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Cancer 11 - Invasion - regulation of cell migration Flashcards

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How do tumours progress (stages)

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  1. Homeostasis
  2. Genetic alterations
  3. Hyper-proliferaion
  4. De-differentiation
  5. Invasion
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In the de-differentiation stage of tumour progression, what things happen

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  1. Cell-cell contacts disassemble

2. Loss of polarity of the cell

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In the invasion stage of tumour progression, what things happen

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  1. Increased motility

2. Cleavage of ECM proteins (e.g. via MMPs)

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What 4 molecular mechanisms regulate motility

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  1. Microfilaments
  2. Regulation of actin dynamics
  3. Cytoskeletal proteins
  4. Signalling proteins
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What are the 2 types of tumour migration/motility

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  1. Single cell migration - amoeboid (circular) or mesenchymal - requires integrins and proteases
  2. Collective cell migration - requires cadherins and gap junctions - groups of cells detach and forms clusters/cohorts or multicellular sheets - cells follow leader cell
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Tumour cell metastasis mimics morphogenetic events. Give an example of this

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e.g. collective cell migration in vascular sprouting

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Give 2 differences between invasive cells and primary tumours

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Invasive cells have an up regulation of cytoskeleton regulation and motility machinery

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What gives invasive cells stimuli to move

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  1. Organogenesis and morphogenesis
  2. Wounding
  3. GFs/chemoattractants
  4. Dedifferentiation
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What controls the direction of invasive cells to go?

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Polarity

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What signals invasive cells to stop moving

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Contact-inhibition motility

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How do invasive cells move?

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Through specialised structures (focal adhesion, lamellae, filopodium)

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What hooks cells onto substratum whilst they move?

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Focal adhesions (on the terminal end of actin filaments)

Integrin does most of the hooking

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What are filopodia and how are they linked into bundles

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Finger like protrusions containing many actin filaments that are cross linked into bundles by actin binding proteins (e.g. fascin and fimbrin, vinculin)

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What is a lamellopodia

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Sheet like membrane rich with actin filaments - they project to the front then ruffle back when the cell moves to allow movement

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Control of cell movement occurs within the cell to coordinate what is happening in different parts; but also outside the cell. Why is this control needed?

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Within cell - To regulate adhesion/release of cell/ECM receptors.

Outside cell - to respond to external influences (requires sensors)

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Describe the 2 types of motility

cell movement involves cell changing shape

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  1. Haptotaxis - no purpose

2. Chemotaxis - purpose (e.g. responding to GF)

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Describe the 4 phases involved in cell motility

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  1. Extension - of cell body in direction of movement
  2. Adhesion - led by lamellipodium, then filopodia hook onto ECM - forming new focal adhesion
  3. Translocation - contraction of cell body - bring back of cell forwards - needs energy
  4. De-adhesion of previous focal adhesions
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Explain actin filament polarity

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G-actin (small soluble units) and F-actin (large, twisted, filamentous polymer)

  1. Signal reaches cell (e.g. nutrient source)
  2. Filaments rapidly disassembled and monomers rapidly diffuse across cell –> reform at the end of the cell towards the site of the signal
  3. Cell repolarises moving towards the nutrient signal
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What filament organisation do stress fibres have?

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Antiparallel filament organisation - affect whole cell body when contract to produce force

Stress fibres have focal adhesions on their ends

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What filament organisation do filopodia have?

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Parallel filament organisation

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What filament organisation do lamellipodium have?

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Branched and cross linked filaments –> provides support to big membrane sheet

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What is the key process in the remodelling of actin filaments

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What is the limiting step in the actin remodelling dynamic

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Nucleation - lots of energy needed

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What happens in nucleation

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  1. Arp 2/3 protein complexes (Actin like proteins) cause actin monomers to form trimers —> eventually form filaments
  2. Arp proteins usually located at the minus end (so that the plus end is free to add monomers)
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What step happens after nucleation. What happens in this step
Elongation 1. Profilin binds G-actin and brings it to filament (promotes assembly) 2. Thymosin binds G-actin but inhibits polymerisation - doesn't bring G actin to filament Profilin and thymosin are competing
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What is sequestered in the elongation step
B4-thymosin | ADF/cofilin (these do not inhibit polymerisation)
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What steps follow elongation
Capping, then severing Capping = capping proteins regulate elongation of actin filament (stop elongation when necessary) Capping proteins at + end: CapZ, gelsolin, fragmin/severin Capping proteins at - end: Tropomodulin, Arp complex Severing = regulating filament size - severing filaments promotes growth as more ends are made Severing proteins: gelsolin, ADF/cofilin, fragmin/severin
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Name a protein that is both a capping protein and a severing protein - its function being determined by regulation
Gelsolin
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Which end does profilin-(G) actin bind for elongation
Plus end
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When the filament is broken down, what are the 2 possible outcomes
1. Cell glues filament pieces back together (annealing) | 2. Short filament grows a new fibre
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What occurs after severing
Cross-linking (+ bundling of newly formed filaments) 1. Fascin binds filaments at particular distances 2. Fibrin binds filaments at longer distances 3. Spectrin, filamin, dystrophin cross link multiple filaments at particular angles Bundling occurs due to Vinculin - affects motor protein binding - if distance between filaments wide enough (enough distance), then motor protein enters (Eg myosin) - allows contraction
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What occurs after cross linking? What is particular about this step
Branching Occurs in the lamella at 70 degrees. Arp2 complex causes branching appearance of filaments in lamella as cells move forward
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Which 2 things does the Arp2 complex do?
Nucleation Filament elongation/angling
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Name a disease that is not caused by deregulation of the actin cytoskeleton
Alzheimers
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How can a gel-sol transition be achieved with the cytoskeleton
Cross linking proteins hold cytoskeleton - creates a scaffold/mesh Severing actin filaments allows cytoplasm flow in parts of the cell
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Describe different uses of actin organisation in cell movement
1. Polymerisation in lamellipodium extension 2. Attachment to ECM at new adhesion 3. Gel/sol transition on cortex at membrane going forward in translocation 4. Detachment during de-adhesion
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Explain the actin organisation processes occurring in lamellar protrusion
Polymerisation, disassembly, branching, capping Severing at back of lamellae, releases monomers which goes to front of cell --> F actin filament assembled at front and generates pushing force of cells to move forward
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Explain the actin organisation processes in filopodia
Polymerisation, bundling, cross-linking Form bundles, then quickly elongate ---> pushes membrane out in localised position Once filopodia sense no more room to go forwards or no stimulus --> collapse of filament by attracting capping proteins ---> retraction by eroding base
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What other cell types use bundling (a form of actin reorganisation)
Cilia, filopodia, microvilli, stereocilia | Branching - a different for of actin reorganisation - used in lamellipodia
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4 signalling mechanisms that regulate the actin cytoskeleton
1. Ion flux changes (i.e. intracellular Ca) 2. Phosphoinositide signalling (phospholipid binding) 3. Kinases/phosphatases (phosphorylation cytoskeletal proteins) 4. Signalling cascades via small GTPases
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Which superfamily does the Rho subfamily of small GTPases belong to
Ras super family
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Name some family members of the Ras superfamily
Rac - expansion + flattening of cell, lamellipodia Rho - stress fibre formation Cdc42 - promotes filopodia growth Rac & Cdc42 also activates many other cytoskeletal proteins (involved in polymerisation and organisation)
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What does the Rho subfamily of small GTPases do
Activated by receptor tyrosine kinase, adhesion receptors and signal transduction pathways Their expression is unregulated in different tumours They participate in various cytoskeletal processes
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When is the Rho GTPase inactivated and how
Inactive when bound to GDP - inactivated by hydrolysis
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Which GTPase causes de-adhesion
Rho
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Lamellipodium is controlled by which GTPase
Rac
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Focal adhesion is controlled by which GTPases
Rac and Rho
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Contraction and de-adhesion is controlled by which GTPase
Rho

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