Week 2 Flashcards
what are the components of ECM
- collagens
- glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans
- elastin
- structural glycoproteins
what are the molecules involved in ECM function
- integrins
- metalloproteinases
- growth factors and cytokines
- transcription factors
what are fibrillar collagens
form from cross-striated linear fibrils and are major structural components of CT; made of alpha chains
what are non-fibrillar collagens
form non-linear aggregates, and are further classified based on the type of network they make in the ECM
what is the triple helical domain formula
(GLY- X-Y)n
(glycine is smallest amino acid- no side chain; center of helix; X & Y often proline and hydroxyproline face outward)
- fibrillar: few or no interruptions; n = ~333 repeats
- non-fibrillar: interruptions
_ collagen alpha chains are coiled around each other into a ____ to form a rigid rope like structure
3; triple-helix
the triple helix structure and stability depends on:
proline, hydroxyproline, lysine, hydroxylysine
- large, rigid, cyclic amino acids, unique hydroxylation
what are hydroxyprolines essential for
thermal stability - form water-bridged hydrogen bonds that stabilize triple helix
what are hydroxylysines essential for
intra-and intermolecular cross-links that stabilize lateral associations of collagen molecules in fibrils
what are the enzymes called that hydroxylate proline or lysine
prolyl or lysyl hydroxylases
what are essential cofactors in the hydroxylation of proline and lysine residues
ascorbate (vitamin C) and ferrous iron
what happens in the absence of vitamin C
scurvy
what are the steps to remember in collagen biosynthesis
- hydroxylation
- chain association
- trimerization
- secretion into ECM
- Cleavage of amino (NT) and carboxyl (CT) domains
- Covalent crosslinks
what is dermatosporaxis
- genetic defect in cattle and sheep causing extremely fragile skin and death shortly after birth
- deficiency in N-protease in skin, resulting in persistence of NT domain
- twisted collages prevent packing of collagen molecules into cylindrical fibrils
what are lateral associations of collagen molecules into fibrils stabilized by
intra and intermolecular crosslinks
what does lysyl oxidase form and what is it
- cross links between Lys and/or HydroxyLys residues near CT and NT domains
- Cu +2 dependent enzyme
what does interference with lysyl oxidase lead to
connective tissue defect called lathyrism
- due to lack of cross-linking and decreased fibril stability
what are the possible ways lathyrism can occur
- defect in copper metabolism
- mutations in lysyl oxidase gene
- sweet peas, clover (BAPN) -> competitive inhibitor of lysyl oxidase
what is type 1 collagen
- major protein of ECM
- found in bones, teeth, tendons, blood vessels
- heterotrimer 2 alpha1 chains, 1 alpha2 chains
- chains associate at carboxyl domain and fold into triple-helical molecules
- self-assemble into fibrils - strength and template
what is osteogenesis imperfecta
- genetic disease
- extreme brittleness of bones
- poor mineralized osteoporosis, joint laxity, blood vessel rupture, blue sclera
- variability in phenotype
what is OI caused by
mutations in either 2 collage type 1 genes
where are the mutations most severe with OI
TH domain - will be lethal
what is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- heterogenous group of connective tissue disorders characterized by:
- joint hypermobility
- skin elasticity and fragility
Why do mutations in the TH domain cause most severe phenotype? What is the importance of Gly residues and Gly-X-Y formula?
- gly (smallest aa): important to form tightly wound triple helix; if disrupted then the trimer is loosened and affects every other structure
What is the function of CT? why less severe than TH domain?
- CT domain is important for forming disulfide bonds that stabilize 3 chains together before trimerization
- if some chains have mutations in CT domain, these mutant chains won’t participate, but ones that are normal will participate
What happens to the NT domain? why mildest phenotype?
- if right at cleavage junction it affects the CT - hyperflexibility
what is haploinsufficiency
- ex: mutation in the CT domain
- CT is needed for alignment and association of 3 alpha chains prior to trimerization
- if mutant alpha chain is unable to participate in chain association, this scenario would result in 50% reduction of trimeric collagens produced
what is dominant interferance
- ex: mutation in TH domain
- mutant partially-functional collagen alpha chains still able to compete with normal chains for binding to CT domain
- hybrid molecules can’t form stable trimers -> all 3 chains likely degraded via protein suicide
- also 3 mutant chains could trimerize and be secreted in ECM -> interfere with aggregate
what are glycosaminoglycans?
- unbranched polysaccharide chains or repeating disaccharide units
- one sugar is amino sugar and other is uronic acid
- highly negatively charged b/c carboxyl and sulfate groups
- found in ECM
how are 6 gag groups distinguished
- sugar residues
- type of linkage
- number and location of sulfate groups
all but ___ are covalently linked to a protein core to form _______
HA; proteoglycans
what is hyaluronic acid (HA)
- simplest GAG
- least neg charge
- highest molecular weight
- not made on protein core
- serves as backbone for cartilage PG aggrecan
what is chondroitin sulfate (CS) and keratan sulfate (KS)
- highly neg charge
- components of cartilage PG aggregcan
what is dermatan sulfate (DS)
- component of 2 bone PG, biglycan and decorin
what is heparin (HN)
- most neg charge
- found in mast cells
- has anticoagulant and antiproliferative properties
- commonly a component of the PG serglycin
what in Heparan Sulfate (HS)
- found on cell surfaces in PGs
- regulate cytokine-mediated cell interactions
how does a GAG get linked to its core protein
- a link tetrasaccharide is assembled on serine residue
- rest of GAG chain, with repeating disaccharide units is synthesize -> one sugar residue at a time
what are the most important 4 PG
aggrecan, decorin, serglycin, syndecan
what is aggrecan
- largest PG
- highly neg charge
- major component of cartilage
- forms supramolecular aggregates on HA GAG backbone
- made of chondroitin sulfate and keratin sulfate GAGs
- enables cartilage to withstand compressive force
what is decorin
- smallest PG
- constituent of bone
- made of dermatan sulfate GAG
- “decorates” type 1 collagen fibers
- maintains inter-fibrillar space to allow mineralization
what is serglycin
- high neg charge
- made by mast cells
- made of heparin GAG
- important anticoagulant and antiproliferative properties
what is syndecan
- cell surface PG
- comprised of heparan sulfate GAG
- regulates cytokine-mediated cell interactions
what are the steps in aggrecan biosynthesis
- aggrecan protein core made on RER
- transported from RER to golgi
- in golgi, GAG chains are added to protein core one sugar at a time
- molecules transported via secretory vesicles to ECM
- hyaluronan is made on plasma membrane
- in ECM, aggrecan, link protein, and hyaluronan come together to form PG aggregates
what percent of calcium exists in the serum? and how is it partioned?
1%
- partitioned into 3 sections (ionized, complexed, proetin-bound)
why would serum spontaneously precipitate
- contains more than the minimal concentration of calcium nad phosphate ions needed
- in inhibitor-free permissive environment
mineral is deposited in the form of ____
hydroxyapatite
Ca10(PO4)6(OH)6
for mineralization to occur, 2 conditions must be present:
- permissive environment (nucleation site)
- lack of inhibitors
mineralization can happen anywhere if the environment is ____
permissive
what is an example of mineralization inhibitors
matrix Gla proteins
why doesn’t cartilage mineralize
(hyaline)
sulfated GAG
- bind Ca -> they are inhibitors to mineralization
how does hypertrophic cartilage mineralize
- during EO, hypertrophic cartilage aquires ability to mineralize and be vascularized b/c the ECM components change
- late hypertrophic cartilage chondrocytes release matrix vesicles (MVs) from their plasma membrane into ECM
- MVs provide nucleation sites where mineralization first occurs by concentrating Ca and PO4 in MVs
what type of collagen is hypertrophic cartilage
Type X
type 10
what are the 4 molecules that matrix vesicles contain that allow mineralization?
- alkaline phosphatase
- annexin
- calbindin
- metalloproteinases
what dose alkaline phosphatase do
increases phosphate concentration near MV
what does annexin do
forms membrane channels for calcium
what is calbindin
calcium binding protein inside MVs
what does matalloproteinases do
degrade ECM and inhibitors
why does bone ECM permit mineralization
contains calcium binding proteins
in organic phase
what is an osteocyte
master regulator cell of bone
bone is mineralized ~50-75% of its volume - this enables bone to serve as a ____-____ ____
weight-bearing organ
deposited directly proportional to compressional load that it carries
what does bone need to undergo in order to adapt to changes in mechnical pressure
remodeling