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Duke PA physiology

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What are the insulin target cells?   muscle, liver, fat  
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What does insulin do to its target cells?   stimulates uptake of glucose into the cells  
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What do the islet alpha cells of the pancreas secrete?   glucagon  
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What effect does a rise in glucagon have on insulin?   glucagon turns on insulin  
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Does insulin stimulate or inhibit glucagon?   inhibit  
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What level does plasma glucose need to be maintained at?   80-100 mg/dL  
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How does glucose enter the cell?   through the GLUT2 transporter  
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what is Glc converted to?   Glc6P  
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What is GLlc6P converted to?   ATP  
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Is the GLUT2 transporter regulated by insulin?   NO - these transporters are present on all cells  
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Why is glucose phosphorylated?   traps it in the cell - keeps it from going out  
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What phosphorylates glucose?   a kinase  
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What effect does rise in ATP have on the cell?   closes ATP sensitive K+ channel  
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What does the closing of the K+ channel have on the cell?   depolarizes the beta cell  
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What does depolarization of the cell cause?   opening of Ca voltage channel  
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What does Ca entry increase?   DAG + IP3  
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What does increase in DAG + IP3 lead to?   release of Ca++ from the ER  
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What does rise in Ca++ lead to?   exocytosis of insulin  
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What does opening of voltage gated K+ channel cause?   repolarization of the cell  
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What is MODY?   mature onset diabetes of the young (type 2)  
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What step doesn't occur correctly in MODY?   phosphorylation of glucose in the cell  
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What does lack of phosphorylation cause in MODY?   high circulating levels of glucose in the blood  
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What do sulphonylnurea drugs do?   close potassium channel - resulting in depolarization of the cell  
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How long do normal individuals take to remove glucose?   2 hours  
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What does a glucose tolerance test check?   see if it takes longer than normal to clear glucose  
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What does GLP-1 signal?   pancreatic islet beta cell to secrete insulin  
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What does plasma aa signal to the pancreas?   turns on the pancreatic islet beta cell  
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What effect on insulin secretion does the parasympathetic NS activity have?   turns it on  
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What effect does sympathetic NS activity & plasma epi have on insulin?   inhibit pancreate islet beta cell  
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What transporters on the cell surface of muscle, liver and fat are turned on by insulin?   GLUT4 - recruited to the cell surface  
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What is one of the first sign of diabetes type II?   In muscle, do not recruit GLUT4 transporters to cell surface in presence of insulin  
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What is pathology associated with glucose?   too little glucose inside cells, too much glucose outside cells  
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What does glucose outside of the cells cause?   problem - bind to proteins. Also, exceed renal threshhold for glucose, and urine will not be as concentrated - causes increases thirst. Starved for fuel, lose weight.  
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What causes insulin insuffiency in type 1 diabetes (IDDM)?   destruction of the pancreatic islets  
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What is the treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus?   insulin replacement therapy  
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What causes insulin insuffiency in type 2 diabetes (NIDDM)?   altered response of the beta cell to a rise in plasma glucose  
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Are target cells sensitive to insulin in type 2 diabetes?   no - they are less sensitive to insulin - "insulin resistant"  
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What metabolism prevails in type 1 diabetes?   catabolic metabolism  
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Which type of diabetes does metabolic ketoacidosis occur in?   type 1  
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What can weight loss cause in type 2 diabetes?   decrease free fatty acids, make target cells more sensitive to insulin  
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What test would you do to check for diabetes?   fasting overnight glucose tolerance test  
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What is the difference in the plasma glucose in a diabetic human (type 1)?   plasma glucose rises to higher level (>200mg/dL at 2 hr) and remains elevated longer  
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What type of insulin response is present in type 1 diabetes?   no insulin response - no beta cells, so no insulin at all  
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What is fasting glucose level in type 1 diabetic individual?   elevated >126 mg/dL  
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What happens to receptors in type 2 diabetes?   down regulation  
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What insulin levels occur in anabolic metabolism?   high  
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What senses a decrease in plasma glucose?   pancreatic islet alpha cells  
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What do pancreatic islet alpha cells cause?   increase in glucagon secretion  
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What does glucagon cause?   increase in plasma glucagon  
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What does plasma glucagon cause in the liver?   increased glycogenolysis, increase gluconeogensis, increased ketone synthesis  
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