unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" (同)free people
not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" (同)loose, liberal
make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" (同)release
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
of or relating to the urinary system of the body
of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine
This article is about the natural hormone. For the medication, see Hydrocortisone.
Not to be confused with cortisone, a metabolite from cortisol, with a similar name, genesis, and function.
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Infobox references
Cortisol is a steroid hormone, in the glucocorticoid class of hormones. When used as a medication, it is known as hydrocortisone.
It is produced in humans by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex within the adrenal gland.[1] It is released in response to stress and low blood-glucose concentration. It functions to increase blood sugar through gluconeogenesis, to suppress the immune system, and to aid in the metabolism of fat, protein, and carbohydrates.[2] It also decreases bone formation.[3]
Contents
1Health effects
1.1Metabolic response
1.2Immune response
2Other effects
2.1Metabolism
2.1.1Glucose
2.1.2Bone and collagen
2.1.3Amino acid
2.2Wound healing
2.3Electrolyte balance
2.3.1Sodium
2.3.2Potassium
2.4Stomach and kidneys
2.5Memory
2.6Sleep, stress, and mood
2.7Effects during pregnancy
3Synthesis and release
4Testing of individuals
5Disorders of cortisol production
6Regulation
6.1Factors reducing cortisol levels
6.2Factors increasing cortisol levels
7Biochemistry
7.1Biosynthesis
7.2Metabolism
8Chemistry
9Animals
10See also
11References
12External links
Health effects
Metabolic response
In the early fasting state, cortisol stimulates gluconeogenesis (the formation of glucose), and activates antistress and anti-inflammatory pathways. Cortisol also plays an important, but indirect, role in liver and muscle glycogenolysis, the breaking down of glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate and glucose. This is done through its passive influence on glucagon.[clarification needed] Additionally, cortisol facilitates the activation of glycogen phosphorylase, which is necessary for epinephrine to have an effect on glycogenolysis.[4][5]
In the late fasting state, the function of cortisol changes slightly and increases glycogenesis. This response allows the liver to take up glucose not being used by the peripheral tissue and turn it into liver glycogen stores to be used if the body moves into the starvation state.[citation needed]
Elevated levels of cortisol, if prolonged, can lead to proteolysis (breakdown of proteins) and muscle wasting.[6] Several studies have shown that cortisol can have a lipolytic effect (promote the breakdown of fat).[citation needed] Under some conditions, however, cortisol may somewhat suppress lipolysis.[7]
Immune response
Cortisol prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation. It is used to treat conditions resulting from overactivity of the B-cell-mediated antibody response. Examples include inflammatory and rheumatoid diseases, as well as allergies. Low-potency hydrocortisone, available as a nonprescription medicine in some countries, is used to treat skin problems such as rashes and eczema.
It inhibits production of interleukin (IL)-12, interferon (IFN)-gamma, IFN-alpha, and tumor-necrosis-factor (TNF)-alpha by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and T helper (Th)1 cells, but upregulates IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13 by Th2 cells. This results in a shift toward a Th2 immune response rather than general immunosuppression. The activation of the stress system (and resulting increase in cortisol and Th2 shift) seen during an infection is believed to be a protective mechanism which prevents an over-activation of the inflammatory response.[8]
Cortisol can weaken the activity of the immune system. It prevents proliferation of T-cells by rendering the interleukin-2 producer T-cells unresponsive to interleukin-1 (IL-1), and unable to produce the T-cell growth factor (IL-2).[9] Cortisol also has a negative-feedback effect on interleukin-1.[10]
Though IL-1 is useful in combating some diseases, endotoxic bacteria have gained an advantage by forcing the hypothalamus to increase cortisol levels (forcing the secretion of corticotropin-releasing hormone, thus antagonizing IL-1). The suppressor cells are not affected by glucosteroid response-modifying factor,[11] so the effective setpoint for the immune cells may be even higher than the setpoint for physiological processes (reflecting leukocyte redistribution to lymph nodes, bone marrow, and skin). Rapid administration of corticosterone (the endogenous type I and type II receptor agonist) or RU28362 (a specific type II receptor agonist) to adrenalectomized animals induced changes in leukocyte distribution. Natural killer cells are affected by cortisol.[12]
Cortisol stimulates many copper enzymes (often to 50% of their total potential), probably to increase copper availability for immune purposes.[13]:337 This includes lysyl oxidase, an enzyme that cross-links collagen, and elastin.[13]:334 Especially valuable for immune response is cortisol's stimulation of the superoxide dismutase,[14] since this copper enzyme is almost certainly used by the body to permit superoxides to poison bacteria.
Other effects
Metabolism
Glucose
Cortisol counteracts insulin, contributes to hyperglycemia-causing hepatic gluconeogenesis[15] and inhibits the peripheral use of glucose (insulin resistance)[15] by decreasing the translocation of glucose transporters (especially GLUT4) to the cell membrane.[16] Cortisol also increases glycogen synthesis (glycogenesis) in the liver, storing glucose in easily accessible form.[17] The permissive effect of cortisol on insulin action in liver glycogenesis is observed in hepatocyte culture in the laboratory, although the mechanism for this is unknown.
Bone and collagen
Cortisol reduces bone formation,[3] favoring long-term development of osteoporosis (progressive bone disease). It transports potassium out of cells in exchange for an equal number of sodium ions (see above).[18] This can trigger the hyperkalemia of metabolic shock from surgery. Cortisol also reduces calcium absorption in the intestine.[19]
Collagen is an important component of connective tissue. It is vital for structural support and is found in muscles, tendons, and joints, as well as throughout the entire body. Cortisol down-regulates the synthesis of collagen.[20]
Amino acid
Cortisol raises the free amino acids in the serum by inhibiting collagen formation, decreasing amino acid uptake by muscle, and inhibiting protein synthesis.[21] Cortisol (as opticortinol) may inversely inhibit IgA precursor cells in the intestines of calves.[22] Cortisol also inhibits IgA in serum, as it does IgM; however, it is not shown to inhibit IgE.[23]
Wound healing
Cortisol and the stress response have known deleterious effects on the immune system. High levels of perceived stress and increases in cortisol have been found to lengthen wound-healing time in healthy, male adults. Those who had the lowest levels of cortisol the day following a 4 mm punch biopsy had the fastest healing time.[24] In dental students, wounds from punch biopsies took an average of 40% longer to heal when performed three days before an examination as opposed to biopsies performed on the same students during summer vacation.[25] This is in line with previous animal studies that show similar detrimental effects on wound healing, notably the primary reports showing that turtles recoil from cortisol.[26]
Electrolyte balance
Cortisol increases glomerular filtration rate, and renal plasma flow from the kidneys thus increasing phosphate excretion, as well as increasing sodium and water retention and potassium excretion in high amounts acting as aldosterone (in high amounts cortisol is converted to cortisone which acts on mineralcorticoid receptor mimicing the effect of aldoesterone). It also increases sodium and water absorption and potassium excretion in the intestines.[27]
Sodium
Cortisol promotes sodium absorption through the small intestine of mammals.[28] Sodium depletion, however, does not affect cortisol levels[29] so cortisol cannot be used to regulate serum sodium. Cortisol's original purpose may have been sodium transport. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that freshwater fish use cortisol to stimulate sodium inward, while saltwater fish have a cortisol-based system for expelling excess sodium.[30]
Potassium
A sodium load augments the intense potassium excretion by cortisol. Corticosterone is comparable to cortisol in this case.[31] For potassium to move out of the cell, cortisol moves an equal number of sodium ions into the cell.[18] This should make pH regulation much easier (unlike the normal potassium-deficiency situation, in which two sodium ions move in for each three potassium ions that move out—closer to the deoxycorticosterone effect).
Stomach and kidneys
Cortisol stimulates gastric-acid secretion.[32] Cortisol's only direct effect on the hydrogen-ion excretion of the kidneys is to stimulate the excretion of ammonium ions by deactivating the renal glutaminase enzyme.[33]
Memory
Cortisol works with adrenaline (epinephrine) to create memories of short-term emotional events; this is the proposed mechanism for storage of flash bulb memories, and may originate as a means to remember what to avoid in the future.[34] However, long-term exposure to cortisol damages cells in the hippocampus;[35] this damage results in impaired learning. Furthermore, cortisol inhibits memory retrieval of already stored information.[36][37]
Sleep, stress, and mood
Diurnal cycles of cortisol levels are found in humans.[4] In humans, the amount of cortisol present in the blood undergoes diurnal variation; the level peaks in the early morning (around 8 am) and reaches its lowest level at about midnight-4 am, or three to five hours after the onset of sleep. Information about the light/dark cycle is transmitted from the retina to the paired suprachiasmatic nuclei in the hypothalamus. This pattern is not present at birth; estimates of when it begins vary from two weeks to nine months of age.[38]
Sustained stress can lead to high levels of circulating cortisol, which can create an allostatic load.[39] An allostatic load can lead to various physical modifications in the body's regulatory networks.[39] Changed patterns of serum cortisol levels have been observed in connection with abnormal ACTH levels, mood disorders such as major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, psychological stress, and physiological stressors such as hypoglycemia, illness, fever, trauma, surgery, fear, pain, physical exertion, or temperature extremes. Cortisol levels may also differ for individuals with autism or Asperger's syndrome.[40] Also, significant individual variation is seen, although a given person tends to have consistent rhythms.
Effects during pregnancy
During human pregnancy, increased fetal production of cortisol between weeks 30 and 32 initiates production of fetal lung surfactant to promote maturation of the lungs. In fetal lambs, glucocorticoids (principally cortisol) increase after about day 130, with lung surfactant increasing greatly, in response, by about day 135,[41] and although lamb fetal cortisol is mostly of maternal origin during the first 122 days, 88% or more is of fetal origin by day 136 of gestation.[42] Although the timing of fetal cortisol concentration elevation in sheep may vary somewhat, it averages about 11.8 days before the onset of labor.[43] In several livestock species (e.g. cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs), the surge of fetal cortisol late in gestation triggers the onset of parturition by removing the progesterone block of cervical dilation and myometrial contraction. The mechanisms yielding this effect on progesterone differ among species. In the sheep, where progesterone sufficient for maintaining pregnancy is produced by the placenta after about day 70 of gestation,[44][45] the prepartum fetal cortisol surge induces placental enzymatic conversion of progesterone to estrogen. (The elevated level of estrogen stimulates prostaglandin secretion and oxytocin receptor development.)
Exposure of fetuses to cortisol during gestation can have a variety of developmental outcomes, including alterations in prenatal and postnatal growth patterns. In marmosets, a species of New World primates, pregnant females have varying levels of cortisol during gestation, both within and between females. Infants born to mothers with high gestational cortisol during the first trimester of pregnancy had lower rates of growth in body mass indices than infants born to mothers with low gestational cortisol (about 20% lower). However, postnatal growth rates in these high-cortisol infants was more rapid than low-cortisol infants later in postnatal periods, and complete catch-up in growth had occurred by 540 days of age. These results suggest that gestational exposure to cortisol in fetuses has important potential fetal programming effects on both pre- and postnatal growth in primates.[46]
Synthesis and release
Cortisol is produced in the human body by the adrenal gland in the zona fasciculata,[1] the second of three layers comprising the adrenal cortex. The cortex forms the outer "bark" of each adrenal gland, situated atop the kidneys. The release of cortisol is controlled by the hypothalamus, a part of the brain. The secretion of corticotropin-releasing hormone by the hypothalamus[47] triggers cells in the neighboring anterior pituitary to secrete another hormone, the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), into the vascular system, through which blood carries it to the adrenal cortex. ACTH stimulates the synthesis of cortisol and other glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, and dehydroepiandrosterone.
Testing of individuals
Normal values indicated in the following tables pertain to humans (normal levels vary among species).
Measured cortisol levels, and therefore reference ranges, depend on the sample type (blood or urine), analytical method used, and factors such as age and sex. Test results should, therefore, always be interpreted using the reference range from the laboratory that produced the result.
Reference ranges for blood plasma content of free cortisol
Time
Lower limit
Upper limit
Unit
09:00 am
140[48]
700[48]
nmol/L
5[49]
25[49]
μg/dL
Midnight
80[48]
350[48]
nmol/l
2.9[49]
13[49]
μg/dl
Using the molecular weight of 362.460 g/mole, the conversion factor from µg/dl to nmol/l is approximately 27.6; thus, 10 µg/dl is about 276 nmol/l.
Reference ranges for urinalysis of free cortisol (urinary free cortisol or UFC)
Lower limit
Upper limit
Unit
28[50] or 30[51]
280[50] or 490[51]
nmol/24h
10[52] or 11[53]
100[52] or 176[53]
µg/24 h
Disorders of cortisol production
Some medical disorders are related to abnormal cortisol production, such as:
Primary hypercortisolism (Cushing's syndrome): excessive levels of cortisol
Secondary hypercortisolism (pituitary tumor resulting in Cushing's disease,[54][55] pseudo-Cushing's syndrome)
Primary hypocortisolism (Addison's disease, Nelson's syndrome): insufficient levels of cortisol
The primary control of cortisol is the pituitary gland peptide, ACTH, which probably controls cortisol by controlling the movement of calcium into the cortisol-secreting target cells.[56] ACTH is in turn controlled by the hypothalamic peptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), which is under nervous control. CRH acts synergistically with arginine vasopressin, angiotensin II, and epinephrine.[57] (In swine, which do not produce arginine vasopressin, lysine vasopressin acts synergistically with CRH.[58])
When activated macrophages start to secrete IL-1, which synergistically with CRH increases ACTH,[10] T-cells also secrete glucosteroid response modifying factor (GRMF), as well as IL-1; both increase the amount of cortisol required to inhibit almost all the immune cells.[11] Immune cells then assume their own regulation, but at a higher cortisol setpoint. The increase in cortisol in diarrheic calves is minimal over healthy calves, however, and falls over time.[59] The cells do not lose all their fight-or-flight override because of interleukin-1's synergism with CRH. Cortisol even has a negative feedback effect on interleukin-1[10]—especially useful to treat diseases that force the hypothalamus to secrete too much CRH, such as those caused by endotoxic bacteria. The suppressor immune cells are not affected by GRMF,[11] so the immune cells' effective setpoint may be even higher than the setpoint for physiological processes. GRMF affects primarily the liver (rather than the kidneys) for some physiological processes.[60]
High-potassium media (which stimulates aldosterone secretion in vitro) also stimulate cortisol secretion from the fasciculata zone of canine adrenals[61][62] — unlike corticosterone, upon which potassium has no effect.[63]
Potassium loading also increases ACTH and cortisol in humans.[64] This is probably the reason why potassium deficiency causes cortisol to decline (as mentioned) and causes a decrease in conversion of 11-deoxycortisol to cortisol.[65] This may also have a role in rheumatoid-arthritis pain; cell potassium is always low in RA.[66]
Ascorbic acid presence, particularly in high doses has also been shown to mediate response to psychological stress and speed the decrease of the levels of circulating cortisol in the body post stress. This can be evidenced through a decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressures and decreased salivary cortisol level after treatment with ascorbic acid.[67]
Factors reducing cortisol levels
Magnesium supplementation decreases serum cortisol levels after aerobic exercise,[68][69] but not after resistance training.[70]
Omega-3 fatty acids have a dose-dependent effect[71] in slightly reducing cortisol release influenced by mental stress,[72] suppressing the synthesis of interleukin-1 and -6 and enhancing the synthesis of interleukin-2; the former promotes higher CRH release. Omega-6 fatty acids, though, have an inverse effect on interleukin synthesis.[73]
Music therapy can reduce cortisol levels in certain situations.[74]
Massage therapy can reduce cortisol.[75]
Laughing, and the experience of humor, can lower cortisol levels.[76]
Soy-derived phosphatidylserine interacts with cortisol; the correct dose, however, is unclear.[77][78][79][80]
Regular dancing has been shown to lead to significant decreases in salivary cortisol concentrations.[81]
Withania somnifera (ashwagandha) root extract[82]
High-dosage treatment with ascorbic acid (vitamin C) has been shown to decrease circulating cortisol levels during and shortly after the treatment period.[67]
Factors increasing cortisol levels
Viral infections increase cortisol levels through activation of the HPA axis by cytokines.[83]
Caffeine may increase cortisol levels.[84]
Sleep deprivation[85]
Intense (high VO2 max) or prolonged aerobic exercise transiently increases cortisol levels to increase gluconeogenesis and maintain blood glucose;[86] however, cortisol declines to normal levels after eating (i.e., restoring a neutral energy balance)[87]
The Val/Val variation of the BDNF gene in men and the Val/Met variation in women are associated with increased salivary cortisol in a stressful situation.[88]
Severe trauma or stressful events can elevate cortisol levels in the blood for prolonged periods.[89]
Subcutaneous adipose tissue regenerates cortisol from cortisone by the enzyme 11-beta HSD1.[90]
Anorexia nervosa may be associated with increased cortisol levels.[91]
The serotonin receptor gene 5HTR2C is associated with increased cortisol production in men.[92]
Smelling androstadienone has been found in one study to raise cortisol levels in women, as well as, in other studies, to affect mood (see androstadienone article for details and citations).
Excessive or problematic drinking has been linked to increased cortisol levels, especially in college students.[93]
Biochemistry
Biosynthesis
Steroidogenesis, showing cortisol at right.[94]
Cortisol is synthesized from cholesterol. Synthesis takes place in the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex. (The name cortisol is derived from cortex.) While the adrenal cortex also produces aldosterone (in the zona glomerulosa) and some sex hormones (in the zona reticularis), cortisol is its main secretion in humans and several other species. (However, in cattle, corticosterone levels may approach[95] or exceed[4] cortisol levels.). The medulla of the adrenal gland lies under the cortex, mainly secreting the catecholamines adrenaline (epinephrine) and noradrenaline (norepinephrine) under sympathetic stimulation.
The synthesis of cortisol in the adrenal gland is stimulated by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland with ACTH; ACTH production is, in turn, stimulated by CRH, which is released by the hypothalamus. ACTH increases the concentration of cholesterol in the inner mitochondrial membrane, via regulation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein. It also stimulates the main rate-limiting step in cortisol synthesis, in which cholesterol is converted to pregnenolone and catalyzed by cytochrome P450SCC (side-chain cleavage enzyme).[96]
Metabolism
Cortisol is metabolized by the 11-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase system (11-beta HSD), which consists of two enzymes: 11-beta HSD1 and 11-beta HSD2.
11-beta HSD1 uses the cofactor NADPH to convert biologically inert cortisone to biologically active cortisol
11-beta HSD2 uses the cofactor NAD+ to convert cortisol to cortisone
Overall, the net effect is that 11-beta HSD1 serves to increase the local concentrations of biologically active cortisol in a given tissue; 11-beta HSD2 serves to decrease local concentrations of biologically active cortisol.
Cortisol is also metabolized into 5-alpha tetrahydrocortisol (5-alpha THF) and 5-beta tetrahydrocortisol (5-beta THF), reactions for which 5-alpha reductase and 5-beta reductase are the rate-limiting factors, respectively. 5-Beta reductase is also the rate-limiting factor in the conversion of cortisone to tetrahydrocortisone.
An alteration in 11-beta HSD1 has been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of obesity, hypertension, and insulin resistance known as metabolic syndrome.[97]
An alteration in 11-beta HSD2 has been implicated in essential hypertension and is known to lead to the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (SAME).
Chemistry
Cortisol is a naturally occurring pregnane corticosteroid and is also known as 11β,17α,21-trihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione.
Animals
In animals, cortisol is often used as an indicator of stress and can be measured in blood,[98] saliva,[99] urine,[100] hair,[101] and faeces.[101][102]
See also
Cortisone, a hormone
Membrane glucocorticoid receptor
List of corticosteroids
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^ abcdDerived from molar values using molar mass of 362 g/mol
^ abConverted from µg/24h, using molar mass of 362.460 g/mol
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