Apoptosis Flashcards
What is Necrosis
It is where it releases cellular proteins that the immune system doesn’t know
What can necrosis do
Chronic inflamantation
What are the steps of apoptosis
Chromatin compaction and segregation and codenstation of cytoplasma the intracellular contents protect these parts now go into phagocytosis
What are the advantages of Caenorhabditis elegans
Small
Transparent
Every single cell has been maped out
Genome fully sequenced
Many gentic mutants
How many cells are there in C. elegans and many die
1090 newborn cells and 131 cells die during development leaving 959 cells left
What is an undead cells
It is where cells that were suppose to die didn’t die
What does ced-4 ced-3 non mutated do
Normally functions it produces cell death
What does a mutated ced-4 ced-3 do
It creates undead cells prevents the cells from dying
What does a normal ced-9 gene do
Prevent apotopsis a surival gene
What does a mutated ced-9 do
All cells die by apoptosis during embryogenesis
What is a caspase
Cysteine-dependent aspartate directed proteases
What is CED3 in humans
Caspase 9
What are the two types of caspases
Initiator caspases - activates effector caspases by cleaving them
Effector- cleave other protien substrates within the cell to trigger the apoptotic process
What is the apoptosome also know as
1.4 megadalton wheel of death
What is apoptosome composed of
Apaf 2
Cytochrome c
Dimer of Caspase 9