Hormone Corticosteroid

The corticosteroid hormone is a complex polysaccharide that is part of the adrenal hormone system and is responsible for storing energy in the body. Under the influence of corticosterone, inflammation, obesity, and allergies are suppressed, which indicates its high importance in the general regulation of the body.

The process of activation of corticosterone begins inside the adrenal glands with an increase in the level of its activating substances: adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and norepinephrine/catecholamines. In the tissues, the process of producing corticotropin (mineralococcosteroid hormone) occurs, then transporting it into the blood and releasing it in the periphery. After this, corticosteroid molecules pass through the microvasculature into the cells of the organs, thereby regulating their condition.

It is important to note that the action of hormones of the corticosteroid group belongs to the group of corticosteroid hormones, in which the process of influence on tissue prevails over the stimulating effect on the function of genes responsible for the response to inflammation or suppression of certain cells and thereby slows down the catabolism of protein, glycogen and fat in cells ( lipolysis).

The physiological needs of the corticosteroid hormone appear in the period before birth, in the first days or weeks of life, when organs are formed; subsequently, the production of this hormone decreases, and the hormonal background comes to an equilibrium state, the so-called corticosterone equilibrium.\n Based on the duration of action, these hormones are divided into adrenal cortex (cortostimulating): predominantly anabolic - glucocorticoids and predominantly catabolic - mineralocorticoids. The action of these groups of endocrine hormones is very similar, but is aimed at different parts of carbohydrate metabolism. Mineralocorticores are involved in maintaining the balance between water and minerals at the blood circulation level. Through synthesis from cholesterol and dihydroxyacetone in the cells of many organs (renal parenchyma, placenta, lungs), as well as in the liver, they secrete physiological relationships between mineral, protein and carbohydrate in the bloodstream, they retain the amount of fluid, reducing the volume of circulating blood, stabilizing the level of sodium, potassium and calcium in the bloodstream.