Week 4 Flashcards
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Pancreatic cells by mass Blood flow
Mostly acinar(exocrine). Islet cells(endocrine) are: 60-80% beta (insulin) 10-20% alpha (glucagon) 5% gamma (somatostatin) <1% PP-cells Beta cells take up over ten percent of blood flow despite only being 2% of mass
Insulin pathway in regular cell
Insulin binds predimerized tyrosine kinase receptor-> IRS-1 -> PI3K -> stimulate fusion of vesicles with GLUT4 receptors
Insulin processing
Made as a single long peptide with signal,A,C,B (preproinsulin) Signal brings to rER where the signal is then cleaved by signal peptidases and the protein is folded and cysteine bonds formed. (Proinsulin) The protein is then transported into a secretory vesicle through the Golgi apparatus. Inside the secretory vesicle, prohormone convertases cleave off the middle C-chain to form insulin and the c-chain.
C-protein assays
Used to determine levels of insulin production in pancreas.
Insulin structure
Shorter A chain with two alpha helices is bonded to longer B chain with one alpha helix by two cysteine bonds. A third cysteine bond links the A chain to itself.
Zinc insulin complex
Zinc complexes with histidines on B chain of six insulins to condense insulin within the secretory vesicle. Upon secretion the monomers are released from the complex. Poor insulin secretion and diabetes resulted in mice that were deficient for zinc ion transporters in beta cells.
Insulin release from beta cells.
Sugar goes through GLUT 2 transporter -> up ATP production from glycolysis -> inhibit K+ channel -> up membrane potential -> open voltage gated Ca2+ channel -> influx of ca2+ and secretion of insulin
Biphasic nature of insulin/glucagon release
Two types of vesicles. Ones that can fuse quickly, and ones that fuse more slowly. Results in an initial spike (5min) and then a slower more constant release (100 min)
Glucagon function and release pathway
Increase blood sugar. Release pathway is less well studied but results in influx of Ca2+ that leads to biphasic secretion of vesicles.
Glucagon structure and processing
Single chain with an alpha helix. Made as a preprohormone that can be cleaved into different forms depending on what cells it’s being expressed in. Glucagon in the pancreas.
Intermediate filaments function and structure
Rope like structures that help cells endure mechanical stress. Form desmosomes. Coiled dimers that complex into 8 sets of tetramers that stack end to end. Non-polar structure.
4 major classes of intermediate filaments
Keratin filaments in epithelial cells Neurofilaments in nerve cells Nuclear lamins (all cells) Vimentin filaments in glial/muscle cells and connective tissue
Progeria
Defective nuclear lamina lead to misshapen nucleus. This leads to defects in chromatin organization, cell division, and gene expression. Symptoms include premature aging, limited growth, hair loss, wrinkling of skin, musculoskeletal degeneration, cardiovascular/kidney problems. Symptoms start in early months and typically live to early teens.
Microtubules Structure and function
Rigid rods that act as tracks for movement of cell components Alpha beta dimers grow out of MTOC (centrosomes/centrioles) and reach out toward cell periphery. Alpha(negative) end is towards MTOC while beta (positive) end grows towards periphery. Beta end is easily polymerized/depolymerized (dynamic instability) allows searching for binding partner. Binds when GTP is attached, unbind when GTP is hydrolyzed to GDP. Forms cilia, mitotic spindles for movement of cellular components.
Drugs that target microtubules
Taxol- stabilizes polymer Colchicine- prevents tubulin polymerization Vinblastine- prevents tubulin polymerization
Microtubule motor proteins
Kinesin-> moves toward positive beta end (cell periphery) Dynein -> moves toward negative alpha end (MTOC) also cause movement in cilia and flagella
Actin structure and function. Binding proteins.
Long flexible filaments of monomers. Polar in nature. Can form stable projections like villi, transient projections , contractile rings (mitosis), and contractive bundles. Unlike microtubules, can shrink or grow at both ends (sometimes results in treadmilling) Binding proteins can create many different patterns and arrangements of actin filaments.
Role of actin in cell migration
Actin forms lamellipodium (flat sheets) and filopodium(long fingers) in direction of migration. These structures increase surface area for attachment, and can then pull in direction of migration.
Actin motor protein
Myosin, walks in positive direction
Congenital myopathy
Dysfunction in muscle specific actin/associated regulators. Major symptom is hypotonia No cure or drug treatments available.
Carolina Abecedarian study
Quality pre-school vs no quality pre-school. Those with QPS resulted in much stronger social skills, academic success, and better health including no incidence of metabolic syndrome.
Dutch famine study
Famine in 1944-45 resulted in children with low birth weight, brain damage, high obesity as well as many chronic diseases later in life.
Focal Glomerulosclerosis
Low protein to mice at kidney critical point of gestation. Decrease in total nephrons -> increase in stress for individual nephrons (up GFR)-> scarring -> necrosis -> sodium increase -> essential hypertension
Epigenetic control mechanisms And measurement of
Cytosine methylation, histone mods(Acetylation, methylation, ubiquitination), miRNA changes Gene arrays can measure expression