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1
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What system consists of ductless endocrine glands that occur at numerous locations in the body?

A

Endocrine system

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2
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In the endocrine system - how is communication between glands and other tissues achieved?

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By secretion of a hormone into blood stream and transport to a target site

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3
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Name three things that the endocrine system regulates?

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  1. Nutrient metabolism
  2. H2O and electrolyte balance
  3. Red blood cell production
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4
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What stress hormone is long term and what is short term?

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Long term - cortisol

Short term - Adrenaline

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5
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What are the three main classes of hormones?

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  1. Glycoproteins and peptides
  2. Steroids - derived from cholsterol
  3. Tyrosine and tryptophan derivatives
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6
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Give two hormones in the protein and peptide class?

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Oxytocin

Insulin

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7
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What is tyrosine enzymatically converted to?

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Adrenaline

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8
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How are amines transported in plasma?

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Freely - they are hydrophilic

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9
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What are peptides and proteins pre-synthesised from?

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Longer precursor

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10
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With steroids - what is cholesterol converted to?

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Pregnenolone - rate limiting step

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11
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How are steroids transported in the plasma?

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Mainly bound to plasma proteins - hydrophobic

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12
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Are steroids and thyroxine soluble or insoluble in plasma?

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Insoluble

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13
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Give two roles of carrier proteins?

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  1. Increase amount transported in blood

2. Prevent rapid excretion by preventing filtration at kidneys

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14
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What does sex steroid-binding globulin bind to?

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Testosterone and estradiol

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15
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What does albumin bind to?

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Steroids and thyroxine

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16
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What does transthyretin bind to?

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Thyroxine and some steroids

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17
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What helps to maintain a constant concentration of free lipophilic hormone in the blood?

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Carrier proteins

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18
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Are free and bound hormones in equilibrium?

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Yes`

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19
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What is the primary determinant of plasma concentration?

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Rate of secretion

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20
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What does ‘tropic’ refer to?

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A hormone that acts upon another endocrine gland to regulate its secretion of hormone

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21
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What secretes corticotropinreleasing hormone?

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Hypothalamus

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22
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What does CTRH target which then releases Adrenocorticotropic hormone?

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Anterior pituitary

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23
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What does ACTH act on which then secretes cortisol?

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Adrenal cortex

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24
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Hormone receptors exist as three structurally and funtionally distinct types - name the two cell surface receptors and the one intracellualr receptor?

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GPCR
Receptor kinases

nuclear receptors

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25
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What are class 1 nuclear receptors activated by?

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Steroid hormones

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26
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What are class 2 nuclear receptors activated by?

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Lipids

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27
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What are hybrid class nuclear receptors activated by?

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Thyroid hormone

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28
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What type of receptor is this: binding of insulin causes autophosphorylation of intracellular tyrosine residues. recruitment of multiple adapter proteins, notibly IRS1, that are also tyrosine phosphorylated?

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Receptor kinases

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29
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What are nuclear receptors?

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Ligand-gated transcription factors

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30
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What four cells are in pancreatic islets - in order of most abundant first?

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  1. Beta-cells
  2. Alpha-cells
  3. Gamma-cells
  4. PP cells
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31
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What do beta-cells secrete?

32
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What do alpha cells secrete?

33
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What do gamma cells secrete?

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Somatostatin

34
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What do PP cells secrete?

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Pancreatic polypeptide

35
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What is synthesised in the rough ER of pancreatic beta-cells as a larger single chain preprohormone - preprosinsulin?

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Insulin peptide

36
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During secretion of insulin: how does glucose enter beta-cells and what phosphorylates it>

A

GLUT2 glucose transporter

Glucokinase

37
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What phosphorylates glucose at very low concentrations?

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Hexokinase

38
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What does an increased metabolism of glucose lead to in relation to intracellular ATP concentration>

A

An increase

39
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In relation to insulin secretion: what does ATP inhibit?

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ATP-sensitive K+ channel Katp

40
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During insulin secretion: what depolarises the cell membrane?

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Inhibition of Katp

41
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During insulin secretion: what does depolarisation of cell membrane result in?

A

Opening of voltage-gated Calcium channels

42
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During insulin secretion: what does an increase in internal calcium concentration lead to?

A

Fusion of secretory vesicles with the cell membrane and release of insulin

43
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How is the release of insulin described?

44
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Name the two Katp channel proteins?

A

Kir6.1 - inward rectifier subunit, pore subunit

SUR1 - sulphonylurea receptor, regulatory subunit

45
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What structure are Katp channels?

46
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What class of drugs directly inhibits Katp?

A

Sulphonylurea - tolbutamide or glibenclamide

47
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What drug stimulates Katp?

A

Diazoxide - which inhibits insulin secretion

48
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What do HNF transcription factors play a key role in?

A

Pancreas foetal development and neogenesis and regulate beta cell differentiation and function

49
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When can sulphonylurea be used instead of insulin?

A

When there has been robust genetic screening to differentiate MODY from type I diabetes

50
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What type of diabetes involves a loss of insulin secreting beta cells?

51
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What type of diabetes involves defective glucose sensing in the pancreas and/or loss of insulin secretion?

52
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What type of diabetes is initially hyperglycemoa with hyperinsulinemia so the primary problem is reduced insulin sensitivity in tissues?

A

Type II diabetes

53
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What family of receptors does insulin receptor belong to?

A

Receptor tyrosine kinases

54
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Is protein phosphorylation reversible?

55
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What do protein kinases promote?

A

Protein phosphorylation

56
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Name the three amino acids that protein phosphorylation occurs on? (any hydroxyl group)

A

Serine
Threonine
Tyrosine

57
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What is introduced onto proteins when they get phosphorylated~?

A

A large negative charge

58
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Name a dimeric tyrosine kinase?

A

Insulin receptor

59
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What is insulin receptor composed of?

A

2 Extracellular alpha subunits and two transmembrane beta subunits linked by disulfide bonds

60
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What binds to alpha subunit in insulin receptor?

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Hormone-binding (insulin) domains

61
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What binds to beta subunits in the insulin receptor?

A

ATP-binding and tyrosine kinase domains

62
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How does the insulin receptor work?

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Binding of insulin to alpha subunits causes beta subunits to phosphorylate themselves, thus activating the catalytic activity of the receptor

63
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What two pathways does IRS activate once the insulin receptor substrates are phosphorylated?

A
  1. Ras/MAP kinase pathway and gene expression

2. PI3K, PKB, and glycogen synthesis

64
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During insulin signalling simplified - what does PKB stimulate?

65
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What three things does the biological effect of insulin stimulate?

A
  1. DNA synthesis
  2. Protein synthesis
  3. Glycogen synthesis in liver and muscle
66
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What two things does the biological effect of insulin uptake?

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  1. Amino acid uptake in muscle

2. Glucose uptake in muscle and adipose tissue

67
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What are lipolysis and gluconeogenesis in the liver a biological effect of?

68
Q

Severe insulin resistance and diabetes can be due to a mutation in what?

69
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What disease is a rare autosomal recessive genetic trait, involves mutations in the gene for the insulin receptor, severe insulin resistance and is caused by defects in insulin binding orr insulin receptor signalling?

A

Leprechaunism or Donohue syndrome

70
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Give three developmental abnormalities of leprechaunism or donohue syndrome?

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  1. Elfin facial appearance
  2. Growth retardation
  3. Absence of subcutaneous fat, decreased muscle mass
71
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What is the rare autosomal recessive genetic trait that involves severe insulin resistance, hyperglycemia and compensatory hyperinsulinemia, developmental abnormalities and acanthosis nigricans?

A

Rabson Mendenhall syndrome

72
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Where are ketone bodies formed?

A

In liver mitochondria - derived from acetyl-CoA fro, beta-oxidation

73
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What does ketone body formation depend on?

A

Oxaloacetate

74
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What is oxaloacetate consumed for?

A

Gluconeogenesis

75
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What type of diabetes is ketoacidosis most associated with?

JL Endocrinology (12 decks)

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