Week 4 Flashcards

1
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Hormones secreted where

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Into extracellular fluid; circulates in blood, hemolymph

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2
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Role of hormones

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Communicates regulatory responses through interaction with a specific receptor
- Reproduction
- Development
- Energy metabolism
- Growth
- Behavior

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3
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Endocrine system

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Chemical signaling by hormones

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4
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Levels of cellular regulation

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Intracellular, local environment, systematic regulation

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5
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Intracellular regulation

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Within the individual cells themselves (positive or negative regulation)
- Covalent modification
- Phosphorylation

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6
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Local environment regulation

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Cells response to the immediate environment, including presence of other cells
- Local factors secreted by other cells
- Extracellular matrix

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7
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Systematic regulation

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Provides integration of activities of cells distant from each other
- Endocrine system
- Nervous system
- Overlap between endocrine and nervous system

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8
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Endocrine signaling

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Hormone enters the blood

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9
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Paracrine signaling

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Hormone works on a neighboring cell

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10
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Autocrine signaling

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Hormone works on itself

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11
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Neuroendocrine signaling

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Neurons release hormone that then acts on a receptor on a cell

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12
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Hormones

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  • Chemical substance (many diverse substances)
  • Produced in one organ
  • Transported via blood to a distant organ
  • Modifies organ function
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13
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Types of hormones

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Steroids (lipids)- derivatives of cholesterol, derivatives of arachidonic acids (lipids), proteins/peptides, catecholamines, glycoproteins

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14
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Which hormones act via membrane receptor

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  • Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
    -Prostaglandin (derived from arachidonic acid)
  • Catecholamines (aa derivative)
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15
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Which hormones act via nuclear receptor

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  • Steroids
  • Thyroxine (aa derivative)
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16
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Hormone classification

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-Amines
- Peptides
- Steroids
- Prostaglandins

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17
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Amines

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  • Derived from tyrosine
  • Thyroid hormone
  • Epinephrine/norepinephrine
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18
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Peptides

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  • Peptides: short proteins (1-9 amino acids)
  • Polypeptides (long unbranched peptide chain)
  • Proteins (one or more polypeptides arranged together)
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19
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Steroid hormones

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  • Derivative of cholesterol (fat soluble)
  • Have a direct action on target cell
  • Pass through cell membrane (phospholipid bilayer) and have intracellular receptors
  • Binds to receptor in cytoplasm or nucleus of target cell
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20
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Prostaglandins

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Derived from arachidonic acid

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21
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Examples of steroid hormones

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  • Progesterone (female sex hormone)
  • Testosterone (male sex hormone)
  • Aldosterone (adrenal cortex hormone)
  • Cortisol (adrenal cortex hormone)
    -Estradiol (female sex hormone)
22
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Plasma membrane receptors

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  • B adrenergic receptor (GPCR)
  • EGF receptor ( RTKs)
    -Insulin receptor (RTKs)
  • Growth hormone receptor (JAK/STA)
23
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RTK signaling (EGF-EGFR)

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-hormone binds to receptor and induces receptor dimerization with other nearby RTK
- Cytoplasmic kinase domains are activated
- Receptor becomes autophorsphorylated on tyrosine residues
- Results in creation of binding sites for an addutional factor which activates the subsequent signaling pathway (2nd messenger system)

24
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JAK/STAT signaling (Growth hormone)

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  • GH binds receptor, then STAT binds –> JAK talks to STAT
  • STAT then delivers message to nucleus and triggers a reaction
25
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G-Protein Coupled Receptor signaling

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  • Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins
  • 7 transmembrane domains; integral membrane proteins, the extracellular part of the receptor can be glycosylated
  • Ligand binds to receptor outside of cell
  • Intracellular domain then activates G protein (2nd messenger system)
26
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Posterior Pituitary

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-Neuron terminals in posterior pituitary (release vasopressin and oxytocin into systemic blood)
-neuron terminals connect to neurosecretory cell bodies that produce oxytocin and vasopressin in paraventricular nucleus and Supraoptic nucleus

27
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Anterior Pituitary

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  • Neurosecretory neurons in hypothalamus (secrete releasing and inhibiting hormones into portal system)
  • Neurons and anterior pituitary communicate via Hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system
  • Endocrine cells of anterior pituitary secrete hormones into blood
28
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Hormones of Anterior Pituitary

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  • TSH
  • ACTH
  • Prolactin
  • Growth hormone
  • LH and FSH (sex hormones)
29
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TSH

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-Acts on thyroid gland
- promotes thyroid hormone T3 and T4
- leads to increased metabolic rate

30
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ACTH

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  • Acts on adrenal cortex
  • Promotes cortisol
  • causes stress response
31
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Growth hormone

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  • Acts on liver (and adipose tissue, and muscle)
  • Promotes IGF-1 which causes growth of bone and soft tissue
32
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Prolactin

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  • Acts on mammary glands
  • Causes breast growth and milk secretion
33
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Regulation of Anterior Pituitary

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  • Hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones
  • These hormones reach anterior pituitary via hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system
  • Neural input
  • Negative-feedback effects of anterior pituitary or target gland hormones (can be applied to all hormones that are in the hypothalamic- anterior pituitary gland axis)
34
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Positive Feedback

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-Process of labor
-Occurs during milk letdown

35
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Pineal gland

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  • Secretes melatonin (produced by seratonin)
  • Maintains circadian rhythm (melatonin secretion increases x10 in darkness)
  • Seasonal changes in melatonin secretin patterns trigger reproduction
  • In mammals, melatonin output is controlled by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus (SCN receives light info from eyes)
36
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Long day breeders

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Breed during summer

37
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Short day breeders

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Breed during fall/winter

38
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Melatonins affect on reproduction

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  • LH pulse frequency influenced by concentration of melatonin which is dependent on light being received by eyes
39
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Direct effects of Growth Hormone

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Enhances immune system
Metabolic effects:
- Target organs are adipose tissue skeletal muscle and liver
- Mobilizes fat stores as a major energy source
- Conserves glucose for use by the brain (Decreases glucose uptake by muscles and increases glucose output by liver)

40
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Mediation of GH’s actions

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Mediated by insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)- indirect effects
- Stimulates production of IGF-1 by the liver
- Critical for long bone growth in young animals

41
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Thyroid hormones

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  • Derived from tyrosine
  • contains iodine
  • T4 has 4 iodine
  • T3 has 3 iodine (this is the active form)
    -Functions include increase internal heat/oxygen consumption, stimulate metabolic tissues, and ATP
42
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Mechanism of thyroid hormone action

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  • T3 is the major biologically active form of thyroid hormone
  • Most secreted T4 is activated by conversion to T3 by deiodinase enzyme
  • T3 binds with nuclear receptors attached to thyroid-response elements of DNA
  • Alters transcription of specific mRNAs and synthesis of specific proteins
43
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Pathway for Thyroid hormone

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  • Stress is inhibitor and cold in infants is a promoter
  • Hypothalamus releases Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
  • This stimulates anterior pituitary to produce Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
  • THis produces thyroid gland to produce T3 and T4
  • T3 causes metabolic rate and heat production to increase and enhances sympathetic activity
  • T3 and T4 negatively regulate TSH in anterior pituitary
44
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Calcitonin

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  • Secreted by parafollicular (C) cells of thyroid gland
    -Polypeptide
  • 32 amino acids long
  • Stimulated by hypercalcemia and hypermagnesia
  • Inhibits osteoclast activity
45
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Parathyroid gland

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-Embedded in thyroid glands
- One or two pairs depending on animal

46
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Parathyroid hormone

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  • Polypeptide, 84 amino acids long
  • Stimulated by low blood calcium concentrations (hypocalcemia)
  • Bones: increases osteolysis
  • Kidneys: increases calcium absorption from tubular fluid
  • Intestine: increases calcium and phosphorous absorption by increased formation of active form of vitamin D
47
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Adrenal glands

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Adrenal cortex:
- 3 distinct layers
Adrenal medulla
- homogenous
- contains secretory granules
- supplied by preganglionic sympathetic neurons

48
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Adrenal hormones

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steroid hormones of the adrenal cortex
- Derived from cholesterol
- Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone): influence mineral (electrolyte) balance) and produced in zona glomerulosa
- Glucocorticoids (cortisol): Role in metabolism of glucose, proteins, and lipids. Produced in zona fasciculata
- Sex steroids: androgenic effects

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Glucocorticoids effects (cortisol)

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  • Metabolic effects: increase blood glucose, while reducing proteins and fat stores
  • permissive actions
  • enhanced memory
  • adaption to long term stress
  • Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects at high doses
50
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Mineralocorticoids effects

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  • Aldosterone enhances sodium reabsorption and potassium excretion by kidney
  • Promote membrane transport in sweat glands, salivary glands, and intestinal mucosa
51
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Catecholamines

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  • Chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla are modified postganglionic sympathetic neurons
  • Secrete NE and E (both are catecholamines derived from tyrosine), stored in chromaffin granules
  • Secretion is by exocytosis
  • Secretion stimulated by the sympathetic system
52
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Pancreas

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  • Composed of both exocrine (digestive system) and endocrine tissue
  • Exocrine portion secretes digestive enzymes through pancreatic duct into digestive tract
  • Islets of langerhans are integrators of endocrine regulatory responses and secrete hormones (pancreatic hormones are the dominant hormonal regulators of glucose homeostasis)