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Plasma Protein Functions

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Immune Functions
Blood Buffers (Acid Base Balance)
Enzymes
Hemostasis
Osmotic Pressure & Fluid balance
Transport/Carry other molecules
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Plasma Protein Types

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Albumin
Globulins
Fibrinogen

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Albumin Values

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4.5 gm/dL
62% Total plasma protein
MW 66,000
14-17 grams produced daily by liver (9% total)
Principle protein responsible for COP
Transports free fatty acids & bilirubin
Binds with variety of drugs
Secondary carrier: heme, thyroxin, cortisol
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Globulin Values

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All proteins except fibrinogen and albumin

  1. 5 gm/dL
  2. 2% total protein
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Fibrinogen Values

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300 mg/dL (0.3 g/dL)

4% of total protein

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Colloid Osmotic Pressure (gm/dl, mmHg, %total osmotic P)

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Albumin: 4.5g/dL, 21.8 mmHg, 77.9%
Globulins: 2.5g/dL, 6.0 mmHg, 21.4%
Fibrinogen: .3 gm/dL, 0.2 mmHg, 0.7%

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Globulin Types

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Alpha 1- 4% of total
Alpha 2- 8% of total
Beta- 12% of total
Gamma/Immunoglobulins- 16% of total; 1.5 gm/dL

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Globulin Functional Grouping

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Plasma Proteolytic Proteins
Plasma Protease Inhibitors
Carrier Proteins
Acute Phase Proteins

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Plasma Proteolytic Systems

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Complement System

Kinin System (forms bradykinin by kallikreins)

Blood Coagulation System (thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin)

Fibrinolytic System (produce plasmin from plasminogen which breaks down fibrin)

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Plasma Protease Inhibitors Function

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Prevent the action of or slow down the action of various proteins

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Plasma Protease Inhibitor Types

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Alpha 2 Macroglobulin- 250mg/dL, 3.5umol; inhibits plasma, thrombin, kallikrein

Antithrombin III- 15 mg/dL, 2.5umol; inhibits thrombin, factor Xa, IXa; prevents coagulation, heparin induces effect

C1 inhbitor- 18 mg/dL, 1.5 umol, inhibits activated C1r, C1s, kallikrein; rises in tissue inflammation or injury

Alpha 2 Plasmin Inhibitor- 7mg/dL, 1.0umol, inhibits plasmin, also called alpha 2 antiplasmin

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Carrier Protein Examples

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Albumin
Haptoglobin
Hemopexin

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Haptoglobin

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Transports plasma hemoglobin from lysed erythrocytes
Plasma concentration: 130 mg/dL
Produced by liver
Binds up to 3 gm of Hb- 5x normal released on daily basis
Combo binds to receptor sites in liver where iron is reprocessed

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Hemopexin

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Transports heme from plasma hemoglobin
Plasma concentration: 50-100 mg/dL
Complex removed from circulation and iron reprocessed
If binding capacity exceeded- metheme binds with albumin to form methemalbumin
Complex not filtered by normal glomerulus

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Acute Phase Proteins Form When….

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Tissue injury or infections produce inflammation
Interleukin 1 (IL-1) formed (induce systemic response)
Systemic acute response- fever, increased release certain hormones, increased production acute phase proteins

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Acute Phase Protein Examples

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Hemostatic Factors- fibrinogen, van Willebrand factor
C3 and factor B components of complement
Haptoglobin
Protease inhibitors- alpha1-antichymotrypsin; alpha2-antiplasmin
C-reactive protein- binds to altered cell membranes; activate complement pathway

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Hypoproteinemia Causes

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Decreased protein intake (malnutrition)
Decreased protein production (liver problems)
Decrease protein absorption
Excretion of protein
Hemodilution (Perfusionist)
Cut HCT 50% cuts protein 50%
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Hypoproteinemia Affects

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Acid-base balance
Clotting mechanisms
Enzyme-dependent Reactions
Fluid balance
Transport problems
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19
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How many liters in a kilogram?

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1L = 1 kg

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Hyperproteinemia Cause & Affect

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Increased plasma proteins
Causes: Multiple myeloma- abnormal production of paraproteins
Affects: Hyperviscosity- increase chance of clot

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Paraproteins

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Abnormal immunoglobulin produced as a result of malignances of the spleen, liver, and bone marrow

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Red Blood Cell Dimensions

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Shape: Bioconcave Discoid
Diameter: 8.1 microns
Greatest thickness: 2.7 microns
Least thickness: 1 micron
Area: 138 microns^2
Volume: 95 microns^3
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Life Cycle of Red Blood Cell

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120 days; production affected by arterial pO2

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Reticulocytes

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Immature red blood cells

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How are old damaged red blood cells removed?

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Macrophages in liver and spleen

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Ghosts/Red Cell Stroma

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remnants of ruptured red blood cells

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Red Blood Cell Contents (& Percentages)

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Hemoglobin-25%
Water- 70%
Other constituents- 5%

(No nucleus/other organelles)

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Ionic Concentrations of RBCs

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Sodium: 18mEq/L
Potassium: 81 mEq/L
Chloride: 52 mEq/L
Bicarbonate: 19mEq/L
Protein: 5 mMol/L
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How many molecules of hemoglobin in each RBC?

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300 million

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Hemoglobin Structure

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4 individual polypeptide chains of amino acids
(2 alpha chain (141 AA’s) and 2 beta chains (146 AAs)
heme molecule attached to each chain
each heme molecule can bind with one molecule of oxygen

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Saturation

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Percentage of heme molecules bound with oxygen

Oxyhemoglobin vs. deoxyhemoglobin

32
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Affinity

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how easy it is for the heme molecules to bind (or release) oxygen

high affinity- easy to bind, hard to release
low affinity- hard to bind, easy to release
relationship shown by oxyhemoglobin dissociation

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Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Causes of decreased affinity (shift to right)

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Increase PCO2 (Bohr Affect)
Decrease pH
Increase temperature

34
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Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Causes of increased affinity

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Decrease pCO2
Increase pH
Decrease Temperature

35
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What percent of total O2 content of blood is dissolved in the plasma?

36
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What is the only form of O2 that produces a partial pressure?

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Dissolved blood in the plasma

37
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Henry’s Law

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02dis=(PO2)(0.003 mlO2/dL/mmHg)

38
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How much of O2 content of blood reversibly bound to Hb inside the RBC?

39
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Methemoglobin

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Fe2+ oxidized to Fe3+ forms Methemoglobin

Does not bind with O2

40
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Methemoglobin reductase

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enzyme normally present in RBC that keeps iron in reduced state

41
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Methemoglobin Causes….

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Oxidation by nitrites or sulfonamides

congenital deficiency of methemoglobin reductase

42
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Fetal Hemoglobin

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Gower I, Gower II, Portland, HbF
Production starts in fourth month in utero
Hb A replaces all fetal Hb between 3rd-6th months after birth

43
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Hemoglobin S

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Sickle Cell Anemia
Beta chain substitution of valine for glutamic acid in position six
African Americans
Homozygous vs. heterozygous (100% HbS vs. 40% HbS, 60% HbA)

44
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What happens to sickle cells?

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Structural change triggered by low O2 content
Change reversible or permanent
Sickle cells easily hemolyze; trapped in microvasculature

45
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HbS Results

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Retinal degeneration; ulcerations of low extremities; organ infarction

46
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Causes of RBC Hemolysis

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Immune Response from transfusion
Sepsis, bacterial or viral infection
RBC membrane stress from mechanical causes
Medications/toxins (alcohol)
Aging cells
Activation of complement system by antigen-antibody complexes
Enzyme deficiencies

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Types of WBCs

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Granulocytes
Monocytes - will eventually become macrophages (3-8%)
Lymphocytes (20-25%)- T cells; B cells (new antibodies)

48
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Types of Granulocytes

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Neutrophils (60-70% of WBC count)
Eosinophils (2 to 4%)
Basophils (.5 to 1%)

49
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What concentration do Neutrophils respond to?

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Respond to 1 nM (1 billionth of a mole) concentration chemotactic molecules

50
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Neutrophil Structure

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5,500/uL
10-15 microns in diameter
Polymorphonuclear- 2 to 5 lobes on the nuclear
Lives 10-12 hours in blood before moving into tissue
5-6 days in tissue
Immature neutrophils released into circulation called Bands
After release: 50% vascular system, 50% attach to endothelial lining of capillaries (margination)

51
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Major Basic Protein (MBP)

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chemical released by eosinophils; binds to antigen and lyses the antigen’s membrane

52
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Eosinophils Structure

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Approximately 10 to 760/ uL
12 to 17 microns in diameter
Life span of 12 to 24 hours
Mature in bone marrow-circulate for day then enter tissue spaces (skin, bronchi, bronchioles)

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Basophil Structure

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Least common WBC- 10 - 250 uL
5 to 7 microns in diameter
Found in tissue called mast cells

54
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Monocytes Structure

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20 to 1000/ uL
12 to 20 microns in diameter- very big
Mature into macrophages (histocytes)

55
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Histocytes

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Macrophages

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Lymphocytes

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Lymphoid lineage progenitor cells
Most complex of WBC
650 to 4500/ uL- T cells 75% of total
5 to 12 microns in diameter
Specific test distinguish between T and B cells
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Platelets

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2 to 4 microns diameter
Arise from myeloid lineage progenitor cells
Produced in bone marrow by fragmentation of megakaryocytes

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Hematopoiesis

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blood cell formation

1 trillion new cells produced daily

59
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Overview of Hematopoiesis in Bone Marrow

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Sternum, ribs, vertebrae, proximal ends of long bones in adults; bone marrow of femur & tibia in children

60
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Cytokines

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hematopoietic growth factors which are glycoprotein molecules
Released by many cells
Controls growth/differentiation of stem &progenitor cells
Regulates immune response
Involved with inflammation
Aids in function of mature blood cells

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Myeloid Progenitor

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Can differentiate into red blood cells, platelets and certain white blood cells (granulocytes, monocytes/macrophage)

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Lymphoid Progenitor

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can differentiate into lymphocytes (specific white blood cell)

63
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All blood components are tested for

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Hep B surface antigen
Antibody to hep b core antigen
Antibody to hep c virus
Antibody to human T cell lymphotrophix virus type 1 and 2
Antibody to HIV types 1 and 2
HIV antigen 
Alanine aminotransferase- liver fcn
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Citrate anticoagulants

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Commercially prepared
Used only to store blood and blood components
Contains: citrate, phosphate, dextrose, adenine

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