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Topic 14: The Cell Cycle Flashcards

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Cell Cycle

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  • cycle of growth and division within a cell
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Four coordinated processes

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  1. cell growth
  2. DNA replication
  3. distribution of the duplicated chromosomes to daughter cells
  4. cell division
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Phases of Cell Cycle

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  1. Mitosis (M Phase)

2. Interphase

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Mitosis Phase

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  • nuclear division (karyokinesis)
  • most dramatic stage of cell cycle
  • corresponding to the separation of daughter chromosomes
  • ends with cell division
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Cytokinesis

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  • the actual division of a cell following mitosis

- division of cytosol

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Interphase

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  • period between mitoses when chromosomes are decondensed and distributed throughout the nucleus
  • nucleus appears morphologically uniform
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Quiescent

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  • non-dividing stage (G0)
  • neurons and many other cell types remain in this stage
  • cells remain metabolically active but no longer proliferates
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G1 Phase

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  • “START” phase in yeast cells
  • “restriction site” in animal cells
  • after passing decision point, cell is committed to proceed through cell cycle
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Checkpoints

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  1. G1
  2. S
  3. G2
    - DNA damage checkpoints
  4. M: spindle assembly checkpoint
    - problem = cell arrest
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G1 Checkpoint

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  • ensures damaged DNA is repaired before being replicated in S phase
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S Checkpoint

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  • continues monitoring DNA integrity ensures DNA that is damaged is repaired
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G2 Checkpoint

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  • prevents initiation of mitosis if DNA is not completely replicated or is damaged
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M Checkpoint

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  • inhibits spindle assembly if chromosomes not distributed accurately to daughter cells
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Regulators of Cell Cycle Progression

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  1. Cyclins
  2. Cyclin dependent protein kinases (Cdk’s)
    - responsible for triggering major cell cycle transitions and for progression of the cell cycle through checkpoints
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Cyclins

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  • proteins which regulate the activity of enzymes which regulate the cell cycle
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Cdk’s

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  • phosphorylating enzymes that are regulated by cyclins
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3 Key Model Organisms

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  1. frog oocyte: key reg. factor in cytoplasm
  2. yeast: protein kinase
  3. sea urchins: cyclic protein expression
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Frog Oocytes

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  • maturation triggers entry into meiotic division from G2 arrested oocytes
  • identified Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF)
  • -> pushed cell to be in M phase from G2 phase even when arrested
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Yeast

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  • strains carrying mutations in specific genes were identified that were defective in cell cycle progression
  • encoded cell cycle regulator conserved in all eukaryotes (Cdk1)
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Sea Urchin Embryos

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  • go through a series of rapid cell divisions where distinct proteins that are synthesized and degraded during cell cycle were identified
  • discovered proteins called cyclins (A and B)
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Molecular Characterization of MPF

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  • purified from frog oocytes
  • made up of two subunits
    1. Cdk1 (yeast)
    2. Cyclin B (sea urchins)
  • highly conserved regulator of the cell cycle
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Cdk1 Regulation

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  1. Cdk1: alone, unphosphorylated in interphase
  2. Cyclin B binds to Cdk1 (G2)
  3. Cdk1 is phosphorylated at 3 sites
    i) activating site
    ii and iii) inactivating site (2 sites)
  4. 2 inactivating site are dephosphorylated allowing singly phosphorylated Cdk1/Cyclin B complex to activate other proteins that will carry the cell into mitosis
    - APC/C = protein
  5. activated Cdk1 = degradation of Cyclin B
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APC/C

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  • anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome
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G1

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  • passage through start regulated by Cdk1 in association with G1 Cyclins
  • Cyclin D
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G2
- entry into mitosis is regulated by Cdk1 in association with G2 cyclins - Cyclin B
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Mechanisms of Cdk Regulation
1. association with cyclins 2. activating phosphorylation f threonine around position 160 3. inhibitory phosphorylation of threonine 14 and tyrosine 15 4. association with Cdk inhibitors (CKI's)
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Cdk Inhibitors
- Interact with monomeric Cdk and prevent association with cyclin - Inhibit kinase activity of Cdk/cyclin dimer
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Karyokinesis
- mitosis - the chromosomes condense - the nuclear envelope of most cells breaks down - the cytoskeleton reorganizes to form the mitotic spindle - chromosomes move to opposite poles
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Cytokinesis
- Cell division | - the Golgi apparatus fragments and the cytoplasm divides
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Targets of Cdk1/Cyclin B
``` Karyokinesis 1. chromatin condensation 2. nuclear envelope breakdown Cytokinesis 3. fragmentation of Golgi apparatus 4. spindle formation ```
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Cohesins
- proteins that bind to DNA in S phase | - maintain linkage between sister chromatids following DNA replication
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Condensins
- are activated by ℗’d Cdk1 and replace the cohesins (except those at the centromere) - induce chromatin condensation
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MCC
- mitotic checkpoint complex - inactivates APC/C - forms at unattached kinetochores - dissociates when all chromosomes are aligned on the mitotic spindle
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APC/C in Anaphase
1) degradation of cyclin B | 2) degradation of remaining cohesion proteins allowing separation of chromatids
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Breakdown of the Nuclear Envelope
- driven in part by phosphorylation of nuclear lamins by Cdk1/cyclin B, which causes the lamins to depolymerize
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Fragmentation of Golgi Apparatus
- fragments into small vesicles at mitosis (may be absorbed into ER or distributed directly to daughter cells at cytokinesis) due to ℗’n of Golgi matrix proteins by Cdk1
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Spindle Formation
- microtubule associated proteins are phosphorylated by Cdk1 (and other kinases), which results in increased dynamic instability of microtubules
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Cytokinesis is triggered by..
inactivation of Cdk1
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Cytokinesis Process
A contractile ring of actin and myosin II filaments forms beneath the plasma membrane beginning in anaphase but is most active during telophase and mediates cytokinesis
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Cyclin D
- critical link btw growth factors signalling and cell cycle progression
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Cyclin D Synthesis
- continues as long as growth factors activating this pathway continue to be present - drives cells past restriction point and allows for continued cell division - rapidly degraded and cell division stops quickly in the absence of growth factors
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Tumor Suppressor Gene
- a gene whose inactivation leads to tumor development
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Rb
- A key substrate of cdk4,6/cyclin D - tumor suppressor - a transcriptional regulatory protein that controls cell cycle progression, and is encoded by the Rb tumor suppressor gene that was identified by the genetic analysis of retinoblastoma - key role in coupling the cell cycle machinery to the expression of genes required for cell cycle progression and DNA synthesis
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Cell Regulation of Rb an dE2F
- Actived Rb maintains E2F (family of transcription factors) in an inactive form in either G1 or G0 - Phosphorylation of Rb causes it to dissociate from E2F, allowing E2F to activate transcription of genes involved in cell cycle progression = cell cycle passes restriction point and enters S phase
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Growth Factors
- presence of growth factors stimulates Cyclin D expression which phosphorylates Rb thereby allowing E2F to activate genes required for progression of cell cycle past the restriction point in G1 and to move into S phase
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Cell Proliferation
- regulated not only by growth factors but also by a variety of signals that act to inhibit cell cycle progression
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DNA Damage Checkpoint
- initiated by protein kinases (ATR and ATM) - components of protein complexes that recognize damaged or unreplicated DNA - These kinases phosphorylate and activate checkpoint kinases (Chk1 and Chk 2) that bring about cell cycle arrest
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p53
- a target of checkpoint kinases - a transcription factor that is stabilized and activated by phosphorylation from both ATM and Chk1 - -> increase in p53 levels in response to DNA damage - -> induces expression of Cdk inhibitor = cell arrest - -> arrest allows from repair
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Loss of p53 Function
- removes block to cell cycle arrest - allows damaged DNA to be replicated and cell cycle to complete - is a tumor suppressor
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Regulation of Cell Death
- cell death must be balanced by cell renewal | - cells normally lost in tissues due to sloughing off, necrosis, or through an active process (apoptosis)
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Apoptosis
- Programmed Cell Death - carefully regulated so that the fate of individual cells meets the needs of the organism as a whole - removal of damage/nonfunctional cells - key role in eliminating unwanted cells
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Abnormalities in Apoptotic Process
- cancers, autoimmune diseases, neurodegenerative disorders | - some diseases result from accumulation of errors over multiple generations of cell division
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Characteristics of Apoptotic
- an active, tightly regulated process of programmed cell death - characterized by cleavage of chromosomal DNA, chromatin condensation and fragmentation of both the nucleus and cell
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C.Elegans
- short life cycle - transparent - identified several mutation in genes that prevented cell death in cells normally programmed to die, or caused cell death in cell that would not normally die - ced-3 encodes caspase
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Caspase
- proteases that are "executioners of apoptosis" - initiate many of the degradative processes of apoptosis - exist in cell as inactive precursors and are activated by proteolytic cleavage
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p53 and Apoptosis
- if DNA damage is beyond repair: - p53 levels continue to increase - p53 induces apoptotic genes PUMA and Noxa - initiates a cascade of reactions which activates cascade 9 resulting in apoptosis

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