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What are the 6 causes of cell injury
Hypoxia Toxins Trauma Microorganisms Immune mech (reacting to self antigens) Nutritional imbalance (obesity / diabetes)
What are the 4 reversible changes of cell injury? (General)
- Reduced ox phosp
- Reduced ATP
- Swollen cell bc reduced ATP causes Na to accum in cell
- Reduced prot synthesis bc of ribosome detachment
What are the irreversible changes of cell injury? (General)
- Cytosolic Ca accum
2. Cell death bc several enzymes activated
What are the 5 reversible changes of cell injury? (Structural)
- Swelling
- Chromatin clumping
- Autophagy
- Ribosome detachment
- Blebs
What are the 4 irreversible changes of cell injury? (Structural)
- Nuclear changes
- Lysosome rupture
- ER lysis
- Memb defects
What are Heat Shock Proteins?
Proteins that protect cell from injury
Not just heat but any injury
Recognise incorrectly folded protein ➡️ repair it
If can’t repair it ➡️ protein degen
What happens to the cell size in Oncosis?
Swells
What happens in Oncosis?
Hypoxia
What happens to the nucleus in Oncosis?
Karyolysis
What happens to the cell size in Apoptosis?
Shrinks
What happens in Apoptosis?
Cell activates enzymes that degrade own nucleus, DNA, and proteins
What are 3 examples of Physiological Apoptosis?
- X webbing of hands in fetal dev.
- Endometrium shedding @ menstruation
- Death of cells that have served function e.g neut
What are 2 examples of Pathological Apoptosis?
- AI conditions
2. AIDS
What 6 things induce Apoptosis?
- GF withdrawal
- No matrix
- Glucocorticoids
- Viruses
- Free radicals
- Ionising radiation
What 3 things inhibit Apoptosis?
- GF
- ECM
- Sex steroids
What caspase is activated in both Apoptosis pathways?
Caspase 3
What does caspase 3 activation cause in apoptosis?
Prot cleaved ➡️ chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation, blebbing
What happens in the Extrinsic Apoptosis Pathway?
Ligand activates external death receptor
What happens in the Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway?
GF / Hormones withdrawal
Molecules released from Mt
Phagocytosis
What is necrosis?
Morphological changes after cell death
What happens in Coagulative Necrosis?
Protein denaturation > enzyme release
Cell architecture preserved ➡️ ghost outline left
What causes Coagulative Necrosis?
Infarcts
What happens in Liquefactive Necrosis?
Enzyme release > Protein denat
Tissue lysed ➡️ disappears
What causes Liquefactive Necrosis?
Infection
What is Caseous Necrosis?
Amorphous tissues (no defined shape)
Halfway between Coag n Liq
Caseous Nec in lungs is TB
What is Fat Necrosis?
Adipose tissue cell death
What is Gangrene?
Grossly visible necrosis