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8 - Signaling through Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Flashcards

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What are the three largest classes of cell-surface receptor proteins?

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Ion channel linked, G-protein linked, and enzyme linked

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How can an RTK be dimerized (two mechanisms)?

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Either the signaling molecule can be a dimer, or the signaling molecule can bring together two dimers by a conformational change

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What does RTK stand for?

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Receptor tyrosine kinase

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How many times do RTKs pass the cell membrane?

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Once (single pass)

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What do protein-tyrosine kinases do?

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Phosphorylate tyrosine residues on various target proteins (including themselves)

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What do protein-tyrosine kinases regulate?

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Cell growth, division, differentiation, survival, and migration

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What are the steps for RTK signaling?

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  1. Ligand induced dimerization
  2. Autophosphorylation of subunits
  3. Binding of effector proteins
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Why do RTKs use autophosphorylation?

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Phosphorylation in the catalytic domain increases the kinase activity of the RTK

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What does phosphorylation inside the catalytic domain of an RTK do?

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Increases kinase activity

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What does phosphorylation outside the catalytic domain of an RTK do?

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Creates docking sites for other proteins

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What domain is needed to dock onto phosphorylated RTKs?

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SH2 domain

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What are the two major divisions of tyrosine kinases?

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Membrane bound receptors, and cytoplasmic non-receptors

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What is the structure of an RTK (from top to bottom)?

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  1. Ligand binding domain (extracellular)
  2. Transmembrane / juxtamembrane domain
  3. Tyrosine kinase domain
  4. Carboxy-terminal tail
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Where are non-receptor tyrosine kianses found?

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Associated to other receptors (on cytoplasmic side)

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What do RTKs have a lot of homology with?

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Src

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What does the tyrosine kinase domain of an RTK do?

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Autophosphorylation (create docking sites) and transphosphorylation (activate an enzyme)

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What activates protein kinase activity in RTKs?

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Dimerization of receptors

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18
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What is cis-autophosphorylation?

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Subunit phosphorylates itself

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What is trans-autophosphorylation?

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Subunits phosphorylate each other

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What are the three ways in which signaling molecules can cross link receptors?

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  1. Dimer (signaling molecule)
  2. Monomer brought together by proteoglycan
  3. Cluster on membrane (concentration)
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What do glycosaminoglycans do?

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Act similar to extracellular scaffolds to help bind together RTK dimers

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How are relay molecules activated by RTKs?

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Binding to docking sites (phosphotyrosines)

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True or false: the order of the tyrosine kinase residues is irrelevant

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False: specific proteins can bind to specific positions, leading to specificity in the downstream responses

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True or false: RTKs generally only link one input to one response

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False: RTKs can link many responses based on one input

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Why can RTKs link many responses to one input?

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Many phosphotyrosine residues can act as docking sites for many different relay proteins in different pathways

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26
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How is convergence seen in RTKs?

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Many different pathways signaled by the same RTK can converge into one cellular response

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What is an example of RTK activation with ras?

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RTK -> Ras -> MAPK3 -> MAPK2 -> MAPK -> proteins that cause changes in protein activity and gene expression

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What does RTK activation of ras promote (cellularly)?

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Survival and proliferation

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29
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What does PTB stand for?

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Phosphotyrosine binding domain

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What is more common: SH2 domains or PTB domains?

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SH2 domains

31
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What are some examples of proteins that dock on RTKs?

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PI-3 kinase, GAP, PLC-gamma

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What is associated with RTKs (that increase complexity)?

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Scaffolds, modulators, adaptors, integrators, etc.

33
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What type of receptor is the insulin receptor?

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What is the structure of the insulin receptor?

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Disulfide bridges holding alpha chains on extracellular side together, beta chains in cytoplasmic side

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What does insulin do?

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Regulate blood glucose levels by increasing cell glucose uptake

36
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How does insulin signal to bring more glucose into the cell?

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By causing GLUT4 vesicles to bind to the cell membrane

37
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What does GLUT4 do?

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Glucose transporter (bring more glucose into the cell)

38
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If there is no insulin signlaing, where are the GLUT4 vesicles?

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In the cytoplasm (not near membrane)

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What is the signaling pathway of insulin -> GLUT3 receptors?

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IR -> IRS-1 -> PI-3 K -> PDKI -> PKB -> rab proteins on GLUT4 vesicles

40
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What causes type II diabetes?

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Gradual insensitivity to insulin

41
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How does insulin relate to lifespan?

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Studies shown people who live longer have higher insulin sensitivity, and decreasing insulin levels

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What enzyme is phosphorylated by the insulin receptor (in the GLUT4 pathway)?

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What does IRS-1 do?

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Converts PIP2 into PIP3 (phosphorylate)

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How is PKB actiavted?

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Binds to PIP3 and gets phosphorylated by PDKI

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What does PDKI do?

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Phosphorylates PKB to activate it

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What does PKB do?

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Phosphorylates GSK3 to inactivate it, and activates GLUT4 vesicles to move to the membrane

47
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What does activate GSK3 do?

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Phoshorylates glycogen synthase to inactive it

48
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What happens when GSK3 is phosphorylated?

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It can no longer inhibit glycogen synthase, thus glycogen synthase becomes active

49
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In the glycogen synthase pathway of insulin, what enzymes are activated by phosphorylation?

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IRS-1, PKB, PDKI

50
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In the glycogen synthase pathway of insulin, what enzymes are inhibited by phosphorylation?

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GSK3, and glycogen synthase

51
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What are the two effects that insulin does to regulate blood sugar levels?

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Promotes uptake of glucose (through GLUT4 channels) and storage of glucose (by activating glycogen synthase)

52
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What do rab proteins do?

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Help movement of GLUT4 vesicles when activated

53
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How does desensitization of the insulin response occur?

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Insulin signaling also leads to internalization and recycling of the insulin receptors

54
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What does insulin signaling impact (besides glucose levels)?

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Cell survival and proliferation

55
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How does insulin signaling impact cell survival and proliferation?

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Downstream effectors include GRB2 and SOS, which go through the ras pathway to promote cell survival and proliferation

56
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What is the insulin / ras pathway?

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IRS-1 -> GRB2 -> SOS -> ras -> raf1 -> MEK -> ERK -> transcription factors in nucleus

57
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Why can reduced calories lead to a longer lifespan?

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Lower levels of insulin, less prone to diabetes, no disregulation of mTOR

58
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What does mTOR do?

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Nutrient sensing

59
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True or false: insulin is thought to interact with mTOR

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True: this would explain the relationships between insulin and longevity

60
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What does IGF simulate for (cellular response)?

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Cell survival

61
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What is the IGF cell survival pathway?

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RTK -> PI-3 kinase -> PIP3 (from PIP2) -> allows binding of PDK1 and Akt -> Akt is phosphorylated by PDK1 and mTOR -> phosphorylate bad in inhibit it -> prevent inhibition of apoptosis-inhibition protein, thus inhibiting apoptosis

62
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What are the two domains of a receptor?

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The ligand binding domain and the effector domain

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What can you say about two receptors that have the same ligand binding domain?

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They react to the same ligand, but they can have different effects

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What can you say about two receptors that have the same effector domain?

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They produce the same effect, but can react to different ligands

65
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How can an input be unlinked to its output?

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Genetically create a chimeric receptor, which can combine different ligand binding and effector domains

66
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What is the advantage of chimeric receptors?

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Can understand what certain domains do and what pathways that interact with

67
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How are scaffolds used in the Ras-MAPK pathway?

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Tether proteins in a specific orientation to enhance interactions and promote a specific response

68
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How does altering the scaffolds / effector proteins change the signaling pathway?

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It changes the response

69
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How can you study what the different phospho-sites on scaffolds do?

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Artificially change scaffold and effector proteins, and see what is changed in the signaling pathway

70
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True or false: scaffolds can only bring proteins together

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False: they can also undergo conformation changes to activate or inhibit other proteins, or have enzymatic activity

71
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How can scaffolds prevent proteins from participating in other pathways?

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Through localization and / or enzymatic activity

72
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What does Akt do?

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Central regulator of many aspects in cell biology

73
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What is meant by “redundancy pathways”?

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Cells have different pathways to achieve the same thing (eg. both proliferate and inhibit apoptosis to survive)

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