Type 1 Diabetes Flashcards
What are the 4 cell types of the islets?
- Beta (60-80%)
- Alpha (20-30%
- Delta (somatostatin, suppresses insulin and glucagon)
- Pancreatic polypeptide (unknown fxn)
What inc risk of CV dis do you have with diabets?
2-4X inc risk
Describe the processes of insulin processing
- Insulin is synth as inactive precursor form (preproinsulin)
- A signal sequence is removed from preproinsulin following insertion into the endoplasmic reticulum, resulting in proinsulin
- Proinsulin is further processed to form insulin and a byproduct C peptide, both of which are packaged into secretory vesicles (proteolytic cleavage by trypsin, chymotrypsin–>removal of basic AAs)
- Mature insulin is comprised of an A and B peptide chain, linked together by two disulfide bonds
What kind of hormone is insulin?
Peptide hormone
What does insulin do?
Key anabolic hormone critical for glucose uptake and utilization, lipid and protein synth, and an essential growth factor for normal development
What needs to be intact for insulin to do all of its jobs?
- Islet b cell mass
- insulin synthesis
- glucose-dep insulin secretion
- insulin signaling at target cells
What is often used to measure endogenous insulin production?
Amount of C peptide (which was cleaved during to production of insulin)
What is the turnover rate of insulin?
2-4hrs
What is amylin?
Amylin (IAPP) is a substance also in secretory granules with insulin, proinsulin, proteolytic enzymes and Zn. It inhibits glucagon secretion after a meal. In diabetics, there is less amylin and therefore inc glucagon concentrations
What 3 things are stimulatory for insulin secretion?
- Nutrient load (glucsoe the most, but fat and protein also stimulate its release)
- Autonomic NS (vagus–>stim, sympathetic–>Inhibits and cephalic phase–>stim)
- Hormones (GLP-1 and GIP gut hormones stim)
What 2 things inhibit insulin secretion?
- Starvation/hypoglycemia
2. Hormones (glucagon, epinephrine, growth hormone, cortisol)
How does glucose work to regulate insulin secretion?
Directly and by augmenting the action of other insulin secretagogues
A rise in blood glucose levels causes an immediate release of insulin from granules. If the secretory stimulus persists, a delayed response follows causing more insulin to be produced.
What other agents regulate normal insulin metab?
GLP1, leucine, arginine, sulfonylureas stim inuslin reslease
What is insulin necessary for?
- Transmembrane transport of gluc and AAs
- Glycogen formation in the liver and skeletal muscles
- Glucose conversion to TGs
- Nucleic acid synth
- Protein synth
-Principle fxn is to inc rate of glucose transport into striated muscle cells
How are type 1 and type 2 different in their insulin production?
T1: absolute insulin def
T2: insulin resistance with relative insulin deficiency
How are type 1 and type 2 different in their onset of symptoms?
T1: Abrupt onset of hyperglycemia and propensity for dev of DKA
T2: Hyperglycemia dev gradually with progressive decline in beta cell fxn (ie initially silent)
How are type 1 and type 2 different in treatment?
T1: lifelong insulin injection required
T2: can be treated with oral meds
How are type 1 and type 2 different in cause?
T1: Associated with auto-antibodies
T2: Associated with increasing age and obesity
(hyperosmolar hyperglycemic non-ketosis (HHNK), can dev DKA)