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2.9: Extracellular Matrix Flashcards

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What forms the ECM (2)

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Fibrillar and non-fibrillar components

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What is the extracellular matrix

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Complex network of proteins and carbohydrates filling space between cells

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Fibrillar means

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To produce fibres

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Two roles of the ECM

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-Architectural (structural role)
-Instructional (behaviours of the cell)

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3 things ECM is essential for

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  • development
  • tissue function
  • organogenesis
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3 key functions of ECM

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-physical support
-determines mechanical and physiological properties of tissue
-influences growth, adhesion, differentiation status of cells and tissues

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What mainly makes up the ECM

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Connective tissue

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3 Main components of the ECM

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-collagens
-multi-adhesive glycoproteins
-proteoglycans

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3 components making up basement membrane of ECM

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  • Type IV
  • Laminins
  • Perlecan
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Properties of connective tissue in bone

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Hard and dense

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Properties of connective tissue in cartilage

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Resilient and shock absorbing

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Properties of connective tissue in tendons and skin

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Tough and flexible

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Reason behind various properties of connective tissues

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  • different types of collagen
  • different arrangement of oriented collagen
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What cell produces collagen

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Fibroblasts

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What is connective tissue made up of

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ECM and component cells

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3 proteoglycans

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Aggrecan
Versican
Decorin

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2 multi-adhesive glycoproteins

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Fibronectin
Fibrinogen

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What type of protein is collagen

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Fibrous

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How many different types of collagen are there in humans

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28

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Structure of each collagen molecule

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Three a chains forming a triple helix

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Chains in Type I collagen structure

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3 chains from two different genes

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What is a homotrimer

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Collagen has one chain type

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What types of collagen are homotrimers

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Type II
Type III

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What type of collagen is a heterotrimer

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What is commonly the x and y of the glycine-x-y repeat
X = proline Y= hydroxyproline
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What amino acid occupied every third position on in the alpha helix chain of collagen
Glycine
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What property of aggrecan allows it to resist compressive forces as part of the cartilage?
High negative charge —> High degrees of GAG sulfation with large numbers of negatively charged carboxyl groups attracts cations (Na+ ). large quantities of water retained by the highly negatively charged environment, resist compressive forces. Under compressive load, water is given up by aggrecan, but regained once the load is reduced.
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Which of the following are potential features of Marfan’s syndrome? (Due to Mutations in the protein fibrillin-1)
Predisposition to aortic ruptures
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Why does the amino acid glycine feature so frequently in the primary sequence of a collagen chain?
Its small sidechain occupies the interior of the triple helix, allowing for tight packing
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Composition of type 1 collagen
[a1(I)]2[a2(I)]
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What provides tensile strength and stability in collagen?
Crosslinking
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When does cross linking in collagen take place?
Following collagen secretion
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What is an essential post translational modification which contributes to interchain H bond formation?
Hydroxylation of proline and lysine
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What enzymes are required for the hydroxylation of lysine and proline
Lysyl hydroxylase Prolyl (require Fe2+ and Vit C)
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What happens to collagen when you have a lack of Vit C (deficiency)
Collagen underhydroxylated
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When does collagen cross linking occur
After fibril formation
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2 fibril associated collagens
Type IX (9) Type XII (12)
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Function of fibril associated collagens
Regulate organisation of collagen fibrils
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Type IV collagen characteristics (2)
- network-forming collagen - in all basement membranes (structure varies from tissue to tissue)
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Symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- stretch skin - loose joints Due to mutations affecting collagen prod. In connective tissue
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How is tensile strength in collagen established?
Fibres held in parallel bundles resisting tensile force in one direction
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What are collagen alpha chains synthesised from?
Pro-alpha chains (Longer precursors)
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What is cleaved from procollagen to make collagen?
N-terminal and C-terminal propeptides
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Where is type 4 collagen found
Basement membrane
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What type of network does type 4 collagen from?
Sheet-like network
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What happens to the N and C terminus in type 4 collagen?
Remains intact
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Alternate name for basement membrane
Basal lamina
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What is the basal lamina
- thin, flexible, mat of extra-cellular matrix which epithelial cell sheets sit on top of
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3 structures basement membrane surrounds
- muscle - peripheral nerve - fat cells
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How is the basement membrane involved in kidney ultrafiltration
Form the glomerular basement membrane
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What is diabetes nephropathy?
Disorder where accumulation of ECM leads to highly thickened basement membrane
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What is Alport Syndrome?
Mutations in Collagen IV Result in abnormally laminated Glomerular basement membrane Loss of kidney function and hearing loss
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What helps decrease extent of electric fibres stretching?
Fibres interwoven with collagen
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What are elastin fibres composed of?
Elastin protein core, surrounded by microfibrils (protein rich — fibrilin)
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Amino acid covalently cross linked in elastin
Lysine
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Where is fibrillin found
In microfibrils surrounding the elastin core
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Mutations in Fibrillin-1 are associated with ______ syndrome
Marfans syndrome
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Individuals with Marfans syndrome are more predisposed to….
Aortic ruptures

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