Week 7-DM Flashcards

1
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Describe what happens to glucose in the fed state

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2
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Describe what happens to make glucose in the fasted state?

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Proteolysis

•Acetyl-CoA

Lipolysis

  • Glycerol –> pyruvate
  • FA –> Beta oxidation to acetyl-coa +/- KB
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3
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What are the causes of hypoglycaemia?

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  • Exertion/ exercise
  • Fasting
  • Excess exogenous insulin
  • Insulinoma
  • Alcohol intake
    • Increased endocrine pancreatic microcirculation –> increased insulin secretion
    • Inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis (reduced NADH)
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4
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What are the effects of hypoglycaemia in 4 catagories?

What can you do to remedy each catagory?

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5
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What strucutre does not contribute directly to blood glucose?

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Muscle. Only liver glycogen is used for regulation of blood glucose

Muscle does contribute indirectly via proteolysis –> alanine & through transamination reactions –> deamination AA –> glucose

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6
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List some actions of insulin

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  • Stimulates glucose transport (m&at) (muscle, adipose tissue)
  • Stimulates glycogen synthesis (l&m) (liver)
  • Inhibits gluconeogenesis
  • Stimulates protein synthesis
  • Facilitates vasodilation
  • Stimulates K+ –> cells
  • Activates lipoogenesis
  • Inhibits fatty acid oxidation (l&m)
  • Inhibits lipolysis
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7
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LIst the glucose handling effects of insulin the muscle and liver

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8
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List some hormones that do the opposite of inuslin

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Glucagon, adrenaline, cortisol

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9
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What is the effect of hypoglyceamia on the secretions of hormone that increase BG?

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Glucose receptors in hypothalamus & glucose sensitive cells detect the hypoglyceamia

  • Alpha cells –> increase glucagon
  • Hypothalamus
    • Sympathetic outflow
    • Pituitary- anteriorly increases vasopression & Growth hormone and posteriorly ATCH –> cortisol
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10
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Give some causes of hyperglycaemia

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Absolute absence of insulin T1DM:

  • Pancreatic β-cells destroyed
  • Dawn phenomenon (↑ cortisol)

T2DM Insulin resistance:

  • Secreted but tissues insensitive

Stress- chronic high cortisol & adrenaline:

  • –> Glycogenolysis in liver
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11
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List some of the effects/ what happens during DMT2

(think broadly- what hormones are decreases, what actions are decreases etc…)

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12
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What are some of the coplications arising from chronic hyperglyceamia?

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  • Non-enzymatic modifications of proteins by glucose- HBA1c
  • Sorbitol pathway overactivity- formation of osmotically active metabolites
  • Disturbance cellular redox state
  • Impaired vasodilation
  • Peripheral neuropathy- cataract, blindness, impaired kidney function
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13
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Insulin secretion is ___

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Insulin secretion is biphasic

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14
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Describe the 1st insulin release phase

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GLUT 2 has a high Km (15mM)

Glucose –> Gluose-6-P via glucokinase (Km of 10)

Acetyl-CoA inhibits K+ channel and enhances Ca2+ signalling

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15
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What gut hormones affect the release of inuslin and what does this cause?

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CCK, GIP, GLP-1- Act on Beta cells

GIP/GLP increase lipogenesis and glycogenesis in muscles

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16
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What neuronal regulations are there of insulin?

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Hypothalamus with sympathetic and parasympathetic effects (eg: VIP, Gastrin release peptide, Pituitary adenylcyclase activating peptide, neuropeptide Y)

17
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What do delta cells secrete?

What type of hormone is this and what is its effect?

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Somatotastin (peptide hormone that dampens both inuslin & glucagon)

18
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What is the use of AA in normal conditions?

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19
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What is the use of AA during fasting/ post-op/ poorly controlled DM?

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20
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How is glucose distributed in the FED state

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Glucose –> FA –> TG in liver. Packaged in VLDL to carry FA to muscle/ adipose tissue (TG converted to FA by lipoprotein lipase-LPL)

Gluocse also travels in chylomicrons from gut as TG again to muscle/adipose tissue (TG conversion to FA by lipoprotein lipase LPL)

21
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How is glucose distributed in the fasting state/ DM?

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•FA to liver –> KB which can be used by brain

  • KB also used by muscle

•Decrease in LPL

22
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What is the interaction in the development of inuslin resistance and DMT2?

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Not all of the tissues are insulin resistant so this can lead to a slight hyperglycaemia. Pancrease detects this.

The liver continues to synthesise lipids and secrete them –> Hypertriglyceridaemia

Gluconeogensis increases (no inhibition via inuslin)–> Hyperglycaemia

–> B cell dysfunction & B cell failure

23
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What are the tests used for the diagnosis of DM?

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  • Random plasma [glucose]
  • [Glucose] in plasma after overnight fast >7mM
  • Oral glucose tolerance test (75g glucose dose, measure plasma glucose after 2hrs >11.1mM)
  • HBA1c
24
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Give some stratergies to improve insulin sensitivity (non- exogenous insulin)

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  • Improve insulin sensitivity (exercise, sensitizers)
  • Increase insulin secretion
  • Inhibit glucose production
  • Mitigate dyslipidaemia
25
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Outline some pharmacological stratergies aimed at preventing DM (think actions/ processes)

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