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Chapter 9, Cell Communication Flashcards

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Cell signaling involves both

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incoming and outgoing signals

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A signal is…

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an agent that can influence the properties of cells

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Signals are recognized by

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receptors

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Receptors cause…

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a cellular response (shape/activity altered due to binding of signal)

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5 basic types of singaling

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  • Direct Intercellular Signaling
  • Contact-dependent Signaling
  • Autocrine Signaling
  • Paracrine Signaling
  • Endocrine Signaling
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Direct intercellular signaling

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  • cell junctions may allow signals to pass directly between cells
  • gap junctions are an example
  • proteins and protein channels involved
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Contact dependent signaling

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  • one cell has membrane-bound signal recognized by a receptor to another cell
  • only way is to come in contact with each other
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Autocrine Signaling

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  • cell secretes signal/chemical that bind to receptors on their OWN SURFACE and also surfaces of NEIGHBORING CELLS and the SAME TIME, stimulating BOTH

***only affects neighboring cells of the SAME TYPE

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Paracrine Signaling

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  • Cell secretes signal that binds to receptors and influences JUST target cells in CLOSE PROXIMITY
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Endocrine Signaling

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  • Cell secretes a hormone into bloodstream that affects cells FAR AWAY from source of signal
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3 step cellular response to signals

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1 - receptor activation (binds and becomes activated)
2 - signal transduction (conversion) (signal converted to internal signal, need to convert to something cell can understand)
3 - cellular response (only then can cell respond)

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1 - Receptor Activation

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the signaling molecule binds to receptor causing CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE in the receptor which activates its function

ligands that bind are non-covalent and temporary

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2 - Signal Transduction

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  • most signals are hydrophilic and can not enter cells through membrane
  • so initial signal is transduced/converted to 2nd signal inside the cell
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3 - Cellular response (3)

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  • many activate enzymes inside the cell
  • some alter function of structural proteins in the cell
  • some affect function of transcription factors, proteins that bind to and regulate activity of genes directly
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There are ___ different types of receptors for step one (receptor activation

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five

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(#1, receptor activation) ligands are..

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signals that bind non-covalently and temporarily to receptors

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(#1, receptor activation) the binding of the ligand…

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changes the receptor and activiates its ability to initiate the cellular responce

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(#1, receptor activation) Binding is..

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temporary and reversable

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(#1, receptor activation) when ligand is released…

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the receptor is no longer activated

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(#1, receptor activation) cell surface receptors are necessary because..

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most signals are hydrophilic or large molecules that will not diffuse through plasma membrane

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(#1, receptor activation) many cells need…

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surface (membrane bound) receptors to bind signals

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There are ___ different types of receptors

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five

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Five types are…(A-E)

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  • (A) enzyme linked receptors
  • (B) G protein-coupled receptors
  • (C) Ligand-gated ion channels
  • (D) Intracellular Receptors
  • (E) Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
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(A) Enzyme linked receptors have receptor in…

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extracellular matrix where the signal binds

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(A) Signal can be…

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hormone, ligand, signal, all the same

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(A) When the extracellular domain is bound…

Intracellular domain has a ____ function

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the intracellular domain is activated

Has catalytic function

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(A) Most enzyme linked receptors have a…

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protein kinase function in intracellular domain

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(A) This protein kinase function means…

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leads to phosphorylation of other proteins (removes phosphate from ATP and attaches it to protein)

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(A) The phosphorylated protein is then

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ACTIVATED to cause a CELLULAR RESPONCE

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(B) The G Protein-coupled receptors have G proteins which are named for…

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ability to bind to GTP as a substrate

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(B) The G Protein-coupled receptors typically have….

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7 transmembrane segments which embed them in the plasma membrane

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(B) G proteins have…

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two subunits, alpha and beta/gamma subunit

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(B) When bound by signal…

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the receptors intracellular domain contacts and causes G protein to release GDP and bind to GTP

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(B) When bound to GTP

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the alpha subunit dissociates from the beta/gamma subunit

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(B) After alpha subunit dissociates..

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the alpha subunit is then activated and free to initiate cellular responce

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(B) When the original signal dissociates…

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process is reversed - alpha subunit splits GTP to GDP, which allows alpha to re-bind to beta/gamma, which inactivates G protein and ends cellular responce

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(C) Ligan gated ion channels is when…

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signal (ligand) binds to receptor, it changes CONFORMATION and open channel for ions to flow

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(C) example of ligand gated ion channel is

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facilitated diffusion, flow down concentration

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(D) intracellular receptors are…

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steroid (hormones), therefore lipids meaning they can pass through the plasma membrane and go right to nucleus

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(D) The receptors are…

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intracellular and bind the signal to cause CONFORMATIONAL change in receptor, which ACTIVATES IT

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(D) The active signal/receptor complex is found in…and…

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nucleus, binds specific genes (acting as transcription factors) to activate them

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(D) cellular response of intracellular receptors are

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protein production

43
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(E) Epidermal Growth Factors is…

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a hormone that activates a receptor tyrosine kinase

44
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(E) EGF is a hormone which…(cell response)

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stimulates cell division in the body

45
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(E) EGF hormone is…

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secreted by endocrine cells into the blood and carried throughout the body

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(E) First part of receptor tyrosine kinases is…

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2 epidermal growth factors EACH bind a receptor (there are always 2 receptors), which when they phosphorylate the tyrosine on each other

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(E) The now activated receptor…

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activates Grb, which then binds and activates Sos

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(E) activating Sos causes…

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Ras to release GDP and bind to GTP, which activates Ras

49
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(E) Ras is…

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the first kinase in an enzyme/protein kinase cascade

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(E) Ras…

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binds to and phosphorylates Raf, which then binds and phosphorylates Mek, which then binds and Phospohorylates Erk

Ras –> Raf –> Mek –> Erk

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(E) Erk then…

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enters the nucleus and phosphorylates transcription facts like Myc and Fos

52
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(E) Myc and Fos are just

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transcription facts in activated forms which lead to produce proteins that stimulate cellular division

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Since most signal cant physically enter the cell…

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they depend on a second messenger to carry on signal and produce cellular response

54
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Seconds messengers typically…

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produce quick and short cellular responses

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________ is original messenger, then once inside the cell it needs a second messenger

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ligand

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In Signal Transduction, when G protein receptors activate G proteins…

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alpha subunits are freed up, which activate a variety of other proteins

57
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One common enzyme activated by alpha subunit is…

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Adenylyl Cyclase

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Adenylyl Cyclase is a…

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membrane-bound enzyme attached to the INTERIOR of plasma membrane

59
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The function of Adenylyl Cyclase is to…

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remove pyrophosphate (2 phosphates) from ATP producing cyclic AMP (cAMP)

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cAMP is…

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a common second messenger

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One common effect of cAMP is to…

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activate protein kinase A (PKA)

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PKA has..

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two catalytic subunits (REGULATORY AND CATALYTIC) which phosphorylate and activate other proteins

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cAMP binds…which then…

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the regulatory subunits of PKA which frees them from the catalytic subunits, which then free catalytic subunits to activate

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Active PKA uses PO4 groups from ATP to…

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phosphorylate and activate other proteins, causing cellular responce

65
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Second messengers have…

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short durations

66
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How does cAMP get separated from PKA

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Phosphodiesterase hydrolyzes (break down using water) cAMP to AMP, removing it from regulatory subunits of PKA

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The regulatory subunits then…

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rebind the catalytic subunits of PKA, inactivating them

68
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G proteins can also…

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activate enzymes other than adenylyl cyclase

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(G proteins can activate other enzymes other than adenylyl cyclase) When another different signal is bound to G protein-coupled receptor…

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activated G protein alpha subunit activates phospholipase C

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The Phospholipase C…

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cleaves phosphatidyl-inositol releasing Diacyglycerol (DAG) and Inositol Phosphate (IP3), BOTH ARE SECOND MESSENGERS

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IP3 will…

And the result is…

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bind to ligand-gated Ca2+ channel in the ER membrane, opening the channel

Ca+ has been actively transported into Er, when the channel opens, Ca+ flows out, which is A SIGNAL, telling cell to do something

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Ca2+ is…

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a second messenger

73
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Ca2+ along with __________…

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Diacylglycerol (DAG) it binds and activates protein kinase C

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PKC …

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phosphorylates other proteins

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Ca2+ by itself…

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can also bind and activate the protein Calmodulin, which in turn alters the function of still other cellular proteins

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Advantages to second messengers (3)…

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  • AMPLIFY signal so that each successive step in pathway produces more and more messengers
  • generally small and hydrophobic
  • this allows them to rapidly diffuse throughout the cell to produce a QUICK RESPONSE
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Hormones are…

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chemicals secreted in minute quantities into the bloodstream which have effects in DISTANT parts of body

78
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Hormones can produce

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a diverse set of responses throughout the body

79
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Hormones can either be…

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  • steroid and enter directly through the membrane
  • proteins and bind receptors to product second messengers
80
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Divergent effects because #1

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  • only cells with receptors for that hormone can respond to hormone
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Divergent effects because #2

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  • different receptors may recognize the same hormone, and different receptors produce different effects in cells
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Divergent effects because #3

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different receptors have different affinities/sensitivites for a hormone, so depending on CONCENTRATION, some will respond and others will not

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Divergent effects because #4

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  • different cells have different transduction pathways, so they respond differently
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Divergent effects because #5

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different cell types may not express certain proteins, even if they are stimulated

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Example of #5 reason is…

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glycogen breakdown will not accur under influence of epiniphrine/adrenaline is the enzyme (glycogen phosphorylase) is not expressed in particular cell

86
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Apoptosis is

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cellular death

87
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Death of some cells during development…

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is normal and helps form the organs of the body

88
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BMP4 is

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a signal that causes cells to undergo apoptosis and die

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Gremlin is

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a signal that inhibits the function of BMP4 and allows cells to survive

90
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Duck originally has BMP4 that is released to tell the webbed cells to die but…

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Gremlin is released after to stop cells from dying

91
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Other cells experiencing extensive damage…

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are programmed to die rather than damage other cells and the life of the whole organism

92
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Intrinsic pathways are

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patways that begin and end inside cell

93
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Extrinsic pathways are

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pathways that begin on outer and end inner

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Both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways

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lead to apoptosis

95
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Internal cell damage..

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such as massive damage to DNA can produce internal signals leading to apoptosis

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Surface proteins on Mitochondria..

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play key role in this Intrinsic pathway leading to apoptosis

97
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Death Receptors are an example of…

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EXTRINSIC pathways in cell membrane leading to apoptosis in cell

98
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These death receptors, when bound by a signal…

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initiate a cellular response leading to programmed cell death

99
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Virus example of

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EXTRINSIC pathway

100
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Virus apoptosis example is when…

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cell infected with virus may be signaled to die, thereby removing the virus from organism rather than allowing infection to spread

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