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Cell cycle phases are regulated by what?

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cyclins, CDKs, tumor suppressors

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how do CDKs regulate cell cycle?

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cyclin dependent kinases that are constitutive and inactive

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how do cyclins regulate cell cycle?

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regulatory proteins that control cell cycle events;
phase specific;
activate CDKs

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what must be both activated and inactivated for cell cycle to progress?

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cyclin-CDK complexes

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What are primary tumor suppressors and where is there primary action?

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p53 and hypophosphorylated Rb normally inhibit G1 to S progression

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what are the 3 different types of cell types? define where each is prevented in cell cycle

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permanent: G0 and regenerate stem cells;
stable: enter G1 & G0 when stimulated;
labile: never go G0 & divide rapidly w/ short G1

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what are the permanent cells?

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neurons, skeletal, cardiac muscle, RBCs

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what are the stable cells?

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hepatocytes, lymphocytes

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what are the labile cells?

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bone marrow, gut epithelium, skin, hair follicle, germ cells

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what is important of rough ER?

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site of synthesis of secretory (exported) proteins and N-linked oligosaccharide addition to many proteins

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What are the rER in neurons? what is their role?

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Nissl bodies synthesize enzymes ChAT makes ACh and peptide neurotransmitters

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what is the importance for free ribosomes?

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unattaches to any membrane; site of synthesis of cytosolic and organellar proteins

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what specific cells are rich in rER?

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mucus-secreting goblet cells of small intestine and Ab secreting plasma cells

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What is important for smooth ER?

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site of steroid synthesis and detox of drugs and poisons

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what cells are rich in smooth ER?

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liver hepatocytes and steroid hormone-producing cells of adrenal cortex are rich in sER

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importance of Golgi

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distribution center for proteins and lipids from ER to vesicle and plasma membrane;
modifies N-oligosaccharide on asparagine;
adds O-sugar on serine and threonine;
adds mannose-6-phosphate to proteins for trafficking to lysosomes

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What are endosomes used for?

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sorting material from outside cell or from Golgi to send it back to lysosomes for destruction or Golgi/membrane for use

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What is I cell disease?

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inherited lysosomal storage disease;
failure of addition of mannose-6-phosphate to lysosome proteins=> enzymes secreted outside cell instead of targeted to lysosome

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How will I cell disease present?

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often fatal in childhood
coarse facial features;
clouded corneas;
restricted joint movement;
high plasma levels of lysosomal enzymes
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What are the vesicular trafficking proteins? and their actions

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COP I: Golgi->Golgi (retrograde); Golgi->ER

COP II: Golgi->Golgi (anterograde); ER->Golgi

Clathrin: trans-Golgi->lysosomes;
plasma membrane->endosomes (receptor mediated endocytosis)

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what is peroxisome

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membrane-enclosed organelle involved in catabolism of very long fatty acids and amino acids

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what is proteasome

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barrell shaped protein complex that degrades damaged or unnecessary proteins tagged for destruction w/ ubiquitin

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what are the drugs that act on microtubules?

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Mebendazole/thiabendazole=> antihelminthic;
Griseofulvin=> antifungal
vincristine/vinblastine => anti-cancer
paclitaxel=> anti-breast cancer
colchicine=> anti-gout
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what is the structure of microtubules?

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cylindrical structure composed of a helical array of polymerized dimers of alpha and Beta tubulin

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What binds the dimers of microtubule?
2 GTP bound
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Where are microtubles associated with?
flagella, cilia, mitotic spindles; | involved in slow axoplasmic transport in neurons
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what are the molecular motor proteins of the cell? and how they moved
dynein=> retrograde to microtubule from (+) -> (-) kinesin=> anterograde to microtubule (-) -> (+)
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What causes Chediak Higashi syndrome?
mutation in lysosomal trafficking regulator gene (LYST) that is required for Mt dependent sorting of endosomal proteins into late multivesicular endosomes
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what is the result of a mutation in lysosomal trafficking regulator gene?
recurrent pyoenic infections; partial albinism; peripheral neuropathy
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How is a cilia arranged?
9+2 arrangement of Mt
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for cilia to to bend, what must be present?
axonemal dynein=> ATPase links peripheral 9 doublets and causes bending of cilium by differential sliding of doublets
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What causes Kartagener's syndrome?
immotile cilia due to dynein arm defect
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what are the results of kartagener's syndrome
male infertility (immotile sperm) and decrease in female fertility; bronchiectasis; recurrent sinusitis (bacteria, particles not pushed out); assoc w/ situs inversus
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What are actin and myosin found in cytoskeleton?
microvilli, muscle contraction, cytokinesis, adherens junctions
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What are microtubules used for?
movement; | cilia, flagella, mitotic spindle, axonal trafficking, centrioles
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What are intermediate filaments used for?
structure; vimentin, desmin, cytokeratin, lamins, glial fibrillary acid proteins, neurofilaments
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What is the composition of the plasma membrane?
asymmetric lipid bilayer; | contains cholesterol, phospholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids, proteins
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Give stain and what cell type for different intermediate filaments
``` vimentin=> connective tissue; desmin=> muscle; cytokeratin=>epithelial cells; GFAP=> neuroglia; neurofilaments=> neurons ```
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where are Na/K ATPase located?
cytosolic side
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How does ouabain work?
inhibits by binding to K+ site
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what types of drugs inhibit Na/K ATPase?
cardiac glycosides => digoxin and digitoxin
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How do cardiac glycosides (digoxin and digitoxin) help the heart?
inhibit Na/K ATPase leading to direct inhibition of Na/Ca exchange to increase intracellular Ca causing increase in cardiac contractility
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what is significant about collagen use in the body?
organizes and strengthens ECM => extensively modified by post-translational modification
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What is the most common type of collagen?
Collagen I: bone, skin, tendon => dentin, fascia, cornea, late wound repair
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defect in type I collagen results in what disease
osteogenesis imperfecta
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where is type II collagen found?
cartilage (including hyaline), vitreous body, nucleus pulposus
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Where is type III collagen found?
reticulin=> skin, blood vessels, uterus, fetal tissue, granulation tissue
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defect in type III collagen causes what?
Ehlers-Danlos
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what does type IV collagen make up?
basement membrane or basal lamina
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defect in type IV collagen causes what?
Alport syndrome
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What are the steps to collagen synthesis both inside and outside the fibroblasts?
``` inside: synthesis (RER); hydroxylation (ER); Glycosylation (ER); exocytosis; ``` outside: proteolytic processing; cross-linking
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inside the fibroblasts, what occurs in first step of collagen synthesis?
Synthesis: translation of collagen alpha chains (preprocollagen)-usually Gly-X-Y => X & Y are proline or lysine
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what occurs in step 2 of collagen synthesis?
hydroxylation: | hydroxylation of specific proline and lysine residues => requires vitamin C
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what is the deficiency that leads to scurvy?
vitamin C
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what is the 3rd step of collagen synthesis?
*Glycosylation* of pro-alpha chain hydroxylysine residues & formation of procollagen via H+ and disulfide bonds => triple helix of 3 collagen alpha chains
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If problems forming the triple helix occur in glycosylation, what disease is associated?
osteogenesis imperfecta
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what is the 4th step of collagen synthesis?
Exocytosis of procollagen into extracellular space
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outside of the cell, what is the 5th step of collagen synthesis?
proteolytic processing: | cleavage of disulfide rich terminal regions of procollagen, transforming it into insoluble tropocollagen
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what is the last step of collagen synthesis?
cross-linking: reinforcement of many staggered tropocollagen molecules by covalent lysine-hydroxylysine cross-linkage (Cu contains lysyl oxidase) to make collagen fibrils
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What disease is associated with problems in cross-linking?
Ehlers-Danlos
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genetic bone disorder (brittle bone disease) caused by variety of gene defects?
osteogenesis imperfecta=> autosomal dominant w/ abnormal type I collagen
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What does the most common form of osteogenesis imperfecta cause?
- multiple Fx w/ minimal trauma; may be in birth - blue sclerae due to translucency of connectiv tissue over choroidal veins - hearing loss (abnormal middle ear bones) - dental imperfections due to lack of dentin
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define ehlers-danlos syndrome
faulty collagen synthesis causing hyperextensible skin, tendency to bleed (easy bruising); hypermobile joints
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There are 6 types of ehlers danlos syndrome. what are they typically associated with?
autosomal dominant or recessive joint dislocation; berry aneurysms; organ rupture
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in severe, classic Ehlers-Danlos, what type of collagen is affected?
Type I or Type V collagen
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What type of collagen is associated w/ Alport syndrome?
XLR=> due to a variety of gene defects resulting in abnormal type IV collagen
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what is alport syndrome characterized?
progressive hereditary nephritis and deafness; | ocular disturbances
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Type IV collagen is important structurally in what areas?
basement membrane of kidney, ears, and eyes
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where is elastin typically found?
stretchy protein w/in skin, lungs, large arteries, elastic ligaments, vocal cords, ligamenta flava
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What is the ligamenta flava?
connects vertebrae => relaxes & stretched conformations
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What are amino acids found in elastin?
nonhydroxylated forms that are rich in proline and glycine
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what is the role in tropoelastin?
fibrillin scaffolding
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What gives elastin its elastic properties?
cross-linking extracellularly
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What breaks down elastin? what inhibits this breakdown?
elastase; | inhibited by alpha-1-antitrypsin
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what is a defect in fibrillin lead to?
Marfan's syndrome
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What does an alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency cause? what is it a result of?
emphysema => results in excess elastase activity
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What are wrinkles of aging due to?
reduced collagen and elastin production

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