Extracellular matrix Flashcards
What are the basic elements of the ECM?
1) Ground substance2) Fibers3) Granulation tissue
What are the characteristics of the ground substance?
1) Amorphous intercellular material 2) Hydrated 3) Fills space between cells and fibers4) Viscous5) Acts as lubricant, barrier, and provides structure6) Diffusion medium for metabolites, O2, CO2, growth factors
What are the molecular moieties of the ground substance?
1) Glycosaminoglycans2) Proteoglycans3) Multiadhesive glycoproteins4) Water
What are glycosaminoglycans comprised of?
Linear polymers of disaccharides
How is the hydrating effect of glycoasminoglycans accomplished?
Negative carboxyl groups attract cations, which attracts extracellular fluid
In Grave’s disease, which extracellular matrix component is increased?
Glycosaminoglycans (e.g. hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate)
What is another term for glycosaminoglycans?
Mucopolysaccharides
What are proteoglycans composed of?
Linear chains of glycosaminoglycans bound to a protein core
Linear chains of glycosaminoglycans bound to a protein core constitute what extracellular matrix component?
Proteoglycans
What is an aggrecan?
Proteoglycans non-covalently linked to hyaluronic acid
What is the term for proteoglycans non-covalently linked to hyaluronic acid?
Aggrecans
What is a syndecan?
Transmembrane proteoglycan
What type of proteoglycan serves as a co-receptor for fibroblast growth factor?
Syndecan
Syndecan serves as a co-receptor for what growth factor?
Fibroblast growth factor
What is the major proteoglycan found in the basement membrane and connective tissues?
Perlecan
What is the function of perlecan?
1) Cell adhesion2) Proliferation3) Differentiation4) Glomerular filtration5) Development6) Growth factor binding
How does gene inactivation for perlecan affect skeletal development?
Impairs skeletal development
What is the importance of versican?
Cell-to-cell and cell-to-ECM interactions
What are multiadhesive glycoproteins?
Glycoproteins that molecularly tether the cell to extracellular elements
Which glycoproteins molecularly tether the cell to extracellular elements?
Multiadhesive glycoproteins
What are the three binding sites for multiadhesive glycoproteins?
1) One for integrins2) One for collagen fibers3) One for proteoglycans
Where is fibronectin found?
1) Connective tissue2) Blood plasma3) Embryonic tissue
Where is laminin found?
Basal lamina
Where is nidogen (enactin) found?
Basal lamina
Where is tenascin found?
Embryonic tissue
Where is chondronectin found?
Cartilage
Where is osteonectin found?
Bone
Collagen is primarily made up of what amino acids?
1) Glycine2) Hydroxyproline3) Hydroxylysine
What is the most abundant collagen type?
Type I
What is the tissue distribution of type I collagen?
1) Dermis2) Tendon3) Bone4) Dentin5) Cementum6) Fibrocartilage7) Organ capsules