reg Flashcards
In addition to obesity which other conditions are associated with the metabolic syndrome
Cardiovascular disease
Renal failure
Dyslipidemia
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Above what BMI levels is someone classed as obese?
> 30
In 2018 the proportion of children (11-15 years of age) within the UK that were classed as overweight or obese was?
20%
Obesity is a heterogeneous group of conditions with multiple causes that can be influenced by
Enviromental factors
Genetics
Obesity is associated with increased risk of
Type 2 diabetes
Stroke
Dementia
The hypothalamus can influence energy balance and body weight by changing
Behaviour
Neuroendocrine system
Autonomic nervous system activity
Satiation signals can influence energy intake by
suppressing appetite
slowing gastric emptying
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is found
in babies as well as along the spine
Brown adipose tissue gets its colour due to
tightely packed mitchondira
The main uncoupling protein expressed within the mitochondria of adipocytes involved in adaptive thermogenesis is
UCP1
Rodent models of monogenic obesity led to the discovery of which hormone
Leptin
The obesogenic phenotype of the db/db mouse can be rescued by the injection of leptin
False
Leptin in an afferent hormone released from
adipocytes
Which of the following is the only orexigenic hormone
Leptin Ghrelin Insulin Adiponectin (ghrelin)
What are three funtions of leptin
Memory formation
Immune response
Reproductive hormone balance
Second order neurons begin in the
LHA, PVN
what is the product of sequential cleavages of Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)?
alpha MSH
name three similarites between leptin and insulin
Circulates in proportion to adiposity
Is an anorexigenic hormone
Has a specialised transport system into the brain
The hypothalamus is a brain region central to
survival
Leptin and Insulin receptors are expressed highly in the
ARC (in the brain)
NPY and AgRP produce which type of response?
Orexigenic
Alpha MSH produces which type of response?
Anorexigenic
what is Anorexigenic
decrease food intake
What is Orexigenic
increaase food intake
Agouti is ectopically expressed in the Ay mouse model. In the brain it binds to the AgRP receptor …
MC3/4R
Why is recombinant leptin therapy not a viable treatment for the majority of obese patientsImmersive Reader
They already have high blood leptin levels
What is the most common cause of obesity
mutations in the MC4R
What are the Two main ideas for leptin resistance
prevention of leptin activation
impared transport of leptin into the brain
What three proteins are activated by leptin siganlling
JAK2-STAT3
AMPK
PI3K
PTP1B is a
Phosphatase
SOCS3 expression is decreased in mouse models of obesity true of false
false
what are three mouse models for obesity
Fatty rat
Ob/Ob
DIO
Mutations in what genes have been idetified with human genetic obesity
POMC
PC-1
MC4R
what is a common side effect of obesity drugs
cardiovasuclar events
what was for a long time the only drug approved to treat obesity
orlistat
what are three drugs used to treat obesity
Rimonabant
Lariglutide
Qsymia
The average weight loss with Bariatric surgery is
50-60%
what is the only drug allowed ot treat obeisty in the US
Lorcaserin
Give an exmaple of something that inhibts GH secreation by the pituitary
increased blood glucose
what transcribes the GW gene in somatotrophs
Pit-1
what are the hormones commanly assosiated with regulating growth
Thyroid Hormone
Testosterone
Growth Hormone
IGF-1
What are the four important name and strucutre facts about GH
It has a half-life of 25-30 min in the blood circulation
Has a molecular size of ~20-22 kDa
Secreted in a pulsatile manner from the pituitary gland
Also known as somatotropin
what are the consequnces of GH action
Increased hepatic IGF-1 production
Increased cellular protein synthesis
Spared utilisation of glucose as a metabolic fuel
Increased lipolysis
___(# )____ molecule(s) of GH bind(s) to ___(# )____ receptor(s). Signal transduction follows which leads to the production of _____. This signaling occurs via the ______ family of intracellular tyrosine kinases and the ______ family of transcription factors.
One; Two; IGF-1; JAK; STAT
what IGF-1 binding proteins is the carrier for the IGF-1 in plasma for promoting somatic growth
IGF-3 BP1
Acromegaly is assoated with what
the continoues secreation of GH in adualts
hyperplasia is what
increased cell production
what conditions result in a short height
Hyposecretion of Growth hormone-releasing hormone
Failure to generation IGF in the liver
Growth hormone receptor deficiency
where are glucagon and trypsin made
Glucagon - Alpha Cells (Source)
Trypsin - Acinar Cells (Source)
what is the name given to insulin resistance/lack
Diabetes Mellitus