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Cell Injury Flashcards

1
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how do cells try to adapt if they cannot return to homeostasis?

A

hyperplasia
hypertrophy
metaplasia
atrophy

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2
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what structures are the most vulnerable in the cell?

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mitochondria
membranes
protein synthesis
cytoskeleton
genetic apparatus
appendices

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3
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what do ischemia or reduced circulating oxygen lead to?

A

hypoxic cell injury

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4
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what are the physical agents that can cause cell injury?

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trauma
temperature
ionizing radiation
electricity

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5
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what are the different parts of nutritional imbalance that can cause cell injury?

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starvation or hypoglycemia
obesity
vitamins and minerals

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6
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why is it important that often a metabolized intermediate of a chemical, drug, or toxin is the acting toxin?

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basis for selective liver/kidney toxicity

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7
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what are two examples of immune responses invoking physiologic responses that damage cells?

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anaphylaxis
suppurative necrosis

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8
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what causes age-related cell injury?

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accumulation undigested cell products
telomere shortening
cumulative environmental stress maybe

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9
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what happens if the cell loses the Na/K pump?

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sodium accumulates inside cell, potassium is lost
cell swelling

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10
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what leads to an influx of intracellular calcium?

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depletion ATP
calcium pumps dependent upon ATP
leads to mitochondrial permeability transition

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11
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what does the mitochondria leak after taking damage from the influx of calcium, oxidative stress, and enzymatic damage to the phospholipid membrane?

A

cytochrome C which promotes apoptosis

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12
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why does anaerobic glycolysis after the ATP is depleted cause problems?

A

lactic acid builds up
ribosomes dissociate
free radical formation

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13
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what leads to the increased free radicals?

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overwhelmed reactive oxygen species scavaging systems

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14
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what controls free radicals?

A

antioxidants
iron and copper binding proteins

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15
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what enzyme is important in free radical scavenging?

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glutathione peroxidase

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16
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what are the results of free radical accumulation?

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lipid peroxidation
DNA lesions
protein modification

17
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what are two examples of membrane toxins?

A

bacterial hemolysin
complement granzyme

18
Q

what is the Unfolded Protein Response?

A

upregulation of genes for protein folding
prolonged UPR activation: oxidative stress and cell death (reactive oxygen species)

19
Q

what is the earliest indicator of non-lethal, potentially reversible cell injury?

A

hydropic degeneration

20
Q

what is steatosis?

A

fatty change (reversible cell injury)

21
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what can lead to hypoxic cell injury?

A

ischemia
reduced circulating oxygen
respiratory chain failure

22
Q

what can lead to reduced circulating oxygen?

A

anemia
carbon monoxide
heart disease

23
Q

what can electricity do to cells?

A

cell injury:
impaired pumps and signaling
vascular injury: delayed fulminant pulmonary edema

24
Q

where might chemicals, drugs, and toxins attack in the cell?

A

membranes
receptors
ion exchange pumps
mitochondria

25
Q

what causes an increase in misfolded proteins?

A

environmental factors
excessive nitric oxide
reactive oxygen species

26
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what can cause ischemia?

A

thrombosis/thromboembolism
hypotension

27
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what are the especially vulnerable cell populations to hypoxic cell injury?

A

neurons
hepatocytes
cardiac myocytes
renal tubular epithelium
others

28
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what are the two methods for immune-mediated injury?

A

immune cells attack other cells or their products directly
immune response may invoke a physiologic response that damages cells

29
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what are the antioxidants that help control free radicals?

A

vitamin E
selenium
vitamin A
ascorbic acid
glutathione

30
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what are the iron and copper binding proteins?

A

transferrin
ferritin
lactoferrin
ceruloplasmin

31
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how do free radicals hinder the membranes?

A

attack double bonds in fatty acids
produce peroxides which further destabilize

32
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how do free radicals modify proteins?

A

oxidize amino acid side chains
protein-protein cross linkages
oxidize protein backbone

33
Q

what can mediate protein misfolding?

A

environmental factors
excessive nitric oxide
reactive oxygen species

34
Q

what can cause steatosis?

A

metabolic injury
toxins
hypoxia

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