Title: Cell types and subcellular structures
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Cell adhesion and junctional complexes
Lecture 5
4BBY1030 Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Neuroscience Education
Dr Clemens
Kiecker Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Learning outcomes
By the end of this lecture you should be able to explain:
a) explain how cells adhere to each other (cell-cell adhesion
b) explain how cells adhere to extracellular matrix (cell-matrix adhesion)
c) describe the composition of the extracellular matrix Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Chapter 1
# Extracellular matrix (ECM)
3Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Two types of extracellular matrix
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Epithelium
(Cells are tightly
packed, binding to
each other)
Mesenchyme
(Cells are sparse)
Section of mouse embryo, Nagai et al. J Cell Biol 2000;150:1499-
1506
> 10 m
Basement membrane/basal lamina
2D sheet on which epithelial cells
reside
Essential Cell Biology
Fibrillar matrix
3D matrix composed of various fibres, in
which cells such as fibroblasts are buried
Mori et al. 2008, J Exp Med. 205: 43-51
> Cell
> `Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Basement membrane/basal lamina
> 5
Underlies epithelia and
surrounds some non-
epithelial cells
Main components:
Collagen IV
Laminin
Nidogen
Perlecan Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Fibrillar matrix
> 6
Deposited and constantly re-modelled by
embedded cells
Main components:
Collagen I
Fibronectin
Elastin
Proteoglycans Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Chapter 2
# Cell adhesion and junctions
7Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Types of junctional complexes
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A. Tight junction
B. Adherens junction
C. Desmosome
D. Gap junction
F. Hemidesmosome E. Focal adhesion Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Desmosomes and hemidesomosomes in the electron microscope
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http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/sbpm_histology_old/lab/lab11_micrograph.html
1. Pairs of dark, disk/button-like structures at cell-cell contacts
Cell 1
Cell 2
Garrod et al. J Cell Sci. 2005 118:5743-54
Bars, 100 nm
Borradori and Sonnenberg. J Invest Dermatol. 1999 112:411-8
2. Something looking like half-desmosomes at cell-ECM interface
Cell
ECM
https://www.dictionary.com
desmo-
Greek desmos
"bond
fastening
chain
-some
Greek sma
body
= Desmosomes
hemi-
Greek hmi-
half
= Hemidesmosomes
Cell 1 Cell 2 Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
(Hemi)desomosomes are linked to intermediate filaments
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Desmosome Hemidesmosome Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
The approximate scale of these structures
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A hemidesmosome
~100 nm wide
A desmosome
~500 nm high
A cell
~20 m wide
Array of hemidesmosomes at cell bottom Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Intermediate filaments provide support against mechanical stress
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Epidermolysis bullosa (mutations in IF or desmosomal factors) Pemphigus (autoantibodies against desmosomes)
Has C and Bruckner-Tuderman L. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2014;15:245-68. Kasperkiewicz et al. 2017, Nat Rev Dis Primers. 3:17026 Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Types of junctional complexes
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A. Tight junction
B. Adherens junction
C. Desmosome
D. Gap junction
F. Hemidesmosome E. Focal adhesion Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Tight junctions surround the apical surface of epitelial cells
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Molecular Biology of the Cell Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Tight junctions turn epithelia into barriers
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Claudin (TJ factor)
knockout Control
Injection of purple dye under
skin spreads into upper
layers in the Claudin knockout
mouse
Claudin knockout
pups lose weight due
to evaporation of
water through skin
> Furuse et al. 2002, J Cell Biol. 156:1099-111
Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Gap junctions couple cells via permeable pores
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TJ
Dispersed in lateral membrane
Apical
Basal
Lateral
GJs
Gap junctions form
fenestrations (pores) that
allow small molecules and
ions to pass between cells
chemical and electrical
coupling Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Types of junctional complexes
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A. Tight junction
B. Adherens junction
C. Desmosome
D. Gap junction
F. Hemidesmosome E. Focal adhesion Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Adherens junctions are linked to the actin cytoskeleton
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TJ
AJ
Double headband
Apical
Basal
> Pollard et al. Cell Biology 2e - Elsev
Actin-myosin can mediate
contractile forces bending of
epithelia Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Focal adhesions link the actin cytoskeleton to the ECM via integrins
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Kanchanawong et al. Nature
2010;468:580-584
F. Hemidesmosome E. Focal adhesion
Molecular Biology of the Cell Basal lamina Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Focal adhesions form transiently during cell movement
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Focal Adhesions
Actin Filaments
> https://cellix.imba.oeaw.ac.at/cytoskeleton/actin
Focal adhesion dynamics in a migrating hu
man cell - YouTube Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Discovery of the first cell adhesion molecule
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Masatoshi Takeichi: re-
investigated dissociation
ofamphibian embryonics
(Johannes Holtfreter)
Carnegie Institution , Baltimore, US Kyoto University, Japan
> (Photo taken in 1969)
EDTA sequesters Ca 2+ Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Cadherins are Ca 2+ -dependent adhesion molecules
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Other types of junctions not covered today
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A. Tight junction
B. Adherens junction
C. Desmosome
D. Gap junction
F. Hemidesmosome
E. Focal adhesion
Selectin-based adhesion of
white blood cells in vessels
(leukocyte rolling)
Neuronal synapse
Plasmodesma (= plant gap
junction)
Septate junctions (= tight
junctions in invertebrates)
etc. etc. Dr Clemens Kiecker Topic title: Cell types and subcellular structures
Cancer metastasis is intricately linked to cell adhesion
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