Cellular Responses To Stress Flashcards
Hypertrophy involves growth of which cellular structure
Cytoskeleton, plus extra organelles
Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, or both
- Uterus
- Cardiac Myocytes
- Skeletal Muscle
- Nerve
- Both
2,3,4 - hypertrophy only (permanent cells no stem cell)
Physiologic vs pathologic hyperplasia
Physio - pregnancy
Pathologic - cancer precursor (except BPH)
Stimulus for atrophy
Decrease in organ stress
Mechanisms of atrophy
- Apoptosis - decrease cell number
2. Decrease in cell size - degradation of cytoskeleton, autophagy
Mechanism of degradation of cytoskeleton (name)
Ubiquitin-proteosome degradation
Ubiquitin - marker
Proteosome - destroyes proteins
TRUE OR FALSE
Metaplasia is reversible?
TRUE - remove driving force to return cell growth type to normal. Reprogramming of stem cells
TRUE OR FALSE
All metaplasia progress to cancer if left untreated
FALSE - exception is Apocrine Metaplasia (breast)
Deficiency of which vitamin can cause metaplasia
Vitamin A - keratomalacia
Metaplasia of conjunctiva – thickening
Mesenchymal tissue undergoing metaplasia
Myositis ossificans - production of bone in skeletal muscle
TRUE OR FALSE Dysplasia is reversible
TRUE
Carcinoma is the one which is ireeversible
Aplasia vs Hypoplasia
Aplasia - failure of development
Hypoplasia - decrease cell production, small organ
Classic finding of exposure to this poison is cherry red skin with headache in early exposure
Carbon Monoxide
Condition when iron is oxidized to ferric ion Fe3+, which cannot.bind O2, leading to cyanosis with chocolate colored blood
Methemoglobinemia
Cellular findings in reversible injury
Cellular swelling - hallmark (failure of Na K pump)
Loss of microvilli, blebbing, RER swellimg
Cellular features of irreversible cellular injury
Membrane damage (hallmark)
Plasma membrane, leak of intracellular content
Mitochondrial membrane - inefficient O2 use
Lysosome membrane
What substance in the mitochondria when released triggers apoptosis?
Cytochrome C
Morphologic hallmark of cell death
Loss of nucleus
Nucleus shrinks
Pyknosis
Breaking up of nucleus into small pieces
Karyorrhexis