SM 121a/123a - Hemostasis: Overview, Platelet Function, Coagulation, Fibrinolysis Flashcards
Deficiency in which component of hemostasis leads to Hemophilia B?
Does this affect primary or secondary hemostaiss?
Factor IX
This affects secondary hemostasis
What is the function of prostaglandin I2 in endothelial cells?
Increases platelet cAMP to keep platelets in a quiescent, non-adherent state
How does Von Wilebrand Factor trigger platelet activation?
List the steps
VWF engages platelets by binding Gp Ib-V-IX (aka Gp Ib, the receptor on platelets for VWF)
- Platelets restructure their actin cytoskeleton
- Rounding, extended pseudopodia
- Changing shape = platelet activation
- Platelets transmit intracellular signals
- Increased Ca2+ flux through platelets
- Integrin Gp IIb/IIIa (aka alpha-IIb-beta-3) activation
- Firm platelet adhesion and spreading
What is the function of RAP 1 and Talin in platelet function?
RAP1 and Talin are activated by signals inside of the platelet that are initiated by signals at the surface
They function to make Gp IIb/IIIa a better receptor for fibrinogen at the platelet surface
(inside-out signaling)
What is the difference between atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis?
Arteriosclerosis is the stiffening or hardening of arterial walls
Atherosclerosis is a common form of arteriosclerosis, in which the artery narrows due to plaque buildup (deposits of cholesterol, lipids, and lipid-containing macrophages)
Which deficiencies would inhibit platelet adhesion to the endothelium?
Deficiencies in…
- Von Willebrand Factor
- Gp Ib
Which clotting factor catalyzes the crosslinking of fibrin?
FXIIIa
Thrombin activates FXIII to FXIIIa
Which clotting factors are active in the intrinsic pathway?
Activated by silicates or phospholipids
- FXI is activated by…
- FXII (in the absense of tissue factor)
-
Priming thrombin (aka FIIa generated by TF/extrinsic pathway)
- Also activate FVIII, FV
- FXIa activates FIX
- FVIIIa + FIXa activate FX
- Tenase complex
Common pathway (where intrinsic and extrinsic converge)
- FXa + FVa cleave prothrombin to thrombin (FIIa)
- Prothrombinase complex
- Thrombin cleaves fibrinogen to fibrin
What factors are normally expressed by blood vessels to prevent thrombosis?
- Non-adhesive surfaces
- Laminar flow
- Intact entodhelium shields underlying coagulation factors
- Platelet inhibiting factors
- Nitric Oxide
- Prostacyclin
- Adenosine Diphosphat_ase_
- Anti-coagulant factors
- Thrombomodulin
- Endothelial Protein C receptor
- Heparin-Like molecules
- Tissure Factor pathway inhibitor
What substances do endothelial cells produce in response to activated platelets?
- Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1)
- Intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)
- ROS
Where are arterial thrombi likely to occur?
Branch points with low-shear, turbulent flow and/or endothelial injury
What is the tenase complex?
FVIIIa + FIXa
Activates FX -> FXa
What 3 factors are released form endothelial weibel-palade bodies in primary hemostasis?
Endothelin -> vasoconstriction
VWF -> Platelet adherence and aggregation
P-Selectin -> Binds leukocytes and platelets to initiate rolling and activation
What do dense granules in platelets contain?
- ADP
- ATP
- Serotonin
- Pyrophosphate
- Ca2+
What is disseminated intravascular coagulation?
How does it occur?
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a paradoxical state that involves both excessive clotting and excessive bleeding
Uncontrolled coagulation
- > Coagulation factors/platelets get used up
- > Bleeding everywhere
What activates FX?
Initiation: Tissue factor + FVIIa
Amplification: Tenase complex (FVIIIa + FIXa)
What is the function of Nitric Oxide in endothelial cells?
Increases platelet cGMP to keep platelets in a quiescent, non-adherent state
What is tissue factor?
A transmembrane glycoprotein that is de-encrypted from the membrane bilayer
Prolonged PT and prolonged aPTT indicate which abnormality?
- Deficiencies in…
- FV
- FX
- FII (prothrombin)
- Fibrinogen
- Or deficiciencies in one of (FVIII, FIX, FXI) AND FVII
- Anticoagulant therapy
During arterial thrombus formation, what activates leukocytes?
Thrombin and factor Xa, via protease-activated receptors (PARs)
Which anti-coagulant components are induced by the coagulation cascade?
Why?
Activation of the coagulation cascade also triggerst the activation of factors to limit clot formation
- Produced normally by the endothelium:
- Thrombomodulin
- Endothelial protein C receptor
- Heparin-like molecules
- Tissue Factor pathway inhibitor
- Protein C
- Protein S
- Antithrombin III
What are the 2 major classes of inhibitors of fibrinolysis?
List examples in each category
Inhibitors of fibrionolyis promote clot survival
- Inhibitors of plasminogen activation bind or degrade lysine binding sites on fibrin
- Plasminogen activator inibitor 1 (PAI-1)
- Lipoprotein A
- Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI)
- Activated Protein C inhibitor (APC inhibitor)
- Inhibitors of plasmin
- Antiplasmin
- Alpha-2 macroglobulin
- Pharmacologic lysine mimetics
- Eta-aminocaproid acid
- Tranexamic acid
- TADI
- Serine protease inhibitors
Why does Adenosine Disphsphatase inhibit hemostasis?
Is it an anti-platelet or anti-coagulant?
ADP induces the conformational change in Gp IIb/IIIa that allows it to bind to fibrinogen
Adenosine diphosphatase is an anti-platelet agent produced normally by endothelial cells that breaks down ADP, preventing it from contributing to platelet activation
List the major components involved in hemostasis
- Blood Vessels
- Platelets
- Glycoprotein receptors
- Alpha granules
- Dense granules
- Coagulation proteins
- Red and White blood cells
What is the role of the thrombin generated during initiation?
- Activate platelets
- Cleave FVIII from its attachment to VWF
- Activate FXI and FV
Deficiency in which component of hemostasis leads to Bernard Soulier Syndrome?
Does this affect primary or secondary hemostaiss?
Gp Ib
Affects primary hemostasis
Which phopholipid binding proteins work to inhibit coagulation?
How do they work?
- Annexin V
- Beta 2-glycoprotein-1
They bind to phophatidyl serine and prevent the attachment of coagulation complexes
In general, what do platelets do to promote atherosclerotic lesions?
Platelets adhere to the site of injury and secrete inflammatory mediators
Platelets produce superoxide ions.
What do they do?
Superoxide ions produced by platelets participate in…
- Nitric Oxide scavenging
- Lipid peroxidation
- Generation of other ROS
These function to activate platelets and macrophages in an atherosclerotic legion
Which glycoprotein receptors on platelets mediate primary hemostasis when activated?
What do they bind to?
Gp 1b binds to Von Willebrand Factor in the subendothelium
Gp IIb/IIIa binds to circulating fibrinogen. This begins the process of platelet aggregation
Describe the response to injury hypothesis
Atherosclerosis develops due to a chronic inflammatory/healing response to endothelial injury
- Injury + dysfunction
- -> Accumulation fo LDL, oxidized LDL
- -> Monocyte adhesion
- -> Migration into intima
- -> Macrophages become foam cells
- -> Smooth muscle proliferation
- -> ECM production
- -> T-cell recruitment
- -> Accumulation of lipids in the plaque
Which leukocyte receptor binds to platelet P-selectin?
What is the effect?
PSGL-1 (P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1)
Binding of P-selectin to its receptor initiates leukocyte rolling
Which coagulation protiens are vitamin K dependent?
X, IX, VII, II
The component labeled #2 binds to Von Willebrand Factor
What is it?
Gp Ib
What is the function of the secretion phase of platelet activation?
Secretion activates the coagulation cascade, which activates thrombin
Activated thrombin…
- Increases platelet activation
- Activates fibrinogen to fibrin
List the 4 stages of hemostasis
- Vasoconstriction
- Primary hemostasis
- Secondary hemostasis
- Clot resolution
When fibrin polymers crosslink, which parts bind together?
The glutamic acid of one D-domain binds to the lysine of an adjacent D-domain to form a glutamyl lysine bridge.
This is catayzed by FXIIIa. Ca2+ is required!
Describe the steps of secondary hemostasis
- The weak platelet plug formed in primary hemostasis is stabilized by progression of the coagulation cascade.
The coagulation cascade is triggered by exposed tissue factor that is present in subendothelial smooth muscle and fibroblast cells
Coagulation factors assemble on the negatively charged phospholipid surface on activated platelets when linked by Ca2+ - Factors XII, XI, X, IX, VIII, VII, V, II (thrombin), Fibrinogen are involved
- The end goal: throbin (II) cleaves fibrinogen to fibren
This causes cross-linking of fibrin and stabilization of the clot
Which coagulation protein cleaves fibrinogen to fibrin?
II (aka thrombin)
Deficiency in which component of hemostasis leads to Glanzmann Thromboasthenia?
Does this affect primary or secondary hemostaiss?
Gp IIb/IIIa
Affects primary hemostasis
What is the role of CD 39 ecto-ADPase in platelet function?
What inhibits it?
Normally, CD 39 ecto-ADPase has a role in maintaining platelet quiescence
It is inhibited by ROS produced by activated platelets, which promotes thrombosis
In venous thrombosis, how is tissue factor activated? What does it do?
Tissue factor is activated in response to platelet-leukocyte interactions
- Proinflammatory cytokines are secreted
- Platelet P-selectin binds to leukocyte PSGL-1
When tissue factor is activated, it activates the clotting cascade via the extrinsic pathway
Which test measures the function of the intrinsic clotting pathway?
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
What is Antithrombin III?
What do they do?
Antithrombin III is an anti-coagulant protien that is activated by the coagulation cascade, to limit the clot. It is stimulated by heparin
It inhibits:
- Thrombin
- IXa
- Xa
- XIa
- XIIa
What is the function of antithrombin in coagulation?
How does it work?
Antithrombin inhibits…
- Thrombin
- Antithrombin acts as a bait that traps thrombin
- FIXa
- FXa
- FXIa
- FXIIa
Its action is potentiated by vessel wall proteoglycans and heparin
What is hemostasis?
The process by which blood clots from at the site of vascular injury to prevent or limit bleeding
What do alpha granules in platelets contain?
Pre-formed
- Beta-thromboglobulin
- Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF)
- Fibrinogen
- Coagulation Factor V
- Von Willebrand Factor
- High molecular weight kininogen
- RANTES
- CXCL 12
- CXCL 7
- CD40L
- P-Selectin
- Factors involved in wound healing
- Fibronectin
- Platelet factor 4 (CXCL4)
- Platelet-derived growth factor
- TGF-Beta
Synthesized
- Thromboxane A2
- Tissue Factor mRNA
- IL-1beta mRNA
- Superoxide ion
What activates plasminogen to plasmin?
Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and urokinase (u-PA)
What is aPTT used for?
How is it initiated?
aPTT is initiated by adding silicate to activate FXII
It is used to evaluate deficiencies in the intrinsic coagulation pathway
- Hemophilia
- Deficiencies in FXI, FIX, or FVIII
- Von Willebrand Disease
- Monitor heparin and argatroban therapy
What activates FVIII?
Priming/trace thrombin (FIIa)
FVIII is activated when it is cleaved from its attachment to VWF
Which substances are produced by healthy endothelial cells to keep platelets in quiescence?
- Nitric Oxide
- Increases platelet cGMP
- Prostaglandin I2
- Increases platelet cAMP
- CD39 ecto-ADPase
- Removes ADP and ATP
What is the role of t-PA and u-PA in clot homeostasis?
t-PA and u-PA activate plasminogen to plasmin
Plasmin lyses fibrin clots by liberating cross-linked D-dimers