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Physiology

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Study of how living organisms work
Functions, processes, and integrations within living things

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Knut Schmidt Nielson

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Alternative physiology definition
Study of how organisms work requiring heuristic metric of when organisms are and are not working well

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George Bartholomew

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Every level of biological organization finds its mechanism at lower levels and its significance at higher levels of the organization

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What are the 3 General categories of chemical messengers?

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  1. Hormones- released into blood stream for delivery
  2. Neurotransmitters- released directly to target cell
  3. Paracrine- triggers response in cells around it
    Autocrine- releases and comes back to trigger something on the same cell
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What are the major body compartments and their percentages of they hold?

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Plasma- 7%
Interstitial Fluid- 28%
Intracellular Fluid- 67%

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Aristotle

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Shaped the way we go about doing science with morality, aesthetics, logic and systematic

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Galen

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Deduced a pattern of blood flow through the body, first to document this, was wrong

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William Harvey

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First to correctly document the circulation of blood pumped through the body

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Claude Bernard

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Father of modern Physiology
Milieu Interieur
Constancy of the internal environment is the condition for a free and independent life

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Walter Cannon

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Coined the term Homeostasis
Mechanisms that detect and respond to deviations in physiological variables form their set point values by initiating effector responses that restore the variables to the optimal physiological range

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What are the components of homeostatic systems?

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Sensors (receptors)- monitor detect variables
Integration center- place that processes the information (brain)
Effector- responds to bring back to set point

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What mechanism primarily maintains homeostasis in the body?

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Negative feedback, detects and corrects

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Afferent pathway

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carry signals towards integrating center
Stimulus -> receptor -> integrating center

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Efferent Pathways

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integrating center -> Effector -> Response
Carry signals away from integrating center towards effector

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Dynamic Constancy

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Levels shifting throughout the day, high to low to normal

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Body Temp regulation:
Mechanism?
Steps (components):

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Negative feedback
Stimulus- deviation cold or hot
Receptors- signaling rate increases in temperature sensitive nerve endings
Integrating center- nerve cells in brain alters their rates of firing
Result- Heat loss- constriction of the smooth muscles in skin blood vessels (white hands)
Heat production- skeletal muscle contraction leading to shivering

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17
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Where are the hormones of the pancreas secreted from?
What are two of the cell types?

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Pancreatic Islets
Beta cells-insulin
Alpha cells- Glucagon

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Insulin

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Decreases blood glucose levels
Stimulates transport of glucose into liver, skeletal muscles and adipose (fat) tissue where it is stored

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Glucagon

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Increases glucose in the blood by converting glycogen to glucose in the liver

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Diabetes mellitus

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metabolic disorders characterized by an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood
Excess urine (sweet urine), increased thirst, increased appetite

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Excess urine production

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polyuria

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increased thirst

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polydipsia

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increased appetite

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polyphagia

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Diabetes mellitus
Mechanism?
What happens?
Steps:

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Negative Feedback
Blood is supposed to absorb the glucose and water but this does not occur causing the individual to lose water and sugar in urination
Low glucose: Pancreas secretes glucagon -> Liver breaks down glycogen to glucose -> blood glucose increases
High glucose: pancreas secretes insulin -> muscle cells take up glucose OR adipose tissue uses glucose to form fat OR liver stops breakdown of glycogen to glucose

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Positive feedback
and pathway

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response reinforces the stimulus sending the parameter farther form the setpoint
Continues until outside factor is present to turn it off
Factor -> sensor -> integrating center -> effector

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Labor and delivery
Mechanism?
Steps:

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Positive Feedback
1. Baby’s head triggers stretch receptors in the cervix
2. Firing of receptors change sending message to the brain
3. Hypothalamus releases oxytocin into bloodstream
4. Oxytocin triggers contractions
5. Contractions casue baby’s head to push harder on the cervix
6. Steps 1-5 are repeated
7. Baby is born -> no more stretch -> process stops

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Fluid-Mosaic Model

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Used to describe our cell membranes.
Not ridged, dynamic in constant motion made up of different parts and pieces

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Describe the Structure of a phospholipid

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Polar, hydrophilic head and a nonpolar, hydrophobic tail

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Amphipathic

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Has both polar and nonpolar components
In our cells it creates the bilayer, affecting the passage of material in and out of the membrane

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Saturated vs unsaturated fats

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Saturated are tightly packed, viscous with single bonds
Unsaturated can’t be packed as tightly allowing more motion (fluid) and has one or more double bonds

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Membrane Fluidity

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Measure of the ease with which phospholipids can move within the membrane
Indicated by the amount of saturated vs. Unsaturated fats

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Homeoviscous Adaptation

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Maintenance of a relatively constant membrane fluidity
Changing the phospholipids
Higher temp= increase fluidity
Lower temp+ more ridged

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Peripheral vs Integral proteins

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Peripheral- On one side of the layer or the other, bonded to integral proteins or lipids
Integral- embedded in the bilayer

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What is the role of Cholesterol in the bilayer?

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Regulates membrane fluidity
The more cholesterol the more ridged the structure

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35
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How are solutes transported across the cell membrane?

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Simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, endo and exocytosis

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Simple Diffusion, and example

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Passive process (no ATP), moves down concentration gradient (high to low), freely passing through lipid bilayer until equilibrium is reached (equal movement)
Must be small and lipid soluble
Ex: blood gases (oxygen), and steroids

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Rate Factors
Define
List

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Factors that influence diffusion
Lipid solubility (faster), Molecular size (smaller=faster)
Cell membrane thickness (thicker=slower), Concentration gradient (higher difference= faster), Membrane surface area, Composition of lipid layer

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Ion Channels and examples

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Used in diffusion meaning it is passive and moves down gradient
For ions that are not lipid soluble, and are water soluble
Ex: Na, K, Cl, Ca, and H2O (aquaporin) channels

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Ligand-gated channels and examples

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Binding of messenger causes a change of ion channel, either opening or closing it
Ligand is not the same molecule going through
Ex; neurotransmitter acetylcholine opens Na channels in neurons

40
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Agonist vs Antagonist

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Agonist- mimics something in you body triggering something to happen
Antagonist- blocks a response

41
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What sources of transport are under Carrier-mediated transport? What does it mean?

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Facilitated Diffusion, Active Transport
Binds to the protein, changes the shape and releases it on the other side

42
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Compare the reflux rate of diffusion vs mediated transport

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Diffusion can keep going and the concentration increased but mediated will eventually plateau when it becomes saturated

43
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Facilitated Diffusion and example

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Movement from high to low concentration with the aid of membrane proteins by a physical binding, passive transport
Ex: Glucose, it binds, changes the shape, and it is let through

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Active transport and example

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form low to high concentration with the help of membrane proteins and ATP
ex: Na, K, H transporters

45
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Primary Active transport with example

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Directly consumes and uses ATP against the gradient. Thing binding is going through the channel
Ex Sodium potassium pump

46
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Describe the Sodium Potassium Pump

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Sodium Potassium ATPase Pump
3 sodium’s from low to high concentration (in to out) bring in 2 potassium’s
Both are going against gradient
The most energetic process in the body, uses the most ATP in the body when the body is at rest

47
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Electrogenic pump with example

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imbalance of charge across cell, inside of cell is slightly more negative
Sodium potassium pump

48
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Secondary Active transport and example

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Does not directly consume ATP going from low to high concentration. Done by utilizing an established gradient of another molecule. Molecules entering/existing one with and the other against its gradient.
Na moving back in

49
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What are the two types of Secondary active transport and describe?

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Cotransport (symport)- ion and the second solute cross the membrane in the same direction
Counter transport (antiport)- ion and the second solute move in opposite directions

50
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Sodium Ion: Extra and Intra

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140, 12 mM

51
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Potassium ion: Extra and Intra

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5, 150 mM

52
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Calcium ion: Extra and Intra

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1, 0.0001 mM

53
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Chloride Ion: Extra and Intra

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100, 7 mM

54
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HCO3- : Extra and Intra

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24, 10 mM

55
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Pi (inorganic Phosphate): Extra and Intra

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2, 40 mM

56
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Glucose: Extra and Intra

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5.6, 1 mM

57
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Osmolarity (osmotic concentration)

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The total concentration of solutes (ions, sugars, protein) in a solution/cell

58
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What is the typical osmolarity of Humans?

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300 mOsm

59
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Define:
Isosmotic
Hypoosmotic
Hyperosmotic

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Same concentration as our cells
less than the solute concentration of our cells <300
More than the solute concentration of our cells >300

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Tonicity

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describes the effect of a solution on cell volume, need more information about the molecules to determine like if they are penetrating or non penetrating

61
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Define:
Hypertonic
Isotonic
Hypotonic

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Hypertonic- cell shrinks, water moves from inside to outside
Isotonic- no change in volume
Hypotonic- cells swell, water moves from outside to inside

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What is the relationship between water and solute?

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Inversely related

63
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Penetrating solute

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Solutes that can move in or out of the cell freely followed by water
It will cause cell burst when moving into the cell (hypotonic)
It will cause cell shriveling when moving out of the cell (hypertonic)

64
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What is the name of the gene that causes cystic fibrosis?

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Cystic Fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

65
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Non-penetrating solute

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Will not effect tonicity
hyperosmotic solution is also hypertonic, isomotic is isotonic, and hyposmotic is hypertonic

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What are the 3 categories of CF mutations? How many genetic mutations are out there that can casue CF?

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Blocked CFTR- gating issue (4%)
Truncated CFTR- stop codon before necessary (10%)
Misfolded CFTR- 86%
>1600

67
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Describe cystic fibrous including symptoms and effects

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Genetic disorder that causes a mutation in the CFTP protein which is responsible for a chloride ion channel. It causes think mucus build up in a variety of organs especially the lungs causing a diminished gradient for water, prevents gas exchange, and a breeding ground for bacteria leading to chronic lung infections. It also causes issues with the pancreas and the secretion of enzymes in the stomach leading to malnourishment.

68
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What was the first drug made to target the pathology of CF and describe its function? What was the next one and describe its function.

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VX-770 (Kalydeco)- treats the blocked CFTR, improves gating of the CFTR
Trikafta- for misfolded CFTR, promotes the proper folding of the CFTR so it can be inserted into the membrane

69
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Clathrin

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Protein that causes the membrane to round off and pinch during endocytosis.
Ligand binds to receptor, initiating clathrin to come to the surface to assist in the pinching of the cell membrane

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Endocytosis and example

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Requires ATP, membrane folds in, forming small pocket that pinch off to produce intracellular, membrane-bound vesicle. Transports Large or bulk quantities in or out of the cell.
Receptor Mediated (proteins and cholesterol)

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Exocytosis and example

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Requires ATP, Intracellular vesicles fuse with membrane, releasing contents into extracellular space
Release of Neurotransmitter at the terminal neuron
Action potential cause vesicles to move towards membrane to release contents outside

72
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What is the difference between lipid soluble and water soluble messengers?

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Lipid soluble molecules- can pass through the membrane and are typically transcription factors that regulate gene expression, need carrier molecule while in plasma
water soluble- most common, have a hard time passing through the membrane so receptors are on the surface

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First messenger vs second messenger

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first- extracellular, water soluble triggers second messenger
Second messenger- intracellular, membrane to eventually trigger a response

74
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Protein kinase vs Protein phosphatase

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Kinase- enzyme that transfers a phosphate to another molecule, phosphorylates activating a molecule.
Phosphatase- removes phosphates form a molecule turning it off

75
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How are GPCR pathways named?

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After the effector protein

76
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GPCR

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Pathways that use a g protein

77
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Describe the general steps of the lignad gated channel and give and example

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  1. Binding of first messenger (ligand)
  2. Conformqtional cange of ion channel
  3. opens (or closes) the channel
    Neurotransmitter acetylcholine opening Na channel
78
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G-proteins and its subunits

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Membrane proteins that couple membrane recenters to ion channels or membrane enzymes, the receptor does nothing but bind
subunits- alpha, beta and gamma
Beta and gamma are anchors for alpha and alpha activates effector protein

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Basic pathway for GPCR

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  1. Binding of first messenger increases affinity for GTP (another form of cellular energy)
  2. Alpha subunit dissociates, link with membrane protein.
  3. Alpha activates effector protein
  4. Cleaves GTP and again combines with beta and gamma
80
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cAMP’s functions in the body

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Glycogen breakdown, Cytoskeleton, Regulate gene expression, protein synthesis/Ca transport, ion channels and transport

81
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Adenyl cyclase-cAMP pathway

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  1. First messenger binds to GPCR activating G protein
  2. G protein turns on adenylyl cyclase
  3. Adenylyl cyclase converts ATP to cyclic AMP
  4. cAMP activates protein kinase A (cAMP- dependent protein kinase)
  5. Protein kinase A phosphorylates other proteins eventually leading to a response
82
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What is the most common second messenger and the one in Adenyl cyclase-cAMP pathway

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cAMP

83
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Describe the amplification

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Start out with one small signal or stimulus and get a big response with a high degree of efficiency

84
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Phosphodiesterase

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Family of enzymes that ends the cAMP pathway by degrading it, turns cAMP to AMP

85
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Cholera and its mechanism of action

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Flu like, diarrhea symptoms cause by a bacteria ingested through contaminated drinking water.
The acid in the stomach causes the bacteria to release a toxin that activates adenyl cyclase. Leads to an overactivation of the CFTR causing a flux of chloride ions and therefore water and sodium as well

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Steps to the Phospholipase C system

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  1. First messenger binds activating receptor and G protein
  2. G protein activates phospholipase C, amplifier enzyme
  3. PL-C converts membrane phospholipids into two second messengers: diacylglycerol (remain in membrane) and IP3 which goes into cytoplasm
  4. DAG activates protein kinase C which phosphorates proteins.
  5. IP3 causes a release of Ca form organelles creating a Ca signal
87
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What is one of the most important signaling molecules and where can it be found?

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Calcium
Intracellular- The endoplasmic reticulum
Extracellular- voltage gated channel (change in voltage), allowing the calcium in from ouside the cell

88
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Describe the quantity and what happens when calcium enters the cell and why

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Very little amounts (0.0001 mM) and it is quickly bound up by proteins to form a complex. This is done because it is a cytotoxin and can cause cell death (apoptosis)

89
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Nitric oxide (NO)
Where does it come from, what does it do (mechanism)

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Endothelial cells (in every blood vessel in the body, single layer)
Acts as neurotransmitter and causes vasodilation of arterioles (regulates blood flow)
Endothelial Cells monitor chemical composition of the blood and release NO into the local environment, it stimulates Guanylyl cyclase and leads to the production of cGMP (second messenger) in smooth muscle, leads to dilation when smooth muscle relaxes

90
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What terminates the cGMP pathway?

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Phosphodiesterase
PDE-5 in Viagra

91
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What produces lipid messengers (precursor) and where are they made from?

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Arachidonic acid and membrane phospholipids

92
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What are the Eicosanoids? What enzyme produces them? what are their functions?

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Prostaglandins and Thromboxane (cycloxygenase)- sleep, inflammation, pain, fever, vascular actions
Leukotriene (Lipoxygenase)- mediate allergic response

93
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What are some examples of NSAIDs? what does it do and what are its risks?

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Aspirin, ibuprofen
Block cycloxygenase 1 and 2, inhibit production of prostaglandins and thromboxanes
Reduce inflammation, pain, fever, inhibit platelets from clotting
GI bleeding

94
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What are some examples of Paracetomols? What does it do and what are the risks?

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Acetaminophen and Tylenol
Selectively block COX-2
Tend to have weaker anti-inflammatory effects
Liver damage

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