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MEMBRANES: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION TOPIC 4

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BIOMEDICAL IMPORTANCE

• Plasma membranes- form closed compartments around cellular

protoplasm to separate one cell from another

• Selective permeabilities- provided by channels and pumps for ions and

substrates

• Receptor property
• Exchange materials with extracellular environment – excocytosis and

endocytosis

• Gap juctions
• Cell-cell interactions
• Transmembrane signaling
• Form specialized compartments within cell – provide shape for mitoch, ER,

golgi

• Membrane localize enzymes-excitation response coupling-
• Site for energy transduction
• Changes in membrane structure?

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Maintenance of a normal intra- &extracellular environment is fundamental to life Life originated in aqueous environments- enzyme reactions, cellular and subcellular processes evolved to work in this milieu. How this aqueous state is maintained?

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Fluid distribution

2 large compartments that distribute water

• 1. Intracellular fluid – ICF
• 2/3 of body water
• Provides the environment for the cell

 to make, store and utilize energy  to repair itself  to replicate  to perform special functions

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• 2. Extracellular Fluid –ECF
• 1/3 of body water
• A delivery system for glucose, f.a, a.a, O2, ions

and trace minerals etc

• Remove CO2 and waste product from cellular

environment

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Fluid distribution

The ionic compositions of intracellular and extracellular fluids

Mammalian cell maintained the ionic compositions through the membranes

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Membranes structure

Lipids, Proteins and Carbohydrates

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MEMBRANES MODEL

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LIPIDS COMPOSITION IN MEMBRANE

• Major lipids – phospholipids, glycosphingolipids

& cholesterol

amphipatic

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Membrane lipids form bilayer

• Bilayers- a structure formed

resemble the micelle structure – provide optimal condition for amphipatic molecules

• Hydrophobic regions are

protected from the aqueous environment and hydrophilic regions are immersed in water

• Micelles can only extedn to

200nm – and bilayers can extend to 1mm

• Formed by self-assembly –

driven by the hydrophobic effect

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Lipid bilayer

• O2, CO2, N2- readily diffuse
• Other molecules (Figure)

diffuse according their permeability in non polar solvents

• Steroids more readily

traverse the lipid bilayer compared with electrolytes How many biologic materials are lipid soluble and can therefore readily enter the cells?

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Lipid bilayer

• Membrane contain protein – form channels for the

movement of ions and small molecules

• Serve as transporter for larger molecules
• Different membrane consist of different composition
• f protein
• Include – enzymes, pumps and channels, structural

components, antigen (for MHC), and receptor for various molecules

• 2 types of proteins – integral and peripheral

How molecules that are non lipid-soluble cross the membrane?

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Integral protein

• Deeply embbedded in the

membrane

• Span the bilayer
• Usually globular and amphipatic
• Certain protein (transporter,

receptor, G proteins) – span the bilayer many times

• Asymmetrically distributed across

the membrane bilayer

• Require detergent or their

solubilization

• Eg: insulin receptor, glycophorin,

rhodopsin

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Peripheral protein

• Do not interact directly with

phospholipids in the bilayer- don’t need detergents for their release

• Bound to charge group of lipid bilayer
• Attach to the integral protein or

penetrate the peripheral regions of lipid bilayer

• Can be released by treatment with salt

solutions

• Eg- enzyme (phosphilipases,

glycosyltransferases and many more!

• Transportr of small hydrophobic

molecules-glycolipid transfer protein, sterol carrier protein

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Fluid Mosaic Model

• Proposed by Singer and Nicholson
• Resemble to icebergs (membrane

protein) floating in a sea of predominantly phospholipid molecules

• Integral protein and phospholipid

were found rapidly and randomly redistributed in the plasma membrane-fluidity

• Fluidity- depends on the lipid

composition of the membrane

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• Unsaturated-have kink in

the hydrocarbon chain- cause disorder in the packing of the chains-more

• pen structure and fluid
• Saturated f.a –no kink and

have longer hydrocarbon chain – interact more strongly –more rigid structure

• Cholesterol-enhance order

and rigidity

Fluid Mosaic Model

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Effect of temperature

• Temperature increase- hydrophobic side

chains undergo a transition from an ordered state (gel like) to a disordered state (fluid)

• Transition temperature
• The longer and saturated the hydrocarbon

chains- the higher temperature needed to increase the fluditiy

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Membrane fluidity

The fluidity of membrane affect its functions

• Fluidity ↑- permeability to water and other small

hydrophilic molecule ↑-lateral mobility of integral protein ↑

• active site in hydrophilic region maybe affected
• if protein involve in transportation, location changes

cause disruption in transportation

• Eg. Insulin receptor

↑ in unsaturated f.a cause ↑ in fluidity- alter the receptor so it binds more insulin (pls check)

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Membrane Selectivity

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TYPE OF TRANSPORT MECHANISM

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Active and Passive transport

• Passive – do not involve energy-

substance move from ↑ conc to ↓ conc – in the same direction as conc gradient

• Active – substance moves from

↓ conc to ↑conc – against conc gradient – require energy

• Passive – simple diffusion and

facilitated

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Passive transport

Factors affect diffusion of a substance: 1. Conc gradient across the memb 2. The electrical potential across the memb – solutes move toward the solution that has the opposite charge – inside of cell has a neg charge 3. The permeability coefficient of the substance for the memb 4. The hydrostatic pressure gradient across the memb - ↑pressure will ↑the rate and force of the collision between the molecules and memb 5. Temperature -↑ temp will↑ the freq of collisions between external particles and the memb

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Passive transport- simple diffusion

• Small, uncharged

molecules, such as O2, N2, and C02

• Rate of movement

depend on the conc difference across the membrane

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Active transport

• Identified by the presence of carrier protein
• The need for an energy source to move

solutes against a gradient

• Primary active transport-linked to hydrolysis
• f energy – pumping water uphill -E.g sodium-

potassium pump

• Secondary active transport –e.g- galactosidase

permease in cell

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Transport system

• Uniport system-move one type of

molecule bidirectitonally

• Co transport system-transfer of
• ne solute depends upon the

stoiciometric simultaneous or sequential transfer of another solute

• Symport – moves these solutes in

the same direction –eg: proton- sugar transporter in bacteria and Na+ - sugar transporter and Na+- amino acid transporters in mammalian cells

• Antiport-moves 2 molecules in
• pposite directions. Eg.Na+ in

and Ca2+ out

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Passive transport- facilitated diffusion

• Uniport system
• Using carrier protein
• Glucose pass thru the

membrane using glucose permease as the carrier protein

• No energy is expended
• E.g. Ping-Pong

mechanism

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Passive transport- facilitated diffusion

• Hormones regulate facilitated diffusion by

changing the number of transporters available

• Insulin increases glucose transport from

intracellular reservoir

• Glucocorticoid hormones-enhance transport
• f aa into liver
• Growth hormon-increase amino acid transport

in all cells

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Transport System

• 1. Ion channels
• 2. Ionophores
• 3. Water channels (Aquaporins)
• 4. Gap Junction

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ION CHANNELS

• Ion channels-

transmembrane, pore like structure composed of proteins

• Specific channels for Na+,

K+. Ca2+ and Cl- have been identified

• Open transiently and thus

gated – can be controlled by opening and closing

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• Ligand-gated channels- specific

molecule binds to a receptor and

• pens the channel-

neurotransmitter

• Voltage-gated channels-open or

close in response to changes in membrane potential- activated by changes in electrical potential difference – neuron and muscle tissue

• Example of active transport using

ion channels – Sodium Potassium Ion Pump and Galactose Permease Visit Youtube for animation

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ION CHANNELS

Sodium Potassium Ion Pump

• Under normal condition, ([K+]inside

> [K+] outside) and ([Na+]inside < [Na+] outside)

• Energy required to move these

ions against their gradients comes from hydrolysis of ATP

• The protein function as enzyme

that hydrolyze ATP and as transporter- ATPase

• The pumping process transport 3

Na+ ions out of the cell for every 2 K+ ions transported in the cell

• Self-study: Details mechanism

involve in Na+K+ pump

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Galactose Permease

• In bacteria
• [lactose]inside the bacterial

cell>outside – moving lactose into the cell req energy

• Galactose permease does not directly

hydrolyze ATP-but harnesses the energy by using the higher concentration of H+ outside cell to drive the conc of lactose inside cell

• Self-study: Details mechanism

involve in Na+K+ pump

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Ionophores

• Synthesize by microbes that

fx for the movement of ions across membrane

• Microbial toxin-diphteria

toxin can produce large pores in cellular membranes-get access to internal milieu

• Two types:
• 1. Mobile ion carriers –

Valinomycin (refer uncouplers

• f oxidative phosphorilation)
• 2. Channel formers - gramicidin

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Aquaporins

• A water channel to transport

water

• Red cell and cell of the

collecting ductules of the kidney-movement of water through water channel- aquaporins

• 5 distinct aquaporins (AP-1 to

AP-5)

• Mutations in gene encode for

AP-2- nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

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Transmembrane signalling

• Producing the effect of biologically active

substance – substance need to bind to a protein receptor site on the exterior of cell

• Resemble enzyme-substrate recognition
• Eg for protein receptor for Low density

lipoprotein (LDL).

• LDL- protein, cholesterol and

phosphoglycerides

• Protein bind to receptor- pinched off into

the cell (endocytosis)

• Cholesterol is used in the cell
• The receptor is recycled back to the

surface of cell

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Endocytosis

• A process by which cells take up

large molecules (polysachharide,proteins, polynucleotide)-forming vesicles

• The molecules are digested to yield

aa, simple sugars and nt – diffuse

• ut of vesicles to be reused in

cytops

• Require ATP, Ca2+ in extracellular

fluid and contractile elements (microfilament)

• 2 types: phagocytosis-in specialized

cell (mphage and granulocytes) – ingestion large particles (virus, bacteria, cells, debris)

• Pinocytosis – fluid phase and

absorptive pinocytosis

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Phagocytosis

• Engulfment of large particles –

viruses, bacteria, cell, debris by macrophages and granulocytes

• Pseudopodia will surround the

particles and for phagosome

• Phagosome will fuse with

lysosome forming phagolysosomes –particles are digested

• Macrophage are extremely

active and may ingest 25% of their volume per hour

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Exocytosis

• Process of of excreting

macromolecules outside cells

• Molecules can attach to the

cell surface and become peripheral proteins – antigen

• They can become part of

extracellular matrix- collagen and glycosaminoglycans

• Can enter extracellular fluid

and signal other cells – insulin, parathyroid hormone and catecholamines-to be released upon appropriate stimulation

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Pinocytosis

• Absorption of

extracellular fluid from

• utside by formation of

small vesicles

• The cell take in all

surrounding fluids and including all solutes present

• ‘Cell drinking’

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Gap junctions

• Specialized regions on the

membranes of individual cells for intercellular communication in close proximity

• Mediate and regulate

passage of ions and small molecules (1000- 2000MW) through a narrow hydrophilic core connecting cytosol of adjacent cell-connexin

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TASK

1. Discuss the effect of abnormalities of cell membrane fluidity. State example of disease and explain how the disease develop 2. Discuss the medical applications of membrane in drug delivery system 3. Discuss disease related to defective phagocytosis in animal 4. Disease related to receptor mediated endocytosis

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