Insulin, Glucagon and Somatostatin
The principal role of the pancreatic hormones is the regulation of
whole-body energy metabolism, principally by regulating the
concentration and activity of numerous enzymes involved in catabolism
and anabolism of the major cell energy supplies.
The earliest of these hormones recognized was insulin, whose major
function is to counter the concerted action of a number of
hyperglycemia-generating hormones and to maintain low blood glucose
levels. Because there are numerous hyperglycemic hormones, untreated
disorders associated with insulin generally lead to severe
hyperglycemia and shortened life span. Insulin is a member of a family
of structurally and functionally similar molecules that include the
insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2), and relaxin. The
tertiary structure of all 4 molecules is similar, and all have
growth-promoting activities, but the dominant role of insulin is
metabolic while the dominant roles of the IGFs and relaxin are in the
regulation of cell growth and differentiation.
Insulin is synthesized as a preprohormone in the b cells of the islets
of Langerhans. Its signal peptide is removed in the cisternae of the
endoplasmic reticulum and it is packaged into secretory vesicles in
the Golgi, folded to its native structure, and locked in this
conformation by the formation of 2 disulfide bonds. Specific protease
activity cleaves the center third of the molecule, which dissociates
as C peptide, leaving the amino terminal B peptide disulfide bonded to
the carboxy terminal A peptide.
Insulin secretion from b cells is principally regulated by plasma
glucose levels, but...
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adenylate cyclase. The resultant increases in cAMP and PKA reverse all
of the effects described above that insulin has on liver. The
increases also lead to a marked elevation of circulating glucose, with
the glucose being derived from liver gluconeogenesis and liver
glycogenolysis.
Somatostatin, secreted by d cells of the pancreas, is a 14--amino acid
peptide, identical to somatostatin secreted by the hypothalamus. In
neural tissue somatostatin inhibits GH secretion and thus has systemic
effects. In the pancreas, somatostatin acts a paracrine inhibitor of
other pancreatic hormones and thus also has systemic effects. It has
been speculated that somatostatin secretion responds principally to
blood glucose levels, increasing as blood glucose levels rise and thus
leading to down-regulation of glucagon secretion.
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Our body obtains the energy by digesting the carbohydrates into glucose. Volumes of glucose are required by the body to create ATP. ATP is short for 'Adenosine Triphosphate ' and is an energy carrier. When we consume too many carbohydrates our body produces a lot of glucose and as a result blood glucose levels rise and sometimes they may rise over the normal range of blood glucose concentration. To bring it back within the healthy range, the homeostatic system of blood glucose regulation is used. The blood flows through the pancreas where the beta cells, receptors, detect the high blood glucose level. To counteract this stimuli beta cells alert the control centre, which are also the beta cells located in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The secretion of insulin has to be done quickly but can only be carried out when insulin gene is switched on. Turning on the insulin gene switch can take 30 minutes to an hour therefore, the production of insulin by beta cells are done in advance and are packaged in vesicles right until blood glucose rises. Glucose comes into the beta cell to trigger the vesicle that contains the insulin to move towards the plasma membrane and fuse. This releases the insulin into the bloodstream where they are distributed throughout the body and only affect specific target cells. The receptor, a protein, on the target cell’s plasma membrane recognises and connects
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