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Cell Architecture of Animals (Eukaryotes)

Eukaryotic Cell Architecture
Summary
  • Often called phospholipid bilayer
  • Comprises: Proteins, Cholesterol, Carbohydrates.
  • Separates cell from external environment; controls the flow of material into and out of it.
  • Aqueous solution that bathes organelles and contains a variety of molecules
  • Portion of cytoplasm not contained within organelles
  • Free ribosomes
  • Select group of membranous organelles that regulate protein trafficking and metabolism
  • Continuous with nuclear envelope
  • Cisternae enclose a space called the ER lumen
  • Rough ER: with bound ribosomes; site of protein synthesis, processing and secretion
  • Smooth ER: no ribosomes; lipid synthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, detoxification
  • Keeps secretory proteins separate from proteins synthesized in the cytosol
  • cis side faces the nucleus, trans side where cargo exits
  • Modifies, stores and secretes molecules that it receives from the ER
  • Synthesizes its own macromolecules
  • Vesicle that contains hydrolytic enzymes; digests endosomal cargo
  • Forms when cell engulfs nutrients or other particles via endocytosis
  • Two subunits: one large and one small
  • Synthesize proteins via translation
  • Can be bound to rough ER or free (suspended in cytosol)
  • Double-membrane bound: inner membrane invaginates to form cristae
  • Space within cristae: matrix (contains free ribosomes)
  • Space between inner and outer membranes: intermembrane space
  • Synthesizes ATP via citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (couples oxidation of nutrients with ADP phosphorylation)
  • Single-membrane bound vesicle
  • Produce hydrogen peroxide from detoxification of substances (i.e. alcohol)
  • Microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules
  • Anchors organelles and provides structural framework
  • Where microtubules nucleate
  • Contains two small structure called centrioles
  • Functions in cell division
DOUBLE MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
  • Nucleus
  • Mitochondria
CLINICAL CORRELATIONS
– Specialize in synthesizing and secreting the peptide hormone insulin; large rough ER network proportional to their secretory activity
  • Smooth ER and Hepatic cells
– Drugs and/or alcohol can induce the proliferation of smooth ER, which accelerates detoxification
– Lysosomal storage disease that presents when lysosomes are missing a lipid-digesting enzyme (or its active form) – Lipids accumulate in cells because lysosomes cannot digest them; impair brain function