Title: Plasma Membrane Structure and Function Chapter 7 Image
1Plasma Membrane Structure and Function
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2MEMBRANE MODELS
- 1915 Scientists analyzed isolated red blood cell
membranes, found them made up of proteins and
lipids - 10 years later E. Gorter and F. Grendel reasoned
membranes are made of a phospholipid bilayer - 1935 Hugh Davson and James Danielli
- proposed membrane was a sandwich
- of proteins and phospholipid bilayer
- with proteins on outside of phopholipids
DAVSON-DANIELLIMODEL
3FLUID MOSAIC MODEL
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ges/anim/fluidmem.gif
Click here to See Fluidity
Click here to SeeFLUIDITY
- 1972- S.J. Singer and G. Nicolson propose
membrane is a mosaic of proteins and
phospholipids that are constantly moving and
changing
4More than just a barrier
- Expanding our view of cell membrane beyond just a
phospholipid bilayer barrier - phospholipids plus
5A membrane is a collage of different proteins
embedded in the fluid matrix of the lipid bilayer
6Membrane Proteins
- Proteins determine most of membranes specific
functions - cell membrane organelle membranes each have
unique collections of proteins - Membrane proteins
- peripheral proteins loosely bound to surface
of membrane - integral proteins penetrate into lipid
bilayer, often completely spanning the membrane
transmembrane protein
7Membrane Carbohydrates
- Attached to proteins (glycoproteins) or lipids
(glycolipids) - Play a key role in cell-cell recognition
- ability of a cell to distinguish neighboring
cells from another - important in organ tissue development
- basis for rejection of foreign cells by immune
system
http//faculty.southwest.tn.edu/rburkett/GB1-osmos
is.htm
8Membranes provide a variety of cell functions
9Molecules need to move across membranes in cells
IN food carbohydrates sugars, proteins amino
acids lipids salts, O2, H2O
OUT waste ammonia salts CO2 H2O products
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10- Cell Membranes are made of
- PHOSPHOLIPIDS PROTEINS
- Amphipathic
- Molecules with
- both hydrophilic
- and hydrophobic regions
phosphate
hydrophilic
lipid
hydrophobic
11- HYDROPHILIC/HYDROPHOBIC areas determine positions
of molecules in cell membranes - hydrophobic amino acids
- stick in the lipid membrane
- anchors the protein in membrane
- hydrophilic amino acids
- stick out in the watery fluid in or out of cell
12Semi-permeable membrane
- Need to allow passage through the membrane
- But need to control what gets in or out
- membrane needs to be semi-permeable
aa
H2O
sugar
lipid
salt
NH3
So what makes a membrane semi permeable?
See a movie
13PHOBIC TAILS in center determine what can pass
through
14- What molecules can get through directly?
Small non-polar molar molecules (O2 CO2) and
hydrophobic molecules (fats other lipids) can
slip directly through the phospholipid cell
membrane, but
lipid
O2
salt
What about other stuff?
NH3
aa
H2O
sugar
15Diffusion
- 2nd Law of Thermodynamics governs biological
systems - Universe tends towards disorder
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urces/diffusion-animated.gif
- Diffusion
- movement from higher ? lower concentration
16- Diffusion will also happen across a cell
membrane as long as there is a difference in
concentration and the membrane will let the
molecule pass through.
17Example DIFFUSION IN CELLS
http//facstaff.bloomu.edu/gdavis/links20100.htm
O2 automatically moves from HIGHER concentration
(in lungs) to LOWER concentration (in blood)
CO2 automatically moves from HIGHER
concentration (in blood) to LOWER concentration
(in lungs)
http//www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va/anatomy/case2/2_2.
html
18Diffusion of 2 solutes
- Each substance diffuses down its own
concentration gradient, independent of
concentration gradients of other substances
19What if cell needs to move a molecule _________
the CONCENTRATION GRADIENT?_______________
AGAINST
(LOWER ? HIGHER)
- Cell example
- Want to put MORE glucose
- into mitochondria when there is
- already glucose in there
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ia.jpg
20What if a cell needs to move _____ or ______
moleculesthat cant getthrough themembrane?
LARGE
POLAR
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21What if cell needs to move molecules really
_______? (cant wait for it to diffuse)
FAST
Movement of Na K ions required to send
nerve signals
http//www.steve.gb.com/images/science/neuron.png
22Cells need a ____ to ____ molecules across cell
membranes that _______ across by ___________
WAY
HELP
cant go
themselves
23Kidspiration by Riedell
24Facilitated diffusion
- Move from HIGH to LOW concentration with aid of
membrane transport proteins - passive transport
- no energy needed
- facilitated with help
25Facilitated Diffusion
Animation from http//bio.winona.edu/berg/ANIMTNS
/facdifan.gif
Carrier Proteins Grab molecule, undergo
conformational change, flip to other side
Channel Proteins Create passageway forsubstances
to pass through May be gated or notopen in
response to chemical or electrical signals
Animation from http//www2.uic.edu/myilma1/ionch
annel.gif
26Gated channels
- open only in presence of stimulus (signal)
- stimulus usually different from transported
molecule - ex ion-gated channelswhen neurotransmitters
bind to a specific gated channels on a neuron,
these channels open allows Na ions to
enter nerve cell - ex voltage-gated channelschange in electrical
charge across nerve cell membrane opens Na K
channels
27Carriers and Channels are specific
inside cell
sugar
aa
H2O
salt
NH3
outside cell
. . . BUT STILL MOVES FROM HIGHER to LOWER
28Active transport
- Uses energy from ATP to move molecules against
concentration gradient - Moves from lower ? higher
- Uses protein pumps
- OR
- vesicles
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u/biology/bio4fv/page/cell-movement.html http//ww
w.cat.cc.md.us/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit1/eustr
uct/images/sppump.gif
29PROTON PUMP
Moves Protons (H) across membrane
EXAMPLES - Creates acidic condition inside
lysosomes - Photosynthesis/respiration use H
gradients to generate ATP
See a movie proton pump
30Active transport
- SODIUM-POTASSIUM PUMP
- Sets up difference in charge across membranes
- Pumps 3 Na outand 2 K in
- Makes cells more outside more - inside
See a movie about Na - K pump
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o141/lecguide/unit1/eustruct/images/sppump.gif
31- All cells have voltages across their membranes
- membrane potential
- Cytoplasm inside cell is more negative
- than extracellular fluid outside
- TWO FORCES drive diffusion
- Concentration gradient
- Electrical force
- Ions move DOWN the electrochemical
gradient
Favors the passage of cations () into cells
32MEMBRANE POTENTIAL created by electrogenic pumps
(proteins that generate voltage by pumping ions)
PROTON PUMPMain electrogenic pump in plants,
fungi, and bacteria
Na- K PUMPMain electrogenic pump in animal
cells
http//fig.cox.miami.edu/cmallery/150/memb/electr
ogenic.jpg
Animation from http//www.lionden.com/cell_anima
tions.htm
33Electrogenic pumps can be coupled to actively
transport other substances
COTRANSPORT Ex Cells pump Hout of cell then
use the diffusion of H back into cell downits
gradient to drivethe uptake of sucrose into
cells
http//faculty.southwest.tn.edu/rburkett/GB1-os29.
jpg
34Na - K pump sets up MEMBRANE POTENTIAL
http//hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology
/nervecell.htmlc2
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37 38BULK TRANSPORT
- ACTIVE transport
- Requires energy (ATP)
- Uses vesicles
Watch two video clips aboutendo/exocytosis endo/
exocytosis
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y/farabee/BIOBK/BioBooktransp.html
39Endocytosis
Cell eating large molecules whole cells
phagocytosis
Cell drinking Fluids Small molecules
pinocytosis
triggered byligand signal
receptor-mediated endocytosis
40PHAGOCYTOSIS
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u/biology/bio4fv/page/cell-movement.html
Cell eating takes in large molecules whole
cells
See phagocytosis in action
http//www.accs.net/users/kriel/chapter20nine/
41Example in cellsWHITE BLOOD CELL ENGULFING
BACTERIA using Phagocytosis
http//fig.cox.miami.edu/cmallery/255/255ion/fig1
4x28.jpg
42PINOCYTOSIS
- Cell drinking
- Takes in fluids
- Small molecules
http//student.ccbcmd.edu/gkaiser/biotutorials/eu
struct/pinocyt.html
43Receptor-mediated Endocytosis
- Ligand-any molecule that binds to a receptor site
- Binding of ligands allows uptake of specific
molecules
44Receptor-mediated Endocytosis
Example in cells Cholesterol Uptake Low density
lipid proteins (LDLs) bind cholesteroland carry
it in blood LDLs act as ligands
bindingreceptors on cell surfaceand cholesterol
is taken into cell
http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/p
age/rectpr.htm
45EXOCYTOSIS
- Active transport (requires ATP)
- Uses vesicles
- Releases substances to outside
INSULIN being released by pancreas cells using
exocytosis
46GOLGI BODIES USE EXOCYTOSIS
Video http//www.southtexascollege.edu/tdehne/BC
_ShockwaveAnimations/07SWF-TourOfTheCell/07-16-End
omembraneSystem.swf
- Animation from http//www.franklincollege.edu/bio
web/APfiles/week04.html
See a Golgi movie
47http//fig.cox.miami.edu/cmallery/255/255ion/fig1
4x26.jpg
48Transport summary
49The Special Case of WaterMovement of water
across the cell membrane OSMOSIS
50Osmosis is diffusion of water
- Water is very important, so we talk about water
separately - Diffusion of water from high concentration of
water to low concentration of water - across a semi-permeable membrane
- Passive
- Uses no energy
51Aquaporins
1991 2003
- Transport proteins that move water rapidly into
out of cells - evidence that there were water channels
Peter Agre John Hopkins
Roderick MacKinnon Rockefeller
52- TONICITY- ability of a solution to cause a cell
to lose or gain water - Refers to the concentration of SOLUTES
- Is a RELATIVE term, comparing two different
solutions
Solute-substance that is dissolved Solvent-
substance solute in dissolved in Solution
solute solvent
53What if there is a difference in concentration
but solute molecules cant move across a membrane?
WATER will move until concentrations reach
equilibrium
54Animation http//www.ouhscphysio.org/humanphys/an
imations/osmosis1.swf
 See an animation Osmosis1
Animation
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55Concentration of water
- Direction of osmosis is determined by comparing
total solute concentrations - Hypertonic - more solute, less water
- Hypotonic - less solute, more water
- Isotonic - equal solute, equal water
water
net movement of water
56Solute concentration
Greater outside than inside
Lower outside than inside
Equal outside and inside
HYPERTONIC
HYPOTONIC
ISOTONIC
What will happen to an animal cell placed in
different solutions?
57OSMOSIS
Animation from http//www.ouhscphysio.org/humanph
ys/animations/osmosis3.swf
See an animationOsmosis3
Choose Blood Hypotonic link
Video
- HYPOTONIC Concentration outside cell is
________________ inside the cellMore water
enters than leaves cell so cellwill
___________________
LESS THAN
swell and possibly burst
58OSMOSIS
Animation from http//www.ouhscphysio.org/humanph
ys/animations/osmosis4.swf
See an animation OSMOSIS 4
- HYPERTONIC Concentration outside cell is
____________________ inside cell - More water leaves cell than enters so cell
____________
GREATER THAN
shrinks
Choose Blood Hypertonic link
Video
59- Remember
- Cells try to maintain stable internal conditions
- ____________________
HOMEOSTASIS
http//bioweb.wku.edu/courses/biol121/Osmosis/Osmo
sis.asp
So an animal cell in ISOTONIC conditions stays
same size
Water entering water leaving
Video
Choose Blood Isotonic link
60Animal cells
CYTOLYSIS
CRENATION
http//www.stchs.org/science/courses/sbioa/metener
gy/bloodcells.gif
61Plant cells
http//www.stchs.org/science/courses/sbioa/metener
gy/aplantturgor.gif
Cell wall keeps plant cell from bursting
PLASMOLYSIS
62Managing water balance
- Isotonic
- animal cell immersed in isotonic solution
- blood cells in blood
- no net movement of water across plasma membrane
- water flows across membrane, at same rate in both
directions - volume of cell is stable
63Osmosis
.05 M
.03 M
Cell (compared to beaker) ? hypertonic or
hypotonic Beaker (compared to cell) ? hypertonic
or hypotonic Which way does the water flow? ? in
or out of cell
64http//www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_vacuole.htm
l
Loss of water from central vacuole plants
wilt Vacuole full of water gives plant support
(turgor pressure) Turgid very firm Flaccid
limp
65HYPOTONICSitting in the bathtub makes your
fingers plump up and get pruny
Grocery stores spray water on their veggies to
plump them up
66If cells cant maintain stable internal
conditions . . . damage can result and cells can
die.
http//www.the-aps.org/education/lot/cell/Quiz.htm
67Cell survival depends on balancing water uptake
loss OSMOREGULATION
http//www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imgjun99/vidju
n1.gif
Paramecium vs. pond water Paramecium is
hypertonic H2O continually enters cell to solve
problem, specialized organelle, contractile
vacuole
68Drink salt water ACTIVELY pump ions OUTUrinate
less frequently
Gills ACTIVELY pump ions inUrinate frequently