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Lecture 18 - Cancer Flashcards

1
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Mutations can occur

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in any cell

Germline
Somatic

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2
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Germline mutation

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Inherited, passed to next gen

gametes (egg or sperm cells)

eg born errors of metabolism

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Somatic mutation

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in other cells (except gamete)

not passed on

result in cancer

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4
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what mutation can result in cancer?

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somatic

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5
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How many cells make up human body?

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37.2 trillion cells

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6
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Human cells

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grow, divide, renew

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7
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what is Cancer?

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collection of related diseases and can start anywhere in body.

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8
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Cancer cells

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no longer respond to signals that control cellular growth and death.

Over time cells become increasingly resistant to controls that maintain normal tissue — and divide more rapidly.

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9
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Despite multiple abnormalities, What do cancer cells evade?

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programmed cell death.

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10
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In the late stages of cancer, cells…

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break through normal tissue boundaries and metastasize

(spread) to new sites in body.

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11
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what underlies the development of cancer?

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Multiple mutations

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12
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Cancer is the result of an accumulation of

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mutations.

Most associated with DNA replication.

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13
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why does the incidence of cancer greatly increases with age?

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The more times a cell divides, more likely it to gain a mutation -

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14
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How many genes encode proteins that normally regulate cell growth and division?

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Hundred

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15
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What can lead to cancer?

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Mutations that alter genes that regulate cell growth and division in somatic cells.

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16
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Mutations may be

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Spontaneous (occur by chance)

Exposure to mutagen (Carcinogen)

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17
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what are the 2 types of genes that can cause cancer when mutated?

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Tumor suppressor genes

Onco-genes

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18
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Car analogy
Car is…
Brake is…
Accelerator is…

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cell proliferation/growth

Tumor suppressor genes

Onco-genes

19
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Brake pedal are Tumor suppressor genes

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Encode proteins that normally prevent uncontrolled cell growth e.g
• proteins that inhibit cell division
• Prevent other mutations (DNA repair enzymes)

20
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Lack of Tumor suppressor genes

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stimulate cell growth

  • i.e. recessive mutations promote cancer
21
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Accelerator are Onco-genes

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Encode proteins that promote cell growth (cell division)

Cancer mutations increase activity of these genes.

Dominant mutations promote cancer

22
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Tumor suppressor genes

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mutations that decrease gene activity cause cancer

23
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Tumor suppressor genes

Signal for cell division results in…

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E2F transcription factor
going to nucleus.

Cell division genes can be expressed.

24
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Tumor suppressor genes

What cause activation of the
E2F transcription factor?

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Loss of function mutation in RB gene.

AND

Loss of function mutation in p16 gene

25
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Oncogenes

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result from mutations that increase gene activity.

26
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Proto-oncogene

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a normal gene that when mutated can promote uncontrolled cell growth.

27
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Oncogenes

What Increased cell growth?

A

Mutations that imcrrease transcription

Mutations that increase protein activity

Chromosomal changes (Gene duplications, Translocation)

28
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Oncogenes
Region controlling amount transcription…
Mutations that increase transcription…

A

Alter control region

Normal growth stimulating protein in excess

Increase cell growth

29
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Oncogenes
Protein coding region…
Mutations that increase
protein activity…

A

A protein that is always active or is not degraded.

Increase cell growth.

30
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Chromosomal changes

A

Gene duplications

and

Translocation
New control region
Increase cell growth

31
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia example of how

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oncogene and tumor suppressor mutations lead to cancer

32
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Leukemia is a group of

A

blood cancers that

begin in bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells.

33
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blasts or leukemia cells.

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abnormal blood cells that are not fully developed.

34
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia are

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Mutations that cause blood cells in bone marrow to keep dividing.

results high number of leukemia cells that are not fully developed.

35
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BCR gene + ABL gene

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Philadelphia Translocation chromosome BCR - ABL gene (Oncogene gene)

Protein always active

36
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Normal ABL protein needs

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a cellular signal to activate it to promote cell division.

And Tyrosine Kinase.

37
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Does BCR-ABL oncogene protein need a signal to promote cell division?

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No

38
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Genetic Predisposition

inherited mutations

A

increase chance of cancer

39
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Inherited (germline) mutation

A

a tumor suppressor gene

40
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Cancer treatments

A
  • Surgery
  • Radiation therapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Targeted therapy
41
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Surgery

A

remove cancer cells

42
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Radiation therapy

A

targeted radiation to kill cancer cells

43
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Chemotherapy

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uses drugs that target dividing cells as cancer cells grow and divide rapidly – but it also affects normal cells.

Mercaptopurine – DNA base inhibits with enzymes that make dATP and dGTP nucleotides.

Adenine DNA base

44
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Targeted therapy

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drugs that target changes in cancer cell that allow them grow and divided.

Gleevac inhibits kinase activity BCR - ABL

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