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Chapter 5/Cell Signaling in Physiology Flashcards

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Chemical messengers bind to

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receptor

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Water-soluble messengers bind to receptors
located at the

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plasma membrane

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Lipid-soluble messengers bind to

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intracellular
receptors

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cells express different receptors

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Specificity

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strength of ligand-receptor binding

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Affinity

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Different cells can have different responses to same
ligand

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Specificity: cells express different receptors.

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High affinity will bind at lower concentrations of
messenger

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Affinity: strength of ligand-receptor binding

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the fraction of total binding sites
that are occupied

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Saturation

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9
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presence of multiple ligands able
to bind the same binding site

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Competition

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10
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blocks the action of a chemical
messenger

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Antagonists

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activates receptors and triggers the cell’s
response

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Agonist

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12
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receptors are removed
(internalized) in response to intense exposure to chemical messengers.

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Down-regulation

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13
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number of receptors is
increased in response to low concentrations of
chemical messengers

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Up-regulation

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Up-regulation & down-regulation

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Receptor Regulation

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Can diffuse through the plasma membrane.
– Have intracellular receptors.
– Signal-receptor complexes bind directly to DNA
and alter gene expression.
– Slower response, but sustained response

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Lipid-soluble messengers

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A broad range of receptors.
– Activate intracellular signaling cascades
– Can activate mediators that affect DNA
expression
– Faster response but less sustained.
– Involve first messengers and second messengers

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Membrane-bound receptors

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Lipid-soluble messengers,
Membrane-bound receptors

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Signal Transduction Pathways

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18
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Activation of receptor results in open ion
channel.
* Opening of ligand gated ion channels increase
net diffusion of ions specific to channel.
* Often results in a change in the membrane
potential.
* Ex: Na+, K+, Ca2+

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Ligand-Gated Ion Channels

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19
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Some receptors have intrinsic

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enzyme activity

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20
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Most are protein kinases that phosphorylate
the amino acid tyrosine

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Receptor tyrosine kinase

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21
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transferring a phosphate
group from ATP

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Phosphorylation

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22
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Binding of messenger to
receptor activates
enzymatic portion of
receptor.
* This autophosphorylates
the receptor’s tyrosine
groups
* Docking proteins bind to
phosphorylated tyrosine
groups.
* Activate cell’s response

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Events for receptors with tyrosine kinase activity

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23
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These receptors do not have intrinsic kinase activity

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Cytoplasmic Kinases

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24
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Binding of ligand causes conformational
change in receptor that leads to activation of

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JAK kinase

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-Family of 4 kinases, target different transcription
factors.
–Results in synthesis of new proteins.

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Cytoplasmic Kinases

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Receptor with inactive protein complex bound to it.

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G Proteins

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3 subunits: alpha, beta, gamma.
– Alpha subunit can bind GDP and GTP.
– Beta and gamma subunits anchor alpha subunit to
the membrane

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G-Proteins

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Binding of ligand to receptor changes
conformation of the receptor.
– Activated receptor increases the affinity of alpha subunit for GTP
– Alpha subunit binds GTP and dissociates from the
beta and gamma subunits.
– Alpha subunit binds to effector protein in plasma
membrane.

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Steps

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G protein serves as a BLANK coupling a
receptor to an ion channel or to an enzyme

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SWITCH

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Can be stimulatory or inhibitory

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G Protein-Coupled Receptors

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Most numerous type of receptor family, large
variety of signaling pathways

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G Protein-Coupled Receptors

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Adenylyl Cyclase

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Second Messengers

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Activated by stimulatory G proteins
– Catalyzes the conversion of ATP to cyclic AMP
(cAMP)
– cAMP acts as a second messenger

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Adenylyl Cyclase

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cAMP action

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Second Messengers

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cAMP action is terminated by cAMP BLANK

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phosphodiesterase

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-Breaks down cAMP
– Inhibition of cAMP phosphodiesterase prolongs
actions of cAMP

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Second Messengers

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cAMP binds to
-PKA phosphorylates downstream targets

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cAMP-dependent protein
kinase (PKA

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Some G proteins inhibit
Results in less generation of cAMP

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adenylyl cyclase

39
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activated by Gq,
catalyzes breakdown of a phospholipid (PIP2)
-second messengers

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Phospholipase C (PLC)

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  • Diacylglycerol (DAG)
    – Inositol Triphosphate (IP3)
    – Both function as second messenger
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Phospholipase C (PLC

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42
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DAG activates

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protein kinase C

43
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IP3 binds to ligand gated Ca2+ channels in

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ER

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Ca2+ as

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Secondary Messenger

45
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Ca2+ can be increased or decreased to elicit a
cellular response

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action potential

46
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Ca2+ is maintained at BLANK concentration in the
cell

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Low

47
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Electrochemical gradient favors diffusion into the
cytosol via

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Ca2+ channels

48
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Cell can be altered by influencing active
transport systems of

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Ca2+

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– Calmodulin
– Troponin
– Kinases

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Ca2+ also acts by binding proteins and
activating them

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Ca2+ as

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Secondary Messenger

51
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Ca2+ also acts by

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binding proteins and
activating them

52
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Signal transduction pathways are eventually

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shut off

53
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-Cessation of receptor activation
-Decrease in concentration of first messenger

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Cessation of Activity

54
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-Receptor become chemically altered
– Phosphorylation of receptor prevents further G
protein binding to the receptor
– Plasma membrane receptors may be removed

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Receptors can be inactivated in 3 ways

55
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Signal pathways do not exist in isolation, they
occur simultaneously.
* Many first messengers may simultaneously
influence a cell.
* “Cross-talk” can occur at one or more levels
among signal transduction pathways.

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Interactions of Signal Transduction Pathways

56
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Signal pathways do not exist in isolation, they
occur BLANK

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simultaneously

57
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Many BLANK messengers may simultaneously
influence a cell.

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first

58
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can occur at one or more levels among signal transduction pathways

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Cross-talk

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