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Why do cells signal?

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Division, growth, differentiation, motility, metabolism, death, secretion and absorption

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How do cells signal?

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Cell-cell communication via chemical messengers

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In what two ways do cells use chemical messengers?

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Direct and indirect signalling

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What are the two types of direct cell-cell communication?

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Gap junctions
Juxtracrine signalling (adjacent cells)
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What are the 4 types of indirect cell signalling?

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Autocrine, paracrine, endocrine and neuronal

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What are the 4 types of cell signal?

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Hormones
Growth factors
Inflammatory molecules
Neurotransmitters

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Give two examples of inflammatory molecules.

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Cytokines, prostaglandins

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Name 4 neurotransmitters.

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Acetylcholine, dopamine, GABA, noradrenaline (norepinephrine)

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What are receptors?

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Proteins that bind the signal molecule to induce a conformational change

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What do intracellular signals cause within a cell?

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Fast response: altered protein function

Slow response: altered gene expression

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Name some second messenger molecules

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Cyclic AMP
Nitric oxide
Cyclic GMP
Lipid metabolites

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What are the 4 types of receptor?

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Ion channels, G-protein linked receptors, enzymatic receptors and nuclear receptors

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Give an example of an ion channel

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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

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Give examples of G-protein-coupled receptors

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Adrenoceptors, glucagon receptor

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Give an example of enzymatic receptors

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Insulin and growth factor receptos

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Name 3 examples of nuclear receptors.

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Thyroxine, vitamin D and steroid hormone receptors

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What is gap junction signalling?

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Molecules are exchanged between cells via gap junctions

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What proteins make up a gap junction?

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2 connexons

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What molecules make up a connexon?

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6 connexin molecules

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What name is given to a single connexon

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A hemichannel

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What is the ligand involved in juxtacrine signalling?

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Plasma membrane of signalling cell A

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What is the receptor involved in juxtacrine signalling?

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Receptor in plasma membrane of adjacent cell B

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Where is juxtacrine signalling important?

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Cell migration

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In most cases, where is the chemical messenger of indirect signalling secreted into?

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Extracellular fluid/lymph/blood

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What acts as the ligand during indirect signalling?
The signalling molecule
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What does the signalling molecule elicit?
Cellular response in target cell
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What is autocrine signalling?
Cell produces a local ligand that acts back on the receptor in the same cell
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What does autocrine signalling allow the cell to do?
Sense extracellular environment (acts as biochemical radar)
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What is paracrine signalling?
Cell produces a local ligand that acts on neighbouring cells
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How do local ligands move during paracrine signalling?
Diffusion across short distances
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Give an example of ligands moving via diffusion across short distances in paracrine signalling
Local recruitment of inflammatory cells by mast cells via histamine
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What is endocrine signalling
Cell-cell communication over long distances
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What are the signalling molecules in endocrine signalling called?
hormones
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How are hormones transported?
In circulatory system via blood or lymph
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What distances do messages travel in neural signalling?
Nerve impulses travel long distances and chemical messengers travel short distances
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What other name is given to the nerve impulses travelling long distances in neural signalling?
Action potentials
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What name is given to the travel of signalling molecules in neural signalling?
Synaptic transmission
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What is the signalling cell in neural signalling?
The neuron cell
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What type of signalling uses neurohormones as ligands?
Neuroendocrine signalling
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How long does autocrine signalling take?
msec to sec
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How long does paracrine signalling take?
msec to sec
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How long does endocrine signalling take?
sec to mins (can be hours to days)
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How long does neural signalling take?
msec only
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How do hydrophilic signals activate a response?
Activate plasma membrane receptors
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How are hydrophobic signals transported around the ECF/blood?
Globular transport proteins
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What type of receptors do hydrophobic signal molecules activate?
Intracellular (nuclear) receptors
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What classification of signalling molecules do all known hormones (and some neurotransmitters) fall into?
Peptides, amines, steroids
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What are the three other classes of signalling molecules, other than peptides, amines and steroids?
Lipids, purines, gases
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Are peptides, amines and steroids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Either
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Purines and gases are hydro___
philic
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What type of signalling molecule can single amino acids act as?
Neurotransmitters
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What amino acids can act as neurotransmitters?
Asp, Cys, Gly (Glu decarboxylated to form GABA)
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What are the two types of single amino acid neurotransmitters?
Excitory amino acids (EAA) | Inhibitory amino acids (IAA)
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Peptides (2-200aa) can act as what type of signalling molecules?
Neurotransmitters, hydrophilic hormones
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Where are peptides subject to post-translation modifications (e.g. glycosylation)?
Rough ER and golgi apparatus
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What signalling molecules are immediately released by exocytosis from their secretory vesicles?
Paracrine peptides- cytokines
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What signalling molecules go into storage before being released by exocytosis?
Most peptide hormones and neurotransmitters
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Are peptides soluble in ECF/blood/lymph?
Yes- don't require carrier
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What type of hormones does the posterior pituitary release and what type of signalling is this?
Neuroendocrine signalling | Nonapeptide hormones
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Give two examples of nonapeptide hormones released by the posterior putuitary
Oxytocin (OT) | Arginine) Vasopressin (AVP
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On what receptors do peptides act?
Cell surface/transmembrane receptors
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How do peptides act on cell surface/transmembrane receptors?
Conformational change
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What is the result of a conformational change of a cell surface or transmembrane receptor in the presence of a peptide ligand?
- Ion flux (iontropic receptor) | - Enzymes (metabotropic receptors)
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How are peptides degraded?
Proteases/peptidase
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What are the peptide half lifes?
Generally short: - Secs for simple peptides - Hours for glycoproteins
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What is the consequence of degrading peptide signalling molecules?
Continued action is dependent on continued synthesis
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What name is given to organic molecules containing amine (NH2-) usually derived from an aa?
Biogenic amines
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What biogenic amines are derived from tyrosine?
Catecholamines
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Give an example of catecholamines
Dopamine, noradrenaline and adrenaline
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Catecholamines are hydro___
philic
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What biogenic enzymes are derived from tyrosine derivatives?
Thyroid hormones
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Give an example of a thyroid hormone
Thyroxine
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Are thyroid hormones hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Hydrophobic
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What biogenic amines are derived from tryptophan?
Indoleamines
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Give two examples of indoleamines
Serotonin and melatonin
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What biogenic amine is derived from histidine?
Histamine (hydrophilic)
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What biogenic amine is derived from choline (lipid)
Acetylcholine (hydrophilic)
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What are steroid hormones derived from?
Cholesterol
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How many carbons are there in cholesterol molecules?
27
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What class of hormones are steroid hormones?
Endocrine and paracrine hormones
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What do steroid hormones do in vertebrates vs invertebrates?
Vertebrates: sex steroids Invertebrates: ecdysone
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What are steroid hormones implicated as?
Phermones for communication
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What are the 5 classes of steroid hormones?
``` Progestins Glucocorticoids Mineralocorticoids Androgens Estrogens ```
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Name a progestin hormone and the number of carbons associated
Progesterone | 21C
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Name a glucocorticoid and the number of carbon atoms
Cortisol | 21C
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Name a mineralocorticoid and its number of carbons
Aldosterone, 21C
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Name an androgen and the number of carbons it has
Testosterone | 19C
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Name an estrogen and the number of carbons it has
Estradiol | 18C
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Where are steroid hormones synthesised?
Mitochondria and smooth ER
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What are the implications of steroid hormones being lipophilic?
- Can't be stored | - Synthesised immediately prior to secretion
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What two things do steroids bind?
- Binding globulins | - Albumen
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What other hormones binds to carrier proteins, other than steroid hormones?
Thyroid hormones | Vitamin D/cholecalciferol
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By what laws do carrier proteins function by?
Laws of mass action and equilibrium
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What happens when free messenger enters the target cell and binds to the receptor?
Decreases concentration of free messenger, bound messenger dissociates from carrier protein
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What type of receptor do steroid hormones bind?
Nucelar receptors
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What are the two classes of nuclear receptor?
Class I nuclear receptor: cytosol | Class II nuclear receptor: nucleus
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What do nuclear receptors function as?
Ligand-dependent transcription facotr
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What do ligand-dependent transcription factors do?
Bind DNA to control access of RNA polymerase to the DNA template via histone acetylation
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What does controlling RNA polymerase access to DNA do?
Modulates transcription of genes in target cells
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How fast acting are nuclear receptors in ligand-dependent transcription factors?
Slow acting (hours to days)
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What is there increasing evidence for with steroid hormones?
Rapid effects via plasma membrane steroid receptors

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