Inflammation Flashcards
Characteristics of the Immediate transient response of inflammation
- Cause
- Inducers
- Vessels most affected
A. Endothelial Contraction
B. Inducers:
- Histamine
- Serotonin
- Bradykinin
- Leukotrienes
C. Venules
Characteristics of the Immediate Sustained Response of inflammation
- Cause
- Vessels most affected
A. Damage (necrotizing injury, burns, microbes)
B. All vessels
Characteristics of the Delayed Prolonged Leakage of inflammation
- Cause
- Vessels most affected
- UV or thermal injury
- venules and capillaries
Characteristics of Neutrophil-mediated endothelial injury
- Cause
- Vessels most affected
A. Released enzymes or ROIs by neutrophils
B.
- Venules
- Pulmonary Capillaries
- Glomerular Capillaries
Which receptors/molecules are involved with leukocyte rolling in the inflammatory response?
“Speed-bump selectins”
- E and P selectins (Endothelium) – sialyl Lewis X glycoprotein (leukocytes)
- CD34 (Endothelium) – L selectin (leukocytes)
Which molecules are involved with activation of integrin affinity to leukocytes in the inflammatory response?
Cytokines:
- IL-1
- TNF
Chemokines:
- IL-8
- C5a
- LTB4
Which receptors/molecules are involved with leukocyte binding to endothelium in the inflammatory response?
ICAM-1 (endothelium) – CR3 and LFA-1
ICAM-2 (endothelium) – LFA-1
VCAM-1 (E) – VLA-4
Difference in fuction of VLA-4 vs VLA-2, -3, -6 in the inflammatory response
VLA-4: lymphocyte-endothelial interactions
VLA-2, -3, -6: lymphocyte – ECM interaction
Which receptors/molecules are involved with leukocyte emigration in the inflammatory response?
In which type of vessel does diapedesis occur?
- PECAM-1
- JAMs (junctional adhesion molecules) – Integrins
Diapedesis occurs in the venules
Timeline of Acute Inflammation
Order of infiltration
- Edema
- Neutrophils
- Macrophages
Exception: viral infection has only mononuclear infiltrate.
Activation of neutrophils occurs via which receptors?
- TLR binding to PAMPS (LPS)
- Mannose reeptor
- Fc or complement receptor
Function of NADPH oxidase in microbial killing
respiratory/oxidative burst
converts O2 to superoxide (O2-)
Function of Myeloperoxidase in Microbial killing
Convert H2O2 to Hypoclorite (HOCl radical)
Defect in Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency 1
No expression of LFA-1
(No attachment to endothelium to prepare for transmigration)
Defect in Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency 2
No sialyl-Lewis X (no selectin receptor)
(No rolling)
Defect in Chronic Granulomatous Disease?
No NADPH oxidase (no superoxide formation)
Defect in Chediak-Higashi syndrome
No fusion of lysosomes with phagosomes
Differences in initiation of:
Alternative pathway
Classical pathway
Lectin pathway
- C5 convertase: C3bBbC3b (spontaneous breakdown of C3b)
- Crosslinking leading to C5 convertase: C4b2a3b
- MBL binds mannose-containing structures of microbes, which initiates C4 hydrolysis; C5 convertase: C4b2a3b
Stimulus and Results of Kinin cascade
Stimulus: Hageman Factor (XIIa)
Results:
- Bradykinin synthesis (Pain, Increased vascular permeability, Vasodilation)
- Complement Cascade
- Fibrinolytic cascade (plasmin formation)
Stimulus and Results of Clotting Cascade
Stimulus: Hageman Factor (XIIa)
Result: Thrombin formation
- Acute inflammation
- Clotting (fibrin formation)
Function of Decay Accelerating Factor (DAF)
*Regulate complement*
- Block C2 binding to C4b
- Dissociation of C2a and C4b
- Block CD59 (inhibit C9 polymeration and MAC formation)
Effects of C3a
Leukocyte activation
Mast cell degranulation