Ch 3 Lect: Inflammation and Repair (Dobson) Flashcards
Define:
Inflammation
“Inflammation is a protective response of vascularized tissues to infections and damaged tissues that brings cells and molecules of host defense from the circulation to the sites where they are needed, in order to eliminate the offending agents”
What are the “5 R’s” of acute inflammation?
- Recognized
- Recruited
- Removed
- Regulated
- Repaired
What are the 5 hallmark signs of acute inflammation?
Rubor (redness)
Calor (heat)
Tumor (swelling)
Dolor (pain)
Loss of function
Features of Acute Inflammation
Onset?
Fast!!!
Minuites or hours
Features of Acute Inflammation
What is the Cellular Infiltrate?
NEUTROPHILS
Features of Acute Inflammation
Feature: Tissue injury, fibrosis?
Usually mild and self-limited
Features of Acute Inflammation
Feature: Local and systemic signs?
Prominent
Features of Chronic Inflammation
Feature: Onset?
Slow!!!
Days
Features of Chronic Inflammation
Feature: Cellular infiltrate?
Monocytes
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Features of Chronic Inflammation
Feature: Tissue injury/fibrosis?
Otften severe and progressive
Features of Chronic Inflammation
Feature: Local and systemic signs?
Less than acute
Acute inflammation is one of the reactions of the type of host defense known as _______ immunity
Innate
Chronic inflammation is more prominent in the reactions of ________ immunity
Adaptive
What are the primary cells involved in recognition of foreign bodies?
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
Mast cells
What are dendritic cells?
Antigen presenting cells (APCs) that process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T Cells of the immune system.
They act as messengers between the innate and the adaptive immune systems.
Gain-of-function mutations in the sensor are the cause of rare diseases known as _______________
Autoinflammatory syndromes
–> Characterized by spontaneous inflammation
What is an effective treatment for autoinflammatory syndromes?
IL-1 antagonists
The inflammasome has been implicated in inflammatory reactions to?
- Urate crystals
- Lipids
- Cholesterol crystals
- Amyloid deposits in alzheimers
What are the three major components of an acute inflammation response?
- Dilation of small vessels leading to an increase in blood flow
- Increased permeability of the microvasculature enabling plasma proteins and leukocytes to leave the circulation
- Emigration of leukocytes from the microcirculation, their accumulation in the focus of injury, and their activation to eliminate the offending agent
What is exudate?
High protein and cellular content
What is transudate?
Low protein content, few cells
Inflammatory reactions are initiated, maintained and terminated by ___________
Mediators of inflammation
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Histamine
Source? Action?
Source: Mast cells, basophils, platelets
Action: Vasodilation, increased vascular permeability, endothelial activation
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Prostaglandins
Source? Action?
Source: Mast cells, leukocytes
Action: Vasodilation, pain, fever
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Leukotrienes
Source? Action?
Source: Mast cells, leukocytes
Action: Increased vascular permeability, chemotaxis, leukocyte adhesion and activation
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Cytokines (TNF, IL-1, IL-6)
Source? Action?
Source: Macrophages, endothelial cells, mast cells
Action: Local [endothelial activation]
Systemic [fever, metabolic abnormalities, hypotension (shock)]
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Chemokines
Source? Action?
Source: Leukocytes, activated macrophages
Action: Chemotaxis, leukocyte activation
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Platelet-activating factor
Source? Action?
Source: Leukocytes, mast cells
Action: Vasodilation, increased vascular permeability, leukocyte adhesion, chemotaxis, degranulation, oxidative burst
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Complement
Source? Action?
Source: Plasma (produced in liver)
Action: Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, direct target killing, vasodilation
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Principal mediators of Inflammation
Mediator: Kinins
Source? Action?
Source: Plasma (produced in liver)
Action: Increased vascular permeability, smooth muscle contraction, vasodilation, pain
Process of inflammation more prodominantly occurs in which of the following?
A) Arterioles
B) Venules
C) Lymphatics
A) Arterioles
B) Venules
C) Lymphatics
*Post capillary venules are the primary site where exudation occurs. Very thin layer allow materials to diffuse accross
What does this image reveal?
Lymphangitis
What are the 4 overarching steps of getting a leukocyte to travel from the circulation to the site of infection?
- Margination
- Rolling
- Adhesion to endothelium
- Diapedesis (transmigration)
What are the first two selections to become expressed by TNF and IL-1?
P-selectin
E-selectin
What is the major player involved in diapedesis/transmigration of the leukocyte across the endothelium?
PECAM-1 (CD31)
After the leukocyte has entered the tissue, what does it do to move toward the site of injury?
Utilizes chemotaxis
What is the major exogenous agent for chemotaxis?
N-formylmethionine
What are the major endogenous agents (3) for chemotaxis?
- Cyokines (eg. IL-8)
- Complement (C5a)
- Arachidonic acid (AA), mainly LTB4