3: Platelet production, structure, and function Flashcards
Maturation sequence of megakaryoblast takes about
5 days
is the process in which
chromosomal material (DNA) and the other events of mitosis occur without subsequent division of the cytoplasmic membrane into identical daughter cells.
Endoreduplication
Is a 70,000 dalton molecule that circulates as a hormone in plasma and is the ligand that binds the megakaryocyte and platelet membrane receptor protein, MPL
Thrombopoietin (TPO)
Induces the proliferation and maturation of megakaryocytes and induces thrombocytopoiesis
Thrombopoietin (TPO)
Primary source of Thrombopoietin
Liver
Act in synergy with TPO to
induce the early differentiation of stem cells
Interleukin-3
Acts in the presence of TPO to enhance endometriosis, megakaryocyte, maturation, and thrombocytopoiesis.
Interleukin-6 & Interleukin-11
Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages arising from common myeloid progenitor:
Most primitive progenitor cell committed to megakaryocyte lineage
BFU-Meg
Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages arising from common myeloid progenitor:
Hundreds of colonies
BFU-Meg
Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages arising from common myeloid progenitor:
least mature
BFU-Meg
Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages arising from common myeloid progenitor:
Dozens of colonies
CFU-Meg
Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages arising from common myeloid progenitor:
Cannot divide but it retains DNA replication and cytoplasmic maturation for endomitosis
LD-CFU-Meg
Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages arising from common myeloid progenitor:
more mature progenitor
LD-CFU-Meg
Sequence of development from megakaryocyte to platelets:
Proliferation of progenitors to polypoidization
Nuclear endoreduplication
Cytoplasmic maturation
Formation of platelets
Is a form of mitosis that lacks telophase and cytokines (separation into daughter cells)
Endomitosis
Partially characterized form of mitosis unique to megakaryocytes in which DNA replication and cytoplasmic maturation are normal but cells lose their capacity to divide.
Endomitosis
MK-I stage or Megakaryoblast Cannot be reliably distinguished from bone marrow
myeloblasts or pronormoblasts
Terminal megakaryocyte differentiation:
Vague clue: plasma membrane blebs
MK-I stage or Megakaryoblast