Cell-to-cell interactions Flashcards

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What are the 3 basic features in multicellular animals?

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  • Formation of diverse kinds of tissue
  • Cells being able to communicate w/ each other
  • Cells having markers of individual identity
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What kind of proteins do the 3 basic features involve?

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-Membrane proteins & proteins secreted by cells

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What are the 7 kinds of connections between cells?

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  • Surface markers
  • Septate junctions & tight junctions
  • Desmosome (adhesive junction)
  • Adherens junction (adhesive junction)
  • Hemidesmosome/ focal adhesion (adhesive junction)
  • Gap Junction (communicating junction/ Animals)
  • Plasmodesmata (communicating junction/ Plants)
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What are the 3 types of Adhesive Junctions?

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  • Desmosomes
  • Adherens Junction
  • Heridesmosome/ Focal adhesion
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What are the 2 types of Communicating Junctions?

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  • Gap junction

- Plasmodesmata

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What functions to mark the surfaces of cells?

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-A key set of genes

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When cells of the same tissue recognize each other, what do they do?

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-They respond by forming connections between their surfaces to better coordinate their functions

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What are Glycolipids?

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  • They’re surface markers for tissue-specific cells

- They’re lipids w/ carbohydrate heads

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What blood types are the Glycolipids on the surface of RBD responsible for?

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-A,B, and O blood types

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What is an example of the function of the cell-surface markers?

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-The recognition of “self” & “non-self” by the immune system= vital for multicellular organisms to defend themselves against invaders

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What is Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)?

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-Proteins= makers that vertebrates use to distinguish self from non-self

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What is vital for a tissue to maintain its characteristic architecture?

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-Cell junctions

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What are Adhesive Junctions & where are they found?

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  • They mechanically attach the cytoskeleton of a cell with the cytoskeleton of other cells or to the extracellular matrix
  • They’re found in tissues subject to mechanical stress= muscle & skin epithelium
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What are Adherens Junctions & where are they found?

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  • They’re based on the protein Cadherin

- They’re found in animals ranging from jellyfish to vertebrates

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What is Cadherin & how does it help adherens junctions?

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  • A protein that is Ca2+ dependent adhesion molecule w/ very wide phlyogenetic distribution
  • It’s a single-pass transmembrane protein w/ extracellular domain of a cadherin in an adjacent cell to join cells together
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How does Cadherin interact on the cytoplasmic side?

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-They interact indirectly through other proteins w/ actin to form flexible connections between cells

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What are Desmosomes?

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  • They are a cadherin-based junction unique to vertebrates

- They join adjacent cells= support tissues against mechanical stress

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What 2 types of Cadherin do desmosomes have & what do they do?

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-Desmocollin & Desmoglein= interact w/ intermediate filaments of cytoskeletons INSTEAD of actin

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What are Hemidesmosomes & Focal adhesions?

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  • They connect cells to the basil lamina or other ECM
  • Also connect the cytoskeleton of cells= actin filaments at focal adhesions & intermediate filaments at hemidesmosomes
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What are the proteins that interact w/ the ECM in hemidesmosomes & focal adhesions?

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-Integrins= Cell-surface receptors that bind to a protein component of the ECM

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What are Septate Junctions?

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-They’re found in both invertebrates & vertebrates & form a barrier that can seal off a sheet of cells

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What are Tight Junctions?

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  • They’re unique to vertebrates & contain proteins called Claudins= abilty to occulde/block subtances from passing between cells
  • IS A BRICK WALL
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What are Communicating Junctions?

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  • Allow communication between cells by diffusion though small openings
  • They permit small molcules or ions to pass from one cell to another
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What are Gap Junctions?

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  • They’re found in both invertebrates & vertebrates (in invertebrates they’re formed by protein pannexins while the vertebrates= connexons)
  • Provide passageways large enough to permit small substances (amino acids, simple sugars) to pass from one cell to the next but small enough to prevent passage from bigger molecules (proteins)
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How do Gap Junctions form?

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-When the pannexins/ connexons of 2 cells align perfectly= creates open channel that spans the membrane between the cells

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What are Gap Junction channels?

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  • They’re dynamic structures that can open or close in response to a variety of factors (Ca2+ &H+ ions)
  • Prevents damage from spreading by closing when Ca2+ tries to flow in due to the plasma membrane becoming leaky
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What are Plasmodesmata?

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  • They function like gap junctions but they are for Plant cells & w/ a more complex structure
  • They’re cytoplasmic connections that form across the touching plasma membranes of adjacent cells
  • They’re lined w/ plasma membrane & contain a central tubule that connects the endoplasmic reticulum to the 2 cells