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Exam 2 - Apoptosis Flashcards

1
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Apoptosis is the _____ for cells unless they are provided survival factors.

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2
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What are 4 instances when cells need to die?

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  1. Infected with viruses
  2. Elimination of immune cells
  3. Tissue development
  4. DNA damage
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3
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T/F: Apoptosis is a part of animal development

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True

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4
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What is an example of apoptosis being involved in an animal’s development?

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Interdigital tissue being removed in orderly function

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5
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What type of molecule is MDM2?

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E3 ubiquitin ligase

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6
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What does phosphate do to p53?

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Frees it once bound

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7
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What phases does phosphorylation of p53 trigger to start in the cell cycle?

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G2/M

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What happens to cell division and apoptosis when there are mutations in Rb or Ras?

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Increased cell division; normal apoptosis

= tumor

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9
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What happens to cell division and apoptosis when there is a mutation in p53?

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Normal cell division; decreased apoptosis

= tumor

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10
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What is the cell shape/size in apoptosis vs. necrosis?

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Apoptosis: single cells/small clusters; cell shrinkage/convolution

Necrosis: contiguous cells; cell swelling

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11
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What is the state of the nucleus in apoptosis vs. necrosis?

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Apoptosis: pyknosis and karyorrhexis

Necrosis: Karyolysis, pyknosis, karyorrhexis

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What is pyknosis?

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Nucleus condensation

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13
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What is karyorrhexis?

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Fragmentation of nucleus

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14
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What is karyolysis?

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Chromatin dissolution

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15
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What is the state of the cell membrane in apoptosis vs. necrosis?

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Apoptosis: intact cell membrane

Necrosis: Disrupted cell membrane

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16
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What is the state of the cytoplasm in apoptosis vs. necrosis?

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Apoptosis: cytoplasm retained in apoptotic bodies

Necrosis: cytoplasm released

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17
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In which cell (apoptotic or necrotic) does inflammation occur?

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Necrotic

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18
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What takes up vesicles released due to apoptosis?

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Macrophages

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19
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What is a CAD?

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Caspase activated DNA endonuclease

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20
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How is CAD activated?

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  1. Inactive CAD bound to iCAD
  2. Executioner caspase cleaves iCAD
  3. CAD is active
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21
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What does CAD do when active and which assay can measure this?

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Plays a role in DNA fragmentation by cleaving DNA everywhere that it is not protected by histones.
- TUNEL assay

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22
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How does the TUNEL assay work?

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DNA-damaged site is labeled in the cell using a fluorescent assay.

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23
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What events does necrosis typically follow?

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Injury, trauma, lack of blood, lack of nutrient supply

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24
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In what organism is apoptosis normally seen?

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Animals

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25
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What changes orientation in the cell membrane during apoptosis and why is this important?

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Phospholipid phosphatidyl serine; presents an “eat-me” signal to macrophages so they can be phagocytosed

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26
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Where is the active site on a caspase?

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Cysteine

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27
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Where do caspases cleave?

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Aspartic acid

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28
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What are the 2 classes of caspases?

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  1. Initiator caspases

2. Executioner caspases

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29
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What is the signal flow of an initiator caspase/how is it activated?

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Inactive monomers dimerize upon receiving an apoptotic signal on adaptor proteins (binds to pts)

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30
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How is the executioner caspase activated?

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It is cleaved by the active initiator caspase

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31
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What does an active initiator caspase do?

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Activates executioner caspase by cleaving it

32
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What does an active executioner caspase do?

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Cleaves multiple substrates leading to apoptosis

33
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T/F: Once a caspase activates another to begin a cascade, the cell can sometimes escape that cascade to avoid apoptosis.

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False; once the cell is in the cascade, there is no turning back – it is destined to apoptose.

34
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What protein is cleaved by caspase to allow the cell to collapse and shrink?

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actin

35
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What proteins are cleaved by caspase that breaks down the nucleus and what is the result?

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Lamins; result in the cell’s DNA being exposed, allowing endonucleases to come in and break down the DNA.

36
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What are the 2 mechanisms by which initiator caspase activates?

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  1. Extrinsic pathway

2. Intrinsic pathway

37
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What is the extrinsic pathway?

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Death receptor pathway; always involves 2 cells (ligand–receptor)

38
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What is the intrinsic pathway?

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Mitochondrial pathway

39
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What activates the intrinsic pathway?

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Intracellular factors (oxidative stress, hypoxia, nutrient deprivation)

40
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What does the intrinsic pathway cause?

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Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization and cytochrome C leakage into the cytoplasm from mitochondria

41
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Where is cytochrome C present in mitochondria?

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Intermembrane space

42
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How many subunits does the human apoptosome have?

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7

43
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What activates the human apoptosome?

A

cytochrome C

44
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How many subunits does the fruit fly apoptosome have?

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8

45
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What activates the fruit fly apoptosome?

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Cytochrome C BUT may not always need it for activation

46
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Where do caspases bind on the nematode apoptosome?

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Back side of the ring

47
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What does cytochrome C fuse with when it leaves the cell?

A

Green Fluorescent Protein

48
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Bax is a type of _____ protein.

A

Bcl2

49
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How does Bax assist in cytochrome C leakage?

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Bax proteins are present in the mitochondrial membrane; they aggregate under an apoptotic stimulus and provide pores for cytochrome C and other pts to exit the cell

50
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What are the 3 types of Bcl2 proteins that regulate the intrisic pathway?

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  1. Pro-apoptotic (pore-forming) Bax
  2. Anti-apoptotic Bcl2
  3. Proapoptotic BH3-only Bad
51
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What happens if Bcl-2 binds Bax?

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No cytochrome C leakage bc no pores can be formed

52
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What happens when Bad binds Bax?

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Bax aggregation and cytochrome C leakage (formation of pores)

53
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What does IGF-1 stimulate?

A

Cell survival and growth

54
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What does IGF-1 inhibit?

A

Apoptosis

55
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What type of signaling pathway does IGF-1 utilize?

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enzyme-linked

56
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What are the 7 steps of the IGF-1 pathway to inhibit apoptosis?

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  1. IGF-1 (survival signal) binds receptor tyrosine kinase
  2. RTK is phosphorylated and activated
  3. PIP₂ –> PIP₃
  4. Akt is phosphorylated and activated
  5. Akt phosphorylates Bad (bound to Bcl-2)
  6. Bad dissociates from Bcl-2
  7. Bcl-2 is activated and inhibits apoptosis
57
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Other than going into the nucleus, what other way does p53 induce apoptosis?

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By dissociating from mdm2 and stimulating aggregation of Bax and Bak proteins, which form pores in mitochondria for cytochrome C leakage.

58
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p53 is mutated in over ___% of cancers.

A

50%

59
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What are the 2 main ways that apoptosis can be inhibited through survival factors?

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  1. Receptor regulates transcription in the nucleus, resulting in Bcl-2 proteins being present
  2. Active Akt kinase causes dissociation of Bcl-2 and Bad – Bad is inactivated, Bcl-2 is active and inhibits apoptosis
60
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What is a DISC?

A

Death-Inducing Signaling Complex

61
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How does the death receptor (extrinsic) pathway function (5 steps)?

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  1. Killer lymphocyte with Fas ligand binds to Fas death receptor on cell surface
  2. DISC is assembled
  3. Caspase-8 is cleaved and activated
  4. Executioner caspases are activated
  5. Target cell udergoes apoptosis
62
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How is apoptosis activated from inside the cell (intrinsic pathway) (4 steps)?

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  1. Cytochrome C released and binds to Apaf-1
  2. Apaf-1 aggegates and binds to procaspase-9
  3. Procaspase-9 is activated
  4. Caspase cascade is activated
63
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Cells are constantly _____ multiple inputs to decide whether to divide, differentiate, or die.

A

balancing

64
Q

What 3 processes can cells go through during proper organ development?

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  1. Proliferation
  2. Survival
  3. Apoptosis
65
Q

Proper organ development requires _____.

A

Coordination of cellular processes

66
Q

What is microphthalmia?

A

“Small eye” phenotype; proliferation defect; genetic/infectious/environmental

67
Q

Microphthalmia is a _____ defect.

A

proliferation

68
Q

What occurs when there is too much proliferation of muscle cells?

A

Hypertrophy; myostatin mutation

69
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What is the normal role of myostatin?

A

Differentiation factor that inhibits myogenesis.

70
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What are 4 examples of mutations in myostatin?

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  1. Mighty mice
  2. Belgian Blue Cattle
  3. Texel sheep
  4. Whippets
71
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What occurs in a myostatin mutation at the genetic level?

A

Sequence is truncated (313 AAs instead of normal 375 AA protein)

  • TGT –> TGA
  • Cysteine –> stop codon
72
Q

What is syndactyly?

A

Fusion of digits

73
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How does syndactyly occur?

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Incomplete apoptosis of interdigital cells between developing digits

74
Q

Where is survival best understood?

A

developing brain

75
Q

What do cells compete for in survival?

A

Survival factors

76
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What 2 things are required by cells for normal development?

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  1. Proliferation

2. Apoptosis

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