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00:03 All right, everybody. Let's There we go. So, I'm

00:07 you braved the storms that are like miles north of Houston that they're making

00:12 all freak out about. Yeah, probably get bad. But who

00:17 All right. Uh, before we today I want to just talk about

00:21 . Uh, first off. I still have like nine outstanding grades

00:25 , or exams for various reasons. , they'll be doing makeup exams on

00:31 next week. So I'll have all grades updated, all your grades

00:36 Um, probably on Friday. All . And, uh, one of

00:41 things I would like you to be to do, you should be able

00:43 do at this point in your But I still see some students still

00:47 with this idea of how do I my grades? And it's really,

00:50 basic. Right. I mean, just take your exams, you average

00:53 out, you take your top hat and you average those out and you'll

00:58 a percentile and then multiply them and you'll get your connect grades and you

01:01 average those out and then it just your percentage So it's 80% of your

01:06 , 10% of your top hat, of your connect. You can calculate

01:09 out and you can figure out what are grades that I need?

01:12 I'm trying to figure out what grade I have to get to get

01:15 you just use your simple algebra that learned way back in seventh grade and

01:19 can kind of play that game. one of the things I want to

01:22 you because I keep getting emails about . Like, they're, you

01:25 students are concerned about, you know I'm failing the class and you look

01:29 their grades like, no, you're failing the class for here for this

01:33 . A 50 is failing. If have a grade above a 50 you

01:36 not failing the class. All So you gotta get past those

01:41 Um, I started thinking about this I'm, I'm going down a rabbit

01:44 here, every other class. What do is they rank sort,

01:49 you know what that means to rank you. It's like every, get

01:52 grade and the highest grade is number , second, highest grade is two

01:57 third highest. It's three. But don't tell you that. But if

02:00 start thinking about it a little bit , it's like, oh, that's

02:04 they're determining grades. And so, in the chemistry department, which most

02:07 you don't have to deal with, like only give a s to the

02:11 10% of the class. And so you're in a chem lab and there's

02:15 people, how many A's are gonna in the class? True. Isn't

02:20 terrible? I know. It's, chemistry. Don't, don't try to

02:24 your mind around. It's just, not gonna work. All right.

02:27 the idea here is, remember in class, an A is not A

02:31 A B is not an 80 C not a 70 ad is not a

02:35 those grades, those letter grades that are so worried about all the time

02:40 determined by the curve, which is mathematical distribution, right? You've heard

02:45 bell curve? Well, that's what do. It's a distribution, it's

02:49 bell curve. And so that when talk about, I will post your

02:53 values, there will be an email goes out on Friday that says,

02:57 , this is what your grades look today. Now notice it's not,

03:01 is what your grades will look like the end of the semester because why

03:05 still have a test and we still homework to do. All right.

03:09 it's a good estimation, right? a close estimation because you guys are

03:12 , very consistent from unit to There's, you know, sometimes you'll

03:16 really well while other people do But as a general group, as

03:19 general class, you're very consistent from to unit to unit. So once

03:24 kind of establish by the third unit the grade is, it's kind of

03:27 , ok, I kind of get sense of where the grades are going

03:29 be. And so I will send email out to tell you where everything

03:32 and you can start making some decisions yourself. Now, I don't email

03:37 and say what, what, what's grade? All right, I got

03:40 of you if I do that and asks me and I spend one minute

03:43 that. I'm, that's like, , let's do, do the

03:47 That's eight hours of work, Or really closer to seven,

03:52 So you gotta be able to do own grades. All right, you

03:54 be able to kind of master that thing. Um, but what I

03:58 do is I want to address this because this is the question I get

04:01 about this time of year and we've the drop date further and further and

04:06 back. And so our drop date is 4 19 and some of you

04:10 really concerned. They're like, I'm worried about my grade. Doctor

04:13 , my favorite one. And this specifically this class here. I have

04:17 get a b, I'm going to school. I have to get a

04:21 first off. That's a lie. right. I'm gonna tell you

04:24 It's a lie. Let's say you all A's and all your classes.

04:29 this class you get ac plus, they going to ignore your application at

04:34 school? No. See, logically doesn't make sense what they are doing

04:39 you and what they are telling you they don't want to evaluate you.

04:43 want to make their lives easier by you not apply if you don't have

04:48 grade right now. Are you as as somebody that has a B?

04:54 ? Right. But are you as as if you have a B?

04:57 you as competitive as someone that has A? No? So you have

05:01 kind of take that into consideration in of what you're trying to accomplish.

05:05 . You want bees but you don't bees because they're not, you're not

05:08 to be allowed to apply. You be because you want to be

05:12 right? So you have to start along those lines is how do I

05:15 more competitive as an applicant? I to have the highest grades I can

05:20 get. I'm not trying to sneak with this little weak sauce B

05:24 right? You are the champions, Cougars, right? And so what

05:31 do is you shoot for the don't shoot for the lowest,

05:35 We already are underdogs in this right? I'm looking at the athletes

05:40 which are the other schools that everyone about U T. That's I

05:45 oops, it's like leave a bad in your mouth when you say it

05:49 loud. Right? Or what's that school? You know, those

05:54 they like to fight A and yeah, I know you got some

05:59 in here. My wife's an I get to make fun of her

06:01 day. And then we're not even like the third school. What's the

06:05 school that everyone thinks about when they about a state school in the state

06:07 Texas, Texas Tech. Really? little guys on the prairie with the

06:15 gun guns, boom, boom, . No, we're bigger. We're

06:19 . We're smarter. Let's go take . All right. And so I

06:23 to encourage you to think I am of doing all of this stuff and

06:28 not gonna give up. And if grade isn't where I wanted to

06:31 there are some things I can do bring my grade up first is,

06:33 come and see me the email that tired of seeing because you guys are

06:37 used to. I'd like to talk you about my grade. Here's my

06:40 about this. Like that's not how talk about your grade. You want

06:42 talk about your grade. Come see . I will encourage you. I

06:45 give you all the information you I will help you become a better

06:49 . That is my job. That what I love doing because I want

06:52 to all achieve your goals. I do. I want every one of

06:55 to go to nursing school and when old and dying I can look up

06:58 say, oh, yeah, you in my class, please don't kill

07:04 . You're laughing about this because you already presume I'm old.

07:08 I don't know. Right. But say for a moment, you're concerned

07:13 , you're concerned about your grades and freaking out right about now, most

07:17 people are truly freaking out, aren't up to the classroom. So I'm

07:20 speaking to all of you, but of you are. And so there

07:23 some rules about consideration for dropping of class, right? Rule number one

07:28 you never make a decision out of . All right, you have to

07:32 logical. Emotion will take us in that are not good, right?

07:38 about, if you hear about, example, let's say for a moment

07:42 hear that your boyfriend is cheating on ladies, right? And you go

07:47 and you're like, you've been cheating me, I break up with you

07:50 I hate you and I hate everything do and I'm gonna, and you

07:53 out of course that really the rumor by somebody because they wanna start dating

07:58 boyfriend and he's been faithful. who made the dumb mistake? You

08:03 ? So the idea here is you act that emotion first, investigate,

08:07 out and then start making decisions based some real facts that you've identified.

08:12 , don't be emotional about your All right. Be logical about your

08:18 . All right. Rule number two this is one that's gonna be really

08:22 for all of y'all because you've been your entire lives that there are two

08:25 in this world. There are A's there are FS, everything in between

08:29 exist. Right. If you got B plus that's not good enough.

08:32 might as well be an F All . If you have a grade of

08:37 minus or better, do not drop class. All right. And I'll

08:42 you what, how much did it you to take this class? Anyone

08:47 about 1200 bucks. If you took a federal loan, you're paying 10%

08:51 that federal loan annually from here on until you pay that off. That's

08:55 and $20 a year, right? you got the on top of

08:59 All right, if you have ac or better, you are counting this

09:05 towards your graduation. So are you to throw away $1200 and not

09:12 It's one step further away from graduation you drop the class. So if

09:16 passing a class successfully with the C or better, you stay in the

09:20 . If you didn't get the you want to go back and take

09:22 again when you're a little bit more . Alright. Or once you figured

09:27 how to study? All right. drop classes that you're passing.

09:31 there is a caveat or an exception that rule. If you are a

09:35 and you have a GPA, that's enough to support ad in a class

09:41 you're still gonna graduate because that d not in your major. Do you

09:45 the class? Yeah. My senior here is going nope, senioritis all

09:49 way. As long as I get 2.0 to graduate, I'm in good

09:54 . That's perfectly fine. There are exceptions to the rules, right?

09:59 for the most part C minus or you stay in the class, come

10:03 , you know, and, and it later. All right. Now

10:08 we have to do now is figure the calculation. So in the first

10:13 , I said you need to calculate grade. Second one is all

10:17 If I want to drop this what is the lowest grade that I

10:20 possibly get and still walk out of class? Satisfied? Now, remember

10:26 term satisfied here is a, is tricky one, I'm saying C minus

10:30 better, right? But let's say GP is really, really low and

10:34 actually do need a B because if don't get a B, you're not

10:36 to be able to graduate, then might be a caveat where it's not

10:39 minus or better, it has to a higher grade or maybe it's a

10:43 grade like ad because I'm graduating and don't, I don't have to worry

10:46 my GP because my GP is high . Yada, yada yada. So

10:49 just got to figure out what is lowest grade. If the answer is

10:53 other than the C minus, you have a very good reason for why

10:55 is right. And it's not because want to go to nursing school,

11:00 ? Nursing school will be there in semester. How many times can you

11:03 to nursing school and get in in single year? Do you guys know

11:07 times? Yeah, they have an class every like in the fall in

11:12 summer and then the spring. So you're not missing out if you it's

11:17 like medical school where it's like, , I apply for next year and

11:21 evaluated. Oh, I missed. I've got another full year to

11:25 You got a lot of time to that. All right. So the

11:28 question after you ask this, what my grade? What is the grade

11:31 I need to get? Then you to ask, is it mathematically possible

11:34 get that grade? Right. So you can do the formula that I

11:38 showed you for my class, other are going to have different formulas.

11:41 what you do is you just plug numbers and you try to figure out

11:44 is the grade that I need to . Now you'll have the scale.

11:49 , now for this class, when the scale gonna be available Friday next

11:54 ? Ok. So you have your and you say, OK,

11:56 I need ac minus just as an . OK. C range starts

12:00 So I need this number. So do the calculations that OK, that's

12:03 grade I need to get. All . Is it mathematically possible to get

12:08 ? All right. Now you may do, I mean, you might

12:10 all the math and you find out I get 100 on the next exam

12:13 do all my homeworks, I can that grade. But if you've never

12:18 100 on a test, what is probability that you're gonna get 100 on

12:21 last test? Pretty low? So have to also have that caveat on

12:24 . Is it probable? All So there's a possible and a

12:29 All right. And so what you do is you just wanna be realistic

12:33 ? Remember, this is logic. , once you calculate everything out,

12:37 say it's both possible and probable. a 70 is not a hard grade

12:42 get. In fact, that's what shooting for as a kind of a

12:45 grade. Ok? I need to a 70 on the next exam in

12:48 to do that. So the next to ask is if you've been struggling

12:53 and you haven't been getting those types grades. Are you willing to change

12:59 you're approaching your academics in order to the grade that you're looking at?

13:04 other words, if you keep doing same thing over and over again,

13:08 you going to expect something different? , if you keep doing the same

13:12 over and over again, you're going get the same performance, same grades

13:16 and over again because that methodology you've yields you a specific type of

13:22 And so if you want to make , are you willing to do

13:26 And if so make change come and me, I can talk to you

13:30 how to make the change. And is the hardest question to ask and

13:34 for yourself because you can sit across desk from me and say, oh

13:39 , I, I want to change I wanna do stuff, but

13:43 it's up to you, right? have to make the choice and

13:46 ok, instead of not studying, going to study just as an

13:51 right? Or I'm gonna do this of that, you have to be

13:53 person that's gonna execute it. And if you're not really willing to do

13:57 change to get the grade that you , then that's OK, then go

14:02 and drop. All right. I'm not trying to encourage you guys

14:05 drop right now. So far in class, I'm really kind of

14:08 This is, you know, you are actually holding on. Most students

14:12 , like, after the first like I give up and then they're

14:15 . I think I've had like, drops this entire semester so far,

14:19 is great. And I think most you guys are all, well,

14:23 most, uh, probably about 90 are capable of passing the class.

14:29 . And this has happened. It's cool when I get all my students

14:32 the class, it's, it's really . I prefer all a but,

14:35 know, it's, huh? no, at all a all A

14:42 I'm glad you're remembering. Remember I you that, that's it. Everyone

14:46 an a in the class. I know if that's, it's, I

14:50 it's out of reach at this but we could all pass and that

14:56 and of itself is a huge accomplishment that should be your goals. I'm

15:01 to just learn the information. I'm to learn the information when you learn

15:05 information your grades naturally follow. So you're willing to make, if you're

15:10 about your grade and you, you to do your calculations, figure out

15:13 it's, you know, is it ? Should I stay in the class

15:16 shouldn't I, you have some basic to follow and then make that

15:21 Not today, but literally at the minute, that's, that's really why

15:26 give you that date. I'm not to kick you out of the

15:30 You should be sitting there going, want to analyze and I want to

15:32 better at what I'm doing. And if you finally figure out that it's

15:35 gonna be possible for me to reach goal, then it's ok. That's

15:38 A W is A W is, ok. I'm gonna come back and

15:42 gonna do it another time. All . So if you're afraid or you're

15:47 out, come and see me. have office hours after this class

15:51 and we can sit down and Our, our last exam is when

15:54 you guys remember? It's the last in April, whatever it is.

16:00 . Is that what you said? ? OK. That's how many weeks

16:04 not weeks? It's three weeks, many days? So Thursday. So

16:08 weeks, three weeks. So six using six classes, right? And

16:16 six classes I think are filled with most fun stuff that we get to

16:19 . Now, you guys will probably think so. But this is what

16:21 me excited. This is what put in this spot right here today because

16:26 I was sitting in the seat where are, this is where I started

16:30 about endocrinology and I started learning about systems. Now, I'm a

16:34 I'm naturally gonna be interested in reproductive , right? Because reproduction,

16:41 Well, maybe not reproduction. It's like sex. All right. You

16:43 I gotta learn about sex. All . But it was the endocrinology and

16:50 concept of sex that kind of drove here. So having said all

16:56 understand, I'm not lecturing you and my finger at you, shame on

16:59 . I'm I'm trying to encourage you you're concerned about your grade, come

17:02 see me and that's all I'm gonna about it today. Uh Like I

17:05 , next, next week on as close to the drop date as

17:09 can get. I'm gonna post all stuff and you can start making some

17:12 there. All right, cool. right with that. Let us switch

17:19 and start going and dealing with this . All right. So this unit

17:25 with two things and two things on endocrine system and reproductive systems. Plural

17:33 now. First two lectures are gonna endocrine today is gonna feel not at

17:40 like anatomy. All right, what gonna do is we're just gonna talk

17:44 physiological concepts to understand the concept behind . All right. And then once

17:52 lay it out and try to make as simple as possible because everyone kind

17:56 looks at endocrinology. Go oh It's hard. There's so many, so

17:58 hormones and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's

18:01 a table. It's all you gotta is just kind of say,

18:04 here's these hormones, this is what do. This is where they're

18:07 This is how they work and once kind of figure out the big

18:10 everything you just drop in the table it's easy. Peasy. Right.

18:14 have students who take the endocrinology class taking both A MP or the human

18:18 class I teach and they're like, made it so simple. It was

18:22 . Like, yeah. Yeah, know. Don't tell the endocrinology people

18:26 secret because then they'll try to make class harder, right? So that's

18:30 first class, second class is we're actually go through the specific hormones.

18:34 right. Which again, like I , it shouldn't be too hard.

18:37 then we get to jump into We'll do male reproduction first, then

18:40 do female reproduction and then we'll deal the idea of actually reproducing. So

18:47 will talk a little bit about sex how humans are reproducing themselves. This

18:53 not a sex talk, right? other words, we're not going to

18:56 through the phone, don't. We're not gonna have the, the

19:00 , but we're going to talk about the purpose of these two systems are

19:04 it, it is about reproduction and that's about it. And then we're

19:09 or less done. I think the lecture is just kind of like and

19:12 done type thing. OK. So straightforward. And my goal in those

19:16 is to make these groups of people , you're not gonna sit in the

19:21 . Joe Poor Julie has to put with me twice a day every Tuesday

19:29 Thursday she takes this class and then to take my other class. So

19:33 puts up with me. So good you. All right. So if

19:40 have questions about how to do better the class, how to come see

19:44 , come see me after class today any day this week, the

19:48 the better, right? Don't wait the last Tuesday before the test because

19:54 of the suggestions I have are changing behavior over time. All right.

20:03 when we deal with the endocrine what we're talking about is we're talking

20:06 how cells talk to other cells. you took ap one, you learned

20:11 the nervous system, the nervous system about how neurons talk to other

20:16 But it doesn't address the question of do other cells across the body?

20:20 to cells to a far away cell away. And that's what the endocrine

20:23 is really all about a hormone is signaling molecule that is released by a

20:29 cell that's found in a specific Usually we say that it's found in

20:33 gland, what we call an endocrine , but it's not always going to

20:36 that way. And what it does it goes into the bloodstream and from

20:39 bloodstream, it travels around and gets its target tissue. Now, what

20:42 a target tissue, what distinguishes the cell from the non target cells.

20:48 it's a real simple thing is that target cells have the right receptor for

20:52 particular hormone or that particular signaling right? And so that's what this

20:58 is trying to show you. It's to show you. Here's a group

21:00 cells over here, here's a group cells over there there, I'm releasing

21:03 hormone, it travels some distance in blood. But because we can't have

21:06 big picture of it, they're just , look, it travels in the

21:09 and arrived, we got a group cells over here that have receptors because

21:12 your cells have receptors, they have and lots of receptors, but they

21:17 have the right receptor, the right is found on this group. And

21:20 when the hormone binds to that you're going to get the response from

21:25 particular group of cells while the other of cells is not doing anything.

21:31 so this is true throughout your entire and there are hundreds and hundreds of

21:37 and we don't even talk about them . We only talk about a select

21:40 over and over again. Now, response that you're gonna get is a

21:45 bit different than what you see in nervous system. And the nervous

21:48 When a neuron fires, you get immediate response and it's very quick and

21:52 very fast and it ends very, quickly in the endocrine system, it

21:58 a while. So once this cell stimulated to release the signaling molecule,

22:03 takes a while for it to travel the body and ultimately find the cells

22:07 have the right receptor. So you a longer response time. It takes

22:12 time. Sometimes it might be measured milliseconds. Sometimes it's measured in

22:17 sometimes it's measured in minutes, sometimes measures in hours. A lot of

22:22 graduate career was dealing with endocrine signaling . And my time course is I'd

22:28 a hormone to a group of And I'd measure in terms of 30

22:33 a minute, four minutes or actually minutes, five minutes, 15

22:39 30 minutes an hour, two four hours, eight hours, 12

22:45 and then 24 hours, it was worst time courses ever because you'd have

22:50 go out in the middle of the , show up at the lab,

22:54 the cells, kill them, freeze , go back home and go to

22:58 , do that all the time. right. So, very often you'll

23:05 like, oh, well, at certain point, that's where the highest

23:09 is. But even though it takes to get the response, you're going

23:13 have a ramp up that results in expression or the activity in the cells

23:19 are responding will last longer. So a broader effect. It's, it

23:25 for a longer period of time. the neuron causes a cell to do

23:28 thing like a contraction, this would the cell to do whatever activity it's

23:33 to do. And it will extend time for some sort of period,

23:37 between 30 minutes to an hour or hours. So whatever. And then

23:41 other thing is, is because you're targeting a specific cell with a specific

23:46 that this is being broadcast throughout the . It's gonna act in different areas

23:52 different places, doing different things. so you have a more widespread

23:58 When we're talking about the sympathetic nervous . In a P one, we

24:03 about a widespread response because of these going through the body. This is

24:07 example of a hormone response because it's just the heart that's beating faster or

24:13 lungs, expanding and contracting quicker, your eyes are dilating, you

24:18 your metabolism goes up. All these things are occurring because all these systems

24:22 been activated by the signaling molecule that been circulating in the blood.

24:30 I know wordy slides like this are fun to look at. All

24:33 But I put this up here just get deal with the definition. So

24:36 hormone is simply a chemical secreted by cell or a group of cells.

24:42 right. So it can be a cell. And what it does is

24:45 it goes into the blood for you're not taking it releasing it from

24:48 cell and it's acting on the cell to it. Even though that's a

24:52 of paracrine signaling, it's not endocrine requires going into the bloodstream. And

24:58 you're going to travel to some distant . Now, distant target is a

25:02 term. All right. So you the hypothalamus and the pituitary glands,

25:05 are just a couple of millimeters apart each other. But that's a

25:10 All right, there are two distinct of the brain. So that would

25:14 an example of hormone or you can something from the, and it acts

25:17 the adrenal glands. All right. a far distance. So these are

25:22 of distant targets. And so you're to exert in very, very low

25:27 , the effect from that particular Now, in saying that, and

25:32 just the definition that you'll find in much any textbook, the definition of

25:37 hormonal and non hormonal is, has changed and blurred over the last 20

25:42 30 years because we've discovered that there more than just the basic chemicals that

25:48 talk about that are in the You're already familiar with some of the

25:52 that are in your body. You heard of growth hormone. Yeah,

25:56 guys have heard of estrogen and Yeah, these are the easy ones

26:01 find, right? And it turns that like I said, there are

26:05 and hundreds of hormones, right? meet that, that, that unique

26:10 of transport in the blood. And we've changed what we thought was non

26:18 activity and we kind of blurred that . All right. So what we

26:22 is like, all right. So are some of the characteristics?

26:25 where are hormones secreted? Well, can be secreted by a gland or

26:29 tissue that is derived from an All right. So that would be

26:33 we would refer to as an endocrine . But as we learned, as

26:38 discovered more things, it's like, , well, there can be individual

26:42 cells located in various places throughout the that are not endocrine glands or endocrine

26:47 origin. All right, we for example, neurons, some neurons

26:53 as a gland. They are neuro that they release when we learned about

27:00 immune system and started understanding it a bit better. And keep in

27:03 we still don't know squat about the system even though we know a

27:06 It's still, we really don't know those cytokines that we pointed at those

27:11 just like hormones do. And so like, oh, well, these

27:14 the hormones of the immune system. , really what it is is maybe

27:18 we've done is we've created a word really doesn't have meaning anymore. And

27:23 what we have is a class of signaling that is more generic. So

27:31 where it comes from has kind of Secondly, in terms of secretion,

27:38 of the hormones are going to be into the bloodstream and generally speaking,

27:42 ones that we're going to talk That's true. We're, that's all

27:45 really concerned about. But there is class of hormones that are called ecto

27:51 . The word ecto means outside, are hormones, your body releases out

27:57 the environment and they serve as signaling to signal unique characteristics to other

28:07 Now, we're not so akin, know, or uh we don't use

28:12 quite as much. We still produce , but it's not as big as

28:17 a deal as say in other So for example, organisms that want

28:22 mate are releasing pheromones, for and those pheromones tell, you

28:30 organisms that are far away. I'm in heat or I am ready

28:35 mating or whatever and that draws the organisms together. That would be an

28:40 of an ecto hormone. Now, produce them as well. It's just

28:44 I said, we don't respond to quite as much. All right.

28:49 In terms of the targets locally or a distance. All right.

28:54 we're dealing with the question of traveling the blood, but the distance now

28:58 not so much like, oh, has to be very far, they

29:01 be very, uh fairly close And the last is it has to

29:06 with concentrations when we're talking about a , we're talking about incredibly low or

29:12 amounts of molecules. All right. you guys learned about molar at some

29:16 in your, in your career, ? So moles, so molar is

29:20 per liter. You guys remember right? So one mole would be

29:24 g per liter. A milli mole be a, you know, one

29:31 per liter. A microgram would be one or sorry, a microliter or

29:37 would be one. Basically, I'm to get 10 in the minus six

29:43 per liter. So what we're dealing is we're going down by factors of

29:50 . And when we get down to we're talking about um hormones, we're

29:55 10 to the minus 9 to 10 the minus 12. So very,

30:02 , very small amounts of hormone cause changes, massive responses in the

30:10 You don't need a lot of All right. And we're gonna see

30:13 here in just a moment. So picture stuff. What do hormones or

30:20 do the endocrine system do? generally speaking, what we're doing is

30:23 trying to main homeostasis in the All right. So we're looking at

30:27 composition and volume. We've already talked those hormones, haven't we? A

30:32 aldosterone vas, supress these are hormones what are they doing? They're managing

30:38 salt balance in the body. All , we have controlling reproductive activities.

30:46 an easy one. Ok. we're talking about testosterone, estrogen and

30:49 other steroidss or sex steroids, that's easy. And then there's some peptide

30:54 that play a role in that as . Development growth and metabolism. All

30:58 , they all kind of merge together means, you know, creating an

31:03 . So that's functional growth means make organism bigger. And the metabolism is

31:07 process by which we do those things then lastly digestive processes which actually could

31:14 into the category of metabolism, So all of these hormones are basically

31:20 processes that keep you going on a basis and on a daily basis,

31:26 ? So when you're looking at the , just ask yourself what is it

31:30 ? And you're gonna start seeing, this regulates metabolism. This regulates

31:34 metabolism, metabolism, metabolism, sex , metabolism, growth, metabolism,

31:39 , metasol it's like that over and and over again. So are you

31:42 to see the big list of all tissues in your body that are responsible

31:47 ? Ho Yeah, I like this because what it basically says is

31:56 there are two types of endocrine All right, we have those which

32:01 an organ that has a single endocrine . So that would be for

32:06 the pineal gland, the hypothalamus, pituitary, you have the adrenal

32:10 which there it is right there. the adrenal gland which we'll get to

32:14 little bit later, just picture the , you know the bean shape of

32:17 kidney and then just take a dollop whipped cream and put it on the

32:20 of the kidney. That is your gland. Ok. These are structures

32:26 are solely designed for the purposes of function. So that's an endocrine

32:34 And then everything else that you see here are things that we've already looked

32:38 . And so for example, the produces hormones. What is the hormone

32:42 we learn is produced in the heart and P Rina peptide. All

32:48 That's a hormone. So it is endocrine gland. What a heart endocrine

32:53 . Yes. The stomach is an gland. The fat that makes up

32:57 , that's found in the gut. a, that's an endocrine gland,

33:02 ? You don't think about it like because we think of their more broader

33:07 activity. You know, the stomach responsible for digestion, yet it produces

33:13 , right? Which regulates the process digestion. And so it's just the

33:18 of cells, those g cells in or in the stomach that make the

33:24 an endocrine gland. Oh man. , that's confusing. Well, we

33:28 call it endocrine gland. We call endocrine organ, right? So there

33:33 lots and lots of tissues that are endocrine in nature, but have a

33:39 function. And I'll give you one , you know, we don't really

33:43 about, we, we throw them in the category of, of endocrine

33:48 we think in terms of the steroids they produce, right. Your

33:52 right. Males, testes, ovaries. And it's like,

33:55 All right. They produce all these steroids. So, they're endocrine.

34:00 . But their function is to produce gametes that are used to make new

34:07 . That's a real function. All . So, even though we categorize

34:12 for the most part as endocrine or think about it as endocrine. They're

34:16 a diff, they have a different altogether. So when we look at

34:21 tissues kind of go oh OK. , they have, they may have

34:25 endocrine function, but they may have function as well. Now, this

34:30 right here is just review just to sure that you guys understand that there

34:34 processes that are used to govern how molecules are regulated. All right,

34:41 most common way to regulate signaling molecules through a feedback pathway that's referred to

34:48 negative feedback. And a negative feedback when I have a system, what

34:53 is is I I create a signal causes the system to activate in a

34:58 direction. And once it goes in direction, it's that movement in that

35:02 serves as a negative signal to stop release of the chemical that's making me

35:07 that direction. Now, that's probably lengthy way to say it. But

35:11 easy way to visualize this is think an air conditioner. The room gets

35:15 , the coil inside the air conditioner that clicks or causes the system to

35:21 on. You blow cold air. right, the cold air causes the

35:26 to get cool. And so when room gets cool, that causes the

35:30 to get smaller again. And so turns off the air conditioner and that's

35:34 your air conditioner, more or less through a thermostat. All right.

35:38 that's a negative feedback. And I'm moving, I move in the

35:41 direction in which the signal that caused to move, um gets turn,

35:49 regulating through that mechanism. All So this is the most common

35:53 So if I get hot, I that cools me down. All

35:58 If I uh produce lots of then there's a mechanism that causes me

36:04 turn off the testosterone that I'm that would be negative feedback, positive

36:11 is much rarer. Um We're going see it at least twice, if

36:18 three times in the female reproductive That's where the most, where it's

36:22 commonly seen. And what this is this is what I would refer to

36:26 a snowball effect, right? The causes an effect, that effect causes

36:33 production of that hormone, which causes of the effect, which causes more

36:37 to be produced and you get a and bigger in effect. And so

36:40 order to stop the snowball, something outside the system has to come in

36:44 say stop and it halts the production the hormone so that the process

36:50 All right. So, you know I'm saying, snowball effect. If

36:54 took like a little pebble and dropped on the snow on a hill and

36:56 rolls down the hill gets bigger and and bigger. That's kind of what

36:59 feedback is. All right, the old bow is enhanced which causes the

37:06 to become, uh, enhanced as . So far. So good.

37:13 on the same page. Not too . OK, I promise, you

37:16 , this, the hardest stuff we've , we've already passed. That was

37:20 kidney. Everything else is just All right. Now, hormones have

37:26 on other hormones. We use these terms. You'll see them over and

37:30 again. Hormones can be permissive. can be synergistic hormones can be

37:36 And what these terms mean is just relationship that hormones have with each other

37:40 something is permissive that allows something else happen. All right. So the

37:45 here, the example is what we up here in this upper upper

37:47 It basically says, look in order this group of hormones right here,

37:52 F S A, they're responsible for development on their own. They can't

37:57 that, they can't cause reproductive But if I introduce another hormone,

38:04 hormone, for example, which has role in reproductive development, what it

38:09 is it allows these hormones to do thing when they're all produced together.

38:15 . That would be a permissive Right. I can't move or do

38:20 unless you are there with me, we both can go and I can

38:24 do the thing that I need to that's permissive. All right,

38:31 On the other hand is what I to as biological math. All

38:36 It's not biological math, but just with me for a second one.

38:40 causes an effect. All right. we're looking at the bottom chart here

38:44 we're looking, for example, blood glucose and you can see in

38:47 chart, we have Glucagon, we Epinephrine, we have cortisol and each

38:50 these things on their own can cause up regulation of blood glucose. So

38:56 example, you can look over here you can see cortisol causes a

38:59 very slow rise. So it's not lot but it causes it to go

39:03 . If you look at Glucagon by , it causes a quick rise,

39:06 it doesn't go high, very high all, but it still goes

39:10 And then here we have epinephrine which blood glucose to rise on its

39:14 But it doesn't really do a big . Each of them by themselves,

39:18 some sort of small effect. So like create a one, right?

39:23 effect is very, very little. if I take two of them and

39:27 them together, I get one and and instead of getting two, I

39:31 11, see, 21 to Yeah. Yeah. Ok. That's

39:40 math. All right. That's a effect. The effect of two things

39:45 is greater than the sum of the of each of them individually. All

39:51 . And that's what you're seeing in chart. So, see, the

39:54 and the epinephrine together have a much effect than the effect of Glucagon plus

40:00 effect of epinephrine. Those two things not create the same large effect.

40:05 put all three of them together and now shooting blood glucose through the

40:10 All right, there's a much broader . So, synergistic effects are not

40:15 additive effect, they're a multiplicative The third thing is antagonism. All

40:22 , when you've been antagonized, you , what does that mean? Someone's

40:27 me, preventing me from doing You're antagonizing me, right? Antagonism

40:32 the same thing that occurs in the or in the or not. But

40:36 the endocrine system here, one hormone the activity of another hormone. It's

40:42 a break and a gas pedal, challenge each other. But the way

40:46 they do it is they're not competing the same binding site. What's happening

40:50 is that the activity of one hormone an effect that prevents the other hormone

40:56 doing its job. And in usually what it is, is it

41:00 regulates the presence of the target uh receptors. All right. So

41:05 example I have up here is I progesterone and estrogen which are known to

41:11 antagonistic towards one another. So, and progesterone are produced at different times

41:16 pregnancy and actually during this different times the menstrual cycle, right, estrogen

41:23 the production of of, of uterine . It promotes uh uh main or

41:30 kind of uh uterine contractions at the of pregnancy towards labor progesterone. In

41:35 name, it tells you what it . It's pro four gestation. So

41:39 promotes pregnancy, maintaining pregnancy, maintaining tissue. All right. So these

41:46 things are doing are diametrically opposed to another. One wants you to give

41:51 , one of them wants you to on to and maintain a pregnancy.

41:55 right. So, when progesterone is , it's basically sending a signal that

42:00 the presence of the estrogen receptor. even though there's estrogen around, it

42:05 nothing to bind to. So it do its job. It's antagonized

42:12 The converse is true when estrogen becomes and actually increases in volume, it

42:18 regulates the presence of the progesterone progesterone can no longer bind to its

42:24 . Now, you're going to allow to do what it wants to do

42:28 prevent progesterone, what it, what trying to do. So how we

42:35 hormones is by the presence of their ? That would be antagonism. All

42:43 . So far. So good. . So the picture on this slide

42:48 just kind of describes what I just right there. So I didn't look

42:53 this picture really carefully when I put on this slide. So it really

42:56 of goes with the previous one. one of the things I want to

42:59 about here is how we regulate these , hormones are, are simple signals

43:08 we don't need a lot of Right? And so one of the

43:12 that cells regulate their responsiveness to hormones regulating the presence of the number of

43:18 on their surface. You guys have heard about diabetes. Type two

43:23 right? Type two. Diabetes is result of what we call insulin

43:29 You've heard that term, right? does that mean? That means my

43:32 is producing too much insulin. The are going, wait, wait,

43:35 , wait, I don't want to to this insulin because this is

43:39 So what I'm gonna do is I'm to withdraw or stop producing the receptors

43:45 I need to respond. In other , the cells are self protecting and

43:50 your body is saying, wait a , you're not responding the way you

43:54 . So what am I gonna do produce more insulin? And then the

43:59 say no, no, no, , there's too much insulin. I'm

44:01 keep hiding receptors and you start, where diabetes comes in. It's this

44:06 of the cells refusing to respond by producing the receptors needed in order to

44:12 to the insulin. All right. , that's an extreme case.

44:18 the idea here is that the way cells regulate their responsiveness is through the

44:26 of the number of receptors on their . All right. So a cell

44:31 it's supposed to respond to something. they get too much of a

44:34 they reduce the number of receptors so they can equilibrate their response based on

44:40 presence of that particular hormone. In other words, if they keep

44:45 same number of receptors, what's their going to be like too big or

44:49 small, it's gonna be too right? If I have, if

44:53 have tons and tons of a particular sitting out there and I have all

44:57 receptors that I normally have, then going to each one of those receptors

45:01 going to respond and keep responding to presence of that hormone. So I

45:06 regulate the presence of my receptors. , let's say, for example,

45:12 opposite is true that a endocrine organ less hormone than normal. So what

45:18 the cell going to do to get same response that it normally gets?

45:22 going up regulate the number of All right. So the way that

45:27 balance out the number, our, responsiveness is through the number of

45:32 Too much hormone, lower my too little hormone up regulate my

45:38 And so this is a localized way regulating hormone responsiveness in the cells.

45:49 . And this is gonna be true the whole thing. But sometimes,

45:52 I said, you'll see disease states diabetes where, where it goes out

45:56 control and what you're doing is you're responding in a normal fashion,

46:00 it results in a poor result. right. So these are generic characteristics

46:09 the, the endocrine system. So you're thinking about the hormones and you're

46:14 , ok, well, how is being regulated? Just think along these

46:17 . And what I wanna do is wanna switch, I, I'm gonna

46:20 you guys have any questions so far is this pretty straightforward? Except for

46:24 the regulation part? Because that kind confuses people. What I want to

46:29 is I want to go and switch . How do we classify hormones?

46:34 do we know which hormones do And it boils down into one of

46:38 things, right? We can look the source of secretion, we can

46:43 at the mechanism of action. In words, what type of receptor is

46:45 thing binding to? Or we can a question which is more chemical in

46:50 is what is its solubility in Or the last thing is you can

46:54 say, ok, well, I want to know is this thing a

46:56 or a protein? Is it a ? In other words, is it

47:00 sort of derivative of cholesterol or the one which is even more complicated,

47:04 is, is it a mean Right? In other words, it's

47:07 sort of amino acid that I And the truth is, is any

47:12 of these four methods is, is acceptable way to classify a hormone.

47:17 if you want to make your life , really easy, if you want

47:20 make endocrinology, one of the most subjects you've ever studied. One of

47:24 stands out as being the easiest. one do you think that is?

47:32 one chemical classes? So the last down here? So, peptide steroids

47:36 means I would say yes, except there's one caveat in here is that

47:42 right here gets confusing but it's that's not a bad choice, but

47:48 a better choice what mechanism in OK. Yes. But again,

47:54 of these immune hormones, you're gonna some weird stuff going on. All

47:58 . But that's fair. See, , you're, you're, you're thinking

48:00 all right. So there's still one thing. What, which thing up

48:05 is binary, binary, meaning there's two types. Exactly. Yeah.

48:15 the source of secretion, which I is dependent upon the one that you

48:20 didn't mention. The one I didn't , which is soluble in water.

48:24 said it? All right. So get this start for the day.

48:27 . Solubility in water, you're either or you're not. And so if

48:31 understand what, what state a hormone in other words, is this a

48:36 that's soluble in water or if it's soluble in water, what you're going

48:39 see is all the characteristics that we're about fall into that category. So

48:45 is it secreted? What type of of action is it dependent upon its

48:48 in water? And then these three ? So we're gonna see that one

48:53 soluble in water. One is And then these two fall into one

48:57 those two categories because they, that's why I say they're complicated because

49:01 are soluble, some are not. if you focus on the solubility question

49:05 you understand what that means. And all of a sudden you, you

49:09 those definitions. It's like everything else into place. All right. So

49:14 doesn't matter what molecule you're looking All right. So we're gonna look

49:19 the chemical classes first just so that can kind of then look at the

49:24 question. All right. So when talk about steroid, you've all heard

49:28 , the word steroid and what it , usually people interchange steroid in a

49:32 , it's not correct to do so a steroid is a class of

49:37 the steroids are what you're most familiar in terms of estrogens and testosterones.

49:42 other name for testosterones are the All right. Uh You have the

49:48 . All right. And then you other things. These are the

49:51 the mineral corticoid, all the other stuff that are produced by the adrenal

49:55 . These are what are called derivatives cholesterol. So we start with the

50:00 molecule. And when you make all , all of these things, that's

50:02 class, the protein or the peptide are what are either polypeptides, meaning

50:09 they are very, very long chains amino acids or they're all go

50:13 which is just a fancy word for uh less than many. So it's

50:18 , ok, somewhere between five and amino acids or what you might

50:22 you might see glyco proteins. So have varying sizes but they're basically long

50:28 acid chains and notice I have protein there and it's like, well,

50:31 don't see a protein. Well, because we're going to modify the protein

50:35 change it. So that's why we really just say it's a protein.

50:39 third class, which is the weird is the biogenic means, right?

50:43 might also see the term a monoamine what they've done is you've taken

50:49 a amino acid and you've modified it one way or another. And so

50:54 , the two primary groups here are CTA Cola means which is a

50:59 very long fancy class or a long for a fancy class. These are

51:03 water soluble versions of the monoamine or means and then you have thyroid

51:10 which is also a biogenic, I , but it behaves like a steroid

51:14 is why I say this is not best way to do that because you

51:18 one that behaves one way and you another group of them that behaves another

51:21 . So it's instead of trying to out which one does, which,

51:25 don't we learn the solubility question and throw it in that category,

51:31 So when we talk about solubility, basically just asking one of two

51:36 Is it soluble in water or is soluble and fat? Those are your

51:39 choices, right? If you're soluble water, you're hydrophilic, you're water

51:45 . And so you have very, low lipid solubility, which means that

51:50 enjoy environments that are watering nature. think about parts of the body that

51:54 watering nature inside a cell, watery not watery, watery, the cell

52:01 , watery or not watery, not , the environment around the cell,

52:06 or not watery, watery, the that makes up the capillary wall,

52:11 or not watery, not watery. about the plasma inside the capillary?

52:16 ? So all of a sudden now see what we have is a binary

52:19 . We have areas that are watering that are not watery, those areas

52:22 are not watery are made up of phospho lipids, they are lipids in

52:27 . And so those are uh in where lipophilic molecules are gonna want to

52:33 up, right? Lipophilic molecules hate , they're excluded from water. It's

52:38 the, you know, the like I said, water doesn't like

52:41 . So it excludes it. All . So what they have is little

52:45 no water solubility. All right. it's this solubility, whether it's water

52:50 or lipid soluble, that is going influence how that molecule is being

52:55 So that synthesis, how it's being , how it's being transported through the

53:00 . Since we're talking about blood lipid has might need something a little bit

53:05 help, right? Because blood is , right? Um how it actually

53:11 with the target cell. In other , what type of receptor system are

53:14 dealing with? So if you understand molecule's solubility, then you already understand

53:20 these other characteristics about that molecule, is why I say we focus here

53:29 if we learn what a water solub does we understand all those characters?

53:33 learn what a lipid soluble, we all those characteristics. And then we

53:36 saying, OK, well, what a steroid? A steroid is

53:40 Ok. Then now I know everything how it's made, how it's

53:43 how it's traveling, how it And I'm done now, I just

53:47 to learn the names of the stupid . That's not hard, that's memorization

53:54 . So how a hormone is synthesized released is dependent upon different types of

54:02 . All right. So we have is called a hormonal stimulation. And

54:05 this is what we kind of think here, what we have is we

54:07 some hormone that is released from some , some other gland. And what

54:12 does is it goes and travels, the cell that makes that new

54:15 the one you're interested in binds to receptor and that's what activates the production

54:20 the hormone. All right. when you talk about this hormone is

54:24 hormonally, that's what you're referring Humor stimulated is where there's a change

54:30 some sort of characteristic in the bodily or of some sort of substance in

54:35 blood that the body is monitoring, . All right. So, for

54:40 , if your blood glucose drops then your body produces a hormone in

54:47 to that drop in blood glucose. your blood glucose rises, a different

54:51 is being produced, that would be example of humoral. It's a factor

54:55 the blood that we're measuring in order determine when that hormone is being

55:00 In the case of the form a regulating another one, the hypothalamus produces

55:04 whole bunch of different hormones. And it does is when the a the

55:09 of interest drops, that hormone from hypothalamus is released and acts on the

55:15 that makes the hormone you're interested The last one is the nervous system

55:21 this is where a neuron comes in directly stimulates the endocrine cell to produce

55:26 hormone of interest. So each of hormones is going to be one of

55:31 31 of these three ways in terms how it's being stimulated. Now,

55:37 no time is a hormone ever gonna zero in your body. In terms

55:42 the actual volume, you always have , it's always present unless there is

55:46 malfunction in the system. All So there is a low point and

55:52 is a high point. So a in which that hormone exists and depending

55:59 which hormone you're looking at when that and low point is going to exist

56:02 gonna be unique for that hormone. , what we say is that there

56:06 a level of fluctuation and so there high points and low points over the

56:11 of the day or the course of week or the course of the month

56:14 even the course of a year. may see differences, but you're still

56:19 in the middle of that range. right. And what you're doing is

56:23 modifying or modulating the presence of that within that range. So, what

56:29 wanna do is I want to first with how do we synthesize hormones that

56:35 gonna be of the peptide group? right. So, hydrophilic and hydrophobic

56:44 hydrophilic and lipophilic, either way you to do it. So, hydrophilic

56:49 are your peptides, all right, proteins and they all start off as

56:54 massive proteins when they're being made. right, there's what we refer to

56:58 being a precursor, the protein that's made is not the actual hormone,

57:03 going to be modified. It's the from which we're going to get the

57:06 . We refer to this as a pro hormone, we're giving it two

57:12 . So it tells you that there's stages of modification, right? Prep

57:16 hormones. And so these are going be manufactured in the endoplasm reticulum of

57:21 cells that make that particular hormone, ? Because it's a peptide, it's

57:26 to follow all the rules of the of a peptide. So after the

57:30 reticulum, what structure do we go the Golgi? Thank you. And

57:35 from the Golgi, we're packaged and moved on. But the Golgi plays

57:38 important role in peptide production or protein . Modification takes place in the

57:45 sorting, takes place in the And so what's going to happen in

57:49 golgi is that pre pro hormone is to be modified, it's going to

57:53 cleaved and broken and made into a structure. So now what we're going

57:58 have is we're going to go from pre pro hormone down to a pro

58:02 , which is the almost active state then we're going to get down to

58:06 hormone, which would be the active . So here they're trying to show

58:09 like, look this large structure which some sort of signal that the golgi

58:14 going to use, it has the that we're actually interested in a DH

58:20 then it has these other parts to that aren't the hormone. And what

58:24 going to do is we're going to by processing it and getting it finally

58:30 to what we're actually interested in and what's taking place in the goal.

58:35 so once you've made your hormone, you can do now is you can

58:40 it up. All right, because are water soluble and peptides and that

58:48 water soluble, you can store in and hold them there until you need

58:53 . All right. So right now your body, all of you have

58:58 stimulating hormone, right? It's made your brain and your brain actually makes

59:03 in a pulsatile fashion. This is the hypothalamus and it's pulsing this

59:08 Boom, boom, boom. And just making it constantly, but it's

59:13 releasing it constantly. That's where the comes in. All right. It's

59:19 release it at higher points during the and at low points during the

59:23 it slows down and it's just going pulse, how much it's releasing,

59:27 how much you make is a All right. And that's what's going

59:32 here. We package it up, it into a secretary vessel stored away

59:40 we're signaled to release it. hydrophilic peptide hormones processing through the

59:49 store it up, wait for the to cause me to release that material

59:57 . On the other hand, are little bit more complicated, not complicated

60:01 different. We start off with a molecule if you ever wonder what cholesterol

60:07 like. That's what it looks And right here, what we're looking

60:10 , this is one of my favorite in all of, of, of

60:14 . This chart here shows you everything need in order to make all the

60:18 steroids in your body. All So if you've never seen this before

60:22 here, these are the progestins in yellow down here. Those are the

60:26 over here. Those are the glucocorticoids, mineral corticoid up there.

60:32 each of these little lines that you're represent the enzyme, you need to

60:37 the change to go from one molecule the next. All right. So

60:44 gonna tell you a little story here I'm always gonna tell stories.

60:50 Couple of years ago, this rabid in the UK said men need to

60:57 what it's like to be a pregnant . So what we should do,

61:02 wrote this as an op ed. we should do is we should inject

61:06 with progesterone because then they'll know what like to be pregnant and they'll behave

61:12 response to the hormones. Now, a lot of stupid in that

61:16 right? The first stupid is you to have the right receptors to respond

61:20 the hormone, which we've already talked , but I'm gonna show you the

61:23 stupid, here's all your steroids, ? And I pointed out where everything

61:30 progesterones or the progestins are over There's the estrogens, there's the

61:36 the androgens over there. If you a bunch of men progesterone, they

61:42 all the enzymes they need to make , right? So what's gonna happen

61:47 you give them a bunch of they're gonna make a bunch of

61:52 They're basically gonna go. Ok, you for the progesterone. There's proge

61:55 uh the progesterone that she was referring is this one right here. So

61:59 , OK, we're just gonna go on down. We'll just go ahead

62:01 make the uh steroid that men So what we're gonna do is we're

62:06 gonna punch, punch, uh pump a bunch of men with a whole

62:09 of testosterone. Now, would that them what it's like to be

62:13 No, but it might make us , really irritable, start punching each

62:17 a little bit more. All So why I show this to you

62:23 not so that you memorize the And if you look at these,

62:26 mean, does this look a lot than that one? If you,

62:29 you start kind of looking at these , you're going to like there's not

62:31 lot of difference. This right This is testosterone. This right here

62:36 17 beta estrodiol. That is what refer to as estrogen. If you

62:41 at this versus that, they even what the differences are. But you'd

62:45 to kind of stare at it for second to kind of be able to

62:48 these molecules are not that different. just like one small chemical change in

62:53 case, right? But testosterone and do, do they cause massive differences

63:01 terms of development and stuff? Now having said all that, how

63:07 we make this stuff? Well, on the organ you're looking at,

63:12 gonna have the specific enzymes needed and to make the steroid that that particular

63:18 makes. All right, we're going talk about the adrenal gland a little

63:21 later, the adrenal gland has within three different layers. One layer makes

63:24 corticoid. One makes cortic corticosteroids, other one or glucocorticoids either way you

63:29 to call it. And the last makes the sex steroids, your gonads

63:34 sex steroids. All right. So are different areas even within the adrenal

63:40 that are specific to what they make they have the specific enzymes necessary to

63:46 from here to there. Ovaries go this and make that because they have

63:53 enzyme. The aromatase enzyme males do have aromatase in their gonads. So

64:00 make testosterone and then they have the reductase that allows us to make DH

64:06 which is even more potent. The steroid, right? Ladies, do

64:14 have test or androgens in your Of course, if you didn't,

64:19 couldn't make this. But because of presence of the right enzyme, it

64:23 you to make the estrogen you that governs a whole assortment of things

64:31 your body. So, lipophilic hormones the form of steroids, we have

64:37 have the cell with the right And because you're starting off with the

64:43 and you're ending up with different shapes that fat, there's no way you

64:48 store that inside a vesicle. First , the fat hates water and the

64:52 of a vesicle is watery. So like, I'm not gonna hang out

64:55 , I'm gonna go hang out in wall of the vesicle and it's

64:58 well, there's nothing keeping me I'm gonna go hang out into the

65:02 of the cell. Well, there's keeping me here. So I'm gonna

65:05 out into the blood and it's oh, I don't like it

65:07 but something's gonna come along and bind up and carry me away and protect

65:13 . So we make steroid and don't it. We make steroid and send

65:19 . So we make it based on , not based on just this constant

65:25 . All right. Now, its is going to be dependent upon its

65:33 concentrations. There's a lot of way do this. Now, hormones,

65:36 talked about being in these very, low concentrations, these nano de PICO

65:41 . And so you have to tightly how much hormone is available because you

65:45 massive effects when you do this. ? And because of the way that

65:50 have these negative feedback loops, too of a good thing can actually suppress

65:54 whole system over the long term. we want to, we want to

65:59 very careful how much we're releasing and much is available. Now, what's

66:05 in your body exists in two All right, not active and

66:10 it's bound versus unbound. All remember I just kind of described with

66:14 a steroid, something comes along, it up and carries it away.

66:18 would be a bound molecule. A molecule can't do something, right.

66:23 other words, it has a carrier protecting it from being destroyed and protecting

66:29 from the environment around it. It's it through the body, but it

66:34 do the activity. It was designed do only the biologically active. The

66:40 is capable of interacting. And so level of regulation is really in that

66:46 between bound versus unbound. OK. , this is where it gets

66:52 All right, there is a perfect for every hormone being bound versus

66:57 If you took chemistry at some they talked about uh you know,

67:01 balancing equations right where you have an that reaches an equilibrium. So in

67:08 bodies, there is an equilibrium between and unbound hormone, but it's not

67:12 1 to 1, I mean, hormones, it might be 20 to

67:16 bound versus unbound or whatever. But that ratio is for that particular

67:20 when that balance becomes unequal, then you're going to do is you're going

67:24 shift in one direction or the So if a hormone which is free

67:29 and binds to receptor, right, no longer in that ratio. And

67:34 now you have too much bound and have not enough unbound and so molecules

67:39 unbound and become available. All let me put this in a way

67:45 you can understand it if that didn't sense because I'm seeing, I'm seeing

67:49 brows like this and that's ok. right, you go to a party

67:54 a bunch of couples and a bunch singlets. All right. So when

68:00 singlets leave, you want to keep a perfect ratio, that's what I'm

68:04 to bound. You know, couples be bound, singlets would be

68:08 All right, if you want to a perfect ratio of couples versus singles

68:14 time singlets bind up as a someone's going to have to break

68:19 So you get the right number of . Every time someone leaves a

68:23 you're going to have to re establish ratio. So if you have singlets

68:27 the party, couples have to break so that you can keep the ratio

68:30 same and the only ones that are to do anything, you know,

68:35 interact with. I don't know what I don't know if they interact

68:41 that. A party. This example south really, really quickly. Um

68:46 the idea is, you know, I go and act with the interact

68:49 the receptor, so if I'm at party and I'm a single and let's

68:51 I go into the kitchen now that has become messed up. And so

68:56 trying to maintain that. And so this thing right here that we're trying

69:01 govern is, and that's, that's by some chemical laws. All

69:07 So first off, half lives, lives, just tell you the amount

69:11 time that, that hormone can exist the body in circulation is basically how

69:15 I reduce it by half? when you're talking about hormones being

69:20 they have relatively short half lives. right. So they're basically sticking around

69:26 seconds or minutes. And part of is because they're freely available to bind

69:31 to receptors and there's enzymes hunting them because reasons when you're talking about

69:38 they're already bound up and they're hidden . So the only thing that you

69:41 interact with are the ones that are . And so that means you have

69:46 in circulation, they're protected for longer of time, which is why they

69:51 an increased half life. But once become free, they become susceptible to

69:57 destruction mechanisms. Now, if concentration . Where are we doing our

70:07 Well, the rate of destruction stays . All right, the rate at

70:14 the enzymes, uh, identify and those hormones stays constant. So we're

70:21 going to up regulate those. In other words, on the backside

70:25 destruction, we're not regulating there. already talked about making it,

70:30 it is basically going to be, already under a general regulation.

70:34 if I'm a peptide, I'm being in a constant manner. If

70:38 if I'm a steroid, I'm being controlled through a need base basis.

70:45 I've already got those two ends But if I need to make

70:49 I'm making it in terms of being versus unbound. All right. So

70:55 transport mechanism of binding up hormones is level of regulation. So, the

71:02 binding protein I have, the more sequestering or slowing down the rate of

71:09 interaction, the less binding protein I , the more available hormone is going

71:15 be out there. All right. what this slide is basically trying to

71:20 you. All right. So just kind of recap so that we're kind

71:27 caught up synthesis we've looked at for pretty straightforward just as how you make

71:35 , lipophilic steroids have a unique Using those particular enzymes they're released,

71:41 is regulated, released, one just released as it's being made.

71:46 primarily lipophilic hormones have binding proteins, increases their half life hydrophilic, they

71:55 some binding proteins but not the same . They have relatively short half

72:00 And the way that I regulate is degree of binding during transport. So

72:07 it's the question is, all So what are my targets? How

72:11 I get there? All right. , lipid soluble hormones because they can

72:16 freely through the plasma membrane. Their are located inside the cells. They

72:21 have them on the surface of the . So here I have a steroid

72:27 comes along, it's released, It exists in that bound versus unbound

72:32 . So an unbound hormone can go a cell and it can float

72:36 If there's a receptor there, it bind up to its receptor when it

72:39 up to its receptor. What will is is that that hormone will then

72:44 that receptor will move and translocated to nucleus. And that receptor hormone complex

72:51 now a transcription factor to turn on activity of some sort of gene or

72:57 off the activity of some sort of . So what it's doing is it's

73:02 which genes are being activated or inactivated the cell. That's lipophilic. In

73:11 , what I'm doing is I'm making hormone or making new proteins or I'm

73:17 the production of proteins by working through . I don't know why this is

73:27 of place, but I've already kind talked about that. That should have

73:30 the slide before. So transport transport , as I said, binding that

73:41 hydrophilic. On the other hand, like being in water environments, they

73:45 pass through the pla membrane. So receptors are located on the surface of

73:50 cells. All right. So, receptors are inside the cells. You

73:57 up to the receptor, you go the nucleus, you act with the

74:00 factor, hydrophilic my receptors on the of the cell. I take my

74:05 state, I bind to that And what I'm going to do is

74:09 changing the shape of that receptor which associated with some sort of molecule which

74:14 going to initiate a signaling transduction So what we're looking at here in

74:20 picture is an example of a signal cascade. Here we see the receptor

74:26 is the affiliate molecule that's going to the second messenger. So the hormone

74:32 in binding would be the first This is our receptor. What we're

74:36 is through this coupled molecule, we're to make a second messenger. So

74:43 we have a series of enzymes. our second messenger right there. The

74:47 messenger is changing the the activity of materials already inside the cell. In

74:54 , what we have here is we a system of dominoes already lined

74:57 And all we're doing is we're pressing domino another way to think about

75:01 If you think about this room, I want to turn the lights on

75:03 this room. What do I need do? There's a switch on the

75:08 some place I think it's over I'm not 100% certain might be back

75:12 . Right. There's a switch. there's already wires, there's lamps,

75:16 wires, there's a switch. If want to change the state of this

75:20 , I just push the button on switch or flip the switch. That

75:24 be an example of hydrophilic. Everything's in place. All I got to

75:28 is make the change, right, the system or inactivate it. When

75:32 dealing with lipophilic, I remember I about transcription. I'm building the lights

75:38 I'm putting the wiring in and I'm the switches on. That's the difference

75:44 I'm making the stuff versus the stuff already there. Now, there's different

75:51 of signaling and I don't know how I might be able to get through

75:54 all we'll see. All right. the most common type of signaling through

75:58 , through this type of receptor system , is using a G protein.

76:03 , this isn't the only way. don't just sit in your mind and

76:06 , OK, all hydrophilic use G . All right. They don't.

76:11 we're looking at here is the most type. It was the first one

76:14 , it was actually discovered in the . And then it's, this type

76:18 receptor is repeated about, there's about different receptors in your body that are

76:24 type. And so what we have we have a receptor and we have

76:29 molecule right here, which is called G protein. A G protein is

76:32 G T P ace. All Ace is an enzyme. And what

76:36 means is that it takes G T and it breaks it and releases the

76:41 and it uses the energy to activate else. In this particular case,

76:45 this G protein is doing is it's an enzyme. That's not the only

76:49 that it does. But that's generally you're doing is you're taking energy and

76:53 activating some sort of molecule. So this happens is when the receptor is

76:59 , you change the shape of the . So molecule binds the hormone binds

77:04 receptor, it changes its shape, change in shape, changes the shape

77:08 its, of the associated G And then that G protein, when

77:13 changes shape, it basically invites in GTP and breaks it and releases the

77:20 . So this type of receptor when associated with the G protein has a

77:24 difficult hard name, it's called a protein coupled receptor. Why? Because

77:31 coupled with the cheap protein. And I said, most common type,

77:38 , the most common mechanism that a protein couple receptor uses in order for

77:42 is through what is called the cyclic MP signaling cascade. All right.

77:47 is cyclic A MP. Well, is a, uh A T P

77:50 here. So, right, there's demo and there's 123 phosphate. So

77:54 tri phosphate A T P. And you're doing is you're using an enzyme

78:00 AY cycles. So it tells you an enzyme of the ace at the

78:04 . And what it's doing is it's off two of those phosphates and then

78:07 taking that last little bond and it's it around so that you end with

78:11 cyclic molecule. In other words, , I'm, I'm attaching and creating

78:16 circle at the end. And what molecule is is an activator of an

78:24 downstream. All right. Now, effector is simply a molecule that has

78:28 sort of effect. It's not describing the effect is. It's just saying

78:31 is the target and then the most target for cyclic A MP is an

78:38 called protein kinase A. All So, a MP, protein K

78:45 pathways are the single most common type pathway that exists in G protein couple

78:53 . All right, this P K is going to phosphor. That's what

78:58 kinase does. It adds energy to molecules to allow them to work.

79:03 triggers some sort of response. there's another type and I'm just showing

79:08 here so that once you learn that really simple, it's basically you got

79:14 , you have an enzyme, you a second messenger that is basically the

79:20 I activate the receptor that's going to , usually some sort of enzyme that

79:25 some sort of second messenger. And that second messenger activates some sort of

79:30 . So if I go back and at you at this one, you

79:33 see, here's my receptor, here my enzyme. There's my second

79:37 There's my effector. All right. , the second most common type is

79:43 calcium and it does the same Now, it's hard to see in

79:47 , but here is my receptor. my G protein, it activates an

79:56 which does something which creates second So there's a second messenger, there's

80:01 second messenger and those second messengers are or are activating other molecules which would

80:09 factors, they cause some sort of . All right. Now, in

80:16 particular case, the second most common is the enzyme that we're activating is

80:22 phospholipase C. Right now, I that you're sitting going, I'm not

80:27 biologist and I could care less, , blah, blah. This right

80:30 is one of the most important systems you'll ever see. You have,

80:34 know, aspirin, aspirin affects all right, a little bit

80:38 but it affects this phospholipase c phospholipase enzyme fossil lipids. It's telling you

80:45 breaks a phospho lipid that's found in plasma membrane. And what it does

80:49 it cleaves it in two, the phosphor lipid that it's breaking is called

80:53 P two. Well, that's its PIP two is phospho ol diphosphate.

81:00 two. OK. And what it it cleans in two molecules. First

81:05 is D A G second molecule IP . That's a lot of alphabet

81:09 isn't it? All right. D G Diao IP three IO trios.

81:16 what you end up with is these second messengers and the two second messenger

81:19 going to activate different types of As you can see here, D

81:23 G is activating a protein K which sounds a lot like the first

81:28 protein K C. If you have A and you have AC, what

81:30 you think? Is there a B there someplace? Yes, there

81:34 And there's also D and some other as well that you don't need to

81:37 about. All right, but it stuff IP three activates a channel and

81:45 releases calcium. You're like, this a calcium system. What is

81:49 Well, this is what we're this serves as another signaling molecule.

81:52 each of these things are doing their thing. But what you end up

81:55 is calcium being released. And when is released it goes and bins another

82:00 of effector called calmodulin, see where name comes from calcium cal mod modulation

82:09 cal moulin. All right. Big . So what lots of stuff.

82:16 , this picture right here, which very scary and you have to

82:22 OK, you don't have to All right, go and look in

82:25 for a little bit. And you kind of see here. So each

82:27 these are G protein coupled receptors. you look closely, you'll see different

82:32 of G proteins that are affiliated with of them. And if you look

82:35 right there, there's cyclic A P it's showing you all the different types

82:39 pathways that are being activated. And are why these systems are so important

82:45 depending on which cell you have, have different types of effectors downstream.

82:50 even though you have the same mechanism and over and over again, if

82:53 learn the mechanism, once I've seen , once I've seen it 1000

82:56 I don't have to worry about the until I have to worry about the

83:04 . So this is different pathways using same mechanism. And I'm sorry,

83:10 9 45. I get excited. we come back, we'll deal with

83:14 cascade effect. I should just stop announcement at the beginning. I should

83:20 start talking. So when we come , we'll do the enzymes, the

83:27 , excuse me. Hormones.

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