Cellular Adhesion and Migration Flashcards
Classes of cell junctions in animal tissues
- Anchoring junctions
- Occulding (tight) junctions
- Channel-forming junctions (gap junctions)
- Signal-relaying junctions
Anchoring junctions
Assemble and maintain epithelia; Transmit stresses and mechanically attach cells to their neighbors; consists of transmembrane adhesion proteins that link to cytoskeleton via intracellular anchor proteins
ex. cell-cell adhesions and cell matrix adhesions
Occulding (tight) junctions
seal gaps btwn cells in epithelia; forms selectively permeable barrier
- keeps interstitial fluid inside animal*; always closest to apical domain
- prevent back flow from one side of cell to other
- forms fence btwn membrane domains (cells need to segregate proteins to appropriate domain ie basolateral or apical)
Channel-forming junctions (gap junctions)
link cytoplasm of adjacent cells
Signal-relaying junctions
allows signal relay from cell to cell at PM contact
ex. chemical synapses in nervous system and immunological synapses
junctions that allow cell to form epithelium
anchoring junctions and occluding junctions
cell cell attachments
usually mediated by cadherins
cell matrix attachments
usually mediated by integrins
Anchoring junction components
Transmembrane adhesion proteins (attach to each other btwn PMs) and intracellular adaptor proteins (attach transmembrane adhesion proteins to cytoskeletal filaments)
Catenins
Adaptor proteins that link cell adhesion receptors to cytoskeletal elements; cadherins anchor to cytoskeleton via catenins which assemble on cadherin tail
Actin filament attachment sites
- adherence junctions (cell-cell junctions)
- Actin-linked cell-matrix adhesions (cell-matrix junctions)
Intermediate filament attachment sites
- Desomsomes (cell-cell junctions)
- Hemidesmosomes (cell-matrix junctions)
Adherens junctions
coordinate actin-based motility of adjacent cells; form continuous adhesion belt around interacting cells in epithelial sheet; contract via myosin motor proteins; confer motile force for folding of epithelia sheets
Cordination of actin based motility of adjacent cells
coordinated by adherens junctions; oriented contraction of bundles of actin filaments running along adhesion belts causes narrowing of cells at apex
Desmosomes
link intermediate filaments from cell to cell main job is to confer mechanical strength
desmosomes and hemidesemosomes
along with intermediate filaments form network of great tensile strength; desmosomes link intermediate filaments from cell to cell hemidesmosomes link intermediate filaments to basal lamina?