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What do the structural, spatial, and mechanical functions of cells depend on?

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Cytoskeleton

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Allows cells to have:

  • organization in space
  • mechanical interaction with each other and their environment
  • ability to rearrange internal components in response to growth, division, and dynamic adaptation to changing situations
  • change shape in response to stimuli
  • migrate from place to place
  • have polarity
  • remain in close contact with each other and form stable sheets/layers
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Cytoskeleton

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Determine shape of cell, cell locomotion, and pinching of one cell into 2

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Actin and actin-binding proteins

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Molecular machines that convert biochemical energy from ATP hydrolysis to mechanical energy that moves organelles along filaments or move filaments on proteins

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Myosin (motor proteins)

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Actin subunit

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G actin (globular actin)

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  • 375 AA polypeptide carrying tightly associated ATP or ADP
  • small in size & diffuse rapidly into cytoskeleton
  • assembled/polymerized head to tail to form tight, right handed helix
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G-actin

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Right-handed G-actin helix

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F actin (filamentous actin)

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Polarity of F-actin

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  • slow growing minus end

- fast growing plus end

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Importance of polarity of actin filaments

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  • assembly

- establishing unique direction of myosin movement relative to actin

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Important mechanism by which cells control shape and movement

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Regulation of actin filament formation

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  • associate spontaneously
  • unstable
  • disassembly readily
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Small oil Gomes’s

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For new actin filaments to form, what must happen?

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Filament nucleation

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Filament nucleation

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Subunits must assemble into an initial aggregate (nucleus made of 3 actin monomers) that is stabilized by multiple subunit-subunit contacts then elongate rapidly by addition of more subunits

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How do actin filaments grow?

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Reversible addition of monomers to both ends

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Which end elongates faster?

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Plus end elongates 5-10 x faster

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Actin monomers have ___ which is hydrolyzed to _____ following filament assembly.

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  • bound ATP

- hydrolyzed to ADP and Pi

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Compare actin monomers to which ATP is bound vs. ones with bound ADP

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  • ATP not required for polymerization

- Actin monomers to which ATP is bound polymerize more rapidly

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Plays a key role in assembly and dynamic behavior of actin filaments

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ATP binding and hydrolysis

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Since actin polymerization is reversible, filaments can ____ as needed by the _____.

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  1. Depolymerize

2. Dissociation of actin monomers

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dependent on concentration of free monomers

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Equilibrium between actin monomers and filaments

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Rate at which actin monomers are incorporated into filaments is proportional to what?

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Concentration

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There is a _____ of actin monomers at which _______. At this concentration, monomers and filaments are in apparent _____.

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  1. Critical concentration
  2. Rate of their polymerization into filaments equals rate of dissociation
  3. Equilibrium
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The rate of subunit association is proportional to ______.

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Concentration of free monomers

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The rate of subunit dissociation is independent of _____.

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Monomer concentration

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K(off) = Cc x k(on)
An apparent equilibrium is reached at critical concentration of monomers (Cc)
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- organized into higher order structures, forming bundles of 3D networks within cells - associated with other cell structures such as the PM - abundant beneath PM, where they form network
Actin
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Functions of actin
- mechanical support - determines cell shape - allows movement of cell surface - enables cells to migrate, engulf particles, and divide
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Regulates organization of actin network and functional structures
Actin binding proteins
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- helps achieve cross-linking of F-actin | - have at least 2 actin-binding domains
Accessory proteins
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Nature of association of filaments is determined by?
Size and shape of the cross linking proteins
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Typically small ridged proteins that force filaments to align closely with each other
Bundling proteins
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Two types of structures that actin filaments are assembled into
- actin bundles | - actin networks
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Actin bundles are cross-linked into _____
Closely-packed parallel arrays
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- loosely cross-linked in orthogonal arrays that form 3-D meshwork with more flexible gel-like properties - makes cells flexible - changes polarity of actin filament
Actin networks
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- parallel bundle | - tight-packing prevents myosin II from entering bundle
Actin filaments and fibrin
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- contractile bundle | - loose packing allows myosin II to enter bundle
Actin filaments and alpha-actinin
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- made of closely spaced actin filaments in parallel - fimbrin monomer binds to actin filaments - has 2 actin-binding domains (ABD) - holds 2 parallel filaments close together - filaments have same polarity - supports projections of PM - increase cell surface and gives structure stability - allows placement for additional receptors, channels for signaling ,transport, and uptake of nutrients
Parallel bundles
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- loosely bundled actin filaments - looseness due to structure of cross-linking proteins 9ex: alpha-actinin) - binds as a diner - bigger protein = distance between actin bundles - filaments separated by greater distance - allows motor protein (myosin) to interact during contraction - contractile ring used in mitosis: allows squeezing of cytoplasm by contractile ring to cause cell division
Contractile bundles
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- actin filaments in networks held together by large actin binding proteins - filaments - binds actin as a diner - actin binding domains located on opposite ends of the diner - creates a 3D meshwork - present in cells that need to withstand forces
Actin-bundling proteins
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Thin projections of PM supported by actin bundles. Formation and retraction of these structures is based on the regulated assembly and disassembly of actin filaments.
Filopodia
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Broad, sheet-like extensions at the leading edge of cell, containing network of actin filaments
Lamellipodia
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Based on actin filaments cross-linked into a 3D network, responsible for phagocytosis
Pseudopodia
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Spectrin
ABP contained by erythrocytes
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- tetramers associate laterally - form actin network that creates cortical cytoskeleton - spectrin-actin network interacts with membrane proteins via interactions with ankyrin, protein 4.1
Spectrin
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- mutations in erythrocytes cortical cytoskeleton proteins - hereditary spherocytosis (HS) - impaired deformability and reduced stability of RBCs - movement from large vessels to capillaries require flexibility and deformability - spherical RBCs - membrane breaks down, RBCs damaged and die - anemia - jaundice - splenomegaly
Hereditary spehrocytosis
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- superfamily of motor proteins - 20 diff myosin types in eukaryotes - all move along actin filaments via ATP hydrolysis
Myosin
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- bipolar filaments - tails associate to form shaft of filament - heads exposed at both ends
Skeletal muscle myosin II
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3 domains of myosin
- head: contain actin binding and ATP binding sites, has ATPase activity - neck: flexible region, binds myosin light chain peptides - tail: intertwine to bring myosin head regions in close proximity, bind membrane/organelles
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Membrane association and endocytosis
Myosin I
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Contraction
Myosin II
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Organelle transport
Myosin V
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Myosin in the absence of ATP
Myosin attached to actin filament
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Myosin bound to ATP
Conformation change with release of actin
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What causes ATP hydrolysis?
Binding of actin
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What drives the “power stroke”?
Release of P and I elastic energy > straightens myosin > moves actin filament left
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Steps of the power stroke
1. ATP binds and the head is released from actin 2. Hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and Pi; myosin head rotates into “cocked” state 3. Myosin head binds actin filament 4. “Power stroke” = release of P and i elastic energy straightens myosin; moves actin filament left 5. ADP released, ATP bound, head released from actin
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Power stroke (Velocity) mechanism is proportional to _____.
Length of neck domain
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- thick filaments = 6 myosin polypeptide chains (1 pair of heavy chains which form the tail and 2 pairs of light chains which form the head) - thin filaments = 3 proteins = actin, tropomyosin, troponin
Skeletal muscle
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Skeletal muscle fiber at rest
- myosin binding sites covered by tropomyosin so actin/myosin cannot interact - troponin is calcium-binding protein that helps initiate contraction
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Unit of skeletal muscle
Sarcomere
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Non-muscle cell contractions
- contain several types of actin-myosin structures similar to skeletal muscle fibers (less stable/organized) - formed in transient manner as needed by cell
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- bundles of F-actin and myosin II form contractile ring | - myosin movement along actin filaments creates cleavage furrow
Cytokinesis
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____ carries cargo along actin filaments.
Myosin V
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- part of protein complex that linked cytoskeleton of muscle fibers to the surrounding CT - long protein with numerous redundant coils that provides a structural link b/w cytoskeleton of the muscle cell and the ECM
Dystrophin
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- acts like shock absorber during contraction | - stabilizes the sarcolemma and prevents contraction-induced injury
Long protein with numerous redundant coils that provides a structural link b/w cytoskeleton of the muscle cell and the ECM
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Without functional dystrophin to support muscle strength and stability, muscle fibers are _____.
Easily damaged
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Loss of dystrophin
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy
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- X-linked recessive disorder - abnormal dystrophin gene - progressive muscle wasting
DMD (Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy)
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Milder form of DMD
Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
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- connects cytoskeleton to basal lamina - stabilizes PM - hundreds of mutations
Dystrophin
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- Little to no expression of dystrophin | - OOF mutants
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
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- Smaller protein with partial function of dystrophin | - IF mutation
Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
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Drugs being developed to treat dystrophin
- gene therapy - dystrophin replacement - drugs to prevent exon skipping

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