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1
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What speed do hormones act?

A

Slow response, low acting

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2
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Where are hormones produced?

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In endocrine glands

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3
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What are the 3 classes of hormones?

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Peptides
Amines
Steriods

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4
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How do nuclear hormones cross the plasma membrane?

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Hydrophobic diffusion

Carrier proteins

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5
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What type of targets do steroid hormones have?

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Nuclear

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6
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What are the types of steroid hormones?

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Glucocorticoids
Mineralocorticoids
Androgens
Oestrogens
Progestogenss
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7
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What are the 2 vague classifications of steriod hormones?

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Adrenal

Gonadal

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8
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Where are the corticosteroids produced?

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Adrenal cortex

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9
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How are the corticosteroids synthesised?

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Dervived from cholesterol via pregenelone by the action of dehydroxylation and dehydrogenation

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10
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Which enzymes catalyse the synthesis of corticosteroids?

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Cytochrome P450s

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11
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How is the synthesis of corticosteroids stimulated?

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7 releasing hormones from hypothalamus
anterior pituitary releases secondary hormone
Adrenal cortex stimulated

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12
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How many hormones do the adrenal glands produce?

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36

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13
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What are the 3 regions of the adrenal cortex?

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Glomerulosa
Fasiculata
Reticularis

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14
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What class of steroid hormones does the glomerulosa region of the adrenal cortex produce?

A

mineralocorticoids

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15
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What region of the adrenal cortex is responsible for the synthesis of glucocorticoids?

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Fasiculata

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16
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What region of the adrenal cortex is responsible for the synthesis of androgens?

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reticularis

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17
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What is the main glucocorticoid?

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Cortisol

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18
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What is the main mineralocorticoid?

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Aldosterone

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19
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What are the main roles of cortisol?

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Increase gluconeogenesis
Mobilisation of fatty acids and amino acids
Inhibition of glucose uptake in muscle and adipose tissues

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20
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How is cortisol released?

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Stress
Hypothalamus
CRH
Anterior Pituitary
ATCH
Adrenal gland
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21
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What are the gonadal steroids?

A

testosterone

oestrogen

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22
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Where is testosterone synthesised?

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Leydig cells in the testes
Transported by ABP
Activated in Sertolli cells

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23
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What is the active form of testosterone?

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dihydrotestosterone

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24
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What is the synthesis pathway for steroid hormones?

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Cholesterol
Pregenelone
Progesterone
Mineralo/Gluco/testosterone

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25
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How is oestrogen derived?

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From testosterone using aromatase enzyme in ovaries

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26
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Where is oestrogen produced in post-menopausal women?

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Adrenal glands

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27
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Where is progesterone produced?

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in corpus luteum

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28
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What effects does progesterone have?

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Changes in luteral phase of menstrual cycle

A differentiation factor for mammary glands

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29
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What is the releasing hormone for oestrogen?

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FSH

30
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What is LH the releasing hormone for?

A

Progesterone and testosterone

31
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What is angiotensin the releasing hormone for?

A

Aldosterone

32
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How are most steroid hormones found?

A

Inactive forms bound to carrier proteins in blood

33
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What structure do steroid receptors have?

A

Modular transcription factors with

(N)variable-zinc finger-ligand binding

34
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What are orphan receptors?

A

No identified ligand

35
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How does ligand binding activate receptors?

A

Conformational change exposes DBD

36
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Are steroid receptors ubiquitous?

A

No, none in yeast or plants

37
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What are the 2 classes of steroid receptors?

A 
Classical class 1
RXR class 2
38
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How are Class 1 receptors activated?

A

Release from HSP
Migration to nucleus
Homodimer TFs bind to inverted repeat

39
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What are examples of Class 1 receptors?

A

Androgens,
Corticosteroids
Progesterone

40
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Where are RXR receptors found?

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Constitutively bound to DNA

41
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How do RXR receptors bind DNA?

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As heterodimers with another TF

42
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How are nuclear hormones degraded?

A

Steroids are hydroxylated/sulphated/glycosylated in liver

Thyroids are de-iodinated

43
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How can steroid signalling be switched off?

A

Absence of stimulus
ligand degradation
Receptor dissociation

44
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How is secretion of cortisol regulated?

A

Negative feednack to CRH and ATCH

45
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What is Addisons disease?

A

Absence of cortisol

46
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What are the symptoms of lack of cortisol?

A 
hypotension, 
darkening of skin, 
weight loss
vomiting 
salt cravings
cardiac arrest in crisis
47
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How is addisons disease caused?

A

Autoimmune attack of adrenal glands

Infectious disease

48
Q

What does aldosterone do?

A

Raise blood volume and blood pressure,
Raise Na levels
Reduce K levels

49
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Where does aldosterone act?

A

In kidney and small intestine

50
Q

How is aldosterone produced?

A

Kidney senses stimuli
releases renin
Conversion of angiotensinogen (liver) to angiotensin 1
angiotensin 1 converted to angiotensin II by ACE
Angiotensin releases aldosterone

51
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What receptors does aldosterone act on?

A

glucocorticoid receptors

52
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How are cells selective for aldosterone over cortisol?

A

Cortisol converted to cortisone by 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
cortisone lower affinity

53
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What gene does aldosterone transcribe?

A

Na/K pump

54
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What is aldosteroidism also known as?

A

Conn’s syndrome

55
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What symtpoms does Conn’s syndrome have?

A

High Na/K pumps
Hypertension and cardiac failure
Depletion of K and muscle weakness

56
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What is congenital adrenal hyperplasia?

A

Absence of mineralocorticoids and overexpression of androgens

57
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What is congenital adrenal hyperplasia caused by?

A

90% caused by mutations of 21-hydrolase enzyme

58
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What symptoms does congenital adrenal hyperplasia have?

A

Lack of corticosteroids
Salt wasting
Mis-development of the sex characteristics

59
Q

Where does oestrogen bind?

A

ERE receptor in promoters of 600 genes

AP1 /ER independant pathways

60
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What function does oestrogen have?

A

Proliferation of cells

61
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How common is ER receptor overexpression?

A

70% of breast, ovarian, colon, prostate, endometrial cancers

62
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How does ER overexpression cause cancer?

A

Increased cell proliferation has more spontaneous DNA mutations
Metabolism of oestrogen produces genotoxic waste

63
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What ER receptor is found in differentiated tissue?

A

ERα

64
Q

What does tamoxifen do?

A

Neutralise ER overexpression
treats anvoluntary infertility
treats gynecomastia

65
Q

Where is vitamin D synthesised?

A

Skin, Kidney and liver

66
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How is Vitamin D transported?

A

carrier proteins in blood

67
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How is vitamin D synthesis stimulated?

A

By PT gland sensing low Ca
Secretes PTH
Stimulates liver activation of D3

68
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What effects does vitamin D have on a cell?

A

Binds RXR-LXR receptors
Mobilisation of Ca from bone
Kidney Ca retention
Intestinal calbindin Ca channel

69
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What do Vitamin D deficiencies cause?

A

Ricketts/osteomalacia

70
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How can vitamin D deficiencies be caused?

A

Hereditary mutations of receptor
Lack of sunlight
Kidney/Liver disease
Poor dietary intake of precursor

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