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lecturen6 Chemical Messengers Flashcards

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Intracellular Communication

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  • Cells communicating with eachother
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Types of intercellular communication

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  1. Direct
    - Gap junctions: pores (connexons) connecting adajacent cells together
  2. Indirect
    - communicate with chemical messengers
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classifications of chemical messengers

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  1. Functional
  2. chemical Properties
  3. chemical class
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What are the different Functional Classification’s

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  1. paracrine
  2. neurotransmitters
  3. hormones
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Paracrine

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chemicals that communicate with neighboring cells (tissue) level

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Distance of Paracrine

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Short

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Mode of transportation for Paracrine

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diffusion

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What does the paracrine include

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Autocrine: chemicals that act on same cell that secrete them

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Examples of Paracrine

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growth factors, clotting factors, cytokines

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What are Neurotransmitter

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Chemical released neurons —> synapse—> target cell

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Distance of neurotransmitter

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Short

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Mode of transportation of neurotransmitter?

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diffusion

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13
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Examples of neurotransmitter??

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acetlycholine; nuerotransmitter triggers mucsle cell for contraction (autonomic)

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Hormones

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Chemicals released from endocrine glands or neurosecretary neuron –> ISF –> Blood

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Distance of hormones

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Long

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Mode of transportation of Hormones

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Blood

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Chemical properties classification

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  1. Lipophilic: Lipid soluble (nonpolar), Act on receptors inside the cell
  2. Lipophobic: usually water soluble (polar), acts on receptos on cell membrane
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Chemical classes

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  1. Amino Acids
  2. Amine
  3. Peptides and proteins
  4. steroids
  5. Eicosanoid
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Amino Acids

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Basic monomer for protein

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Chemical property of Amino Acids

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lipophobic (membrane)

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Functional classification of Amino acids

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neurotransmitter (NT)

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Examples of Amino Acids

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glutamate, aspartate, glycine, GABA

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Amine

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derived from Amino acids , contains NH2 group

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Chemical property of Amine

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Lipophobic generally (except for thyroid hormone)

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Functional classification of Amine

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Paracrine, NT Hormones

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Examples of Anime

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dopamine, serotnin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, histamine, thyroid hormones

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Peptide and protons

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chain of amino acids , most common lipophobic

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Functional classification of peptides and protons

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paracrine, NT, hormones

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Examples of Peptides and Protons

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cytokines, variety of NT and hormones

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Steroids

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Derived from cholesterol

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What is the chemical property of Steroids

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lipophilic

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Functional classification of steroids

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hormones

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Examples of steroids

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tertosterone, cortisol, aldosterone, progesterone

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Eicosanoids

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Derived from arachidonic acid (Fatty acid)

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Chemical property of Eicosanoid

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lipophilic

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Functional classification of Eicosanoid

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paracrine

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Examples of Eicosanoid

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prostaglandin, prostacyclins, thromboxanes, leukotriene

38
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Signal Transduction Mechanism ?

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  1. Source releases aligand (chemical messenger)
  2. travels to target cell
  3. Ligand binds to receptors on/in target cell –> functional change
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Properties of cell receptors

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  1. Messenger Specific
  2. Multiple receptor types present on and on cell
  3. more interactions –> greater the effect
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Factors affecting interactions

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  1. messenger concentration
  2. number of receptors
  3. affinity
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Intracellular mediated response

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Receptors: inside the cell
messenger: lipophilic
Response: gene activation or inhibition

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Effects in intracellular mediated response

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  1. slow –> protein synthesis takes time

2. Long lasting –> proteins last awhile

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Membrane receptor mediated response

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Receptors on membrane

messenger: Lipophobic

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Categories of membrane receptors

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  1. channel- linked
  2. Enzymes - linked
  3. G - protein linked
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Channel - Linked

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Receptor also acts as a channel

Response: opens channel in membrane

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Enzyme Linked

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Receptor: also acts as an intracellular enzyme
Response: activates enzyme

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G protein Linked

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Receptor linked to a group of proteins ( g Protein) in membrane

(moves laterally)

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G protein linked Response

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Response activates g protien —> activates another membrane bound protein

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Second Messenger

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Intracellular Molecule produced/ entered as a response to an extracellular messenger
- can amplify a signal

50
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Examples of Second Messenger

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Ca2, cyclic AMP (cAMP)

51
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Long distance Communication

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Required to regulate all body activities

52
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what is long distance communucation regulated by

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  1. Endocrine System: Releasing of hormones into blood
    - Effects moderatly slow
  2. Nervous System: Signal target cells through NT
    - effects are fast (1/100 o a sec)

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