Lecture 11-Cell signalling Flashcards
9.1 Principles of cell signaling 9.2 Distance between cells
How Do Cells Communicate
Where do all cells process information from?
Communication is most often via?
what are the specific receptor that chemical signals bind to?
where do the signals come from?
Examples of molecules that act as signals
All cells process information from the environment
* Communication required for coordination of activities
* Communication most often via chemical signals that
bind to specific receptors
– Hormones, neurotransmitters, CO2, H+
* Signals can come from outside the organism, or from neighboring cells; short distances or long
* Examples of molecules that act a signals:
* Plants:
– Ethylene
* Animals:
– Epinephrine
Examples of molecules that act as signals
Plants- Ethylene
Animals-Epinephrine
Receptor
protein that receives and
interprets information carried by signaling
molecule (ligand)
Receptor Activation and Receptor Types
What is a receptor?
where does ligand bind and what happens?
what activates receptor?
where can recepetors be found?
- Receptor: protein that receives and
interprets information carried by signaling
molecule (ligand) - Ligand binds to ligand-binding site on receptor–>conformational shape change in the entire receptor
- Shape change activates receptor
- Receptors can be found on:
– inside the cell = intracellular receptors
– cell surface = cell surface receptors
Intracellular Receptors, and which signaling molecules used? polar or non polar
Receptor+?
where are the steriod-receptor complexes located?
what do active steriod-receptor complexes act like
– Found inside the cell
– Receptor + ligand (if steroid) =
steroid–receptor complex
* Either in cytoplasm or nucleus
Which signaling molecules used
– Use non-polar signaling molecules:
* Small and pass freely through plasma membrane
* Can be a steroid
* Steroids are hydrophobic; pass through plasma membrane
* Active steroid-receptor complexes act as transcriptional
regulators and control gene expression
what do active steroid-receptor complexes act as?
transcriptional regulators and control gene expression
Cell Surface Receptors what is the general structure? and which signaling molecules used? and what three groups of cell surface receptors are there?
General structure:
1. Ligand-binding site
2. Extracellular domain
3. Transmembrane domain
4. Cytoplasmic domain
Which signaling molecules used
Use polar signaling molecules
– Small polar proteins, cannot cross
plasma membrane
Types of cell-surface
receptors:
– There are thousands of different receptor proteins on
the surface of any given cell.
– Most can be placed into one of three groups,
according to the way they are activated.
* G protein-coupled receptors
* Receptor kinases
* Ion channels
Cells surface receptor act like molecular switches and exist in which alternative states?
what happens when signalling molecule is bound to receptor?
what happens when signalling molecule is not bound to receptor?
– Many receptors exist in two alternative states – on or off
– Signaling molecule bound to receptor–>receptor activated (i.e. on)
– Signaling molecule not bound to receptor–> receptor inactive (i.e. off)
Steps that occur after signaling molecules binds to receptor
1.Receptor Activation
2.Signal Transduction
3.Cellular response
4.Termination
1.Receptor activation- receptor is turned on or activated signaling molecules activates receptor by causing conformational shape change
2.once activated ,receptor often triggers signal transduction
-> one molecule activates the next molecule which activates the next (chain reaction)
3. cellular response–> takes different forms depending on nature of signaling molecule and type of responding cells
4. termination cellular response- is stopped (cellular response can be terminated at any time in the signaling pathway) termination protects cell from overreacting to existing signals, also frees up the cell allowing it to respond to ne signals (also hold cellular response to appropriate level)
When do signal transduction, sometimes amplification response and termination occur?
These are steps that occur
after a signaling molecule binds to receptor
– Although the ligands are different, the subsequent steps
are similar
Cell surface Receptors
1.G-Protein coupled receptors
2.Receptor Kinases
3.Ion Channels
1.G-Protein coupled receptors
General Structure?
L
T
G
Types of Signal molecules used in G protein Couples Recetors?
Transmembrane proteins with this general structure:
Ligand binding site – extracellular
Transmembrane region - 7 alpha helices
G-protein binding site-cytoplasmic
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G Protein-Coupled Receptors
* Types of signal molecules used
by G-protein-coupled receptors:
* Small molecules
* Many hormones
* Neurotransmitters
* G-protein-coupled receptors
are responsible for senses of
sight, smell, taste
What are G-protein-coupled receptors
are responsible for
senses of
sight, smell, taste
Cell surface Receptors
1.G-Protein coupled receptors
2.Receptor Kinases
3.Ion Channels
1.G-Protein coupled receptors
what happens when ligand binds to G protein coupled receptor?
When active it binds to?
The G protein binds to?
G protein + ?=inactive
G Protein +?= active
Summarize
WHat can G protein do as part of singalling pthway
When ligand binds to G protein-coupled receptor, it is
activated
* When active, it binds to a G protein (cytoplasm)
* G proteins can be bound to either GDP or GTP (guanine nucleotides)
* G protein + GTP = active
* G protein + GDP = inactive
* Ligand binds–>receptor then binds to G protein–>GDP replaced with GTP and G protein activated–>signal transmitted
– Active G protein then activates other proteins as part of
signaling pathway
Steps of Ligand binding in G-Protein coupled receptors
Ligand binds–>receptor then binds to G protein–>GDP replaced with GTP and G protein activated–>signal transmitted
– Active G protein then activates other proteins as part of
signaling pathway
What are some G proteins composed of?
α (alpha)
β (beta)
γ (gamma)
* α (alpha) subunit binds either GDP
or GTP
* α subunit + GDP–> 3 subunits bound =inactive
* Receptor activated–> GDP on α
subunit replaced by GTP–> 3 subunits separate = active
* Activated α subunit binds to and
activates target protein–> response
Example of G Protein Activation and
Amplification:
Adrenaline Signaling in Heart Muscle
ACTIVATION
(Start from target protein end at- heart rates increases)
Target protein = adenylyl cyclase–>
Activated adenylyl cyclase converts
ATP to cAMP (second messenger)–>
cAMP binds to Protein kinase A–>
Activated protein kinase A
phosphorylates heart proteins–>
Heart rate increases
Example of G Protein Activation and
Amplification:
Adrenaline Signaling in Heart Muscle
AMPLIFICATION
Keypoints
cell response depends on?
G-protein coupled receptors activate which way?
The effects of amplication are?
A little adrenaline goes a
long way!
* Amplification occurs at
several places (1, 2, 3)
* Small amount of signal–>
large response
Key Point:
* Cell response depends on cell
type and proteins in it
* G protein-coupled receptors
typically activate downstream
enzymes or open ion channels
* Effects are rapid, short-lived,
reversible
Termination of G protein Signal
The amount of time a signalling molecule remains bound to it receptor depends on?
Do most ligands bind permenantly to receptors?
When does signals turn off?(GTP –> GDP)
Enzymes degrade from __ to ___ ?
Phosphatases?
when happens when an enzyme is dephosphorylated
The amount of time a signaling molecule remains bound to
its receptor depends on how tightly the receptor holds on to
it, its binding affinity for the signaling molecule.
* Most ligands do not bind permanently to receptors
* Signal turns off once ligand is unbound (G protein deactivates itself)
* GTP to GDP
* Other parts of the pathway must also turn off
* Enzymes degrade cAMP to AMP
- Phosphatases remove phosphate group = dephosphorylation
- When a protein is dephosphorylated by a phosphatase, it
typically becomes inactive
