10/28 Flashcards
What is thrombogenesis
formation of thrombi
What is hemostasis?
The ability of the body to stop itself from bleeding out
Part of hemostasis is _____________
thrombogenesis
what is fibrin?
a net that traps the platelet plugs and traps red blood cells at site of injury “glue”/”morter”
What happens when we have a larger injury in the vessels?(pharm)
it can expose collagen and (von Willebrand factor) vWF.
When these are exposed they act with glycoproteins that are on platelet cell surfaces and this sets up platelet coagulation or thrombogenesis
Eventually this will lead to clotting cascade
what is a red thrombus and where do they occur?
A lot of fibrin with a long tail and with RBC’s trapped in it that occurs in slow moving vessels like veins
what is a white thrombus?
a thrombus with more fibrinogen or platelets in it that occurs in high pressure arteries d/t damaged or plaque buildup in the endothelium
What is a thromboembolism?
a thrombus that has broken off of the vessel it was made it and is now moving through the body
what happens in response to damage of Blood vessels
- vasoconstriction d/t serotonin
- formation of platelet plugs
- degranulation of platelet aggregation which leads to the activation of more platelets
- That forms a fibrin clot
- tight regulation of coagulation and fibrinolysis
what are the phases of platelets?
Adhesion
Aggregation
Secretion
Cross-linking of adjacent platelets
what causes adhesion?
Exposure of collagen and von willebrand factor cause platelets to adhere to surface
what is the secretion related to platelets?
They secrete substances,
primarily serotonin,
adenosine diphosphate,
and thromboxane A2
and they encourage additional cross linking of platelets
what is cross-linking?
formation this cross linked platelet clot or thrombocyte clot
Where does PGI2 aka prostacyclin come from?
The blood vessel lining is made up of endothelial cells which normally produce prostaglandin I2 or PGI2 (aka prostacyclin)
what does PGI2/prostacyclin do?
it inhibits platelet aggregation
When is PGI2 activated?
During the normal state of endothelial cell, if there’s no damage, is to inhibit platelet aggregation because we don’t want clots forming when there shouldn’t be clots forming
Why is there a black box warning for CV events on NSAIDs?
NSAIDs inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, so they are actually “proclot”
How does aspirin work?
aspirin targets specifically the platelets themselves by inhibiting thromboxane A2
what receptor does collagen bind to?
glycoprotein 1-A receptor.
what receptor does Von Willebrand factor bind to?
glycoprotein 1-B
what results in the activation and release of soluble mediators
Collagen binding to platelets at the glycoprotein 1-A receptor.
Von willebrand factor binding to platelets at the glycoprotein 1-B.
which soluble mediators are released d/t the binding of Collagen and vWF to platelets?
- adenosine (ADP)
- thromboxane A-2
- serotonin (5 HT)
What are the steps to platelet aggregation?
- Damage exposes collagen and von willebrand factor
- Collagen binds to platelets specifically at the glycoprotein 1-A receptor.
Von willebrand factor binds to platelets at the glycoprotein 1-B receptor. - adenosine(ADP), thromboxane A-2, and serotonin(5 HT) is released
- Serotonin causes vasoconstriction of smooth muscle on vessels and it binds to serotonin receptors on other platelets which activates those platelets.
ADP and thromboxane A2 also bind to additional receptors on other platelets that are going to activate more platelets - Once the second platelet is activated it degranulates and releases additional ADP, thromboxane A2 and 5 HT.
It’s a positive feedback mechanism where multiple platelets are going to join together to be cross linked into this network
what does fibrinogen do and where is it produced?
Fibrinogen turns into fibrin which holds platelets together! Fibrinogen is produced through the coagulation cascade.
what is required in order to form a stable clot that’s going to prevent us from bleeding out?
both platelet aggregation and coagulation cascade
what is the common pathway?
Where the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways meet in the coagulation cascade
What are the steps in the common pathway?
- Factor 10 is activated.
- Factor 10 activates the inactive form of thrombin (aka prothrombin) to its active form called thrombin.
- Thrombin increases the release of more thrombin, it activates platelets, and it converts the inactive form of fibrinogen into the active form of fibrin.
- Fibrin helps platelets aggregate together and it forms a mesh network to trap platelets.
What are the steps in the intrinsic pathway?
Damage to the surface activates factor XII(12)
XII activates factor XI(11)
XI activates factor IX(9)
IX + VIII(8) activates factor X(10)
this starts the common pathway
What are the steps in the extrinsic pathway?
Trauma activates factor VII(7)
VII activates factor X(10) this starts the common pathway
what is another name for the intrinsic pathway?
contact activation