Pathology Flashcards
what pathways does apoptosis have
intrinsic and extrinsic pathways
general occurrences during apoptosis (4)
- eosniphilic cytoplasm
- cell shrinkage
- karyorrhexis (nuclear fragmentation)
- apoptotic bodies
what happens in karyorrhexis?
endonucleases cleave at internucleosomal regions into 180bp fragments
what does radiation therapy do to cells
free radicals and dsDNA breakage –> apoptosis of tumors and surrounding tissue
when does intrinsic pathway apoptosis occur? (3)
- regulating factor taken away from proliferating cells
- after injurious stimuli
- anti/pro apoptotic factor ratio
examples of intrinsic pathway apoptosis (4)
- removal of IL-2 after completed immuno reaction
- radiation, toxins, hypoxia
- BAX and BAK (pro-apoptotic)
- Apaf-1 (pro-apoptotic)
pro-apoptotic factors (3)
BAX
BAK
Apaf-1
anti-apoptotic facotrs (1)
- Bcl-2
What does Bcl-2 do
binds to Apaf-1 and inhibits it so that it cannot release cytochrome C
too much bcl-2?
too little apaf-1 and you get tumorgenesis (ex follicular lymphoma)
what mechanism is extrinsic pathway apoptosis?
- ligand receptor
FasL to Fas (CD95)
CD95?
Fas
thymus negative selection is what pathway of apoptosis
extrinsic pathway
necrosis definitino
enzymation degradation and protein denaturation 2/2 exogenous injury
where does coagulative necrosis occur (3)
tissue supplied by end-arteries
- heart
- liver
- kidney
order of what happens in coagulative necrosis
- proteins degrade first
2. enzymatic degradation
where does liquefactive necrosis occur and when
occurs in CNS 2/2 high fat content
brain bacterial abscess
order of what happens in liquefactive necrosis
- enzymatic degradation from lysosomal release
2. Then protein degradation
when does caseous necrosis occur (3)
- TB
- systemic fungi
- nocardia
acid fast?
where does fatty necrosis occur (2)
- pancreas
2. breast
pancreatitis leads to what?
saponification
fatty necrosis
what does fatty necrosis look like on staining
calcium deposits appear dark blue
what does fibrinoid necrosis look like on stain
amorphous and pink on H&E
where can you see fibrinoid necrosis? (2)
vessels
- vasculitidies (HSP, churg-strauss)
- malignant HTN
types of gangrenous necrosis
- dry
2. wet
when is there dry gangrenous necrosis
ischemic coagulative
when is there wet gangrenous necrosis
infection
common locations for gangrenous necrosis (2)
- limbs
2. GI tract
Examples of causes of atrophy (7)
- low endogenous hormones (post-menopause ovaries)
- high exogenous hormones (thyroid, steroids)
- low innervation (MN damage)
- low blood flow/nutrients
- low metabolic demand (paralysis)
- high pressure (nephrolithiasis)
- occlussion of secretory ducts (CF)
Examples of reversible cell injury (7)
- ATP depletion
- cellular/mito swelling 2/2 ATPase dysfunction
- ribosome detachment 2/2 swelling
- MB blebbibg 2/2 swelling
- nuclear chromatin clumping
- low glycogen
- fatty change
Examples of irreversible cell injury (4)
- nuclear pyknosis, karyorrhexis, karyolysis
- plasma MB damage
- lysosomal rupture
- mitochondrial permeability/vacuolization
Examples of damage from ROS (6)
- retinopathy of prematurity
- bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- CCl4 –> liver necrosis and fatty change
- Acetaminophen o/d
- Fe overload
- Reperfusion injury esp after thrombolytic therapy
ischemia susceptible region of heart
subendocardium (LV)
ischemia susceptible region of kidney (2)
- straight segment of proximal tubule (medulla)
2. thick ascending limb (medulla)
ischemia susceptible region of liver
area around central vein (zone III)
ischemia susceptible region of colon (2)
- splenic flexure
2. rectum
chromatolysis … what is it?
attempt at increasing protein synthesis following axonal damage
what do you see in chromatolysis? (3)
- round cellular swelling
- displacement of nucleus to periphery
- dispersion of RER throughout cytoplasm
what does nissl substance stain?
RER
red infarct from what
hemorrhagic
where does red infarct occur? (3)
loose tissue with multiple blood supplies
- liver
- lungs
- intestines
Red = Reperfusion
pale infarct where (3)
solid tissue with single blood supply
- heart
- kidney
- spleen
distributive shock
- TPR
- CO/venous return
- PCWP
low TPR
high CO/venous return
low PCWP
what does distributive look like?
warm dry skin 2/2 vasodilation
need to use pressors b/c unresponsive to fluids 2/2 vasodilation
Cardiogenic shock
- TPR
- CO/venous return
- PCWP
high TPR
low CO/venous return
elevated PCWP
Hypovolemic shock
- TPR
- CO/venous return
- PCWP
high TPR
low CO/venous return
decreased PCWP
treating cardiogenic/hypovolemic shock
responds to fluids
Acute cellular inflammatory response
- onset time
- duration time
- seconds-minutes
- lasts minutes to days
Acute cellular inflammatory response
- involved cells
- what happens
- neutrophils, eosinophil, Ab-mediated
- resolution, abscess formation, progression to chronic inflammation
Chronic cellular inflammatory response
- cells involved
- what happens
- mononuclear cells and fibroblasts for persistent destruction and repair
- granuloma (nodular collection of epithelioid macrophage and giant cells)
- scarring and amyloidosis
what is it that leads to increased ESR in inflammation
fibrinogen coats RBCs and causes them to aggregate
high ESR states (5)
- most anemias
- infection
- cancer (MM)
- pregnancy
- autoimmune d/o
low ESR states (3)
- sickle cell (shape lowers ESR)
- polycythemia (dilute)
- CHF (unknown reason)
4 steps of leukocyte extravasation
- margination and rolling
- tight-binding
- diapedesis
- migration through interstitium
factors involved in leukocyte margination and rolling
- cellular to endothelial interaction
cellular to endothelial reaction:
- Sialyl-Lewis …P-selectin
- Sialyl-Lewis …E-selectin
- L-selectin … GlyCAM-1 and CD34
factors involved in leukocyte tight-bonding
- cellular to endothelial interaction
- CD11/18 integrins (LFA-1, Mac-1) … ICAM-1 (CD54)
- VLA-4 integrin … VCAM-1 (CD106)
factors involved in leukocyte diapedesis
- cellular to endothelial interaection
- PECAM-1 (CD31) … PECAM -1 (CD31)
factors involved in leukocyte migration
-cellular to endothelial interaction
- various things … chemotaxis mediated through C5a, IL-8, kalligkrein, Plt-activating factor
examples of exudate causing stuff (4)
- lymphatic obstruction
- inflammation
- infection
- maligancy
examples of transudate causing stuff (3)
- CHF (hydrostatic pressure)
- cirrhosis (decresaed oncotic pressure)
- Na retention
what’s the specific gravity number differentiating exudate and transudate
1.012
phases of wound healing (3)
when do they occur
- inflammatory (immediate)
- proliferative (2-3 days)
- remodeling (1 week later)
what does EGF do in wound healing
stimulates cell growth via TyrKin Rec
TGF-beta does what in wound healing (3)
angiogenesis
fibrosis
cell cylce arrest
PDGF does what in wound healign (3)
- vascular remodeling
- SMC migration
- stimulate fibroblast growth for collagen synthesis
cells involved in inflammatory wound healing (3)
- platelets
- neutrophils
- macrophages (a little later just to clean up)
clotters and eaters
cells involved in proliferative wound healing (5)
- fibroblasts
- myofibroblasts
- endothelial cells
- keratinocytes
- macrophages
the rebuilders, supporters, and clean up
cells in remodeling wound healing
fibroblasts
what collagen stuff happening in wound healing
collagen III replaced by collagen I –> increases tensile strength of tissue
pathogenesis of granulomatous disease
TH1 cells secrete IFN-g –> activates macrophages –> they release TNF-alpha –> induces and maintains granuloma formation