Tissue Healing and Repair Flashcards
Outcomes of acute inflammation
- resolution (healed/normal)
- chronic inflammation (progression from acute)
- healed by fibrosis; NOT good, results in excessive fibrinogen and collagen that lessen the function of the area
Fibronectin
component of tissue healing
scaffold, tensile strengths, glues substances together
Proteoglycans
component of tissue healing
contains carbohydrates and sugars
secreted by fibroblasts early during the reaction
scaffolding and binds to growth factors
Elastin
becomes cross-linked to form fibrils or long sheets that provide tissue with elasticity
Collagen
structural support and tensile strength for almost all tissues and organs of body
What do mutations in collagen gene cause?
wide spectrum of diseases of bone, cartilage and blood vessels
Collagen type 1
predominant structural collagen of the body, 80-85% dermal collagen, scars, tendon, bone, dentin (teeth), joints; labrum
Collagen type 2
Predominant component of physis (growth plate) and hyaline cartilage (outer ear, nose), nucleus pulposus external annulus, labrum
Collagen type 3
vascular and visceral structures (blood vessels, GI tract, liver, uterus), other 15-20% dermal collagen, embryonic tissues
Collagen type 4
basement membranes (especially those in the developing fetus), glomeruli of kidney nephron
What collagen type is first deposited in wound healing
3
How does the type of tissue impact the healing process?
local blood supply is vital to bringing necessary materials and certain tissues (tendons, ligaments and cartilage) have a decreased blood supply, this the healing process may require additional time
What are growth factors
GFs are proteins that regulate cell proliferation, differentiation and migration
they do biosynthesis and degradation of proteins and angiogenesis (new blood cells made for the tissue)
Where are GFs found (give two specific examples)
they are produced by cells involved in the tissue repair response
platelets, fibroblasts, endothelial cells and macrophages (look these all come during inflammation response)
platelet-derived GF; platelet-rich plasma injected that speeds up healing process
fibroblast GF; proliferation of fibrogen and collagen
What is often the cause of chronic tissue injury and how as PTs should we treat it?
often causes by repeated stresses of moderate magnitude (back pain, tendinopathies, impingement, carpal tunnel)
identify and modify factors
- movement and alignment
- extrinsic factors (footwear, gravity)
- others; psychosocial, medications, age, obseity
Phase 1 tissue healing
Homeostasis and degeneration
- immediate
- stop bleeding by initiating coagulation
- platelets release GFs that summon inflammatory cells
- degeneration phase; forms hematoma, necrosis of dead cells and starts inflammation
Phase 2 tissue healing
inflammation
- inactivate injurious agents, break down and remove dead cells, initiate healing
- replace injured tissue with healthy regenerated tissue, fibrous scar or both
Phase 3 tissue healing
Proliferation and migration
- endothelial cells nearby proliferate to establish vascular network to transport oxygen and nutrients to support healing tissue
- neurovascularization and angiogenesis
- healing tissue called granulation tissue bc appearance is reddish granular layer of tissue
main cellular components; endothelia cells and fibroblasts
Phase 4 tissue healing
- tissue contraction
- contracture
- tissue regeneration
- tissue repair (scar tissue)
- special mention; chronic wounds
- Tissue contraction
(shrinking the wound)
newly formed extracellular matrix shrinks (contracts) the healing tissue
fibroblasts differentiate into myocytes (myofibroblasts) that contribute to shrinkage
- Contracture
joint contracture - abnormal shortening of tendons/ligaments (common in knees)
excessive shrinkage of healing tissue occurs
can limit mobility and organ function (can be disfiguring like burns healing)
prolonged immobilization or reconstructions can cause **arthrofibrosis - scarring that restricts and a thickened fibrotic capsule inhibits motion
- Tissue regeneration (what type of cells are involved)
process of replacement of dead parenchymal cells (primary fxn cells) by new cells to restore normal tissue fxn (parenchymal cells; functional tissue of a morbid growth)
only occurs if parenchymal cells can undergo mitosis (three different cell types)
- permanent; regeneration does not occur and tissue can not divide, long-lived and irreplaceable (ex; cardiac myocytes or neurons)
- labile; divide continuously
- stable; normally do not divide but can be induced to undergo mitosis with appropriate stimulus
- Tissue repair - scar formation
- when the cut, incision, damage, or trauma extends beneath the surface layer (epidermis)
- structural integrity of the parenchymal (functional organ cells) tissue depends on the formation of connective tissue scar
important to minimize scare not just for cosmetics but bc they can interfere with organ function