Final: Lecture 20 Flashcards
ANF relaxes the cardiovascular muscle by antagonizing the actions of ______ and ______.
- Vasopressin
* Angiotensin II
Atrial cell granules contain a potent polypeptide hormone, named _______, that stimulates ________ and ________.
- Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)
- Diuresis (urination)
- Natriuresis (Na intake)
ANF prevents Na and water reabsorption from causing ________ and _______ that can result in cardiac failure.
- Hypervolemia (abnormal increase in the volume of circulating fluid in the body)
- Hypertension
Vascular smooth muscle contraction controlled by Ca. The increase of Ca concentration occurs throught voltage-gated Ca channels, called _______ _______, and receptor-mediated Ca channels, known as _______ _______.
- Electromechanical coupling
* Pharmacomechanical coupling
Ca can also be released from cytoplasmic storage sites (ER) b/c smooth muscle cells lack _____.
•Troponin
Continuous Capillary
- Endothelial cells have a complete cytoplasm, found in muscle, brain, thymus, bone, lung, and other tissues
- Caveolae and vesicles transport substances through cytoplasm in bidirectional pathway (transcytosis)
The intracytoplasmic vesicles are coated by the protein ______.
•Caveolin
Fenestrated capillary
- The endothelial cell has many fenestrate (10 to 100 nm in diameter) with or without a thin diaphragm
- Basal lamina is continuous
- Present in tissues with substantial fluid transport: intestinal villi, choroid plexus, ciliary processes of the eyes.
- Present in the glomerular capillaries of kidneys
Discontinuous capillary
- The gaps are larger than in fenestrated capillaries
* In the spleen, the endothelial cells are elongated and protrude into lumen
Prostacyclin
- Formed by endothelial cells from arachidonic acid by a process catalyzed by prostacyclin synthase
- Prevents the adhesion of platelets to the endothelium, and avoids blood clot formation
- Vasodilator
Endothelial cells secrete smooth muscle cell relaxing factors such as _____ and contraction factors such as ________.
- Nitric oxide
* Endothelin 1
Endothelial cells release ________ that binds to factor VIIa to convert factor X into factor Xa and initiate the common pathway of blood clotting.
- Tissue factor
- Thrombin acts on fibrinogen to from fibrin monomers that self-aggregate to form a soft fibrin clot cross-linked to factor XIII
Angiogenesis
- Degradation of basal lamina of the parental vessel to enable formation of capillary sprout
- Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells, stimulated by angiogenic factors (VEGF, Ang1)
- Maturation of endothelial cells into an endothelial capillary tube
- Assembly of a basal lamina and recruitment of periendothelial cells (smooth muscle cells)
Angiopoletin 1 interacts with ________ to recruit periendothelial cells (pericytes) to smooth muscle cells in large vessels to organize mature blood vessels.
- Endothelial cell receptor Tie2
- Ang 2 interacts with Tie2 to induce loss of contact of endothelial cells with the extracellular matrix.
- Ang 2 role in tumor angiogenesis is emerging as a target for cancer treatment
The formation of a blood vessel from a preexisting vessel, a process know as ________, is relevant to chronic inflammation, development of collateral circulation, and tumor growth.
•Neovascularization
The major key signaling pathways involved in angiogenesis are…
- Vascular endothelial cell factor (VEGF) receptor pathway
- Notch receptor pathway
- Tie receptor angiopoietin (Ang) pathway