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Biology
Undergraduate 3
03/02/2012

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Term
mediated endocytosis
Definition
Cells internalize macromolecules, particulate matter
receptor-
Term
- actually have cells engulfing large particles or other cells
Definition
Specialized cases are phagocytosis
Term
Cell drinking
Definition
- taking in extracellular fluid called pinocytosis
Term
Enocytic pathways
Definition
Membrane-bound compartments'

Composition of each is different - enzymes and pH
Early endosomes, Late endosomes and Lysosomes
Term
Why are there different compartments for endocytosis?
Definition
Early endosomes - recycling and sorting
pH differences are important for conformation changes in proteins…function
Acid hydrolases (enzymes)
Term
Receptors often release ligands
Definition
at low pH
Term
At low pH, conformational change to amino acids of receptor
Definition
occurs allowing release of ligand
Term
Lysosomes
Definition
Intracellular digestion of macromolecules
Production of nutrients for the cell
Term
Lysosome Acid hydrolases
Definition
- meaning, they only work at low pH
Term
Proton pump maintains
Definition
low pH in lysosomes (Vacuolar H+ATPase)
Term
Late Endosomes/Multivesicular Bodies (MVB)
Definition
electron dense vesticles
Term
Receptor mediated endocytosis
Transport of cholesterol
Definition
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Term
Receptor mediated endocytosis
Transport of iron
Definition
Transferrin release or iron and receptor recycling
Term
Transport of growth factors
Definition
Receptor down regulation
Term
Internalization via clathrin-coated pits Binding of ligand to a receptor
Definition
- LDL (low density lipoprotein) is a lipid-protein particle that binds and transports cholesterol to cells
Atherosclerosis
Term
LDL
Definition
- too much in blood can lead to plaques
Term
HDL
Definition
- carries cholesterol back to liver where it is passed from body
Term
Triglycerides
Definition
- fat made in body (high levels signal problems)
Term
Signal peptide for clathrin-coated pits:
Definition
Y-X-X-fork(Psi)
Term
LDL receptors
Definition
- hydrophobic aa
LDL receptor uses NPVY
Binding of signal peptide to adaptin signals internalization
Term
Fate of LDL
Definition
Receptor recycles for additional rounds of endocytosis (lifespan approximately 20 hours and in that time, it is estimated it can make the trip 700 times)
Term
Transferrin
Definition
is a soluble protein that transports iron in the blood to cells
low pH releases iron, not transferrin from receptor
Term
ferritin
Definition
stores iron and releases it at appropriate times
Term
Hemoglobin requires Iron
Definition
Myoglobin, Cytochromes, and proteins required for DNA synthesis also need iron
Term
Iron Transport
Definition
Iron binds to apotransferrin in blood
Transferrin (now bound to iron) binds to cell surface receptor (transferrin receptor)
Term
Receptor internalized via clathrin-
Definition
mediated endocytosis
At pH of early endosome, Fe is released from Transferrin
Transferrin, still bound to receptor, is transorted back to plasma membrane via fast recycling pathway (regulated by Rab4)
Term
At the cell surface
Definition
(neutral pH), the apotransferrin is released from the receptor to go collect more Fe from the system
Term
Growth factor receptors
Definition
Epidermal growth factor receptors (Erbs)
ErbB2 associated with breast and ovarian cancer
Term
Ligand Binding Causes
Definition
Signaling and Uptake
Term
Activated receptors (ligand-bound, dimers) signal via
Definition
their cytosolic domain
Term
Only when internalized into the MVB is the cytosolic domain
Definition
no longer able to signal in the cytosol
Term
Multivesticular bodies receptor down
Definition
-regulation
signal
transport to lysosomes
Term
Protein ubiquitination
Definition
- serves as a sorting signal for internalization into internal vesicles within MVB
Term
Not everything is take into cells by
Definition
Clatherin
Term
Beyond clatherin, things taken into cell
Definition
Specialized lipid-raft structure called calveolae
protein found here called caveolin
flask-like structures
Important for some viruses
Term
Pinocytosis
Definition
cell drinking Small vesicles occurring constantly and at a fixed amount
Term
Macrophages
Definition
ingest 100% of their membrane every 1/2 hour
Why don’t cells shrink away to nothing?
Term
Phagocytosis uptake
Definition
Large particle - even other cells

Endosomes called Phagosomes
Immune system - macrophage,
neutrophils and dendritic cells - professional phagocytes
Term
Polorized cells, Transcytosis -
Definition
transport from one side to the other - apical to basolateral or vice versa
Term
Notice - two sets
of early endosomes
Definition
One specific case - transfer of maternal IgG to the fetus
Term
Different Means for Internalization
Definition
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
Clathrin-mediated
Non-clathrin-mediated
Caveoli-mediated internalization
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
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