BIOB34H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Physiology, Extracellular Fluid, Osmosis

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Animal physiology lecture 8 transporters, channels and osmosis. Homeostasis and equilibrium are not the same. equilibrium prevents change in the physical body while homeostasis strives to balance out the external environment state with the internal body. Selective permeability is the allowing of certain molecules in the cell. The reason of selectivity is because cell membrane has hydrophilic and hydrophobic bilayer that prevent them from going through, so there are channels that allow some certain molecules in the cell; hence the selective permeability. There are four types of gated channel that allow the opening of the cellular membrane. In the voltage-gated channel; when the positive charge is in the extracellular fluid and the negative charge is in the cytoplasm, it is in the negative direction. Cells move towards equilibrium when the cell is open in its membrane. The na+ -k+ atpase pump is very important in making a cell equilibrium.

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During active transport in the neuron, the outside of the cell is _________________ and the inside is _______________.

positive, negative

more positive, less positive

more negative, less negative

negative, positive

In active transport, _____________ provides the energy to move molecules against their concentration gradient.

nucleus

potassium

sodium

adenosine triphosphate

________________ proteins can change shape when moving substances across the membrane.

Proteins that can be open or closed, based on different conditions, are called ___________.

bypass proteins

channel proteins

selective proteins

gated

Tunnels that allow charged ions to move easily across the plasma membrane without the use of energy are called ____________________.

channel proteins

glycolypipd proteins

phospholipid proteins

carbohydrate chains

____________ and ____________ make it easier for molecules to move across the plasma membrane.

small, negatively charged

small, positively charged

small, no charge

large, negatively charged

large, positively charged

1. In lecture, we described a simple osmotic pressure gradient when discussing osmosis. For question #1, describe the simple osmotic pressure gradient, in terms of osmotic pressure, that exists across the red blood cell plasma membrane when red blood cells are suspended in a severely hypotonic solution, such as a 0.2% NaCl solution. Use scientific terminology.

2. We mentioned in class that biological systems are always in a state of osmotic equilibrium due to a combination of solute diffusion in some cases and osmosis in others. In this experiment, when you add the red blood cells to a severely hypotonic solution, what substances are moving across the red blood cell plasma membrane to achieve osmotic equilibrium, Na+ and Cl- or water? Explain why based on your understanding of the permeability characteristics of biological membrane. Always use scientific language.

CAN QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 BE ANSWERED DIRECTLY AND ADEQUATLEY PLEASE.

HERE IS AN INTRO TO THE LAB EXPERIMENT

Intro:

We have known for a very long time that the mammalian red blood cell plasma membrane is very permeable to water. Even the introductory biology student understands that if you put mammalian red blood cells in water, they will rapidly swell and break open (hemolyze) due to the rapid osmosis of water into the cell. The experimental question we are asking in today's lab experiment is "Is the high water permability of mammalian red blood cell plasma membrane due solely to the lipid bilayer, or are there water channels present in the membrane?"

Experimental Design:

It has been shown by several investigators that water movement through water channels can be blocked by the known K+ channel blocker, tetraethylammonium chloride (TEAC). Brooks, Regan and Yool (2000) showed that TEAC reduces the water permeability of human water channels expressed in the plasma membranes of frog ocytes. After preincubation of the oocytes for 15 min with 100 microM TEAC, the water permeability of frog oocyte plasma membrane containing human water channels was reduced 20 to 40%. The investigators concluded that treatment of cells with TEAC can be useful in determining the presence of aquaporins in membranes.The specific objective of today's experiment is to uncover the presence of water channels in mammalian red blood cell plasma membrane by determining the effect of tetraethylammonium chloride on the water permeability of mammalian RBC plasma membrane.

1. The plasma membrane of liver cells contains a glucose uniportthat transports glucose by facilitated diffusion. When the[glucose] is higher inside the liver cell than the [glucose]outside the liver cell, the glucose uniport will

A. couple the transport of glucose out of the cell to thehydrolysis of ATP

B. couple the transport of glucose into the cell to thehydrolysis of ATP

C. switch to a closed conformation, allowing no transport ofglucose

D. transport glucose out of the cell by passive transport

E. transport glucose in of the cell by passive transport

2. Unlike the positive charged ion shown in the middle diagramof figure 11-4B, K+ is higher in concentration inside the cell. Howwill the membrane potential of a cell at rest (shown in both themiddle and right-hand diagrams of Figure 11-4B) affect theelectrochemical gradient for K+?

A. The membrane potential will increase the electrochemicalgradient

B. The membrane potential will decrease the electrochemicalgradient

C. The membrane potential will have no effect on theelectrochemical gradient

3. Which of the following proteins carries out activetransport?

A. gluclose symport

B. Bacteriorhodopsin

C. ABC transporter

D. NA K pump

E. All of the above

4. Aquaporin will not transport Na+ ions because

A. Two asparagine residues in the channel prevent the passage ofNa+ ions by binding the oxygen of each water molecule as it passesby

B. Na+ ions are repelled by the positive charges at the entranceto the channel

C. Na+ ions cannot make contact with the carbonyl (C=O) groupson all four sides of the channel

D. The passage of Na+ ions is energetically unfavorable becauseone side of the channel is hydrophobic in nature

5. The acetylcholine receptor is different from other channelproteins we have discussed, such as the K+ leak channel,because

A. The acetylcholine channel is composed of a single polypeptiderather than multiple subunits

B. The acetylcholine channel transports Na+ ions against theconcentration gradient for sodium

C. The acetylcholine channel has a much smaller diameter thanother channel proteins

D. The acetylcholine channel transports ions with theirassociated shell of water molecules

E. The acetylcholine channel is always open, and never switchesto a closed conformation

6. After opening briefly along the axon of a neuron,voltage-gated ion channels switch to an inactivated conformationthat slowly returns to the original closed conformation of theprotein. This slow change in conformation, requiring about amillisecond, is important because

A. all of the ions that were transported across the membranewhen the ion channels were open must be actively transported backto the other side of the membrane, restoring the originalconcentration gradient, before the ion channels can open again

B. ATP hydrolysis is necessary to drive this energeticallyunfavorable change in conformation

C. it prevents the action potential from reversing direction andtraveling back toward the cell body of the neuron

D. the channel protein must be dephosphorylated in order tocomplete the transport process and return to the originalnonphosphorylated conformation

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