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4.1 - Lecture - CT Flashcards

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Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC)

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Gives rise to the cells that are responsible for generating connective tissue

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Unilocular Adipocytes

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  • also known as white fat cells
  • large cells that store lipids
  • often occur together in large masses as adipose tissue
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Multilocular Adipocytes

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  • lipid storing cells specialized for heat production

- occur primarily in neonates

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Fibroblasts

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  • responsible for production, remodeling , degradation of the extracellular matrix fibers and ground substance
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Myofibroblasts

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  • Myosin-producing subtype of fibroblasts

- specialized to generate force

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Type I Collagen

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  • the dominant fiber of connective tissue
  • synthesized as triple-helix procollagen molecules within fibroblast
  • synthesized inside of fibroblasts
  • extracellular are aligned + cross-linked into fibrils
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Type III Collagen

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  • known as reticular fibers
  • much smaller than collagen type I
  • do not have a space-filling function
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Elastic Fibers

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  • Composed of elastins and fibrillins

- found where stretchiness is required

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Types IV and VII Collagen

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  • Found within basement membranes
  • type IV is incorporated into/makes up a large portion of the lamina densa
  • Type VII forms rings in the lamina reticularis to connect with other cytoskeletal elements
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Type II Collagen

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Crucial to the structure of cartilage

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Type X Collagen

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Found in the growth plate of bones

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Ground Substance

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= the space between connective tissue cells and fibers

  • consists of highly hydrated complexes of glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, glycoproteins
  • has extracellular long-chain proteins that keep ECM hydrated by binding water in lg. quantities
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Glycosaminoglycans

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  • part of the highly hydrated complexes making up the ground substance
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Proteoglycans

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  • have large sugar chains

- repeating units of the sugar chains

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Glycoproteins

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  • have seen before as secretions (mucins) or intergral membrane proteins (contributing to a glycocalyx)
  • also form component of ground substrates distinct from proteoglycansand fibers
  • sugar chains are much smaller than those found in proteoglycans
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Hyaluronic Acid

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= a typical glycosaminoglycan “backbone molecule”

  • organizes into numerous proteoglycan “core” molecules
  • each subunit consists of numerosu glycosaminoglycan chains which attract water
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Dermatan Sulfate

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  • a typical glycosaminoglycans
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Heparan Sulfate

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  • a typical glycosaminoglycan
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Keratan Sulfate

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  • a typical glycosaminoglycan
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Chondroitin Sulfate

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  • a typical glycosaminoglycan
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3 components of connective tissue proper

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1) loose (aveolar)
2) Dense irregular
3) Dense regular

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4 specialized connective tissue types

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1) adipose tissue
2) blood
3) bone
4) cartilage

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Loose (aveolar) CT (irregular) contains:

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  • Lots of ground substance (white space in lm)
  • lots of cells
  • very little fibers
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Dense irregular CT contains:

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  • lots of fibers (dominated by them in volume and function), the 3D organization of fibers to be ready for forces from all side
  • little ground substance space
  • little space for cells
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Dense Regular CT

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  • tight packed fibers (organized in 1 direction)

- FXN : single force vector

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A tendon connects:

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Muscle to bone

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A ligament connects:

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bone to bone

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a aponeuroses connects:

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muscle to muscle

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FXN of resident cells of CT

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responsible for creating, elaborating, maintaining, degrading ECMatrix of CT

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Resident Cells of Loose, Dense Irregular, and Dense regular CT (and any technical nomenclature):

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= Fibroblasts

- called tendenocytes in dense regular tissue (because of their extreme specialization that causes them to be squished)

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Resident cells of adipose tissue

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Adipocytes

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Resident cells of bone

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osteocytes

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Resident cells of cartilage

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chondrocytes

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3 exceptions to the function of resident cells of CT

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1) Epithelial Tissue - epithelial cells make the Ct of the basement membrane
2) Muscle tissue - smooth muscle cells in walls of blood vessel make the ECMatrix elements
3) Nervous Tissue - Schwann cells make CT element

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Describe the LM appearance of fibroblasts

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  • fusiform + flattended nucleus

- long cytoplasmic processes

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3 main components of the ECM Fibers

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  • collagen
  • reticular fibers
  • elastic fibers
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3 main components of ground substance

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  • glycosaminoglycans
  • proteoglycans
  • adhesive glycoproteins
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Places where reticular fibers are commonly found

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  • lymph node
  • spleen
  • liver
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2 Selective stains of elastic fibers

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  • Verhoff’s Stain

- resourcin fuschin

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The key to Differentiating between reticular and elastic fibers:

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Reticular fibers - hold cells together (lots of cellls present)

Elastic fibers - holding structure/tissue together

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Difference between EM/LM of collagens

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Collagen Fiber = viewable in LM or EM

Collagen Fibril = viewable only in EM

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Type I Collagen

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  • 90% of all collagens
  • fibrils assemble into fibers
  • high tensile strength + resistance to stretch
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Type II Collagen

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  • only seen in cartilage
  • does not assemble into fibers
    = 50% type II collagen 50% ground substance (proteoglycans)
  • are not laid down in organized manner - do not see fibers in LM
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Type IV Collagen

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  • Not fibrillar - propeptides not cleaved
  • does not display a typical periodicity
  • forms meshwork of dimers to form external/basal lamina
    = a very strong web of autopolymerized type IV collagen
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Type III Collagen

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= main component of reticular fibers
- very high # of glycosylated residues with adjacent hydroxylated groups
- found in stroma of highly cellular tissues
(adipose, hematopoietic, lymphoid)
- enables large changes in volume normally seen in those organs

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Type VII collagen

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  • anchoring fibers: forms sm. + lg. loops that the reticular fibers pass through
  • loops are formed with help of anchoring bodies/plaques to connect different strands of Type VII into circles
  • secure the fibers of CT to the basal lamina
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Describe the interplay of CT and the Basement Membrane

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  • Laminin = connects lamina lucida with the lamina densa
  • lamina densa is largely composed of type IV collagen
  • Loops of type VII collagen extend down from lamina dense to form lamina reticular is + connect basement membrane to rest of CT (through the reticular fibers)
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Briefly Describe the clinical significance of collagen (collagenopathies) as they relate to Scurvy and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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Scurvy: lack of vitamin C - which is necessary for proline + lysine hydroxylations - causes ulcers + disruptions of epithelial surface due to lack of alpha chain binding (esp. in areas of high collagen turnover)

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: connection disorder resulting from to improper formation/ assembly of collagen

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Elastic Fibers are comprised of

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fibrillin glycoprotein microfibrils surrounding an amorphous elastin core

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Elastin is

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  • hydrophobic with very strong tendency to curl up due to hydrophobic forces (that can be overcome by force of stretch)
  • cross linking proteins in elastin = desmosine (regulates elasticity and provides structure)
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Marfan syndrome

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  • genetic defect in Fibrillin (FBN1) gene
  • affects scaffolding of elastin fibers
  • affects: eyes, heart, blood vessels
    characteristic of patients = tall with long slender fingers and limbs
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Primary + most critical function of GAGs + Proteoglycans is:

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hydration of the ECMatrix

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Hyaluronic Acid

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  • Unique GAG
  • nonsulfated
  • can have up to 25,000 repeating units (others have <300)
  • is spun from cell membrane (others are synthesized w/n the cell)
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GAGs (glycosaminoglycans)

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  • long, unbranched linear chains (<300 repeating disaccharide units)
  • each repeat has at least 2 (-) charges in the chain
  • 1 is an amino sugar - sulfated + carboxylated
  • contain massive amounts of electronegativity
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Proteoglycans

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  • proteins with 1+ covalently attached GAG chains (more GAGs = larger hydration shell)
  • slippery + resist compressive forces
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Glycoproteins

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  • glue together fibers, ground material, cells
  • branched, non-repeating units of sugars
  • multiple type of sugars
  • often v. short
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Fibronectin

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= an adhesive glycoprotein

  • attached integrins of cell membranes to matrix elements (fibers of GAGs)
  • enables cells to tunnel through matrix
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Explain how presence + quantity of EC components (FIbers vs. ground substance) confers characteristic to tissues:

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Fibers –> Strength, elasticity, flexibilty

Ground substance –> barrier FXN, hydration, anti-compressibilty

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Relate the changes of obesity to the changes in adipocytes

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1st 15%-25% change in BMI is due to increase in size of adipocytes (hypertrophies)

Next changes (larger changes) in BMI are due to increases in # of adipocytes

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