Ch 11: Cell Communication

LECTURE PRESENTATIONSFor CAMPBELL BIOLOGY, NINTH EDITION

Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc.

Lectures byErin Barley

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Cell Communication

Chapter 11

Overview: Cellular Messaging

• Cell-to-cell communication is essential for both multicellular and unicellular organisms

• Biologists have discovered some universal mechanisms of cellular regulation

• Cells most often communicate with each other via chemical signals

• For example, the fight-or-flight response is triggered by a signaling molecule called epinephrine


Figure 11.1

Concept 11.1: External signals are converted to responses within the cell

• Microbes provide a glimpse of the role of cell signaling in the evolution of life


Evolution of Cell Signaling

• The yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has two mating types, a and α

• Cells of different mating types locate each other via secreted factors specific to each type

• A signal transduction pathway is a series of steps by which a signal on a cell’s surface is converted into a specific cellular response

• Signal transduction pathways convert signals on a cell’s surface into cellular responses


Figure 11.2

Exchange of mating factors

Receptor α factor

a factorYeast cell,

mating type aYeast cell,

mating type α

Mating

New a/α cell

1

2

3

a

a

a/α

α

α

• Pathway similarities suggest that ancestral signaling molecules evolved in prokaryotes and were modified later in eukaryotes

• The concentration of signaling molecules allows bacteria to sense local population density


Individualrod-shapedcells

Spore-formingstructure(fruiting body)

Aggregation in progress

Fruiting bodies

1

2

3

0.5 mm

2.5 mm

Figure 11.3

Figure 11.3a

Individual rod-shaped cells1

Figure 11.3b

Aggregation in progress2

Figure 11.3c

Spore-forming structure(fruiting body)

0.5 mm

3

Figure 11.3d

Fruiting bodies

2.5 mm

Local and Long-Distance Signaling

• Cells in a multicellular organism communicate by chemical messengers

• Animal and plant cells have cell junctions that directly connect the cytoplasm of adjacent cells

• In local signaling, animal cells may communicate by direct contact, or cell-cell recognition


Figure 11.4Plasma membranes

Gap junctionsbetween animal cells

Plasmodesmatabetween plant cells

(a) Cell junctions

(b) Cell-cell recognition

• In many other cases, animal cells communicate using local regulators, messenger molecules that travel only short distances

• In long-distance signaling, plants and animals use chemicals called hormones

• The ability of a cell to respond to a signal depends on whether or not it has a receptor specific to that signal


Figure 11.5

Local signaling Long-distance signaling

Target cell

Secretingcell

Secretoryvesicle

Local regulatordiffuses throughextracellular fluid.

(a) Paracrine signaling (b) Synaptic signaling

Electrical signalalong nerve celltriggers release ofneurotransmitter.

Neurotransmitter diffuses across synapse.

Target cellis stimulated.

Endocrine cell Bloodvessel

Hormone travelsin bloodstream.

Target cellspecificallybinds hormone.

(c) Endocrine (hormonal) signaling

Figure 11.5a

Local signaling

Target cell

Secretingcell

Secretoryvesicle

Local regulatordiffuses throughextracellular fluid.

(a) Paracrine signaling (b) Synaptic signaling

Electrical signalalong nerve celltriggers release ofneurotransmitter.

Neurotransmitter diffuses across synapse.

Target cellis stimulated.

Figure 11.5b

Long-distance signaling

Endocrine cell Bloodvessel

Hormone travelsin bloodstream.

Target cellspecificallybinds hormone.

(c) Endocrine (hormonal) signaling

The Three Stages of Cell Signaling: A Preview

• Earl W. Sutherland discovered how the hormone epinephrine acts on cells

• Sutherland suggested that cells receiving signals went through three processes

– Reception– Transduction– Response


Animation: Overview of Cell Signaling

Figure 11.6-1

Plasma membrane

EXTRACELLULARFLUID

CYTOPLASM

Reception

Receptor

Signalingmolecule

1

Figure 11.6-2

Plasma membrane

EXTRACELLULARFLUID

CYTOPLASM

Reception Transduction

Receptor

Signalingmolecule

Relay molecules in a signal transductionpathway

21

Figure 11.6-3

Plasma membrane

EXTRACELLULARFLUID

CYTOPLASM

Reception Transduction Response

Receptor

Signalingmolecule

Activationof cellularresponse

Relay molecules in a signal transductionpathway

321

Concept 11.2: Reception: A signaling molecule binds to a receptor protein, causing it to change shape

• The binding between a signal molecule (ligand) and receptor is highly specific

• A shape change in a receptor is often the initial transduction of the signal

• Most signal receptors are plasma membrane proteins


Receptors in the Plasma Membrane

• Most water-soluble signal molecules bind to specific sites on receptor proteins that span the plasma membrane

• There are three main types of membrane receptors

– G protein-coupled receptors– Receptor tyrosine kinases– Ion channel receptors


• G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of cell-surface receptors

• A GPCR is a plasma membrane receptor that works with the help of a G protein

• The G protein acts as an on/off switch: If GDP is bound to the G protein, the G protein is inactive


Figure 11.7a

G protein-coupled receptor

Signaling molecule binding site

Segment thatinteracts with G proteins

Figure 11.7b

G protein-coupledreceptor

21

3 4

Plasmamembrane

G protein(inactive)

CYTOPLASM Enzyme

Activatedreceptor

Signalingmolecule

Inactiveenzyme

Activatedenzyme

Cellular response

GDPGTP

GDPGTP

GTP

P i

GDP

GDP

Figure 11.8

Plasmamembrane

Cholesterol

β2-adrenergicreceptors

Moleculeresemblingligand

• Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are membrane receptors that attach phosphates to tyrosines

• A receptor tyrosine kinase can trigger multiple signal transduction pathways at once

• Abnormal functioning of RTKs is associated with many types of cancers


Figure 11.7c

Signalingmolecule (ligand)

21

3 4

Ligand-binding site

α helix in themembrane

Tyrosines

CYTOPLASM Receptor tyrosinekinase proteins(inactive monomers)

Signalingmolecule

Dimer

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

Tyr

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Activated tyrosinekinase regions(unphosphorylateddimer)

Fully activatedreceptor tyrosinekinase(phosphorylateddimer)

Activated relayproteins

Cellularresponse 1

Cellularresponse 2

Inactiverelay proteins

6 ATP 6 ADP

• A ligand-gated ion channel receptor acts as a gate when the receptor changes shape

• When a signal molecule binds as a ligand to the receptor, the gate allows specific ions, such as Na+ or Ca2+, through a channel in the receptor


Figure 11.7d

Signalingmolecule (ligand)

21 3

Gate closed Ions

Ligand-gatedion channel receptor

Plasmamembrane

Gate open

Cellularresponse

Gate closed

Intracellular Receptors

• Intracellular receptor proteins are found in the cytosol or nucleus of target cells

• Small or hydrophobic chemical messengers can readily cross the membrane and activate receptors

• Examples of hydrophobic messengers are the steroid and thyroid hormones of animals

• An activated hormone-receptor complex can act as a transcription factor, turning on specific genes


Figure 11.9-1Hormone(testosterone)

Receptorprotein

Plasmamembrane

DNA

NUCLEUS

CYTOPLASM

EXTRACELLULARFLUID


Receptorprotein

Plasmamembrane

Hormone-receptorcomplex

DNA

NUCLEUS

CYTOPLASM

EXTRACELLULARFLUID


Receptorprotein

Plasmamembrane


DNA

NUCLEUS

CYTOPLASM

EXTRACELLULARFLUID


Receptorprotein

Plasmamembrane


DNA

mRNA

NUCLEUS

CYTOPLASM

EXTRACELLULARFLUID


Receptorprotein

Plasmamembrane

EXTRACELLULARFLUID


DNA

mRNA

NUCLEUS

CYTOPLASM

New protein

Concept 11.3: Transduction: Cascades of molecular interactions relay signals from receptors to target molecules in the cell

• Signal transduction usually involves multiple steps• Multistep pathways can amplify a signal: A few

molecules can produce a large cellular response• Multistep pathways provide more opportunities for

coordination and regulation of the cellular response


Signal Transduction Pathways

• The molecules that relay a signal from receptor to response are mostly proteins

• Like falling dominoes, the receptor activates another protein, which activates another, and so on, until the protein producing the response is activated

• At each step, the signal is transduced into a different form, usually a shape change in a protein


Protein Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation

• In many pathways, the signal is transmitted by a cascade of protein phosphorylations

• Protein kinases transfer phosphates from ATP to protein, a process called phosphorylation


• Protein phosphatases remove the phosphates from proteins, a process called dephosphorylation

• This phosphorylation and dephosphorylation system acts as a molecular switch, turning activities on and off or up or down, as required


Receptor

Signaling molecule

Activated relaymolecule

Phosphorylation cascade

Inactiveprotein kinase

1 Activeprotein kinase

1

Activeprotein kinase

2


3


2


3

Inactiveprotein

Activeprotein

Cellularresponse

ATPADP

ATPADP

ATPADP

PP

PP

PP

P

P

P

P i

P i

P i

Figure 11.10

Activated relaymolecule

Phosphorylation cascade


1 Activeprotein kinase

1


2


3


2


3

Inactiveprotein

Activeprotein

ATPADP

ATPADP

ATPADP

PP

PP

PP

P

P

P i

P i

P i

P

Figure 11.10a

Small Molecules and Ions as Second Messengers

• The extracellular signal molecule (ligand) that binds to the receptor is a pathway’s “first messenger”

• Second messengers are small, nonprotein, water-soluble molecules or ions that spread throughout a cell by diffusion

• Second messengers participate in pathways initiated by GPCRs and RTKs

• Cyclic AMP and calcium ions are common second messengers


Cyclic AMP

• Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is one of the most widely used second messengers

• Adenylyl cyclase, an enzyme in the plasma membrane, converts ATP to cAMP in response to an extracellular signal


Figure 11.11

Adenylyl cyclase Phosphodiesterase

Pyrophosphate

AMP

H2O

ATP

P iP

cAMP

Figure 11.11a

Adenylyl cyclase

Pyrophosphate

ATP

P iP

cAMP

Figure 11.11b

Phosphodiesterase

AMP

H2O

cAMP

H2O

• Many signal molecules trigger formation of cAMP

• Other components of cAMP pathways are G proteins, G protein-coupled receptors, and protein kinases

• cAMP usually activates protein kinase A, which phosphorylates various other proteins

• Further regulation of cell metabolism is provided by G-protein systems that inhibit adenylyl cyclase


Figure 11.12

G protein

First messenger(signaling moleculesuch as epinephrine)


Adenylylcyclase

Second messenger

Cellular responses

Proteinkinase A

GTP

ATP

cAMP

Calcium Ions and Inositol Triphosphate (IP3)

• Calcium ions (Ca2+) act as a second messenger in many pathways

• Calcium is an important second messenger because cells can regulate its concentration


Figure 11.13

Mitochondrion

EXTRACELLULARFLUID

Plasmamembrane

Ca2+

pump

Nucleus

CYTOSOL

Ca2+

pump

Ca2+

pump

Endoplasmicreticulum(ER)

ATP

ATP

Low [Ca2+ ]High [Ca2+ ]Key

• A signal relayed by a signal transduction pathway may trigger an increase in calcium in the cytosol

• Pathways leading to the release of calcium involve inositol triphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DAG) as additional second messengers


Animation: Signal Transduction Pathways

G protein

EXTRA-CELLULARFLUID

Signaling molecule(first messenger)


Phospholipase C

DAG

PIP2

IP3

(second messenger)

IP3-gatedcalcium channel

Endoplasmicreticulum (ER)

CYTOSOL

Ca2+

GTP

Figure 11.14-1

Figure 11.14-2

G protein

EXTRA-CELLULARFLUID



Phospholipase C

DAG

PIP2

IP3

(second messenger)



CYTOSOL

Ca2+

(secondmessenger)

Ca2+

GTP

Figure 11.14-3

G protein

EXTRA-CELLULARFLUID



Phospholipase C

DAG

PIP2

IP3

(second messenger)



CYTOSOL

Variousproteinsactivated

Cellularresponses

Ca2+

(secondmessenger)

Ca2+

GTP

Concept 11.4: Response: Cell signaling leads to regulation of transcription or cytoplasmic activities

• The cell’s response to an extracellular signal is sometimes called the “output response”


Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Responses

• Ultimately, a signal transduction pathway leads to regulation of one or more cellular activities

• The response may occur in the cytoplasm or in the nucleus

• Many signaling pathways regulate the synthesis of enzymes or other proteins, usually by turning genes on or off in the nucleus

• The final activated molecule in the signaling pathway may function as a transcription factor


Figure 11.15Growth factor

Receptor

Reception

Transduction

CYTOPLASM

Response

Inactivetranscriptionfactor

Activetranscriptionfactor

DNA

NUCLEUS mRNA

Gene

Phosphorylationcascade

P

• Other pathways regulate the activity of enzymes rather than their synthesis


Figure 11.16Reception

Transduction

Response

Binding of epinephrine to G protein-coupled receptor (1 molecule)

Inactive G protein

Active G protein (102 molecules)

Inactive adenylyl cyclaseActive adenylyl cyclase (102)

ATPCyclic AMP (104)

Inactive protein kinase AActive protein kinase A (104)

Inactive phosphorylase kinase

Active phosphorylase kinase (105)

Inactive glycogen phosphorylase

Active glycogen phosphorylase (106)

Glycogen

Glucose 1-phosphate (108 molecules)

• Signaling pathways can also affect the overall behavior of a cell, for example, changes in cell shape


Wild type (with shmoos) ∆Fus3 ∆formin

Matingfactoractivatesreceptor.

Matingfactor G protein-coupled

receptor

Shmoo projectionforming

Formin

G protein binds GTPand becomes activated.

2

1

3

4

5

P

P

P

PForminFormin

Fus3

Fus3Fus3

GDPGTP

Phosphory- lation cascade

Microfilament

Actinsubunit

Phosphorylation cascadeactivates Fus3, which movesto plasma membrane.

Fus3 phos-phorylatesformin,activating it.

Formin initiates growth ofmicrofilaments that formthe shmoo projections.

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

Figure 11.17

Figure 11.17a

Wild type (with shmoos)

Figure 11.17b

∆Fus3

Figure 11.17c

∆formin

Fine-Tuning of the Response

• There are four aspects of fine-tuning to consider– Amplification of the signal (and thus the response)– Specificity of the response– Overall efficiency of response, enhanced by

scaffolding proteins– Termination of the signal


Signal Amplification

• Enzyme cascades amplify the cell’s response• At each step, the number of activated products is

much greater than in the preceding step


The Specificity of Cell Signaling and Coordination of the Response

• Different kinds of cells have different collections of proteins

• These different proteins allow cells to detect and respond to different signals

• Even the same signal can have different effects in cells with different proteins and pathways

• Pathway branching and “cross-talk” further help the cell coordinate incoming signals


Figure 11.18

Signalingmolecule

Receptor

Relay molecules

Response 1

Cell A. Pathway leadsto a single response.

Response 2 Response 3 Response 4 Response 5

Activationor inhibition

Cell B. Pathway branches,leading to two responses.

Cell C. Cross-talk occursbetween two pathways.

Cell D. Different receptorleads to a differentresponse.

Signalingmolecule

Receptor

Relay molecules

Response 1

Cell A. Pathway leadsto a single response.

Response 2 Response 3

Cell B. Pathway branches,leading to two responses.

Figure 11.18a

Response 4 Response 5

Activationor inhibition

Cell C. Cross-talk occursbetween two pathways.

Cell D. Different receptorleads to a differentresponse.

Figure 11.18b

Signaling Efficiency: Scaffolding Proteins and Signaling Complexes

• Scaffolding proteins are large relay proteins to which other relay proteins are attached

• Scaffolding proteins can increase the signal transduction efficiency by grouping together different proteins involved in the same pathway

• In some cases, scaffolding proteins may also help activate some of the relay proteins


Figure 11.19

Signalingmolecule

Receptor

Plasmamembrane

Scaffoldingprotein

Threedifferentproteinkinases

Termination of the Signal

• Inactivation mechanisms are an essential aspect of cell signaling

• If ligand concentration falls, fewer receptors will be bound

• Unbound receptors revert to an inactive state


Concept 11.5: Apoptosis integrates multiple cell-signaling pathways

• Apoptosis is programmed or controlled cell suicide

• Components of the cell are chopped up and packaged into vesicles that are digested by scavenger cells

• Apoptosis prevents enzymes from leaking out of a dying cell and damaging neighboring cells


Figure 11.20

2 µm

Apoptosis in the Soil Worm Caenorhabditis elegans

• Apoptosis is important in shaping an organism during embryonic development

• The role of apoptosis in embryonic development was studied in Caenorhabditis elegans

• In C. elegans, apoptosis results when proteins that “accelerate” apoptosis override those that “put the brakes” on apoptosis


Figure 11.21

Mitochondrion

Ced-9protein (active)inhibits Ced-4activity

Receptorfor death-signalingmolecule

Ced-4 Ced-3

Inactive proteins

(a) No death signal

Death-signalingmolecule

Ced-9(inactive)

Cellformsblebs

ActiveCed-4

ActiveCed-3

Otherproteases

NucleasesActivationcascade

(b) Death signal

Figure 11.21a

Mitochondrion

Ced-9protein (active)inhibits Ced-4activity

Receptorfor death-signalingmolecule

Ced-4 Ced-3

Inactive proteins

(a) No death signal

Death-signalingmolecule

Ced-9(inactive)

Cellformsblebs

ActiveCed-4

ActiveCed-3

Otherproteases

NucleasesActivationcascade

(b) Death signal

Figure 11.21b

Apoptotic Pathways and the Signals That Trigger Them

• Caspases are the main proteases (enzymes that cut up proteins) that carry out apoptosis

• Apoptosis can be triggered by– An extracellular death-signaling ligand – DNA damage in the nucleus– Protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum


• Apoptosis evolved early in animal evolution and is essential for the development and maintenance of all animals

• Apoptosis may be involved in some diseases (for example, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s); interference with apoptosis may contribute to some cancers


Figure 11.22

Interdigital tissueCells undergoing

apoptosisSpace between

digits1 mm

Figure 11.22a

Interdigital tissue

Figure 11.22b

Cells undergoingapoptosis

Figure 11.22c

Space betweendigits1 mm

Figure 11.UN01

Reception1 2 3Transduction Response

Receptor

Signalingmolecule

Relay molecules

Activation of cellularresponse

Figure 11.UN02

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