Blood Flashcards
Mediators of increased vascular permeability
histamine and serotonin
C3a and C5a
leukotriene C4, D4, E4
Mediators of vasodilation
histamine
prostaglandins
Mediators of chemotaxis, leukocyte recruitment and activation
TNF, IL-1
chemokines
C3a, C5a
leukotriene B4
Macrophage activator
interferon-gamma
macrophages are responsible for development of ceseating granuloma in TB infections
Mediators of fever
IL-1, TNF
prostaglandins
Mediators of pain
prostaglandins
bradykinin
Mediators of tissue damage
lysosomal enzymes of leukocytes,
reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Acute vs chronic inflammation
histology
Acute:
- neutrophils
- fibrin
Chronic:
- lymphocytes
- plasma cells
- macrophages
Types of necrosis and the organs typically involved
Liquefaction necrosis: brain
- tissue is completely digested and transformed into viscous liquid
Fat necrosis: pancreas
- release of pancreatic enzymes
Coagulative necrosis: liver, spleen, intestine
- underlying architecture of organ is preserved
Granulation tissue
- fibroblasts
- endothelial cells
- may be inflammatory cells in the background as well
Hypersensitivity reactions 1-4
ACID:
Type I: Allergy
Type II: Cytotoxic
- where it binds
Type III: Immune Complex
- where it lands
Type IV: CD4 effector or Delayed
- everywhere it meets
Type I hypersensitivity
Immediate hypersensitivity:
- Th2, IgE antibody, mast cells, eosinophils
- mast cell-derived mediators (granulation) = immediate hypersensitivity reaction (minutes)
- rapid reaction: IgE antibodies are already bound to Fc-epsilon receptor on surface of mast cells
- cytokine-mediated inflammation = late phase reaction (2-24hr after repeat exposure)
- eosinophil recruitment = chronic allergic inflammation, major cause of tissue damage
Type II hypersensitivity
Antibody-mediated hypersensitivity:
- own cells (cell surface or extracellular matrix antigens) treated as encapsulated bacteria; get tagged with antibodies (IgG mostly) to be attacked by complement system (lysis) or leukocytes (phagocytosis)
- complement- and Fc receptor-mediated recruitment
- activation of leukocytes (neutrophils, macrophages) ==> opsonization and phagocytosis of cells
- abnormalities in cellular function (hormone/NT receptor signaling)
- usually tissue-specific <- issue is on what type of cell the binding event occurs (ex: hemolytic anemia)
Type III hypersensitivity
Immune complex-mediated hypersensitivity:
- immune complexes of circulating soluble antigens and IgG/IgM antibodies deposited in vascular basement membrane
- complexes are unable to be cleared; that is where inflammation occurs
- complement- and Fc receptor-mediated recruitment and activation of leukocytes
- tissue damage secondary to impaired blood flow
- vasculitis, nephritis, arthritis
Serum sickness:
- Deposition in the vasculature of the skin can produce hives through the production of C3a and C5a of the complement system which then activate local mast cells.
- A fever response is caused by release of IL-1 and IL-6 from blood monocytes that have taken up the immune complexes.
Type IV hypersensitivity
Delayed, T cell-mediated hypersensitivity:
- sensitization stage of 1-2 weeks
- takes 1-3 days to develop after re-exposure
- CD4+ (Th1, Th17) T-cells (cytokine-mediated inflammation) activate macrophages ==> inflammation
- CD8+ T-cells (T cell mediated cytolysis) direct target cell lysis and inflammation
TNF-a
IL-1
inflammatory cytokines that induce gene expression of adhesion molecules on endothelial cells, thereby recruiting leukocytes
tryptase
protease that causes tissue damage
leukotrienes C4, D4, E4
slow reacting substances of anaphylaxis; cause bronchoconstriction
leukotriene B4
chemotactic for neutrophils
bradykinin
pain
prostaglandin D2
promotes vasodilation and vascular leakage
also bronchoconstriction?
late phase response of allergy
T-cell response mediated by cytokines
- treat with glucocorticoid (Prednisone)
C3, C4, C5
complement proteins, but also anaphylatoxins that drive mast cell involvement
Erythropoietin (EPO)
- produced in kidneys
- major hormone regulator of erythropoiesis
- promotes the proliferation, differentiation, survival of erythroid precursors
Iron deficiency anemia vs. anemia of chronic disease
Iron deficiency anemia:
- microcytic, hypochromic anemia
- low serum ferritin and iron
- can be due to loss of blood through GI bleeds
Anemia of chronic disease:
- can be normocytic or microcytic
- high serum ferritin
- chronic inflammation => increase in cytokines and hepcidin => reduced iron release from macrophages, reduced RBC synthesis from low erthropoietin levels, reduced RBC survival
Heme synthesis pathway
Occurs in liver and erythroid progenitor cells of bone marrow
First and rate-limiting step: ALA synthase
- glycine + succinyl CoA ⇒ ALA
- requires PLP (vit B6) cofactor
- regulated via: feedback inhibition (heme/hemin), repression of ALA synthase gene, inhibition of ALA synthase transport from cytosol to mitochondria
Last step: ferrochelatase
- last reaction ⇒ heme
- regulated by iron availability in bone marrow