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7. Kane lecture 11/9
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Chemical Engineering
Graduate
11/10/2010

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target cells of ionizing radiation
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thymic lymphocytes, intestinal epithelium (undergo apoptosis)
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target cells of hormonal withdrawal
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prostatic atrophy, breast epithelial cells (undergo apoptosis)
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target cells of toxicants like dioxin
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thymic lymphocytes (undergo apoptosis)
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target cells of ischemia and reperfusion
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cardiac myocytes, neurons (stroke) (undergo apoptosis)
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Parkinson's disease
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apoptosis of midbrain dopaminergic neurons; unknown cause
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ced genes
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regulate apoptosis in humans and C. Elegans (Death)
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caspases
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Cysteine ASPartate-specific proteASES = homologues of ced genes
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procaspases / structure
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substrates for active caspases; active caspase then cleaves another procaspase in a catalytic cascade. NH2-----ala-leu-asp-----glut----
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substrates for active caspases (4)
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1. procaspases, 2. cytoplasmic DNase (CAD) 3. cytoskeletal proteins 4. nuclear lamins (scaffold of nuclear envelope)
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Apaf-1
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Apoptotic Protease Activating Factor. binds procaspase 9; this complex is cleaved by cytochrome C; cleavage requires ATP
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2 pathways leading to apoptosis and their mechanisms
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intrinsic (mitochondrial) - injury or hormone or growth factor withdrawal > active caspase 9. extrinsic (death receptor) - FAS, TNF receptor > active caspase 8
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active caspases 8 and 9
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activate executioner caspases 3, 6, and 7, which are responsible for the morphlogical aspects of apoptosis
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executioner caspases 3>6>7 do what (3)
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proteolysis of cytoskeleton and nuclear laminin, transglutaminase cross-linking of proteins, endonuclease activation
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Bcl-2 functions
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an antiapoptotic factor balanced with Bax, a proapoptotic factor. an increase in Bax relative to Bcl-2 allows release of cytochrome C from the mitochondrion to the cytoplasm where it activates Apaf-1; this activation requires ATP (vs. necrosis which happens because there is no ATP), and it triggers the caspase cascade leading to apoptosis
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increased cytosolic calcium, ROS, lipid peroxidation>
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mitochondrial injury or dysfunction. membrane is perforated with necrosis but intact with apoptosis (its just that cytochrome c gets released to destroy cell)
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apoptosis serves to eliminate severely damaged cells without
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eliciting a host response
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anticancer treatments act through
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apoptosis
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irreversible mitochondrial damage= (3)
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inability to generate ATP, release of mitochondrial calcium stores, mitochondrial membrane damage
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irreversible plasma membrane damage = (3)
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structural breakdown, enzymatic breakdown, loss of permeability barrier to calcium
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how do you necrose a cell
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need both irreversible mitochondrial and plasma membrane damage
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t/f final pathways of cell damage are often the same, regardless of the initial cellular targets
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true
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consequences of injury depend on cell type
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heart - necrosis fast. T cells in thymus - apoptosis.
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response depends on nature of injury, duration and severity
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hormonal withdrawal vs. apoxia
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calcium overload
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is hypothesized to mediate the structural and functional alterations characteristic of necrotic cell injury.
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acute liver damage
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jaundice (bilirubin build-up), high serum transaminases (holes in plasma membrane let enzymes out into the blood)
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chronic liver damage
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jaundice (decreased bilirubin metabolism), decreased serum albumin, clotting factors (decreased protein synthesis)
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prototypes and pathogenesis of cell injury (3)
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free radical induced injury (stealing electrons from stuff), chemical toxicity (CCl4 - mediated by free radicals, and ethanol), ischemia
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biochemical pathways which may generate reactive oxygen species (4)
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respiratory chain enzymes of mitochondria - reduction to H20 to make ATP. peroxisomes are membrane-bound organelles in liver that metabolize long-chain FAs to H2O2. NADPH oxidase - activates phagocytes to generate H2)2 or hypochlorous acid. P450 mixed function oxidase - metabolizes drugs/hormones/chemicals in sER in liver
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NO that is synthesized from _ by _ can generate _
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arginine, nitric oxide synthase, other oxidizing species - important in killing infectious organisms at the expense of damage to adjacent host tissue
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sources of free radicals (3)
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hyperoxia, ionizing radiation, reperfusion following ischemia (oxidants released from phagocytic cells in the restored circulation)
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catalase
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defense mechanism in peroxisomes
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Mn-superoxide dismutase
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defense mechanism in the mitochondria
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Cu-Zn SOD
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defense mechanism in cytosol
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which vitamins have antioxidant properties / what are the properties
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A, C, E, beta-carotene / effective against damage to lipids by OH* = third layer of defense against free radicals (antioxidants)
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3 tiers of antioxidant defense mechanisms
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1. SOD converts superoxide anion to H2O2. 2. catalase converts H2O2 to water and oxygen. 3. metal chelators
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superoxide-driven Fenton reaction
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= iron-catalyzed Haber-Weiss reaction. O2-* + H2O2 > OH* = really bad because OH* is very reactive. reaction is catalyzed by free iron or copper
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superoxide anion
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O2-*
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normally iron/copper is tightly bound to (3)/(1)
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ferritin, transferrin, or hemoglobin / ceruloplasmin
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GSH
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=glutathione. glutathione peroxidase reduces GSH into GSSG while turning hydrogen peroxide into 2water
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glutathione reductase
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converts GSSG back to GSH
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depletion of cellular GSH can result from 4 mechanisms:
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decreased synthesis because of fasting or AA deficiency (cysteine, serine, glycine, and homocysteine - requires ATP); generation of high levels of oxidants/toxic metabolites leads to accumulation of GSSG and its transport out of the cell; redox cycling of chemicals such as the herbicide paraquat = oxidative stress; metabolism of exogenous chemicals by p450 may produce intermediates that covalently bind to SH groups in proteins - these thiols then react with GSSG (or the intermediates react directly with GSH and deplete its stores)
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what causes protein breakdown and DNA damage (specifically)
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increased intracellular calcium and ROS
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what happens when oxidants attack proteins? (3)
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cross-linking at suflhydryl groups, decreased enzyme activity (especially ATP-dependent ion umps), abnormal protein folding or aggregation
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what happens to misfolded proteins
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they're degraded by the proteasome complex
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hsp
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heat shock proteins are induced in cells under stress (infections, oxidant stress, high temp) = chaperones for proper folding
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ubiquitin
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a hsp that binds to damaged proteins and targets them to the proteasome complex for degradation
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accumulation of excess misfolded proteins does what? where do they accumulate?
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can trigger apoptosis / in ER
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ER stress
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unfolded protein response
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alzheimer disease
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disease induced by chronic accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER of cells (ubiquitin isn't doing its job)
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