Cell Signaling “Principles”

1. Cell Signaling “Principles” Dr. Fridoon Jawad Ahmad HEC Foreign Professor King Edward Medical University Visiting Professor LUMS-SSE

2. 2nd Biggest Leap 2.5 billion Years Multicellular = Specialization = Coordination Ability to sense & respond to external and internal environment

3. Why Signaling System In order to survive even simplest organisms need to sense and respond to their environment. It is critical that the cells of multicellular organisms communicate to coordinate their efforts (Running). Cells in a multicellular organism are specialized and rely on each other for the support (brain sugar). During development there have to be checks balances on differentiation (analogy society).

4. Signals Can Instruct Cells to Perform Various functions (Manipulating Gene expression)

5. Design 1) Ligand binding 2) Conformational change Cytoplasmic domain 3) Mediators 4) Cell function modified

6. Expression of One Gene Can Alter Phenotype of Cells

7. Modes Low Affinity

8. Receptors & Cell Machinery Receptor combinations confer cell behavior in an environment flooded with hundreds of ligands Cellular machinery specifies cell response to a particular ligand

9. High Turnover (NO) Ach Receptor-ACh NO synthase Deamination NO Diffusion G-cyclase cGMP Relaxation NO half life 5 seconds

10. Receptors: Intracellular (ICR) Small Hydrophobic Lipid soluble molecules eg steroid & thyroid hormones, retinoids & Vit D etc Blood transport via carrier proteins longer life (thy days Ach ms) Carrier left outside Inactive ICR may be DNA bound or in cytoplasm (NLS nonfunctional) Activated receptor binds DNA induces gene transcription

11. ICR Specificity Different cells with identical ICRs regulate different genes due to other cell specific mediators Right combination of co-activators/gene regulators required to transcribe specific genes (testosterone)

12. ICR Transcription Ligand binding removes inhibitory proteins and facilitates binding of transcription activators

13. Cell-Surface Receptors (CSR)

14. CSR Response Time Neurotransmitters produce all or noting response

15. Small IC Mediators SICMs are produced/released in response to signal received by the receptor SICMs donot have an enzymatic activity of their own however they modify the function of other molecules

16. IC Proteins • 1 Relay proteins simply pass the message to the next signaling component in the chain. • 2 Messenger proteins carry the signal from one part of the cell to another, such as from the cytosol to the nucleus. • 3 Adaptor proteins link one signaling protein to another, without themselves conveying a signal. • 4 Amplifier proteins, which are usually either enzymes or ion channels, greatly increase the signal they receive, either by producing large amounts of small intracellular mediators or by activating large numbers of downstream intracellular signaling proteins. When there are multiple amplification steps in a relay chain, the chain is often referred to as a signaling cascade. • 5 Transducer proteins convert the signal into a different form. The enzyme that makes cyclic AMP is an example: it both converts the signal and amplifies it, thus acting as both a transducer and an amplifier. • 6 Bifurcation proteins spread the signal from one signaling pathway to another. • 7 Integrator proteins receive signals from two or more signaling pathways and integrate them before relaying a signal onward. • 8 Latent gene regulatory proteins are activated at the cell surface by activated receptors and then migrate to the nucleus to stimulate gene transcription. 1 3 6 4 & 5 7 2

17. Signaling in E. coli After ligand binding change in tertiary structure of extra cellular part of EnvZ leads to structural change in its cytoplasmic domain making it a kinase (auto..). EnvZ-P can now phosphor-ilate OmpR (responder) outside signal in and amplified.

18. Signaling in E. coli Receptor conformational change after ligand binding which activates kinase activity. Phosphorilation alters responder function. Signal amplified. Transcription factor activated. Protein synthesis results in altered cell activity.

19. G Protein-Linked Receptors Ligand binding causes a structural change permitting G protein to bind receptor. Binding of G protein to activated receptor causes it to exchange GDP for GTP (receptor releases ligand).

20. G Protein-Linked Receptors Subunit of G protein separates and activates an effector molecule (causing a functional change). Epinephrine effects different cells differently (heart muscle contracts, intestinal vascular smooth muscle relaxes more nutrients absorbed (Adnl C inhibition).

21. Second Messenger Second messengers are allosteric regulators and do not have enzymatic activity Cyclic AMP (cAMP) can bind ion channels to open them or bind enzymes to exposing their active sites.

22. Enzyme Activation Via Second messenger

23. The cAMP-dependent protein kinases (PKA) are tetramers, consisting of two regulatory (R) subunits and two catalytic (C) subunits. In the tetrameric form PKA is enzymatically inactive. Binding of cAMP to the R subunits causes dissociation of the two C subunits, which then can phosphorylate specific acceptor proteins.

24. cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK), glycogen phosphorylase kinase (GPK), and glycogen phosphorylase (GP) — are all regulated, directly or indirectly, by cAMP by phosphoprotein phosphatase, which removes the phosphate residues from the inactive form of glycogen synthase At high cAMP levels, cAPK phosphorylates an inhibitor of phosphoprotein phosphatase (PP)

26. CRE

27. Gs vs Gi

28. PKC Activation via Gq

30. Receptor Tyrosine Kinases & Ras

31. Autophosphorylation

32. Activated RTKs Indirectly Bind and Activate RAS

33. RAS Helpers

35. Protein Kinase Cascade Signal Amplification Ras Experiment

36. Alternate Names

37. Comparison