Clotting Cascade Flashcards
Thrombin function
Recruit even more platelets and cause fibrins to form a mesh work over the platelet aggregation
CASE 1 68yo male on warfarin therapy for 5 mos for many past strokes, he has fallen and fractured his hip. Warfarin is discontinued 48hrs before surgery for what reason
48hrs is the time required for full expression of the Factor 2,7,9,10 genes
Reason warfarin should be discontinued 48hrs prior to surgery
Warfarin DECREASES VIT K
VIT K is needed for gamma-glutamylcarboxylase since it inhibits epoxied hydrolase
What does Gamma-glutamylacarboxylase do
Catalysts many Ca bonding proteins (FACTORS 2, 7, 9, 10 + PROTEIN C and PROTEIN S) = coagulation
(Synthesis of these take 48hrs, and breakdown of them also takes 48hrs by warfarin)
Factor 2 half-life
60hrs
Factor 9 half-life
24hrs
Factor 10 half-life
40-60hrs
What activated the extrinsic pathway
+ which important factor
External Trauma when blood escapes the vascular system
FASTER
*FACTOR 7
What activates the intrinsic pathway + which important factor
Trauma inside vascular system
(Platelets, exposed endothelium, chemicals, collagen —> activate)
SLOWER
*Factor 8, 9, 11, 12
INTRINSIC PATHWAY STEPS
- Kallikrein activates F12 (hageman factor)
- F12a activates F11
- F11a activates F9*
- Thrombin activates F8*
- F10 is added *
=TENASE COMPLEX
Thrombin is what factor
Factor 2
Intrinsic TENASE complex includes
F8a
F9a
F10
EXTRINSIC PATHWAY steps
- Tissue injury activates Thromboplastin
- Thromboplastin activates F7*
- Tissue Factor is added
- F10 is added
= TENASE COMPLEX
Extrinsic TENEASE complex
F7a
F10
Tissue Factor
COMMON PATHWAY steps
- Factor 10 on TENASE complex is activated by CA+2
- F10a uses Ca+2 + F5a to activate Prothrombin (F2) to Thrombin (F2a)
- F2a activates F5
- F2a uses Ca+2 to activate F8 + make FIBRIN *