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Receptor Mediated Endocytosis
EXAM 2
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08/30/2010

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Term
What are the major types of internalization events?
Definition
endocytosis, early endosome, pinosomes, phagosomes, pinocytosis, phagocytosis.
Term
what are the molecules that can enter by receptor mediated endocytosis?
Definition
toxins, antibodies, viruses, hormones, growth factors, serum transport proteins
LDL
Term
What is LDL?
Definition
allow lipids to be carried through the bloodstream.
Term
what are the steps of receptor mediated endocytosis?
Definition
ligand binds to the receptor

receptor/ligand will complex or patch.

receptor ligand is concentrated in clathrin coated pit
Term
what is the importance of ligand binding?
Definition
causes activation of second messenger that can eventually affect cells in good or bad way
Term
what is the importance of concentrating the receptor/ligand in patches?
Definition
it allows entry of fluids, stops overflow from occurring, which would make more work for the cell.
Term
what is the importance of the clathrin coated pits?
Definition
they collect the receptor ligand complex and concentrate them.
Term
what effect does temperature play on clathrin coated pits.
Definition
the higher the temperature, the more patching and internalization; although some may still occur in low temperatures
Term
how do clathrin coated pits form?
Definition
the clathrin coat subunits assemble on the membrane and bud formation.

they then begin to form a coated pit, which then forms the vesicle.
Term
how are pits organized on the membrane?
Definition
target proteins
Term
what is the name of the protein that assists in the guiding of the receptors to the pits?
Definition
Beta arrestins
Term
what do receptors have that recognize the pits
Definition
signal sequence at the end of their cytoplasmic domain
Term
what happens when receptor binds to the pits?
Definition
the signal sequence binds to adaptin molecules in the coat (AP-2) which stops and concentrates the receptor.
Term
what other effects does the signal sequence have on pits
Definition
they will stimulate more clathrin to accumulate
Term
how does the pit become a vesicle?
Definition
pit is bound to the PM by a narrow stem

dynamin associates w/the stem.

hydrolysis of GTP provides energy to free connection and formation of the vesicle carrying cargo away from cell.

the clathrin coated vesicle then loses its coat and then fuses, by a specific sorting signal, with other vesicles to form the early endosome
Term
what is the composition of the signal complex?
Definition
tyrosine arginine phenylalanine
Term
what is the receptor signal complex present for?
Definition
binda adaptin in clathrin coated pit.
Term
what does the genetic defect in LDL receptors cause?
Definition
inability of receptors to bind to adaptin 2
Term
what does the genetic defect in not being able to take in cholesterol cause?
Definition
higher serum cholesterol
Term
what is hypercholesteolemia?
Definition
mutation in LDL receptor that binds cholesterol but never enters the cell
Term
how do vesicles lose their clathrin coat and fuse to form early endosomes
Definition
they carry a rab5 sorting signal linked to GDP
Term
what happens to early ribosomes
Definition
they release some receptors at a ph of 6.

the receptors are then recycled back to the PM.
Term
why are endosomes called recycling endosomes
Definition
the endosome recycles the receptors back to the membrane in the form of vesicles.
Term
are all receptors recycled?
Definition
no
Term
what are the characteristics of a late endosome?
Definition
pH will lower to 5-6

the rab sorting signal changes to rab 7 GDP

it is distinguished by LBPA
Term
what organelles communicate with the late endosome?
Definition
golgi complex and the lysosome
Term
what is the role of the Golgi complex in late endosome function?
Definition
they deliver acid hydrolases, which are bound to mannose 6 phosphate receptors.

this prompts the late endosome to become a lysosome
Term
what is the eventual fate of late endosomes?
Definition
some may be degraded and release free cholesterol.

some are recycled to the Golgi complex and the mannose 6 phosphate receptor goes back
Term
What do late endosomes usually do if not recycle to Golgi?
Definition
fuse with lysosomes
Term
how might you distinguish a late endosome from a lysosome?
Definition
pH. lysosomes are lower
Term
are mannose 6 phosphate receptors present in late endosomes and lysosomes?
Definition
present ONLY in late endosomes
Term
what is the importance of lysosomes?
Definition
regulate celluar stores by enzymatically degrading them.
Term
what happens when the lysosomes fail to degrade material?
Definition
products will build up in cell causing damage
Term
neiman pick disease type A and B involve a deficiency in what?
Definition
acid sphingomyelinase
Term
what does a deficiency in ASM lead to?
Definition
lipid buildup
Term
where is deficiency in ASM seen
Definition
macrophages
Term
what is type a neiman pick disease characterized by?
Definition
neurological tissues causing death w/in 2-3 years
Term
What are the symptoms of neiman pick type B disease?
Definition
enlarged spleen, respiratory problems, cardiovascular.
Term
what is the mode of inheritance of neiman pick disease?
Definition
autosomal recessive
Term
what is importance of the NPC1 protein
Definition
cholestrol transport
Term
what happens as a result in the mutation of the NPC1 protein
Definition
cholestrol accumulates in the late endosomes and cant get out
Term
what blocks the retrograde transport of mannose 6 phosphate receptors to the Golgi complex
Definition
cholesterol accumulation due to the NPC1 mutation
Term
where is the site of traffic blocking in type c disease state?
Definition
inability to recycle MPR's
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