Lecture 11: Signal Transduction Flashcards
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Major categories of intercellular signaling:
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- autocrine
- paracrine
- endocrine
- neural
- neuroendocrine
- pheromones
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Local regulators
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- moelcules acting over short distances
- reach target cells solely by diffusion
1. paracrine signaling
2. autocrine singlaing
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paracrine
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- target cells lie near the secreting cells
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autocrine signaling
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- target cells are also the secreting cells
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endocrine signals
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- hormones produced and secreted by specialized cells or discrete organs called glands and then carried between distant cells by blood or other body fluids
- endocrine signaling eg maintinas homeostasis, mediates rsponses to external stimuli, and regulates growth and development (programs)
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neural signals
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- neurotransmitters released from neurons but are considered hormones because htey are carried by blood or other body fliuds and act on distant cells
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pheromones
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- released into the environment and act on a different individual
- serve many functions, including marking food trails, defining territories, and attracting potential mates
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Main steps in a signal transduction pathway
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- reception - chemical signal is detected
- transduction - chemical signal is converted to other chemical form
- response - signal results in defined cellular activities
* signal transduction pathway always involves a chemical change from signal reception to actual cllular resosne
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Common features of signal transducing system
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- specificity: binding of sinal molecule or ligand to a specific receptor
- amplification: signal dependent enzyme cascade activation
- desensitization/adaptation - feedback circuits can turn off signal-dependent activities
- integration - ability to receive multiple signals and to produce a unified resposnse appropriate to the cellular needs
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Specificity
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signal molecule fits binding site on its complementary receptor; other signals do not fit
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amplification
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when enzymes activate enzymes, the number of affected molecules increases geometrically in an enzyme cascade
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desensitization/adapters
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- receptor activation triggers a feedback circuit that shuts off the receptor or removes it from the cell surface
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integration
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- when 2 signals have opposite effects on a metabolic characteristic such as the concentration of a second messenger x, or the membrane potential Vm, the regulatory outcome results from the integrated input from both receptors
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Quantification of Receptor-Ligand Interaction
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R + L <–> RL
K+1 (forward)
K-1 (reverse)
Ka = [RL]/([R][L]) = K+1/K-1 = 1/Kd
Ka = association constant
Kd = dissociation
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Scatahcard analysis
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- receptor-ligand binding is saturable
- as more ligand is added to a fixed amount og receptor, an increasing fraction of receptors is occupied by ligand
- scatchard analysis - both dissociatin constant Kd and the number of binding sites Bmax in a goven preparation
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Scatchard equations: unbound sites
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unbound sites = total sites - occupied: [R] = Bmax - [RL]
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scatchard equations: equilibrium expression
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Equilibrium expression:
Ka = [RL]/([L]{Bmax - [RL]}) = 1/kd
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scatchard equations: ratio of receptor bound ligand to free ligand
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[bound]/[free] = [RL]/[L] = Ka(Bmax- [RL]) = 9Bmax - [RL])/Kd
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What are GPCRs?
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- largest familt of cell surface receptors
- mediate various biological functions related to eg: cell growth and diff, tissue dev, embryogenesis, sensing
- have a common structure with 7 transmembrane helices (and are thus also called 7TM receptors)
- b-andrenergic receptor is an importan example
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biological functions mediated by GPCRs
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- hormone action
- hormone secretion
- neurotransmission
- chemotaxis
- exocytosis
- control of BP
- embryogenesis
- cell growth and diff
- development
- smell, taste, vision
- viral infection
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GPCR general structure
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- 5th segment in interacts with G proteins
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Activation of GPCRs
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- indirectly through G (GTP-binding) proteins, enzymes that generate intracellular second messengers (such as cAMP)
- G proteins act as on/off switches
- inactive when GDP is bound and are active when GTP is bound
- binding of a signal to a GPCR induces the change
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GPCR activation mechanism
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on off switch of g proteins
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Regulation by cAMP dependent phosphorylation
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Epinephrine cascade in liver cells
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Sensory reception mediated by GPCRs
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G Protein GTPase and toxins
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- bacterial toxins (such as cholera toxin and pertussis toxin) can modify G Proteins and hence inhibit their GTPase activity
- adenylate cyclase is always (constitutively) active and produces too much cAMP from ATP
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What are Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
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- dimeric receptors and ligand-binding to the extracellular domain of one subunit causes its intracellular domain to phosphorylate specific tyrosine residues in the other receptor subunit
- the resulting conformational changes dramatically increase the kinase activity of the receptor (dimer)
- the activated forms initiate a kinase cascade that includes lipid kinases and protein kinases
* insulin receptor is an important example
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RTK mechanism
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insulin receptor tyrosine kinase
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Insulin effect on glucose uptake
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Receptor Guanylyl cyclase
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- upon ligand-binding to these receptors, their cytosolic domains convert GTP to cGMP, which activates a protein kinase that phosphorylates cellular proteins and thereby changes their activities
- some are not mmebrane-bound such as the soluble NO-activated guanylyl cyclase (found in mny tissues, including smooth muscle of heart and blood vessels)
- atrial natriuretic factor ANF receptor (found in renal collective ducts and vascular smooth muscles) is an important example
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Structure of receptor guanylyl cyclase
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Gated ion channels
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- plasma membrane receptors that open in rsponse to ligand-binding (or changes in trasnmembrane potential) and allow specific ions like Na+, K+ or Ca2 through a channel within these receptors
*acetylcholine is important ex
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acatylcholine receptor
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adhesion receptors
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- interact with defined macromolecular components of the ECM and convey instructions to the cytoskeletal system about cell migration or adherence to the matrix
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*integrin is good example
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Integrin in membrane
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nuclear receptors
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- soluble (not membrane associated) and located either in the cytoplasm or nucleus
- respond to lipid-soluble ligands (steroids, thyroid hormones, and hormonal forms of vitamin D)
- ligand-receptor complexes then act as transcription factors in the nucleus, regulating transcription of specific genes (thereby changing gene expression patterns)
- the strogen-receptor is an important example
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How lipid soluble molecules regulate gene expression
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Estrogen and gene expresison
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Intracellular transduction processes
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- transduction processes occur within cells and usually involve multiple steps that can:
- amplify a signal: with only a few signal moleculas binding to specific receptors producing large cellular response (signal amplification)
- diversify or channel signals by allowing pathway branching and cross talk to generate a unified cellular response (signal integration)
- turn off or terminate signal dependent activities using feedback circuits (signal adaptation or desensitization)
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aplification via protein phosphorylation cascades
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- in many pathways, a signal is transmitted and amplified by a cascade of protein phosphorylation
- protein kinases transfer phosphates from STP to protein, a process called phosphorylation
- protein phosphatases remove the phosphates from proteins, a process called dephosphorylation
- phosph and dephosph system acts as a molecular switch, turning activities on and off, or up or down as required
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second messengers
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- extracellular signal molecule (ligand) that binds to the receptor is a pathway’s first messenger
- second messengers are small, nonprotein, water soluble moelcules or ions that are produced in response to binding of extracellular ligands (first messenger) to specific receptors, spread throughout a cell by diffusion to participate in defined intracellular transduction
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cAMP
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- cAMP and calcium ions are common second messengers
- adenylyl cyclase converts ATP to cAMP in response to an extracellular signal, while cAMP phosphodiesterase converts cAMP into AMP
- many signal molecules trigger formation of cAMP by binding to GPCRs and activation of certain G proteins
- cAMP usually activates protein kinase A, which phosphorylates various other proteins
- further regulation of cell metabolism is provided by G protein systems that inhibit adenylyl cyclase
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calcium ions
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- act as potent second messengers in many pathways
- calcium is an important second messenger because cells can regulate its concentration
- a signal relayed by a signal transduction pathway may trigger an increase in cytocolis calcium (Ca2+)
- pathways leading to the release of calcium involve inositiol trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylclycerol (DAG) as an additional second messenger
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calcium ions mechanism
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Intracellular signal trasnduction
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- different kinds of cells have different collections of proteins, which allow cells to detect and respond to different signals
- event the same signal can have different effects in cells with different proteins and pathways
- pathway branching and “cross talk” further help the cell to coordinate incoming signals
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termination of inactivation signals
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- termination or inactivation mechanisms are an essential aspect of cell signaling
- if a ligand concentration falls, fewer receptors will be bound. unbound receptors revert to an inactive state
- along a phosphorylation cascade phosphorylated proteins are dephosphorylated by protein phosphatases
- these mechanisms allow the cell to remain sensitive to small changes from reception to response of specific signals
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Cellular response to signals
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- ultimately a signal transduction pathway leads to regulation of one or more cellular activities
- many signaling pathways regulate the synthesis of enzymes or other proteins, usually by turning genes on or off in the nucleus (transcriptional regulation)
- final activated molecule in the singaling pathway may function as transcription factor
- other pathways regulate the activity of enzymes rather than their synthesis (post-trans reg)
