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ME04 - Anterior Pituitary Flashcards

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If the infundibulum is transsected what happens?

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If transsected, there will be temporary cessation&raquo_space; neurons then regenerate but with malfunctions (more or less)

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Feedback Control of AP Hormone Secretion

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Stimuli&raquo_space; Hypothalamus&raquo_space; Anterior Pituitary&raquo_space; Target Organ&raquo_space; Tissues

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Causes growth of all or most body tissues
Promotes differentiation of specific cell types (e.g., bone growth cells)
Single chain; 191 AA residues _

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Growth Hormone (Somatotropin)

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Prequisite of Growth Hormone

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Sufficient insulin activity & CHO

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Growth Hormone is stimulated by:

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Mitosis
Cell size
Cell number

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Type of secretion of GH

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Pulsatile secretion

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Why is GH Relatively low during the day?

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_s during first 2 hours of deep sleep
Regular nocturnal peak: 1 hour after Stage 3 or 4 deep
sleep onset

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GROWTH HORMONE INFO:

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Preceded by nocturnal plasma GHRH peak
Biologicalt1_2=20mins
- Serum GH level varies widely
- GH secretion in women > men (highest before ovulation)
- Rate: highest in late puberty, neonate; lowest in older/obese adults, hypothyroidism, Type 2 DM
- Average plasma concentration - 5-20 years old: 6 ng/ml
- 20-40 years old: 3 ng/ml

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Lifetime Pattern of GH Secretion

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40-70 years old: 1.6 ng/mL

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Stabilization of 24-hour pulsatile GH secretion rates (200-600 _g/day)
Approximate those in post-pubertal young adults

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Pre-puberty GH secretion

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Growth Hormone in Puberty

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1.5-3-fold_pulsatileGHsecretion
- With proportionate _ in plasma insulin-like growth fac- tor-I (IGF-I)
- Physiological GH hypersecretion driven by onset of _ sex-steroid hormones
- Correlatewithrateof_inheight
- GHRH response: tall adults > ave height
- Final height (FH) may partly be determined by inherent GH secretory capacity
- In normal children with idiopathic short stature - GH treatment significantly _ FH in a dose-dependent man- ner
- Mean gain = 1.3 SDS (8 cm) and a broad range of re- sponse from no gain to 3 SDS compared to a mean gain of 0.2 SDS in the untreated controls. (Al- bertsson-Wikland, 2008)+A12

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Growth Hormone in adulthood

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Starting 18-25 y/o GH secretion _s up to pre-pubertal level (

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Growth Hormone in Aging

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_ GH secretion - Correlated to
- _ total body & visceral fat %
- Muscle wasting
- _ physical fitness
- _ [testosterone] or menopause
- Partly responsible for: - _leanbodymass
- _ protein synthesis
- _metabolicrate
- _adiposetissue
- Evidence: (Giustina & Veldhuis, 2008)
- Excessive somatostatin release
- _/deficiency GHRH secretion in aging human

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Other names for Growth Hormone

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Protein anabolic hormone
Lipolytic hormone
Diabetogenic hormone
Growth promoter hormone _

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Relate GH to Linear Bone Growth

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GH&raquo_space; INC chondrocytic & osteogenic cell reproduction; INC protein deposition; Chondrocyte - osteogenic cells&raquo_space; Chondrogenesis/Osteogenesis&raquo_space; Linear Bone Growth

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Linear Bone Growth does not happen when the epiphyseal plates close. True or False?

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TRUE

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GH&raquo_space; Unfused Epiphyses results to:

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Gigantism

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GH&raquo_space; Fused Epiphyses results to:

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Acromegaly

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Effect of Growth Hormone on Protein Metabolism (ANABOLIC)

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Stimulates AA uptake & CHON deposition
- _proteinbreakdown
- Effect begins in minutes
- Stimulates collagen synthesis+A19

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Protein metabolism produces what products

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(+) Nitrogen balance _BUN&AA _excretionofAA4-hydroxyproline

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Effect of Growth Hormone on Electrolyte Metabolism

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_ GI absorption of Ca2+
_ Na+ and K+ excretion most probably due to diversion from kidneys to growing tissues (+) P balance; _ plasma P

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Effect of Growth Hormone on Carbohydrate Metabolism

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Normal GH level needed to maintain normal pancreatic islet function&raquo_space; decreased insulin if no GH | DEC CHO use&raquo_space; Diabetogenic

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GH-induced insulin resistance/hyperglycemia results to:

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DEC Glucose uptake by tissues| INC insulin secretion | INC hepatic gluconeogenesis

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Effect of Growth Hormone on Fat Metabolism

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Lipolytic
_ FA mobilization & use for energy
_ FA to Acetyl CoA conversion
_ FFA may contribute to GH-induced insulin resistance
EXCESSIVE GH&raquo_space; Large quantities of fat metabolized&raquo_space; Liver&raquo_space; Ketosis/Fatty Liver

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GH promotes diabetogenic state. True or False

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TRUE

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Summary of GH Actions

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_ protein synthesis rate in most body cells
_ Adiposity:
_ lipolysis / FA mobilization from adipose tissue _ FA in blood
_FA use as fuel
_ glucose uptake
_ linear growth
_ organ size & function
_lean body mass

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Relate how GH&raquo_space; Adipose Tissue&raquo_space; DEC Adiposity

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GH -> Adipose Tissue&raquo_space; _ glucose uptake (hyperglycemic hormone)
_ lipolysis&raquo_space; _ adiposity

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Relate how GH&raquo_space; Liver&raquo_space; Facilitation of GH effect on:
organs (size & function) muscle (body mass) chondrocytes (linear growth)

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GH -> Liver&raquo_space; _ RNA synthesis
_ protein synthesis _ gluconeogenesis _ IGF/somatomedin&raquo_space; Facilitation of GH effect on: organs (size & function) muscle (body mass) chondrocytes (linear growth)

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Relate how GH&raquo_space; Muscle&raquo_space; INC lean body mass

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GH -> Muscle&raquo_space; _ glucose uptake _ AA uptake
_ protein synthesis&raquo_space; _ lean body mass

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Relate how GH&raquo_space; Bone, heart, lung, kidney,pancreas, intestines, glands, skin, connective tissue&raquo_space; INC Organ Size & Function

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GH -> Bone, heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, intestines, glands,
skin, connective tissue&raquo_space; _ protein synthesis _ RNA & DNA synthe- sis _ cell size and number&raquo_space; _ organ size & function

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Relate how GH&raquo_space; Chondrocytes&raquo_space; INC Linear Growth

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Chondrocytes&raquo_space; _ AA uptake _ protein synthesis _ RNA & DNA synthesis _ collagen & chondroitin sulfate _ cell size & number
» _ linear growth

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Mediate action of GH on chondrocytes & linear growth, pro- tein metabolism & organ size, and lean body mass
Polypeptide growth factors
Secreted by liver & other tissues

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Somatomedins (Insulin-like Growth Factors I & II)

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Types of Somatomedins (Insulin-like Growth Factors I & II)

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IGF-I (Somatomedin C) - skeletal & cartilage growth
- Increases in parallel with GH _
- Both GH- & insulin-dependent _
- Lower in old age: angina pectoris, myocardial infarc- tion, atherosclerosis _
- Earlier death in aging men with low levels

IGF-II fetal growth regulator; increased by PRL _

GH & somatomedins can act both in cooperation and independently to stimulate pathways that lead to growth _

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Factors that can STIMULATE GH SECRETION

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DEC glucose, Stress (Hypoglycemia, Anesthesia, Surgery, Trauma, Infection, Fever, Exercise, Blood Extraction), NTs: Dopamine, Ach, Serotonin, Norepinephrine

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Excessive activation of somatotropes or (+) acidophilic pituitary tumors
Excessive GH before puberty/ fusion of epiphyses with shaft

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Gigantism - Rapid growth of all body tissues

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Relate excessive GH results to Hyperglycemia

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Eventual degeneration of overactive pancreas - DM development

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Factors that can INHIBIT GH SECRETION

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Somatostatin (INC Glucose, Free FA), Somatomedins, GH, Obesity, Cortisol, Pregnancy, Senescence

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How is Growth Hormone Regulated?

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(Long-term)
» Long-term nutritional state of tissues (protein nutrition level)
» Rate of GH secretion is increased by nutritional deficiency or excess tissue need for cellular proteins
&raquo_space; Synthesis of new proteins & conserving existing ones

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Management for Panhypopituitarism

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Microsurgical tumor removal - Pituitary gland irradiation

40
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Excessive GH after puberty / epiphyseal fusion with shaft

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Acromegaly

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Characteristics of Acromegaly

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Thicker & enlarged bones
- Hands, feet
- Membranous bones (cranium, nose, forehead, supraor- bital ridge, mandible, vertebrae)
Continued growth of soft tissues (tongue, liver, kidneys)
Prognathism, huge brows, huge tongue, large hands with
spade fingers
Deep guttural voice
Oily skin
Joint deformities or frank arthritis
Secondary DM
Sleep apnea
Kyphosis

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How is Acromegaly has INC coronary risk

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Poor glucose tolerance
- Hypertension
- Lipid problems

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Life of person with Acromegaly is shorter by average 10 years (vs. normal person), true or false?

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TRUE

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How is Acromegaly treated

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Normalized by treatment of adenoma (surgery, oc-
treotide, radiation)

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Growth Hormone Deficiency

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If adult onset typically with other AP hormone deficiencies If childhood onset dwarfism

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_ secretion of all AP hormones
May be congenital, slowly or suddenly develop

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Panhypopituitarism

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Causes of Panhypopituitarism

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Causes:
- Pituitary tumor
- Suprasellar cysts
- Enlarged Rathkes pouch remnants
- Pituitary infarction & necrosis from post-partum hemor- rhage (Sheehan syndrome)

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Manifestations of Panhypopituitarism:

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Hypothyroidism (e.g., lethargy)
Depressed glucocorticoid production by adrenals (e.g., weight gain)
Suppressed gonadotropic hormone secretion (e.g., lost sexual function)
Most signs & symptoms treatable by adrenocortical & thy- roid hormones

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Causes of (Pituitary) Dwarfism

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Panhypopituitarism during childhood
- Hypothalamic dysfunction, GHRH deficiency
- Pituitary destruction, GH deficiency Isolated GH deficiency
- Biologically incompetent GH
- GH receptor deficiency
Unresponsive GH receptor (Laron dwarf/ GH insensitivity)
Hereditary inability to form somatomedin C (IGF-I) (Afri-
can pygmy; Levi-Lorain dwarf)

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Manifestations of Dwarfism

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Proportional body parts
- Short stature
- Greatly _ development rate
- Does not go through puberty
- Insufficient gonadotropic hormones for sexual matu- ration
- IfonlyGHdeficient(1/3)_maturesexually&repro- duce

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Human GH synthesized by E. coli
if purely GH deficiency_completely treatable if given early

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Dwarfism & replacement therapy in growth-deficient children

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2nd X chromosome in females either absent or deformed _growth & development problems

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Turner’s syndrome

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Use of GH for HIV

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To treat muscle wasting

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Use of GH as Anti-aging

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Increased protein deposition, esp. in muscles
_fatdeposits
Feeling of invigoration of energy
GH + exercise: _ type II muscle fibers in elderly

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Use of GH as physical performance enhancer in SPORTS

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Used for perceived anabolic effects on muscle growth & recovery (e.g., in weight lifting, body building, football, etc.)
- Combined with anabolic steroids, erythropoietin
- Studies: no _ muscle size or strength after hGH injection

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Cells and Hormones in the Anterior Pituitary Gland

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Corticotrope ACTH CRH Adrenal, Adipose,&raquo_space; Cortisol
Somatotrope GH/Somatotropin GHRH,GHIH All tissues&raquo_space; IGF-I
Gonadotrope FSH, LH GnRH Gonads&raquo_space; Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, Inhibibin

Lactotrope PRL PIH Breast, Gonads&raquo_space; None
Thyrotrope TSH TRH Thyroid Gland&raquo_space; Tri-iodothyronine

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