Other hormones Flashcards
Insulin
- Produced by the pancreatic β cells
- Helps regulate blood glucose levels by LOWERING blood glucose levels.
Glucagon
- Produced by the pancreatic α cells
- Helps regulate blood glucose levels by RAISING blood glucose levels.
Insulin
hypoglycemic agent
❖The following hormones RAISE blood glucose levels:
- Glucagon
- Cortisol
- Epinepherine
- Thyroxine
- GH/somatotropin
Mature Insulin
- Insulin start as the single chain Proinsulin
- Poly peptide with two subunits (α&β)
- During Storage, C-peptide is removed
- No evidence for cleavage after secretion
Stimuli for Insulin secretion
- Blood Glucose
- Amino acids: All AA are not equal, Arginine is best
- Autonomic influences: vagal stimulation increases insulin secretion
- Paracrine or Intra Islet Control: Somatostain (δ cell) inhibits the secretion of both
insulin and glucagon.
Effects of Insulin
- Transport of Glucose into cells by facilitate diffusion
- Glucose utilization
- Glycogen synthesis
- AA transport by an active transport mechanism
- Protein synthesis
- FA transport
- Lipogenesis
- K+ & Mg++ transport
Tissue-specific effects of Insulin
❖Muscle: stimulate glycogen & protein synthesis
❖Adipose: stimulate lipogenesis & inhibits lipolysis
❖Liver: stimulate glycogen synthesis (first), then lipogenesis
Stimuli for the release of glucagon
- Plasma glucose:
- Amino acid: An increased plasma amino acid stimulates an
increase in glucagon release. - Autonomic nervous system
- Circulating ketones
Effects of glucagon
- Glycogenolysis (primarily in liver)
- Gluconeogenesis
- Hormone sensitive lipase
- Stimulate insulin release
- Has inotropic effect on the heart
Serotonin Active form
5-hydroxytryptamine
Serotonin serves as a
Neurotransmittor and as * as a modulator of vascular & GI functions
Serotonin is produced
Serotonin produced in the:
* Intestinal enterochromaffin cells
* In the central/peripheral neurons.
Serotonin is deaminated to
Serotonin is deaminated to 5-hydroxyindoleactic acid (5-HIAA)
which is the main urinary excretion product of serotonin
metabolism.
Gastrin Produced and stored mainly by
- the endocrine cells of the antral (pyloric)
mucosa (Stomach) - the proximal Duodenum (to a lesser
extent) - the cells of the Pancreatic islets.