A 55-year-old male patient with hypertension has had his blood pressure reasonably well controlled by administration of a thiazide diuretic. During his last visit (6 months ago) his blood pressure was 130/75 mm Hg and his serum creatinine was 1 mg/100 ml. He has been exercising regularly for the past 2 years, but recently has complained of knee pain and began taking large amounts of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. When he arrives at your office, his blood pressure is 155/85 and his serum creatinine is now 2.5 mg/100 ml. Which of the following best explains his increased serum creatinine?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Following statements are regarding to the interaction between β2-adrenergic receptor and G- protein.

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#Question id: 13162

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

In the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, cAMP acts as an extracellular signalling molecule and binds to and signals via a G protein–coupled receptor; it is not a second messenger. Amoeba cells were transfected with genes encoding two fusion proteins: a Gα fused to cyan fluorescent protein (CFP), and a Gβ fused to yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). CFP normally fluoresces 490-nm light; YFP, 527-nm light. In which conditions fluorescence

energy transfer occur from CFP to YFP?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following mechanism depends on the activation of heterotrimeric G proteins?

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#Question id: 13160

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

According to the Switching mechanism, monomeric G proteins exist in two states. Match the following states (Column I) with correct mechanism (Column II).

Column I	Column II
A. “ON” state	i. switch I and switch II, are bound to the terminal γ phosphate of GTP through interactions with the backbone amide groups of conserved threonine and glycine residues.
B. “OFF” state	ii. GTPase-activating proteins
	iii. guanine nucleotide exchange factor
	iv. Due to the removal of the γ phosphate by GTPase-catalyzed hydrolysis causes switch I and switch II to relax into a different conformation

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

How signaling is involved in ensuring that yeast cells fuse only with cells of the opposite mating type?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Although MAP kinase is often activated in multicellular animals by RTKs or cytokine receptors, signaling from other receptors can activate MAP kinase in other eukaryotic cells. we consider the mating pathway in the yeast S. cerevisiae, a well-studied example of a MAP kinase cascade linked to G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs). Which of the following statement is incorrect?