I Cancer - Practical Applications and Cellular Reproduction A) Definition of Cancer 1) neoplasm of proliferating cells, cell division out of control, cells produced are useless, compete with healthy cells for nutrients and oxygen 2) Benign versus malignant a) benign is a sedentary mass of cancerous cells b) malignant is a moving mass of cancerous cells metastasis 3) Basic types a) carcinoma - arises from body's outer coverings and inner linings b) sarcoma - arises from body's supporting structures c) lymphoma - arises from lymph system d) leukemia - arises from blood marrow in bone, spleen B) Causes of Cancer 1) Carcinogenic chemicals 2) UV Light 3) Viruses 4) Mechanism - mutations and oncogenes a) cell growth is no longer under control, mutagenic agents cause mutations in proto-oncogenes (genes that encode for proteins that stimulate cell division and growth), these genes become oncogenes that cause cancer
| Problem | Effect |
| Mutation in proto-oncogene | creates hyperactive protein |
| Multiple copies of a gene | produces excess amount of protein |
| Movement of gene locus | no longer under control from original locus, produces excess amount of protein |
5) Mechanism - mutations to tumor-suppressing genes a) mutation in a gene that inhibits cell division, produces a faulty protein that can not stop cell division C) Consequences 1) alteration of DNA 2) Cancerous growth - tumor or polyp D) Diagnosis 1) Radiology (x-rays and dyes) 2) Ultrasound imaging 3) Endoscopy - fiber optics (example - colonoscopy, inside the esophagus) 4) Biopsy 5) Monitoring chemical levels in the blood (blood testing) 6) Mammogram for breast cancer Click here to donate a mammogram for free E) Treatments 1) Surgery (physical removal) 2) Radiation Therapy (Radiation - high energy particle beams) 3) Chemotherapy (cytotoxic drugs - chemotherapeutic agents) disrupts DNA synthesis or mitosis, affects normal cells also some bad side-effects 4) Hormone therapy - used for cancers associated with sex hormones tamoxifen suppresses estrogen used to treat breast cancer anti-androgens used to treat prostate cancer (reduce androgen levels) 5) Boosting the immune system (stimulate the production of cells that recognize healthy versus unhealthy or cancerous cells) 6) Diet 7) Monoclonal antibodies - silver bullets, respond to protein on cancer cell surface and deliver cytotoxic drug F) Types of Cancers - some examples of virus related cancers 1) Leukemia - associated with bone marrow cancer 2) HIV - associated with cancers in blood vessels (Kaposi's Sarcoma) 3) Hepatitis B, C virus - associated with liver cancer 4) Papilloma virus - causes genital warts and benign cancers, associated with cervical cancer G) Types of Cancers - some examples of Carcinogen related cancers 1) Lung cancer - tobacco 2) oral cancer - chewing tobacco 3) Bladder and rectal cancer H) Types of Cancers - some examples of Light related Cancers 1) UV light - lesions and melanomas I) Other cancers Breast cancer in females and males Prostate cancer in males J) Summary - types and incidence II Cellular Reproduction A) Two types of cell division 1) Mitosis and Fission- results in exact duplication of parent cell (2N to 2N) Binary Fission - special cell division in bacteria 2) Meiosis - results in production of gametes (2N to 1N) B) Mitosis 1) Functions a) cell reproduction b) replacement of cells c) healing d) growth e) regeneration (in some organisms) 2) Phases a) Cell cycle (cell division, G1, S - duplication phase, G2) b) S phase - duplication of chromosomes, sister chromatids bound by centromere c) Prophase (appearance of chromosomes) d) Metaphase (lining up along the equator) e) Anaphase (splitting of the chromosomes) f) Telophase (segregation, cell plate appears in plants) g) Differs between plants and animals animals (see whitefish blastula above) plants (onion root tip you will observe in lab) h) Cytokinesis (splitting of cytoplasm) not part of mitosis in animals C) Meiosis - characteristics 1) Function - sexual reproduction a) diploid (2N) adult produce gametes (sperm, eggs = haploid - 1N) 2) two cell divisions in order to produce haploid gametes 3) restricted to gonads D) Meiosis - mechanics of the phases 1) Meiosis I: prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I a) metaphase I - homologous pairs line up across the equator from each other b) anaphase I - homologous pairs are split (reduction of chromosomes = 2N - 1N condition) 2) Meiosis II: prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, telophase II a) metaphase II - chromosomes line up along the equator like they were going through a mitotic division b) anaphase II - chromatids are split by breaking the centromere (in animal cells) E) From Meiosis to gamete production 1) Making sperm
| Cell Type | Cell Division | Product |
| Spermatagonium (2N) | Undergoes Mitosis | Primary Spermatocyte (2N) |
| Primary Spermatocyte (2N) | Undergoes Meiosis I | 2 Secondary Spermatocytes (1N) |
| Secondary Spermatocyte (1N) | Undergoes Meiosis II | Spermatid (1N) |
| Spermatid (1N) | Maturation - no cell division | Sperm cell (1N) |
2) Making eggs
| Cell Type | Cell Division | Product |
| Oogonium (2N) | development - no cell division | Primary Oocyte (2N) |
| Primary Oocyte (2N) | Undergoes Meiosis I | Secondary Oocyte (1N) and First Polar Body (1N) |
| Secondary Oocyte (1N) | Undergoes Meiosis II (stimulated by fertilization from sperm) | Ovum (1N) and Second Polar Body (1N) |
F) Maintaining Genetic Variation 1) Genetic Recombination 2) Crossing Over
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