Lecture 15 Blood and Hemostasis Flashcards
What % of the body’s total weight is blood?
8%f
What is the pH range of blood?
7.35 to 7.45
Plasma
Blood minus the formed elements
Serum
Plasma without the blood-clotting proteins
Name the three layers in heparinized and centrifuged blood
Supernatant (plasma)
Buffy coat (leukocytes and platelets)
Precipitate (sedimented red blood cells)
Hematocrit
Measure of what fraction of blood is made up of RBCs
Compare Male and Female Blood
Volume
Formed Elements
Hematocrit
F vs. M
4-5 L —– 5-6 L
38-48% —— 44-54% Formed elements
42% —– 47% Hematocrit
Name the three blood proteins
Fibrinogens
Albumins
Globulins - Immunoglobulins
What blood proteins are made in the liver?
Fibrinogens and Albumins
What is the function of Fibrinogen?
Function in blood clotting
What is the function of Albumin?
Exert major osmotic pressure on blood vessel walls
Which blood protein is targeted by thrombin?
Fibrinogen
Erythropoietin increases the number of what?
Erythrocytes
What produces erythropoietin?
The Kidney
Describe an erythrocyte and name is major contents
Devoid of granules and organelles
Major contents: Lipids, ATP, Carbonic anhydrase, Hemoglobin
Describe the proteins of an erythrocyte
50% = integral membrane proteins
Peripheral proteins: Spectrin and Actin (bond via ankyrin)
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Red blood cells are spheroidal, less rigid, and subject to destruction in the spleen.
Caused by cytoskeletal abnormalities involving sites of interactions between spectrin alpha & beta and protein4.1
Why are erythrocytes useful in studies of the cortical cytoskeleton?
No nucleus or organelles, so plasma membrane & associated proteins are easily isolated
Also lacks other cytoskeletal components, so cortical cytoskeleton is principal determinant of cell shape
What is the major structural protein of erythrocytes?
Spectrin
What family does Spectrin belong to?
Member of the calponin family of actin-binding proteins
Describe Spectrin and the network it forms
Spectrin is a tetramer of 2 polypeptide chains (a and b)
The end of the spectrin tetramers associate with short actin filaments resulting in the spectrin-actin network
What does Ankyrin do?
Links the specrtin-actin network and the plasma membrane by binding to spectrin and a transmembrane protein (band 3)
What does Protein 4.1 do?
Another link that binds spectrin-actin junctions and the transmembrane protein glycophorin
What is another name for a Neutrophil?
Polymorphonuclear leukocyte
Name the characteristics of a neutrophil
3-5 nuclear lobes Active amoeboid phagocytes Small, numerous specific granules Larger, less numerous azurophilic granules Remain in circulation for 10-12 hours Live 1-2 days after leaving circulation Secrete a class of enzymes
What type of enzymes do neutrophils secrete?
Enzymes capable of destroying certain bacteria by formation of free radicals (superoxide) as well as the release of lysozyme and lactoferrin which destroy bacterial walls
Name the characteristics of a Basophil
Lobulated nucleus (bilobed) Large, membrane bound basophilic granules