Tutorial 01 – Part 2 Flashcards

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What does „sugar“ commonly refer to?

A

Sucrose, a disaccharide consisting of one glucose and one fructose molecule

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2
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Where is the intramolecular bond cleaved in?

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The gut

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3
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Via which pathways are glucose and fructose absorbed?

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Via different metabolic pathways

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4
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Sugar vs fructose (caloric value and physiological responses)

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Sugar generally signals high caloric value and the physiological responses are generally much stronger to glucose than to fructose

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5
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What is the only nutrient neurons/the brain can use for energy production?

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Glucose

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6
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How is sugar conditioning possible?

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Even without tasting the sweetness (e.g. in direct intestinal infusion via gastric tube)

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Where are the cells necessary and sufficient for sugar conditioning found?

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In the proximal small intestine (duodenum, jejunum)

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What is a cell type with neuron-like behavior in the mucosal lining of gut called?

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Neuropod cells

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Where can neuropod cells be found?

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In the mucolsal lining of gut

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What happens when neuropod cells bind to sodium-glucose co-transporter channels

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Influx of sodium

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What happens after the influx of sodium (neuropod cells)?

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Taste-receptor like receptors start second-messenger cascade with release of Ca2+ from intracellular storages, which opens a second set of Na+ channels

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12
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What happens after the second set of Na+ channels are opened (neuropod)?

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KATP-channels close on intracellular binding of ATP increase (after intracellular glucose metabolization)

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What do the three processes (influx of sodium, Na+ channels are open, KATP channels close on intracellular binding of ATP-increase) cause in neuropod cells?

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Depolarization

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How are the extensions of neuropod cells and where do they go to (also what potentials does it cause)?

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Axon-like extensions harbor vesicles with glutamate, which is released onto dendrites of the vagal nerve and cause excitatory post-synaptic potentials

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Where does the vagus nerve forward the signal to (neuropod)?

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To the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the medulla

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16
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What is taste receptor called (neuropod)?

17
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What happens from T1R3 on?

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  • second messenger cascade
  • Ca2+ release
    Na+ influx via TRPM5 channels
18
Q

What is the sodium-glucose co-transporter called and what does it do?

A

SGLT1: direct Na+ influx

19
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What closes upon ATP binding

A

KATP channels

20
Q

What are voltage-gated calcium channels doing?

A

VGCC amplify process and induce hormone release

21
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What are KATP channels doing?

A

Closes upon ATP binding

22
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What is responsible for direct Na+ influx?

A

SGLT1 (sodium-glucose co-transporter)

23
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Where does nucleus tractus solitarius receive input from?

A

Gut, but also oral cavity (sensation of sweetness and intestinal sugar signaling), as well as olfactory and visual cues (motivational)

24
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Where does the NTS (nucleus tractus solitarius) project to?

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To the hypothalamus, central nucleus of amygdala, locus coeruleus (release of noradrenaline increases arousal), dorsal raphe (serotonin increases motivation and mood), SNc and VTA

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In which pathways does sugar intake increase activity?
In Mesolimbic and Nigrostriatal pathways
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Which pathway shows activity in sham-fed rats and which pathway does not (taste of sweetness, but no glucose intake)?
Mesolimbic activity increase but not nigrostriatal
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Which side of the vagus nerve causes increase in which activity?
Left vagus nerve shows increase in mesolimbic activity, right vagus nerve increases nigrostriatal activity
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How is the Nigrostriatal dopamine?
Post-ingestive only
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How is the mesolimbic dopamine?
Pre-ingestive and post-ingestive
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What can the midbrain dopaminergic system be divided into?
Substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) But separation is not strict with overlap and dopaminergic cells extending beyond boundaries
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Which pathways is the midbrain dopaminergic system origin of?
Nigrostriatal ( ventral SNc, important for locomotion), mesolimbic and mesocortical pathway (dorsal SNc and VTA, important for reward signaling
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By what is sugar perceived in the body?
Sugar is perceived by taste receptors in the mouth, but also by epithelial cells in the intestine that have neuron-like properties, e.g. the capacity to depolarize and release neurotransmitters onto dendrites of the vagus nerve
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Signals of sugar are conveyed to which part of the brain?
The nucleus tractus solitarius of the medulla and forwarded onto reward circuitry in midbrain, but also hypothalamus and amygdala
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Nigrostriatal dopamine pathway
Hepatic portal vain -> left vagus -> cNTS Intestine -> right vagus -> cNTS -> PBN -> SNOc ->dorsal str -> cortex
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Mesolimbic dopamine pathway
1) hepatic portal vain -> left vagus -> cNTS Intestine -> right vagus -> cNTS -> VTA -> ventral str -> cortex 2) tongue -> cranial nerves 7, 9, 10 ->rNTS -> VTA -> ventral str -> cortex
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Hoe does sugar travel trougj the body (simple)?
Gustation ( taste receptor cells) -> vagus nerve shows increase-> gut sense (neuropod cells)