Plasma membrane Flashcards
3 main classes of membrane lipids
Are lipids polymers?
Ni
Lipids form membrane through ____ interactions
non-covalent
When a suspension of phospholipids is mechanically dispersed
in an aqueous solution,
the phospholipids aggregate into one of three structure
-> They are ___
1/ micelles
2/ Liposomes
3/ phospholipid bilayers
What is this?
Micelle
5 examples of Complex (hydrolyzable) lipids:
- triglycerides
- glycerophospholipids
- sphingolipids
- glycolipids (glycosphingolipids)
- plasmalogenes
Identify
Glycerophospholipids (general structure)
3 important examples of glycerophospholipids
- Phosphatidylcholine
- Phosphatidylserine
- Phosphotidulinositol 4-5-biphosphate
Identify this molecule
phosphatidylcholines
Products of this reaction
What happen to Phosphatidylserine when Ca2+ level elevates?
phosphatidylserine (PS) is externalized to the outer surface of the plasma membrane
Enzymes involving in Maintaining the membrane asymmetry of lipids?
- Flippases
- Scramblases
What is the role of Flippases?
move phospholipids (aminophospholipids) (e.g. phosphatidylserine) inwards, from the outer leaflet to the cytoplasmic leaflet of membranes.
Is flippase a transporter? If yes, is it required by ATP?
Yes, it is ATP-dependent
The role of Floppases?
Move choline-containing phospholipids to the outer leaflet
Do floppases require ATP?
YES!!!
What is the role of Scramblases?
equilibrate lipids across the bilayer
Do scramblases require ATP?
NO
Are all scramblases activated by calcium?
Some of them are activated by calcium.
When platelets are activated, what happen to the intracellular Ca2+ concentration?
It increases
When platelets are activated, the intracellular Ca2+ concentration increases.
-> This local Ca2+ increase inactivate (1)____ and activate (2)____.
1/ flippases
2/ scramblases
Name the 2 main enzymes involve in Breaking up phospholipid membranes
- (Pancreatic) phospholipase A2
- phospholipase C
What is the reaction catalyzed by (Pancreatic) phospholipase A2?
Structure of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2), showing sites of ____
cleavage
Structure of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2), showing sites of cleavage by ___
different phospholipases
Structure of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2), showing sites of cleavage
-> to produce ___ and ____
active mediators and summary diagram of the inflammatory mediators derived from phospholipids
What is the inhibitor of Phospholipase A2 activation?
Glucocorticoids
What is the role of TXA2
Thrombotic
Vasoconstrictor
What is the inhibitor of Cyclo-oxygenase?
NSAIDs
Glucocorticoids inhibit induction
What is the inhibitor of Phospholipase A2 activation?
Glucocorticoids
What is the inhibitor(s) of the process of making TXA2 from Cyclic endoperoxides?
TXA2 synthase inhibitors
What is the inhibitor of TXA2?
TXA2 anatagonists
What is the inhibitor of this process?
Leukotriene receptor for antagonists (e.g, zafirukast, montelukast)
What is the inhibitor(s) of these molecules?
PG antagonists
What is the role of TXA2
Thrombotic
Vasoconstrictor
What is the role of PGI2
Vasodilator
Hyperalgesic
Stops Platelet aggregation
How does the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) occur?
The hydrolysis of PI(4,5)P2 by PLC
-> What is the role of diacylglycerol after this?
Activates protein kinase C
The hydrolysis of PI(4,5)P2 by PLC
-> What is the role of IP3 after this?
Releases Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum
How does The phosphorylation of PI(4,5)P2 occur?
insulin, growth factor or cytokines bind to adaptor
-> PI3K activates
-> phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate occur
The structure of Sphingolipids
The sphingolipids contain sphingosine, a longchain aliphatic amino alcohol, but no glycerol.
3 important types of Sphingolipids
- Sphingomyelin (phosphoric acid and choline.)
- Neutral glycolipids (glucosylcerebroside)
- Ganglioside GM2
Sphingolipids
-> Name of X if this sphingolipid is Neutral glycolipids (glucosylcerebroside)
Glucose
Sphingolipids
-> Neutral glycolipids (glucosylcerebroside)
-> Name 3 other classes of sphingolipids
erebrosides, globosides, and
gangliosides,
which contain sugar components.
Sphingolipids
-> Name of X if this sphingolipid is ganglioside GM2
Complex oligosaccharide
Enzyme deficiency of Hexosamindase
(name of the disease)
Tay-Sachs disease
(enzyme deficiency of …)
Enzyme deficiency of alpha-galactosidase
(name of the disease)
Fabry’s disease
(enzyme deficiency of …)
Enzyme deficiency of Arylsulfatase A
(name of the disease)
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
(enzyme deficiency of …)