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An example of paracrine hormone is?

Somatostatin in pancreas

Neurons make use of electric signals as well. T/F

T

An example of both an autocrine and paracrine hormone is?

Cytokine

Hormones types stored in membrane bound sacs include:

Protein/peptide hormones


• catecholamines


Steroid hormones are stored before release. T/F?

F

_______ contains both NR and CR

Steroid hormones

Serum hormones concentration is just _________.

10^-¹¹ to 10^-⁹

All hormones carry out their actions with the aid of receptors. T/F ?

F

Hormones receptors are_______&________ and they bind to hormones through _______ bonds.

Large glycoprotein


• protein


non-covalent

G protein receptors are involved with regulating 2 things:

1. Production of cyclic nucleotide


2. Phospholipid turnover.

All examples of receptors using g protein are:

PTH, ACTH, LH, TSH, Dopamine, Adrenergic, Glucagon receptors.



PALT DAG

The toggle switch for g protein receptors are on protein_____. Also the C term is located_____.

•VI (6)


• Intracellularly

________ catalyzes cAMP to 5′AMP.

Phosphodiesterase

Gq proteins are involved with the activation of _____

PLC ( phospholipase C)

PLC breaks PIP3 into a_____&b_____.


a does what?


b does what?

IP3 • DAG


• IP3 mobilizes Ca2+ from intracellular storage.( Lumen of ER)


•DAG activates a calcium -dependent enzyme, PKC which catalyzes the phosphorylation of Threonine and serine residues of some enzymes.

Receptors containing tyrosine kinase are:

PDGF, IGF-1, Insulin, EGF

Inferior and superior thyroid artery arise from?

Common carotid artery

Superior thyroid vein arise from ?

Common jugular vein

Thyroid gland consist of 2 cells namely:

Follicular cells


• Para follicular -C cells

Parathyroid gland consists of 2 cells namely:

Oxyphil cells


• Principal cells( darker stain)

Iodine is converted to ____ in the ___ where it is absorbed.

• iodide


• Gut

Iodine is concentrated in the following organs (4):

Thyroid gland


Salivary glands


Breast


Choroid plexus

Sodium/iodide symport is located at the ____ membrane of the thyroidal cells. Formation of thyroid hormone takes place in ________. Formation of thyroglobulin takes place in the ______&_____ and is extruded through vesicles via the _____ membrane of thyroidal cells into the _________.

• Basal


• Thyroglobulin backbone


• E.R and golgi apparatus


• Apical


• Follicular lumen.

Competitive inhibitors of the Na/I pump are _______ & ______.

Perchlorate & Thiocyanate

Iodide is oxidized back to iodine at the ____membrane of the thyroid cell. This is catalyzed by ______ and inhibited by ______.

• Apical


• Thyroid peroxidase


• Propylthiouracil

DIT+MIT=____. is 10x faster than


DIT+DIT=____. T/F

• T³ ( 3,5,3')


• T⁴ ( 3,5,3',5')


•F

Peptide bonds are broken to release T⁴, T³, DIT and MIT by ________. DIT and MIT are reserved in the follicular lumen while t4 and t3 are released. Iodide and tyrosine is salvaged from the DIT and MIT through_______. These occur at the _____ membrane.

Lysosomal proteases


•Thyroid deiodinase


• Basal membrane

TGB- ___%


Transthyretin=____%


Albumin=______%

•60- 70 %


• 15%


• 15 - 25 %

Release of prolactin is also stimulated by TRH.


T/F

T

Augmentation/exaggeration of the sympathetic activities of the heart could be linked to____. This effect is blocked by______.

Thyroid hormones


B-adrenergic

Cells of the pancreatic islets:

1. Alpha cells: Glucagon 20%


2. Beta cells: insulin 70%


3. Delta cells: Somatostatin


4. F cells: pancreatic polypeptide

Proinsulin gives rise to _____& ______.

C peptide


• 2 polypeptide chain joined by disulfide bonds

C peptide secreted along with insulin serve as ________

Market to distinguish endogenous from exogenous source of insulin

Pancreatic beta cells co secrete a hormone called

Amylin / IAPP- islet amyloid polypeptide

An intermediate action of insulin is___________?

Increase in protein synthesis and decrease in protein degradation

Half life of insulin in the human blood is _____ .

5mins

Insulin is destroyed by ____ in the ______ formed by _______ processes.

• proteases


• endosomes


• endocytic

Insulin gene is located on the _________ while Glucagon genes are located ________.

• Short arm of chromosome 11


• Chromosome 2

Glucose, amino acid and CCK increases the secretion of Somatostatin. T/F

T