Week 6 Flashcards
What is hemostasis
what are the system properties
-physiologic process that keeps blood from circulating
-balances hemorrhage and coagulation
properties
procoagulant - initiate clotting if required
anticoagulant - prevent undesirable clotting
fibrinolytic/fibrinolysis - clot breakdown
what is the hemostasis cascade divided into
Primary hemostasis - platelet plug formation and vasconstriction
Secondary - fibrin clot formation and Coagulation Activation
fibrinolysis - fibrin clot breakdown
when is hemostasis initiated
-disruption of vascular endothelial lining or with cell turnover by trauma or disease
-blood is then exposed to subendothelial connective tissue
-blood vessels contract to seal wound - vasocontraction to reduce blood flow
-then the three processes start
what things need to interact to stop bleeding, allow for clotting and then clot breakdown
-blood vessels with tissue factor to help with vasocontriction
-platelets- for platelet adhesion, aggregation and secretion
-plasma components - zynogens, cofactors, control proteins and Fibrinogen
-fibrinolytic proteins - fibrin breakdown
-inhibitors - inhibit coagulation
what roles do the inner BV layer and subendothelium of the blood vessel play
Inner BV layer - Vascular Endothelium
-needs to be unbroken for best blood flow
-this layer releases:
Anticoagulant - when clot is formed or prevent spontaneous clotting
Procoagulant - when there is injury
Fibrinolytic - parttakes in clot dissociation
Sub endothelium
-Supports surface protein called Tissue factor -procoagulant -INITIATION of COAGULATION
-degree of vasoconstriction depends of BV type, size and muscle = SMOOTH CELLS CONTRACT
What role in hemostasis does RBC, WBC and PLT play
RBC: adds bulk and structural integrity to fibrin clot
WBC- wound healing
-monos and lymphs have tissue factor on their surface to trigger coagulation
Platelets-
PROCOAGULANT only - initiates and controls hemostasis
-PLT dont prevent or break down clots instead they adhere, aggregate and secret granule contents to help form a clot
What is primary hemostasis
What is it triggered by and what do the PLTs to when activated
-PLTs have alpha and epsilon granules
-triggered by injury to BV walls that expose subendothelial collagen
-PLTs can become activated and
Adhere to site of injury
Secrete granule contents
Aggregate with other PLTs
what is the short lived reponse that occurs in primary hemostasis
how is the bleeding reinforced in the long term
if there are defects in primary hemostasis what will it cause
-the short response to vessel damage is produced by vasoconstriction and platelet plug formation
-in order for bleeding to be controlled in the long term the platelet plug must be reinforced with fibrin
-Defects in primary hemostasis can cause chronic hemorrhages - can be fatal
eg- when someone has collagen abnormalities, thrombocytopenia, platelet disorders or vWf disease
What is secondary hemostasis
-plasma coagulation protein activation that results in fibrin clot formation
-involves PLT and coaug system
-delayed- long term response
-activated by big injuries to BV and surrounding tissues
-triggered by Tissue Factor TF (activator)
-a membrane protein found in subendothelial smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts released when endothelial cells are disrupted, monos and lymphs
What is the coagulation cascade that occurs in 2ndary hemostasis
-series of plasma protein interactions
-coagulation factors are serine proteases circulating as zymogens/inactive enzymes . During coagulation, they become activated through a domino effect to produce thrombin
After injury occurs
-PLTs will adhere and aggregate at site of injury until new endothelial cells grow
-the injury exposes tissue factor in subendothelial cells
-the coagulation system initiation occurs ON TF BEARING CELLS
-the coag reactions are then propagated on PLT surface
-GENERATING THROMBIN-FIBRIN-CLOT STABILIZED - FIBRINOLYSIS
What is the fibrin clot in 2ndary hemostasis
-the clot is a fibrillar protein that give the semi solid state to clot or thrombus
-the clot is created by breakdown of fibrinogen by thrombin (serine protease)
-fibrinogen has no binding sites but fibrin monomers are able to polymerize to site of trauma/injury
What are the components of Plasma * LISTEN TO RECORDING IF THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED
Zymogens and & co factors
-16 coag or clotting factors -PROCOAGULANTS
-working in a cascade to form fibrin clot
8 serine proteases
Co-factors
vWf (Factor 8 carrier and platelet adhesion)
Phospholipids
Calcium
Fibrinogen
Control proteins
-once initiated they control Coag (Anticoag)
Serine protease inhibitors
Co factors -
2-Prothrombin - serine protease
3,
5 (Labile factor),
7- Stable factor - serine protease
8 (antihemophilic),
ix (9) Christmas factor -SP
10 (X) - Stuart Prower Factor - SP
11 (XI) Plasma thromboplastin antecedent (PTA) -SP
12(XII) Hageman factor -SP
Prekallikrein - Fletcher factor , PK - SP
High molecular weight kininogen (fitzgerald HMWK)
What do the reactions in the coagulation cascade need
- Cellular base of negatively charged phospholipids (subendothelial cells or PLT surface)
2.Ca2+ to bind co/factors to those neg charged phospholipids ( coagulation only occurs at site of injury)
3.Plasma coag proteins : Serine proteases for enzyme activity and Co factors for stabilizing & enhancing enzyme activity
summary of cascade
Coag cascade + serine proteases & cofactors =thrombin (FIIa)
-Thrombin breaks down fibrinogen (FI) to form fibrin
What three in vivo complexes and cofactors does the coagulation cascade form **listen to lecture portion
VIIa & TF , phospholipid and Ca2 (extrinsic tenase) which then activate IX and X
IXa & VIIIa, phospholipid and Ca2 (intrinsic tenase) which activate X
Xa & Va, phospholipid and Ca2 (prothrombinase) which activate prothrombin
Contact factor pathway (XII, pre-K, and HMWK)
What are the 3 main pathways that are formed in the cascade and what do they consist of
Extrinsic pathway:
TF (FIII), VIIa + Common
- Intrinsic pathway:
XIIa*, XIa, IXa, VIIIa + Common - Common pathway:
Xa, Va, IIa (Thrombin), FI (Fibrinogen)
Describe what occurs in the Extrinsic pathway:
TF (FIII), VIIa + Common
TF + VIIa + Ca2+ + PL = Extrinsic tenase complex
‘Extrinsic’ because TF not found in blood
Initiates coagulation after tissue injury & TF exposure
-TF is exposed in subendothelium activating FVII forming the Extrinsic tenase complex TF:VIIa
-FX is activated by the TF:VIIa complex initiating the common pathway producing thrombin
-FIX is activated to IXa which initiates intrinsic pathway
Describe what occurs in the Intrinsic pathway:
Consists of factors found in plasma
True ‘in vivo’ intrinsic pathway starts at FIXa and FXIa
FIX is activated by Extrinsic path
FXI is activated by Thrombin-Contact Factor complex can also activate FXI
Extrinsic pathway activates small amount of FIX
FXIa further activates FIX to FIXa
FIXa joins cofactor VIIIa forming Intrinsic tenase complex
-Occurs on PLT surface
-Complex also activates FX , initiating the Common pathway
What is the contact factor complex that is found in the intrinsic pathway
-can activate FXI
-Contact factors’= HMWK, pre-K, XIIa
-activated through contact with neg charged foreign substances
In vivo examples, stents, valve prostheses, and
bacterial cell membranes
In vitro, siliconized glass, kaolin, or ellagic acid act
as negatively charged surfaces that activate FXII
-dont play a large role in invivo coag and trauma injuries
What is the common pathway consisting of and what does it activate
F-X is activated by both Extrinsic & Intrinsic pathways
-FXa “activates” FV - Va and forms the Prothrombinase complex (Xa & Va on PLT membrane in presence of Ca2+)
-Prothrombinase complex ‘activates’ Prothrombin (FII) into THROMBIN (FIIa)
-Thrombin then converts Fibrinogen (FI) to Fibrin (red clot formation)
-Thrombin activates FXIII to cross-link fibrin or stabilize clot
What type of feedback loop is created in common pathway
-Thrombin positive feedback loop
-Thrombin loops back into cascade to further activate V, VIII, XI, and PLTs until solid clot is formed
-Once ‘Intrinsic’ pathway is active ‘Extrinsic’ gets shut down
-Tissue factor inhibitors stop the ‘Extrinsic’ system (no more activation of X & IX)
-Antithrombin comes in to prevent further initiation of thrombin once clot is solid
What are the 3 phases of cell based coagulation
Can be described via interdependent phases:
Initiation
Amplification
Propagation
What is the initiation phase of cell based coag
-triggered with formation of Extrinsic tenase complex on surface of cells with TF
-this complex then activates small levels of FIX and FX to create a small amount of thrombin
What is the amplification phase of cell based coag
-when the thrombin feedback loop creates a activation cascade
-activates FV, FVIII, FXI (this initiates the intrinsic pathway) and more platelets
-helps to generate Thrombin generation
-starts fibrin formation