Lecture 5 Flashcards
Coagulation
Antiplatelets
Drugs that inhibit platelet activation, adhesion, & aggregation
Anticoagulants
Drugs that inhibit clotting factors
Types of Thrombus (2)
- Thrombus - adheres to vessel wall
2. Embolus - intravascular clot that floats in blood. Can lead to things like pulmonary embolism
Antifibrinolytic
Drugs that inhibit the chemical transition of plasminogen to plasmin
Thrombosis Types (2)
- Arterial thrombosis - medium sized, due to artherosclerosis, platelet rich. Treated with platelet aggregation factors like aspirin
- Venous thrombosis - triggered by blood statis or disruption of hemostatic defense mechanisms. Fibrin rich clots with fewer platelets, treated with anticoagulants like warfarin
Platelets
- function in hemostasis
- cell fragments that shed from their parent cell that is confined in the bone marrow
- parent cell = megakaryocyte
- contain cytoplasm of parent
- live ~10 days
- 1/3 stored in spleen
- sympathetic stimulation releases platelets
Megakaryocyte
- Massive cell (~60 um)
- produce ~1000 platelets
- thrombopoietin stimulates megakaryocyte differentiation & platelet products
Platelet Anatomy
- Have glycogen granules for energy
- Mitochondria
- Granules that contain activation factors
- Open canalicular sytems (inverted socks) that, when activated, become pseudopodia
Step in Platelet Plug Formation (3)
- Vascular spasm
- Formation of platelet plug
- Blood coagulation (clotting)
Vascular Spasm
- vasoconstriction
- endothelial surface adhesion
Platelet Plug Formation
- exposed collagen activate platelets
- platelets release ADP which activate adjacent platelets
- reaction is contained in this area of damage via prostacyclin and NO
- actin-myosin complex contracts and pulls the endothelial layers together
- Vasoconstrictors released (serotonin, epi., TXA)
Blood Coagulation
Changes blood from liquid state to a solid clot
Heparin Mechanism of Action
Directly inhibits thrombin & platelet aggregation
Plavix Mechanism of Action
Inhibitor of platelet activation and aggregation by blocking the binding of P2Y metabolite to ADP which activates the surrounding platelets.
Tirofiban
Blocks the binding of fibrinogen to glycoprotein IIb/IIIa which inhibits platelet aggregation.
Clotting Process
- Adhesion (to collagen)
- Activation
- Aggregation
- Clot
- Fibrinolysis
Integrin Pathway (Activation)
After the platelet adheres to collagen, the [alpha]2[beta]3 receptor causes a cascade of actions that causes fibrinogen to unfold. This allows for platelet interactions
Platelet Aggregation
Once fibrinogen is unfolded, there is cross linking of other activated platelets that create a net
Agonists of Platelets (6)
- Adhesion
- Thrombin
- Thomboxane A2
- ADP
- Epinephrine
- Serotonin
Increased levels of these components lead to aggregation
Factors Stopping Coagulation (4)
- Prostacyclin (PGI2) - antiaggregatory
- NO - vasodilatory
- tPA - Fibrinolytic
- Thrombomodulin - antithrombotic