5 - Cell Signaling (Part 1) Flashcards
-Mechanism for responding to physical and chemical changes in theri environment
Cell signaling
Principles of cell signaling: Mechanisms for responding to _______ and _______ changes in their environment
Physical and chemical
Principles of cell signaling: _________ sensing in bacteria
Quorum
Allow bacteria to coordinate their behavior
Quorum sensing
Principles of cell signaling: Mating factor in ________
yeasts
Communication between cells in multicellular organisms is mediated mainly by
extracellular signal molecules
_______ activates the receptor which in turn activates one or more intracellular pathways or systems
Binding
The extracellular signal molecule is recieved by the ___________________
Receptor protein
The effector proteins recieves the _____________
intracellular signaling proteins
Processes the signal inside the recieving cell and distribute it to the appropriate intracellular targets
Intracellular signaling proteins
The target that lie at the end of signaling pathways
Effector proteins
What are the 3 effector proteins?
- Metabolic enzyme
- Transcription regulatory protein
-Cytoskeletal protein
As the metabolic enzyme recieves the intracellular signaling proteins, it leads to _____
altered metabolism
As the transcription regulatory protein recieves the intracellular signaling proteins, it leads to _____
altered gene expression
As the cytoskeletal protein recieves the intracellular signaling proteins, it leads to _____
altered cell shape or movement
What are 4 main molecule and proteins involved in cell signaling?
-Extracellular signal molecule
-Receptor protein
-Intracellular signaling proteins
-Effector proteins
Explain the function of these molecule and proteins
The extracellular signal molecul is recieved by the receptor protein in order to pass through the plasma membrane. This signal molecule is then carried by the intracellular proteing along the cytosol to the efffector protein whch is responsible for regulating biological activities.
What are the 4 types of intracellular cell signaling
- Contact- Dependent signaling
-Paracrine Signaling - Synaptic Signaling
- Endocrine Signaling
a type of paracrine signaling where cells produce signals that they themeselves respond to
Autocrine signaling
Cell signaling that utilizes neurons; chemical synapses
Synaptic signaling
Cell signaling that realeses hormones into the bloodstream to be recieved by the target cell
Endocrine signaling
Often receptors on the target cell surface
Transmembrane proteins
A cell signaling where the membrane- bound signal molecule from the signaling cell is directly recieved by the receptor of the target cell
Contact- dependent signaling
A cell signaling where secreted molecules diffuse locally and trigger a response in neighboring cells
Paracrine signaling
2 types of receptors taht communicate by extracellular signal molecules
- Cell- Surface Receptors
- Intracellular Receptors
Signal molecules bind to cell-surface receptors, which in turn generate signals inside the target cell
Cell- surface receptors
Examples/kinds of extracellular signal molecules
Proteins, small peptides, nucleotides, steroids, retinoids, fatty acid derivatives, and even dissolved gasses such as nitric oxide and carbon monoxide
Signal molecules can diffuse across the plasma membrane and bind to recepto proteins inside the target cell
Intracellular receptors
- Has high specificity of binding site of receptors
Target cell
An extracellular signal molecule
ligand
4 stages of cell
- Cell survival
- Cell proliferation
- Terminal differentiation
- Cell apoptosis
Each cell is programmed to respond to specific combinations of _____________ _______
Extracellular signals
These extracellular signals are either _________ or __________
Stimulatory or inhibitory
Cell responds tot he signals ____________
Selectively
To determine how a cell integrates all of this signaling information in order to make decisions- _____, _______, ________, and so on
to divide, to move, to differentiate
Programed cell death
cell apoptosis
Differentiation into a non dividing state
Terminal differentiation
a signal molecule often has different effects on different type of _______ _______
target cells
Example of signal molecule that has different effects on different type of target cells
Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine causes differences in the ______________, _________________, and ________________
intracellular signaling proteins, effector proteins, and genes
An extracellular signal simply induces the cell to respond according to its ___________ ________
Predetermined state
Acetylcholine in heart pacemaker cell causes
decreased rate of firing
Acetylcholine in salivary gland cell causes
Secretion
Acetylcholine in skeletal muscle cell causes
contraction
Three major classes of cellsurface receptor proteins
- Ion-Channel Coupled transporters
- G-Protein Coupled Receptors
- Enzyme- Coupled Receptors
These classes of cell-surface receptor proteins act as
Signal transducers
Converting an extracellular ligand-binding event into intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell
Signal transducers
The ion- channel coupled receptors is also known as
transmitter- gated ion channels or ionotrophic receptors
Contains electrically excitable cells and neurotransmitters
ion- channel coupled receptors
Involved in rapid synaptic signaling between nerve cells and other electrically excitable target cells such as nerve and muscle cells
Ion- channel coupled receptors
Ion- channel coupled receptors are mediated by ____________
neurotransmitters
contains Plasma- membrane- bound target protein (enzyme or ion channel), and trimeric GTP- binding protein (G protein)
G- protein- coupled receptors
Acts by indirectly regulating the activity of a separate plasma- membrane - bound target protein, which is generally either an enzyme or an ion channel
G- protein- coupled receptors
Mediates the interaction between the activated receptor and this target protein
Trimeric GTP- binding protein (G protein)
3 components of G- protein- coupled receptors
- inactive receptor
- inactive G protein
- Inactive enzyme
Function as enzymes or associated directly with enzymes
Enzyme- coupled receptors
Single- pass transmembrane proteins that have their ligand- binding site outside the cell and their catalytic or enzyme binding site inside
Enzyme- coupled receptors
Enzyme- coupled receptors: Ligand binding is __________ the cell
outside
Enzyme- coupled receptors: Enzyme- binding site is ________ the cell
inside
Phosphorylate specific sets of proteins in the target cell when activated
Protein kinases
First messengers
Extracellular signals
Second messengers
Intracellular signaling molecules
Intracellular signaling molecules carries
- small chemicals
- water- soluble molecules
- lipid- soluble
example of water- soluble molecule
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) & Ca+
example of a lipid- soluble molecule
diacylglycerol
Pass the signal by ________ to and _______ the behavior of selected signaling or effector proteins
Binding and altering
Intracellular signaling molecules often behave as
molecular switches
2 types of intracellular
signaling proteins that act as
molecular switches
- signaling by phosphorylation
-signaling by GTP binding
The largest class of molecular switches consists of proteins that are activated or inactivated by
Phosphorylation
Addition of Phosphate group
Kinase
Example of kinases
- serine- threonine kinase
-tyrosine kinases
removes the phosphate group
Phosphatase
Human genome encodes ___ kinases; ___ phosphatase
520 kinases; 150 phosphatase
Other important class of molecular switch
GTP- binding protein
Bound GTP
on
Bound GDP
off
Types of GTP- binding proteins
- trimeric GTP- binding proteins (G proteins)
- monomeric GTP- binding proteins (small monomeric GTPases)
Help relay signals from G- protein- coupled receptors that activate them
trimeric GTP- binding proteins (G proteins)
Help relay signals from many classes of cell-surface receptors
monomeric GTP- binding proteins (small monomeric GTPases)
Drive the proteins into an “off state; increasing the rate of hydrolysis of GTP
GTPase- activating proteins (GAPS)
Drive the proteins into an “on” state; release bound GDP
Guanine Nucleotide exchange Factors (GEFs)