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Chapter 5: Chemical Messengers Flashcards

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Type of muscles that use direct communication through gap junctions

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Cardiac & Smooth

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Most common type of communication between secretory and target cells

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Chemical messenger

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Functional class of chemical messengers that are molecules locally produced and released

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Cytokines

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Functional class of chemical messengers that may act as a hormone, NT, or both

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Neurohormones

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Component of the Cytokine functional class of chemical messengers that contain growth and clotting factors

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Paracrine

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specific form of cell-cell communication in which a secretory cell produces a signal to induce changes in nearby/target cells, altering the behavior or differentiation of those cells

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Paracrines

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type of chemical messenger that transmits signals across a chemical synapse, such as a neuromuscular junction, from one neuron (presynaptic) to another “target” neuron (postsynaptic), muscle cell, or gland cell.

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Neurotransmitters (NT)

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chemical messengers that are secreted directly into the blood, which carries them to organs and tissues of the body to exert their functions

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Hormones

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What chemical property allows Testosterone and Prostaglandins to bind to receptors inside the cell?

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Lipophilic

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molecule that binds to a receptor

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ligand

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Paracrine ligands move by?

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Diffusion

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Hormone ligands move by?

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Blood transport

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How do hydrophilic messengers work?

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  1. Endocrine cell secretes messenger by exocytosis
  2. Messengers dissolve into the blood vessel quickly
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How do hydrophobic messengers operate?

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  1. Endocrine Cell secretes by diffusion
  2. Binds to carrier proteins in the blood
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time for a chemical to decrease concentration in half

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messenger half-life

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type of messengers that have a relative short life & example

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dissolved in plasma

Insulin <10 min

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type of messengers that have a relative long half-life & example

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bound to plasma protein

Cortisol 1/2 life = 90 min

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Process of producing response in target cell

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Signal Transduction

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Signal Transduction steps? (2)

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  1. Messenger binds to receptor
  2. Binding results in a response
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4 Components of Signal Transduction

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  1. Specificity
  2. Brief & reversible binding
  3. Affinity- strength of binding
  4. Location
    1. Lipophobic ligands- cell membrane
    2. Lipophilic ligands- within cell
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Strength of a target response depends on (3)

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  1. Concentration of messenger (ligand)
  2. # of receptors/target cell
  3. Receptor affinity for messenger
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Process by which the receptor number decreases on the target

May result from?

Effect on messenger?

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Down-regulation

May result from excess messenger

Sensitivity to messenger decreases & Tolerance to messenger develops

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Process by which the receptor number increases on the target cell

May result from?

Effects?

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Up-regulation

May result from too little messenger

Sensitivity to messenger increases

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chemical which binds to the receptor and mimics the normal response

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chemical which binds to the receptor but does *not* result in a response; competes w/ the normal ligand and creates an opposite response
antagonist
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2 mechanisms of signal transduction
Intracellular-mediated responses Membrane-bound receptor-mediated responses
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Name the 3 types of Membrane-bound receptor-mediated responses
Channel-linked receptor Enzyme-linked receptor G protein-linked receptor
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Intracellular-mediated responses occur everywhere except?
Thyroid
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5 Steps of Intracellular-Mediated Response of Signal Transduction
1. Lipophillic messenger diffuses into cell 2. Messenger enters nucleus and binds to a nuclear receptor 1. Messenger binds to cytoplasmic receptor and enters nucleus 3. Becomes a Hormone-receptor complex and attaches to DNA as Hormone Response Element (HRE) 4. Produces mRNA 5. Exits the nucleus to create ribosomes 6. Final products are proteins
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2 ways membrane-bound receptors respond to the target?
Movement of Ions Phosphorylation of enzymes
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Type of membrane-bound receptor-mediated response involving fast-ligand gated channels
Channel-Linked Receptors
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When calcium enters the cell through an open channel, what occurs when it activates Calmodulin?
It activates a 2nd messenger Ca-Calmodulin --\> activates enzymes --\> Protein Kinase --\> protein-P --\> creates a response in the cell such as muscle contraction, altered metabolism/transport
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How does an enzyme-linked receptor, such as Insulin, create a response in a cell?
1. Messenger binds to an inactive Tyrosine kinase receptor 2. Activating the tyrosine kinase receptor 3. Addition of ATP to protein-Tyr --\> protein-Tyr-P +ADP 4. Creates a response in the cell such as alter metabolism/regulate protein synthesis
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Type of membrane-bound receptor-mediated protein that involves slow ligand-gated channels
G protein-linked receptors
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How does a G protein-linked receptor change electrical properties of a cell?
1. Messenger binds to a receptor containing G protein (alpha+GDP,beta,gamma) 2. GTP replaces GDP on alpha subunit 3. alpha subunit+GTP separate from receptor & bind to slow- ligand-gated channel to allow ions to move in & out of cell 4. Produces a change in electrical properties of the cell
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What do G protein-linked receptors chemically activate?
Second Messengers
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What is another name for a Second Messenger and how does it function?
Intracellular Messenger ## Footnote 1st messenger is triggered --\> activates the G protein --\> activates amplifier enzyme--\> activates 2nd messenger production
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How do 2nd Messenger Systems, cAMP, function?
1. Messenger binds to a receptor containing G protein (alpha+GDP,beta,gamma) 2. GTP replaces GDP on alpha subunit 3. alpha subunit+GTP separate from receptor & bind to Adenylate Cyclase 4. ATP replaces cAMP to activate PKA 5. Protein+ATP replaces Protein+P+ADP 6. Produces a response in the cell
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What systems are responsible for long-distance communication?
Neural & Endocrine Systems
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An endocrine target cell secretes ________ that enters the blood and spans a distance to the target
An endocrine target cell secretes **hormone** that enters the blood and spans a distance to the target
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Type of cell that transmits signals
nerve cells
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What is the difference between signal transmission via axons and via synapse?
Axons transmit signals within a neuron Synapse provides a space for signal transmission between cells
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signals of axon?
action potential

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