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Vascular Endothelium Flashcards

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What are the 3 layers of blood vessels (from outermost to innermost)?

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  • tunica adventitia
  • tunica media
  • tunica intima
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What makes up the tunica adventitia?

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  • vasa vasorum
  • nerves
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What makes up the tunica media?

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  • external elastic membrane
  • smooth muscle
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What makes up the tunica intima?

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  • internal elastic membrane
  • lamina propria
  • endothelium
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What is the lamina propria?

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  • smooth muscle
  • connective tissue
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What are capillaries and venules comprised of?

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  • endothelium
  • pericytes (mural cells)
  • basement membrane
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What happens at capillaries?

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exchange of nutrients and oxygen between blood and tissues

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What does the microvascular endothelium do?

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  • source of angiocrine factors
  • promote tissue homeostasis and organ regeneration
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What is the impact of a dysfunctional endothelium?

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  • contributes to disease
  • ischemia
  • chronic inflammatory diseases
  • cancer
  • diabetes
  • atherosclerosis
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Do endothelium cells vary?

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  • yes, they have organotypic properties and expression profiles
  • have structural, functional and molecular differences
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What are the properties of endothelial cells in the muscle, lung, skin and blood brain barrier?

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continuous non-fenestrated

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What are the properties of endothelial cells in the kidney glomerulus, GI tract?

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continuous fenestrated

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What are the properties of endothelial cells in the liver and marrow?

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discontinuous

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What are the properties of endothelial cells?

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  • very flat
  • about 1-2 micrometers thick
  • about 10-20 micrometers in diameter
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What is contact inhibition?

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when the junctions of 2 cells join and establishes a junction causing the cells to stop growing

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16
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What is the lifespan of endothelial cells?

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  • long
  • low proliferation rate
    (unless angiogenesis is necessary)
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What are the functions of endotheliun?

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  • vascular tone
  • permeability
  • angiogenesis
  • haemostasis and thrombosis
  • inflammation
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What happens when the endothelium is at rest?

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promotion of:

  • anti-inflammatory
  • anti-thrombotic
  • anti-proliferative
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What happens when the endothelium is activated?

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promotion of:

  • pro-inflammatory
  • pro-thrombotic
  • pro-angiogenic
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What activates the endothelium?

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  • smoking
  • viruses
  • mechanical stress
  • inflammation
  • high BP
  • OxLDL
  • high glucose
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What happens when there is long term/chronic activation of the endothelium?

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  • thrombosis
  • senescence
  • permeability
  • leukocyte recruitment
    all cause: atherosclerosis
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What are the characteristics of endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis?

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  • endothelial permeability
  • leukocyte migration
  • endothelial adhesion
  • leukocyte adhesion
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What happens in the fatty-streak formation in atherosclerosis?

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  • smooth muscle migration
  • foam cell formation
  • t cell activation
  • adherence and aggregation of platelets
  • adherence and entry of leukocytes
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What happens in the formation of an advanced, complicated lesion of atherosclerosis?

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  • macrophage accumulation
  • formation of a necrotic core
  • angiogenesis
  • fibrous cap formation
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What are the triggers of endothelial dysfunction in atherogenesis?

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  • oxidative stress
  • pro-inflammatory cytokines
  • infectious agents
  • environmental toxins
  • haemodynamic forces
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What are the risk factors of endothelial dysfunction causing atherogenesis?

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  • hypercholesterolaemia
  • DM/metabolic syndrome
  • hypertension
  • sex hormonal imbalance
  • ageing
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What are the mechanisms that contribute to the development of atherosclerosis?

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  • leukocyte recruitment
  • permeability
  • shear stress
  • angiogenesis
28
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What happens in the leukocyte adhesion cascade?

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  • capture
  • rolling and arrest (activation)
  • adhesion
  • spreading
  • paracellular and transcellular transmigration
29
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When and where does leukocyte recruitment normally occur?

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during inflammation, leukocytes adhere to the post-capillary venules before entering the tissues

30
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What is the structure of a capillary?

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  • endothelial cells
  • basement membrane
  • pericapillary cells (pericytes)
31
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What is the difference in the structure of a capillary and a post-capillary venule?

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venules have more pericytes (pericapillary cells)

32
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Where does leukocyte recruitment occur in atherosclerosis?

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  • adhere to the activated endothelium of of large arteries and are stuck in the sub-endothelial space
  • monocytes differentiate into macrophages and then foam cells in the subendothelial space
33
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What happens when there is increased permeability of the endothelium?

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  • leakage of plasma proteins through the junctions into the subendothelial space
  • LDL enters the subendotheial space and becomes OxLDL which further activates endothelial cells
  • macrophages take up OxLDL and become foam cells
34
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What happens to blood flow in the straight parts of the arterial tree?

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  • laminar blood flow
  • high and directional wall shear stress
35
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What happens to blood flow in the branches and curvatures of the arterial tree?

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  • disturbed blood flow
  • non-uniform and irregular distribution of low wall shear stress
36
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What does laminar blood flow promote?

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  • anti-thrombotic, anti-inflammatory factors
  • endothelial survival
  • inhibitions of SMC proliferation
  • NO production
37
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What does disturbed blood flow promote?

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  • thrombosis, inflammation (leukocyte adhesion)
  • endothelial apoptosis
  • SMC proliferation
  • loss of NO production
38
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What is the role of NO?

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key regulator of vascular function

  • reduces OxLDL
  • vasodilation
  • reduces platelet activation
  • inhibits monocyte adhesion
  • reduces release of superoxide radicals
  • reduces SMC proliferation
39
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What is angiogenesis?

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formation of new blood vessels by sprouting from existing ones

40
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What is angiogenesis triggered by?

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hypoxia

41
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What is angiogenesis essential for?

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  • embryonic development
  • wound healing
  • menstrual cycle
42
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What is the double role of angiogenesis?

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  • promotes plaque growth
  • theraputic angiogenesis prevents damage post-ischemia
43
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What is pathological angiogenesis associated with?

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advanced atherosclerotic plaques

44
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What is associated with a poor prognosis with a COVID infection?

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  • increased D-Dimers
  • increased fibrinogen
45
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Where are the majority of endothelial cells?

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capillaries

46
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What is thromboinflammation?

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loss of the normal anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory functions of endothelial cells causes thrombosis with associated inflammation

47
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How does covid cause endothelial dysfunction?

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  • cytokine storm
  • endothelial activation
  • procoagulant switch
48
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What are the 2 possible ways that SARS-CoV2 causes endothelial damage?

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  • cytokine storm secondary to the infection causes the endothelial damage
  • SARS-CoV2 enters the cells and causes direct damage (no evidence)
49
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What functions of blood vessels and tissues does the endothelium control?

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  • vascular tone
  • angiogenesis
  • haemostasis and thrombosis
  • inflammation
  • permeability
50
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How do endothelial cells regulate thrombosis and haemostasis?

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Antithrombotic and procoagulant factors

51
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How do endothelial cells regulate angiogenesis?

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Growth factors (e.g IGF) and matrix products

52
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How do endothelial cells regulate vascular tone and permeability?

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Vasconstricting and vasodilating factors

53
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How do endothelial cells regulate inflammation?

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Inflammatory modulators and adhesion molecules

54
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How are the transcriptional signatures of individual cells examined?

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  • single cell RNAseq
  • shown on a seurat cluster graph, each dot is a cell and each cell is grouped according to the similarities in their gene expression
55
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What influences the phenotype of endothelial cells?

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Tissue-specific microenvironment

56
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How are new blood vessels formed?

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Sprouting angiogenesis

57
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Which pathologies does angiogenesis play a role in?

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Cancer
Retinopathies
Atherosclerosis
Chronic inflammatory diseases
Ischemic diseases
Vascular malformations

58
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What is an angiogenic switch?

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  • tumour cells in large tumours secrete angiogenic factors that stimulate new vessel formation by endothelial cells in adjacent vessels
  • this facilitates tumour growth and metastasis
59
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What is Von Willebrand disease?

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  • most common hereditary bleeding disorder (1/100)
  • caused by dysfunction of Von Willebrand factor
60
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How is VWD treated?

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VWF or DDAVP

61
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What causes severe, intractable bleeding in the GIT in patients eith VWD?

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  • Vascular malformations in the gut blood vessels
  • cannot be treated with VWF replacement
62
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What is the role of VWF in haemostasis?

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  • mediates platelet adhesion to the subendothelium and platelet aggregation
  • stabilises circulating coagulation Factor VIII
63
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What is the role of VWF in angiogenesis?

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  • regulates growth factor signalling (VEGFR2:Ang-2)
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Where do atheroscleoritc plaques usually occur and why?

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  • at bifurcations and curvaturesof the vascular tree
  • flow patterns and haemodynamic forces are not uniform in the vascular system

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