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Where are the 2 adrenal glands,
on top of each kidney, and NO direct connection between them
What are 2 endocrine glands of adrenal
adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla
Cells of adrenal cortex produce
steriod hormone--corisol and aldosterol
Cell of adrenal medulla secretes
CCAs Epi and norepinerhpine--
Adrenal cortex has 3 zones that produces specfic STEROID hormones
Zona glomerulosa
Zona fasiculata
Zona reticularis
What does Zona glomerulosa (outmost) produce
aldosterone-mineralocorticoids
What does Zona fasciculata produce
cortisol/glucocoticoids
What does Zona reticularis produce (innermost)
androgens such as dehyroepianrosterone
Numerous lipid droplets -that represent stored cholestrol with what zone
zona fasiculata
What does Adrenal medulla produce
CCAs
What are 3 main STERIODS of Adrenal CORTEX
aldosterone
cortisol
dehydroepindrosterone (DHEA)
What steriod is produced in greatest amount
cortisol
Androgens are produced in small amounts, and only soure of androgen is in
females
If androgens are only in females, they are converted in other tissue cells to
testorsterole in males---and estrogen in females
May adrogens be linked to onset of puberty in males and females and menopause
YES
All adrenal steriod hormones are dervaties of cholesterol, how do cells acquire and store cholesterol
cells take up LDL (lioproteins)
The first step in converting chosterol to specifc steriods is
conversion of cholestrol to pregenolone
What is rate-limiting step in steriod hormone biosynthesis
conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone
Are steriod hormones stored, if not why
NOT stored but synthetsieze and secreted on demand
Does increased amount of cholesterol inside cells enchane steriod synthesis
YES
What are 2 types of stimui for secretion of cortisol (ANTERIOR PITUTIARY
Circaidm rhythms
OTHER--Stress stimuli
What drives the noraml dialy pattern of glucocortidcoid secretion
ciccadiam rhythm--related to sleep wake cycles RATHER than LIGHT-DARK cycles
When do cortisol levels reach a peak
shortly after you awake from sleep
When do cortisol levels reach a low
just after you fall asleep
What can override circadiam rhythm? Which does what
stress stimuli--can increase cortisol synthetsis and secretion
Physical and Psych, stress increase cortisol release--what are types of physical stress
Hypoglycemia--
Trauma
Heavy exercise
What are types of psyh stress that increase cortisol
acute anxiety
chronic anxiety
Short-term stress response activates
adrenal medulla--CCAs
Long-term stress resonse activates
adrenal cortex (minneral corticoids and glucocorticoids)
What are effects of ACTH on extraadrenal
melanocyte stimulation--skin pigmentation
What can cause skin pigmentation
excessively high ACTH levels
What are negative feedback loops of cortisol
Cortisol feeback inhibition on hypothalmus and anterior pituitary and ACTH does feedback inhibition on HYPOTHALMAUS
How does cortisol transported in bloodsteam
boudn to Cortisol Binding globulin
IS only free coritsol molecules able to interact with receptors 5%
YES
Cortisol is steriod hormones so what is MOA
binds to interacellualr receptors stimulates gene expression and alters protien synsthsis (long DOA_
What are tissues that Cortisol has an effect on
Liver, SM, and Adipose Tissue
What else beside cortisol has an effect on LIVER, SKM< and adipose tissue
GH
What are cortisol effect on liver
Increases gluconeogenesis
Increase glycogen synthesis
Increase urea cycle activity
How does liver increase glyconeogenesis via
increase A.A uptake and metabolism
Why does liver increase area cycle activity
to remove excess nitrogen from aa metabolism
Cotisol has an ANABOLIC effect on liver, what effect does it have on SKM and Adipose
CATABOLIC
What effect does cortisol have on SM and Adipose
inhibit glucose uptake,a nd icnrease metabolism of proteins and lipids for gluconeogensis
Cortisol has addional effect on adipose wihci is altered fat moblization,WHERE
extemremeites fats depleted
Trunk-fat increases
Cortisol is important for what developmental effects
normal fetal development
contributes to differentiation of cells
cortisol to mother--gives infant surfactant
Cortisol is important for what type of pschic effect
emtional stability, and euphoria with high levels
Permissve effects of thryroid hormone are upregulates beta-adrenegic receptor an enchanes action of epi and norep, what are permissive aciton of cortisol
increase BV vasoconstriction
cortisol enchances acction of epi on lipid metabolism
Does cortisol cause inhibitiron of non-essentail functions such as reproductiona nd growth
YES
How is cortisol anti-inflammatory//immunosuppression
inhibtion of PGs, stabilizae lysoomal membrane preventing release of proteolytic enzymes--immuno suppres growth and immune cells
What effect do glucorticoids have in high doses (cortisol)
inhibit inflammaotry resonse
What are benefits of immunosuppressive actions
suppress rejection resonse to transplanted organs
What happens result of chornic use of glucocorticod therapy
supression of ACTH, results in loss of tropic action on adrenal cortex, so adrenal cortex atrophies
Can abrupt withdrawl fo glucocorticoid theraphy be life treatening
YES
What is benfit of slow withdrawl of glucocorticoid therapy
allows CRH-ACTH adrenal system to become operational agin, allowing ACTH levels to rise and sumualte adrenal cortex to prodce cortisol
What is the primary mineralcortoid prodcue by zona glomerulosa
aldosterone
What are 2 primary regulators of aldosterone
K+
Angiotensin II, which is controlled both by kidney
What are physiogical actions of aldosterone
Increase sodium renetion,and water rentention, and increases K+ excretion
What happens to urinary output from aldosterone
Urinary sodium decreases, and K+ urinary increases
Aldosterone is a steriod-bases hormone how does it increase Na+ transport into cell
increases Na+ channels, and increase Na+K+ ATPase activity
What is a direct simulatory effect to release aldosterone
increase K+ or decreased Na+
What is a indirect effect to release aldosterone
decreased Blood volume--leads to angiotensive II production with sitmulates aldosterone release
Decrease blood volume/blood pressure triggers kidney
to release rein, which converts angiotensionoge from liver to angiotnesin I
Angiotnesiv I is converted to Angio II by
AcE in ling
Angiotensin II stimulates
the zona glomerulosea to produce aldosterone
Factors that regulate renin rlease from kidneys are
dedecrease BP and BV
What are 3 effects of angiotensin II
vasoconstrtion of BV, stimulates Adernal cortex to increase aldosterone, increases sodium reabsrotion, stiumates brian to increase ADH and increases H20 reabsorption
What is primary regulator of aldosterone release
Plassma K+
Small changes in K+ directly affect what cells
zona glomeruosa cells, which increase aldosterone secretion
An increase in plama K+ does what
depolaries excitable membrane results in cardiac arrhythmias
A decrease in plama K+ does what
hyperpolarizes cell membrane--leads to cardia arrhytmias and possible death
Is tight control of plsam K+ critical to homoestatis and lfie
YES
What is a main disease of primary hypofunction of adrenal cortex
Addison Diesases
What is cause of Addison Disease or hypofunction
desturction of adrenal cortical cells--need replacment therapy
What are clinical mamifestation of Addison's disease of hypofunction
Hyperpigmentation
Mineralcorticoid deficiency
Glucorticoid deficiney
What causes hyperpigmentation
High ACTH levels, b/c cortisol levels lover, and less NEAGIVTE feedback
What causes mineralcortiocoid defineicy
increase renal loss of Na+ and increase K+ retention, and decreases ECF/plasma volume and decrease CO
What is result of glucocorticoid deficinecy
Hypoglycemia, Ffatigue, weakness,
What is Andernocrotical hyperfunction disease
Cushing disease primary or secondy
What are symptoms of Cushing syndrome
abnormal fat depoistion, protein metabolism, muscle wasting, and hyperglycemia,
What are Hypo and Hyper of Throid
Hypo-Hasimoto's
Hyper--Graves
What is hypo /hyper of adernal cortex
Hypo-addisons
Hyper-Cushing
What is site where fetus develops
uterus
What is inferios aspect of uterus that extends into vagina
cervix
What are 3 layers of uterus
Perimterium
Myomterium
Endoemtrium
What wall layers thickness varies during menstual cycle, paritally removed during period, and site for implantation of ovum at start of pregnancy
endometirum
What extends laterally from uterus to each ovary, but do NOT contact overay
Uterine tubes or follopain tubes
Mature ovulated egg (oocyte) travels from
ovaeries to fallopain tubes to uterus
What is distal end of uterine tubues wehre fertilization of oocyte occurs
ampulla
What are fimbria
ends of enterine tubes , that have beating cillia that caputes the ovulated oocyte to carry into uterine tubes
What is function of ovary
produces are release mature oocytes
2. produces aer secretes large amount of hormones
What is oogenesis
production of eggs
What are states of oogensis
1. Oogogina
2. Primary ooctyes
2. Secondary oocytes
When does oogonia occur
all oogonia are formed within the 1st 3 months of gestation
What happens during oogonia
germ cell undero many mitoric divsion, and produce about 4 million ooogonia
What happens after 3rd month of development
MITOSSI stops and no new oogniona are ever produced again
After MITOSIS stops, what happens
oogonia b/c primary oocyte , then suppround by a single layer of granulosa cells--forming primordial follicule
What do the primary ooytes do
BEGIN but do NOT complete a 1st mitotic division
At birth, what happen
born with 2 million primoridal follicles
What is benefit of follocies
respond to hormonal singals--the oocyte does not
Orrgoina and Pimary oocytes and primordial follices occur during, where does secondary ooctyes occur
1st 2 fetus---Secondary occutes is puberty
By the time puberty is reach, how many primary oocytes remain
400,000 remain
Each month what happens
several follicles or primary oocytes are activate and continue matruation
What is the dominant follicle
ONLY one follicle will complete the 1st MEIOTIC division
THe one folicle that completes the 1st MEIOTIC division will form
secondary oocyte and a polar body
What does a secondary oocyte contain
23 chromosomes and almost all of cytoplasm
What does polar body contain, and what happen
nearly devoid of cytoplasm--goes a 2nd meiotic divsions which degenerate
What happens to secondary oocyte
START a second meiotic dvision but stops in metaphase II
When the secondary oocyte is then matrue and ovulated when will it complete 2nd meiotic divsion
after it is fertilized by a sperm cell--otherwhise deterioes
Each month only ONE mature oocyte is ovulated, over a normal reproductive life that amounts to how many oocytes
500
What are 3 phases of ovarian cycle
Follicular phase
ovulation
luteal phase
What cell type does the follicular phase begin with
primordial follicle
Several primordial follicles are actived and what happens
folliclar cells proliferate in number around primary oocyte, adn secrete a glycoprotein rich substance
The follicular cells secrte a glycoprotein rich substance that forms
the zona pellucia which is bettwen the oocyte and granulosa cell
Then another outer layer forms around the follice, is
Theca
The granulose cel then secrte a fluid which forms
into an antrum
Are a number of perantal/early antral follicules always pressent,
YES
What marks the REAL begging of the follicular phase
Dominant follile
One one of the growing follicles becomes dominant,and continues to grow into a mature follicule, what happens to all other follicules
atresia
What happens to dominant follicule
The primary oocyte inside the follicle completes its 1st meotici division, and b/comes a secondary oocyte, which begins its secondary meotitic division but does not complete it
What triggers ovulation
hormonal signals trigger the follicle to secrete enzmes to break down ovrain memrane, and release seoncdary oocyte
The FOlluclar phase is what
Development of mature follicle and secondary ooctye
The luteral phase begins with
Corpus Luteum
What composes the corpus luteum
consits of the granulosa and tecal cells left over after the 2nd oocyte is released from ovary
The corpus lutem is yellowish in color and increases in size and secretes 3 hormones
1. Progesterone
2. Estrogen
3. Inhibin
What happens if ovum is not fertilized
corpus luteum degrades in 12-14 days
What happens if ovum is fertillized
corpus lutem continues to secrete estrogen and progesteron until placenta can take over (3months
What is the princiap estrogen secrted
estradiol
The ovarian cycle is completely dependent upon
hypothalamus, anterior pittuairy and ovary interactions
What are 5 principals hormones of ovarian cycle
GnRH FSH, LH estrogen and progesterone
Before puberty, what prevents Follicular phase
small amounts of estrogen provide negative feedback to hypothalmus to inhibit GnRH secretion
What happens in puberty that starts folliuclar growth
hypothalamus less senstiive to estrogen, GnRH is rlease an stimulates release of FSH and LH, which start follicle growth
After a few years of low level actiivty GnRH, FSH adn LH secretion b/c high enough to trigger
dominant follicle grwoth and ovulation to start adult ovarian menstural cycle
What days are early folluclar phase
days 1-6
What happens in early follicular phase
GnRH secretes FSH and LH stimulate preantral and antral follcile to growth and devlopment, and estrogen and progesterone very low
What does FSH do
stimulates granulosa cell to increase in size, and number,and stimulates graulos cells to produce and secrete estrogen
What does LH do
sitmulates thecal cells to proliferate and to produce and secrete androgens, which are used by granulosa cells to produce estrogen
LH stimulates Theca cells to
thecal cells to grow and make androgens, which diffuse to granulosa cells
What do granulosa cells do with androgens
covert andogens to estrogen, and FSH helps granulosa cells secrete estrogen
What days mark middle foicilar phase
6-12
What happens once follicles cells secrete estrogen
estrogen rises, and exerts a negative feeback on hypothalmus and anterior pituatiary to decrease GnRH and FSH and LH
How does estrogen act as a postive feeback autocrine mediator
it simulates proliferation of granulosa cels and increases stregoen produces
Then one follicle becomes dominant, and other undero atresia, what does dominanst follcile do
estrogen levels rise SHARPLY
Does dominant follicle respond to FSH and LH even though their plasam levels are decreasing
YES
Increasing inbhibin levels have what effect on anterior pitituary
has a negative effect on FSH
What is the late follicular phase
days 12-14
What happens around days 12-14,
estrogen plsama levels peak around days 12-14 due to high output of dominant follicle
What do high estrogen levels stimulate
postive feedback effect
What is the postive feedback effect of estrogen
estrogen simulates hypothalamus to and anterio pitutary resulting in a LH and FSH surge
When does LH surge occur
apporx 18 hours before ovulation
What does the LH surge trigger
the primary oocyte to complete its first meiotic division and b/c a secondasry oocyte--dominat follicle is fully matured
What is day 14
ovulation
After LH surge causes the development of the matutre follicule (secondary oocyte), what happens
mature follicle decrease estrogen production, and begin an increase in progesterone secretion
When does progesteron secretion occur
just before ovulation
May one see a rise in body temp during ovulation
YES
What is luteal phase
days 14-28
What is 1st thing that happens after ovulation
formation of corpus luteum
Does LH surge trigger lueinzation
YES
What does corpus luteum produce
produces and secretes large amount of progestone and estrogen, and inhbin
Even as LH levels drip does corpus lutem continue to respond to LH for
10-12 days
What does progesterone is the presence of estrogen do
inhibits the hypothalmus and reduces GnRH secretion leading to decreased LH and FSH secretion
During the luteal phase estrogen concentrations are high gain, what prevents another LH surge
progesterone inbhits
Low FSH and LH levels prevent
follicle growth
What does birth control durgs mimic
the luteal phase
How do birth control drugs mimic the luteal phase
use elveated progesterone and estrogen to suppres LH and FSH and prevent LH surges and ovulation
Corpus lutem if not fertilized degenerates after 10-12 days, and loss of corpus lutem leads to
sharp decrease in progesterone and estrogen
If progesterone and estrogen levels concentrations drop, what happen
GnRH and FSH and LH begin to rishe b/c negative feedback inhibhition is gone
What contracts during menstration and during childbirth
myometrium
What is the permanant endometrium layer
startum basalis
What layer of endometrium undergoes dramituc changes during ovarian/menstural cycle, and site for fertilzied ovum
stratum functionalis
What are phases of UTERINE cycle
mentstural phase, proliferative phase, and secretory phase
What is proliferative phase dependent on
estrogen
The estrogen produced by the maturing follicles sitmulates
proliferation of endometerial cell,
growth of myometrium, increases endometrial receptors, and prodcues clear thin mucus in cervix
What is benefit of estrogen producing a clear, thin, mucus in cervix
allows easy passage of sperm from vagina into uterus
What is main hormone of secretory phase
progesterone
What happens in secretory phase
progesterone from corpus luteum acts on estrogen primed endometium to prepare for uterus implantation
What does progesterone do n the estrogen primed endometrium
futher proliferation of blood vessels and glands
secretion of glycogen and glycoproteins into uterus
Progesterone also stimulates secretion of glycogen and glycoproteins and
thick visouc mucus in cervix
What is the benfit of thick mucus
forms a cervical plug to prevent bacterial contamination of uterus
Does progesteron inhbit smooth muscle activity
YES--keeps myometrium from contract and expelling embryo
If ovum is not fertilized, what happens
corpus letuem dengerates and progesterone and estrogen produciton strops
Without progesteron eand estrogen the straum functionalis is not maintained and degenerates, this is
the menstrual phase
What do events occur in menstural phase, which is mediated by prostaglandins
blood vessels constrction depriving endometrium of blood supply leading to degeneration and uterine smooth muscle contracts---expel endometrium
Can excessive production of prostaglands cause menstrual cramps
YES--treat with ibuprofen
Does blood vessel dialtion occur after intial constrition, what is benefit
washes out endometrial debris
What are sugars, stored as
glucose, fructose, stored as carbs
What are Triglycerids, broken down
consists fo fatty acids attached to glycerol, broken down to ketone bodies
A.A are funciton enzymes, and ca be used as enegy stored as
proteins
Why should we regulate blood glucose
is a perferred fuel some for tissue, and at high levels can damage tissues
Does glucose at high levels cause all problems of diabetes
YES
What are normal fasting levels
75-115 mg/100ml
What are tyical plasma glucose values after a high carb meal
>200, and qucily return to fasting level
Does energy needs conincide with meal times, so what do we need
NO--we need more energy when exercise-that why we need storage adn rlease
How is glucose uptaked inot he cell in presence of high glucose
Glucose transports are upregulated, and all passive diffusion of glucose into cell
What allow passive glucose diffusion into cell
conversion of glucose to glycogen once enters cells, allows celluar glucose concentrations below plasma glucose
How does insulin function to decrease blood glucose
by increasing glucose storage
What is function of glucoagon
functions to mobilize glucose from storage
What are main glucose transporters
GLUT2 and GLUT 4
What is function of GLUT-4
reulation by insulin-important drug target for diabetes patients
What is function of GLUT-2
is exresspress in pancretic cells, part of glucose sensing appartatus
What are 2 functions o f pancrease
endocrine--hormone
exocrine-digestive enzymes
What is function of islets of Langerhands
secrtes hormones into a portal vein, and transported directly into liver
What organ sees 2X more insulin, and why
LIVER--insulin is released into portal system goes directly to liver
If 2X of insulin is in liver, is this a main problem of therapetic insulin
YES--cant get 2X of drug insulin into liver by injection
What do alpha cells of islet release
What do beta cells of islet release
Alpha-glucagon
Beta-insulin
Proinsulin cleaved forms
Insulin and C-peptide
What does C-pepdie levels measure
how much insulin your patients is making
What is most important signal triggering insulin release
increase blood glucose
What are other MAIN factors that trigger insulin rlease
Gastric hormones, and parasympathetic nervous
What are MINOR factors that reulgate insulin secretion
GAGE
Glucagon, Amino acid/fatty ction/ Glucocorticoids, and epi
What does epinehirne do to insulin secretion
DECREASES
The insulin is a protein kinase receptor, how does it work
phosphorlation leads to activation of enzymes used to store fuel, and inhbit enzymes used to mobilize mobilized fuel
What is a major symptoms of type 2 diabetes
Insulin resistance
Resistance to insulin effects are coupled to
increased insulin production
Does act of exercise lower blood glucose
YES
What does Foxa2 do
activates expression of genes involved in fatty-acid oxidation
What does Foxo1
acctives expres of genes involved in gluconegensis
Which is more senstive to insulin
Foxa2
Chronic high psla insulin leads to
down regulation of receptor number
What is insulin effect on carbohydrate metabolism
glycogen synthesis is simulated in liver and muscle and glucoeneogenesis is inhbitied in liver
What is major source of glucose for diabetic pts
gluconeogensis
What is insulin effects on lipid metabolism
trigylerid storge is activated in adipose tissue
Direary cholesterol and Triglycerides are transported by chylomicrones, how do triglyceride eneter cell
Lipoprotein lipases cleave, and allow enter to enter cell
What are insulin effects on protein metabolism
active protein synthetis especially in muscle
AA comes from muscle, and is transported to
liver
WHen is muscle tissue senstied to uptake glucose by
parasympathetic signal to liver and HISS to muscle
What are inducers fo glucagon secretion
decrease blood glucose and amino acid
What is most potenet amino acid that induce glucagon secretion
arginine
What happens in high protein diets
both insulin and glucagon are secretion
WHat is benefit of insulin and glucagon BOTH being secreted in high proten diets
Glucogaon keeps blood glcucose up, while insulin promotes storage of aa
Are parasymthpatetic and sympathetic simtuaate inducers of insulin secretion and glucagon secretion
YES
What are inhibitors of glucoagon
high blood glucose, and fatty acids
What effect does glucogon have on carbohydrate metabolism
glyocogen breakdown, and stimulates gluconeogenesiss
What is glucagon effects of lipid metabolism
stimulates hormone lipase, which caues breakdown of tryglycerides--fatty acids
Fatty acids can be used by muscle for energy, ketones boides and then made in liver, and is a source of energy for
heart adn SKM---
What is glucagon effect on protein metabolism
cuases protein degrateion into amino acids used for gluconegensisi
A product of protein degradion is nitrogen, which builds up as ammonia what happens with glucagon
stimulates ammonia conversion to urea
What is function of somatostsin
inhibts both insulin and glucagon
Somatostatin may be useful as a therapy to inhibit glucagon secretio in diabetes, why
need to stop gluconegensis
IF I/G levels are high what predominates
insulin predominates--ledags to storgae of fuel
If I/G levels are low what predominates
GLUCONG--catabolic state leads to mobilization of fuel
What role does glucagon play in diabetes (TYPE 1)
lack of insulin leads to lack of glucose sensing by aplah cells of the islet
Is insulin require for alpha cell to sense glucose
YES
Type 1 Diabetes is caused by combination off TOO little insulin, and too much glucagon
YES
Leptin is an adipose tissue secretion that serves to
inhibit eatin
Does leptin function as main homeostatic regulator of body weight
YES
Leptin levels are quire high in obese people suggseting that obesity may reflect
leptin resistance
Increased levels of ciruclating TNF
insulin resisance
IS PAl-1 expression a hallmark of obesity
YES