The Plasma Membrane -
Gateway to the Cell
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Photograph of a Cell
Membrane
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Homeostasis
• Balanced internal condition of
cells
• Also called equilibrium
• Maintained by plasma membrane
controlling what enters & leaves
the cell
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Cell Membrane
Polar heads are hydrophilic “water loving”
Nonpolar tails are hydrophobic “water fearing”
Makes membrane “Selective” in what crosses4
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Solubility
• Materials that
are soluble in
lipids can pass
through the
cell membrane
easily
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Semipermeable Membrane
Small molecules and larger hydrophobic
molecules move through easily.
e.g. O2, CO2, H2O (most water goes in
through proteins, but can slip through
membrane)
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Semipermeable Membrane
Ions, hydrophilic molecules larger than
water, and large molecules such as proteins
do not move through the membrane on their
own. Sugar, Starch and molasses will not
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move across the membrane
Types of Transport
Across Cell
Membranes
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Transport
Passive
Active
Diffusion
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
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Simple Diffusion
• Requires NO
energy
• Molecules
move from
area of HIGH
to LOW
concentration
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DIFFUSION
Diffusion is a
PASSIVE process
which means no
energy is used to
make the
molecules move,
they have a
natural KINETIC
ENERGY
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Diffusion of Liquids
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Diffusion through a
Membrane
Cell membrane
Solute moves DOWN concentration gradient (HIGH to
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LOW)
Osmosis
• Diffusion of water
across a
membrane
• Moves from HIGH
water potential
(low solute) to
LOW water
potential (high
solute)
Diffusion across a membrane
Semipermeable
membrane
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Transport
Passive
Diffusion
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
Active
Osmosis
Water
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Diffusion of H2O Across A
Membrane
High H2O potential
Low solute concentration
Low H2O potential
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High solute concentration
Aquaporins
• Water Channels
• Protein pores used during
OSMOSIS
WATER
MOLECULES
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Cell in Isotonic Solution
10% NaCL
90% H2O
ENVIRONMENT
CELL
10% NaCL
90% H2O
NO NET
MOVEMENT
What is the direction of water movement?
equilibrium
The cell is at _______________.
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Cell in Hypotonic Solution
10% NaCL
90% H2O
CELL
20% NaCL
80% H2O
What is the direction of water movement?
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Cell in Hypertonic Solution
15% NaCL
85% H2O
ENVIRONMENT
CELL
5% NaCL
95% H2O
What is the direction of water movement?
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Cells in Solutions
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Isotonic Solution
NO NET
MOVEMENT OF
H2O (equal amounts
entering & leaving)
Hypotonic
Solution
CYTOLYSIS
Hypertonic
Solution
PLASMOLYSIS
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Animations
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Cytolysis & Plasmolysis
Cytolysis
Plasmolysis
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Osmosis in Red Blood Cells
Isotonic
Hypotonic
Hypertonic
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What Happens to Blood Cells?
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hypotonic
hypertonic
isotonic
hypertonic
isotonic
hypotonic
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Video : Plant Cells
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Three Forms of Transport Across the Membrane
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Passive Transport
Simple Diffusion
 Doesn’t require energy
 Moves high to low
concentration
 Example: Oxygen or
water diffusing into a
cell and carbon dioxide
diffusing out.
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Passive Transport
Facilitated diffusion
Doesn’t require energy
Uses transport
proteins to move high to
low concentration
Examples: Glucose or
amino acids moving from
blood into a cell.
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Transport
Passive
Diffusion
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
Active
Osmosis
Facilitated
Diffusion
Water
Glucose,
Amino Acids
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Proteins Are Critical to
Membrane Function
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Types of Transport Proteins
• Channel proteins are embedded
in the cell membrane & have a
pore for materials to cross
• Carrier proteins can change
shape to move material from
one side of the membrane to
the other
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Facilitated Diffusion
Molecules will randomly move through
the pores in Channel Proteins.
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Facilitated Diffusion
• Some Carrier
proteins do not
extend through
the membrane.
• They bond and
drag molecules
through the lipid
bilayer and
release them on
the opposite side.
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Carrier Proteins
• Other carrier
proteins
change shape
to move
materials
across the cell
membrane
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http://www.northland.cc.mn.
us/biology/Biology1111/anima
tions/passive1.html
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Active Transport
Requires energy or
ATP
Moves materials from
LOW to HIGH
concentration
AGAINST
concentration gradient
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Active transport
Examples: Pumping
Na+ (sodium ions)
out and K+
(potassium ions) in
against strong
concentration
gradients.
Called Na+-K+ Pump
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Transport
Passive
Diffusion
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
Active
Osmosis
Facilitated
Diffusion
Water
Glucose,
Amino Acids
Pumps
(Proteins)
Na+, K+
Pump
H+ Pump
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Sodium-Potassium Pump
3 Na+ pumped in for every 2 K+ pumped
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out; creates a membrane potential
Transport
Passive
Diffusion
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
Active
Osmosis
Facilitated
Diffusion
Water
Glucose,
Amino Acids
Pumps
Vesicles
(Proteins)
Na+, K+ Pump
H+ Pumps
Endocytosis
Pinocytosis
Exocytosis
Phagocytosis
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Moving the “Big Stuff”
Exocytosis
- moving
things
out.
Molecules are moved out of the cell by vesicles that fuse
with the plasma membrane.
This is how many hormones are secreted and how nerve
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cells communicate with one another.
Exocytosis
Exocytic
vesicle
immediately
after fusion
with plasma
membrane.
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Moving the “Big Stuff”
Large molecules move materials into the cell by
one of three forms of endocytosis.
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Pinocytosis
Most common form of endocytosis.
Takes in dissolved molecules as a vesicle
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Pinocytosis
• Cell forms an
invagination
• Materials
dissolve in
water to be
brought into cell
• Called “Cell
Drinking”
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Example of Pinocytosis
pinocytic vesicles forming
mature transport vesicle
Transport across a capillary cell (blue).
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Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis
Some integral proteins have receptors
on their surface to recognize & take in
hormones, cholesterol, etc.
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Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis
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Endocytosis – Phagocytosis
Used to engulf large particles such as
food, bacteria, etc. into vesicles
Called “Cell Eating”
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Phagocytosis About to Occur
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Phagocytosis
- Capture
of a Yeast
Cell (yellow)
by
Membrane
Extensions
of an
Immune
System Cell
(blue)
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Exocytosis
The opposite of endocytosis is exocytosis. Large
molecules that are manufactured in the cell are
released through the cell membrane.
Inside Cell
Cell environment
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Transport
Passive
Diffusion
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
Active
Osmosis
Facilitated
Diffusion
Water
Glucose,
Amino Acids
Pumps
Vesicles
(Proteins)
Na+, K+ Pump
H+ Pumps
Endocytosis
Pinocytosis
Exocytosis
Phagocytosis
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http://www.northland.cc.mn.us
/biology/Biology1111/animation
s/passive1.html
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Cell Transport Chart
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Video Clip
Bozeman Biology – Review @ 8 minutes
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