Quiz 7 - Hormones, Fatty Acid Metabolism, Regulation of Metabolism, Musculoskeletal system, Diabetes, Bone Physio Flashcards
Homeostasis
Physiologic ability to maintain a relative stable internal environment despite external changes.
4 features of feedback mechanisms
- System Variable
- Set Point
- Detector
- Corrective mechanism
Hormones
Chemical messengers secreted into the blood to alter rates of processes in target organs and cells.
Low concentrations produce effects.
Control long-term homeostatic processes of growth, development, metabolism, reproduction and internal environment regulation.
Endocrinology
Study of endocrine system and hormone action
Where do hormones bind?
Receptors on or in target cells
What do hormones control?
- Rates of enzymatic reactions
- Movement of ions or molecules across membranes
- Gene expression and protein synthesis.
Where are hormones produced?
Endocrine cells and organs
Where are hormones released?
Endocrine glands
Thyroid hormone
Made in thyroid, controls basal metabolism
Cortisol
Made in adrenal cortex, controls energy metabolism and stress responses.
Mineralcorticoids
Made in adrenal cortex, regulate plasma volume via effects on serum electrolytes
Vasopressin
Made in the posterior pituitary, regulates plasma osmolality via effects on water excretion
Parathyroid hormone
Made in the parathyroids, regulates calcium and phosphorus levels.
Insulin
Made in the B cells of the pancreas, regulates plasma glucose concentration.
Neurocrine
Secretion of hormones into the bloodstream by neurons
Endocrine
Secretion of hormones into the bloodstream by endocrine glands
Paracrine
Hormone molecules secreted by one cell affects adjacent cells
Autocrine
Hormone molecule secreted by a cell affects the secreting cell.
Three chemical classes of hormones
- Steroid hormones
- Peptide and protein hormones - 50 aas is a protein
- Amine hormones (tyrosine derivatives)
Lipophilic hormones
Fat-soluble
Steroid and thyroid hormones
Bind to intracellular receptors
Hydrophilic hormones
Water-soluble
All other hormones
Bind to extracellular receptors and trigger signaling cascades
Amine hormones
Thyroid hormones and Catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine)
Derived from amino acid tyrosine
Thyroid hormones
Thyroxine
Derived from Tyrosine (Amine hormone)
Bind to nuclear receptors
Catecholamines
Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
Derived from Tyrosine
Bind to cell surface receptors
Peptide and Protein hormones
Water soluble
Most numerous hormones
Often produced as preprohormones that are cleaved and modified
Often carried inactively bound to a protein to carry it though the blood
Modification of Peptide hormones
- Genes code for mRNA, translated into preprohormone
- Preprohormone formed in ER, broken into prohormone in the Golgi
- After posttranslational modification in the Golgi, peptide hormone is secreted
Prohormones exist for which hormones?
Insulin Somatostatin Glucagon Enkephalin ADH (Vasopressin) Gastrin Parathyroid hormone Calcitonin ACTH
Signal transduction/Extracellular Hormone Receptor Pathway
Hydrophilic hormone binds to cell surface GPCR, G-protein activates second messenger (like cAMP), 2nd messenger activates other effects
Steroid hormones
Derived from Cholesterol
Lipid Soluble
Must be carried in plasma by plasma blinding globulins
“Bound” steroid hormones serve as a reservoir
Plasma binding globulins
Bind to steroid hormones in the plasma
Albumin, testosterone binding globulin, thyroxine binding globulin
Intracellular Hormone Receptor Pathway
Lipid soluble hormones cross membrane, bind to intracellular receptors (hormone-receptor complex), HRC binds to DNA and acts as transcription factor, directing protein synthesis
Aromatase Enzyme/Aromatization
Enzyme that converts “Free” androgen hormones into estrogens.
Occurs in trophoblastic tumors
Occurs normally in adipocytes, liver, brain.
5 Factors that effect circulating hormone levels
- Synthesis and secretion rate
- Rates of degradation and uptake
- Receptor binding/availability of receptors
- Affinity of hormone for plasma carriers
- Free hormones equilibrate with bound hormones
Negative feedback regulation of hormones
Hormone shuts down stimulating or releasing factors, ending hormone action
Positive feedback regulation of hormones
Uncommon, hormones enhance releasing and stimulating factors
Occurs in childbirth (parturition)
Long-loop feedback
Target gland hormone may feedback and inhibit its production
Short-loop feedback
Stimulating hormone (trophic hormone) inhibits hormone production
Pituitary gland anatomy
- Anterior pituitary - pars anterior
- Intermediate lobe - pars intermedia
- Posterior pituitary - neurohypophysis/pars nervosa
- Infundibulum - stalk that links to hypothalamus
Hypothalamo-hypophysial portal system
Capillary system that links secretory neurons of hypothalamus with storage portion of anterior pituitary
Pituitary hormone
Ocytocin
ADH
Adrenocorticotrophic hormon (ACTH)
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA)
Responsible for adaptation of stress response, regulates many body functions
Feedback control of Osmolality
Vasopressin/ADH made in hypothalamus, secreted from neurohypophysis/Posterior pituitary. Hypothalamic osmoreceptors control release of ADH. ADH causes aquaporins to be inserted into collecting duct of renal tubules to reabsorb water
Adrenal gland hormones
- Mineralcorticoids - Aldosterone, secreted by zona glomerulosa (top layer of adrenal cortex)
- Glucocorticoids - Cortisol, secreted by zona faciculataa (Middle layer)
- Adrenal androgens - Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), secreted by zona reticularis (bottom layer)
- Epinephrine (80%) and Norepinephrine (20%) - secreted by adrenal medulla
Aldosterone
Mineralcorticoid
Promotes sodium reabsorption and potassium excretion by renal tubules
Imbalanced increase causes hypokalemia and muscle weakness
Imbalanced decrease causes hyperkalemia and cardiac toxicity
Aldosterone escape - persistent elevated EC fluid volumes causes loss of excessive Na+ and water, causing dehydration
Cortisol
Glucocorticoid
Stimulates gluconeogenesis, increasing serum glucose
Has anti-inflammatory effects, adversely affects immunity, eosinophil and lymphocyte counts decreasae
Adrenal androgens
DHEA, DHEAS, androstenedione, 11-hydroxyandrostenedione
Formation of progesterone and estrogen via aromatization
Development of sex organs
ACTH effects androgen release, so secretion parallels cortisol
Acute stress
Fight or flight response
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Blood glucose rises, BP rises, Bronchioles dilate
Chronic stress
Steroid hormones secreted
Immune suppressed
Water retention
Eventual exhaustion
Cortisol regulation
Negative feedback loop
Endocrine gland hyposecretion
Hormone deficiency (Ex. Type 1 Diabetes)
Hormone resistence
Ex.) Type 2 Diabetes
Hormone Excess
Tumors of glands produce excessive hormone
Ex.) Acromegaly - gigantism, too much growth hormone. Treated with somatostatin
Ex.) Graves disease - antibodies bind to hormone receptors causing thyroid hormone release
Addison’s Disease
Adrenal insufficiency, leads to hypoglycemia, weight loss, postural hypertension, weakness, GI distubances
Cushing’s Syndrome
Excess ACTH causes excess cortisol
Moon face, buffalo hump, buisability, poor wound healing
Hypothyroidism
Insufficient thyroid hormone
Fatigue, constipation, dry skin, depression, enlarged thyroid
Hashimoto’s disease - autoimmune hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Excess thyroid hormone
Weight loss, fast heart rate, exopthalmos (bulging eyes), enlarged thyroid
Grave’s disease - autoimmune hyperthyroidism
Dietary Lipid processing
- Bile salts emulsify dietary fats in the small intestine, forming mixed micelles
- Intestinal lipases degrade trigycerides
- Fatty acids and other breakdown products taken into intestinal mucosa, converted into triglycerides
- Triglycerides incorporated with cholesterol and apolipoproteins into chylomicrons
- Chylomicrons move through lymphatic system and into blood vessels
- Lipoprotein lipase in blood vessels converts triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerides. Fatty acids enter cells
(C chains 14C or longer need protein to transport across membrane) - Fatty acids are oxidized as fuel or reesterified into storage
How are fatty acids transported?
Albumin carries free fatty acids in serum
Lipoproteins carry triglycerides and cholesterol (Chylomicrons)
4 classes of Lipoproteins
- Chylomicrons - take triglycerides from gut to muscle, liver, etc.
- Very Low Density Lipoprotein - created in liver, sent to tissues
- Low Density Lipoprotein - made from VLDL when triglycerides are removed at body cells
- High Density Lipoprotein - has low triglyceride content, collects lipids from vasculature
Triacylglycerol cycle
Triacylglycerol (triglycerides) cycles between adipose tissue, blood and liver to mobilize fatty acids for energy. Imbalanced towards triglycerides and storage rather than free fatty acids for energy
Adipose triglyceride mobilization
Glucagon binds to adipose cell surface receptor, triggars G protein, adenylyl Cyclase, cAMP cascade. Protein Kinase A triggers Triglyceride breakdown into free fatty acids that are released into the bloodstream.
Fatty acids are brought into body cells via a transporter, then are used for Beta Oxidation.
Lipid Catabolism
Glycerol enters glycolysis, produces 5% of energy from fatty acids
Fatty acids form Acyl-CoAs, generate 95% of energy from fatty acids
Acyl-Carnitine/Carnitine Transporter
Carnitine used as carrier to bring Carbon chains from cytosol, across intermembrane space and into matrix of mitochondria
3 stages of fatty acid oxidation
- Beta Oxidation - breaks fatty acids into acetyl-CoAs and generates NADH and FADH2
- Citric Acid Cycle - Utilizes acetyl-CoAs to generate NADH and FADH2
- Oxidative Phosphorylation - Utilized NADH and FADH2 to generate ATP. Generates 108 ATP from one 16C chain
Fatty Acid Beta Oxidation
Removes a 2 carbon piece at the Beta carbon, producing 1 NADH and 1 FADH per Acetyl-CoA produced
What happens to Acetyl-CoA after production in Beta Oxidation?
- Enters Citric Acid Cycle
- Converted into Ketone Bodies to use for energy production when glucose is low.
- Formed back into fatty acids
Citrate shuttle
Acetyl-CoA is produced in mitochondria matrix, but lipid synthesis occurs in the cytoplasmic space. OXA is converted into Citrate using Acetyl-CoA. Citrate leaves the mitochondria and is converted back into OXA, releasing Acetyl-CoA into the cytoplasm.
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase
Adds a CO2 to Acetyl-CoA, creating Malonyl-CoA, which is used to create fatty acid chains
Fatty Acid Synthase
Enzyme binds Malonyl-CoA to Acetyl-CoA, releasing CO2 and using NADPH. Creates a 4 Carbon chain. Repeats to add 2C at a time.
Creates palmitate - 16:0 fatty acid. Further processing can create an 18:1 fatty acid
NADPH is an electron donor
Essential Fatty Acids
18:2 and longer chains cannot be created by mammals and must be ingested. Linoleate is first essential fatty acid