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3.1: Platelet ultrastructure Flashcards

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Platelets are anatomically divided into four areas:

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  1. Peripheral zone
  2. Sol-gel zone
  3. Organelle zone
  4. Membranous system
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Peripheral Zone

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Glycocalyx
Resting Platelet Membrane

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3
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Sol-gel Zone

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Microtubules
Microfilaments

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Organelle Zone

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Alpha Granules
Dense Granules
Lysosomes

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Membranous System

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Dense Tubular System (DTS)
Surface-Connected Canalicular System (SCCS)

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Outer surface, fuzzy coating primarily composed of glycoproteins

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Glycocalyx

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The platelet membrane surface that absorbs albumin, fibrinogen, and other plasma proteins

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Glycocalyx

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Resembles any biologic membrane bilayer composed of proteins and lipids

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Resting Platelet Membrane

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Predominant lipids of Resting Platelet Membrane

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Phospholipids
Cholesterol

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Predominant lipids of Resting Platelet Membrane:

forms the basic structure

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Phospholipids

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Predominant lipids of Resting Platelet Membrane:

distributed asymmetrically throughout the phospholipids

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Cholesterol

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Forms a bilayer with their polar heads oriented towards the aqueous environments (blood plasma - externally, cytoplasm - internally)

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Phospholipids

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Phospholipids:

predominant in the outer blood plasma layer

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Neutral Phospholipids

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Phospholipids:

predominant in the inner cytoplasmic layer

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Anionic or Polar Phospholipids

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Neutral Phospholipids:

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● Phosphatidylcholine
● Sphingomyelin

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Anionic or Polar Phospholipids:

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● Phosphatidylinositol
● Phosphatidylethanolamine
● Phosphatidylserine

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17
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Anionic or Polar Phospholipids:

supplies arachidonic acid

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Phosphatidylinositol

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Anionic or Polar Phospholipids:

flips to the external surface and is responsible in the assembly of the coagulation factor complexes in the surface

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Phosphatidylserine

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19
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Stabilizes the membrane, maintains fluidity, and helps you control the transmembranous passage of materials through the selectively permeable plasma membrane

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Cholesterol

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20
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Maintains the platelet’s discoid shape

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Microtubules

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Parallel the plane of the outer surface of the platelet and reside just within, although not touching, the plasma membrane

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Microtubules

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Microtubules disassemble at refrigerator temp or when platelets are treated with

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colchicine

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23
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Move inward on platelet activation to enable the expression of a-granule contents

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Microtubules

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24
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Provide rigidity to pseudopods during platelet activation.

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Microtubules

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25
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A thick meshwork that lies between the microtubules and the membrane

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Microfilaments

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26
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Microfilaments is composed of

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Actin

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27
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Is contractile in platelets and anchors in the plasma membrane glycoproteins and proteoglycans

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Actin

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28
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Actin in resting platelet:

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globular and amorphous

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29
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Actin With elevated cytoplasmic calcium:

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filamentous and contractile

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30
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Ropelike polymers of desmin and vimentin

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Intermediate Filaments

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31
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Connect with actin and the tubules, maintaining platelet shape

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Intermediate Filaments

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32
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Stains medium-gray in osmium dye transmission electron microscopy preparations

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Alpha Granules

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33
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Alpha Granules are filled with

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proteins

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34
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Alpha granules fuse with _____ in activated platelets

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SCCS (Surface-Connected Canalicular System)

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35
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Stain black (opaque) when treated with osmium in transmission electron microscopy

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Dense Granules

36
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As platelets activate, these migrate to the plasma membrane and release their contents directly into the plasma

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Dense Granules

37
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Dense Granules

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Calcium
Adenosine diphosphate
Pyrophosphate/Phosphate
Adenosine triphosphate
Serotonin
Magnesium

38
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The contents of these probably digest vessel wall matrix components during in vivo aggregation and may also autophagic debris

39
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Parallel and closely aligned to SCCS

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Dense Tubular System (DTS)

40
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Are condensed remnant of the rough ER

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Dense Tubular System (DTS)

41
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Sequesters calcium and bears a number of enzymes that support platelet activation

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Dense Tubular System (DTS)

42
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“Control center” for platelet activation

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Dense Tubular System (DTS)

43
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Formed by the plasma membrane invading the platelet inhibitor, it acts as a canal for the release of granules. Also involved in platelet phagocytosis

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Surface-Connected Canalicular System (SCCS)

44
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Enables the platelet to store additional quantities of the same hemostatic proteins found on the glycocalyx

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Surface-Connected Canalicular System (SCCS)

45
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Also enhances interaction of platelets with the environment

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Surface-Connected Canalicular System (SCCS)

46
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It is this system that forms invaginated, sponge-like portion of the cell that provides an expanded reactive surface to which plasma clotting factors are selectively adsorbed

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Surface-Connected Canalicular System (SCCS)

47
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Is the route for endocytosis and for secretion of alpha granule contents upon platelet activation

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Surface-Connected Canalicular System (SCCS)

48
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Are heterodimeric (composed of two dissimilar proteins)

49
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Binds collagen and enables platelet to adhere to the injured blood vessel lining

50
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INTEGRINS:

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GP Ia/IIa
a5β1 and a6β1
GP VI
GP IV

51
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Is an integrin that binds the subendothelial collagen that becomes exposed in the damaged blood vessel wall, promoting adhesion of the platelet to the vessel wall

52
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Member of the immunoglobulin gene family

53
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A key collagen receptor that also binds the adhesive protein thrombospondin

54
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Is a leucine-rich repeat family CAM

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GP Ib/IX/V

55
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GP Ib/IX/V:

Bind to vWF and support platelet tethering (deceleration)

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GP Ibα molecules

56
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GP Ib/IX/V:

Cross the platelet membrane and interact with actin-binding protein to provide outside-in signaling

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GP Ibβ molecules

57
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GP Ib/IX/V:

Help assemble the four GP Ib

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GP IX & GP V

58
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Are in a low affinity conformation as they are distributed across the plasma membrane, the SCCS, and the internal layer of the alpha granule membranes of resting platelets

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GP IIb/IIIa

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Ligand for a2β1

60
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Ligand for avβ1

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Vitronectin

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Ligand for a5β1

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Ligand for a6β1

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Fibronectin

63
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Ligand for GP VI

64
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Ligand for GP IIb/IIIa or integrin aIIbβ3

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Fibrinogen and vWF

65
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Cleaved by thrombin

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PAR1 and PAR4

66
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also interacts with platelets by binding or digesting two CAMs in the leucine-rich repeat family, GP Ibα and GP V

67
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Ligand: ADP

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P2Y1 and P2Y12

68
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Are linked to different G-proteins and produce distinct intracellular signals that have complementary effects on platelet aggregation

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P2Y1 and P2Y12

69
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Cleavage of either of the two receptors activates the platelet through G-proteins that in turn activate at least two internal physiologic pathways

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PAR1 and PAR4

70
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Leads to an increase in intracellular calcium levels and contributes to initial platelet activation, shape change, and the formation of small reversible aggregates

71
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Leads to a decrease in cyclic adenosine monophosphate
(cAMP) levels and supports the formation of irreversible platelet aggregates

72
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Ligand: Thromboxane A2

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TPα and TPβ

73
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The ligand-receptor interaction produces more TXA2 from the platelet, a G-protein-based autocrine system that activates neighboring platelets

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TPα and TPβ

74
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Ligand: Epinephrine

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α2-adrenergic

75
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Opens membrane calcium channels

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α2-adrenergic

76
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Ligand: Prostacyclin

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Inositol Triphosphate

77
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Membrane receptor-ligand binding results in an increase in the internal cAMP concentration of the platelet and an inhibition of platelet activation

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Inositol Triphosphate

78
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

CAM immunoglobulin family

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ICAMs (CD50, CD54, CD102)
PECAMs (CD31)
FcyIIA (CD32)

79
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

CAM selectin family

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P-selectin (CD62)

80
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

Plays a role in inflammation and the immune reaction

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ICAMs (CD50, CD54, CD102)

81
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

Mediates platelet-white blood cell and platelet-endothelial cell adhesion

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PECAMs (CD31)

82
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

A low-affinity receptor for the immunoglobulin Fc portion

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FcyIIA (CD32)

83
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

An integrin that facilitates platelet binding to endothelial cells, leukocytes, and one another

A

P-selectin
(CD62)

84
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Additional Membrane Receptors:

Found on the alpha granule membranes of the resting platelet but migrates via the SCCS to the surface of activated platelets

A

P-selectin
(CD62)

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