P53, Apoptosis, Cancer, More Regulation
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P53, Apoptosis, Cancer, More Regulation
G1 checkpoint
• Controlled by G1 Cdk-cyclin
• G1 cyclin levels also vary with the cell cycle
• Many additional levels of phosphorylation, dephosphor-ylation regulate.
P
Cyc D
cdk4
pRBE2F
E2FE2F
E2F P
PP
P
E2F E2FE2F E2F
Cyc E
cdk2
Growth Factor Signaling Through the Ras Pathway crossing of G1 checkpoint
Ras*, Raf*
MAPKcascade
Activation of nuclear TFs
Activation of G1 Cdk cyclin genes: G1 S
G2 Checkpoint Control by MPF
• Active MPF = Mitotic Cdk + mitotic cyclin• Cdk is cyclin-dependant kinase• MPF controls G2 M by phosphorylating and
activating proteins involving in:– Chromosome condensation– Nuclear envelope breakdown– Spindle assembly– It’s own self-destruction
G2 checkpoint
Sister chromatid separation from prometaphase to anaphase
Securin
Separase
Cohesin
metaphase
Securin
Separase
Cohesin
prometaphase
APC
Check
point
Separase
APC
Securin
Separase
anaphase
Check
point
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Controls Metaphase Anaphase
• MPF (+) anaphase promoting complex, which destroys:
1. Securin, which allows separin protease to cleave cohesin.
2. Mitotic cyclin, which causes loss of MPF activity, leading to chromosome decondensation and envelope reformation.
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Section 20.2: Control of Mitosis by Cyclins and MPF Activity
Maturation promoting factor (MPF) is a protein kinase (requiring a mitotic cyclin) that stimulates mitosis, and hence is also called mitosis promoting factor.
The increase and decrease in MPF activity during the cell cycle in the early embryo reflects the cyclic synthesis and degradation of mitotic cyclins.
The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a ubiquitin ligase that recognizes the destruction box sequence in mitotic cyclins, marking them for degradation in late anaphase and thus terminating mitosis. Deactivation of APC/C (by G1-cyclin/CDK) in G1 permits mitotic (and S phase) cyclins to accumulate, allowing the cell cycle to continue.
DEF: A gene which encodes a protein that regulates all growth and is able to cause potential cancerous cells to destroy themselves. The gene is an antioncogen.
F(x): Includes regulation of critical cellular function involving the G1 and G2 cell-cycle check points in response to DNA damage and apoptosis induced by certain stimuli, such as DNA damaging agents and hypoxia.
Additional F(x): The tumor suppressor gene functions as the “guardian of the genome” plays a pivotal roe in “sending” damaged DNA and in making critical decisions of whether a cell should repair the damaged DNA.
The tumor suppressor gene p53 is located at chromosomes region 17p13 and is one of the most frequently mutated gene in human cancers.
APOPTOSIS
Programmed cell death
Orderly cellular self destruction
Process: as crucial for survival of multi-cellularorganisms as cell division
• Important in normal physiology / development– Development: Immune systems maturation,
Morphogenesis, Neural development– Adult: Immune privilege, DNA Damage and wound repair.
• Excess apoptosis– Neurodegenerative diseases
• Deficient apoptosis– Cancer– Autoimmunity
IMPORTANCE OF APOPTOSIS
STAGES OF CLASSIC APOPTOSISHealthy cell
DEATH SIGNAL (extrinsic or intrinsic)
Commitment to die (reversible)
EXECUTION (irreversible)
Dead cell (condensed, crosslinked)
ENGULFMENT (macrophages, neighboring cells)
DEGRADATION
APOPTOSIS: Role in Disease
TOO MUCH: Tissue atrophy
TOO LITTLE: Hyperplasia
NeurodegenerationThin skin
etc
CancerAthersclerosis
etc
APOPTOSIS: Role in Disease: Cancer
Apoptosis eliminates damaged cells(damage => mutations => cancer
Tumor suppressor p53 controls senescenceand apoptosis responses to damage
Most cancer cells are defective in apoptotic response(damaged, mutant cells survive)
High levels of anti-apoptotic proteinsor
Low levels of pro-apoptotic proteins===> CANCER
OPTIMAL FUNCTION (HEALTH)
APOPTOSIS
APOPTOSIS
AGING
Neurodegeneration, cancer, …..
P53 & Apoptosis
p53 first arrests cell growth between G1 S
This allows for DNA repair during delay
If the damage is too extensive then p53 induces gene activation leading to apoptosis (programmed cell death)
Cancer: Benign
• Benign: localized and of small size
• Cells that closely resemble, and may function, like normal cells
• Become problems due to sheer bulk or due to secretions (e.g. hormones)
Malignant tumors: high rate of division, properties may vary compared to cells of origin. Most malignant cells become metastaticInvade surrounding tissue and establishment of secondary areas of growth: Metastasis
Cancer : Malignant
MetastasisCarcinoma: derived from endoderm or ectoderm
Events in metastasis.
Cancer has a lot to do with cell signaling for growth
Pathways leading to cancer