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1
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Explain how the following signaling systems work: Autocrine, Paracrine, Synaptic, Endocrine.

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Autocrine works on itself. Paracrine is usually working within an organ system. Synaptic is within synapses. Endocrine is largest domain and is released into vasculature and travels to effector organ.

2
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What are the four components of signal transduction?

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1- signal, 2- receptor, 3- transduction pathways, 4- targets.

3
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What are the soluble signals and give an example of each.

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Proteins and amino acids like epidermal growth factor. Lipids and fatty acids like ceramide and testosterone. Carbohydrates like glucose.

4
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What is a linked signal and give an example.

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Usually integrated into plasma membrane like integrin.

5
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What are the physical signals and give example of each.

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Mechanical, mechanoreceptors. Light, opsin. Temperature, TRP channels.

6
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How does G protein- coupled receptor work?

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External ligand binding to receptor activates G protein which regulates enzyme responsible for second messenger.

7
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How does receptor tyrosine kinase work?

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Ligand binding activates tyrosine kinase by autophosphorylation activating transcription factor

8
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How does receptor guanylyl cyclase function?

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Ligand binding to extracellular domain stimulates formation of second messenger cyclic GMP.

9
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How does gated ion channel work?

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Opens in response to concentration of ligand or membrane potential.

10
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How does adhesion receptor work?

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(Note integrin) binds molecules in ECM changes conformation altering interaction with cytoskeleton.

11
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What is the dissociation constant (Kd)?

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Concentration of ligand at which 50% of receptors are bound by ligand.

12
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What are the major role for plasma membrane in signaling?

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1- receptor location, 2- Ligand exposure for receptor, 3-signaling complex information, 4- endocytosis.

13
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What is one of the benefits when using endosomes for signal transduction?

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Allows for signal to stay active by increasing concentration and therefore increasing binding.

14
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What are the two types of lipid rafts?

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Caveolar and planar.

15
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How can lipid rafts encourage promotion or inhibition of signals?

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Promotion by organizing receptors and effectors in lipid rafts and inhibition by separating them.

16
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What structure is responsible for placing receptors back onto membranes?

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Recycling endosome.

17
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What structure is responsible for sorting and sending things to the various vesicles?

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Golgi.

18
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What is responsible for sending things to a lysosome?

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Late endosome.

19
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How are things transported to the nucleus?

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Through gated transport.

20
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What protein is responsible for directing traffic along the vesicular pathways?

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Rab GTPase protein.

21
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What are some of the postranslational modifications and what are they useful for?

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Phosphorylation, ubiquitination, glycosylation, oxidation, methylation, acetylation, SUMOylation. Used for allosteric regulation of enzymes.

22
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What are the 4 common signaling cascades?

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1- mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK this is the most common) 2- Janus kinase- signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) 3- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (Pi3K) 4- Phospholipase C (PLC)

23
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What is the basic outline of MAPK signaling?

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RAS activates MAP kinase kinase kinase, activating MAP kinase kinase, activating MAP kinase which acts on various proteins and regulators. Each activation step takes ATP.

24
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What is the basic outline of JAK-STAT signaling?

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JAK phosphorylates STAT at the membrane which then moves into the membrane activating transcription.

25
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What is the basic outline for PI3K signaling?

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PI3 kinase phosphorylates PIP2 to PIP3 which then is able to phosphorylate AKT which is able to act on a number of other things like protein synthesis and cell death.

26
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What is the basic outline for phospholipase C signaling?

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G proteins have three units which G alpha then activates phospholipase C.

27
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What is the idea of cross talk in signaling?

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The idea that pathways influence each other.

28
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What are the most common targets for cell signaling?

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Nucleus, actin/tubulin/filaments, enzymes, receptors, transporters, ion channels.

29
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What types of signaling does epinephrine signaling utilize?

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G-protein and PLC signaling.

30
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What types of signaling does insulin signaling utilize?

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RTK, MAPK, PI3K.

31
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What are the responses of epinephrine binding compared to binding with epinephrine and norepinephrine?

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With epinephrine you will get smooth muscle relaxation and vasodilation where with the two binding you will get smooth muscle contraction and vasoconstriction. The first uses B-adrenergic receptor and the second uses A1-adrenergic receptor.

32
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What is the basic signaling pathway for MAPK in insulin?

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insulin binds to receptor causing tails to be autophosphorylated. IRS 1 comes in and is phosphorylated and then recruits RAS leading to activation of MAPK.

33
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How is the PI3K signaling done in insulin?

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IRS-1 activates PI3K with phosphorylation activating the GS proteins synthesizing glycogen.