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One of the targets of caspases includes mediators and regulators of apoptosis. List 5.

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Caspases
Bid
DFF45/ICAD
NDUFS1
IAPs
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One of the targets of caspases includes structural proteins. List 4.

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Nuclear lamins
Catenins
Vimentin

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One of the targets of caspases includes cellular DNA repair proteins. List 3.

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DNA-PK
Rad51
ATM

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One of the targets of caspases includes cell cycle-related proteins. List 3.

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p21
Wee1
Rb

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Which enzyme cleaves DNA during apoptosis?

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CAD (cleaved from iCAD)

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What is MOMP?

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Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilisation

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What is MOMP mediated/regulated by?

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BCL-2 family members

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Extrinsic apoptosis features one of three signalling cascades. What are these?

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  1. Death receptor signalling and activation of the caspase-8 to caspase-3 cascade
  2. Death receptor signalling and activation of the caspase-8 to tBID to MOMP to caspase-9 to caspase-3 pathway
  3. Ligand deprivation-induced dependence receptor signalling followed by activation of the caspase-9 to caspase-3 cascade.
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What are 4 main targets of caspases?

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  1. Mediators/ regulators of apoptosis
  2. Structural proteins
  3. Cellular DNA repair proteins
  4. Cell cycle-related proteins
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What is intrinsic apoptosis mediated by?

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MOMP (mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilisation)

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What is MOMP?

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Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilisation

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What three things is intrinsic apoptosis associated with?

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  1. Generalised and irreversible dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential
  2. Release of mitochondrial inner membrane space proteins into the cytosol
  3. Respiratory chain inhibition
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What is intrinsic apoptosis triggered by?

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Intracellular stress conditions, including:
DNA damage
Oxidative stress
Ca++ overload
ER stress (unfolded proteins)
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What are the main biochemical features of extrinsic apoptosis by death receptors?

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Death receptor signalling
Caspase-8 (-10) activation
BID cleavage and MOMP (in type II)
Caspase-3 (-6,-7) activation

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How can extrinsic apoptosis by death receptors be inhibited?

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CmA expression
Genetic inhibition of caspases (8&3)
Z-VAD-fmk administration

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What are the main biochemical features of extrinsic apoptosis by dependence receptors?

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Dependence receptor signalling
PP2A activation 
DAPK1 activation
Caspase-9 activation 
Caspase-3 (-6,-7) activation
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How can extrinsic apoptosis by dependence receptors be inhibited?

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Genetic inhibition of caspases (9 & 3)
Genetic inhibition of PP2A
Z-VAD-fmk administration

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What are the main biochemical features of caspase-dependent intrinsic apoptosis?

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MOMP

Irreversible mitochondrial transmembrane dissipation

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How can caspase-dependent intrinsic apoptosis be inhibited?

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BCL-2 over expression

Z-VAD-fmk administration

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What are the main biochemical features of caspase-independent intrinsic apoptosis?

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Release of IMS proteins

Respiratory chain inhibition

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How can caspase-independent intrinsic apoptosis be inhibited?

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BCL-2 over expression

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What TYPE of enzyme are caspases?

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Proteolytic enzymes that play a key role in apoptotic cell death

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Give two biochemical features of necrosis

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Activation of calpains

Activation of cathepsins

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Give an example of regulated necrosis

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What can regulated necrosis (eg Necroptosis) be triggered by?
1. Alkylating DNA damage 2. Excitotoxins 3. Ligation of death receptors
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What chemical can inhibit most forms of regulated necrosis?
NECROSTATIN-1 (a chemical RIP1 kinase inhibitor)
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What is necrostatin-1?
A chemical inhibitor of RIP1 (therefore inhibits regulated necrosis)
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What are the 3 main biochemical features of Necroptosis?
1. Death receptor signalling 2. Caspase inhibition 3. RIP1 and/or RIP3 activation
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Give two main biochemical features of cornification
1. Activation of transglutaminases | 2. Caspase-14 activation
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What signals for a cell to be phagocytosed?
Flipping of phosphatidylserine from the inner to outer leaflet
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How does the PI3K/mTOR pathway affect autophagy?
Inhibits it via p70(56k)
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Give 4 biochemical features of autophagy
LC3-I to LC3-II conversion Dependency on atg gene products Beclin-1 dissociation from Bcl2/Xl p62(Lck) degradation
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Which diseases has autophagy been primarily associated with?
Neurodegenerative - evidence for the importance of autophagy in the clearance of aggregate-prone proteins, eg those causing neurodegenerative disorders
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How does inhibition of mTOR affect autophagy?
Induces it
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Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy. What is the effect of inhibiting mTOR in neurodegenerative diseases like Huntingtons? Why?
It induces autophagy which reversed protein aggregation/accumulation
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Why can mTOR realistically not be inhibited therapeutically?
SIDE EFFECTS
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As mTOR cannot be inhibited, how else may autophagy be induced in cells?
1. L-type Ca++ channel antag 2. K+ATP channel opener (MINOXIDIL) 3. Gi signalling activator (CLONIDINE)
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Name the K+ATP channel opener that can be used to treat diseases like Huntingtons through reversing protein aggregation. How does it do this?
MINOXIDIL | Induces autophagy
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Name the Gi signalling activator that induces autophagy to reverse protein aggregation in diseases like Huntingtons
CLONIDINE
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When might you want to activate cell death?
In cancer
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Which are the functional TRAIL receptors?
TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2
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How do the functional TRAIL receptors TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 induce apoptosis?
Via their DEATH DOMAINS (DDs)
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What is TRAIL?
TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
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Name some TRAIL-based therapeutics that act as pro-apoptotic agonists at: 1) the TRAIL-R1 2) the TRAIL-R1/R2
1) mapatamuab | 2) dulanermin
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Name two drugs that act to downregulate the anti-apoptotic Bcl-Xl, Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 proteins (thus releasing inhibition of Bax and Bak)
HAIF-1 | ABT-737
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Name two drugs that inhibit XIAPs such as survivin
Cisplatin | SM-164
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Name a drug that inhibits FLIP, thus releasing inhibition of Caspase 8
Quercetin
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Give an example of a drug that induces apoptosis through inhibiting kinases and down-regulating Bcl-Xl and Bcl-2
Flavopiridol
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Which family of proteins regulate the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) permeability, thus controlling the MOMP?
Bcl-2 family
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Anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 over expression may be used to treat which type of diseases?
Neurodegenerative

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