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Lecture 15. Conservation of signaling pathways between organisms Flashcards

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What is juxtacrine signaling ?

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Signalling by plasma membrane attached proteins. Signalling cell is adjacent to target cell

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What is an example of juxtacrine signaling ?

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Notch signalling pathway

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What is the function of the Notch signaling pathway ?

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Regulates cellular identity, proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis in animals by developmental processes such as lateral inhibition

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What happens in the process of lateral inhibition ?

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Adjacent and developmentally equivalent cells assume completely different fates

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What must happen for the activation of the notch signaling pathway to occur ?

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The ligand (Delta type) and the receptor (notch) must be be located in membranes of adjacent cells

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What does the notch signaling pathway involve ?

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Ligand induced protein cleavage

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What are the key players in the basic operation of the notch pathway ?

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  1. Delta type ligand
  2. Receptor notch
  3. Proteases
  4. CSL transcription factor
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What is the receptor family in the notch pathway ?

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Notch/lin-12/glp-1

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What is the ligand in the notch pathway ?

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Delta, serrate, delta like, jagged

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What are the processing proteases in the notch pathway ?

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Furins, ADAMs and secretases

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What are the downstream effectors in the notch pathway ?

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CBF2, Su(hairless), Lag 1

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What is the notch protein synthesised as ?

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A monomeric membrane protein in the endoplasmic reticulum

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What happens to the notch protein once it is synthesised ?

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Transferred to the golgi

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What happens once the notch protein is in the golgi ?

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Undergoes proteolytic cleavage by a furin protease (S1 cleavage) to generate an extracellular subunit and a transmembrane cytosolic cleavage

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What do the two subunits of the notch receptor do ?

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Remain non-covalently associated with each other in the absence of interaction with delta like ligand residing on an adjacent cell

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Once the notch receptor undergoes proteolytic processing in the the golgi what happens ?

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Transported to cell surface membrane

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What binds with the notch ligands expressed by adjacent sending cell ?

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The extracellular domain of the notch receptor in the signaling receiving cell

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What induces the second proteolytic step ?

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Binding of the receiving cell to the sending cell

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What is the second proteolytic step ?

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S2 cleavage by ADAM metalloproteases

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What does S2 cleavage by ADAM metalloproteases lead to ?

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The endocytosis of the notch extracellular domain into the ligand expressing cell

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What happens after S2 cleavage step ?

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S3-S4 cleavage by gamma-secretases protease to release the notch intracellular domain as a soluble protein into the cytosol

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Where does the resulting active Notch ICD soluble protein translocate to ?

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The nucleus and interacts with the CSL protein

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What happens in the absence of notch-ICD ?

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The CSL is bound to co-repressor which actively represses the transcription of notch target genes

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What does binding of notch-ICD with CSL displace ?

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The co-repressor

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What does displacing the co-repressor result in ?
The formation of an active complex with MAML and other co-activators and leads to the transcription of notch target genes
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What are some examples of notch target genes ?
HES, cyclin D1 and c-MYC
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What happens once target genes have been expressed ?
Notch-ICD is downregulated
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What targets Notch-ICD to a proteasome ?
An E3 ubiquitin ligase attaches multiple ubiquitin molecules to notch-ICD
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What is a proteasome ?
A large multifunctional protease complex in the cytosol that degrades intracellular proteins marked for destruction by ubiquitin
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Where is de-regulated notch signalling found ?
in T-cell leukaemia, breast cancer, prostrate cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer as well as CNS malignancies
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What are two major classes of notch-inhibitors which may be an emerging target for cancer treatment ?
1. Y-secretase inhibitors | 2. Monoclonal antibodies
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What do pathways such as nutrient and energy sensing pathways in multicellular eukaryotes converge on ?
TOR
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What is TOR ?
A large protein kinase
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What does Tor kinase do ?
Regulates several cellular processes in response to nutritional status and signals from cell surface receptors
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What can translation initiation factors and ribosomal proteins be regulated by ?
Modification such as phosphorylation
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What are the two distinct mTOR containing complexes in mammalian cells ?
1. mTORC1 | 2. mTORC2
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In addition to mTOR kinase what are the core components for mTORC1 ?
1. Raptor | 2. mLST8
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What controls protein synthesis in nutrient and energy saving pathways ?
Active mTORC1
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How does active mTORC1 control protein synthesis ?
By phosphorylating kinase S6K1/2 and 4E-BP1
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What do kinase S6K1/2 and 4E-BP1 do ?
Regulate translation
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What do kinase S6K1/2 and 4E-BP1 lead to ?
An increase in protein synthesis
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What is the function of S6K1/2 ?
Phosphorylates ribosomal proteins leading to an increase in the rate of protein synthesis
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What is the function of 4E-BP1 ?
Inhibits interaction of a key translation initiation factor with mRNA so inhibits protein synthesis. When phosphorylated by mTORC1, 4E-BP1 releases the initiation factor thus stimulation translation initiation
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What is mTOR activity regulated by ?
G-protein RHEB
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What is Rheb activity controlled ?
TSC1/TCS2
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What does TSC1/TSC2 do ?
A Rheb GTPase activating protein which causes hydrolysis of bound GTP to GDP, thereby inactivatinf mTOR
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What happens to TCS2 in response to insulin ?
AKT inhibits TSC2 through phosphorylation, allowing Rheb-GTP to accumulate and activate mTORC1
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How does AMPK effect mTORC1 ?
Inhibits it through activation of TSC2 and inhibition of Raptor through phosphorylation of key serine residue
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What are intracellular amino acids sensed by ?
mTORC1 through an undefined pathway affecting Rag GTPase
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What is at the heart of life ?
Coupling the availability of nutrients and energy with growth factors to drive cell proliferation
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What are crucial components regulating the perception and the responses to nutrients and energy levels ?
mTOR and AMPK/SnF1
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What sort of relationship exists between the mTOR and AMPK pathway ?
An antagonistic
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What are AMPKs activated by ?
A decrease in energy levels sensed by an increase in the AMP/ATP ratio for AMPK or by nutrient starvation
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What is TOR kinase globally activated by ?
Favourable and nutrient replete conditions
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What can be found in plants ?
TORC1 complex
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What did TOR silencing lead to ?
Yellowing of leaves linked to chlorophyll breakdown and premature senescence
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What is SnRK1 ?
A AMPK ortholog found in plants
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What is SnRK1 implicated in ?
The regulation of development, growth and defence
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What is SnRK1 a central integrator of ?
Stress and energy modulating the expression of more than 1000 genes through the phosphorylation of various transcription factors
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What can SnRK1 phosphorylate ?
An inhibitory conserved serine residue in the raptor protein allowing direct control of TORC1 activity
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What represents an important regulatory pathway connecting nutrient sensing to the cell growth machinery ?
The functional conservation of AMPK/SNF1/SnRK1 and TOR in eukaryotes together with inhibitory phosphorylation in raptor
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What interconnects and control plant growth ?
Sugar signaling pathways
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What is an important factor in regulating plant growth ?
The cellular metabolic status
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What activates SnRK1 and what does it result in ?
1. Nutrient stress | 2. Inhibition of growth
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What is plant SnRK1 regulated by ?
Sugar phosphates
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What is SnRK1 activity repressed by ?
Glucose 6-phosphate and trelahose-6-phosphate
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What happens under a high metabolic status ?
Trelahose-6-phosphate and glucose-6-phosphate inhibit SnRK1 and the active TOR kinase then stimulates translation and growth

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