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BIOLOGY EDITION Reece • Urry • Cain • Wasserman • Minorsky • Jackson 11 Cell Communication CAMPBELL TENTH BIOLOGY EDITION Reece • Urry • Cain • Wasserman • Minorsky • Jackson 11 Cell Communication Lecture Presentation by Nicole Tunbridge and Kathleen Fitzpatrick © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Cellular Messaging . Cells can signal to each other and interpret the signals they receive from other cells and the environment . Signals are most often chemicals . The same small set of cell signaling mechanisms shows up in diverse species and processes © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.1 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.1a Epinephrine © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 11.1: External signals are converted to responses within the cell . Communication among microorganisms provides some insight into how cells send, receive, and respond to signals © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Evolution of Cell Signaling . The yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has two mating types, a and . Cells of different mating types locate each other via secreted factors specific to each type . Signal transduction pathways convert signals received at a cell’s surface into cellular responses . The molecular details of signal transduction in yeast and mammals are strikingly similar © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.2-1 α factor 1 Exchange Receptor of mating factors a α Yeast cell, a factor Yeast cell, mating type a mating type α © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.2-2 α factor 1 Exchange Receptor of mating factors a α Yeast cell, a factor Yeast cell, mating type a mating type α 2 Mating a α © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.2-3 α factor 1 Exchange Receptor of mating factors a α Yeast cell, a factor Yeast cell, mating type a mating type α 2 Mating a α 3 New a/ cell a/ α © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Pathway similarities suggest that ancestral signaling molecules that evolved in prokaryotes and single-celled eukaryotes were adopted for use in their multicellular descendants . Cell signaling is critical in the microbial world . A concentration of signaling molecules allows bacteria to sense local population density in a process called quorum sensing © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.3 1 Individual rod-shaped cells 2 2 Aggregation in progress 0.5 mm 3 Spore-forming structure (fruiting body) 2.5 mm Fruiting bodies © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.3a 0.5 mm 1 Individual rod-shaped cells © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.3b 0.5 mm 2 Aggregation in progress © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.3c 0.5 mm 3 Spore-forming structure (fruiting body) © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.3d 2.5 mm Fruiting bodies © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Local and Long-Distance Signaling . Cells in a multicellular organism communicate via signaling molecules . In local signaling, animal cells may communicate by direct contact . Animal and plant cells have cell junctions that directly connect the cytoplasm of adjacent cells . Signaling substances in the cytosol can pass freely between adjacent cells © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.4 Plasma membranes Cell wall Gap junctions Plasmodesmata between animal cells between plant cells (a) Cell junctions (b) Cell-cell recognition © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. In many other cases, animal cells communicate using secreted messenger molecules that travel only short distances . Growth factors, which stimulate nearby target cells to grow and divide, are one class of such local regulators in animals . This type of local signaling in animals is called paracrine signaling © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Synaptic signaling occurs in the animal nervous system when a neurotransmitter is released in response to an electric signal . Local signaling in plants is not well understood beyond communication between plasmodesmata © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. In long-distance signaling, plants and animals use chemicals called hormones . Hormonal signaling in animals is called endocrine signaling; specialized cells release hormones, which travel to target cells via the circulatory system . The ability of a cell to respond to a signal depends on whether or not it has a receptor specific to that signal © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.5 Local signaling Target cells Electrical signal triggers release of neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitter diffuses across Secreting synapse. cell Secretory vesicles Local regulator Target cell (a) Paracrine signaling (b) Synaptic signaling Long-distance signaling Endocrine cell Target cell specifically binds hormone. Hormone travels in bloodstream. Blood vessel (c) Endocrine (hormonal) signaling © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.5a Local signaling Target cells Secreting cell Secretory vesicles Local regulator (a) Paracrine signaling © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.5b Local signaling Electrical signal triggers release of neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitter diffuses across synapse. Target cell (b) Synaptic signaling © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.5c Long-distance signaling Endocrine cell Target cell specifically binds hormone. Hormone travels in bloodstream. Blood vessel (c) Endocrine (hormonal) signaling © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 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 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. In reception, the target cell detects a signaling molecule that binds to a receptor protein on the cell surface . In transduction, the binding of the signaling molecule alters the receptor and initiates a signal transduction pathway; transduction often occurs in a series of steps . In response, the transduced signal triggers a specific response in the target cell © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.6-1 EXTRACELLULAR CYTOPLASM FLUID Plasma membrane 1 Reception Receptor Signaling molecule © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.6-2 EXTRACELLULAR CYTOPLASM FLUID Plasma membrane 1 Reception 2 Transduction Receptor 1 2 3 Relay molecules Signaling molecule © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.6-3 EXTRACELLULAR CYTOPLASM FLUID Plasma membrane 1 Reception 2 Transduction 3 Response Receptor Activation 1 2 3 of cellular response Relay molecules Signaling molecule © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Animation: Overview of Cell Signaling © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 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 greatly amplify a signal . Multistep pathways provide more opportunities for coordination and regulation of the cellular response © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Signal Transduction Pathways . The binding of a signaling molecule to a receptor triggers the first step in a chain of molecular interactions . 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 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Protein Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation . Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of proteins is a widespread cellular mechanism for regulating protein activity . Protein kinases transfer phosphates from ATP to protein, a process called phosphorylation . Many relay molecules in signal transduction pathways are protein kinases, creating a phosphorylation cascade © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.10 Signaling molecule Receptor Activated relay molecule Inactive protein kinase 1 Active protein kinase 1 Inactive protein kinase ATP P 2 ADP Active protein PP kinase P i 2 Inactive protein kinase ATP 3 ADP Active P protein PP kinase P i 3 Inactive protein ATP ADP P Active Cellular protein response PP P i © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.10a Signaling molecule Receptor Activated relay molecule Inactive protein kinase 1 Active protein kinase 1 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.10b Phosphorylation Inactive protein kinase cascade 1 Active protein kinase 1 Inactive protein kinase ATP P 2 ADP Active protein PP kinase P i 2 Inactive protein kinase ATP P 3 ADP Active protein PP kinase P i 3 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.10c Inactive protein kinase ATP 3 ADP Active P protein PP kinase P i 3 Inactive protein ATP P ADP Active Cellular protein response PP P i © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Protein phosphatases rapidly 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 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Small Molecules and Ions as Second Messengers . Many signaling pathways involve second messengers . 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 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. 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 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.11 Adenylyl cyclase Phosphodiesterase Pyrophosphate H2O ATP cAMP AMP © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.11a Adenylyl cyclase Pyrophosphate ATP cAMP © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 11.11b Phosphodiesterase H2O cAMP
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