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Lecture 2 Cell Adhesion Molecules and Junctional Complexes Flashcards

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Basement membrane

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Separates an epithelial layer from its connective tissue support
Exception is capillaries, no connective tissue

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Characteristics of the basement membrane

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50-80 nm thick

Two components 1. basal lamina 2. reticular lamina

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Two components of basement membrane

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  1. Basal lamina

2. Reticular lamina

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Basal lamina

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Sits on reticular lamina

Produced by the epithelium

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Reticular lamina

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Produced by the connective tissue

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Basement membrane is composed of

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Intracellular matrix

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4 Components of the basal lamina

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  1. Laminin
  2. Type IV collagen
  3. Entactin (nidogen)
  4. Proteoglycans
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Laminin

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Component of basal lamina
Made of 3 polypeptide chains
-alpha, beta and gamma
Binding sites for entactin and proteoglycans

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Type IV Collagen

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Component of basal lamina
Does not form fibrils like type I collagen
This is collagen produced by epithelial cells, unlike type I collagen which is secreted by fibroblasts

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Collagen

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Connective tissue
most ubiquitous protein in your protein in your body (tendons/ligaments)
20 different kinds, made by 20 different genes

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Fibronectin

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How we hold things together
Made up of two polypeptide chains cross-linked by disulfide bonds
Has binding sites for
-Heparin
-Integrins
-Collagen
-Fibrin
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4 Things Fibronectin has binding sites for

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  1. Heparin
  2. Integrins
  3. Collagen
  4. Fibrin
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Cell Adhesion Molecules

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Depending on the need for calcium in their interactions with other molecules, cell adhesion molecules are divided into two groups

  1. Calcium dependent
  2. Calcium independent
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Calcium Dependent Cell Adhesion Moleucles

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Cadherins

Selectins

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Calcium Independent Cell Adhesion Molecules

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Integrins

Immunoglobulin superfamily molecules

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Two groups of CAMs

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Calcium dependent

Calcium independent

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3 Types of Cadherins

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  1. E-Cadherins
  2. N-Cadherins
  3. P-Cadherins
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E-Cadherins

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Most common type of cadherins
They are found in epithelial tissues
form diners

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Most common type of cadherin

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E-Cadherin

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Dimers

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Generic term for two molecules held together

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Loss of e-cadherins

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Associated with invasive behavior of tumor cells. Occur because of mutations, not all tumors are invasive

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E-Cadherin dimers

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HVA binding face
Dimers between epithelial tissues form homophilic interactions
Loss of e-cadherins is associated with invasive behavior of tumor cells

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N-Cadherins

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These are found in nerve tissues

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P-Caderins

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Found in placenta

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Catenins

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Cytoplasmic domains of cadherins are linked to actin through catenins

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Alpha Catenin

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(sounds like actin)

Bind directly to actin

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Beta Catenin

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Bind to cadherin and to y-catenin/plakoglobin

Involved in colorectal carcinogenesis

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Characteristics of selectins

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  1. Selectins bind to carbohydrates, therefore they belong to the lectin group
  2. Selectins are involved int he movement of leukocytes from blood to tissues (extravasation)
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Extravasation

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Selectins are involved in the movement of leukocytes from blood to tissues

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Leukocytes

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Make in bone marrow involved in immune response

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3 Classes of Selectins

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  1. P-selectins
  2. E-selectins
  3. L-selectins
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P-Selectins

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Platelets (surface of)

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E-Selectins

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Activated Endothelial cells

-during inflammatory process, they are activated

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L-Selectins

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Leukocytes

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Integrins

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Calcium independent
Mainly involved in cell-extracellular matrix interactions
Integrins bind to both the extracellular matrix and to the cytoskeleton
Integrins are heterodimers
The extracellular domains of integrins bind to molecules in the basement membrane

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Integrins bind to both

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The extracellular matrix and to the cytoskeleton

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Heterodimers

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Different types of molecules involved

Integrins are these

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2 major molecules in basement membrane

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  1. Fibronectin

2. Laminin

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Integrins interact with

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the RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) sequence in fibronectin and laminin
-if sequence is disrupted, they won't bind
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Laminin and fibronectin in the basement membrane interact with

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Collagen (including type IV)
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans
Entactin (nidogen)

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Integrin Heterodimers

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Each consists of one alpha subunit (17 kinds) and one beta subunit (8 kinds) *combined in different ways
The cytoplasmic domain of the beta subunit is linked to actin filaments via connecting proteins
Connection proteins include: - Talin - Vinculin - Alpha-actinin

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3 Connecting proteins include

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  1. Talin
  2. Vinculin
  3. Alpha-actinin
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Characteristics of the Immunoglobulin superfamily

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Members of this family possess an extracellular segment with one or more folded domains characteristic of immunoglobulins

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Members of the Ig-superfamily

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N-CAM

I-CAM-1 and I-CAM-2

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N-CAM

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Member of Ig-superfamily
These are neural adhesion molecules
They mediate both homophilic and heterophilic interactions

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I-CAM-1

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Facilitates transoendothelial migration of leukocytes

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Adherens

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Bind cells together. Can bind cells to the basement lamina too
Type of junction
Designed to anchor cells together
Can be found on the basolateral surfaces of epithelial cells

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Occludens

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Junctional complexes that establish an impermeable barrier between adjacent cells, especially epithelial cells, that prevents paracellular transport.

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