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What are the 3 basic types of cell junctions?

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Anchoring, Communicating, and Occluding

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Name 2 types of communicating junctions used to transmit electrical signals from one axon to another.

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  1. Chemical synapse

2. Gap junction

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.Which protein subunits are involved in formation of gap junctions?

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connexins/connexons

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How many connexin subunits make up a gap junction?

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6

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What’s the difference between a gap junction and chemical synapse?

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Unlike in chemical synapse, materials pass between cells WITHOUT INTERACTING WITH EXTRACELLULAR FLUID

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What factors affect the diameter of gap junctions?

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[Ca2+ ions]
pH
hormones
electrical potential

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Define a chemical synapse.

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The junction between a nerve fiber and non-neuronal cell (ex: muscle) or between 2 nerve fibers, where electrical signals are transmitted

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What implications are incurred by mutations of connexin?

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  1. formation of cataracts in the eyes
  2. deafness
  3. charcot-marie-tooth disease
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What does DAG stand for?

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Diacylglycerol

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Name 5 second messsengers.

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  1. IP3
  2. DAG
  3. Calcium 2+
  4. cAMP
  5. cGMP
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How can chemical messengers be classified?

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based on function and chemical structure

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What are the functional classes of chemical messengers and give examples of each.

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  1. Paracrines (ex: growth factors)
  2. Neurotransmitters (acetylcholine)
  3. Hormones (insulin)
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What are the five chemical classes of chemical messengers? Give an example of each.

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  1. Amino acids (glutamate)
  2. Amines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine)
  3. Proteins/Polypeptides
  4. Steroids (corticosteroid)
  5. Eicosanoids (prostaglandins, leukotrienes)
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Which chemical messenger makes up a majority of all the chemical messengers?

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Proteins/Peptidtes

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Which chemical messengers cannot be stored in vesicles?

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Steroids and Eicosanoids

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What factors affect the magnitude of a target cell’s response?

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  1. concentration of messenger
  2. number of receptors
  3. affinity of receptors to messengers
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Where are receptors of lipophilic messengers usually located?

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In the cytosol

In the nucleus

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How do lipophilic messengers cause a response in the target cell?

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Once inside the nucleus, they bind to HRE (hormone response element) regions before genes to affect synthesis of proteins

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When two hormone receptors are bound to an HRE region, what is the process called?

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Dimerization

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Where are the receptors for lipophobic messengers located?

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On the plasma membrane

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Where does the letter G come from, for the G protein?

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Its ability to bind guanosine nucleotides

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What is the difference between fast ligand-gated and slow ligand-gated channels?

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Fast ligand-gated channels; receptor and channel are the same protein, effects immediate and brief, ligands can only OPEN the channel, but not close it
Slow ligand-gated channels; receptor and channel are different proteins , effects slow and prolonged, ligands can OPEN and CLOSE the channel

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G-protein linked receptors are what type of channel?

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Slow channel-linked (ligand-gated) channel

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3 ways Calcium is removed from the cytosol

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  1. Active transport across plasma membrane
  2. Active transport into organelles
  3. Sequestering with proteins in cytosol
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Location of the G-protein in the G-protein linked receptors.
It faces intracellular side of the plasma membrane
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Function of G-proteins
Link RECEPTORS on plasma membrane to EFFECTORS (enzymes and ion channels) in the plasma membrane
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G protein structure
3 subunits | -alpha, beta and gamma
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Which G protein subunit binds to guanosine?
the alpha unit
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How does G protein deactivate itself?
it is an enzyme, so soon after it binds GTP, it hydrolyzes GTP back to GDP and so deactivates itself
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Functional classes of G-proteins
1. Inhibitory/ Gi - inhibit amplifier enzymes 2. Stimulatory / Gs - activate amplifier enzymes 3. Affect ion channels
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Structural classification of G-proteins
Monomeric - one small GTP | Trimeric - the 3 subunit GTP structure
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How does Vibrio Cholerae affect G-protein action in cells to cause cholera?
The bacterium releases a toxin that binds to the G-protein coupled receptor, causing constant activation of G protein. G protein then overstimulates production of adenylate cyclase = excess cAMP --> constant activation of protein kinases that affect Chlorine channels (CFTR; cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) causing excess chlorine to be pumped out = high intestinal concentration of chlorine and water to leave cell via osmosis to higher concentration leading to diarrhea
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The two major categories of intercellular communication
Electrical/Synaptic | Hormonal/Chemical
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The four types of chemical intercellular communication
*MNEMONIC: PAJE armstrong Paracrine (same tissue) Autocrine (cell communicates with itself) Juxtacrine (between adjacent cells) Endocrine (cells in another distant location)
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3 stages of cell signalling
1. reception 2. transduction 3. response
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How much greater is the concentration of Calcium outside the cell than inside?
10,000x
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The 3 proteins calcium binds to
1. Troponin - for muscle contraction 2. Calmodulin - smooth muscle contraction, apoptosis 3. Calbindin - absorption of Calcium from intestines, promotes reabsorption of calcium for bone
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In the JAK-STAT pathway. JAK stands for? STAT stands for?
JAK - JAnus Kinase | STAT - signal transducer and activator of transcription
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True or false: STAT proteins activate JAK
FALSE; JAK activates STAT
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In each STAT dimer, they bind to the __________ of the other STAT.
Phosphotyrosine
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Explain the JAK-STAT pathway.
Ligand binds to JAK receptor 2 JAK receptors brought together to form a dimer JAKs are close enough to activate each other Receptors also get activated (phosphorylated in the process) STAT binds and also gets activated and form a STAT dimer (active transcription factor) each binding to the other's phosphotyrosine domain STAT dimer enters nucleus and binds to specific DNA sequence at promoter region to activate gene transcription
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How is the JAK-STAT pathway shut down?
dephosphorylation of other proteins involved in the pathway
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Two hormones that bind to JAK receptors and their effects.
Leptin - regulation of body weight | Growth hormone - stimulate growth
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3 paracrines/cytokines that bind to JAK-linked receptors and their effects
Interleukin 2 --> lympocyte proliferation during immune response IFN-gamma/Type 2 IFN ---> activation of macrophages IFN-beta and alpha --> induce antiviral state
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2 ways drugs targeting JAK-STAT pathway work.
1. Blocking ligand receptors (Injection) | 2. Inhibit kinase activity of JAK (Drug)
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STUDY BREAK Drugs targeting the JAK-STAT pathway are used to turn down the immune response.
ex: Tofacitinib (rheumatoid arthritis treatment) and Baxiliximab (prevent transplant rejection)
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Presynaptic dense bodies
Also called active zones, the area where neurotransmitter release occurs
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The protein that binds vesicles to actin, microtubule, and spectrin filaments.
Synapsin 1
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Describe the mechanism of neurotransmitter release
1. When voltage changes due to action potential transmission, Calcium voltage gated channels open 2. Influx of calcium at active zone 3. Calcium binds to calmodulin to form Calcium-calmodulin complex 4. Calcium calmodulin complex activates CaM kinase 2 (calmodulin dependent protein kinase 2) 5. CaM kinase 2 phosphorylates synapsin 1 6. synapsin 1 relases the vesicle which is now free to go for exocytosis
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Proteins involved in guiding free vesicles to active zones
Rab 3a and Rab 3b on the vesicle membrane
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Which proteins are involved in vesicles binding to the plasma membrane for exocytosis?
Synaptobrevin on vesicle membrane binds to syntaxin on plasma membrane
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3 examples of G-protein coupled receptors
1. Beta adrenergic receptors in cardiac muscle bind epinephrine 2. Rhodopsin receptors bind to retinal 3. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) receptors bind prostaglandin
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Classification of receptors
Plasma membrane receptors (on/in cell membrane); include 1. G-protein coupled 2. Enzyme-coupled 3. Ion channels Intracellular receptors (are for hormones and other fat-soluble ligands); include 1. Nuclear receptors 2. Cystoplasmic receptors

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