The Cellular Basis of Hormone Action Flashcards

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Endocrine System Def.

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Secretes hormones. Coordinates slower but long acting responses. Eg growth, reproduction and behavior

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Hormone Def.

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Biochemical messenger, released from endocrine gland. Impacts gene expression and state of proteins

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Feedback Def.

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How hormones are regulated in endocrine system

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Negative Feedback Def.

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Hormone conc. is kept in a narrow range

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Positive Feedback Def.

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Amplifies hormone response

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Endocrine Signalling Def.

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Hormones act mainly on distant sites but can also act locally (both paracrine and autocrine)

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Paracrine Def.

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Target cells are adjacent to secreting cells (hormone travels)

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Autocrine Def.

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Hormone acts on secreting cell (hormone doesn’t travel)

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Factors that receptors shape and frequency on cell membrane influence

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Type of substrate and potency of substrate on cell

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Hormone Formation (outline)

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Stimulus received + processed by endocrine gland. Hormones secreted into blood. Carried to receptors with specific binding site

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Examples of hormones altering cell conditions

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Opening closing membrane channels (permeability), gene activation/suppression (functional protein expression), enzyme activation/deactivation, secretory products (suppression/induction) , cell division

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Hormone Action (outline)

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Receive stimulus, hormone secretion, receptor binding, tissue condition change and feedback

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2 Main Factors Effecting Cellular Response Degree

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How hormone’s delivered and receptor’s/tissue’s status

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Hormone Delivery Considerations

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hormone synthesis/secretion rate, target cell proximity, transport proteins dissociation constants (hydrophobic hormones), inactive to active conversions and liver/kidney clearance rate

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Receptor/ Tissue Status Considerations

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Receptors density + state of occupancy, receptor’s hormone affinity and receptor desensitization

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Hormone Classification Categories

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Chemical composition, solubility, binding site location, receptor basis

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Chemical Compositions of Hormones

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Steroids, peptides and glycoproteins

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Solubility of Hormones

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Hydrophobic vs Hyrdrophillic

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Binding site locations

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Intracellular vs cell surface

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Receptor bases

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G-protein + second messengers and kinase

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Steroid Hormone Outline

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Derived from lipid cholesterol, hydrophobic (non water soluble) and thus bind to transport proteins in blood. Eg testosterone

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Amine Hormones Outline

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Derived from trytophan and tyrosine (amino acids). Can be hydrophillic or hydrophobic. Eg thyroxine

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Peptide/ Protein Hormones

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Multiple amino acids forming chain. Peptides = short chain. Protein is polypepptide chain

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Hydrophobic (Lipophilic) Hormones Outline

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Non-water soluble. Bind to transporter proteins in circulation

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Hydrophillic (/lipophobic) hormone outline
Water soluble. Travel independently in circulation
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How hydrophilic hormones bind to cell
Extracellular. Can't move through lipid bi-layer. Creating a signalling cascade controlled by a second messanger
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How hydrophobic hormones bind to cell
Intracellular. Can diffuse across lipid bi-layer. Binds to DNA segment causing transcription
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Steps of hydrophobic hormone binding
Diffusion, Binding, Translocation, Hormone Response Elements, delta expression
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Hydrophobic Hormone Response Elements (HRE)
Receptor with hormone binds to HRE on DNA
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Delta Expression Def.
Binding derives change in mRNA and resulting protein expressions
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Hormone Response Elements
Regions of DNA, consensus sequence and close to initiation (transcription) siteHREs associate with activated receptor and nuclear receptor proteins. More complex
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Hydrophilic Hormones Outline
Binding, Intracellular Signaling, PKA activation and Phosphorylation
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How message from Hydrophilic crosses membrane
G-protein receptors
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Intracellular Signaling
G proteins activate adenylate cyclase (converts ATP to cAMP(cyclic adenosine mono phosphate)). Propagates signal through cell
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PKA (protein kinase A) Activation
cAMP targets and activates protein kinase A within cytosol
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Phosphorylation
PKA triggers selective phosphorylation of cellular proteins eg nuclear transcription factors
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Phosphodieterase Outline
Activated by protein kinase A. Deactivates cAMP forming negative feedback loop for phosphorylation
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Examples of 2nd messangers
cAMP, calcium, cGMP
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Ligand-Activated Protein Kinase Activity
Aggregate and phosphorylate eachother at specific tyrosine residues in cytoplasmic tail. Propagate signals by autophosphorylation (no 2nd messenger)
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Hormone Biological Processes Example
Gene transcription, transporter channels, protein translocation (hydrophilic only), protein modification (hydrophilic only)
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Insulin Receptor
Ligand-activated, tyrosine-specific protein kinase
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Type 2 Diabetes Cause
Insulin receptor develops insensitivity results in deficient signaling and thus an increase in blood glucose levels
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Graves' Disease Cause
Autoimmune. Antibody binds to thyroid stimulating hormone receptor causing increase thyroid hormone production (hyperthyroidism)
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Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA) Outline
Measure hormone concentrations in blood. The darker the colour in the say = the higher the conc. of hormone. Used in diagnosis and pregnancy tests. Can be quantative (exact conc) or qualative (yes/no)