Cell Surfaces and Junctions
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Cell Surfaces and Junctions
Presentation to environment
Defense mechanisms
Maintain Structure
Allow communication between cells
Plant Cell Walls
Flexible primary wall is later reinforced by more rigid secondary walls
Area between cells is filled with Middle lamella
Contains pectin which is a sticky gelatinous molecules
Plasmodesmata are channels between cells that allow cytoplasm exchange
Fig. 6-28
Secondary
cell wall
Primary
cell wall
Middle
lamella
1 µm
Central vacuole
Cytosol
Plasma membrane
Plant cell walls
Plasmodesmata
Extracellular matrix
Many types of glycoproteins
Proteoglycans are more carbohydrate than
protein
Form branched complexes
Fibronectins act as docking site
Bound to Integrins
Integrins span membrane and are bound to
cytoskeleton
Fig. 6-30
Collagen
Proteoglycan
complex
EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
Polysaccharide
molecule
Carbohydrates
Fibronectin
Core
protein
Integrins
Proteoglycan
molecule
Plasma
membrane
Proteoglycan complex
Microfilaments
CYTOPLASM
Role of ECM
Gives tissue stability by linking areas of cells
together
Allows communication between cells
Like cargo net
Fibronectin and integrins are involved in signal
sending and receiving
ECM is essential in development
Provide landmarks for extending structures
Neurons and vascular tissue
Intercellular junctions
Tight junctions connect cells together and block of “seepage” of
extracellular fluids
Desmosomes anchor adjacent cells together structurally
Linked to Intermediate filaments
Gap junctions allow molecules to pass from cell to cell
Comparable to plasmodesmata in plants
Fig. 6-32
Tight junction
Tight junctions prevent
fluid from moving
across a layer of cells
0.5 µm
Tight junction
Intermediate
filaments
Desmosome
Gap
junctions
Space
between
cells
Plasma membranes
of adjacent cells
Desmosome
1 µm
Extracellular
matrix
Gap junction
0.1 µm
Overview of cell revisited
Emergent properties
Something extra that makes the whole greater
than the sum of the parts
In cells the coordinated interaction between
organelles and the regulation of
cellular/molecular events
At the tissue level the cell surfaces and
junctions allow communications and
coordination of a larger scope