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Bone Marrow Flashcards

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Bone marrow is the space..

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Between the cortex of bones

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Where is bone marrow found in adults?

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Ribs, skull, vertebrae and pelvic girdle

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What is bone marrow the site of?

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origin, maturation and development of all peripheral blood cells

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In the 0-2 month fetus, where does hematopoiesis occur?

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yolk sac

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In the 2-7 month fetus, where does hematopoiesis occur?

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liver and spleen

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In the 5-9 month fetus, where does hematopoiesis occur?

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bone marrow

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where does hematopoiesis occur in infants?

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bone marrow of practically all bones

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Where does hematopoiesis occur in adults?

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vertebrae, ribs, sternum, skull, sacrum, pelvis and end of femurs

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What occurs to bone marrow as people age? is this permanent?

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There is progressive fatty replacement of marrow in adult life.

fatty marrow is capable of reverting to hematopoiesis if needed. Moreover, the liver and spleen can resume their fetal hematopoietic role (extramedullary hematopoiesis)

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what are the 3 basic components of bone marrow?

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  • Stem cells
  • Bone marrow microenvironment
  • Hematopoietic growth factors
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What are 3 characteristics of stem cells?

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– Arise from yolk sac
– self renewal
– multilineage differentiation potential

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What are two elements of the bone marrow microenvironment?

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  1. ECM

2. Stromal cells

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What does the ECM provide to the bone marrow microenvironment?

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A site for attachment of progenitor cells or stem cells

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What do stromal cells provide to the bone marrow microenvironment?

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  1. physical support for hematopoietic cells

2. Produce hematopoietic growth factors and express adhesion molecules that influence differentiation

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What are 5 examples of stromal cells?

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  • Macrophages
  • Fibroblasts
  • Endothelial cells
  • Fat cells
  • Reticulum cells
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What happens in the bone marrow microenvironment?

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  1. stem cells are attached to the ECM via surface adhesion molecules
  2. Hemopoietic growth factors produced by stromal cells (and other cells) are presented to immobilized stem cells.
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What are hematopoietic growth factors?

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glycoproteins that act in low concentrations

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What does G-CSF target?

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CFU-G +maturing neutrophils

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What does M-CSF target?

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CFU-M + maturing monocytes, macrophages

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What does Erythropoietin target?

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Late BFU-E, CFU-E + maturing erythroid

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What does thrombopoietin target?

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CFU-Meg and megakaryocytes

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what does interleukin-5 target?

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CFU-eos + maturing eosinophils

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What are particle trails?

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trails of cells on a blood smear of bone marrow

- look at them to see what kinds of cellular ratios there are and if there are any malignant cells

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What is the key factor for Erythropoiesis ?

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Erythropoietin

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What are 2 maturation characteristics of erythrocytes?
• Nuclear condensation with ultimate extrusion of the nucleus • Change of cytoplasm from deep basophilic, organelle rich substance, to an orange cytoplasm that consists almost entirely of hemoglobin.
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How long do RBCs circulate?
about 120 days
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What other cell is present in erythroid islands of the bone marrow?
macrophages because they contain iron needed for proper maturation of RBCs and will phagocytose the extruded nuclei
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How are kidneys involved in the control of erythropoiesis?
O2 sensors in the kidney can tell if the levels are abnormal or not Too low O2 leads to increased production of erythropoietin by the kidney which acts on the bone marrow
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Why do people get anemia with renal failure?
Patients with renal failure do not produce enough erythropoietin and become anemic
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What is the key factor in Thrombopoiesis?
Thrombopoietin
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What are the 5 maturation characteristics of thrombopoiesis?
* Increase size and DNA content * Nuclear division without cell division * Increase nuclear lobulations * Development of demarcation membranes and cytoplasmic granules * Platelet release
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What are the 5 stages of Thrombopoiesis?
1. Promegakaryoblast 2. Megakaryoblast 3. Promegakaryocyte 4. Granular megakaryocyte 5. Platelet producing megakaryocyte
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What controls the rate of platelet production?
the flow of blood
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Why do patients with liver failure often have decreased platelet count?
because liver produces thrombopoietin
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What is the key regulatory factor for granulopoiesis?
G-CSF
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What are 2 maturation characteristics of granulopoiesis
1. nuclear segmentation | 2. acquisition of primary , then secondary granules
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What type of mechanism controls granulopoiesis
negative feedback mechanism
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What are the 6 stages (in order) of granulopoiesis
1. Myeloblast 2. Promyelocyte 3. Myelocyte 4. Metamyelocyte 5. Band 6. Segmented Neutrophils
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What occurs during the myeloblast stage?
Production of 1º granules | - earliest most immature stage
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What happens during the promyelocyte stage? what things are present
1. Largest cell stage 2. many 1º granules 3. Paranuclear hoff (golgi region) - lots of protein synthesis
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What happens during the Myelocyte stage? what is special about this stage
Last stage with proliferative potential 2º granule formation
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What happens during the metamyelocyte stage ?
1. Nuclear indentation | 2. secondary granules now outnumber the primary ones
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What is present at the Band stage?
Horseshoe nucleus | - segmentation is now more than half the nuclear diameter
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What are two maturation characteristics of monocytopoiesis?
* Gradual nuclear folding | * Acquisition of cytoplasmic granules
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What is the key maturation factor for monocytopoeisis?
M-CSF
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What are the 3 stages of monocyte development?
1. Monoblast 2. Promonocyte 3. Mature monocyte
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What is acute myeloid leukemia?
* Mutations that preserve self renewing but interfere with maturation lead to continuous proliferation of immature daughter cells. * These eventually take over the bone marrow and lead to acute myeloid leukemia.
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What is a common cause for acute myeloid leukemia?
Translocation between chromosome 8 and 21 which results in the production of a fusion protein called ETO ETO binds to a binding factor AML at the core binding site upstream of target genes and also with nuclear co-receptor which in turn binds a protein that shuts of downstream genes
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the human antibody repertoire is estimated at __ different specificities
10^10
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What are the two genes (enzymes really?) involved in VDJ rearrangement?
RAG-1 and RAG-2

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