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Integrative Physiology Ch. 7 - Introduction to the Endocrine System

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Endocrinology   show
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show A chemical secreted by a cell or group of cells into the blood for transport to a distant target, where it exerts its effect at very low concentrations  
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show Growth/development, metabolism, regulation of the internal environment (temp., water balance, ions), and reproduction  
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Hormones act on their targets in one of three basic ways   show
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The first documented association between endocrine structure and function was probably…   show
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show Hormones of the pancreas, thyroid, adrenal glands, pituitary, and gonads – discrete endocrine glands that can be easily identified and surgically removed  
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show …Isolated (diffuse) endocrine cells; by neurons (neurohormones); and by cells of the immune system (cytokines)  
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Key for gland/hormone summary: [P], [A], [S]   show
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show Oxytocin [P]; vasopressin (ADH)  
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show Oxytocin: breast and uterus; vasopressin: kidney  
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Posterior pituitary: Main effects   show
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Anterior pituitary: hormones   show
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show Prolactin: breast; GH: liver and many tissues; ACTH: adrenal cortex; TSH: thyroid gland; FSH: gonads; LH: gonads  
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Anterior pituitary: main effects for prolactin, GH, ACTH, TSH   show
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show FSH: egg or sperm production, sex hormone production; LH: sex hormone production, egg or sperm production  
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show Triiodothyronine and thyroxine [A]; calcitonin [P]  
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Thyroid gland: primary targets   show
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show Triiodothyronine and thyroxine: metabolism, growth, and development; calcitonin: plasma calcium levels (minimal effect in humans)  
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Heart: hormones   show
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show Atrial natriuretic peptide: kidneys  
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show Atrial natriuretic peptide: increases Na+ excretion  
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Liver: hormones   show
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Liver: primary targets   show
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show Angiotensinogen: aldosterone secretion, increases blood pressure; insulin-like growth factors: growth  
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Pancreas: hormones   show
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show Insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide: many tissues  
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Pancreas: main effects   show
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show [All S:] aldosterone; cortisol; androgens  
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Adrenal cortex: primary targets   show
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Adrenal cortex: main effects   show
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Adrenal medulla: hormones   show
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show Epinephrine, norepinephrine: many tissues  
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Adrenal medulla: main effects   show
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show The movement of a substance from the intracellular compartment either to the extracellular compartment or to the external environment  
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show The term given to hormones that are secreted into the external environment  
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show Specialized ectohormones that act on other organisms of the same species to elicit a physiological or behavioral response. E.g. ants release pheromones to attract fellow workers to food sources  
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show Pheromones that are used to attract members of the opposite sex for mating purposes. They can be found throughout the animal kingdom, in animals from fruit flies to dogs  
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show The question is still a matter of debate. Some studies hint that axillary (armpit) sweat glands secrete hormones that might serve as sex pheromones. A study showed females preferred the smell of more genetically diverse men  
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show Molecules suspected of being hormones but not fully accepted as such (e.g. not sufficiently that it travels long distances to target cells) are called candidate hormones  
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show They’re usually identified by the word “factor”, e.g. growth factor  
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Growth factors   show
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Another example of a candidate hormone   show
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show A molecule may act like a hormone when secreted from one location but as a paracrine or autocrine signal when secreted from another location  
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The concentration range at which hormones are able to act   show
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Are all chemical signals transported in the blood to distant targets considered hormones?   show
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All hormones bind to target cells and initiate biological responses. These responses are known as the _____ of the hormone   show
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What happens to hormones that are circulating in the blood if they’re taken up by a cell?   show
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Half-life of a hormone in circulation   show
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show Enzymes that are always present in the plasma can degrade peptide hormones bound to cell membrane receptors. Also, some cells bring in the hormone-receptor complex into the cell via endocytosis and then digested  
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How do cells terminate the actions of hormones that have made it into the cell’s ICF?   show
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Three main chemical classes of hormones and brief descriptions   show
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show Peptide/protein hormones  
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show Huge size variability: ranging from three amino acids to larger proteins and glycoproteins. How to identify them? By exclusion: if they’re not steroid hormones nor amino acid derivatives, they’re peptide hormones  
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Preprohormones   show
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What happens to the preprohormone immediately upon being produced by the ribosome?   show
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show In the ER, the signal sequence is removed creating a smaller, still inactive *prohormone*. In the Golgi, the prohormone is packaged into secretory vesicles along with proteolytic enzymes  
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show Post-translational modification  
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show The proteolytic enzymes chop the prohormone into active hormone and other fragments  
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show They are stored in the cytoplasm of the endocrine cell until the cell receives a signal for secretion. At that time they’ll move to the cell membrane to be released via calcium-dependent exocytosis  
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Co-secretion   show
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show It contains multiple copies of its hormone  
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Interesting discovery relating to proopiomelanocortin   show
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Can the inactive fragments of proteolyzed prohormones be clinically useful?   show
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show Peptide hormones are water soluble and therefore generally dissolve easily in the ECF for transport throughout the body  
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Half life of a peptide hormone and the significance?   show
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Are peptide hormones able to enter their target cell?   show
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How do peptide hormones create a response in a cell?   show
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What kind of changes to peptide hormones create?   show
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show If the second-messenger system activates genes and directs synthesis of new proteins then the effects are longer-lasting. Some peptide hormones do this, most don’t.  
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show Endothelium is just simple squamos epithelium that lines organs and blood vessels INSIDE the body. Just remember that the thin lining of tissues INSIDE the body is usually endothelial  
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show Unlike peptide hormones, which are made in tissues all over the body, steroid hormones are made only in a few organs: three types are made in the adrenal cortex, sex steroids are produced in the gonads; and placenta in pregnancy  
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Where is the adrenal cortex   show
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show They have unusually large amounts of smooth ER, the organelle where the steroid hormones are produced.  
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Are steroid hormones stored in advance in secretory vesicles like peptide hormones?   show
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How are steroid hormones secreted by the cell?   show
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show They must bind to carrier proteins to travel through the ECF and reach their target? Why? Because unlike peptide hormones, steroid hormones are not soluble in the ECF.  
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show Some steroid hormones have specific carriers, such as corticosteroid-binding globulin. Others simply bind to plasma proteins, such as albumin.  
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show The binding of a steroid to a carrier protein protects the hormone from enzymatic degradation and results in an extended half-life. E.g. cortisol’s half-life is 60-90 minutes while epinephrine’s is measured in seconds  
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Can steroid hormones diffuse into their target cells?   show
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show Inside the cytoplasm or nucleus of the target cells.  
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show The nucleus, where the complex acts as a transcription factor, binding to DNA and either activating or repressing (turning off) one or more genes.  
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show Genomic effect  
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Response time for the biological effects to occur for released steroid hormones that have genomic effects   show
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Steroids with nongenomic responses   show
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Review: what is the parent compound for all steroid hormones?   show
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show Aldosterone: adrenal cortex. Cortisol: adrenal cortex. Estradiol (an estrogen): ovary  
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Amino acid-derived hormones   show
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show Catecholamines have one tyrosine molecule; thyroid hormones have two AND iodine atoms  
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Catecholamines   show
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show Produced by the thyroid gland in the neck, behave more like steroid hormones, with intracellular receptors that activate genes  
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show Stimulus, input signal, integration of the signal, output signal, and response  
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show A hormone or neurohormone. E.g., insulin is the output signal and the pancreatic cells constitute the integrating center (they have to integrate various reflexes from the nervous system and blood to “decide” output)  
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show Pathways in which an endocrine cell directly senses a stimulus and responds by secreting its hormone. In this type of pathway, the endocrine cell acts as both sensor (receptor) and integrating center  
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Examples of hormones that operates via the simple endocrine reflex   show
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Parathyroid endocrine cells: where are they and what do they do?   show
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show When a lot of Ca^2+ receptors are bound to Ca^2+, PTH secretion is inhibited. If Ca^2+ is low, PTH is secreted. PTH travels through the blood to act on bone/kidney/intestine, initiating Ca^2+ absorption responses in cells  
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How does the nervous system lead to the secretion of hormones?   show
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show Pituitary gland and pineal gland  
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show Stretch receptor in the digestive tract causes afferent neuron to send signal to brain which then sends signal to pancreas via efferent neuron to secrete more insulin. Note: now pancreas has two different pathways to integrate  
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The human nervous system produces three major groups of neurohormones:   show
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Note: another (non-major, I guess) endocrine gland located in the brain and its related neurohormone   show
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Pituitary gland   show
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Anatomy of pituitary gland: infundibulum   show
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Anatomy of pituitary gland: sphenoid bone   show
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show It’s comprised of two different tissue types that merged during embryonic development: the anterior pituitary (located closer to the front of head) and the posterior pituitary (located closer to the back of head)  
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show A true endocrine gland of epithelial origin, derived from embryonic tissue that formed the roof of the mouth. The anterior pituitary is AKA the adenohypophysis and its hormones are adenohypophyseal secretions  
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Posterior pituitary   show
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The two neurohormones stored and released in the posterior pituitary:   show
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Where are the two neurohormones which are stored/secreted in the posterior pituitary initially synthesized?   show
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After oxytocin and vasopressin are synthesized in the hypothalamus, how do they make their way down into the posterior pituitary?   show
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show When a stimulus reaches the hypothalamus, and electrical signal passes from the neuron cell body to the distal (distant) end of the cell in the posterior pituitary, and the vesicle contents are released into the circulation  
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How many amino acids is each of the posterior pituitary neurohormones comprised of?   show
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show AKA antidiuretic hormone, or ADH, regulates water balance in the body.  
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show In women, oxytocin released from the posterior pituitary controls the ejection of milk during breast-feeding and contractions of the uterus during labor and delivery  
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show Some neurons release oxytocin as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator onto neurons in other parts of the brain. Some postulate that autism may be related to defects in the normal oxytocin-modulated pathways of the brain  
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show prolactin (PRL), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), growth hormone (GH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH)  
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What controls secretion of all hormones of the anterior pituitary?   show
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Trophic hormone; which hypothalamic and anterior pituitary hormones are trophic?   show
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show Even though they’re all trophic hormones, for historical reasons they’re given the names “releasing” (-RH) and “inhibiting” (-IH) hormones. E.g. “growth hormone-inhibiting hormone”.  
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show Prolactin, which directly targets the breast  
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show The hypothalamus secretes a hypothalamic hormone “releasing” or “inhibiting” hormone whose target is endocrine cells of the anterior pituitary; the anterior pituitary then secretes a hormone that targets an endocrine gland  
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Once the anterior pituitary hormone reaches the endocrine gland in the body…   show
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show Instead of the response acting as the negative feedback signal, the hormones themselves are the feedback signal. Each hormone feeds back to suppress hormone secretion by integration centers earlier in the reflex pathway  
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Long-loop negative feedback   show
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Short-loop negative feedback   show
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show A specialized region of the circulation consisting of two sets of capillaries directly connect by a set of larger blood vessels  
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show One in the kidneys, one in the digestive system, and one in the brain  
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Hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system   show
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show A much smaller amount of hormone can be secreted to elicit a given level of response because the blood volume flowing through is so small. The same amount of hormone in a normal blood vessel would be too dilute  
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show Higher concentration. A small number of neurosecretory neurons in the hypothalamus can control the anterior pituitary  
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show Metabolism, growth, and reproduction  
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Prolactin (PRL)   show
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Growth hormone (GH), AKA somatotropin   show
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show Includes the follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. They have effects on the testes and ovaries  
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show Controls hormone synthesis and secretion in the thyroid gland  
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)   show
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Three types of hormone interaction   show
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Synergism   show
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Synergism is AKA…   show
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Mechanism behind synergism   show
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Permissiveness   show
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Example of permissiveness   show
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Mechanism behind permissiveness   show
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Antagonism   show
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show Competitive inhibitors, where two molecules compete for the same receptor. Used in pharmacology; e.g. the estrogen receptor antagonist tamoxifen, which is used to treat breast cancers that are stimulated by estrogen  
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show Two hormones that have opposing physiological actions. E.g. glucagon and growth hormone both raise glucose levels whereas insulin decreases it, thus they’re antagonistic to each other  
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show Not necessarily. They may act through different metabolic pathways, or one may decrease the number of receptors for the opposing hormone.  
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Three basic patterns of endocrine pathology:   show
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Hypersecretion   show
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show Numerous causes including benign tumors (adenomas) and cancerous tumors of the endocrine glands. Occasionally nonendocrine tumors secrete hormones  
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Exogenous   show
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show Coming from inside the body  
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A condition that is iatrogenic means…   show
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show The cortisol will feedback negatively to the hypothalamus and stop the production of CRH. As a result cortisol production would shut down. If the adrenal cortex is starved of cortisol long enough, the glands will atrophy  
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show Loss of cell mass; in the previous example with excess endogenous cortisol, the endocrine cells of the adrenal glands shrink and lose their ability to manufacture ACTH, i.e. the adrenal gland atrophies  
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Can atrophied glands regain function after the administration of exogenous sources of a hormone?   show
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show Too little hormone is secreted, causing symptoms of hormone deficiency.  
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show Insufficient diet in iodine will make the thyroid unable to manufacture the iodinated thyroid hormone  
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Most common cause of hyposecretion   show
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How is negative feedback pathways affected in hyposecretion?   show
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show The adrenal cortex atrophies in tuberculosis and cortisol production decreases. The hypothalamus and anterior pituitary will then secrete more CRH and ACTH in an attempt to stimulate the adrenal gland into making more cortisol  
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show When the hormones exist in normal concentrations but the tissue isn’t responsive. This can be due to receptor or second messenger problems  
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Down regulation   show
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show Classic example of down-regulation. Sustained high levels of insulin cause target cells to remove insulin receptors from their cell membrane. Signs of diabetes, even though insulin levels may be high, will result  
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Receptor abnormalities   show
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Testicular feminizing syndrome   show
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Signal transduction pathway abnormalities   show
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism   show
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UNDERSTAND FIGURE ON PAGE 237   show
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Primary pathology   show
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Example of primary pathology   show
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show If a dysfunction occurs in one of the tissues producing trophic hormones, the problem is secondary pathology.  
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show The pituitary is damaged because of head trauma and ACTH secretion diminishes. The resulting cortisol deficiency is considered to be secondary hyposecretion of cortisol  
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show The cause of a disease  
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show Hypothalamic: rare. Anterior pituitary: about 2/3 of all cortisol hypersecretion syndromes.  
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Two possible explanations in a primary disorder   show
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show The normal control pathways are totally unaffected. The excess cortisol shuts off hypothalamic and anterior pituitary cortisol production via negative feedback, but the tumor is not reliant upon their signals  
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show As scientists sequence the genomes of diverse species, they are discovering that in many cases hormone structure and function have changed amazingly little from primitive vertebrates through the mammals  
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How is modern insulin produced   show
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show Calcitonin which is found in fish and plays a major role in their metabolism, is also in humans and apparently has no role  
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Some endocrine structures that are important in lower vertebrates are vestigial in humans, meaning…   show
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Example of vestigial structure in humans   show
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Comparative endocrinology   show
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show The “darkness hormone” secreted at night as we sleep. It is the chemical messenger that transmits information about light-dark cycles to the brain center that governs the body’s biological clock  
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Grave’s disease   show
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Graves’ disease effect on relevant hormone levels in the blood   show
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Hypothalamic-anterior pituitary pathway, target: breast   show
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show TRH (thyroid releasing hormone) -> TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) -> [thyroid gland] -> thyroid hormones -> [[many tissues]]  
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Hypothalamic-anterior pituitary pathway, target: adrenal cortex   show
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Hypothalamic-anterior pituitary pathway, target: Liver   show
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Hypothalamic-anterior pituitary pathway, target: endocrine cells of the gonads   show
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Insulin release requires phosphorylation by:   show
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show The process of moving the protein throughout the ER. Hence “cotranslational translocation” which occurs in the ER  
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show RER: cotranslational translocation -> Golgi: prohormone processing -> cytosol: storage in immature secretory granules (hydrophilic so can be stored); exocytosis via mature granules (way after synthesis, stored long term)  
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show Pro-insulin is a single “curly-Q”-looking unit. During post-translational modification a large portion called “C-peptide” is snipped off and all that remains are two strands linked by multiple disulfide bonds (cysteines) = insulin  
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What enzymes are involved in snipping proinsulin to insulin?   show
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Prohormone for ACTH   show
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show Snipped to *6 copies* of TRH as well as some other peptides and a signal sequence  
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Parent of steroids   show
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show Adrenal cortex and testes/ovaries  
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show Mobilizing glucose stores in the body during fasting  
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show Controls sodium reabsorption – too much reabsorption will result in too much in the blood, more fluid being retained and ultimately increased pressure  
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show Cholesterol is shuttled first to the mitochondria where it’s converted to an intermediate. The intermediate is sent to the ER where it’s modified. Then sent back to mitochondria. Then immediately synthesized, diffuses through membrane  
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show …steroidogenic cell.  
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Difference between steroidogenic and peptide-synthesizing cells   show
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show Carriers since they’re lipophilic  
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show Bind straight to DNA; bind to receptor in nucleus; bind to receptor in cytosol; or bind to cell surface receptor  
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show Binds directly to receptor located ON DNA!  
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show Tyrosine  
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show Peptide: short, steroid: long (especially when it directly affects gene expression)  
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Three catecholamines   show
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show Thyroxine, triiodothyronine  
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Overall structural difference between thyroid hormones and catecholamines   show
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Conversion of tyrosine to dopamine   show
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Conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine   show
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show Convert primary amine to secondary amine by turning one of the H’s into a methyl group  
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show A benzene with two hydroxyls next to each other is the basis for the molecule “catechol”. And of course there’s an amino on the opposite side of the molecule.  
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What do you call a cell that can produce catecholamines?   show
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show Catecholaminergic pathways  
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show Peptinergic cells  
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What happens if a neuron continuously secretes norepinephrine?   show
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show Norepinephrine  
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Unique part about thyroid hormones   show
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show Tyrosine -> dopamine -> stored in hydrophilic granules -> secreted long after creation via exocytosis  
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Compare catecholamines and thyroid hormones to peptide and steroid hormones   show
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One of the peptide hormones stored in the adrenal medulla   show
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Difference between catecholamine and peptide hormone   show
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show Precursors. The fact that these are stored in secretory vesicles is the only difference between that of steroid hormones  
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Transcriptome   show
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Is the anterior/posterior pituitary part of the brain?   show
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show Cells that release growth hormones  
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Effects of glucocorticoids from chronic stress   show
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show Retention of sodium and water, increased blood pressure and blood volume  
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Effects of catecholamines from short term stress response   show
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show Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis  
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All hypothalamic hormones are _____ hormones   show
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show 3: Glutamic acid – histidine – proline  
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Why is the small size of TRH significant   show
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show Their C-terminus is not a carboxylic acid, it’s an amide; the OH is replaced by NH2  
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Enzyme discovered by professor   show
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High levels of cortisol do a good thing and a bad thing   show
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show Corticotrophs  
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