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Name the 6 requirements for effective signal transduction.

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  1. Specificity
  2. Amplification
  3. Modularity
  4. Integration
  5. Feedback
  6. Fidelity
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Name the 4 components of signal transduction

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  1. Signal
  2. Receptor
  3. Transduction pathways
  4. Targets
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What are thee 3 different types of signals?

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  1. Soluble
  2. Linked
  3. Physical
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What are examples of Soluble signals?

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  1. Proteins & Amino Acids
  2. Lipids & Fatty Acids
    • Ceramide
    • Testosterone
  3. Carbohydrates
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What is an example of a linked signal

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Integrin

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What are some examples of physical receptors?

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  1. Mechanical
  2. Light
    • Opsin
  3. Temperature
    • TRP channels
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Name the 7 Receptor families

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  1. G-Protein Coupled
  2. Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
  3. Receptor Guanylyl Cyclades
  4. Ligand Gated Ion channels
  5. Adhesion
  6. Nuclear
  7. Cytokine
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Describe G protein coupled Receptors

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External ligand binding to receptor activates an intracellular GTP-binding protein (G), which regulates an enzyme that generates an intra cellular second messenger.

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Describe receptor tyrosine kinase

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Ligand binding activates tyrosine kinase activity by autophosphorylation

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Describe Receptor guanylyl cyclase

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ligand binding to extra cellular domain stimulates formation of 2nd messenger cyclic GMP

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Describe Gated ion channels

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Opens or closes in response to concentration of signal ligand or membrane potential

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Describe Adhesion receptor (integrin)

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Binds molecules in extracellular matrix, changes conformation, thus altering its interaction with cytoskeleton

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What are the cytokine receptor families?

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  1. Interleukin Type 1
  2. Interleukin type 2
  3. TNFR (tumor necrosis factor receptor)
  4. Ig family
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What cytokine receptor families activate JAK/STAT pathway?

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  1. Interleukin type 1

2. Interleukin type 2

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What cytokine receptor families activate PI3K/AKT pathway?

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  1. Interleukin type 1

2. Interleukin type 2

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What cytokine receptor families activate MAPK pathway?

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  1. Interleukin type 1
  2. Interleukin type 2
  3. TNFR
  4. Ig family
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What cytokine receptor families activate NFkB pathway ?

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  1. TNFR

2. Ig Family

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What 4 pathways are activate via cytokine receptor families?

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  1. JAK/STAT
  2. PI3K/AKT
  3. MAPK
  4. NFkB
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What are the 4 major roles that the plasma membrane plays in signaling?

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  1. Receptor localization
  2. Ligand exposure
  3. Signaling complex formation
  4. Endocytosis
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What are two examples of signal complexes made by plasma membranes?

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  1. Protein Scaffolds

2. Signaling endosomes

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name the 2 types of lipid rafts involved in signaling

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  1. Planar

2. Caveolar

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What roles can lipid rafts play in signaling?

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  1. Signal promotion by organizing receptors and effectors to promote signaling
  2. Signal inhibition by separating signaling components
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What proteins are critical for the endocytic pathway?

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Rab GTPase proteins

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T/F pH decreases along endocytic pathway

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What are 3 ways the endocytic pathway regulates signaling?
1. Downregulation 2. Maintenance 3. Signal Generation
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What is the pathway of signal transduction?
1. 1st messenger 2. Receptor 3. Signal transducer 4. Primary effector 5. 2nd messenger 6. 2ndary effector 7. Signaling cascade
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What are three examples in which chemical reactions transfer information ?
1. Complex formation or dissociation 2. Structural change 3. Post-translational modification
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Name several prevalent post translational modifications
1. Phosphorylation 2. Ubiquitination 3. Glycosylation 4. Oxidation 5. Methylation 6. Acetylation 7. SUMOylation
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Name some common signaling cascades (4 of them)
1. Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) 2. Janus Kinase - Signal Tranducer and Activator of Transcription (JAK/STAT) 3. Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3K) 4. Phospholipase C (PLC)
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PLC splits PIP2 into 2 things. What are they?
1. IP3 | 2. DAG
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Name some common targets of signaling pathways and what is affected by the signal
1. Nucleus: Transcription, cell division 2. Actin/Tubulin/Filaments: Cell structure and motility 3. Enzymes: Initiate metabolic pathways 4. Receptors: Alter signal transduction 5. Transporters: change intracellular environment 6. Ion channels: change membrane potential
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What are two of the most relevant signaling pathways and what do they affect?
1. Epinephrine Signaling: affects vascular tone | 2. Insulin signaling: Regulates cellular division and metabolic processes
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What signaling cascades are used by Epinephrine signaling?
1. G-protein | 2. PLC
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What signaling pathways are used by Insulin signaling?
1. RTK 2. MAPK 3. PI3K
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T/F Epinephrine is coadministered with local anesthetic
True
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What are some functions of insulin signaling pathway?
-Transports glucose into cells, alters blood sugar, enables aerobic respiration
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What are the key cell types that regulate Metabolic pathways?
1. Pancreas: Islet cells 2. Liver: Hepatocyte 3. Muscle: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac 4. Adipose Tissue: Adipocyte
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What is the metabolic function of hepatocytes in the liver?
Maintain metabolic homeostasis by normalizing blood glucose, storing glycogen, and synthesizing and degrading glycogen, glucose, fatty acids, nucleic acids, proteins and ketones
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Name the key regulator molecules of metabolism?
1. Insulin 2. Glucagon 3. Epinephrine 4. Glucose 5. ATP/AMP
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What are the 4 fates of glucose?
1. Source of ATP 2. Energy Storage 3. Molecule Precursor 4. Structural Backbone
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T/F Glucose 6-Phosphatase is only found in the ER of the liver
True
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What causes Glycogen synthase to be activated again?
1. Insulin 2. Glucose 6-phosphate 3. Glucose
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What prevents Glycogen synthase from becoming reactivated?
1. Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 activity | 2. Glucagon and Epinephrine
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What causes glycogen phosphorylase to go from inactive to active and what is the enzyme that helps?
1. glucagon 2. Epinephrine (high Ca2+ and AMP) Enzyme: Phosphorylase Kinase
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What is the enzyme that deactivates Glycogen Phosphorylase and where else does this enzyme function?
Phosphorylase a phosphatase (PP1) ** it also dephosphorylates glycogen synthase
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What does insulin activate in response to high blood sugar?
1. GLUTs 2. Hexokinase 3. Glycogen synthase
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What serves to activate and inhibit PFK-1?
ACTIVATE: 1. ADP 2. AMP INHIBIT: 1. ATP 2. Citrate
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What serves to inhibit FBPase-1?
AMP
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Presence of Acetyl CoA will activate ____________ while deactivating ___________
1. Pyruvate Carboxylase | 2. Pyruvate Dehydrogenase complex

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