L8 anticoagulants Flashcards
Platelets
Abundant tiny cells that have no nucleus and is generated in the bone marrow.
has a role in clot formation.
Soluble clotting factors
- proteins
- Liver origin
Clot formation/coagulation simple
- Conversion of liquid blood into a clot
- platelets aggregate and will adhere to the surface of damage endothelium and form a temp seal.
- Blood clotting factors form strong durable thrombin-fibrin clot.
Condition when blood clot forms in vein
Venous thrombosis
Condition when blood clot forms in blood vessel of the heart
Myocardial infarction
Condition when blood clot forms in artery in the brain
Cerebral artery occlusion
Condition when blood clot forms in arteries of the arms or legs
Peripheral artery thrombosis
Coagulation cascade
- Series of steps in response to bleeding caused by tissue injury, where each step activates the next and ultimately produces a blood clot.
- Involves clotting factors (serine protease) that are autocatalytic
- Intrinisic (abnormal vessel wall) and Extrinsic (tissue damage)
The intrinsic cascade
Intrinsic
* XII -> XIIa (12)
* XI via XIIa -> XIa (11)
* same with IX to IXa via XIa (9)
* and X to Xa (10)
* Prothrombin (II) to thrombin via Xa -» thrombin fibrin clot
Extrinsic cascade
Damaged tissue to VII -> VIIa
X -> Xa
prothrmobin to thrombin to thrombin fibrin clot
Structure of prothrombin
Two sites
* Factor Xa cleaveage sites
* Active site of thrombin from cleavage of prothrombin by factor Xa
The extrinsic pathway begins how?
when there is injury to the endothelial tissue (i.e., skin tissue), exposing tissue factor (factor III) to the blood. Tissue factor then becomes bound with calcium and factor VIIa to activate factor X. Factor VII is present in the blood and requires vitamin K to be activated.
What is Fibrin?
Fibrin (factor Ia) is a long, thin protein with branches produced at the end of the coagulation cascade when fibrinogen (factor I) is converted to fibrin, which stabilizes the blood clot.
Antithrombin III
small glycoprotein that inactivates several enzymes during blood clot formation.
What does antothrombin III do?
Act as an inhibitor and bind to thrombin making it unactive so it cannot activate thrmbin-fibrin clot and leads to clot lysis.
* Can bind with heparin allow to have greater affinity and effeciency with thrombin.
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