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Lecture 1 Flashcards

1
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What does misfolding process trigger?

A

Self-association

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2
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What does self-association of proteins create?

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Long amyloid plaques

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3
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What are proteins described as?

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Living on a knife edge

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4
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Is the energy difference between folded and unfolded state huge?

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No

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5
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What is the stability associated with a protein around?

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5-15kcal/mol

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6
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What is one single hydrogen bond around?

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2-5kcal/mol

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7
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How many hydrogen bonds does a medium sized protein have?

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400-500 hydrogen bonds

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8
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What are Misfolding diseases a losing battle between?

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Deposition and clearance

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9
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How many identified proteins are there that have caused different protein misfolding diseases?

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24

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10
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What can diseases of amyloidosis be?

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Local

Systemic

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11
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What is meant by local?

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Restricted to a single organ e.g. brain

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12
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What is meant by systemic?

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Protein aggregates can form across the whole body

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13
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What is half of your body mass?

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A single aggregated protein

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14
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What are prions?

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A group of conditions that affect the nervous system

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15
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Definition of prion

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Collection of proteins which normally exist in our body but have misfolded and form insoluble aggregates

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16
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What does aggregation of proteins cause?

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Death of cells

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17
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What is a PrP protein?

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Normal protein found in the brain and under certain conditions e.g. mutation this protein will actually misfolding into protein PrPSC

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18
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What does PrP protein consist predominantly of?

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Alpha helices

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19
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What does PrPSC have a higher proportion of?

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Beta pleated sheets

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20
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What occurs during misfolding process?

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Instead of forming all the alpha helices we form the beta pleated sheets

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21
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What does beta pleated sheets consist of?

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Linear polymers that stack on top of one another - greater potential of bonding to other beta pleated sheets via non covalent bonds therefore forming aggregates

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22
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What are spongiform Encephalopathies prion disease?

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Disease are fatal

No cure for them

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23
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What does spongiform refer to?

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Characteristic appearance of infected brains which become filled with holes until they resemble sponges when examined under microscope

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24
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From early symptoms, when does the patient die?

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Within a year

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25
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What are the neuropathology of Spongiform Encephalopathies prion disease?

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Spongiform degradation of the brain
The brain shrinks and become spongy
Leaves holes in the white and grey matter of the brain

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26
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What are aggregation of proteins called?

A

Amyloid plaques

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27
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What is the property of protein plaque?

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Resistant to proteolytic degradation

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28
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What can prion diseases be?

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Inheritable
Sporadic
Infectious

29
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What are prions a devoid of?

A

Nucleic acid

30
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When does cellular PrP converted into PrPSC?

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When a portion of alpha-helical and coil structure is refolded into B-sheets

31
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What is an example of sporadic disease?

A

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

32
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What is CJD?

A

Rare, degenerative fatal brain disorder

33
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What are early stages of disease people may have of CJD?

A

Failing memory
Behavioural changes
Lack of coordination
Visual disturbances

34
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What happens with patients that have CJD as illness progresses?

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Mental deterioration 
Involuntary movements 
Blindness 
Weakness of extremities 
Coma
35
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What is Gertsmann-Straussler-Scheinker?

A

A type of prion disease

36
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What is familial CJD?

A

Inherited form of CJD

Result from several types of mutation on prion gene

37
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What is fatal familial insomnia?

A

Very rare sleep disorder that runs in families

Affects the thalamus

38
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What does the thalamus control?

A

Emotional expression and sleep

39
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What is main symptom of FFI?

A

Insomnia

Speech problems and dementia

40
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Where did TSE come from?

A

Isolated tribe

The Fore-tribes-people in New Guinea

41
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What is Kuru?

A

‘The trembling’
Neurodegenerative disease that gave a tremor
Rare and fatal nervous system disease

42
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How did the fore people contract the disease?

A

Performing cannibalism on corpses during funeral rituals

43
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What are the symptoms of disease of Kuru?

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Muscle twitching 
Loss of coordination 
Difficulty walking 
Involuntary movements 
Behavioural and mood changes 
Dementia 
Difficulty eating
44
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What caused kuru?

A

The link between ritualistic cannibalism and kuru was a long incubation period (5 and 30 years)

45
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What is cannibalism?

A

The practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings

46
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What is Iatrogenic CJD?

A

Form of CJD which belong to a group of rare, fatal brain disorder called prion disease
Arises from contamination with tissue from an infected person - medical procedure

47
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How has CJD been transmitted?

A

Treatment with human growth hormone

Peripheral transmission

48
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Human growth hormone

A

Treat children with short stature

Prepared from human pituitary gland

49
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What is the incubation for transmitting with HGH?

A

3 and 20 years

50
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Cornea and other grafts

A

Incubation 1 to 14 years

51
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Scrapie in sheep

A

Most widespread form of TSE
Transmissible and inheritable component to spongiform Encephalopathies
Infectious but certain breeds are more prone to diseases

52
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What is scrapie agent extremely resistant to?

A

Inactivation by UV and ionizing radiation

53
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Is scrapie transmitted to humans?

A

No

54
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How many cattle’s died from BSE?

A

> 160,000

55
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How long does it take for symptoms of BSE to appear?

A

5 years

56
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How many were infected with BSE?

A

1 million

57
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What other animals did mad cow disease spread to?

A

Mink
Mule
Deer
Cats

58
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What is mad cow disease?

A

Neurodegenerative disease that can mutate and spread to humans

59
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What causes mad cow disease?

A

Feeding cattle the remains of infected cows

60
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What are the human symptoms of mad cow disease ?

A

Depression
Apathy or anxiety
Difficulty walking and controlling their limbs

61
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What are the animal symptoms of mad cow disease?

A

Increasingly aggressive
Lose control of movement
Milk production stops
Anorexia and legarthy

62
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Sunday times, May 1990

A

Leading food scientist calls for slaughter of 6 million cows
The UK government does not agree with him
He is accused of ‘scare-mongering’

63
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Daily Mirror, March 96

A

MAD COW CAN KILL YOU

64
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Times June 96

A

Scientist find direct evidence for BSE link
A French group injected macaque monkeys with BSE the pathology that was produced in their brain very similar to that found with patients that have died recently with vCJD

65
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Oct 1996

A

The European Union has banned imports of British Beef

McDonald’s has pulled British Big Macs from its menu

66
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New variant CJD

A

Only observed in UK and France
Teenagers and young adults
~170 deaths

67
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What is new variant CJD linked to?

A

Infected beef and the mad cow epidemic

68
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What does recent work of new variant CJD show?

A

Mother to baby transmission

Blood transfusion: blood donor restrictions

69
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What is vCJD not clustered to?

A

Particular area of UK

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