Chap 10: Platelet Production, Structure and Function Flashcards

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Nonnucleated blood cells that circulate at a concentration of 150 to 400 x10^9/L

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Platelets

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2
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Platelets that arise from unique bone marrow cells are called

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Megakaryocytes

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3
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Are the largest cells in the bone marrow and possess multiple chromosome copies (polyploid)

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Megakaryocytes

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4
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Megakaryocytes account for less than what percentage of all bone marrow cells?

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0.5%

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5
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Responding to the growth factor thrombopoietin (TPO), megakaryocyte progenitors are recruited from

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Common myeloid progenitors

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6
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T/F: Megakaryocytes are also found in the lungs

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TRUE

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7
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Megakaryocyte progenitors arise from the common myeloid progenitor under the influence of what transcription gene product?

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GATA-1 regulated by cofactor FOG1

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8
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GATA-1 stands for

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Globin transcription factor-1

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9
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FOG1 stands for

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“Friend of GATA” (a product of the ZFPM1 (zinc finger protein multitype 1) gene)

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10
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Three megakaryocyte lineage-committed progenitor stages, defined by their in vitro culture colony characteristics arise from

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Common Myeloid Progenitor

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11
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Least mature progenitor

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Burst-forming unit (BFU-Meg)

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12
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Intermediate progenitor

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Colony-forming unit (CFU-Meg)

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13
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More mature progenitor

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Light-density CFU (LD-CFU-Meg)

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14
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These two are diploid and undergo normal mitosis to maintain a viable pool of megakaryocyte progenitor

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BFU-Meg and CFU-Meg

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15
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All three progenitor stages resemble lymphocytes and CANNOT be distinguished by

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Wright-stained light microscopy

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16
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Undergoes endomitosis

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LD-CFU-Meg

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17
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A partially characterized form of mitosis unique to megakaryocytes in which DNA replication and cytoplasmic maturation are normal but cells lose their capacity to divide

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Endomitosis

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18
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Forrm of mitosis that lacks telophase and cytokinesis (separation into daughter cells)

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Endomitosis

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19
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Megakaryocyte progenitors leave the proliferative phase and enter

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Terminal differentiation

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20
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Series of membrane-lined channels that invade from the plasma membrane and grow inward to subdi- vide the entire cytoplasm

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Demarcation System (DMS)

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21
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Biologically identical to the megakaryocyte plasma membrane and ultimately delineates the individual platelets during thrombocytopoiesis.

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Demarcation System (DMS)

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22
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Nuclear lobularity first becomes apparent as an indentation at the 4N replication stage, rendering the cell identifiable as an

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MK-II stage, or promegakaryocyte

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23
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Ploidy levels are measured using _, a nucleic acid dye in megakaryocyte flow cytometry

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Propidium iodide

24
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The process of platelet shedding

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Thrombocytopoiesis

25
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A single megakaryocyte may shed

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2000 t0 4000 platelets

26
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Lifespan of platelets

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8-9 days

27
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First to appear on megakaryocyte progenitors and remains present throughout maturation

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CD34 marker (along with CD36, CD42 and CD62)

28
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A viral oncogene associated with murine myeloproliferative leukemia.

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MPL

29
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T/F: The plasma concentration of TPO is inversely proportional to platelet and megakaryocyte mass

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TRUE

30
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Elevate the platelet count in patients being treated for a variety of cancers, including acute leukemia.

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Synthetic TPO Mimetics

31
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A nonimmunogenic oligopeptide that is effective in raising the platelet count in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

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Commercial TPO mimetic, romiplostim (NPlate, Amgen)

32
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Cytokines that function with TPO to stimulate mega- karyocytopoiesis include

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IL-3, IL-6 and IL-11

32
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Cytokines that function with TPO to stimulate mega- karyocytopoiesis include

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IL-3, IL-6 and IL-11

33
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Factors inhibit in vitro megakaryocyte growth, which indicates that they may have a role in the control of megakaryocytopoiesis in vivo

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Ptelet factor 4 (PF4), B-thromboglobulin, neutrophil- activating peptide 2, IL-8,

34
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Sometimes known as stress platelets, appear in compensation for thrombocytopeni

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Reticulated platelets

35
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Essential plasma surface-oriented glycosylated receptors that respond to cellular and humoral stimuli

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Ligands or agonists

36
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The plasma membrane surface that absorbs albumin, fibrinogen, and other plasma proteins, in many instances transporting them to internal storage organelles using a process called endocytosis

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Glycocalyx

37
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The plasma membrane invades the platelet interior, producing a unique _

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Surface-connected canalicular system (SCCS

38
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A condensed remnant of the rough reticulum

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Dense tubular system (DTS)

39
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DTS sequesters Ca2􏰆 and bears a number of enzymes that support platelet activation including

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Phospholipase A2, cyclooxygenase, and thromboxane synthetase

40
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Contractile in platelets (as in muscle) and anchors the plasma membrane glycoproteins and proteoglycans

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Actin

41
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Granules that are filled with proteins, some endocytosed, some synthesized within the mega- karyocyte and stored in platelets

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Alpha granules

42
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An integrin that binds the subendothelial collagen that becomes exposed in the damaged blood vessel wall, promoting adhesion of the platelet to vessel wall

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A2B1

43
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A key collagen receptor that also binds the adhesive protein thrombospondin

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GP IV

44
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Leucine-rich-repeat family CAM

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GP Ib/IX/V

45
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These platelet “agonists” are ligands for seven-transmembrane repeat receptors (STRs), so named for their unique membrane- anchoring structure

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  • Thrombin
  • Thrombin receptor activation peptide (TRAP),
  • Adenosine diphosphate (ADP),
  • Epinephrine
  • Serotonin,
  • Thromboxane A2 (TXA2)
  • Other prostaglandins)
46
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Leads to an increase in intracellular calcium levels and contributes to initial platelet activation, shape change, and the formation of small reversible aggregates

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P2Y1 signaling

47
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Leads to a decrease in cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels and supports the formation of irreversible plate- let aggregates

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P2Y12

48
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A low-affinity receptor for the immunoglobulin Fc portion that plays a role in a dangerous condition called heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

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FcyIIA (CD32)

49
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An integrin that facilitates platelet binding to endothelial cells, leukocytes, and one another

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P-selectin (CD62)

50
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Platelet aggregation is a key part of primary hemostasis, which in arteries may end with the formation of a

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White clot

51
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White clot is composed primarily of

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Platelets and vWf

52
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Fibrin and red blood cells deposit around and within the platelet syncytium to form a bulky

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Red clot

53
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Red clot is essential to wound repair, but it may also be characteristic of inappropriate coagulation in venules and veins, resulting in

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Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

54
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The polar phospholipid on which the factor IX/VIII (tenase) and factor X/V (prothrombinase) complexes assemble

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Phosphatidylserine

55
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Are membrane-derived vesicles that form in response to an activating stimulus that increases the platelet intracellular concentration of calcium

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Microparticles