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9. Basic Haemostasis Flashcards

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What are the functions of haemostasis?

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Prevention of blood loss from intact vessels

Arrest of bleeding from injured vessels

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What does the formation of an unstable platelet plug involve?

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Platelet adhesion and platelet aggregation

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What does the stabilisation of the platelet plug involve?

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Activation of the blood coagulation and fibrin

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What are the stages of haemostasis?

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Primary and secondary

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What happens in the initial response?

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Platelets identify endothelial damage and forms a clump

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What follows the initial response?

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Coagulation takes place and is accelerated by the platelets

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Define coagulation

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The process by which blood is converted from a liquid to a solid state

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What is Von Willebrand factor?

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A plasma protein secreted by endothelial cells and platlets. It binds to collagen and attracts platelets

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When the endothelial layer is damaged what is revealed?

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The subendothelial layer which is rich in collagen

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How is collagen recognised?

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1) Von willebrand factor

2) Glycoprotein 1a Receptor on the platelets binds directly to the collagen

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How do platelets bind to the von willebrand factor?

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Via glycoprotein 1b receptor on the von willebrand factor

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What method of recognising collagen is favoured in small blood vessels?

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There could be high shear stress in small blood vessels, favouring the von willebrand mechanism

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When do the platelets become active?

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When the glycoprotein receptors on the platelets are engaged either to the Von Willebrand Factor or directly to the collagen

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What is released when the platelets are active?

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ADP and Prostaglandins (thromboxane)

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What does fibrinogen bind to?

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Activated platelets with available glycoproteins IIb and IIIa

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What protease can also directly activate the platelets?

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Thrombin

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When platelets become activated how do they change?

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They change their shape and hence their membrane composition.
There is a change in phospholipids and presentation of new proteins (GlpIIb + GlpIIIa)

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Where are most clotting factors made?

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Liver

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Where is the Von Willebrand factor made?

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Endothelial Cells

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What are the precursors of platelets?

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Megakaryocytes

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What do megakaryocytes synthesise?

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Factor V

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Define Zymogen

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an inactive substance (protease) which is converted into an enzyme when activated by another enzyme

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What is the first zymogen in the clotting cascade?

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Factor XII

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What is factor XII converted to?

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XIIa (active)

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What does factor XIIa do?
It converts factor XI to XIa
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What is factor XIa do?
It converts factor IX to IXa
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What does the intrinsic pathway involve?
The activation of a zymogen and binding of coagulation factors to the activated platelet
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What is factor IXa do?
It converts factor X to factor Xa with factor VIIIa on a platelet phospholipid membrane
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What is factor X converted to?
Factor Xa
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What converted factor X to factor Xa?
Factor, IXa, Factor VIIIa and the platelet phospholipid membrane
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What is factor VIII
A Cofactor
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What is tissue factor?
A membrane protein which isn't normally found in the blood
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What is the function of tissue factor?
It is a potent activator of the clotting cascade.
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What does tissue factor bind to?
It binds to factor VII converting it to factor VIIa
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What is the function of factor VIIa?
It converts factor X to factor Xa and factor IX to factor IXa
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What does the extrinsic pathway involve?
Tissue factor and Factor VII
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What is the function of factor Xa?
Converts prothrombin to thrombin (Factor V is required)
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What does thrombin do to the platelet?
It further activates its forming a fibrin clot
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What helps convert prothrombin to thrombin faster?
Factor Va
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What converts Factor V to Factor Va?
Trace amounts of thrombin
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What does thrombin do?
Converts fibrinogen (soluble) to fibrin forming a fibrin clot
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What is the fibrin clot cross linked by?
Factor XIIIa
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What is point of cross linking?
So the fibrin clot is stabilised and can't be broken down by shear forces
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What are the three pathways in the clotting cascade?
Intrinsic Extrinsic Common Pathway
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What is the physiological initiator of coagulation?
Tissue factor hence the extrinsic pathway is the main driver of coagulation and heamostasis
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What is factor XII mainly used for?
In vitro reactions
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Where is tPA made?
Endothelial cells. It is usually quite low and made locally next to where the clot forms
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What is tPA?
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
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What is the role of tPA?
Converts plasminogen from an inactive zymogen to an active protease (plasmin)
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Where does tPA catalyse its reaction?
On a fibrin clot that assembles the tPA and plasminogen on its surface
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What is plasmin?
A powerful proteolytic enzyme that can break down the fibrin clot
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What are the breakdown products of the fibrin clot?
Fibrin degradation products
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What is measured during thrombolytic therapy?
FDP
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What is used for the therapeutic thrombolysis for myocardial infarction?
tPA and Streptokinase
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Why doesn't blood clot completely whenever clotting is initiated?
Coagulation inhibitory mechanisms
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What are the two coagulation inhibitory mechanisms?
Direct inhibition | Indirect inhibition
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What is the mechanism of direct inhibition?
Direct inhibition of the activated coagulation factors
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What is an example of a direct inhibitor?
Antithrombin
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What can antithrombin inhibit?
XIa IXa Xa thrombin
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What is the mechanism of indirect inhibition?
Mechanism which slows down the amount of thrombin that is generated. Protein C must be activated in the protein C anticoagulant pathway
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What does a reduction in antithrombin cause?
A higher risk of thrombosis
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What accelerates the action of antithrombin?
Heparin
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What is used for the immediate anticoagulation in venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism?
Heparin
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What is the mechanism of action for protein C?
It inactivates cofactors (factor VIII and V)
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When coagulation inhibitory mechanisms fail there is an increased risk of...
Thrombosis
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What failures of coagulation inhibitory mechanisms are there?
1) Antithrombin deficiency 2) Protein C deficiency 3) Protein S deficiency 4) Factor V Leiden
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How many times do factor 8 and factor 5 accelerate thrombin formation?
10,000 fold
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What protein can thrombin bind to on the surface of the endothelium?
Thrombomodulin
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What happens to the thrombin when it binds to thrombomodulin?
It changes conformation and activates protein C and S
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What is factor V Leiden
A common polymorphism resulting in an amino acid change in factor V meaning it cannot be inactivated.
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What does thrombin normally do?
Form the clot, activate the platelets and activate factor VIII and V

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