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Communication between cells Flashcards

1
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What are the basic principles of cell signalling?

A

Conversion of a message (signal transduction)
Target cells have receptors for signalling molecules
Most cells both generate and receive signals

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What are the different categories of signal?

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Endocrine
Paracrine
Neuronal
Contact-dependent

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3
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How many responses can a signal trigger?

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Many

Varying responses in different cell types

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4
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What determines the response triggered?

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The target cells interpretation of the signal

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5
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What are the two types of receptor?

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Cell surface

Intracellular

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6
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What is an intracellular signalling pathway?

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Extracellular signal binds to transmembrane receptor

Triggers an intracellular signal molecule

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7
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What is relay?

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Spreading the signal through the cell

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What is amplification?

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Making the signal stronger so that a few extracellular signals trigger a large intracellular response

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9
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What is integrating?

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Receiving more than one signalling input and generating appropriate output

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10
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What is distributing?

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Passing on the signal to more than one pathway

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11
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What role do kinases play in cell signalling?

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Phosphorylate serine, threonine and tyrosine residues
Alter conformation and activity
Recruitment of effector proteins

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12
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What are the categories of cell surface receptors?

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Ion-channel coupled receptors
G-protein coupled receptors
Enzyme-coupled receptors

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13
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How do ion channel coupled receptors work?

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Open or close in response to a signalling molecule
Changes in membrane potential
Chemical signal becomes an electrical signal

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14
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How do G-proten coupled receptors work?

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Activated by proteins, peptides, amino acid derivatives and fatty acids
Binding ligand induces conformation change activating a G-protein on intracellular side of the membrane
Activated G-proteins activate enzymes or ion channels

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15
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How do enzyme-coupled receptors work?

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Tyrosine kinases

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16
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Describe the structure of a G-protein coupled receptor

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Single polypetide

7 pass transmembrane protein

17
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Describe the structure of a G-protein

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Alpha, beta and gamma subunit

18
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What happens when a signal molecule binds to a G-protein coupled receptor?

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Conformational changes result in exchange of GDP for GTP
Alpha subunit dissociates
Activated subunits activate downstream signals
Switched off when GTP is hydrolysed to GDP

19
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What increases in response to GPCR activation?

A

cAMP

20
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What does cyclic AMP do?

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Activates phospholipase C

21
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What does phospholipase do?

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Generates diacylglycerol and inositol trisphosphate

22
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What does inositol trisphosphase do?

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Increase intracellular calcium

23
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How is cyclic AMP generated?

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Generated from ATP by the enzyme adenylyl cyclase

Activated by G alpha subunit

24
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What switches off cyclic AMP?

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Cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase

25
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What does cAMP act through?

A

Protein kinase A

26
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What is protein kinase A responsible for?

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Transcription factors and gene expression
Hormone synthesis
Protein production in long term memory

27
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What happens if cell growth is disregulated?

A

Cancer

28
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How are receptor tyrosine kinases activated?

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By dimerisation

29
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What does the signal molecule trigger in tyrosine kinases?

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Receptor dimerisation
Activation of intracellular kinase domains
Trans-phosphorylation of tyrosine residues
Recruitment of signalling proteins

30
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What does Grb2 trigger?

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Recruits the Ras activating protein which exchanges GDP for GTP
Conformational changes in Ras activates downstream proteins

31
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Why is Ras a molecular switch?

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GTPases cycle Ras between active GTP bound and inactive GDP bound form

32
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What is the most commonly mutated oncogene?

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Ras

Prevention of GTP hydrolysis causes it to be permanently switched on

33
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Describe MAP kinase signalling

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Activated Ras protein activates Raf
Raf activates Mek
Mek activates Erk
Erk targets transcription factors

34
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What drives cells into the G1 phase of the cell cycle?

A

Receptor tyrosine kinases

35
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What is the effect of inositol triphosphate activation?

A

Raises Ca2+ levels in the cell

Ca2+ interacts with Ca2+ responsive proteins

36
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What properties do transformed cells express?

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Immortalisation
Loss of contact inhibition
High saturation density
Altered morphology
Anchorage independent growth

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