Ch80: Disorders of Granulocytes and Monocytes Flashcards
for 63: Leukocytosis and Leukopenia
Major cells comprising the inflammatory and immune responses, including neutrophils, T and B lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils
Leukocytes
Normal blood leukocyte counts and their components
Normal blood leukocyte ct: 4.3-10.8 x 10^9/L
Neutrophils: 45-74% Bands: 0-4% Lymphocytes: 16-45% Monocytes: 4-10% Eosinophils: 0-7% Basophils: 0-2%
Regulates the leukocyte maturation
- Colony stimulating factors (CSFs)
2. Interleukins (ILs)
Presence of immature cells is termed as?
Shift to the left
Stage of neutrophil development where classic lysosomal granules, called primary, or azurophil, granules are produced
Promyelocyte
The first recognizable precursor cell in the stage of neutrophil development
Myeloblast
Primary granules in promyelocyte are active against which type of pathogens?
Gram negative bacteria, fungi, enveloped viruses
Family of cysteine-rich polypeptides with broad antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, and enveloped viruses which are contained on Azurophil granules
Defensins
Stages of neutrophil development (increasing maturity)
- Myeloblast (prominent nucleoli)
- Promyelocyte (primary granules appear)
- Myelocyte (secondary granules appear)
- Metamyelocyte (kidney bean-shaped nucleus)
- Band form (condensed, band-shaped nucleus/sausage-shaped nucleus)
- Neutrophil (condensed, multilobed nucleus)
Fig 80-2, p. 414
Cell responsible for the synthesis of the specific, or secondary granules that do not function as lysosomes (unlike primary granules), but instead is important in modulating inflammation
Myelocyte
Nucleus of neutrophils normally contain up to 4 segments. MORE THAN 5 lobes suggests what?
- Folate or Vitamin B12 deficiency
2. Congenital neutrophenia syndrome of warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis (WHIM)
Infrequent dominant benign inherited trait, resulting in neutrophils with distinctive BILOBED NUCLEI
Pelger-Huet anomaly
Nucleus has spectacle-like, or “pince-nez” configuration
Fig 80-5, p. 415
Immature or abnormally staining azurophil granules produced in severe acute bacterial infection; prominent neutrophil cytoplasmic granules
Toxic granulations
Cytoplasmic inclusions seen during infection and are fragments of ribosome-rich endoplasmic reticulum
Dohle bodies
Where is the large reserve of neutrophils located?
Bone marrow (90%)
Circulation: 2-3%, others: tissues
Glycoproteins expressed on neutrophils and endothelial cells that cause a low-affinity interaction resulting in “rolling” of the neutrophil along the endothelial surface
Selectins
Leukocyte glycoproteins that enables the neutrophils to “stick” to the endothelium
Integrins
Process of neutrophil migration or crawling of neutrophils between postcapillary endothelial cells into tissues
Diapedesis
Diapedesis involves what type of molecule?
platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM) 1 (CD 31)
Examples of anaphylatoxins
- C3a
2. C5a
Examples of vasodilators
- Histamine
- Bradykinin
- Serotonin
- Nitric oxide
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
- Prostaglandin E and I
Half-life of neutrophil in circulation
6-7 hours
Where do senescent neutrophils cleared from circulation by macrophages?
Lung
Spleen
Duration at which neutrophils die in the tissues
1-4 days
Factors that prolong the lifespan of neutrophils
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)
IFN-y
In delayed type hypersensitivity, how long does monocyte accumulation occur
Within 6-12 hours of initiation of inflammation
Confers the characteristic green color to pus and may participate in turning off the inflammatory process by inactivating chemoattractants and immobilizing phagocytic cells
Myeloperoxidase
In the presence of fibrinogen, what induces IL-8 production by neutrophils providing autocrine amplification of inflammation
f-met-leu-phe OR Leukotriene B4