Chapter 03

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 Introduction

• All organisms are composed of cells

• Cells are responsible for all structural
and functional properties of a living
organism
• Important for understanding
– Workings of human body
– Mechanisms of disease
– Rationale of therapy

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 Concepts of Cellular Structure
• Expected Learning Outcomes
– Discuss the development and modern tenets of
the cell theory.
– Describe cell shapes from their descriptive terms.
– State the size range of human cells and discuss
factors that limit their size.
– Discuss the way that developments in microscopy
have changed our view of cell structure.
– Outline the major components of a cell.

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 Development of the Cell Theory

• Cytology—scientific study of cells

– Began when Robert Hooke coined the word cellulae to
describe empty cell walls of cork in 17th century
• Theodor Schwann concluded, about two centuries
later, that all animals are made of cells
• Louis Pasteur demonstrated in 1859 that “cells
arise only from other cells”
– Refuted idea of spontaneous generation—living things
arising from nonliving matter

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 Development of the Cell Theory
• Cell theory
– All organisms composed of cells and cell products
– Cell is the simplest structural and functional unit of life
– An organism’s structure and functions are due to
activities of cells
– Cells come only from preexisting cells
– Cells of all species exhibit biochemical similarities

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 Cell Shapes and Sizes
• About 200 types of cells in human body with varied shapes
• Squamous—thin, flat, scaly
• Cuboidal—squarish-looking
• Columnar—taller than wide
• Polygonal—irregularly angular shapes, multiple sides
• Stellate—star-like
• Spheroid to ovoid—round to oval
• Discoid—disc-shaped
• Fusiform—thick in middle, tapered toward the ends
• Fibrous—thread-like
• Note: A cell’s shape can appear different if viewed in a
different type of section (longitudinal vs. cross section)

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 Cell Shapes and Sizes
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Squamous Cuboidal Columnar

Polygonal Stellate Spheroidal

Discoid Fusiform (spindle-shaped) Fibrous

Figure 3.1
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 Cell Shapes and Sizes
• Human cell size
– Most cells about 10–15 micrometers (µm) in
diameter
• Egg cells (very large) 100 µm diameter
• Some nerve cells over 1 meter long
– Limit on cell size: an overly large cell cannot
support itself, may rupture
• For a given increase in diameter, volume increases
more than surface area
– Volume proportional to cube of diameter
– Surface area proportional to square of diameter

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Cell Shapes and Sizes
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20 m
Growth

20 m

10 m

10 m

Large cell
Diameter = 20 m
Surface area = 20 m 20 m 6 = 2,400 m2
Volume = 20 m 20 m 20 m = 8,000 m3

Small cell
Diameter = 10 m
Surface area = 10 m 10 m 6 = 600 m2
Volume = 10 m 10 m 10 m = 1,000 m3 Figure 3.2
Effect of cell growth:
Diameter (D) increased by a factor of 2
Surface area increased by a factor of 4 (= D2)
Volume increased by a factor of 8 (= D3) 3-9
 Basic Components of a Cell
• Light microscope (LM) revealed plasma membrane, nucleus,
and cytoplasm (fluid between nucleus and surface)
• Transmission electron microscope (TEM) improved
resolution (ability to reveal detail)
• Scanning electron microscope (SEM) improved resolution
further, but only for surface features

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Figure 3.4a Figure 3.4b
Basic Components of a Cell

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 Basic Components of a Cell
• Plasma (cell) membrane
– Surrounds cell, defines boundaries
– Made of proteins and lipids

• Cytoplasm
– Organelles
– Cytoskeleton
– Inclusions (stored or
foreign particles)
– Cytosol (intracellular
fluid, ICF)
• Extracellular fluid (ECF)
– Fluid outside of cells
– Includes tissue (interstitial) fluid Figure 3.5
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 The Cell Surface
• Expected Learning Outcomes
– Describe the structure of the plasma membrane.
– Explain the functions of the lipid, protein, and
carbohydrate components of the plasma membrane.
– Describe a second-messenger system and discuss its
importance in human physiology.
– Describe the composition and functions of the
glycocalyx that coats cell surfaces.
– Describe the structure and functions of microvilli, cilia,
and flagella.

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 The Plasma Membrane
• Plasma membrane—border of the cell
–Appears as pair of dark parallel lines when viewed with
electron microscope
–Has intracellular and extracellular faces
–Functions
•Defines cell boundaries
•Governs interactions with other cells
•Controls passage of materials in and out of cell

Figure 3.6a
 The Plasma Membrane

Figure 3.6b

Oily film of lipids with embedded proteins 3-15

 Membrane Lipids
• 98% of membrane molecules are lipids

• Phospholipids
– 75% of membrane lipids are phospholipids
– Amphipatic molecules arranged in a bilayer
– Hydrophilic phosphate heads face water on each
side of membrane
– Hydrophobic tails—are directed toward the center,
avoiding water
– Drift laterally, keeping membrane fluid

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 Membrane Lipids

• Cholesterol
– 20% of the membrane lipids
– Holds phospholipids still and can stiffen membrane

• Glycolipids
– 5% of the membrane lipids
– Phospholipids with short carbohydrate chains on
extracellular face
– Contributes to glycocalyx—carbohydrate coating
on cell surface

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 Membrane Proteins
• Membrane proteins
– 2% of the molecules but 50% of the weight of membrane
• Integral proteins—penetrate membrane
– Transmembrane proteins pass completely through
– Hydrophilic regions contact cytoplasm, extracellular fluid
– Hydrophobic regions pass through lipid of the membrane
– Some drift in membrane; others are anchored to
cytoskeleton

Figure 3.7

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 Membrane Proteins

• Peripheral proteins
– Adhere to one face of the membrane (do not penetrate it)
– Usually tethered to the cytoskeleton

Figure 3.7 3-19

 Membrane Proteins
• Functions of membrane proteins include:
– Receptors, second-messenger systems, enzymes,
channels, carriers, cell-identity markers, cell-adhesion
molecules

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Figure 3.8
 Membrane Proteins
• Receptors—bind chemical signals
• Second messenger systems—communicate within cell
receiving chemical message
• Enzymes—catalyze reactions including digestion of
molecules, production of second messengers
• Channel proteins—allow hydrophilic solutes and water to
pass through membrane
– Some are always open, some are gated
• Ligand-gated channels—respond to chemical messengers
• Voltage-gated channels—respond to charge changes
• Mechanically-gated channels—respond to physical stress on cell
– Crucial to nerve and muscle function

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 Membrane Proteins

• Carriers—bind solutes and transfer them across membrane

– Pumps—carriers that consume ATP
• Cell-identity markers—glycoproteins acting as identification
tags
• Cell-adhesion molecules—mechanically link cell to
extracellular material

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 Second Messengers
• Chemical first messenger (epinephrine) binds to
a surface receptor
• Receptor activates G protein
– An intracellular peripheral protein that gets energy from
guanosine triphosphate (GTP)
• G protein relays signal to adenylate cyclase
which converts ATP to cAMP (second messenger)
• cAMP activates cytoplasmic kinases
• Kinases add phosphate groups to other
enzymes turning some on and others off
• Up to 60% of drugs work through G proteins
and second messengers
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 Second Messenger System
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1 A messenger such as epinephrine (red triangle)

binds to a receptor in the plasma membrane.
First
messenger
Receptor Adenylate cyclase

G G
Pi
2 The receptor releases ATP Pi
a G protein, which
then travels freely in 3 The G protein
the cytoplasm and binds to an enzyme,
can go on to step 3 adenylate cyclase, in
or have various other the plasma membrane.
effects on the cell. Adenylate cyclase cAMP
converts ATP to cyclic (second
AMP (cAMP), the messenger)
second messenger.

4 cAMP
Inactive activates a
kinase cytoplasmic
enzyme called
a kinase.

Activated
kinase

Pi 5 Kinases add
Inactive phosphate groups (Pi)
enzymes to other cytoplasmic
enzymes. This activates
some enzymes and
deactivates others, leading
to varied metabolic effects
in the cell.
Activated
enzymes
Figure 3.9 3-24
Various metabolic effects
 The Glycocalyx

• Fuzzy coat external to plasma membrane

– Carbohydrate moieties of glycoproteins and glycolipids
– Unique in everyone but identical twins

• Functions
– Protection – Cell adhesion
– Immunity to infection – Fertilization
– Defense against cancer – Embryonic development
– Transplant compatibility

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 Microvilli
• Extensions of membrane (1–2 m)
– Gives 15 to 40 times more surface area
– Best developed in cells specialized in absorption

• On some absorptive cells they are very dense and

appear as a fringe—“brush border”
– Some microvilli contain actin filaments that are tugged
toward center of cell to milk absorbed contents into cell

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 Microvilli

Figure 3.10a Figure 3.10b

Actin microfilaments are centered in each microvilli 3-27
 Cilia
• Cilia—hairlike processes 7–10 m long
• Single, nonmotile primary cilium found on nearly every cell
– “Antenna” for monitoring nearby conditions
– Helps with balance in inner ear; light detection in retina
• Multiple nonmotile cilia
– Found on sensory cells of nose
• Ciliopathies—defects in structure and function of cilia
• Motile cilia—respiratory tract, uterine tubes, ventricles of brain, ducts of testes
– 50 to 200 on each cell
– Beat in waves sweeping material across a surface in one direction
– Power strokes followed by recovery strokes

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 Cilia

Figure 3.11a
Cilia inside trachea 3-29
 Cilia
• Axoneme—core of motile cilium
– Has 9 + 2 structure of
microtubules
– Two central microtubules surrounded
by ring of nine pairs
– Ring of nine pairs anchors cilium to
cell as part of basal body
– Dynein arms “crawl” up adjacent
microtubule, bending the cilium
• Uses energy from ATP

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Figure 3.11 b,c, d
 Cilia
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Mucus

Saline
layer

Epithelial
cells

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Power stroke Recovery stroke
(a) Figure 3.12 (b)

• Cilia beat freely within a saline layer at cell surface

• Chloride pumps pump Cl- into ECF
• Na+ and H2O follow
• Mucus floats on top of saline layer

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disease in which cells make Mucus

chloride pumps, but fail to install Saline
layer
them in the plasma membrane Epithelial
cells
– Chloride pumps fail to create
adequate saline layer on cell surface

• Thick mucus plugs pancreatic

(a)
Figure 3.12a

ducts and respiratory tract

– Inadequate digestion of nutrients
and absorption of oxygen
– Chronic respiratory infections
– Life expectancy of 30

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 Flagella

• Tail of a sperm—only functional flagellum in

humans

• Whip-like structure with axoneme identical to

cilium’s
– Much longer than cilium
– Stiffened by coarse fibers that support the tail

• Movement is undulating, snake-like, corkscrew

– No power stroke and recovery strokes

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 Pseudopods
• Pseudopods—continually changing extensions
of the cell that vary in shape and size
- Can be used for cellular locomotion, capturing
foreign particles

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Figure 3.13
 Membrane Transport
• Expected Learning Outcomes
– Explain what is meant by a selectively permeable
membrane.
– Describe various mechanisms for transporting
material through the plasma membrane.
– Define osmolarity and tonicity and explain their
importance.

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 Membrane Transport
• Plasma membrane is selectively permeable—
allowing some things through, but preventing others
from passing
• Passive mechanisms require no ATP
– Random molecular motion of particles provides necessary energy
– Filtration, diffusion, osmosis

• Active mechanisms consume ATP

– Active transport and vesicular transport

• Carrier-mediated mechanisms use a membrane protein to

transport substances across membrane

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 Filtration
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Blood pressure in capillary

driven through membrane forces water and small

solutes such as salts through
narrow clefts between

by physical pressure
Solute capillary cells.

Water

• Examples Capillary wall

Red blood
– Filtration of water and cell
Clefts hold back
small solutes through gaps larger particles
such as red blood
in capillary walls cells.

• Allows delivery of water and

nutrients to tissues Figure 3.14
• Allows removal of waste
from capillaries in kidneys

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 Simple Diffusion
• Simple diffusion—net movement of particles
from place of high concentration to place of
lower concentration
– Due to constant, spontaneous molecular motion
– Molecules collide and bounce off each other

• Substances diffuse down their concentration

gradient
– Does not require a membrane
– Substance can diffuse through a membrane if the
membrane is permeable to the substance

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 Simple Diffusion

• Factors affecting diffusion rate through a

membrane
– Temperature:  temp.,  motion of particles
– Molecular weight: larger molecules move slower
– Steepness of concentrated gradient: difference,  rate
– Membrane surface area:  area,  rate
– Membrane permeability:  permeability,  rate

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 Osmosis
• Osmosis—net flow of water through a selectively permeable
membrane
– Water moves from the side where it (water) is more concentrated to
the side where it is less concentrated
– Solute particles that cannot pass through the membrane “draw” water
from the other side
• Crucial consideration for I.V. fluids
• Osmotic imbalances underlie diarrhea, constipation,
edema
• Water can diffuse through phospholipid bilayers, but osmosis
is enhanced by aquaporins—channel proteins in membrane
specialized for water passage
– Cells can speed osmosis by installing more aquaporins

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Osmosis

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Figure 3.15
 Osmosis

• Osmotic pressure—
hydrostatic pressure
required to stop osmosis
– Increases as amount of
nonpermeating solute rises

• Reverse osmosis—
process of applying
mechanical pressure to
override osmotic pressure
Figure 3.15b
– Allows purification of water

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 Osmolarity and Tonicity
• One osmole (osm) = 1 mole of dissolved particles
– Takes into account whether solute ionizes in water
• 1 M glucose is 1 osm/L
• 1 M NaCl is 2 osm/L
• Osmolarity—number of osmoles per liter of solution
– Body fluids contain a mix of many chemicals, and
osmolarity is the total osmotic concentration of all
solutes
– Blood plasma, tissue fluid, and intracellular fluid are
300 milliosmoles per liter (mOsm/L)
– Osmolality is number of osm per kg of water
• In physiology osmolality and osmolarity are nearly the same

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 Osmolarity and Tonicity
• Tonicity—ability of a surrounding solution (bath) to affect fluid
volume and pressure in a cell
– Depends on concentration of nonpermeating solutes
• Hypotonic solution—causes cell to absorb water and swell
– Has a lower concentration of nonpermeating solutes than intracellular
fluid (ICF)
– Distilled water is an extreme example
• Hypertonic solution—causes cell to lose water and shrivel
(crenate)
– Has a higher concentration of nonpermeating solutes than ICF
• Isotonic solution—causes no change in cell volume
– Concentrations of nonpermeating solutes in bath and ICF are the same
– Normal saline (o.9% NaCl) is an example

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 Effects of Tonicity on RBCs

Figure 3.16a Figure 3.16b Figure 3.16c

Hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic solutions affect the fluid

volume of a red blood cell. Notice the crenated and swollen cells.
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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• Transport proteins in membrane carry solutes
into or out of cell (or organelle)

• Specificity
– Transport proteins are specific for particular solutes
– Solute (ligand) binds to receptor site on carrier
protein
– Solute is released unchanged on other side of
membrane

• Saturation
– As solute concentration rises, the rate of transport
rises, but only to a point—transport maximum (Tm)
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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
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through plasma membrane)
Rate of solute transport
(molecules/sec passing

Transport maximum (Tm)

Figure 3.17
Concentration of solute

• Transport maximum—transport rate at which all carriers

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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• Three kinds of carriers
– Uniport—carries one type of solute
• Example: Calcium pump
– Symport—carries two or more solutes simultaneously
in same direction (cotransport)
• Example: sodium-glucose transporters
– Antiport—Carries two or more solutes in opposite
directions (countertransport)
• Example: sodium-potasium pump removes Na+, brings in K+
• Three mechanisms of carrier-mediated
transport
– Facilitated diffusion, primary active transport, secondary
active transport

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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• Facilitated diffusion—carrier moves solute down its
concentration gradient
• Does not consume ATP
• Solute attaches to binding site on carrier, carrier
changes conformation, then releases solute on
other side of membrane
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ECF

ICF
Figure 3.18
1 A solute particle enters 2 The solute binds to a receptor 3 The carrier releases the
the channel of a membrane
protein (carrier).
site on the carrier and the
carrier changes conformation.
solute on the other side of
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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• Primary active transport—carrier moves solute
through a membrane up its concentration gradient
• The carrier protein uses ATP for energy
• Examples:
– Calcium pump (uniport) uses ATP while expelling calcium
from cell to where it is already more concentrated
– Sodium–potassium pump (antiport) uses ATP while
expelling sodium and importing potassium into cell

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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• The sodium-potassium pump
(Na+−K+ pump)
• Each pump cycle consumes
one ATP and exchanges three
Na+ for two K+
• Keeps K+ concentration
higher and Na+ concentration
lower within the cell than in
ECF
• Necessary because Na+ and
K+ constantly leak through
membrane
– Half of daily calories utilized for
Na+−K+ pump
Figure 3.20
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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• Na+−K+ pump functions
– Maintains steep Na+ concentration
gradient allowing for secondary
active transport
– Regulates solute concentration
and thus osmosis and thus cell
volume
– Maintains negatively charged
resting membrane potential
– Produces heat

Figure 3.20
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 Carrier-Mediated Transport
• Secondary active transport
– Carrier moves solute through membrane but only uses
ATP indirectly
– Example: sodium-glucose transporter (SGLT)
(symport)
• Moves glucose into cell while simultaneously carrying sodium
down its gradient
• Depends on the primary transport performed by Na+-K+pump
• Does not itself use ATP

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 Carrier-Mediated Transport

• SGLTs work in kidney cells

that have Na+−K+ pump at
other end of cell
– Prevents loss of glucose to
urine

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Figure 3.19
 Vesicular Transport
• Vesicular transport—moves large particles, fluid droplets, or
numerous molecules at once through the membrane in
vesicles—bubble-like enclosures of membrane
• Endocytosis—vesicular processes that bring material into cell
– Phagocytosis—“cell eating,” engulfing large particles
• Pseudopods; phagosomes; macrophages
– Pinocytosis—“cell drinking,” taking in droplets of ECF
containing molecules useful in the cell
• Membrane caves in, then pinches off pinocytic vesicle
– Receptor-mediated endocytosis—particles bind to specific
receptors on plasma membrane
• Clathrin-coated vesicle

• Exocytosis—discharging material from the cell

• Utilizes motor proteins energized by ATP
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 Vesicular Transport

Figure 3.21 3-56

Phagocytosis keeps tissues free of debris and infectious microbes

 Vesicular Transport

• Receptor-mediated endocytosis
– More selective endocytosis
– Enables cells to take in specific molecules that bind to
extracellular receptors

• Clathrin-coated vesicle in cytoplasm

– Uptake of LDL from bloodstream

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 Vesicular Transport

Figure 3.22
Receptor-mediated endocytosis 3-58
 Vesicular Transport

Figure 3.23

• Transcytosis—transport of material across the cell by

capturing it on one side and releasing it on the other
• Receptor-mediated endocytosis moves it into the cell and
exocytosis moves it out the other side
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 Vesicular Transport
• Exocytosis
– Secreting material
– Replacement of plasma membrane removed by
endocytosis

Figure 3.24 a,b 3-60

 The Cell Interior
• Expected Learning Outcomes
– List the main organelles of a cell, describe
their structure, and explain their functions.
– Describe the cytoskeleton and its functions.
– Give some examples of cell inclusions and
explain how inclusions differ from organelles.

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 The Cytoskeleton
• Cytoskeleton—network of protein filaments and
cylinders
– Determines cell shape, supports structure,
organizes cell contents, directs movement of
materials within cell, contributes to movements of
the cell as a whole

• Composed of: microfilaments, intermediate

fibers, microtubules

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 The Cytoskeleton
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Microvilli

Microfilaments

Terminal web
Secretory
vesicle in
transport
Lysosome
Desmosome

Kinesin
Microtubule

Intermediate
Intermediate filaments
filaments

Centrosome Microtubule
in the process
Microtubule of assembly
undergoing
disassembly
Nucleus
Mitochondrion

(a)

Basement
membrane

Hemidesmosome

Figure 3.25a 3-63

 The Cytoskeleton
• Microfilaments
– 6 nm thick
– Made of actin protein
– Forms terminal web
• Intermediate filaments
– 8–10 nm thick
– Within skin cells, made of protein keratin
– Give cell shape, resist stress
• Microtubules
– 25 nm thick
– Consist of protofilaments made of protein tubulin
– Radiate from centrosome; can come and go
– Maintain cell shape, hold organelles, act as railroad tracks for
walking motor proteins, make axonemes of cilia and flagella, form
mitotic spindle
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EM and Fluorescent Antibodies
Demonstrate Cytoskeleton

Figure 3.25b
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 Microtubules
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(a)
(b)
(c)

Microtubule

Protofilaments

Dynein arms

Tubulin

Figure 3.26

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 Organelles
• Internal structures of a cell, carry out
specialized metabolic tasks
• Membranous organelles
– Nucleus, mitochondria, lysosomes, peroxisomes,
endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi complex
• Nonmembranous organelles
– Ribosomes, centrosomes, centrioles, basal bodies

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 The Nucleus

• Nucleus—largest organelle (5 m in diameter)

– Most cells have one nucleus
– A few cell types are anuclear or multinucleate

• Nuclear envelope—double membrane around

nucleus
– Perforated by nuclear pores formed by rings of proteins
• Regulate molecular traffic through envelope
• Hold the two membrane layers together

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 The Nucleus
• Nuclear envelope is supported by nuclear
lamina
– Web of protein filaments
– Provides points of attachment for chromatin
– Helps regulate cell life cycle

• Nucleoplasm—material in nucleus
– Chromatin (thread-like) composed of DNA and protein
– Nucleoli—masses where ribosomes are produced

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 The Nucleus

Figure 3.27a Figure 3.27b

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 Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Endoplasmic reticulum—system of channels

(cisternae) enclosed by membrane
• Rough endoplasmic reticulum—parallel,
flattened sacs covered with ribosomes
– Continuous with outer membrane of nuclear envelope
– Produces phospholipids and proteins of the plasma
membrane
– Synthesizes proteins that are packaged in other
organelles or secreted from cell

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 Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

– Lack ribosomes
– Cisternae more tubular and branching
– Cisternae thought to be continuous with rough ER
– Synthesizes steroids and other lipids
– Detoxifies alcohol and other drugs
– Calcium storage
• Rough and smooth ER are functionally
different parts of the same network

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 Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Rough endoplasmic
reticulum

Ribosomes

Cisternae

(c)
Smooth
endoplasmic
reticulum

Figure 3.28c
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 Ribosomes

• Ribosomes—small granules of protein and

RNA
– Found in nucleoli, in cytosol, and on outer surfaces of
rough ER, and nuclear envelope

• They “read” coded genetic messages

(messenger RNA) and assemble amino acids
into proteins specified by the code

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 Golgi Complex
• Golgi complex—a system of cisternae that
synthesizes carbohydrates and puts finishing
touches on protein synthesis
– Receives newly synthesized proteins from rough ER
– Sorts proteins, splices some, adds carbohydrate moieties
to some, and packages them into membrane-bound Golgi
vesicles
• Some vesicles become lysosomes
• Some vesicles migrate to plasma membrane and fuse to it
• Some become secretory vesicles that store a protein
product for later release

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Golgi Complex

Figure 3.29

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 Lysosomes
• Lysosomes—package of enzymes bound by a
membrane
– Generally round, but variable in shape

• Functions
– Intracellular hydrolytic digestion of proteins, nucleic acids,
complex carbohydrates, phospholipids, and other
substances
– Autophagy—digestion of cell’s surplus organelles
– Autolysis—“cell suicide”: digestion of a surplus cell by
itself

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 Peroxisomes
• Peroxisomes—resemble lysosomes but contain
different enzymes and are produced by
endoplasmic reticulum
• Function is to use molecular oxygen to oxidize
organic molecules
– Reactions produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
– Catalase breaks down excess peroxide to H2O and O2
– Neutralize free radicals, detoxify alcohol, other drugs,
and a variety of blood-borne toxins
– Break down fatty acids into acetyl groups for
mitochondrial use in ATP synthesis
• In all cells, but abundant in liver and kidney

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Lysosome and Peroxisomes

Figure 3.30a Figure 3.30b

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 Proteosomes

• Proteosomes—hollow,
cylindrical organelle that
disposes of surplus
proteins
– Contain enzymes that
break down tagged,
targeted proteins into short
peptides and amino acids

Figure 3.31
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 Mitochondria
• Mitochondria—organelles specialized
for synthesizing ATP
• Continually change shape from
spheroidal to thread-like
• Surrounded by a double membrane
– Inner membrane has folds called cristae
– Spaces between cristae called matrix
• Matrix contains ribosomes, enzymes
used for ATP synthesis, small circular
DNA molecule
– Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
• “Powerhouses” of the cell
Figure 3.32
– Energy is extracted from organic
molecules and transferred to ATP
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Mitochondrion

Figure 3.32

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 Evolution of Mitochondrion
• Mitochondria evolved from bacteria that
invaded another primitive cell, survived in its
cytoplasm, and became permanent residents.
– The bacterium provided inner membrane; host cell’s
phagosome provided outer membrane
– Mitochondrial ribosomes resemble bacterial ribosomes
– mtDNA resembles circular DNA of bacteria
– mtDNA is inherited through the mother
– mtDNA mutates more rapidly than nuclear DNA
• Responsible for hereditary diseases affecting tissues with high
energy demands

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 Centrioles

• Centriole—a short cylindrical assembly of

microtubules arranged in nine groups of three
microtubules each
• Two centrioles lie perpendicular to each other
within the centrosome—small clear area in cell
– Play important role in cell division
• Form basal bodies of cilia and flagella
– Each basal body is a centriole that originated in
centriolar organizing center and then migrated to the
membrane

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Centrioles

Figure 3.33a,b

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 Inclusions
• Two kinds of inclusions
– Stored cellular products
• Glycogen granules, pigments, and fat droplets
– Foreign bodies
• Viruses, intracellular bacteria, dust particles, and other debris
phagocytized by a cell
• Never enclosed in a unit membrane
• Not essential for cell survival

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