PRP Flashcards
Young, fecund, robust, inactivated platelets are HOW BIG
1-3 μm discoids
Humans: Normally HAVE HOW many platelets
150,000-300,000/ml of blood
life span of a platelet
one week
dog platelets amount
145,000-440,000/ml but similar size
cat platelet amount
190,000-800,000/ml Very large platelets Easily activated Much higher tendency to aggregate
horse platelets
100,000-600,000/ml
Small platelets
Uniform size and shape
cow platelets
100,000-800,000/ml Small platelets of variable size Lack the microtubular system and open canalicular system of non-ruminants
mouse platelets
LOTS (>1,000,000/ml)
Also small platelets
that are very readily
activated. Why?
α-granules contain
clotting factors, growth factors, and various other proteins
dense granules contain
ADP, ATP, Serotonin, and Calcium
young platelet size
large and heavy
old platelet size
small and light
young platelets aggregation compared to old platelets
much faster (3-5 x) than older platelets
Young platelets ATP and ADP release compared to old platelets
release dramatically more ATP (4-8 x) and ADP (4-6 x) than do older platelets
Old platelets require substantially greater amounts
ADP to be activated than do young platelets
Interestingly, old and young platelets don’t necessarily
live in the same neighborhood
Interestingly, old and young platelets don’t necessarily
live in the same neighborhood
PRIMARY HEMOSTASIS OF PLATELETS
vasoconstriction, platelet adhesion, platelet aggregation
secondary hemostasis
activation of coagulation factors. fibrin formation
fibrinolysis
activation of fibrinolytic system, clot lysis
platelet process up to aggregation
Wound
Exposes subendothelial collagen
Binds von Willebrand Factor
Platelet adhesion to blood vessel wall via glycoprotein
IIb/IIIa receptors
Platelet activation
Platelet cytoskeleton (via actin and myosin) expands
from a disc to a multi-pseudopodal sticky blob
Platelet aggregation
platelet aggregation process
Serotonin Vasoconstriction
ADP Recruits other platelets to aggregate and degranulate
Thromboxane Platelet aggregation and PGF release
…and more cytokines, chemotactic and growth factors, etc., etc. than you can imagine (more are discovered on a monthly basis)
PDGF: Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
STRONGLY mitogenic and chemotactic for leukocytes
By itself PDGF application doubles the rate of collagen
deposition in a wound
(plus a bunch of other stuff that aggressively accelerates
healing…)
TGF-β: Transforming Growth Factor-Beta
Also strongly mitogenic
Allows damaged (irradiated, corticosteroid-treated)
tissues to revert to normalized collagen deposition