SEcretion 1 and 2 Flashcards
What 3 components are in digestive secretion
- water
- electrolytes
- specific organic constituents (digestive enzymes, mucus, bile salts)
What stimulate secretory cells?
explain the 3 types
Secretagogue
Neurocrine-NT from neuron innervate the secretory cell
Endocrine (hormones)-modulator of secretion distant from cells transported by the blood stream
Paracrine- modulators reach neighboring cells by diffusion
How do exocrine glands make secretory products
They extract passively and actively raw materials from plasma and then empty into ducts of secretory glands that are delivered to the GI tract.
Secretion is coupled with increase blood flow to exocrine gland to optimize availability of raw materials
List the salivary glands
Parotid (main)
Submandibular
Sublingual
Strcuture of salivary glands and what each secrete
Acinus-secretory endpiece with serous acinar with zymogen granules
Ducts- drainage system for acinar fluids and modifications of acinar secretions (contains intercolated disc, striated and excretory ducts)
Explain the 2 stage model of salivary secretion
2 stage process of saliva
- Primary secertion- Secretion of saliva at end-pieces (acinar) is similar to the plasma in osmolarity
- But saliva that reaches the oral cavity is different because as it passes through the duct system NaCl are reabsorbed and bicarbonate and K+ are added so as the saliva reaches the oral cavity there is high bicarbonate so it is basic/alkaline when it reaches the oral cavity
What happens to saliva with increased flow rate
It increase osmolority but remains hypotonic to the plasma because the absroption of of NaCl is larger than the amount added back by the duct lining cells
Osmolority is flow dependent because Na is. So low flow you have a low concentration of Na because that allows for more time for Na to be reabsorbed
What is mucus?
Its function?
How is it produced?
Collective term for secretions with glycoproteins mucins
Protect mucosal surfaces from abrasion, lubricate bolus and alkaline pH counters the acidic stomach
Produced by mucous cells in salivary glands, goblet cells, brunners gland, neck cells of gastric gland, pancreatic acinar cells
Protective functions of saliva (6)
- Bicarbonate (neutralize acidic stomach)
- antimicrobials
- Secretory immunoglobin (IgA)
- Epidermal growth factos
- Water intake
- Mouth hygiene
Digestive Function of saliva
- Lubrication
- Dissolving substances for taste mechanism
- R proteins that help digest B12 that can only come from diet
- AMylase
- Lingual lipase
Control of salivary glands
Parasym NS. that sustains high output, synthesis and secrtion of amylase and mucins, vasodilation and increase blood flow
What are the gastric secretory cells and their products
surface/mucous/glandular mucous cells– mucous, HCO3
Parietal (oxyntic)– HCL
Chief(peptic) -pesinogen/pepsin
Neuroendorcine cells
G cells- gastrin
D cells- somatostatin
Enterochromaffine- histamine
Digestive function of gastric secretions (3)
Digestive enzymes (pepsinogen and gastric lipase)
HCL makes environment acidic for pepsin and lingual lipase to work optimally; HCl softens food
R protein- bind to B12 and prevent gastric and intestinal digestion
Digestive secretion protective functions
Gastric acidity is an antibacterial
Mucous and HCO3 protect gastric mucosa from damage by the low pH
Pepsin
optimum pH?
what happens to activate it?
How is it released>
- pH=3
- low gastric pH cleaves the inactive pepsinogen to pepsin and then pepsin can cleave pepsinogen and positive feedback
- Pepsinogen is stored in zymogen granules and realeased by exocytosis
What stimulates the secretion of pepsinogen
Hormones- gastrin, CCK, VIP and secretin
Neuronal- ACH and B agonist
Hormonal- histamine– hCl– ACid
Distenion of the Duodenum
Ionic composition of gastric juice
Fasting/no meal- low secretion and composition is more NaCl
maximal stimulation can be “pure HCl”
Cellular mechanism of HCl production
Carbonic anhydrase catabliize H20 + CO2–> H2CHO3–> H+ + HCO3
The H+ is released into the lumen of the stomach in exchange with K+
Advantage of the pump is we can have extremely high H+ in lumen for digestion against the gradient
Bicarbonate exchanged with Cl- in the basolateral space
In the mechanism of HCl in the stomach What is happening in the basolateral space?
Bicarbonate is being exchanged with Cl-; this is sending an increase in pH (alkaline tide) into the blood stream
Relation between parietal and chief?
Exception
Most cells that stimulate parietal also stimulate cheif cells
Exception- secretin stimulates pepsinogen but inhibits acid (cheif)
Ways that Ach stimulates acid production
Positive Feedback
- Cholinergic nerve terminals release AcH (secretegue) and cells release Proteins
- Ach (and gastrin) stimulates enterchromaffe which stimualates histamine which stimulates proteins (and their protons)