Control of blood glucose 2

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Control of blood glucose 2
  1. Insulin is a small protein secreted by special cells called beta cells in the islets of Langerhans, endocrine tissue within the pancreas. When the blood glucose concentration rises above the set point, more insulin is secreted form the pancreas
    1. In order to act on cells, insulin molecules bind to an exposed glycoprotein receptor on the cell surface membranes, in much the same way as a substrate binds to an enzyme. The membrance-bound insulin brings about a number of cellular responses which reduce the blood glucose concentrations. The repsonses include changes in both cell surface membrane permeability and enzyme activity which lead to four main effects;
      1. 1. An increase in the uptake of glucose in amino acids into cells. 2. An increase in the rate of cellular respiration and the use of glucose as a respiratory substrate molecule. 3. An increase in the rate of conversion of glucose to fat in adipose cells. 4. An increase in the rate of conversion of glucose to glycogen in liver and muscle cells
      2. Adrenaline. In times of acute stress or excitment, adrenaline is screted. Adrealine causes the breakdown of glycogen in the liver, boosting blood glucose concentrations
        1. The second messanger model. Both adrenaline and glucagon stimulate glycongenolsis in liver cells. this hydrolysis of glycogen to glucose causes the blood glucose concentration to increase. Neither adrenaline nor glucagon enter liver cells. Instead both hormones act by binding to specific receptors on the surface of the cell surface membrane of liver cells. The binding of the first messanger activates adenyl cyclase. This is an enzyme that accelerates the production of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). cAMP is a small molecule that acts as the second messenger within the cytoplasm. It duffuses through the cytoplasm of the liver cell where it iniates a complex chain reaction that ends with the breakdown of glycogen to glucose phosphate,a source of glucose
          1. This second messenger model pathway involves a complex chain reaction that produces a cascade effect which amplifies the response to the hormone. Throughout the chain, each enzymes molecule activates many substrate molecules which become the next enzyme in the chain. This means that a small signal results in a very large response- in this case, a rapid increase in the blood glucose conc. Although adrenaline and glucogon use the same second messenger pathway, each hormone binds to its own specific receptor site. owever, a amximum production of cAMP by one hormone cannot be increased any further by a second hormone
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