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1
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: Most human tumours are derived from X tissues

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Epithelial

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2 types of cell migration?

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  • Individual cell migration

- Collective cell migration- group of cells which maintain cell-cell contacts

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What is needed uniquely for collective cell migration regarding cell adhesion

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  • Cadherins and gap junctions are needed for collective migration
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Examples of times cells need to move? (3)

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organogenesis and morphogenesis, or in wound healing

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What are the usual stimuli for cell movement (2)

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growth factors or chemoattractants

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How does the morphology of a cell change when they are stimulated to migrate

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retraction at the back of the cell and protrusions appear at the front- this helps the cell to move efficiently

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What stop cells moving and guides them in the right direction

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Contact inhibition

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What specialized structures allow efficient movement (3)

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focal adhesions, lamellae, filopodium

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What are focal adhesions

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Points where the cell can hook on to ECM proteins

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Points where the cell can hook on to ECM proteins are known as …

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focal adhesions

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11
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What protein facilitates hooking of the cell to ECM proteins

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Integrins

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What ends at the point of focal adhesions

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Actin filaments

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13
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Tracks of actin filaments end at …

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focal adhesions

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14
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What are integrins

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are transmembrane protein dimers with a short cytoplasmic tail with docking sites for cytoskeletal proteins

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What are filopodia (consist of (2)… shape…)

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Finger-like protrusions rich in actin filaments (and vinculin)

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What do filopodia do

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  • They allow cells to sense their environment and coordinate their movement
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What are lamellipodia (consist of … shape…)

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Sheet-like protrusions rich in actin filaments

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What do lamellipodia do (how do they facilitate movement)

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  • Sheets project to the front and then ruffle back to allow the cell to move
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19
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2 types of motility? (regarding cause of movement)

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MOTILITY can be HAPOPTATIC (random) or CHEMOTATIC (has purpose e.g. responding to growth factor etc.)

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20
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4 stages of cell movement?

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  1. Extension
  2. Adhesion
  3. Translocation
  4. De-adhesion
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2 types of actin

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G and F actin

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Difference between G and F actin

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  • G actin (small and soluble) and F actin which is polymerized G actin. F actin is also polar
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What is the polymerised filamentous form of actin known as

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F actin

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Filaments are X (have different structures in one end compared to the other)

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Polarised

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organisation of F actin in filopodium?

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Bundles of parallel filaments

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organisation of F actin in stress fibres?

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antiparallel contractile structures

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organisation of F actin in lamellipodium?

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Branched and cross linked filaments

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28
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What three structures can actin filaments form

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Lamellipodium, filopodium and stress fibres

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29
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What is the rate limiting step in the organisation of the cytoskeleton

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Nucleation

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30
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What does nucleation of actin achieve

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formation of trimers to initiate polymerization

31
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What proteins are need for nucleation? what complex does this form

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  • Arp2 and Arp3 form ARP complexes
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How does ARP complex interact with actin (which end does it bind to)

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  • These bind to actin monomers and will be bound at the –ve end of the filament when it has formed
33
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What proteins facilitate elongation of filaments

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What does prolifin do (which end)

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  • Prolifin is a protein that binds to actin monomers (G-actin) and brings them to the actin filament to the +ve end to elongate it
35
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What does thymosin do

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  • Thymosin is a protein that binds to actin monomers but doesn’t bring them to the actin filament -> Inhibit the polymerization process
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What do sequestering protein beta4thymosin and ADF/cofilin do

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  • Sequestering proteins called beta4-thymosin and ADF/cofilin bind to monomers but do not inhibit polymerization
37
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What protein inhibits the elongation of actin filaments

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  • Thymosin is a protein that binds to actin monomers but doesn’t bring them to the actin filament Inhibit the polymerization process
38
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What proteins sequester actin monomers

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  • Sequestering proteins called 4-thymosin and ADF/cofilin bind to monomers but do not inhibit polymerization
39
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What do capping proteins do

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  • Capping proteins regulate the elongation process of the filaments
40
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What is MoA of capping proteins

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  • They bind to the end of the filament and prevent monomers binding
  • After a capping protein binds to one end, you get disassembly of some of the filament which causes shortening of the filament
41
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What capping proteins bind to the negative end of actin filaments (2)

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 Tropomodulin

 Arp complex

42
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What capping proteins bid to the positive end of actin filaments (3)

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 Cap Z
 Gelsolin
 Fragmin/severin

43
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What do severing proteins do

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Regulates filament size

44
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What happens in unsevered population of actin filaments regarding growth

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  • In un-severed populations, filaments grow and shrink relatively slowly
45
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What happens in severed population of actin filaments regarding growth

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  • In severed populations, actin filaments grow and shrink more rapidly
46
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Example of severing proteins

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Gelsolin, ADF/cofilin, fragmin/severin

47
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Bundles of parallel filaments describes the structure of …

48
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antiparallel contractile structures describes the structure of …

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Stress fibres

49
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Branched and cross linked filaments describes the structure of …

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Lamellipodia

50
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What does fascin do

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Protein that bundles filaments at a particular distance

51
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What does FIMBRIN do

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Does the same but at longer distance between filaments

52
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What does alpha-ACTININ do

53
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What does SPECTRIN do

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Cross-links filaments at particular angles

54
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What does FILAMIN do

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Cross-links filaments at particular angles

55
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What does DYSTROPHIN do

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Cross-links filaments at particular angles.

56
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Proteins that bundle?

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FASCIN
FIMBRIN
-ACTININ

57
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Proteins that cross link?

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SPECTRIN
FILAMIN
DYSTROPHIN

58
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Depending on the width of the gap between filaments, motor proteins can or cannot ……..

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travel along the actin filaments

59
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What is responsible for branching in lamellae

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  • Arp2 complex
60
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What angle does branching occur at

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70 degree angles

61
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What is gel-sol transition and when does it take place and by what

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When the cell needs to move, the membrane will need to flow- in gel form, the actin cytoskeleton is rigid, but in sol form, the filaments are severed to allow flow

62
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Which actin modifying processes are involved in filopodia formation

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elongation
bundling
actin assembly

63
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Which actin modifying processes are involved in lamellae formation

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Assembly
Elongation
Capping
Branching
Severing
64
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Signalling mechanisms that regulate actin cytoskeleton

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  1. Ion flux changes (i.e. intracellular calcium)
  2. Phosphoinositide signalling (phospholipid binding)
  3. Kinases/phosphatases (phosphorylation cytoskeletal proteins)
  4. Signalling cascades via small GTPases
65
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What GTPase subfamily regulates the actin cytoskeleton

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Rho subfamily

66
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What 3 things activate the Rho subfamily

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receptor tyrosine kinase, adhesion receptors (integrins cadherins) and signal transduction pathways

67
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Which small GTPase causes lamellipodia

68
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What do stress fibres do

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Contractile fibres

69
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Which small GTPase causes filopodia

70
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Which small GTPase causes stress fibres

71
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What does activation of Cdc42 cause the formation of

72
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What does activation of Rho cause the formation of

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Stress fibres

73
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What does activation of Rac cause the formation of

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Lamellipodia

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