Cell Cycle Cell Death Flashcards

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What are the cell cycles?

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M Phase -> G1 phase -> G0 phase -> S phase -> G2 phase

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What is the m phase?

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mitosis

Chromosome duplication/segregation
Cytokinesis- cell division

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G1 Phase?

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RNA & Protein Synthesis / Cell growth

duration between completion of cell division and initiation of DNA replication

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G0 Phase

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No Cell division

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S phase

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synthesis

DNA replication
Histone Synthesis
Centrosome formed
Chromosome duplication

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G2 Phase

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Preparation for Mitosis

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Restriction point

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Discrete time point where errors are checked

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Checkpoint-

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Halts Cell cycle if proper synthesis does not occur

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Locations of restriction point?

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G1 phase (two hours prior to S phase)

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Checkpoints?

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G1 checkpoint,
G2 checkpoint,
Metaphase checkpoint

If growth factor signals are limiting, cells go into G0 →
Makes sure cell doesn’t grow too fast, too much, etc.

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Cdk1:Cyclin B, what is it?

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triggers G 2 → M transition

Cyclin A is synthesized in S and destroyed starting at prometaphase
Cyclins B are synthesized in S/G 2 and destroyed following the completion of chromosome attachment to the spindle

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Cdk2: Cyclin A,E

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Triggers G 1 → S transition

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Cdk4, Cdk6: Cyclin D1 –D3

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Phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma susceptibility protein (pRb) in G 1

Triggers passage of the restriction point and cyclin E synthesis in some cell types

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How do Cyclin and CDK become activated?

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have to be phosphorylated to activate it
-For the complex to be active, therefore, it must be phosphorylated on the first site, but dephosphorylated on the other two sites by the protein phosphatase cdc25

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Cdk1:Cyclin B, what does it do?

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triggers G 2 → M transition

Cyclins B are synthesized in S/G 2 and destroyed following the completion of chromosome attachment to the spindle

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Cdk2: Cyclin A,E

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Triggers G 1 → S transition

Cyclin A is synthesized in S and destroyed starting at prometaphase

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Cdk4, Cdk6: Cyclin D1 –D3

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Phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma susceptibility protein (pRb) in G 1

Triggers passage of the restriction point and cyclin E synthesis in some cell types

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Cyclin and CDK come together, how are they activated when they come together?

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-For the complex to be active, therefore, it must be phosphorylated on the first site, but dephosphorylated on the other two sites by the protein phosphatase cdc25

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what do CKI do?

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keep the balance, cells dont go to the next step prematurely

  • inhibitor binding or phosphorylation interference
  • block actions of CDK
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what happens when INK4 binds?

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twisting of the Cdk upper lobe blocks cyclin binding or interferes with ATP hydrolysis.

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When p27 or p21 binds, what happens?

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a loop insinuates into the upper lobe of the Cdk and blocks ATP binding

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what does p21 do?

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Induced by p53 tumor suppressor. Cell-cycle arrest after DNA damage. Binds PCNA and inhibits DNA synthesis. Promotes cell cycle arrest in senescence and terminal differentiation

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what does p27 do?

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Cell cycle arrest in response to growth suppressers like TGF-β and in contact inhibition and differentiation

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what does p16 do?

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Cooperates with the retinoblastoma susceptibility protein (pRb) in growth regulation. Cell-cycle arrest in senescence. Altered in a high percentage of human cancers

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RAS proteins, what do that do?
GTPases that receive signal from catalytic receptors, induct cell proliferation
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How do cells enter the S phase?
Mitogen attaches to receptor, activates MAPK, activates MYC
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what is the G1/S Transition?
E-CDK2 complexes drive pRb hyperphosphorylation Liberates E2F transcription factors from pRb control E2F can increase transcription of genes
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what does cyclin A do during s phase?
stabilizes prereplication complex
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what is the G2/M transition?
- Activation of CDK1/cyclin B at the G 2 /M boundary - CDK1/cyclin B translocate to the nucleus - Activated anaphase promoting complex (APC) destroy cdk1 freeing cyclin B for degradation
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Checkpoints, what are they?
- Cell cycle checkpoints are cellular mechanisms, which control the order and timing of cell cycle phase transitions - Checkpoints mostly activated by genotoxic stress mainly DNA damage
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G1 checkpoint:
- After DNA damage, two parallel checkpoint pathways target the activity of Cyclin/Cdk complexes - The slower pathway involves the stabilization of p53 and transcriptional upregulation of p21 which binds and inhibits the Cyclin/Cdk complexes - The faster pathway acts via the activation of Chk2 and the inactivation of Cdc25
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G2 checkpoint:
- After DNA damage induction, two ATM-dependent checkpoint pathways are activated - The checkpoint kinases, Chk1/Chk2, target Cdc25 for nuclear export leading to the accumulation of the inactive CyclinB1/Cdk1 complex - The lack of activated CyclinB1/Cdk1 interrupts the feedback loops (dotted lines), resulting in G2 arrest
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Tumors?
Space occupying lesions that may or may not be neoplasms
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Neoplasm?
relatively autonomous abnormal growth with abnormal gene regulation, 2 types: benign and malignant
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Cancer
Malignant neoplasm (can produce metastasis)
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Metastasis
Secondary growth of cancer at different - location from primary neoplasm
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How to name cancer?
1. Differentiation state (epithelial, non epithelial, etc) 2. embryonic origin 3. benign or malignant
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what are the three steps of cancer?
initiation, promotion, progression
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initiation of cancer?
- irreversible - chemicals,radiation, viruses - oncogenes can be activated - inactivation of tumor suppressor gene
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promotion of cancer?
- reversible in early stages - threshold exists - inhibition of cell death in affected cells - chromosomal changes - tumor to neoplasms - CLONAL EXPANSION, promoting gene activation
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.progression of cancer?
continuing change of unstable karyotype
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what are oncogenes
drive growth, enhanced expression leads to unregulated growth
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what are Tumor Suppressors?
- can inhibit cell division, loss of these leads to cell growth - mostly recessive - In carcinogenesis: inactivating mutations, deletions, loss of expression -p53,rb, p16I,p14ARF
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p16I, what is it?
tumor suppressor gene, inactivation of the INK4a locus on human chromosome 9p21 in human cancers
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Rb, what is it?
tumor suppressor gene, retinoblastoma if inactivated?
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Hallmarks of cancer?
- Acquire self-sufficiency of growth signals - Become insensitive to growth inhibitory signals - Evade cell death - Acquire limitless replicative potential - Angiogenesis
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tumor microenvironment? components?
tissue environment in which cancer cells exists, that include normal cells, secretory factors, and the extracellular matrix - Cellular components such as immune cells, fibroblasts, blood vessel cells , EMT cells - secretory factors - extracellular matrix: proteins + proteogycans - promotes therapy resistance + cancer growth
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Chemotherapy, what does it do?
Utilizes: alkylating agents, incalcating agent, antimetabolites cell damage
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Radiation therapy , what does it do?
- Direct deposition of energy to break DNA bonds - Hydrolysis of water to produce powerful damaging free radicals cell and DNA damage
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surgery on cancer?
just cut it out
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DNA – Immunotherapy what does it do?
receptor based treatment
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When does cell death occur?
Cell death occurs when they loss of large amounts of genetic material due to DNA damage as they divide reaching a critical level of genomic instability
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what is Necrosis? what happens?
uncontrolled form of cell death - swelling cell membrane - organelle swelling - degradation of DNA - failure of normal cell pathways - Ca2+ overload, mitochondria uncoupling, ROS production - inflammation - in all cells
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what is Apoptosis? what happens?
- Cell membrane: membrane blebbing and eventually fragmentation - Cytoplasm: Fragmentation and shrinkage - Nucleus : Chromatin condensation and degradation - Cell membrane loses its asymmetry, and phosphatidylserine becomes exposed - no inflammation - hematopoietic cells - ATM senses changes, P53, CD95 - Bax and Bak form pores on membrane, activated by Bcl2
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what is Autophagy? what happens?
- Process responsible for degrading longlived proteins and cytoplasm organelles, the products of which are recycled to generate macromolecules and ATP so as to maintain cellular homeostasis - Cell membrane: membrane blebbing - Cytoplasm: accumulation of two-membrane autophagic vacuoles - Nucleus : Partial chromatin condensation - no inflammation - all cells
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what is Mitotic Catastrophe? what happens?
- Mitotic catastrophe is defined as a type of cell death that is caused by aberrant mitosis. - Cell membrane: No change - Cytoplasm: larger cytoplasm with the formation of giant cell. - nuclear fragmentation. Premature chromosome condensation - no inflammation - all cells
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what is Senescence? what happens?
- Permanent cell cycle arrest, reproductive death - Cell membrane: No change - Cytoplasm: Flattening and increased granularity - Nucleus : Distinct heterochromatic structure - Inflammation - all cells - p53-p21 - p16-rb pathways