MTAP W4 (Rodaks: Megakaryopoiesis/Platelets Flashcards
- nonnucleated blood cells
- diameter of 2.5 mm
- 150 to 400 x 10^9/L
- higher in women
- lower in both sexes when over 65 years old
Platelets
trigger primary hemostasis
Platelets
- Wright-stained wedge-preparation blood film
- 7 to 21 cells per 1003 field
platelets
- 30 to 50 mm in diameter- multilobulated nucleus and abundant granular cytoplasm
- 0.5% of all bone marrow cells
- are the largest cells in the bone
marrow and are polyploid, possessing multiple chromosome
copies - 2-4 per LPF
Megakaryocytes
product of the X chromosome gene
GATA
product of the ZFPM1 (zinc finger protein multitype 1)
gene
FOG1
In order of differentiation
least mature
burst-forming unit (BFU-Meg)
In order of differentiation
the intermediate
colonyforming unit (CFU-Meg)
In order of differentiation
the more mature progenitor
light-density CFU (LD-CFU-Meg)
All three progenitor stages of megakaryocytes resemble - and cannot be distinguished by Wright-stained light microscopy
lymphocytes
progenitor stage/s
participate in normal mitosis, maintaining a viable pool of megakaryocyte progenitors
BFU-Meg and CFU-Meg
progenitor stage
loses its capacity to divide but retains its DNA replication and cytoplasmic
maturation: ENDOMITOSIS
LD-CFU-Meg
is a form of mitosis that lacks telophase and cytokinesis (separation into daughter cells)
Endomitosis
Endomitosis
transcription slows
- GATA-1
- FOG1
Endomitosis
transcription factor; mediates the switch from mitosis to endomitosis by
suppressing the Rho/ROCK signaling pathway, which suppresses the assembly of the actin cytoskeleton
RUNX1
Endomitosis
transcription factor; DNA replication proceeds to the production of 8N, 16N, or even 32N ploidy with
duplicated chromosome sets
NF-E2
Some megakaryocyte nuclei
replicate five times, reaching -; this level of ploidy is unusual, however, and may signal hematologic disease
128N
A single megakaryocyte may shed - platelets
2000 to 4000
A single megakaryocyte may shed 2000 to 4000 platelets, a process called -
thrombopoiesis or thrombocytopoiesis
megakaryocytes: a total turnover rate of -days.
8 to 9 days
platelet production rises by as much as tenfold
thrombocytopenic purpura
As endomitosis proceeds, megakaryocyte progenitors leave the
proliferative phase and enter -
terminal differentiation
a series of stages in which microscopists become able to recognize their unique Wright-stained morphology in bone marrow aspirate
films
terminal differentiation
Morphologists call the least differentiated megakaryocyte
precursor the -
MK-I stage or megakaryoblast
Megakaryocyte Differentiation Stages
Nucleus: round
MK-I
Megakaryocyte Differentiation Stages
Nucleus: Indented
MK-II