Cell Injury and Death Flashcards
Cell response to injury is dependent on what four factors?
Dose
Duration
Type of injury
Type of cell
Cell injury results when what happens?
Cells are stressed so severely that they are no longer able to adapt
What types of cells are most affected by chemo?
Epithelial cells of the intestine, or any cells that replicate continuously
What are the three permanent cell types?
Skeletal muscles cells
Cardiac cells
Neurons
What are the two outcomes of irreversible injury to a cell?
Necrosis or apoptosis
What are the five main cellular components (processes/structures) that are damaged during cell injury?
- Aerobic respiration
- Integrity of cell membranes
- Protein synthesis
- Cytoskeleton
- Genetic apparatus
What are the three components of cell that undergo damage?
Membranes
Proteins
DNA
(MPD)
What are the five major biochemical mechanisms of cell injury?
- Ca influx into cell
- ROS accumulation
- ATP Depletio
- Mito damage
- Permeability of membrane changes
(CRAMP)
Are all free radicals bad?
No–we need them
Excess Ca causes what? (2)
Activation of enzymes
Changes permeability of Mitochondria, restricting ATP production
What are the four major enzymes that Ca influx activates?
- Phospholipases
- Proteases
- Endonucleases
- ATPase
What are the three major sources of Ca excess?
- ER stores
- Malfunction of Na/Ca pumps
- Extracellular Ca
What is the main organelle that is affected by Ca influx?
Mito
How is damage to the mito by Ca influx effected?
Breakdown of phospholipids (A2 and sphingomyelin) via enzymes activated by Ca. These lipids can be damaging
What happens when the Mitochondrial membrane is damaged?
Loss of H+ gradient, therefore loss of ATP
A decrease in oxygen affects the mitochondria how? (4)
Decrease ATP generation
ROS go up and leak out
Increase in proapoptotic proteins
Decrease in anti-apoptotic proteins
What is the effect of CN?
Inhibits the ETC, (cyt C) inhibiting ATP production
What happens when oxidative phosphorylation cannot proceed and ATP levels decrease? (3)
Na is not able to be pumped out, causing water influx and efflux of K
Anaerobic glycolysis (lactic acid)
Detachment of ribosomes (decreased protein synthesis)
What happens to the DNA when pH decreases?
Chromatin clumping (DNA damage)
What happens to out membranes with age? What is the consequence of this?
Leaky membranes, leaking ROS
True or false: normal metabolism leads to ROS production?
True
Why are ROS bad?
Bind to whatever double bond that’s around
What happens when someone is put on 100% O2?
ROS production
Reperfusion injury is caused by what?
ROS production increases but enzymes to take care of it are not around
Why do PMNs produce ROS?
Part of immune response
What are the four major ROS?
O2-
OH -
ONOO -
Lipid peroxide radicals
Where do ROS affect lipid membranes? What is produced?
The double bonds of FAs
This leads to peroxide formation, and continues
What are the vitamins that are antioxidants (4)?
C, E, A and beta-carotene
What happens to proteins with ROS? (2)
Side chain oxidation leads to change in structure (enzymes die)
Form disulfide bonds
Free radical interaction with thymine leads to what? What can this lead to?
Single-stranded breaks in DNA
CA