OMA Review Couse Flashcards
Where is Ghrelin secreted from?
Primarily from stomach body and fundus and smaller amts from proximal small intestine(duodenum)
What does Ghrelin stand for?
Growth hormone release inducing peptide
What is the function of Ghrelin?
To stimulate appetite
What type of hormone is Ghrelin?
Orexigenic
What triggers Ghrelin to be secreted?
When stomach is empty. It will surge and peak right before meals. Initiates eating and decreases energy expenditure.
Fasting will also increase levels of Ghrelin.
What inhibits Ghrelin?
When stomach is stretched, so after eating or nutrient ingestion. Levels will drop after eating. (If obese, you will have less of a drop in Ghrelin). A vagotomy can also inhibit Ghrelin as it disrupts the gut brain axis.
How does Ghrelin impact the CNS?
Via the orexigenic pathway. It stimulates NPY/AgRP in the arcuate nucleus in the hypothalmus. It also can reach brain to the NTS via the vagus nerve.
What is foraging?
Seeking out and looking for food
What hormone plays a role in spatial learning and memory ?
Ghrelin
What enzyme activates Ghrelin?
Ghrelin O-acyltransferase(GOAT). It acylates Ghrelin into active form.
Which genetic condition has the highest amount of Ghrelin?
Prader-Willi Syndrome- so have hyperphagia and severe obesity. In adults and children.
What happens to levels of Ghrelin as we lose weight?
Levels of Ghrelin increase and increase and once we start to gain weight, this increase slows down until we are back to our baseline weight.
What is the relationship between Ghrelin and Insulin?
Inverse relationship. So when you eat, insulin increases and ghrelin decreases.
How does insulin resistance affect Ghrelin?
Insulin’s ability to regulate Ghrelin is impaired. Therefore, you can get increase Ghrelin even after eating.
How does weight gain affect ghrelin?
decreases to reduce hunger to more easily lose weight
What is relationship between leptin and ghrelin?
Leptin tells brain when body has enough energy. Higher after eating and higher fat stores. Supposed to prevent overeating, unless leptin resistance, obesity and IR.
What affect do stress and sleep have on Ghreling?
High stress and lack of sleep increase Ghrelin
Why does sleeve gastrectomy decrease ghrelin?
Because it removes most of the body and fundus of the stomach.(removes 80%)
What is the most powerful way to lower ghrelin?
Sleeve gastrectomy
What are factors that increase Ghrelin?
Fasting, sleep deprivation, stress, weight loss, Genetics/Prader Willi
What are factors that decrease Ghrelin?
Meals, Weight Gain, Leptin, Gastric Sleeve Surgery,
What macronutrient suppresses Ghrelin the fastest?
CHO
What macronutrient causes rebound Ghrelin secretion?
CHO
What macronutrient suppresses Ghrelin the longest?
Protein
What are the 5 appetite regulating hormones that are secreted in the small and large intestine?
CCK(Cholecystokinin), GLP-1(glucagon like peptide 1), GIP(Glucose dependant insulinotropic polypeptide), OXM(Oxytomodulin), PYY(Peptide YY)
What cells in the intestine secrete CCK?
I-cells in duodenum and jejunum
What cells in the intestine secrete GLP-1?
L-cells in the distal small bowel and colon
What cells in the intestine secrete GIP?
K-cells in the duodenum and proximal jejunum
What cells in the intestine secrete OXM?
L-cells in distal small bowel and colon
What cells in the intestine secrete PYY?
L-cells in distal small bowel, colon and rectum
What stimulates CCK to be released?
Fat and protein ingestion
Gastric distension
How long does CCK last after meal initiation?
15-30 minutes
What are the actions of CCK?
Stimulates GB contraction
Slows gastric emptying
Reduces appetite
Where are the CCK receptors? What types are there?
Located in gut and brain. CCK-1(GI tract - slows gastric emptying) and CCK-2(Brain - decreases appetite)
What macronutrients triggers GLP-1 to be released?
Carbs, proteins and fats, but primarily Carbs
What macronutrients triggers CCK to be released?
Fat and protein, but primarily fat
What is purpose of incretin effect?
To regulate blood sugar after meals
What are the 4 actions of the incretin effect?
- Glucose dependent insulin secretion - gives a quick burst of insulin after meals to control BS
- Reduced hepatic gluconeogenesis(suppresses glucagon)
- Delays gastric emptying(increases satiety)
- Reduces appetite(weight loss) by affecting GLP1 receptors in the brain
What is the the 1/2 life of our natural GLP-1?
5 minutes
What enzyme degrades GLP-1?
DDP-IV
What conditions cause GLP-1 levels to be reduced?
DM(sugars), Prediabetes and obesity
Why does Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Obesity reduce GLP-1?
When you eat food and it gets broken down into small parts it goes to the proximal small intestine. In patients who are insulin resistant, diabetic and obese, it causes an inhibitory signal to be released which suppresses the release of GLP 1.
How does gastric bypass help you lose weight?
It bypasses the proximal small intestine so you lose the inhibition signal that suppresses GLP-1, therefore, it increases GLP-1 to high levels.
What are the 2 incretin hormones?
GLP-1 and GIP
What triggers GIP to be released?
Glucose load
What percent of the postprandial insulin response is GLP-1 and GIP responsible for?
70%
What 2 hormones are responsible for 70% of the postprandial insulin response?
GLP-1 and GIP
How is GIP different than GLP-1?
It reduces nausea and stimulates Glucagon secretion. It also may improve insulin secretion in white adipose tissue(indepenednt of weight loss and body fat).
Does GLP-1 stimulate or suppress glucagon?
Suppresses
Does GIP stimulate or suppress glucagon?
Stimulates
Which hormone improves insulin sensitivity in the white adipose tissue independent of weight loss or body fat?
GIP - directly on adipose tissue(unlike GLP-1, which improves insulin resistance thru weight loss and reducing body fat).
What hormone is made by the same precursor as GLP-1?
OXM
What hormone is secreted with GLP-1?
OXM
What receptors do OXM bind to?
GLP-1 receptor and Glucagon receptor
How does OXM increase energy expenditure?
By binding to Glucagon receptor
What are the effects of OXM?
Decreased appetite/feeding
Weight loss
Increased energy expenditure
When is PYY secreted?
Within 1 hour of post feeding
What receptor does PYY bind to?
Y2 receptor
What are the functions of PYY?
Potent appetite suppressant
Delays gastric emptying(food stays in stomach longer) and intestinal transit time(slows down how fast food moves thru the small intestine)
What 2 hormones contribute to the ileal brake?
PYY and GLP-1
What is the ileal brake?
Slowing of food thru the small intestine. PYY and GLP-1 cause this.
Which hormone slows food thru the small intestine?
PYY
What hormones are secreted by the small intestine?
GLP-1, GIP, CCK, OXM, PYY
What hormones are secreted in the large intestine?
GLP-1, OXM, PYY
What hormones are secreted by the pancreas?
Pancreatic polypeptide, insulin, amylin and glucagon