l8 Flashcards
Clot Formation
- Damaged endothelium reveals underlying collagen & other proteins
- Platelets aggregate and adhere to surface to form a temporary seal
- Blood clotting factors form strong, durable thrombin‐fibrin clot
Why interfere with blood clotting?
- Venous thrombosis
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Cerebral artery occlusion (stroke)
- Peripheral artery thrombosis,
Venous thrombosis
blood clot forms in a vein
Myocardial infarction
(heart attack)
Cerebral artery occlusion
(stroke)
Peripheral artery thrombosis
blood clot forms in peripheral arteries
Can prevent clood from travelling through to lung to the heart.
Explain how clotting factors work
- Clotting factor = serine protease - enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of another protein.
- The clotting factors are initially inactive and called zymogens.
- When placed with its glycoprotein co-factor, the clotting factor is activated and is then able to catalyze the next reaction
Explain the cascade and CF for an intrinsic damage
Abnormal blood vessel
- XII
- XI
- IX
- X
- prothrombin –(Xa)–> thrombin + fibrinogen
- Thrombin fibrin clot
Explain the cascade and CF for an extrinsic damage
Damage tissue
- VII
- x –(VIIa)–> Xa
3.5. prothrombin –(Xa)–> thrombin + fibrinogen - Thrombin fibrin clot
What inhibits thrombin
Antithrombin III
Agents that deplete functional clotting factors
– Warfarin
– Heparin
– Direct enzyme inhibitors: dabigatrin and rivaroxaban
- Agents that accelerate clot lysis
– Tissue plasminogen activator
- Antiplatelet drugs
– Aspirin
– Clopidogrel
Preventing clotting factor synthesis with
Warfarin
Vitamin K
cofactor for post‐ translational carboxylation of glutamic acid groups on Factors II, VII, IX & X