CHAPTER 2 - GRANULOPOIESIS Flashcards
→ release of mature granulocytes in the PB
(14 days) blast stage
CFU-GM:
neutrophils, monocyte
CFU-Eo:
eosinophil
CFU-Baso:
lymphoid cell or basophils
MYELOBLAST STAINS
A. Esterase
B. Peroxidase
C. Sudan B
- identify myeloid cells and granulocytes
- Specific
- identify or test the presence of monoblasts and monocytes
- Non-specific
- included w/ primary granules; fights foreign substances (fs) together with azurophilic stain
- Myeloperoxidase
- attaches to lipids
Sudan B
Life span in the BM: 9 - 10 days
Segmented Neutrophils
Approx. 7 hrs in the blood then migrates to the tissues (migration does NOT reverse) - DIAPEDESIS
Segmented Neutrophils
Migration - irreversible
Segmented Neutrophils
“End-stage cell”
Segmented Neutrophils
- w/o inflammation (macrophage)
Apoptosis
BONE MARROW
Mitotic pool (2 - 3 days):
Maturation pool (5 - 7 days):
Storage pool (11 days):
Stem cells, Myeloblast, Promyelocyte, Myelocyte
Metamyelocyte, bands, segmenters
Mature neutrophils
CIRCULATION
Marginating pool (50%):
Circulating (50%):
Release of Neutrophils from the BM
attached to the blood vessel lining
in the blood
(adhere to the walls of bood vessels; NOT included in the WBC count)
50% Neutrophils - marginal pool
Small percentage of bands are normally released along w/
mature PMNs
TYPES OF NEUTROPHILIC GRANULES
- Primary Granules
membrane-bound lysosomes; surface; all are anti-bacterial
- Primary Granules
- Secondary Granules
- Tertiary Granules
- Primary Granules Contain the ff. enzymes:
Acid Phosphatase
Peroxidase (Myeloperoxidase)
Esterase (Specific Esterase)
B-galactosidase
Arylsulfatase
Lysozyme
Sulfated mucosubstance
Other Basic Proteins
B12 Protein
Neuramidase
- Secondary Granules Contain the ff. enzymes/substances:
Aminopeptidase
Collagenase
Muramidase
Lysozyme
Lactoferrin
ALP - appears at late myelocyte stage
NO PEROXIDASE
- Tertiary Granules Contain the ff. enzymes/substances:
ALP (alkaline phosphatase)
FUNCTIONS OF SEGMENTED NEUTROPHIL
Phagocytosis of foreign material and infectious agents (main function
Defense mechanism against foreign substances
OPSONINS
Phagocytosis is facilitated by means of:
CHEMOKINESIS
CHEMOTAXIS
- random locomotion (invasion of fs) = circulating pool
CHEMOKINESIS
- direct locomotion (release of opsonin that stimulates chemotais) = marginal pool
CHEMOTAXIS
possible only if the cell is attached to a surface
CHEMOTAXIS
brought about by chemotactic factors
CHEMOTAXIS
examples of chemotactic factors:
Secretions from transformed lymphocytes and macrophages
Endotoxins and other bacterial products
Release of activated complement (proteins)
- specific antibodies (Ig-GMA), complement, etc.
OPSONINS
enhances phagocytosis and increase chemotaxis by coating foreign particles
OPSONINS
allows phagocytes to distinguish foreign materials from damaged cells
OPSONINS
PROCESS OF PHAGOCYTOSIS
- Recognition
- Formation of phagosome
- Ingestion
- Fusion of lysosome and phagosome
- Exocytosis
- chemotactic factors
- Recognition
- engulfing of fs
- Formation of phagosome
- swallowing
- Ingestion
- formation of phagolysosome
- Fusion of lysosome and phagosome
- elimination of by products
- Exocytosis
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NEUTTROPHILS
- Neutrophilia
- Neutropenia
- Motility of the neutrophil
- Immune Disorders Related to Neutrophil
absolute increase in the number of neutrophils
Neutrophilia
extreme exercise - decreases the proportion of neutrophils in the marginal pool
Neutrophilia
certain drugs
Neutrophilia
infection increases influx of cells from the storage pool (excess rate of outlflow)
Neutrophilia