Tissue Ischemia Flashcards
What is the most common cause of hypoxia ?
Ischemia
The morphologic changes “lag” after ?
biochemical events.
biochemical events before ?
The morphologic changes “lag”
What is the Biochemical mechanisms accompanying hypoxia- ischemia model ?
1- ATP depletion
2- Oxidative stress
3- Disturbance of Ca homeostasis
4- Changes in membrane permeability
O2 is converted to superoxide (O2•−) by ?
oxidative enzymes
O2 •− is converted to H2O2 by ?
Glutathione peroxidase
O2- to H2O2 by ?
Antioxidant mechanisms
H2O2 to H2O + O2 by ?
Catalase
The major antioxidant enzymes :- are ?
superoxide dismutase (SOD)
in the Mitochondrial membrane damage release of ?
proteins that trigger apoptotic death.
activating apoptotic pathways is by ?
cytochrome c
What is the the major protein involved in electron
transport ?
cytochrome c
Cell injury may be reversible, result in ?
cell adaptation, or lead to cell death.
Biochemical alterations occur prior to ?
morphologic changes.
Necrosis is ?
cell murder