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Cellular Injury & Defects Flashcards

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What causes cell hypoxia?

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Ischemia or inadequate oxygen carrying capacity of blood

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Name 7 causes of cellular injury

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  • hypoxia
  • physical agents
  • chemical agents/drugs
  • infectious agents
  • immunological reactions
  • genetic defects
  • nutritional imbalances
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A patient’s liver cells responds to toxic injury, what cellular adaptation is occurring?

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Focal pathological hyperplasia

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A patient with a history of cardiac injury has a cellular reaction occurring with his remaining cardiac myocytes, what cellular adaptation is occurring?

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Focal pathological hypertrophy

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A chronically bedridden patient is most likely experiencing ______________ of his quadriceps muscles

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Atrophy

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A patient who is exercising regularly would expect what normal cellular response?

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Physiological hypertrophy

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Response of bronchial epithelium in a patient who chronically smokes would expect what cellular adaptation?

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Squamous metaplasia

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Name 4 universal biomechanical themes of cellular injury

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  • Lack of oxygen
  • Increased intracellular calcium
  • Depletion of ATP
  • Defects in membrane permeability
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What can lack of oxygen or excess oxygen cause in a cell?

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Decreased synthesis of ATP leading to cell death

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What does an increase in intracellular calcium or loss of calcium homeostasis cause?

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Activation of calcium dependent enzymes

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What does depletion of ATP cause?

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Loss of membrane function and intracellular processes

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What forms of cellular accumulation are reversible?

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Cellular swelling and steatosis

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What cellular events occur before the point of no return from hypoxic/ischemic injury?

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  • compromised aerobic respiration
  • increased rate of anaerobic glycolysis
  • decreased cellular pH
  • decreased ATP -> x mito-> x Na/K ATPase pump -> H2O in = acute cellular swelling
  • detachment of ribosomes from RER
  • mitochondrial swelling
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What cellular events occur due to hypoxia/ischemia after the point of no return, meaning they are irreversible?

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  • Vacuolization of mitochondria
  • Rupture of lysosomes/activation of Ca dependent enzymes
  • Nuclear changes (pyknosis, karryorrhexis, karyolysis)
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What enzymes can be detected in the blood after lysosomes rupture indicating cell death?

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Lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase

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What is mitochondrial vacuolization?

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When a lysosome fuses with mitochondria and causes bursting and swelling resulting in cell death

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What is pyknosis?

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Small, shrunken, dark nucleus indicating irreversible cell injury

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What is karryorrhexis?

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Fragmented nucleus indicating irreversible cell injury

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What is karyolysis?

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Faded nucleus indicating irreversible cell injury

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What enzymes are you looking for when taking a blood test for a possible heart attack patient?

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High levels of troponin I in the blood as well as elevated levels of creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase

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What is free radical induced injury?

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A final common pathway in a variety of cell processes

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Name 4 examples of cellular processes which lead to free radical induced injury

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  • chemical & radiation injury
  • cellular aging
  • O2 toxicity
  • microbial killing by phagocytes
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What does free radical induced injury consist of?

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chemical species that are highly reactive and unstable (uneven e-)

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What does free radical damage result in?

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Lipid peroxidation of cell membranes
Oxidative modification of cell proteins
Damage to cell DNA

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What are important attributes of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)?

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Forms free radicals via iron catalyzed Fenton reaction
Diffuses widely within a cell

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What enzymes convert O2 ——> O2 - (Superoxide anion)?

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Xanthine oxidase, NADPH oxidase

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What enzyme converts O2- ——> H2O2? What is the coenzyme?

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Enzyme = Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Coenzyme = H2O

28
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What enzyme converts H2O2 ——> H2O + O2?

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Catalase

29
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What can glutathione do to free radicals?

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Harmless conversion of H2O2 ——> H20 + O2

30
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What vitamins are antioxidants?

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Vitamin C and E

31
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What are some things that may cause free radical production?

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Radiation, mutagens, ischemic attacks, oxygen therapy, mitochondrial metabolism

32
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What are important attributes of superoxide anion (O2-)?

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Generated by leaks in the electron transport chain and some cytosolic reactions

33
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What are important attributes of hydroxyl radicals (•OH)?

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  • Generated from H2O2 via iron catalyzed Fenton reaction
  • Most responsible for attack on macromolecules
34
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Which free radical is most responsible for attacks on macromolecules?

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Hydroxyl radical

35
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What are important attributes of peroxynitrite (ONOO•)?

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Formed from the reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with superoxide anion (O2-) to damage macromolecules

36
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What reaction forms peroxynitrite?

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Nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anion (O2-)

37
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What are lipid peroxide radicals (RCOO•)?

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Organic radicals produced during lipid peroxidation

38
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How is hypochlorous acid (HOCl) produced?

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By macrophages and neutrophils during respiratory bursts that accompany phagocytosis

39
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What are symptoms of trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)?

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Decreased IQ
Simian crease
Protruding tongue and epicanthic folds
Tetralogy of Fallot (Congenital heart anomaly)

40
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What are symptoms of Trisomy 18 (Edward’s Syndrome)?

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Severe cardiac malformations
Rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands, low-set ears
Majority die within one year

41
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What are symptoms of Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome)?

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Severe cognitive and growth delay
Cleft lip and palate
Nervous system and cardiac malformations

42
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What causes Cri-du-chat syndrome?

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5p- (5p minus) syndrome characterized by deletion of portion of the p-arm on
chromosome 5

43
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What are the symptoms of Cri-Du-Chat syndrome?

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  • Infants possess high-pitched cry that sounds like a cat
  • intellectual disability and delayed development, microcephaly, low birth weight, and weak muscle tone (hypotonia) in infancy
  • Distinctive facial features: widely set eyes (hypertelorism), low-set ears, a small jaw, and a rounded face
  • Several organ defects
44
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What causes Kleinfelter syndrome?

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Males possessing an extra X chromosome

45
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What are symptoms of Kleinfelter syndrome?

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Male hypogonadism and infertility due to lack of androgens
Tall, thin legs
High pitched voice and gynecomastia (breast development)

46
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What causes Turner’s syndrome?

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Presence of only one X chromosome in females

47
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What are symptoms of Turner’s syndrome?

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  • Females with amenorrhea and sterility
  • short stature, webbed neck
48
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What are two examples of inborn errors of amino acid metabolism?

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Phenylketonuria (PKU) and Alkaptonuria (Ochronosis)

49
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What causes phenylketonuria?

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Autosomal recessive deficiency of the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase leading to excess phenylalanine

50
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What enzyme breaks down phenylalanine ——> tyrosine

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Phenylalanine hydroxylase

51
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What are the symptoms of phenylketonuria?

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Progressive mental deterioration, seizures, musty odor from phenylacetic acid
Fair skin, blond hair, blue eyes

52
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What causes alkaptonuria?

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Defect in the enzyme homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD), which participates in tyrosine degradation.

53
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What is alkaptonuria also known as?

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Ochronosis

54
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What does alkaptonuria (Ochronosis) cause?

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Elevated levels of tyrosine resulting in arthropathy

55
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How can you diagnose alkaptonuria?

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Urine test to demonstrate oxygenation of homogentisic acid (urine appears dark)

56
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What is dystrophic calcification?

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Calcium deposition in dead and necrotic tissues

57
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What type of calcification would be expected to occur after an Achilles’ tendon repair?

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Dystrophic calcification

58
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What type of calcification occurs in valves, tendons, and ligaments?

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Dystrophic calcification

59
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What type of calcification causes calcific aortic stenosis?

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Dystrophic calcification

60
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What is metastatic calcification?

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Calcium deposition in normal tissues (living) due to hypercalcemia

61
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What can cause metastatic calcification and hypercalcemia?

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PTH-secreting tumour, causing hyperparathyroidism and increased osteoclast activity

62
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What causes Lesch-Nyhan syndrome?

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X-linked deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT)

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What are the symptoms of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome?

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  • accumulation of uric acid in body fluids
  • neurological signs: poor muscle control, cognitive disability in 1st year of life
  • 2nd year: self-mutilating behaviours (lip & finger biting)
  • basal ganglia damage leads to writhing movements
  • poor use of vit B12 may lead to megaloblastic anemia
64
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What is accumulation of uric acid in body fluids associated with?

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Gout and kidney dysfunction

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