Plasma Membrane, CH 3 Flashcards
What are the 7 roles Proteins play in the plasma menbrane
- Water filled channels (leak or gated) allow water and ions through. 2. Carrier or transport molecules which transport specific larger molecules that otherwise couldn’t pass the membrane. 3. Inner membrane docking-marker acceptors for secretory vesicles. 4. membrane bound enzymes that control chemical reactions. 5. receptors for responding to chemical messengers (ie hormones) 6. Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). 7. Glycoproteins help cells recognize “self”
myasthenia gravis
Channel protein pathophysiology myasthenia gravis- weakened muscles due to nonbinding of neural transmitter acytle choline to muscle
Membrane protein pathophysiology of enzymes
proximal RTA (renal tubular acidosis). Kidney can’t properly remove acids from the blood into the urine. Occurs when bicarbonate is not properly reabsorbed by the kidney’s filtering system. Caused by Cystinosis (body is unable to break down the substance cysteine)
Membrane protein pathophysiology of Receptor proteins
Diabetes mylitus II is when the patient has enough insulin but the receptor doesn’t recognize insulin so it cant enter the cell. The receptor changes shape and cant recognize insulin. Related to obesity
Membrane protein pathophysiology of anchor proteins
Hereditary spherocytosis, red blood cells are sherical not biconcave
Membrane protein pathophysiology of Carrier proteins
Diabetes Mylitus is a reduced number of carriers which causes more glucose to stay in blood.
3 types of Cell to Cell adhesion
- CAMS (integrins and cadherins) 2. Extracellular matirx or ECM 3. Cell junctions
What are the 4 types of fibers in the ECM
collagen, elastin, fibronectin, reticular
What is the ECM
Intricate mesh of fibers in a gel like substance (interstitial fluid) of complex carbohydrates
Collegen
ECM protein that forms flexible nonelastic fibers or sheets that provide tensile strength.
Reticular is a branched form of collegen
Elastin
ECM protein which allows tissues to stretch and then recoil
Fibroconectin
ECM protein promotes cell adhesion and holds cells in position
Desmosomes
Cell junction which is abundant in tissues that are subject to stretching like the heart, skin and uterus. acts like velcro and is the strongest cell junction. Connects two adjacent nontouching cells.
what are the two components of desomosomes
- Plaques (cytoplasmic thickening on the innermembrane. 2. Cadherin (CAM) filaments to connect the two plaques.
Tight Junctions
When adjacent cells adhere at the point of direct contact to prevent the passage of material between cells. Primarily in sheets of epithelial tissues. Materials have to move transcellularly (through the cells) not between.
What are Claudins (occludin)
Strand proteins that create kiss sites for epithelial near intestinal lumen to prevent leakage of digestive fluids
what are Gap Junctions and where are they found
Small tunnels formed by proteins called connexons.
Abundant in cardiac and smooth muscle
What is the role of gap junctions
Permit unrestricted passage of small nutrient molecules between cells and block larger molecules.
Allow direct transfer of small signaling molecules from one cell to another.
Action potentials and glucose in muscle tissue use gap junctions
What two properties affect the permeability of a substance?
Size and lipid solubility. Highly lipid-soluble particles dissolve in the lipid bilayer and pass through the membrane. Non-lipid soluble particles require assisted transport to move across the membrane.
What are two examples of particles that use assisted transport
Charged particles (ions) and polar molecules (glucose)
Unassisted Membrane Transport
Particles that can penetrate the plasma membrane on their own are passively driven across the membrane by diffusion down a concentration gradient or movement along an electrical gradient.
What is the passage of molecules unassisted across a membrane or within a cell from high to low concentration until equilibrium is reached
diffusion
What types of molecules use simple diffusion
Nonpolar molecules cross the membrane by dissolving in and through the bilayer down concentration gradients.
Small ions can move down electrochemical gradients through open protein channels.