA genes have strongest known association with?

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T1D

43
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What is a significant risk factor for development of T1D?

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presence of autoantibodies against beta cell antigens

44
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Examples of autoantibodies?

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glutamic acid decarboxylate 65 (GAD-65)

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ZnT8 (zinc transporter 8)

45
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How many people test positive for these antibodies? And how many of those develop T1D?

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3-5% of general population test positive and only 20% of those develop T1D

46
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What does the presence of 2 antibodies do?

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increases risk of developing T1D within next 10 years to 75%

47
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Why is it difficult to identify precipitating events for T1D?

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these might occur many years before onset of symptoms

several precipitating events might be involved

48
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What have been implicated as a possible precipitating event?

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Enteroviruses such as coxsackie virus

49
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Why is the coxsackie virus thought to be a precipitating factor?

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striking similarity between the 2C protein of the coxsackie virus and GAD65 suggests molecular mimicry might be involved in aetiology of T1D

leading to beta cell destruction

50
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When do clinical onset (symptoms) of T1D typically occur?

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until you have lost ~90% of beta cell mass, there is no way back from this

51
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Why is it important to identify before clinical onset?

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to identify people at risk and intervene before they have lost so much of their beta cell mass

52
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Treatment of type 1 diabetes?

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insulin injections for the rest of their life

careful monitoring of diet and regular blood tests to check glucose levels

53
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What are high blood glucose levels as a result of in type 2 diabetes?

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insulin resistance of target tissues

insufficient production/secretion of insulin (beta cell dysfunction)

54
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What is one of the first things to develop in T2D?

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insulin resistance - the cells in the body no longer respond to insulin as they should

55
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Why is there not really a change in blood glucose levels as insulin resistance begins?

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the beta cells secrete more insulin to overcome the resistance and keep blood glucose levels normal

56
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What happens after a while of producing excess insulin?

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there is too much stress on the beta cells and they become dysfunctional and die

57
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What is the amount of insulin secreted by beta cells established by?

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the prevailing insulin sensitivity

58
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What happens when the body is in an insulin sensitive state?

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beta cells secrete a low amount of insulin

59
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What happens when the body goes into a insulin resistant state?

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the beta cells sense this and respond by secreting more insulin

this gives insulin resistance but normal blood glucose levels

60
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Strong link between insulin resistance and…?

A

obesity

61
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What does protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTPB1) do?

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dephosphorylates the insulin receptor, leading to a loss of insulin receptor substrate binding

62
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What does PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue) do?

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dephosphorylates PIP3 back to PIP2, switches off insulin signalling

63
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What does PKC do?

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serine phosphorylates IRS proteins and when it serine phosphorylates IRS proteins, this prevents the insulin receptor from activating tyrosine phosphorylation on IRS proteins

64
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What is a consequence of obesity?

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the amount of triglycerols exceeds the storage capacity of adipose cells and as a result fat starts to accumulate in other tissues such as liver and muscle

65
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What does excess fat lead to?

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increased levels of the intracellular lipid signalling intermediates diaglycerol (DAG) and ceramide (a component of sphingolipids) in the cytoplasms of cells

66
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What are DAG and ceramide formed from?

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fatty acids

67
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What does ceramide do?

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inactivates PKB

68
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What does diaglycerol do?

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key second messenger leading to the activation of PKC

69
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What is adiponectin?

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is secreted from adipocytes and promotes insulin sensitivity

70
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What does adiponectin do?

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binds to adiponectin receptor on target cells, and activates ceramidase, which converts ceramide into sphingosine

71
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What does sphingosine do?

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reduces levels of ceramide inside of the cells (interferes with PKB)

72
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What happens to adiponectin secretion in obesity?

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it is decreased, which contributes to insulin resistance

73
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What does decreased conversion of ceramide do?

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ceramide accumulates inside the cells and interferes with insulin signalling to increase insulin resistance

74
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What is obesity?

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a pro-inflammatory condition in which hypertrophied adipocytes and adipose resident immune cells both contribute to increased circulating levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines

75
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What does adipose tissue in lean individuals secrete?

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anti-inflammatory and insulin sensitising adipokines such as adiponectin

76
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What is released in obesity?

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pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF alpha (tumour necrosis factor alpha)

77
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What does TNF alpha have?

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different effects that contribute to insulin resistance

78
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What does TNF alpha increase?

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expression of PTP1B, which can dephosphorylate the insulin receptor, preventing IRS binding

79
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What does TNF alpha activate?

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JNK (Jun-N-terminal kinase, which causes serine phosphorlyation and inactivation of IRS proteins

80
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What is thought to contribute to type 2 diabetes

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loss of beta cell mass and loss of insulin secretory capacity

81
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What is dysregulation of insulin secretion linked to?

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accumulation of fat in pancreas

82
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What % of beta cell mass decrease after 5 years diagnosis of T2D?

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25% decrease

83
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What % of beta cell mass decrease after >15 years diagnosis of T2D?

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50%

84
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What happens when beta cells synthesise more insulin?

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the endoplasmic reticulum is put under stress and can no longer fold and process new insulin

85
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What happens when the endoplasmic reticulum is put under stress?

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activates unfolded protein response (UPR)

86
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What does unfolded protein response result in?

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apoptosis and beta cell death

87
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What is type 2 classed as?

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a complex polygenic disorder (caused by a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors)

88
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What have GWAS studies identified that happen more freqently in type 2 diabetes?

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many gene polymorphisms (SNPs) (>75 risk genetic loci have been indentified

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