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CELL INJURY—GENERAL
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Graduate
05/06/2010

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Term
SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA
Definition

 

Most common form of metaplasia
Double edged sword:
In bronchi = decreased cilia and mucus
malignant transformation may occur
Usually but not always protective

 

Term
METAPLASIA
Definition

Implies Reserve cells are availiable.

 

Replacement of 1 mature cell with another type of mature cell.

Term
Vitamin A Deficiency
Definition
its major consequences in the eye and in the production of keratinizing metaplasia of specialized epithelial surfaces, and its possible role in potentiating neoplasia (the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor). We see it in the eye and in the kidneys.
Term

PERIDUCTAL MASTITIS

(Metaplasia in the Breast)

Definition

 

Periductal: near the duct.

Mastitis: inflammation of the breast.


 

Inverted nipple = secondary to inflammation--common
90% = smokers (your Vitamin A levels go down).
Not related to lactation
30-40
Male or female
Initiated by keratin trapped after metaplasia
Duct rupture à strong inflammatory response to keratin
Fistulas in recurrent disease

 

 

Term
Myositis ossificans
Definition

Metaplastic change of the soft tissue.

-Myositis: inflammation of muscle tissues.

-comprises two syndromes characterized by heterotopic ossification (calcification) of muscle.
-involving the posterior thigh.

Term
Hypoxia
Definition
Decrease in oxygen.
Term
Ischemia
Definition

 

Decrease in blood flow to a tissue or organ. Can cause a worse lesion than Hypoxia b/c you’re also losing nutrients.

 

 

Term
Oncosis
Definition

-Means Cell Death.
Necrosis --> inflammation
Apoptosis --> no inflammation
Autophagy

Term

CAUSES OF CELL INJURY

Definition

1. Hypoxia / ischemia

2. Physical Agents

3. Chemicals and Drugs

4. Microbiologic Agents

5. Immunologic Reactions

6. Genetic Factors

7. Nutritional Factors

8. Aging

Term

 

EVENTS IN CELL INJURY

 

Definition

 

1. Cell escapes adaptation --> reversible or irreversible cell injury
2. Irreversible injury --> cell death (oncosis)

 

Term

CELL INJURY

 

-PRINCIPLES


 

Definition


•1. Response depends on nature of injury, duration and severity
2. Consequences depend on type, state and adaptability of injured cells
•3. Varied biochemical mechanisms act on several essential cellular components
•4. Any injurious stimuli may simultaneously trigger multiple mechanisms   
Term
Irreversible Cell Injury (Cell Death)
Definition

Loss of Phospholipids, Cytoskeletal alterations, Free radicals, Lipid breakdown --> 

 

-Get Leakage of Enzymes (CK, LDH)

-Calcium influx.

Term
Inflammation
Definition
Simply a response to injury.
Term
HALLMARKS OF REVERSIBLE CELL INJURY
Definition

 

    decreased phosphorylation --> depletion of ATP

    changes in ion concentrations --> influx of water

    light microscopic changes: cellular changes & fatty change

    damage to intracellular organelles

 

Term
EXAMPLES OF COMMON REVERSIBLE CELL INJURIES
Definition

 

Fat Droplets and Hyaline (Mallory Bodies)


 

Hydropic Change

Fatty Change

*Hyaline Degeneration (Mallory Bodies)* (a substance with a glass-like appearance).

Inclusions & Deposits

 

 

Term

 

STEATOSIS (liver)

 

Definition

-Accumulations of fat within the liver that usually does not cause liver damage.

-Can get this from starvation or diabetes.

-Can also be caused from ethanol, hypoxia, toxins, and malnutrition.

 

Term
REVERSIBLE CHANGES IN HYPOXIA  1
Definition

 

1. Decrease in cell membrane transport  systems 2° to decr. ATP

decr. oxidative phosphorylation
decr. protein synthesis

Altered cytoskeletal elements

Cell functions may stop temporarily

 

Term

STRUCTURES WHICH MAY BE ALTERED  in CELL INJURY :

Definition

Nuclei

endoplasmic reticulum

Mitochondria

plasma membranes

Term

**NUCLEAR  DEATH**

Definition

Karyolysis – “fades away”

Pyknosis – hard and dark nucleus

Karyorrhexis – random breakup of nucleus

Term

NUCLEAR CHANGES

-POLYPLOIDY

Definition

LARGE CELLS WITH LARGE NUCLEI

 ACCOMPANYIES HYPERTROPHY BUT ALSO SEEN IN NORMAL TISSUES (e.g. liver)

INCREASE IN NUMBER WITH INCREASE IN AGE

Term
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM Cell injury
Definition

1. ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY

2. CYSTIC FIBROSIS

3. HEPATITIS B

4. RUSSEL BODIES

5. DRUGS AND p-450

Term

Mechanisms of accumulations of proteins                 

Alpha-1-Antitrypsin disease (A1AT)

Definition

 

Alpha-1-Antitrypsin disease (A1AT)

Genetic disorder

Production of an abnormally folded form of A1AT in hepatocytes

 Cannot be exported out of cell

 Cannot be metabolized

 

1.Abnormal protein --> liver disease

2.Absence of protein --> lung damage

 

 

Term
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Definition

 

AN ERROR IN EPITHELIAL TRANSPORT ALTERING SECRETIONS OF EXOCRINE GLANDS AND EPITHELIAL LINING.

70% HAVE MUTATIONS WITH ABNORMAL PROTEIN FOLDING.


1.Water will come out of it and the mucus becomes very thick.
2.Epitheloid: looks like the epithelium, but is not.

Chloride channel defect in the sweat duct (top) causes increased chloride and sodium concentration in sweat. In the airway (bottom), cystic fibrosis patients have decreased chloride secretion and increased sodium and water reabsorption leading to dehydration of the mucus layer coating epithelial cells.

 

Term
P-450
Definition

1. INACTIVATES TOXINS

2. INDUCIBLE

3. SMOKERS AND OTHERS NEED HIGHER  DOSES OF SECOND DRUG

4. PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY (liver removal) PROTECTS AGAINST SECOND DRUG EFFECT

Term
MITOCHONDRIA Diseases
Definition

Luft’S Disease
Alcoholic liver disease

Term
Luft’S Disease
Definition
opened the field of Mitochondrial diseases. She at 19 was skinny, at like a horse, sweated like crazy. Her basal metabolic rate was higher than normal, and had a fever all the time. Hummingbirds have lots of Mitochondria.
Term
Alcoholic Liver disease
Definition

have large Mitochondria.

Term
EFFECTS OF CALCIUM Damage
Definition

 

1.Calcium comes from the outside. Increase membrane permeability, and the increase in Calcium inside the cell. Causes problems to the Mitochondria.
2.Goes to the ER.
3.The role of increased cytosolic calcium in cell injury. ER, endoplasmic reticulum.

Increased cytosolic Ca++, reactive oxygen species (oxidative stress), lipid peroxidation à Mitochondrial injury or dysfunction.

1.Consequences of mitochondrial dysfunction, culminating in cell death by necrosis or apoptosis.

 

Term
PATHOLOGY OF FILAMENTS
Definition

 

THIN

1. Rigor mortis: temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death.

2. Targets of toxins  e.g.mushrooms

INTERMEDIATE

    3. Mallory’s alcoholic hyaline

 

Term
PATHOLOGY OF CILIA
Definition

 

1. KARTAGENER’ SYNDROME

  1. BROCHIECTASIS: a disease that causes localized, irreversible dilation of part of the bronchial tree.

  2. CHRONIC SINUSITIS: inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses.

  3. SITUS INVERSUS: during our development, our organs don’t flip over. Mirror-reversed position of abdominal organs.

 

Term
HEALING OF CELLULAR WOUNDS
Definition

 

Two mechanisms

  1.wound rapidly assumes a circular shape—actin and myosin act as purse strings.

  2.membrane bound vesicles accumulate and fuse(calcium dependent) --> a “dressing”

 

Term
STRUCTURAL CHANGES OCCUR WHEN CELLS DON’T ADAPT
Definition

 

Defects in membrane permeability --> swelling

Increased intracellular Ca2+ (High Calcium)

Generation of Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

 

Term
MECHANISM OF METAPLASIA
Definition

Reprogramming of stem cells to differentiate in a different way. It is in response to a wide variety of signals (growth factors cytokines)
Retinoic acid (Vitamin A) regulates gene transcription through retinoid receptors.

Term
Oncosis
Definition

1. Necrosis --> inflammation
2. Apoptosis --> no inflammation
3. Autophagy (self eating)

Term

CELL INJURY

-ALTERED IN CELL INJURY

Definition

1. nuclei

2. endoplasmic reticulum

3. mitochondria

4. plasma membranes

Term
Principal mechanisms of cell injury
Definition

1.Low ATP
2.Mitochondrial damage
3.Entry of Calcium
4.High ROS
5.Membrane damage
6.Protein Misfolding and DNA damage

Term

Karyolysis


Definition

NUCLEAR  DEATH

“fades away”

Term
Pyknosis
Definition

NUCLEAR  DEATH

hard and dark nucleus

Term
Karyorrhexis
Definition

NUCLEAR  DEATH

Random breakup of nucleus

Term
EFFECTS OF CALCIUM
Definition

 

High Cytosolic Calcium and Low Oxygen à Phospholipid loss, Lipid breakdwon products, Cytoskeletal damage --> Membrane Damage

 

High Cytosolic Calcium --> MITOCHONDRIAL INJURY --> Necrosis and Apoptosis.

 

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