Midterm #3: Coagulation Cascade Flashcards

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Purpose of Clotting Cascade

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  • Plasma proteins that rapidly form a clot at damage site to minimize blood loss (hemorrage) and to maintain **homeostasis **
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Homeostasis

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  • refers to the maintenance of the fluid state of the blood
  • Requires a delicate balance between procoagulation (clot formation), anticoagulation, and fibrinlysis (clot dissolution)
  • Dozens of plasma proteins are involved, as well as tissue protiens, blood platelets and surfaces of endotheilial cells that line vessels
  • Defects in these can lead to pathological bleeding or thrombosis (clotting)
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The 5 phases of Coagulation: Overview

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  1. ​Vasocontriction
  2. Formation of hemostatic plug
  3. Formation of a blood clot
  4. Control of coagulation
  5. Fibrinolysis
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Vasoconstricition

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  • Damage to vessel walls leads to smooth muscle spasm that results in narrowing of blood vessel diameter
  • Limits blood flow to the damaged area and to allow localization of platelets and clotting factors
  • Can last up to 30 min
  • Vessel damage exposes collagen to the blood which is an important trigger for subsequent phases of coagulation
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Formation of a Hemostatic Plug

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  • platelets bind to the site of damage (adhesion)
  • release signaling factors (activation)
  • and stick together to form a scaffold for clotting (aggregation)
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Formation of a Blood Clot

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  • cross-linked fibrin reinforces the platelet plug to form a clot via a cascade of enzymatic reactions
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Control of Coagulation

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  • negative feedback signaling ensures that clot formation does not continue unchecked.
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Fibrinolysis

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  • the clot is removed after the underlying problem (injury, infection, etc.) is dealt with.
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Platelets

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  • circulating, anuclear cells that are fragments of megakaryocytes, which are produced in the bone marrow
  • contain mitochondria and glycogen granules
  • No DNA or protein synthetic capability
  • contain ADP, serotonin (5-HT), and platelet factors (PFs) that play important roles in vasoconstriction, the formation of a platelet plug, and clotting.
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Adhesion

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  • damage to endothelial cells exposes collagen to which platelets bind, and releases the von Willebrand factor (vWF) which enhances collagen:platelet binding.
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Activation

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  • binding stimulates the platelets to release ADP, serotonin (5-HT), thromboxane A2 (TxA2) and “platelet factors”. These compounds mediate further vasoconstriction and the transition to a “sticky” platelet.
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Aggregation

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  • Sticky platelets form form a hemostatic plug that serves as a scaffold for the subsequent clotting cascade.
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prostacyclin (PGI2)

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  • produced by undamaged endothelial cells.
  • causes vasodilation and inhibits platelet aggregation.
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Phase 2 Diagram

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The Anti-Platelet Activity of Aspirin

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  • covalently inactivates cyclooxygenase in both platelets and endothelial cells.
  • Shuts down thromboxane synthesis and inhibits platelet aggregation
  • Inhibition of endothelial COX shuts down prostacyclin synthesis, which has the opposite effect.
  • At lower asprin concentration, platelet COX inactivated and cannot be regenerated
    • Endothelial can synthesize more enzyme
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Name This Structure

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Plavix

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  • Clopidogrel
  • Anti-platelet drug
  • Inhibits a platelet ADP receptor and thereby inhibits aggregation
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Phase 3: Formation of a Blood Clot

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  • Cascade (amplified series of signals) results in proteolysis of fibrinogen (soluble plasma protein) to fibrin monomer
  • Fibrin monomers polymerize to form a mesh network, the fibrin clot that traps blood cells and helps plug the leaking vessel
  • Strengthened by cross-links between Lys and Arg residues catalyzed by a transglutaminase enzyme
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Getting to Know the Clotting Factors

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  • Most numbered I to XIII and are synthesized as inactive zymogens (proenzymes)
  • Each factor must be activated often involving proteolysis
  • Vitamin K Dependent Factors:
    • IX, VII, X, and II (prothrombin)
    • Require Ca++ for activity
  • Thrombin Sensitive Factors
    • V, VIII, XIII, and I (fibrinogen)
  • Named clotting factors:
    • **Fibrinogen **(I) and fibrin (Ia)
    • **Prothrombin **(II) and thrombin (IIa)
    • **Tissue Factor **(III)
    • Transglutaminase (XIIIa)
    • Prothrombinase (complex of Xa and Va)
    • Tenase (VIIa or a complex of VIIIa and IXa; activate X and operate in extrinsic and intrinsic pathways respectively)
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Overview of the Clotting Cascade: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Pathways

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  • Intrinsic Pathway: triggered by exposed **collagen **and von Willebrand factor
  • Extrinsic Pathway: triggered by tissue factor released by damaged epithelial cells
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Overview of Clotting Cascade: Diagram

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The Extrinsic Clotting Pathway 


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  • a.k.a. the Tissue Factor Pathway
  • Damaged blood vessels release Tissue Factor (factor III)
  • TF binds to the Factor VII and activates it
    • limits coagulation to injury site
  • VIIa is a Ca2+-dependent protease that converts X to Xa (tenase activity)
  • Factor Xa is a Ca2+-dependent protease that, with factor Va, cleaves prothrombin (factor II) to thrombin (factor IIa)
  • Va also binds to activated platelets
    • localizes clotting
  • Thrombin is a Ca -dependent protease that 
 cleaves fibrinogen (I) to fibrin (Ia)
  • Fibrin polymerized to form a soft fibrin clot
  • Thrombin also activates Factor XIII, which is a transglutaminase that cross-links fibrin polymers to form a mesh network: the hard fibrin clot
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The Intrinsic Clotting Pathway

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  • a.k.a. the Contact Clotting Pathway
  • Damaged blood vessels expose collagen
  • Factor XII binds to the site of the injury (aided by the other contact activation factors: prekallikrein and high-molecular-weight kininogen [HK]) and autoactivates to XIIa
    • vWF promotes this process
  • Factor XIIa proteolytically activates XI to XIa
    • XIa activates factor IX which, together with factor VIIIa, activates factor X to Xa (tenase activity).
  • Remainder of pathway leading to fibrin activation is the same as the extrinsic pathway
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The Central Role of Thrombin

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  • Thrombin proteolytically activates V, VIII and XIII
    • promotes coagulation via feedback activation
  • Thrombin also activates platelets by proteolysis of the thrombin receptor in the platelet cell membrane
  • Cascade is amplifying because each protease is a catalyst for the activation of another catalyst
    • Very small amount of Factor VIIa can generate larger amount of Factor Xa, which can then generate an even larger amount of thrombin
  • Tissue factor pathway more important in vivo and generates a “thrombin burst” required for efficient & timely clotting
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Phase 4: Control of Coagulation and Clot Retraction
* Initation of coagulation cascade activates am=nti-coagulation proteins (feedback inhibition) * **Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI):** is a plasma protein that inhibits thrombin and Xa. The Xa:TFPI complex further inhibits VIIa * **Anti-Thrombin (AT)** inactivates thrombin and Xa. AT inhibition is strongly stimulated by **heparan sulfate** a _glycoaminoglycan_ composed of repeats of sulfated disaccharides * **Protein C and Protein S:** Protein C is activated by a complex of thrombin and **thrombomodulin** (found on the surface of endothelial cells) and then binds to Protein S. The complex inhibits Va and VIIIa * activated platelets in the clot physically contract, shrinking the fibrin network and making the clot denser and mechanically stronger
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Phase 5: Fibrinolysis
* After clot formation, underlying problem can be repaired * Blood clot must be removed to restore normal blood flow * Funx of **fibrinolytic pathway** * Thrombin:thrombomodulin complex induces the release of **tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)** which activates **plasminogen** to **plasmin** * Plasmin is a protease that degrades fibrin to soluble degradation products * **Urokinase** (produced in the kidneys) and **streptokinase** (produced by bacteria) can also activate plasmin * Fibrinolysis can be inhibited in 2 ways: * direct inhibition of plasmin by **alpha2-antiplasmin** * inhibition of plasminogen activation by **plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)**
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Hemophilia
* hereditary disease that impair coagulation process * vonWillebrand diesase: deficiency of vWF * hemophilia A: Factor VIII deficiency * hemophilia B: Factor IX deficiency * Can get recombinant factors VIII, and IX
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Hypercoagulability disorders (a.k.a. congenital thrombophilias)
* defects in anticoagulation * such as Factor V Leiden thrombophilia * mutation in factor V that prevents inactivation by PC:PS complex
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Atherosclerosis
* Accumulation of cholesterol rich plaques in vessels * Can become calcified * Can narrow vessel * Block occur when clot forms from when plaques rupture of when inflammation causes tissue factor exposure
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myocardial infarction, stroke, pulmonary embolism
* A clot in coronary artery: myocardial infarction * A clot in cerebral artery: stroke * Deep vein thrombosis during periods of stasis or immobilization. Can dislodge and travel to the lung and cause pulmonary embolism
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Heparin
* glycosaminoglycan similar to heparan sulfate, but is more highly sulfated and is produced solely by basophils and mast cells * promotes inhibition of thrombin (IIa) and Xa by anti-thrombin * Must be given via injection, can have significant side effects like thrombocytopenia and needs closely monitored therapy * Unfractionated heparin (12-15 kDa) * Low Molecular Weight heparins (\<8 kDa): more predictable activity, shorter half-life, and lower incidiences of side effects
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Name this structure
heparin
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Fondaparinux
* pentasaccharide that binds to anti-thrombin and inhibits Factor Xa, but not thrombin * Used to treat DVTs and pulmonary embolism
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Recombinant tPA, streptokinase, urokinase
* may be used as **thrombolytics** * disrupt blood clots in the first few hours following a stroke or MI
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Name this structure
fondaparinux
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gamma-glutamyl carboxylase
* Factors II (thrombin), VII, IX, and X contain multiple glutamate residues that must be postranslationaly modified to gamma-carboxyglutamate residue via gamma-glutamyl carboxylases * These dicarboxylate side chains tightly bind Ca enabling tight binding to phospholipids at the platelet surface and anchoring these proteins to the damaged site * Vitamin K is essential co-factor for gamma-glutamyl carboxylase
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Warfarin
* inhibits vitamin K epoxide reducatse (VKOR) * Vary widely depending on the genotype of CYP2C9 * Patients with cerebral infarct, DVT or PE are started on heparin then transitioned to warfarin * Direct thrombin inhibitors might be used in place of heparin or warfarin in certain clnical situations
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Name this structure
Vitamin K
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Name this structure
Warfarin