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To properly establish cell fate and diversity, cells need to do what?

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properly communicate

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Cell diversity in the human body is driven by two events: ______

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cell intrinsic & cell extrinsic events

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The most common extrinsic event that drives cell diversity is _______

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cell-cell signalling

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Types of extracellular signals

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1) Constitutive signals
2) Mitogens
3) Differentiation signals
4) Apoptotic signals

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Constitutive signals do what?

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maintains the cell

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Mitogens do what?

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tell cells to divide

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Differentiation signals do what?

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tell cell to differentiate

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Apoptotic signals do what?

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tell cells to die

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Types of cell-cell communication

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1) Autocrine
2) Paracrine
3) Juxtracrine
4) Endocrine

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Autocrine signaling (def.)

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cell secrete signaling molecules that act on the cell that secretes

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Paracrine signaling (def.)

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secretion of signaling molecules into extracellular where it acts on the surrounding cells; not contact dependent

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Juxtacrine signaling (def.)

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signaling molecules enter surrounding cells through gap junctions/ membrane nanotubes without secretion into ECM; contact-dependent

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Endocrine signaling (def.)

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signaling molecules are secreted into blood plasma/ECM to act on cells far from the cell that secreted it

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Endocrine signaling is only for animals that _____

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have a vasculature

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_____ signaling encourages cells to respond coordinately

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Autocrine/Paracrine

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Most common example of endocrine signaling: ____

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hormones

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Most signaling molecules are _____ and cannot _____ so they ______

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-hydrophilic
-cross the PM
-interact with cell surface receptors

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Signaling molecules that are hydrophobic can ______ and do what? by?

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-cross the membrane
-cause changes in TF activity
-pairing with intracellular receptor

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example of hydrophobic signalling molecule receptor

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steroid hormone nuclear receptor

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Relay proteins do what?

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pass the message to the next component (protein)

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Messenger proteins do what?

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pass the message to a another part of the cell (ex. cytosol to nucleus)

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Adaptor proteins do what?

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connect one signaling protein to another without a signal

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Scaffold proteins are ____

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a type of adaptor protein that attaches multiple proteins together

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Amplifier proteins do what?

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increase the signal that they receive by producing a lot of intracellular mediators or activating a lot of downstream signaling proteins

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Transducer proteins do what?
convert the signal into a different form (ex. Phosphorylation signal is used to create cAMP that activates downstream)
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Signaling cascade is _____
multiple amplification steps
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Bifurcation proteins do what?
spread the signaling from one pathway to another
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Integrator proteins do what?
receive signals from two or more signaling pathways and integrate` them
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Latent gene regulatory proteins do what?
activated at cell surface by activated receptors then move into the nucleus to stimulate transcription
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Latent gene regulatory proteins are ____
TF that are part of the receptors
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Two receptor signals can be integrated if _____
-both are needed to activate the same protein -they activate proteins that interact to propagate downstream signals
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general pathway steps
1) ligand 2) receptor 3) effector 4) target
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NOTCH pathway ligand
DELTA
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NOTCH pathway receptor
NOTCH
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NOTCH pathway effector
NICD
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NOTCH pathway is a ______ signaling pathway
paracrine
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NOTCH pathway steps
1) Delta (attached to adjacent cell) interacts with NOTCH receptor on it EGF-like domains 2) NOTCH receptor (already cleaved at site 1 in the golgi) is cleaved at site 2 and 3 to release NICD tail 3) NICD tail acts as a messenger that goes to nucleus as TF
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NICD is a part of ______
NOTCH receptor that is cleaved when activated by DELTA
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TGF-B pathway ligand
TGF-B
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TGF-B pathway receptor
TGFBR
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TGF-B pathway effector
SMAD
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TGF-B pathway feedback mechanism
target inhibits TGF-B (ligand) & SMAD (effector)(suppress autocrine signaling)
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TGF-B pathway steps
1) TGF-B binds to type II receptor which recruits and phosphorylates type I receptor 2) type I receptor phosphorylate to open smad 2/3 protein 3) smad 2/3 oligomerizes with smad 4 4) smad 2/3 - smad 4 complex migrates to nucleus and activates transcription of target genes
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WNT pathway ligand
WNT
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WNT pathway receptor
Frizzled & LRP (co-receptor)
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WNT pathway effector
B-Catenin
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WNT pathway transducer
GSK3B/Dishevelled
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WNT pathway scaffold
axin
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WNT pathway (without Wnt signal) steps
1) LRP & Frizzled receptor don't dimerize 2) inactive dishevelled protein 3) active GSK-3B & unstable B- catenin (phosphorylated) held in complex by axin scaffold protein 3) phosphorylated B-catenin is ubiquitylated and degraded by proteasome 4)Wnt responsive genes are off
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WNT pathway (with Wnt signal) steps
1) LRP & Frizzled receptor dimerize 2) activates dishevelled protein 3) active dishevelled protein inactivates GSK-3B & stable B- catenin is unphosphorylated and removed from complex with axin scaffold protein 3) unphosphorylated B-catenin enters nucleus 4)Wnt responsive genes are on
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Hedgehog pathway ligand
hedgehog protein
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Hedgehog pathway receptor
patched
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Hedgehog pathway transducer
smoothened
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Hedgehog pathway effector
GLIA/GLIR (Ci)
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Hedgehog pathway steps (without HH signal)
1) Patched receptor represses smoothened 2) Costal adaptor protein holds Ci/GLI protein + suppressor of Fused + fused protein together 3)Ci protein is ubiquitylated and cleaved by proteasome to form GLIR (repressor) 4)Cleaved Ci + corepressor move to nucleus and repress target genes
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Hedgehog pathway steps (with HH signal)
1) Patched receptor stops repressing smoothened 2) smoothened inhibits proteolysis of GLI and releases Costal adaptor protein + Ci/GLI protein + suppressor of Fused + fused protein complex from microtubule 3)Intact Ci protein (GLIA -activator) + co activator moves into nucleus and activates transcription of target genes
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Fused and suppressor of fused do what?
modify GLI/Ci and lead to proteolytic cleavage
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GLIA is _____
the activator form of GLI/Ci
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GLIR is ______
the repressor form of GLI/Ci
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_______ (FGF) and ________ (EGF) are part of a protein family of ______
-fibroblast growth factor -epidermal growth factor -growth factors
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Growth factor receptors have these extracellular domains which help them to do what?
- cysteine-rich domain and immunoglobulin like domain -allows them to bind to growth factors
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Growth factor receptors have these intracellular domains which help them to do what?
-tyrosine kinase domain -transduce signals into the cell
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Growth factor (GF) signaling pathway ligand
FGF/EGF etc.
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GF signaling pathway receptor
receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)
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GF signaling pathway: RTK signals ______
AKT & MAPK which signals other TFs
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GF-RTK signalling pathway steps (MAPK)
1) ligand bind leads to clustering of receptors and autophosphorylation of receptor tyrosine kinase domain 2) Grb-2 adaptor protein binds to phos. domain which then binds to Ras-GEF 3) Ras-GEF turns Ras-GDP to Ras-GTP 4) Ras-GTP activates MAP KKK that activates MAP KK --> MAP K with ATP 5) MAP K activates other proteins
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In GF pathway, RAS proteins acts as ______ to multiple signaling pathways
relays and transducers (GTP to phosphorylation)
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nuclear hormone (steroid hormone) receptor signaling TF is _____
the steroid hormone + steroid hormone receptor
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nuclear hormone receptor signaling: hormone-receptor complex does what in its early primary response?
-activates primary response genes in the nucleus
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nuclear hormone receptor signaling: hormone-receptor complex does what in its delayed secondary response?
-primary response protein shuts off primary response genes and turn on secondary response genes to make secondary-response proteins
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steroid hormones can ______ without ______
-cross the PM -extracellular receptor
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nuclear receptor superfamily have these domains: _____
-transcription-activating domain -DNA-binding domain -ligand-binding domain
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DNA that binds nuclear receptor superfamily has this domain: _____
receptor-binding element near the target genes
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6 types of nuclear receptor superfamily
1) cortisol receptor 2) estrogen receptor 3) progesterone receptor 4) vitamin D receptor 5) thyroid hormone receptor 5) retinoic acid receptor
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Cell diversity in human body needs the production of diverse set of cells when?
-during early development and also during adult form for wound healing, hematopoiesis
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hematopoiesis (def.)
blood cell production (all types of blood cell)
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Neurogenesis (def.)
the process by which new neurons are formed in the brain
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Neurogenesis involves _____ (general)
the inactivation of proliferative genes and activation of neurogenic genes
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proliferative genes do what?
encourage the making of more precursor cells
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TFs involved in neurogenesis
-Neurogenin 2 -Bcl6 -Sirt1
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Neurogenin 2 is what?
An activating HLH (helix loop helix) transcription factor that promotes neurogenesis
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Bcl6 is what?
A Zinc-finger transcriptional repressor
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Sirt1is what?
A protein involved in epigenetic repression of ‘active’ chromatin
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Actions of TFs in Neurogenesis
-Sirt1and Bcl6 turn off proliferative genes -Neurogenin 2 turn on neurogenic genes
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adipokines (def.)
signalling molecules secreted by adipocytes
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preadipocytes are made from ______
mesenchymal stem cells and the absence of Wnt signals
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adipogenic stimuli does what to preadipocytes?
-inhibit pre-adipocyte genes -inhibit Wnt & B-catenin which normally inhibit further adipocyte differentiation -activates adipocyte genes
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how adipocyte genes are activated?
-adipogenic stimuli activates C/EBPδ/β which activates C/EBPδ/a & PPARγ which activate adipocyte genes
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PPARγ is ______ with ______ as activating cofactor. It is highly expressed in _______.
-nuclear receptor -fatty acids -adipose tissues
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“Master regulator” of adipogenesis
PPARγ
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C/EBPδ/β is _______
-bZip protein
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Function of C/EBP proteins
-integrate proliferation and differentiation genes

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