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2 - Ligand Gated Ion Channels Flashcards

1
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What are ion channels?

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  • Transmembrane proteins that span the membrane from one end to the other.
  • They are specific.
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What are the main structural features of ion channels?

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  • 2 or more helices that cross the lipid bilayer.
  • 2-6 subunits, that usually surround the pore.
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What are ion channels classified based on?

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Their gating mechanism and the ion selectivity of the pore.

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What are some of the feature of a simple potassium ion channel?

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  • Transmembrane helicase structures form a p-loop structure.
  • Forms a gate which is closed when in a resting state on the cytoplasmic side.
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What do Na+ and K+ do in excitable cells?

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Create action potentials.

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What does Ca+ do after being transported into the cytoplasm?

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causes a 2nd messenger to elicit a cellular response.

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How are voltage gated ion channels different to ligand gated ion channels?

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  • They have additional helices, S1-4 form a separate voltage sensing domain that is lateral to the subunits.
  • They have large polypeptides that extend into the cytoplasm.
  • they have plugging mechanisms.
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What are transient receptor potential (TRP) channels?

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Channels similar to voltage gated channels but have developed to detect stimuli such as chilli.

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What are ligand gated channels controlled by?

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The binding of a ligand

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What happens when calcium binds to calmodulin?

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the channels close and it creates negative feedback

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What are the categories of extracellular ligand gated ion channels?

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Pentameric (Nicotinic) - 4 transmembrane domains, 5 subunits including the pore
Tetrameric (Glutamate) - 3 transmembrane domains, 4 subunits including the pore.
Trimeric (ATP P2X) - 2 transmembrane domains, 3 subunits including the pore.

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Features of Pentameric Assembly (cys-loop type)

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  • Includes nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchRs)
  • Subunits can move to make more space for ions to move through the channel
  • large external facing N domain and an intracellular loop between M3 and M4.
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What no neuronal nAchRs exist as?

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a2-10 and b2-4, each with different affinity depending on location and composition.

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What is significant about a4 and a2?

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  • They are expressed abundantly in the hippocampus and the cortex with high affinity to nicotine and varenicline.
  • Chronic expose to these chemical leads to upregulation of the receptors, which is linked to nicotine addiction.
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What do mutations in nAchRs cause?

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autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. (ADNFLE)

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16
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How does enhanced receptor function cause ADNFLE seizures?

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By increased nicotinic mediated transmitter release.

17
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What is another cause of ADNFLE seizures?

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Mutation in the M2 region of the a4 neuronal nicotinic subunit.

18
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Features of Tetrameric Assembly (Glutamate receptors)

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  • Similar structure to KcsA except the pore is inverted.
  • Forms as as dimer, the ligand binding sit closes when occupied.
  • Vital to every aspect of brain function and dysfunction contributes to human diseases.
19
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How does diversity in glutamate receptors come about?

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From the difference in the way RNA is processed in the cell during RNA splicing.

20
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What are the 2 isoforms of glutamate receptors (eg AMPAR)?

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Flip and flop

21
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What is the main difference between flip and flop?

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Flop is faster in terms of desensitisation rate and reduced current response to glutamate.

22
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What contributes to the diversity of glutamate receptors?

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Multiple genes, splicing and mRNA editing.

23
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What is the function of AMPA receptors?

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Mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system.

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What is the function of NMDA receptors?

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They are involved in learning and memory, they are also slower than other isoforms.

25
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What is the function of Kainate receptors?

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Similar to AMPA receptors but have less of a role at synapses linked to schizophrenia, depression and huntingtons.

26
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What does the dysfunction of RNA modification lead to?

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pathologic conditions.

27
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What does the downregulation of GluA2 Q/R editing in the neurons of ALS patients lead to?

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An increase in Ca2+permealble AMPA receptors which causes damage due to glutamate excitotoxicity.

28
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In glioblastoma what correlated with increased malignancy?

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Decreased ADAR2 activity and in increase in Ca2+ pathway promoting proliferation and tumorigenesis this was reversed when GluA2 Q/R was edited.

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