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True or false: simple motifs can display complex dynamics

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True: these motifs can be arranged into loops and self-regulation

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True or false: segregation can lead to specificity

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True: segregating signaling determinants can increase specificity

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How can diffusion alter the rate of a signaling pathways?

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Diffusion of substrates into different regions (kinases and phosphatases) can alter the rate of the signaling pathway

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What happens when activated Erk is added to cells?

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It can do some nerve-y things, but cannot mimic the full effects of NGF

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What is the conclusion of adding activated Erk to cells?

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NGF has branched signaling, where it doesn’t all go through Erk

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What is another name for MAP kinase kinase kinase?

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Raf

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What is another name for MAP kinase kinase?

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MEK

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What is another name for MAP kinase?

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Erk

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What is another name for Raf?

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MAP kinase kinase kinase

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What is another name for MEK?

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MAP kinase kinase

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What is another name for Erk?

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MAP kinase

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True or false: different aspects of NGF go through different parts of the pathway

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True: these effects are mediated in different stages of the pathway

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Which part of the Ras pathway is responsible for the action potential?

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The receptor

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Which part of the Ras pathway is responsible for survival?

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The adaptors and Ras

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Which part of the Ras pathway is responsible for cell division?

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Ras

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Which part of the Ras pathway is responsible for neurites?

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Erk

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Which part of the Ras pathway is responsible for neurotransmitter synthesis?

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Erk

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What is the effect of the receptor in the Ras pathway?

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The action potential

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What is the effect of the adaptors in the Ras pathway?

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Survival

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What is the effect of Ras in the Ras pathway?

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Cell survival and division

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What is the effect of Erk in the Ras pathway?

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Neurotransmitter synthesis and neurites

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How can the steps of the Ras pathway be tested to tease out their effects?

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Through the use of activated/inhibited forms for each step of the pathway

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What is one of the alternative pathways found at the same p-Tyr of TrkA for NGF (not PI3K)?

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Signaling through the Rap/B-raf pathway (which goes into the Erk pathway)

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What is one of the alternative pathways found at the same p-Tyr of TrkA for NGF (not B-raf)?

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Signaling through PI3K and Akt

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What determines which signaling pathway will be activated by a p-Tyr?

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Preferential binding and competition

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What is one alternative pathway found at the different p-Tyr of TrkA for NGF?

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The PLC-gamma / PKC pathway

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True or false: gene expression is constant over time

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False: there are early genes and late genes

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Generally, what do early genes do?

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Help transcribe later genes

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True or false: gene transcription can cluster together over time

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True: they can travel and cluster together over time for temporal resolution

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True or false: there are functional effects to the timing of gene regulation

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True: they can lead to varied phenotypes happening at precise times

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What happens when NGF is added to PC12 cells?

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They get neuronal like processes

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What happens when EGF is added to PC12 cells?

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They undergo rapid division

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What types of changes does NGF lead to?

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Long term changes

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What type of changes does EGF lead to?

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Transient changes

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Which growth factor leads to long term changes?

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NGF

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Which growth factor leads to transient changes?

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EGF

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True or false: NGF and EGF signal through very different pathways

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False: both go through a very similar Ras pathway

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What does NGF and EGF have in common?

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They both signal through a very similar Ras pathway

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What happens to MEK and ERK under NGF activation?

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MEK and ERK activation are sustained

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What happens to MEK and ERK under EGF activation

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MEK and ERK activation occurs very quickly in time

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Why does MEK activation occur ERK activation?

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Because MEK is upstream of ERK

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42
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Which occurs first: MEK activation or ERK activation?

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MEK activation

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43
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Where does MEK/ERK go under NGF activation?

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They translocate to the nucleus

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How much time is needed for MEK/ERK to translocate to the nucleus?

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> 15-20 min

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What is the limit of EGF signaling?

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15-20 min

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How come EGF signaling cannot lead to MEK/ERK translocation into the nucleus?

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The limit of EGF signaling is 15-20 min, which is the time needed for MEK/ERK translocation into the nucleus

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What pathway allows for sustained signaling by NGF?

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The Frs2/B-raf pathway

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What does the Frs2/B-raf pathway do?

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Allows for sustained signaling of MEK/ERK by NGF

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What pathway allows for transient signaling by EGF?

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The Ras/Raf pathway

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What happens if B-raf is knocked out?

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There will only be transient signaling

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How come Frs2 doesn’t recognize the p-Tyr in EGFR?

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There is a slightly different structure, which prevents binding of Frs2 to EGFR

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How is EGFR down-regulated?

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis via clathrin coated pits

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What does clathrin do?

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Aids in the formation of endocytotic pits

54
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What happens to EGFR endosomes?

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They get degraded in lysosomes

55
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What is the structure of the clathrin coated pits (before forming the endosome)?

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Similar to a soccer ball

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What is a clathrin triskelion?

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An individual clathrin molecule that can aggregate to form the clathrin coated pit

57
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What does dynamin do?

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Pinches off the clathrin coated pit

58
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What molecule pinches off the clathrin coated pit?

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Dynamin

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How does dyanmin pinch off the clathrin coated pit?

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Through GTP hydrolysis

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What type of molecules are Rab proteins?

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Small GTP binding proteins

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What do Rabs do?

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Determine which endosome pathway (lysosome vs MVB is preferred)

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What does MVB stand for?

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Multivesicular body

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What type of endocytosis does EGFR go through?

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Clathrin dependent endocytosis

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What type of endocytosis does Trk go through?

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Clathrin independent endocytosis

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Where is Ras found in the cell?

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At the cell surface

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Where is Rap found in the cell?

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At the endosomes

67
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Where is B-raf found in the cell?

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At the endosomes

68
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What does Rab7 do?

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Brings endosome into the lysosome

69
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Would Rab7 be expected in EGFR endosomes or Trk endosomes?

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EGFR endosomes, since it signals for degradation

70
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How does the MVB of Trk lead to sustained signaling?

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Through stabilization and retrograde transport to the cell body

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What does Rab5 and Rab1 do?

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Lead to sustained signaling of the MVB

72
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Would Rab5 and Rab1 be expected to remain in EGFR endosomes or Trk endosomes?

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Trk endosomes, since it signals for sustained activation of ERK

73
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What is the signaling endosome hypothesis?

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Endosomes were retrogradely transported to the cell body for signaling

74
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True or false: the signaling endosome hypothesis is fairly old

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False: it is a fairly recent hypothesis

75
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Before the signaling endosome hypothesis, what was the prevailing function of endosomes?

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Degradation and recycling (not signaling)

76
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How does NGF binding to TrkA in the axon lead to sustained ERK signaling in the nucleus?

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The endosome is transported from the axon to the cell body

77
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What happens when endocytosis of EGFR is blocked?

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The cell will experience prolonged EGF signaling

78
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How can endocytosis of EGFR be blocked?

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By blocking dynamin

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How come blocking dynamin prolongs the EGF response?

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The receptor stays at the cell surface, and is not down regulated by endocytosis

80
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What is the shape of PC12 cells?

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Small round tumor cell balls

81
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What is the advantage of a signaling endosome?

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No longer dependent on ligand binding at the cell surface for signaling, allowing for more efficient long-term signaling

82
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True or false: signaling endosomes allow for more efficient long-term signaling

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True: they no longer depend on the ligand being constantly presented at the cell surface

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How does a signaling endosome increase spatial resolution?

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It is a mobile signaling unit

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Why is a signaling endosome used over a random walk?

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A signaling endosome takes significantly less time to reach the nucleus compared to a random walk

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What does Huntingtin do?

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Mediates the retrograde transport of BDNF-TrkB signaling endosomes in dendrites of striatal neurons

86
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What is the effect of Huntingtin mutation (as seen in Huntingtin’s disease)?

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It prevents retrograde transport of the BDNF-TrkB signaling endosome, leading to degradation of the striatal neurons

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How come neurons degenerate without the TrkB-BDNF signaling endosome?

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No more sustained survival signaling

88
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How are in vivo studies hard to manipulate?

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In terms of the context of other cells

89
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How are in vitro studies hard to manipulate?

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In terms of space (no orientation, random processes)

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What is a Campenot chamber culture?

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A device with a greasy teflon divider, and scratches of collagen in the middle

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What is the purpose of a Campenot chamber culture?

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To separate the cell body from the dendritic and axonal compartments

92
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What is the purpose of the collagen scratches in the Campenot chamber culture?

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Place to grow the cell

93
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What is the purpose of the greasy teflon divier in the Campenot chamber culture?

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Prevent material in one compartment to diffuse into another compartment

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In a Campenot chamber culture, if a substrate was placed in the distal neurite area, and is found in the cell body, what conclusion can you make?

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The substrate was endocytoses, and moved retrogradely along the neurite back towards the cell body

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What is the more recent, sophisticated form of a Campenot chamber culture?

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Microfluidic chambers

96
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How do microfluidic chambers work?

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They maintain a pressure difference to prevent material from diffusing between different compartments

97
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In a microfluidic chamber, what ensures that the media given to the distal neurites will not diffuse to the cell body?

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A pressure gradient prevents the diffusion of the media (driving force in one direction)

98
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What is dynein?

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A motor protein that moves vesicles from the periphery to the cell body

99
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What happens if dynein is blocked, and NGF is added to the distal neurites?

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The cell dies, because it did not receive those survival signals

100
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How come blocking dynein causes neuron death, even if NGF is added to the distal neurites?

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Dynein is needed to transport the NGF-TrkA endosome back to the cell body for sustained ERK / survival signaling

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How can middle axons be examined in a microfluidic system?

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By placing “dividers” between the cell bodies, the middle axons, and the distal axons

102
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How can endosomes be tracked in the cell?

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By using domain swapping

103
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How does domain swapping work (to track the endosome)?

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Can stimulate it with one ligand, and see where the endosome (based on the intracellular domain) goes

104
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What is QDot605?

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A fluorescent tag that can be added to EGF

105
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What happens when neurons are cultured with EGFR and EGF in the microfluidic chamber?

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They die (no sustained ERK signaling)

106
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What happens when neurons are cultured with EGFR/TrkA chimeric receptor and EGF in the microfluidic chamber?

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They survive (sustained ERK signaling)

107
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In the microfluidic chamber, where is ETrkB expressed?

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All over the cell body

108
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In the microfluidic chamber, where is qEGF expressed?

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In specific portions of the cell body

109
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In the microfluidic chamber, where is pERK expressed?

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At the places where qEGF is expressed

110
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Why is ETrkB expressed all over the cell body in the microfluidic chamber?

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The adenovirus inserts the gene, so it is expressed everywhere

111
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Why is pERK expressed only where qEGF is expressed?

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The receptor bound to the ligand is needed to lead to pERK signaling

112
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Where did the qEGF and pERK come from in the microfluidic chamber?

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Retrogradely transported signaling endosomes

113
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What is the conclusion of the microfluidic chamber experiments with qEGF?

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The Trk receptor needs to bind to a ligand and be retrogradely transported back to the cell body for sustained ERK signaling

114
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After 2 hours, what happened to the qEGF/pERK endosomes in the microfluidic chamber?

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They formed multivesicular bodies

115
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True or false: the EGFR endosome is not retrogradely transported

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False: it is also retrogradely transported like the Trk endosome

116
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Where are EGFR endosomes retrogradely transported to?

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Lysosomes

117
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Where are Trk endosomes retrogradely transported to?

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MVBs (not lysosomes)

118
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What does MVB stand for?

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Multivesicular body

119
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What do Trk endosome MVBs also contain?

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Rab5

120
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What type of protein is Rab5?

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A small GTPase

121
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What does Rab5 do?

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Help determine where in the endosomal pathway a particular endosome will go

122
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What are the spatial effects of neurotrophin signaling?

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They can signal at different places for different effects (dendritic branching, neurite growth, etc.)

123
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How can NGF endosomes be used in somal signaling?

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They can phosphorylate soma derived TrkA receptors, which signals for them to be transported to the gowth cone

124
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What is the signal for soma derived TrkA receptors to be stimulated?

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Phosphorylation by NGF endosomes

125
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What is kinesin?

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A motor protein that moves endosomes from the cell body to the periphery

126
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Which motor protein aids in anterograde transport?

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Kinesin

127
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Which motor protein aids in retrograde transport?

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Dynein

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