Hemostasis I Flashcards
What is Hemostasis?
PHYSIOLOGICAL blood clotting
( the cessation of bleeding from a cut or severed vessel)
What is thrombosis?
PATHOLOGICAL blood clotting
(When the endothelium lining blood vessels is damaged or removed (eg, upon rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque).
What are the factors involving in hemostasis and thrombosis?
- Blood vessels
- Platelet aggregation
- Plasma proteins that cause formation of dissolution of platelet aggregates and fibrin
Physiological hemostasis is an extravascular process
-> Name 4 processes
1, primary hemostasis (seconds)
2, coagulation cascade (minutes)
3, clot maturation (hours, days)
4, clot removal– tissue regeneration
The role of platelets
Platelets bind to collagen at the site of vessel wall injury, form thromboxane A2, and release ADP, which activate other platelets flowing by the vicinity of the injury.
The role of thrombin
Thrombin, formed during coagulation at the same site, causes further platelet activation
Upon activation, platelets change shape and, in the presence of ____, aggregate to form the hemostatic plug (in hemostasis) or thrombus (in thrombosis).
fibrinogen and/or von Willebrand factor
The role of primary hemostasis (seconds)
- vasoconstriction
- platelet adhesion and aggregation
The role of coagulation cascade (minutes)
Formation of a fibrin mesh that binds to the platelet aggregate, forming a more stable hemostatic plug or thrombus.
The role of clot maturation (hours, days)
fibrin stabilization, cellular infiltration
The role of clot removal– tissue regeneration
fibrinolysis – a parallel process
2 characteristics of Thrombi on atherosclerotic plaques are intravascular
1, changes in the vessel wall – atherosclerotic plaque
2, intravascular thrombosis due to plaque injury
What type of protein is thrombin?
a serine-protease
What are the 3 AAs in the active site of thrombin?
Ser-His-Asp
Structural characteristics of thrombin?
Trypsin-like: cleaves by Arg (Lys)
Where is thrombin produced?
in the liver
Thrombin is formed by __
limited proteolysis from prothrombin
The role of „Exosite I, II“
binding sites for regulators, substrates („Cofactors “)
the serine-proteases
-> What do “serine” and “protease” mean?
„Protease” : cleaves peptide bonds with hydrolysis
“Serine” : Ser in the active site plays an important role in catalysis
What is the Mechanism of action of the serine-proteases?
The peptide bond is cleaved in 2 steps, a covalent acyl-enzyme intermediate is formed
Substrate specificity of trypsin
-> Characteristics? What are the AAs?
Substrate specificity of chymotrypsin
-> Characteristics? What are the AAs?
Substrate specificity of elastase
Structure of fibrinogen
2X3 polypeptide chains (Aa, Bb, g), N-terminals in the middle, aC domains curling back => intramolecular interaction
Fibrinopeptides A and B : N-terminal 14, 16 AAs (Thrombin removes them)
Describe Fibrin formation
- Thrombin cleaves the water soluble fibrinogen
- Fibrin monomers with poor water solubility are formed
=> they polymerize spontaneously into a fibrin
polymer
Formation of the fibrin network
-> What are the 4 steps?
1, thrombin cleaves the 2 Fibrinopeptide As
2, protofibril formation (Oligomers, polymers), 2-layered, long, half-staggered
-hydrophobic interactions between knobs- (in E), and holes –(in D)
3, thrombin cleaves the 2 Fibrinopeptide Bs, lateral aggregation of the protofibrils, aC-aC-connection of 2 adjacent protofibrils - fibrin fiber
4, branching points: network
What is the role of FXIIIa?
Activated by thrombin; factor VIIIa is a cofactor in the activation of factor X by factor IXa
-> stabilizes the fibrin polymer with covalent bonds
FXIIIa stabilizes the fibrin polymer with covalent bonds
-> What is the role of thrombin?
activates plasma FXIII by the removal of 2 small peptides
FXIIIa stabilizes the fibrin polymer with covalent bonds
-> Thrombin activates FXIII to ___
FXIIIa
FXIIIa stabilizes the fibrin polymer with covalent bonds.
- Thrombin activates plasma FXIII by the removal of 2 small peptides
-> Characteristics of this activation process?
the activation process is Ca-dependent and is accelerated in the presence of