Neuroscience Week 5: Adrenergic Phys 1 Flashcards
Stimulation of the heart with sympathetics


Norepinephrine is a ________ and chemical structure

Norepinephrine Synthesis
Know the precursors and enzymes

Norepinephrine Synthesis and release and reuptake
- Vesicular release
- NET uptake

Norepinephrine Signal termination
Norepinephrine is taken back up
- nerve terminals reuse it
- targets get rid of it
Norepinephrine and epinephrine Terminology

Norepinephrine is used primarily by?
sympathetic postganglionics on α and β adrenergic receptors

Sympathetic Target organ System effects


Adrenergic Receptor mechanisms
They use second messengers

Phospholipase C Pathway and adrenergic receptors
α-1 receptors

α-1 receptors mechanism
Noreepipenphrine
phospholipase C
present on smooth muscle (cardiovascular), Iris

α-1 receptors Location
present on smooth muscle (cardiovascular), Iris
Adrenergic Receptor type for pupil dilation/constriction
α-1 receptors on the Iris for pupil dilation (iris dilation)
M3 receptor for pupil constriction

Parasympathetic M3 receptor vs adrenergic α-1 receptors


Receptor to speed up the heart
β1 adrenergic receptor

β1 adrenergic receptor Mechanism

β1 adrenergic receptor Effects
- ↑ cAMP
- ↑ PKA
- leads to ↑Ca2+ influx
- EXCITATION

β2 adrenergic receptor Effects
INHIBITION of smooth muscle
↓Ca2+ influx

Adrenergic receptors on cardiac muscle and smooth muscle
- excitatory in cardiac
- inhibitory of smooth muscle

Major adrenergic receptors
- α1 adrenergic receptor Effects
- α2 adrenergic receptor Effects
- β1 adrenergic receptor Effects
- β2 adrenergic receptor Effects
- β3 adrenergic receptor Effects

Cardiac Muscle Stimulation: second messenger coupling
↑Adenylate Cyclase

Cardiac muscle inhibition: second messenger coupling
↓adenylate cyclase

Smooth Muscle Stimulation: second messenger coupling
↑phospholipase C

Smooth muscle Inhibition: second messenger coupling
↓phospholipase C

Gland stimulation: second messenger coupling
↑phospholipase C

Glands inhibitory second messenger coupling
N/A

Group Challenge


Adrenergic receptor Overview

Adrenergic receptors: Identify second messenger, targets and effects


Which receptors go where?


Renal sympathetic function
- make the fundus bigger (relax the fundus)
- trigone needs to constrict

Question 1

B.
Which receptors?


α2 adrenergic receptor
self regulated release of Norepinephrine

Identify receptor second messenger, targets and effects


Sweat glands neurotransmitter
Sympathetic postganglionic that release Ach

Sympathetic postganglionic that release Ach
Sweat glands
&
a few fibers to blood vessels in skeletal muscles and some vessels of the heart

Sympathetic innervation of extremities

Atropine and sweat glands
block sweat glands making you hot blocking a sympathetic response not a parasympathetic one

Dopamine receptors on renal Keep in mind
para and sympathetics don’t secrete dopamine onto the renal vasculature
it is coming from the proximal tubule

Termination of Norepinephrine Action
3 listed
MAO-A and MAO-B

Epinephrine is a ________ and chemical structure

Epinephrine is secreted by?
Adrenal glands

Sympathetic stimulation of adrenals

General actions of epinephrine
there is some preference

Actions of epinephrine: In general

Actions of epinephrine: Metabolic

Actions of epinephrine: Cardiovascular

Actions of epinephrine: Pulmonary

Actions of epinephrine: GI

Adrenergic Physiology Summary

α2 caveat
presynaptic
Norepinephrine Precursor
Tyrosine
Norepinephrine intermediates
- L-Dopa
- Dopamine
Norepinephrine synthesis precursor to intermediates
Tyrosine
↓
L-DOPA
↓
Dopamine
↓
Norepinephrine
Norepinephrine synthesis enzymes
- Tyrosine hydroxylase
- Aromatic acid decarboxylase
- Dopamine β hydroxylase