Fou 4 - Cytoplasm and Cytoskeleton Flashcards
What is the function of the Microfilaments?
Muscle contraction and cellular motility. Example: Actin.
What is the function of the intermediate filaments?
Maintain cell structure.
What is the function of the Microtubules?
Movement and cell division.
Which are the immnunohistochemical stains of the intermediate filaments?
Vimentin, Desmin, Cytokeratin, glial fibrillary acid proteins (GFAP), Neurofilaments and Nuclear lamins.
Where can find vimentin?
Connective tissue (fibroblasts, leukocytes, endothelium).
Where can find Desmin?
Muscle cells (smooth, skeletal, heart).
Where can find Cytokeratin ?
Epithelial cells (keratin in desmosomes and hemidesmosomes.
Where can find GFAP?
Astrocytes, Schwann cells, other neuroglia.
Where can find peripherin ?
Neurons.
Where can find Neurofilaments ?
L, M, H molecular weight, Axons within neuron.
Where can find nuclear lamins?
There are A, B and C in the nuclear envelope and DNA within.
Which are the nuclear lamin mutations?
Progeria and muscular dystrophy.
Which cancers are involved to Vimentin?
Sarcomas and some carcinomas.
Which cancer is involved to Desmin?
Myosarcomas; Rabdomyosarcoma and Leiomyosarcoma.
Which cancer is involved to Cytokeratin ?
Carcinomas (skin carcinomas).
Which two cancers are involved to GFAP?
Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma.
Which two cancers are involved to Neurofilaments?
Neuroblastoma and primitive neuroectodemal tumor.
Which are the structures that composed the Microtubules?
Heterodimers alpha and Beta-Tubulin.
Microtubules are incorporated into what three structures?
Flagella, Cilia and Mitotic spindles.
What drugs act on Microtubules?
[Microtubules Get Constructed Very Poorly] Mebendazol, Griseofulvin, Colchicine Vincristine/Vinblastine and paclitaxel and docetaxel.
What does the function of the Molecular motor protein do?
Transport cellular cargo toward opposite ends of Microtubule tracks.
Which are the 2 molecular motor proteins?
Dynein and Kinesin proteins.
Which is the molecular motor protein that go retrograde to Microtubule (+ > -)?
Dynein
Which is the molecular motor protein that go anterograde to Microtubule (- > +)?
Kinesin.