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Chapter 18/20
Apoptosis/Cancer
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
07/26/2011

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apoptosis events
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cytoskeleton collapses; chromatin condense and localizes to edge of nucleus; chromosomes digested into ~200bp; phagocytes recognize cell surface signals
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FAS
Definition
Extrinsic pathway I; cell-surface ligand;
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Extrinsic pathway I
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cell death pathway
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FAS receptor
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activates pC8 --> C8
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extrinsic pathway II
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survival pathway
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IGF
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insulin-like growth factor; extrinsic pathway II
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IGF receptor
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is an RTK; activates Akt
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Akt
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activates Bcl-2
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Bcl-2
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inhibitds cytochrome c from leaving the mitochondria
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Apaf-1
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binds to cytochrome c to have pC9 --> C9
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p53
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inhibits Bcl-2
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caspase function
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activate other caspases; dgrade proteins, lamins, MAPs, etc; activate DNase
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tumor-suppressor genes
Definition
function in normal cells to prevent cancer; mutations promote oncogenesis
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proto-oncogenes
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function in normal cells to promote growth and survival; mutations hyperactivate expression to promote oncogeesis
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defects in cancer
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maintaining genetic stability; regulated cell proliferation; apoptosis of damaged cell and senescence of high proliferating cells; cell localization in body
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repaire DNA polymerase mutation
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TSG; genetic stability example
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p53 mutation
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TSG; genetic stability
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aneuploid
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not nomal balance of chromosomes
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aurora A kinase mutation
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proto-oncogene; causes multiple centrosomes, mutiple spindles and aneuploidy
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PDGF mutation
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proto-oncogene; cell proliferation unregulated (always ON)
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v-ErbB receptor
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proto-oncogene; cell proliferation unregulated; autophorphorylates and activates proliferation regardless of EGF
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v-Ras
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proto-oncogene; cell proliferation unregulated; cant hydrolyze GTP
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v-Rb
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proto-oncogene; never binds to E2F so proliferation no longer needs CdkLcyclin G1
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p27
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TSG; cell proliferation unregulated; Cdi inhibitor
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v-Bcl-2
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restrains apoptosis regardless of damage
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AKT kinase
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proto-oncogene;
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telomerase in cancer
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re-activated, so proliferation continues; promotes oncogenesis
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MIM protein
Definition
TSG; cells reorganize actin cytoskelton allowing it to move to a new location
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integrins in cancer
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proto-oncogenes; expression of thesse specific for a different tissue allows tumor to colonize these tissues
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cancer stem cell hypothesis
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small subpopulation that gives rise to the different tumor cell types
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role of cells around tumor
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angiogenesis- new vessels are made to the tumore in order to stimulate growth and metastasis
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