Week 2: Acid production by the stomach Flashcards
Functions of acid production by the stomach
- Antimicrobial function (pH <2.0) (blood is usually 7.35 and stomach is about 1.8)
Cells that produce HCl
Parietal cells
Acid output vs time after food consumption
The chemical equation of acid production
CO2 + H2O -carbonic anhydrase-> HCO3- + H+ which lowers the pH
Then HCO3- is transported out of the cell and Cl- into the cell by an antiporter
H+ is transported into the lumen of the stomach and a K+ into the cell by an ATPase antiporter (K+ H+ ATPase antiporter)
Too much K+ could block the function of the K+ H+ ATPase antiporter so there is a K+ leak channel
Cl- is transported into the lumen and operates on a gradient from the parietal cell concentration gradient and charge driven due to the H+ in the lumen causing a positive charge in the lumen helping to drive the Cl- channel
Speed of carbonic anhydrase enzyme
convert 10^8 CO2 to HCO3- + H+ / second
gene to protein timeframe
~14 hrs
How does the parietal cell respond so quickly to a meal?
there are numerous vesicles that contain the K+H+ ATPase transporter so that way when food is eaten and the parietal cell is activated, these vesicles fuse to the lumen membrane of the parietal cell to allow for transport quickly after a meal instead of having to transcribe a new protein from DNA (would take ~14 hrs if proteins had to be transcribed from DNA)
What stimulates the parietal cell to start secreting HCl?
4 listed
- (don’t want this process to occur unless there is food present) so
- Vagus nerve stimulation (when food is sensed via cephalic phase of digestion)
- Also, gastrin stimulation from G cell secretion of gastrin into the blood to directly stimulate the parital cell (Gastric phase of digestion)
- Mechano receptors sensing stretching of stomach leading to further G cell activation and gastrin secretion
- Histamine secreted by ECL cells and sensed through the H2 receptor on the parietal anti-luminal membrane
Cephalic phase of digestion
when food is sensed salivary glands and vagus nerve stimulation
Pavlov experiment
sensing food leads to salivary production and vagal nerve stimulation (cephalic phase of digestion)
Enteroendocrine cells
3 listed
- G cell (open to dietary signals in the lumen)
- ECL cell (closed, completely closed off to the lumen by tissues and has no contact of sensing dietary components but it does sense gastrin)
- D cell (open type) recognizes rising concentrations of H+ in the lumen and secreted somatostatin into the blood and paracrine
What is the G cell responsible for?
sensing amino acids and peptides -> dietary source from lumanal surface receptors
leads to secretion of gastrin which enters the blood
Gastrin stimulates the parietal cell
Also mechanoreceptors in the lumen of the stomach sense when the stomach is stretched leading to further G cell activation
What is the gastric phase of digestion
gastrin stimulation from G cells sensing peptides and amino acids in the lumenal surface of the stomach and then secreting gastrin into the blood to directly stimulate the parital cell (Gastric phase of digestion)
Gastrin receptor name and location
CCK-B receptor (Cholecystokinin receptor) on parietal cells
How are G cells stimulated?
Amino acids and peptides
Also mechanoreceptors in the lumen of the stomach sense when the stomach is stretched leading to further G cell activation
Leads to Gastrin secretion into the blood