IMMS Flashcards
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what is lipofuscin?
a yello-brown pigment granule that is made up of residues from lysosomal digestion
it is thought to be a ‘wear and tear’ pigment
Cell membrane constituents
- phospholipids
- cholesterol
- membrane proteins
- carbohydrates
- if attached to lipids called glycolipids
- if attached to proteins called glycoproteins
Membrane composition by mass
- 50% proteins
- 40% lipids
- 10% carbs
Functions of the cell membrane
- anchor the cell to the ECM
- connect cells together
- regulate incoming and outgoing substances
- recognise chemical messangers
- form distinct border of cell
three types of cell junctions:
- Anchoring junctions
- Gap junctions
- Tight junctions
Three types of anchoring Junctions
Desmosomes
Hemidesmosomes
Adherens
Parts of a G protein coupled receptor
- the receptor
- alpha
- beta
- gamma
- an enzyme that makes the secondary messanger
Desmosomes: can you draw the diagram?

Tight junctions can you draw the diagram

Gap junctions - can you draw the diagram?
only small molecules and ions can pass through - not proteins

primary and secondary active transport
- primary: energy derived directly from ATP
- secondary: energy derived from coupling the transport of a substrate down its concentration gradient
3 different types of endocytosis
- Phagocytosis
- pseudopodia engulf foreign particles in a phagosome
- Pinocytosis
- Extracellular fluid is engulfed in an invagination of the membrane and fluid is taken into the cell
- Receptor mediated
- Receptor binding causes an invagination of a coated pit
- When vesicle is taken in to the cell it contains both the particle and its receptors
4 Glucose transporters
- GLUT1:
- bb barrier
- erythrocytes
- GLUT2:
- renal tubular cells
- pancreatic beta cells
- basolateral surface of intestinal epithelia
- Liver
- bidirectional to release G during gluconeogenesis and take it up durign glycolysis
- GLUT3:
- neurons
- GLUT4:
- adipose tissue
- striated muscle
Polymorphism Definition
- Frequently hereditary variations at a locus - not pathogenic
Hemizygous Definition
- When there is no allelic counterpart to a gene
- e.g. X chromosome genes in a male
What is imprinting?
- Mostly both alleles of a gene are expressed at once
- Sometimes they’re imprinted meaning that only one allele is expressed
- The expression of a gene depends on the parent who passed that gene on
- It’s a normal part of development
- prader-willi and angelman show this specific inheritance pattern because of imprinting
how to notate a translocation from band 24 of the q arm of chromosome 1 to band 12 on the q arm of chromosome 2?
t(1;2)(q24;p12)
How to notate an inversion between band 11 on the q arm of chormosome 7 and band 21 on the q arm of chromosome 7
inv(7)(q11;q21)
how to notate a duplication of a section of chromosome 11 between band 14 on the p arm and band 15 on the p arm?
dup(11)(p14;p15)
How to denote a deletion of a section of the q arm of chromosome 22 between band 11 and 12
del(22)(q11;q12)
FISH
- Fluorescence in situ hybridisation
- use fluorescent probe to hybridise with complementary sequence and visualise any rearrangements or deletions
microarrays are now used because they have better resolution
<200kb
Cell cycle very simply

Stages of Mitosis
- Prophase
- Prometaphase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
- Cytokinesis


















