1002 2nd Pdf Flashcards
Cells are bound to one another by
Cell-cell junctions
Epithelial tissue is abundant
More than 60% are epithelial
Functions of cell-cell junctions
1- forms barriers lumen and blood
2- cell to cell attachment (adhesion)
3- cell to cell communication (gap junctions)
Cell-cell junctions
1 occluding
2 anchoring
3 channel forming
Tight junction =
Zonula occludes
Occluding junction function
1- seals neighboring cellsto prevent passage of molecules
2- separates the apical and base lateral domains
Tight junctions are located in
Below the apical surface
Do membranes fuse
The do not fuse
Claudine and occluding associate with ZO
That links the junction to the actin cytoskeleton
Tight junction are responsible for
1- blood-brain
2- blood-lestes
Endothelia) cells in the brainare joined with the spinal cord by
Tight junctions
Claudia 16 mutations cause a rare human
Renal magnesiumwasting syndrome - hypomagnesemia
Claudin 14 causes
Hereditary deafness
Anchoring junctions =
Adhering
Adhering junctions function
1- cell to cell adhesion
2- binding of cytoskeleton to the cell surface
Forms of anchoring junctions
1- adherens _ actin filaments
2- desmosomes - intermediate filaments
Protein classes in anchoring junction
1- cell-cell adhesion proteins (transmembrane)- cadherins (cell to cel).
- interns cell to matrix
2- intracellular anchor proteins catenin, vinculin, desmoglein, desmocollin)
Strongest pointsof cell adhering is
DeSmosome’s and providemechanical binding
DeSmosome’s are in
Epidermis skin
Heart muscle
Neck of the uterus
Adhering profien family
Desmoglein, desmocollin
Plaque proteins are
Makoglobins, desmoplakins / plakophilins
The plaque link the
Cadherins
Plakoglobin mutation
Naxos, ARVC
Desmoplakin mutation
ARVC
Intermediate filaments types
Epithelial cells → keratin
Heart and muscle →desmin
Blood cells and skeletal muscle cells
Gap junction do not occur
Tube like protein are in
Gap junctions
Permeability of gap junctions
Small ✓
Macro no
Gap junction function
1-They are the site of firm adhesion of cells
• 2-principal and only type of junction that allows free interchange of substances
• 3-Have an Important role in the regulation of intrauterine development and differentiation
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• 4-It is important in the coordination of function among groups of cell
Connexin-25ß2 mutation
Human deafness
Heart malformation