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cell adhesion Flashcards

1
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what is epithelia?

A

sheets of bound cells found in epithelial tissues

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what is epical basal polarity?

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something that epithelial cells have resulting from distribution of components

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3
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how are cells attached in the epithelium?

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directly by cell-cell junctions

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what are three main types of cell-cell junctions?

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tight junctions, adherens junctions, gap junctions

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5
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what type of junctions are associated with actin cytoskeleton?

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adherens junction

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what is the main component of adherent junctions/

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cadherin/catenin complex

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what is caherin?

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transmembrane protein belonging to cadherin superfamily (all have extracellular portions with cadherin domain)

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what do cadherin domains do?

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forms rigid unit joined to each other by hinges with Ca2+ ions bound (to prevent flexing)

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are caherins homophilic or heterophilic?

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typical cadherins are homophilic, atypical cadherins are heterophilic

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10
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what is the purpose of caherins?

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mediate highly selective recognition (enabling cells to stick to similar cells and stay away form different cells)

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what does assembly of strong cell-cell adhesions require?

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changes in actin cytoskeleton

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12
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what do catenins do?

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link classical cadherins to actin cytoskeleton

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13
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what is planar cell polarity?

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collective alignment of cell polarity across tissue plane

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14
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what is required for selectively permeable epithelia

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adjacent cells to be sealed together by tight junctions

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15
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how are tight junctions visualized?

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freeze-fracture electron microscopy (seen as branching network of sealing strands that encircle apical end of each cell)

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16
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what are the main proteins forming strands of tight junctions?

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claudins and related proteins occludins

17
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what do claudins do?

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form selective channels allowing specific ions to cross tight junction barrier

18
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what are tight junctions in insects?

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called septate junctions (organized differently)

19
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what are gap junctions?

A

clusters of channels to join two cells together

20
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what are gap junctions made of?

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building blocks of two connexons or hemichannels (one from each cell)

21
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what are connexons or hemichannels made of?

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formed from a complex of 6 connexin proteins

22
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when are connexins/innexins used?

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vertebrate -> connexins
invertebrate -> innexins

23
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how big are gap junctions and why?

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pore size ~ 1.4nm, allows exchange of inorganic ions and small molecules but NOT macromolecuels

BIOL2020 (cell biology) (24 decks)

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