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BI270 CELL BIOLOGY Part IV

The CELL and MEMBRANE-BOUND SYSTEMS

COMPARTMENTALIZATION

REGULATION of MATERIAL MOVEMENT

PASSAGE of INFORMATION

METABOLIC ACTIVITY ORGANIZATION

ENERGY CONVERSION

INTERCELLULAR INTERACTIONS

 

bulletOVERTON Þ [hydrophobics diffuse faster] Þ lipids [cholesterol; lecithin]
bulletGORTER & GRENDEL Þ [work with RBCs] Þ lipid bilayer
bulletDANIELLI & DAVSON Þ [lower surface tension] Þ polypeptide "layer"; polar "protein pores"      Outer Surface GLYCOLIPIDS & GLYCOPROTEINS (antigenic) = Glycocalyx
bulletROBERTSON Þ "Unit Membrane" and tri-laminar appearance

Membrane Variation a) function  b) lipid:protein ratio  c) phospholipid content

SINGER & NICOLSON
The FLUID MOSAIC MODEL

LIPID BILAYER (external hydrophilic and internal hydrophobic)

PROTEINS: Integral vs. Peripheral proteins

Glycoproteins, Glycolipids and the Glycocalyx             See a Fluid Mosaic diagram

FREEZE FRACTURE and FREEZE ETCHING

GLYCEROL Liquid N2

COLD KNIFE CARBON REPLICA                 See an example of Freeze Fracfture here

DEAMER & BRANTON Þ FF studies prove "speckles" are
                                                                PROTEIN PARTICLES

T.L. STECK Þ RBC membranes and PROTEIN ASYMMETRY

van DEENEN et al. van DEENEN et al. Þ RBC membranes and PHOSPHOLIPID ASYMMETRY

FRYE & EDIDIN Þ cell fusion and heterokaryons

MOUSE + HUMAN hybrid cells Þ Sendai Virus &/or polyethylene glycol
Fluorescent Abs [MOUSE = GREEN; HUMAN = RED] Þ PROTEIN MOBILITY
HYBRIDOMAS and Monoclonal Abs

NICOLSON Þ NETWORK PROTEINS, ECTO- and ENDOENZYMES

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PASSIVE TRANSPORT (= simple diffusion) vs. FACILITATED DIFFUSION*

and ACTIVE TRANSPORT* (ATP) 

* -- uses CARRIER MOLECULE

BULK TRANSPORT:

EXOCYTOSIS (secretion, etc.)

vs. ENDOCYTOSIS [ a) phagocytosis vs. b) pinocytosis ]

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CYTOPLASMIC ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM

CYTOSOL vs. INTRACISTERNAL SPACE (cisternae)

ROUGH E.R. with ribosomes attached

synthesis of membrane and "packaged" proteins [PROOF = ??]

KEITH PORTER – electron microscopy of rough ER

    See Rough ER:  Rough ER 1                 Rough ER 2        RER TEMs

SMOOTH E.R. (no ribosomes)

bulletLIPID metabolism Þ membrane phospholipids, steroids
bulletDrug Detoxification (EtOH; phenobarbitol)
bulletDEPHOSPHORYLATION (e.g. Glucose-6-phosphate)

HENKART et al. and control of Ca++

SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM = nerve impulse into muscle tissue

SECRETORY CELLS and E.R. (Neutra, LeBlond, et al.)

    See a SECRETORY CELL Diagram here   

    See a SECRETORY CELL Photo here

PROTEINS and the E.R. è HOW??

Milstein et al. and Ab secretion Þ extra amino acids at N-terminal end (non-polar)

BLOBEL, DOBBERSTEIN et al.
è Signal Hypothesis

bulletSignal Peptide Sequence
bulletSignal Recognition Particle (SRP) = 6 polypetides + RNA
bulletSRP Receptor = "Docking Protein" [GTP]
bulletRibophorin I & II
bulletCotranslational Insertion
bulletSTOP Transfer Signal(s)
bulletSignal Peptidase

See the ER and Protein Synthesis HERE

Blobel's Nobel Prize

Wickner’s Post-translational Insertion (with ATP)

PROTEIN MODIFICATION and the
Golgi Complex (CAMILLO GOLGI)

Vesicles and Exocytosis

Shuttle Vesicles

CHOs and Glycoproteins [PROOF????]

ROTHMAN Þ cis and trans Golgi

bulletsorting vs. packaging

 

NEUTRA & LeBLOND Þ Goblet Cells, GC and secretory activity

See MANY Golgi images and processes HERE

Lysosomes and HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES

1° Lysosomes

2° Lysosomes = 1° + Phagosome

AUTOPHAGIC vs. HETEROPHAGIC

Residual Bodies

Microbodies Peroxisomes (catalase, etc.)

Glyoxosomes (Glyoxylate Pathway, etc.)

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CELL MEMBRANE RECEPTORS

KAPLAN   and LIGANDS è ??

bulletCLASS I RECEPTORS = activation via binding
bulletCLASS II RECEPTORS = activation via ligand internalization of Ligand:Receptor (LR) complex

PASTAN & WILLINGHAM -- The Receptosome

bulletreceptor-mediated endocytosis
bulletlateral movement of LR complexes
bulletbristle-coated pits and internalization
bulletclathrin ® triskelion structure          See clathrin structure           See clathrin-coated vesicles
bulletsorting & recycling ® Golgi complex or Lysosome
bullete.g. transferrin

Find out more about RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS   here

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CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE

MICROFILAMENTS 7-9 nm. Movement & Support

Actin Evolutionarily CONSERVED

Actin-Binding proteins:

tropomyosin + troponin + caldesmon Þ RELAXED

myosin + Ca++ Þ CONTRACTED

MICROFILAMENT POISONS: cytochalasin B [INHIBIT] vs. phalloidin [LOCK]

{AXONS, MICROVILLI, PSEUDOPODIA} è Cytoskeleton

MITOTIC SPINDLE

MICROTUBULES 24 nm Movement & Support

Tubulin Þ a and b heterodimers Þ protofilaments

Microtubule-associated Proteins [MAPs] Þ (variation via alternate splicing)

MICROTUBULE POISONS: colchicine [INHIBIT] vs. Taxol [LOCK]

centrioles (= Basal Bodies) flagella (= cilia)

9 + 2 arrangement and axoneme structure

MITOTIC SPINDLE

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS 10 nm Support only!!

Various components (keratin, etc.)

TONOFILAMENTS (in spot desmosomes)

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