Cellular Processes Flashcards
Steps cells response to stress/injury:
Homeostasis > stress
ADAPTATION> Cellular alterations
if can’t adapt>INJURY> (reversible) recover
if can’t recover>death:necrosis/apoptosis
What are cellular adaptations?
- hyperplasia
- hypertrophy
- atrophy
- metaplasia
Hyperplasia
More cells! > increase mass of tissue
- in cells undergoing division
- reversible
- growth factors > increase proliferation of mature cellsand production of new cells
Ex of physiologic hyperplasia
- hormonal hyperplasia - breast tissue, endometrium in preg
- compensatory hyperplasia: RBC during trauma and blood loss
Ex of pathologic hyperplasia
Too much hormones:
- endometrial hyperplasia
- prostatic hyperp
- ductal hyperp of breast
- HPV>squamous cell proliferation
Hypertrophy
- BIGGER cells > increae mass
- NO cell division
- reversible
- growth factors > increase production of proteins and cell components
Ex of physiologic hypertrophy
- hormonal: myometrium during preg
- compensatory: skeletal muscles with excercise
Ex of pathologic hypertrophy
- cardiac muscle in trying to pump harder
- bladder muscle in tryign to overcome obstruction
Atrophy
ex:
-decrease in size and # of cells > decrease mass
-reversible
-increase protein degrad and decrease production
ex:
-normal embryogenesis processes
-reversal of physiological hyperplasia/hypertrophy
-not using limbs
-loss of innervation, blood supply, nutrition, hormones
-pressure on tissue
metaplasia
- mature cell change to another type in response to stress
- adaptative and questionable reversible
- cytokines, growth factors > alter transcription factors > change differentiation of cells
Ex of physiologic metaplasia. describe
- ONLY ONE: squamous metaplasia of cervix (columnar>squamous) due to exposure to vagina at puberty
- increase risk of infection + cancer (HPV)
- screening and vaccination impt. if highly dysplastic (HSIL) > remove to prevent cancer
Ex pathologic metaplasia
- squamous metaplasia of bronchus (columnar > squamous)
- Barrett’s metaplasia of esophagus (squamous > columnar)
- interstinal metaplasia of stomach (stomach>intestinal)
- squamous meta of bladder (transitional > squamous)
What is altered cellular constituents?
- not adaptations.
- sign of damage
- usually excessive accumulation due to:
1. increase synthesis/decrease degrad of normal content
2. abnormal protein production
3. exogenous material not transported/degraded/metabolism
Ex of pathologic altered cell constituents
4
- steatosis of liver due to alcohol
- Gaucher’s disease - enzyme failure > lipid
- Alzheimer’s - folded protein accumulate
- parkinson’s - abnormally folded proteins accumulate
What are amyloids
- abnormally folded protein > B-sheet
- resistant to degradation
- seen in kidney obstruction, inflammation, Alzheimer’s
What are prions?
- PrP protein abnormally foleded into B sheets
- aggregate and resistant to protease
- PrPSc protein is infectious, self-replicative > induces others to go into Bsheets. can jump species
ex: CJD, kuru, mad cow
Dysplasia?
- cellular alterations > disordered growth
- premalignant but not cancer!
- maybe reversible
Neoplasia?
- NEW growth
- tumour lost normal control
- benign or malignant
- irreversible
What is endometrial hyperplasia?
Cause
Clinical
Tx
-increased proliferation of endometrial glands next to stroma Cause: excess estrogen. (anovulation, PCOS, obesity, tumours, HRT) Clinical: -common -bleeding -incrase risk of endometrial cancer Tx: -treat underlying -PROGESTERONE to shut down endometrium -hysterectomy
What is benign prostatic hyperplasia?
Cause
Clinical
Tx
-proliferation of epithelium and stromal cells in periurethral area
Cause: increase dihydrotestosterone with age (stromal cells)
Clinical:
-common, asymptomatic, peeing problems, enlarged prostate, infection risk due to bladder obstruction
-NO incraesed risk of cancer
Tx:
-decrease fluid intakes
-meds: 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (decrease DHT); alpha blocker (decrease muscle tone, loosen prostate for urethra opening)
-surgery to open urethra
What is Barrett’s esophagus?
-pathologic metaplasia squamous > columnar due to exposure to gastric acid CAUSE: -gerd CLINICAL: -red goblet cells in esoph -gerd symptoms -risk of dysplasia>adenocarcinoma Tx: -treat gerd -screen for dysplasia -resection/radiation
What is intestinal metaplasia of stomach?
-stomach tissue > intestinal cells b/c of hpylori exposure
(hpylori doesn’t like intestine so stomach adapted to fight back)
-gastritis
-loss of parietal cells > issues
-ulcer risk
-cancer risk: gastric cancer, gastric lymphoma
Tx:
-eradicate hpylori
-screen for dysplasia
-surgical resection
What is cell INJURY?
6 mechanisms?
- can’t adapt to stress; damaging exposure; instrinsic abnormality
- decrease ATP production, membrane damage, increase cyto Ca, increase reactive O species, DNA damage, protein misfolded
Reversible vs irreversible injury?
Reversible:
- mild/no dna, protein, membrane damage
- short
- less specific
Irreversible > death
- severe damage to dna, protein, membrane
- can’t produce atp
- prolonged
- specific biomolecular pathway damaged
Injury mechanism 1 - ATP depletion
- metabolite pump issues, anchoring protein issues: influx of water, Ca, efflux K
- swelling, loss of microvilli, blebs - respiration issues
- anaerobic > change pH > clumping of chromatin = dense - ribosome detachment > decrease protein syn > lipid deposition
Injury mech 2: Cytosolic calcium
> enzyme activation:
-phospholipase breakdown membrane
-lipase > necrosis and saponification
-endonucleases, DNAases > nuclear breakdown
-caspases > apoptosis
mitochondrial more permeable > loss of H potential, ATP production issues, apoptosis
=membrane damage, nuclear damage, decreaase ATP
Injury mech 3: Mitochondria damage
-caused by increase Ca or direct damage
-increase mitoc permeabililty
> loss of H potential > no ATP prod > NECROSIS
>leakage of cytochrom c > caspases > APOPTOSIS
Injury mech 4: Free radicals
how do they damage dna, membrane, proteins
-react with other compounds > autocatalytic. hard to stop
-many sources: phosphorylation, energy, inflammation, nitric oxide, drugs, metals
-oxidation leads to:
>fatty acids: per oxidation > membrane damage
>proteins: crosslinking, denaturation, enzymes
>DNA: crosslinking, breaks, mutations
-removed by enzymes, antioxidants, sequestrants
Injury mech 5: Membrane permeability
- loss of ATP in mitochon
- osmotic loss > inflammation
- lysosome digestion-membrane leakage with inflammation=NECROSIS
Injury mech 6: DNA and protein damage
-apoptosis vs necrosis
- if dna/protein damage alone > APOPTOSIS
- irreparable damage + membrane damage > NECROSIS and apoptosis
What is necrosis? what are the cellular features
- pathological
- irreversible cell injury with membrane leakage + inflammatory response
1. coagulation of proteins > cyto eosinophilia - swelling of organelles
2. coagulation of dna > nuclear basophilia
3. coagulated phospholipis > myelin figures in cytoplasm
4. activation of endonucleases and dnases > nuclear changes
What is pyknosis
karyorrhexis
karyolysis
- pyknosis: nucear shrikage and basophilia
- karyorrhexis: fragmentation of dna
- karyolysis: fading of nucleus
from activation of endonucleases and DNAases
Coagulative vs liquefactive necrosis?
tissue morphology based on hydrolytic enzymes: Coagulative: -preserved architecture -hypereosinophilia -loss of nuclei -delayed entry of neutrophils ex: infarct
Liquefactive:
- destruction
- hypereosinophilia
- loss of nuclei
- PUS: neutrophils and debris localized
caseous vs fibrinoid necrosis?
tissue morph based on etiology of injury:
CASEOUS: cheeselike, amorphous, debris
-granuloma: macrphages with inflammation
-due to indigestible stimulus
ex: TB
FIBRINOID: immune mediated destruction - fibrin deposit
ex: vasulitis