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What is the role of receptors?

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To provide a communication system between cells, tissues and organs - essential in a complex organism

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What is the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?

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Parasympathetic - normal body function, cranial region

Sympathetic - fight or flight, spinal region

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Describe the structure of a typical nerve cell

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What’s the gap between neutrons and target cells?

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100Å

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What are the secondary effects of a neurotransmitter binding?

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Binding leads to either:

A flow of ions across the cell membrane

Switching enzymes within the cell on/off - protein kinases

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Give an example of a prostaglandin

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Alprostadil

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Give an example of a neuropeptide

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B - endorphin

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How do hormones travel such great distances?

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They are released into the circulatory system by glands

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Do chemical messengers that bind to receptors undergo a chemical reaction?

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No - different to enzymes

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What 2 processes happen after an induced fit at a receptor?

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Signal amplification and signal transduction must then occur to produce an observable biological effect

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What are the 3 types of membrane bound receptors involved in triggering signal transduction? How fast do they work?

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Ion channel receptor - milliseconds

G-protein coupled receptors - seconds

Kinase-linked receptors - minutes

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How many protein subunits doe an ion channel have?

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5 protein subunits

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How does signal amplification work in ion channels?

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Relatively mall number of neurotransmitter molecules - opens a few ion channels - several thousand ions mobilised

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What’s the difference in subunits between ion channels l and ll?

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Ion channel l has
2 alpha
1 beta
1 gamma
1 sigma

Ion channel ll
3 alpha
2 beta

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What receptor are the l and ll ion channels controlled by?

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Ion channel l - nicotinic cholinergic receptor

Ion channel ll - glycine receptor

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Where are the binding sites located on ion channel l & ll?

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Ion channel l - 2 binding sites on alpha subunits

Ion channel ll - 3 binding sites on alpha subunits

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How many loops/chains does the alpha subunit have, intracellular or extra-cellular?

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1 lengthy extracellular N-terminus chain
1 lengthy C-terminus extracellular chain
1 extracellular loop

1 intracellular loop
1 variable intracellular loop

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Where is Transmembrane receptor subunit 2 always facing?

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TM2 faces the central pore of the ion channel

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How does the structure of the TM2 subunit contribute to opening/closing of the ion channel?

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TM2 is a kinked alpha helix, so one from each protein subunit changes conformation on binding to allow ions to pass through

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How do ligand gated and voltage gated ion channels differ?

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Ligand gated - controlled by a chemical messenger

Voltage gated - sensitive to the potential difference that exists across a cell membrane - membrane potential
- important drug targets for local anaesthetics
- opens when membrane is depolarised.

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What % of marketed drugs act at G-protein coupled receptors and how are they activated?

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30%

Activated by hormones and slow-acting neurotransmitters
-response time measured in seconds

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Describe how the general mechanism in g-protein coupled receptors

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1 - resting state - inner binding site is closed

2 - once messenger binds, receptor changes conformation and G-protein binds to newly opened inner site - allosteric

3 - G-protein becomes destabilised and fragments into monomer and dimer.

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How many transmembrane domains does G-protein coupled receptors?

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7

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What chain is external in G-protein coupled receptors N or C - terminus?

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N - terminus

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What ligands bind to G-protein coupled receptors?
Monoamines - dopamine, histamine, noradrenaline, acetylcholine Nucleotides Lipids Hormones Glutamate Ca2+
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Where are the G-protein coupled receptor ligand’ binding sites?
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What are the three classes of G-protein coupled sub receptors?
Class A - rhodopsin like receptors Class B - secretin like receptors Class C - metabotrophic glutamate like and pheromone receptors
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What class of G-protein coupled sub receptors is the most important in drug discovery /development?
Class A - rhodopsin like
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Define divergent evolution
Various receptor subtypes diverge from a common evolutionary branch - eg. Dopamine subtypes D2,D3 and D4
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Define convergent evolution
Receptor subtypes found in separate branches - eg. D1A, D1B and D5 are convergent to D2, D3 and D4
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Why is greater similarity of receptors a problem for medicinal chemists?
Possible selectivity issue Design of selective drugs is paramount to reduce side effects
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What receptor subtypes are found in heart muscle?
Beta1 adrenergic receptors
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What receptor subtypes are found in fat cells?
Beta3 adrenergic receptors
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What receptor subtypes are found in bronchial muscle?
Alpha1 and Beta2 adrenergic receptors
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What receptor subtypes are found in the GI-tract?
Alpha1, Alpha2 & Beta2 adrenergic receptors
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Why do kinase-linked receptors not require G-proteins?
Because they activate enzymes directly
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What’s the key kinase-linked receptor type?
Tyrosine kinase receptors are important receptors
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What cofactor is required for kinase linked receptors?
ATP - to provide necessary phosphate group
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How does signal amplification occur in kinase linked receptors?
Active site remains open for as long as messenger molecule is bound - several phosphorylation reactions take place
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What ligands activate kinase linked receptors?
Polypeptide hormones, growth factors and cytokines
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What can a loss of function of kinase linked receptors cause?
Developmental defects or hormone resistance
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What can an overexpression of kinase linked receptors?
Malignant growth disorders
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Describe the structure of kinase-linked receptors
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What reaction does tyrosine kinase catalyse?
Phosphorylation of tyrosine residue
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Describe how the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor works
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What’s the purpose of phosphorylation of tyrosine residues?
Phosphorylated regions act as binding sites for further proteins and enzymes - resulting in activation of signalling proteins and enzymes - message carried into the cell
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How does the insulin receptor work?
Receptor already exists as a tetramer Insulin binds (opening active site) and then phosphorylation occurs
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How does the growth hormone receptor work?
GH binds and dimerisation occurs 2 kinases bind - form tetramer - and activates kinase enzymes Phosphorylation occurs
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What are the general principles of intracellular receptors?
50 members of this group directly regulate gene transcription - nuclear hormone receptors or nuclear transcription factors Response time - hours or days Chemical messengers must be hydrophobic and must cross cell membrane Example - steroids and steroid receptors
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Describe how a messenger triggers or inhibits the start of transcription
Messenger passes through surface membrane Binds to a receptor and dimerises Co-activator protein binds to dimer - then transcription is either triggered or inhibited, affecting the eventual synthesis of a protein
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What role do zinc ions have in intracellular receptors?
They stabilise and determine the conformation of the DNA binding region
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Describe the signal transduction pathway for Gs - protein coupled receptor
1 - Alpha subunit binding pocket binds guanosine diphosphate (GDP) 2 - Neurotransmitter binds receptor - opens intracellular binding site 3 - G-protein now binds and changes shape - GDP released
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What does the alpha subunit + or - activate?
cGMP phosphodiesterase
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What do alpha s and i subunits activate?
Adenylate cyclase
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What does the alpha q subunit activate?
Phospholipase C
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What does the alpha o subunit activate?
Ca2+ ion channels
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What does the alpha i subunit activate?
K+ ion channels
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What pathway follows once adenylate cyclase is activated?
Adenylate cyclase —> cAMP —> PKA
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What two pathways follow after phospholipase C is activated?
Phospholipase C —> IP3 —> Ca2+ Phospholipase C —> DAG —> PKC
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Describe the process by which adenylate cyclase is activated
1 - alpha subunit binds to adenylate cyclase 2 - binding opens the active site and ATP is converted to cAMP - signal transduction 3 - GTP in alpha subunit hydrolysed to GDP by alpha subunit 4 - GDP causes a change in shape of alpha subunit - weaker binding to enzyme so subunit departs - closing adenylate cyclase active site. 5 - alpha s subunit recombines with Beta-gamma dimer to reform Gs protein
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What’s the benefit of the adenylate cyclase active site staying open as long as ås subunit is bound?
Several hundred ATP converted before ås - GTP is deactivated - signal amplification Cyclic AMP becomes secondary messenger - enters cell cytoplasm with message
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What is protein kinase A?
A serine-threonine kinase
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What activates PKA?
Cyclic AMP - need ATP
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What does PKA do?
Catalyses phosphorylation of serine and threonine residues on protein substrates, turning the enzyme on Phosphate provided by ATP
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PKA subunit C phosphorylates 3 enzymes, what are those enzymes?
Glycogen synthase - inactivates, stops glycogen production Phosphorylase kinase - activates Inhibitor - activates inhibitor of phosphtase which stop Phos-a going back to Phos-b
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What does phosphorylase kinase cause?
It phosphorylates phosphorylase kinase b to phosphorylase a Converts glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate
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What causes glycogen metabolism?
Triggered by adrenaline in liver cells ås subunit binds adenylate cyclase - produces cAMP from ATP cAMP activates PKA…
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What is the coordinated effect?
Activation of glycogen metabolism & inhibition of inhibition of glycogen synthesis
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How does the Gi-protein differ to the Gs-protein?
åi subunit inhibits adenylate cyclase Adenylate cyclase is under dual control - depends on dominant alpha subunit
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What are the key points to do with signalling cascade involving cAMP?
Explains signal amplification through the molecular ‘relay runner’ - G-protein Explains how the message delivered reaches enzymes within the cell
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Give the roles of the beta-gamma dimer
Can activate adenylate cyclase Regulation by dimer becomes more important where more receptors are activated Higher conc of dimer are required for same effect as monomer Control other enzymes
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What is phosphorylation involved in?
Key in the (de)activation of enzymes Also involved in desensitisation of G-protein linked receptor
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Where does the åq subunit come from?
A Gq-protein - same splitting mechanism as Gs and Gi
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What does the åq subunit do?
It activates / deactivates phospholipase C (membrane bound enzyme) -reaction catalysed for as long as åq subunit is bound, signal amplification Brake and accelerator effect
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Describe the Gq-protein effect on phospholipase C (PLC)
1 - åq subunit with GTP bound binds to PLC 2 - PIP2 bound splits into IP3 and DG, phosphate is lost from GTP 3 - GDP formed, reaction stops as åq subunit moves away / unbinds
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What properties does Diacylglycerol have?
DG is hydrophobic so remains in cell membrane when formed
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What does DG activate? What happens next?
Protein kinase C (PKC) PKC then moves to cell membrane from cytoplasm and catalyses phosphorylation of serine and threonine residues of enzymes
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What effects does Diacylglycerol induce?
Tumour propagation inflammatory response Contraction or relaxation of smooth muscle, etc.
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How does IP3 differ to DG?
IP3 enters the cytoplasm as its hydrophilic
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What is the action of IP3?
IP3 activates calcium stores, activating protein kinases through Ca2+ ions and calmodulin with Ca2+ bound
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What happens to IP3 and DG once their tasks have been completed?
They are recombined through a complex synthesis - cannot be linked directly
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What do lithium salts treat and how is this achieved?
Used to treat manic depression Interfere with the complex synthesis for IP3 and DG recombination
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What’s the benefit of phosphorylating kinase-linked receptors?
Each phosphorylated region can bind to a specific signalling protein or enzyme
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What does Guanylate cyclase do and why’s it special?
It opens Na+ channels in kidney Special as it acts as both a receptor and enzyme
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What biological effect does Ca2+ cause?
Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contraction
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What biological effect does PKC cause?
Tumour propagation & inflammatory response
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What biological effect does GAP have?
GTPase-activating proteins

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