MECHANISMS OF AXON GUIDANCE 2 AND 3 Flashcards
POLARITY IS ESTABLISHED AS NEURONS ARE …….
BORN
……… IN ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE NEURITE SLECTION
CUES
WHAT REGIONS MAKE UP THE ANATOMY OF A GROWTH CONE
CENTRAL
TRANS
PERIPHERAL
THE CENTRAL REGION OF A GROWTH CONE IS MADE UP OF
MICROTUBULES
THE TRANS AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS ARE MADE UP OF
F ACTIN
WHAT IS A FILOPODIA
MEMBRANE PROJECTIONS THAT EXTEND OUTWARDS FROM THE GROWTH CONE
WHAT IS A LAMELLOPODIA
AN ACTIN MESH BETWEEN THE FILOPODIA
IN FILOPODIA THE ACTIN BUNDLES ARE ………………………… TO FORM LARGER ……………….OF NARROW EXTENSIONS
POLARISED
BUNDLES
IN LAMELLA THE ……………. BUNDLES ARE ……………. LINKED INTO A NET.
ACTIN
CROSS
F ACTIN…………………….. IN A RESTING GROWTH CONE
TREADMILLS
WHAT IS TREADMILLING
F ACTIN MOVES FROM THE PERIPHERY TO CENTRE WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN TO REJOIN THE TIP
IN THE RESTING GROWTH CONE, TUBULIN IS DRAGGED SPORADICALLY INTO THE ……………………… - WHEN THE …………………. CONE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH AN ATTRACTIVE ………….., THIS BECOMES MORE ………………
FILOPODIA
GROWTH
CUE
THE GROWTH CONE ……………….. IN THE PRESENCE OF A CUE
REORGANISES
HOW DOES THE GROWTH CONE REORGANISE IN THE PRESENCE OF A CUE
- F ACTIN TREADMILLING SLOWS AND ACCUMULATES
2. ACCUMULATION STABILISES THE FILOPODIUM AND DRAGS MICROTUBULES INTO THE BACK OF THE FILOPODIUM
WHAT CAN AN ATTRACTIVE CUE BE COMPARED TO
ACTS AS A MOLECULAR CLUTCH IN ORDER TO PROPEL THE GROWTH CONE FORWARD
AN …………-TUBULIN LINK PULLS MICROTUBULES IN THE WAKE OF THE EXTENDING FILOPODIA
ACTIN
GROWTH CONES CAN BE ……………………… AND ……………………. BY CUES
REPELLED
ATTRACTED
WHAT STRUCTURALLY HAPPENS TO THE GROWTH CONE UPON REPULSION BY A CUE
THE GROWTH CONE COLLAPSES
THERE IS A DECREASE IN F ACTIN
WHEN MIXTURES OF DIFFERENT NEURONAL TYPES ARE IN CULTURE, WITH WHAT NEURONAL TYPES THEY SEEM TO FASCICULATE WITH
THEIR OWN KIND
WHAT ARE SEMAPHORINS
A FAMILY OF INHIBITORY GUIDANCE CUES
WHAT ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF SEMAPHORINS FOUND IN THE GRASSHOPPER EMBRYO LIMB
MEMBRANE BOUND
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AXONS OF MICE THAT LACK SEMA3
AXONS STRAY INTO THE WRONG TERRITORIES
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF SEMAPHORINS
CAN CHANNEL AXON GROWTH
ALTHOUGH SEMAPHORINS CHANNEL AXON GROWTH WHAT IS STILL ALSO NEEDED FOR AXONAL GROWTH
PERMISSIVE FACTORS
AXON CANNOT ……………… WHERE THEY CANNOT ……………………
BUT THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN STRENGTH OF ………………………. AND AMOUNT OF AXON GROWTH
GROW
ATTACH
ADHESION
HOW CAN YOU MEASURE ADHESION
WHAT SPEED OF CENTRIFUGE IT WITH DETACH
THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN STRENGTH OF ADHESION AND AMOUNT OF AXON GROWTH - GIVE AN EXAMPLE
COLLAGEN HAS HIGHER ADHESION BUT LAMININ HAS HIGHER OUTGROWTH
‘COLLAGEN HAS HIGHER ADHESION BUT LAMININ HAS HIGHER OUTGROWTH’
WHAT CAN YOU CONCLUDE FROM THIS
GROWTH CONES NEED SUBSTRATES PERMISSIVE FOR GROWTH, ATTACHMENT IS NOT ENOUGH