Learning objectives:
* Understand the difference between cell growth and proliferation
* Describe the major events of the cell cycle
* Appreciate the roles of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases in regulating cell cycle progression
* Provide examples of disordered signaling in cancer
* Describe checkpoints and how they regulate the correct expression of the cell cycle
* Understand the role of apoptosis in preventing inappropriate cell proliferation
What is the difference between cell growth and cell proliferation?
Answer
Cell growth = increase in ONE cell's mass/size; Cell proliferation = increase in cell numbers.
Cell growth = increase in cell numbers; Cell proliferation = increase in ONE cell's mass/size.
No meaningful distinction.
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Question 2
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Which of the following is true?
Answer
Control of cell proliferation is intrinsically linked to cell growth.
Control of cell growth is intrinsically linked to cell proliferation.
Question 3
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The order of the rough phases of the cell cycle are as follows:
G1 > [blank_start]_____[blank_end] > [blank_start]_____[blank_end] > [blank_start]_____[blank_end] > [blank_start]_____[blank_end] (then back to G1 again)
Answer
S
G2
M
Cytokinesis
Question 4
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G1 phase stands for, and involves, what?
Answer
Growth phase
Gap phase
Cell growth
Monitoring
Mitosis
Question 5
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G2 phase stands for, and involves, what?
Answer
Growth phase
Gap phase
Cell growth
Monitoring
Mitosis
Question 6
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S phase stands for, and involves, what?
Answer
DNA synthesis
Selectivity
Cell growth
Mitosis
Stretching
Question 7
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M phase stands for, and involves, what?
Answer
Mitosis
Meiosis
Monitoring
DNA synthesis
Cell division
Question 8
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Cdks (Cyclin-Dependent KinaseS) are regulated by:
Answer
Cyclins
Phosphorylation
Both of the above
[none of the above]
Question 9
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Mitogens are:
Answer
Things that stimulate cell division (e.g. hormones, cytokines).
Stimulate migration.
Question 10
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Disordered signaling in cancer.
Many cancer-critical genes (oncogenes or tumour-suppressor genes) regulate cell growth and proliferation.
e.g. a mutation may lead to independence from mitogen-dependence.
Acquiring the ability to synthesise mitogens (resulting in autocrine stimulation) is one way this can happen. Some examples of this are:
Disordered signaling in cancer.
Many cancer-critical genes (oncogenes or tumour-suppressor genes) regulate cell growth and proliferation.
e.g. a mutation may lead to independence from mitogen-dependence.
Constitutive expression of their receptors (resulting in increased sensitivity?) is one way this can happen. Some examples of this are: