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Session 7 - Cellular Adaptations Flashcards

1
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What is Paracrine signalling?

A

Cell secretes molecules that act on nearby cells

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What is endocrine signalling?

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Cells release molecules that travel in the bloodstream to a distant target cell

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What is Intracrine signalling?

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Molecules are made within the cell and act on receptors within the same cell

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4
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Describe Growth Factors

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  • local mediators involved in cell proliferation
  • polypeptides that act on cell surface receptors
  • coded for by pronto-oncogenes
  • stimulate transcription of genes that determine whether the cell entered the cell cycle or not
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5
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Name some processes that growth factors have an influence on

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  • cell proliferation + inhibition
  • locomotion
  • contractility
  • differentiation
  • angiogenesis
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6
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Give some examples of growth factors

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  • Epidermal GF
  • Vascular endothelial GF
  • Platelet derived GF
  • Granulocyte colony stimulating factor
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7
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Where are the three checkpoints of the cell cycle?

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  • End of G2
  • End of G1
  • R point
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8
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How is the R point passed in the cell cycle?

Hint: action of CDKs and Cyclin

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  • Cyclin binds to CDK, and activates it
  • Complex can then phosphorylate RB protein
  • Then the R-point can be passed
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Describe Labile tissue, their normal state in the cell cycle and give some examples.

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  • Tissues that undergo rapid proliferation usually
  • Normally involved in active cell division G1->M->G1
  • E.g epithelial cells + Haematopoietic
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10
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Describe Stable cells, their normal state in the cell cycle and give some examples.

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  • Cells that state of division can be varied
  • resting state is G0
  • E.g Hepatocytes, osteoblasts, fibroblasts
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Describe Permanent cells, their normal state in the cell cycle and give some examples.

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  • Unable to regenerate
  • G0
  • E.g Neurones, cardiac myocytes
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12
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Define Regeneration

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Replacement of cell losses by identical cells to maintain tissue or organ size

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13
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Name some tissues that can regenerate well

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Very well - Bone, Epithelia, Liver, smooth muscle
Well - Mesothelia

Melanocytes tend to over or under regenerate

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14
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Name some tissues that do not regenerate well

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Poorly - Tendons, articular cartilage, striated muscle

Not at all - Adipocytes, CNS

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Define Hyperplasia

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Increase is tissue or organ size due to an increasing NUMBER of cells

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16
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Name a physiological and pathological example of hyperplasia

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Physio…- Proliferative endometrium + Bone marrow at altitude

Patho…- Thyroid Goitre

17
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Define Hypertrophy

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Increase in size of tissue or organ due an increasing SIZE of cells

18
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Name a physiological and pathological example of Hypertrophy

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Physio…-Skeletal muscle+pregnant uterus (hyperplasia as well)

Patho…- Ventricular cardiac muscle + bladder smooth muscle

19
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What is compensatory Hypertrophy?

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If we remove an organ which we have two of, the other will undergo Hypertrophy to compensate for the increasing workload

20
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Define Atrophy

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Shrinkage of a tissue or organ due to an acquired decrease in size and/or number of cells

21
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Name a physiological and pathological example of Atrophy

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Physio…- Ovarian atrophy in post-menopausal women

Patho…- Muscle atrophy due to Denervation + cerebral atrophy in Alzheimer’s

22
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Define Metaplasia

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Reversible change of one DIFFERENTIATED cell type to another

23
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When is Metaplasia most common and what cell type changes into what?

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In smokers

Pseudo stratified cilated epithelia become squamous to be more robust against the smoking toxins

24
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Define Reconstitution

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Replacement of a lost part of the body

25
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Give an example of reconstitution in humans

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Small blood vessels + In small children if a fingertip is cleanly cut off

26
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Define aplasia

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Complete failure of a specific tissue or organ to develop

27
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Give an example of aplasia

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Kidney may not develop embryonically

28
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Define involution

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Normally programmed shrinkage of an organ

29
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Give an example of involution

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Uterus after childbirth, thymus in early life

30
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Define Hypoplasia

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Incomplete development of a tissue or organ

31
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Give an example of Hypoplasia

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Testes in Kleinfelter’s syndrome, chambers of heart

32
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Define atresia

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Abnormally closed or blocked orrifice or passageway

33
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Give an example of atresia

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Ovarian, tricuspid valve, segments of the bowel

34
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Define Dysplasia

A

Abnormal maturation of cells within a tissue

35
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What is Autocrine secretion?

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Cell secretes molecules that act on its own cell surface receptors

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