Tissue Architecture Flashcards
what are intermediate filaments resistant to?
stretching forces
what are the cytoskeleton filaments
- Intermediate filaments
- Microtubules
- Microfilaments
intermediate filaments
• Great tensile strength
• Found in cytoplasm of most animal cells
• Often anchored to plasma membrane at cell-
cell junctions
• Form mesh-like structure called nuclear
lamina
what is mutated in progeria
nucelar lamina
microtubles
• Crucial organization role in all eukaryotic cells • Long and stiff hollow tubes • Rapid assembly and disassembly • Extend from centrosome to cell periphery • Form mitotic spindle for chromosome segregation • Part of cilia and flagella
Role of γ−tubulin
nucleation of microtubules at - end
- anchor point for microtubules to grow from
taxol
binds and stabilizes microtubules
colchicine, colcemid
binds tubulin dimers and prevents their polymerization
vinblastine, vincristine
- binds tubulin dimers and prevents their polymerization
microfilaments
-Actin filaments (F-actin) – Twisted polymer of G-actin (globular) – Structural polarity • Present in all cell types • Many are unstable • Essential for cell movements
phalloidin
binds and stabilizes actin filaments
cytochalasin
-caps filament + ends preventing polymerization there
latrunculin
binds actin monomers and prevents polymerization
Extracellular Matrix and Basal Lamina
Components produced intracellularly and secreted
and aggregate
-Matrix which interacts with cells/tissues via
transmembrane proteins
-Composition and properties controlled and vary by
tissue type, location etc.
types of ECM proteins
- proteoglycans
- collagens
- multi-adhesive matrix proteins
ECM functions
- forming tissue boundaries
- determining biochem properties of EC environment
- controlling cell polarity, survival etc
- acts as reservoir for GF and binding of GF to receptor
- serve as ligand for signaling receptors
what is the Main structural protein in
ECM/connective tissue and basal
laminae
collagen
scurvy results from loss of what cofactor
ascorbate or iron
what makes up basement membrane
1) type IV collagen
2) laminin
3) fibronectin
ehlers-Danlos syndrome
-mutation in collegen or collegen synthesis genes
• Mutations alter the structure, production, or
processing of collagen or proteins that
interact with collagen
• Weakens connective tissue in the skin, bones,
blood vessels, and organs
cell junctions
link cells to
neighboring cells,
focal contacts
link cells to
extracellular matrix, or basil lamina
types of cell junctions
1) anchoring
2) occluding
3) channel forming
4) signal relaying
adherin junction
type of anchoring junction
- cadherin (ca2+ dependent)
- catenin binds to actin
- role in metastasis (loss of E cadherin)