Blood Flashcards
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Sites of Hematopoiesis
Intramedullary: within the bone marrow. Normal in children and adults
Extramedullary: outside the bone marrow- the spleen and liver, normal in the fetus. Abnormal in disease states
Hematopoiesis
Fetal yolk sac at 3 wks gestation develops mesenchymal blood islands
These stem cells migrate to the liver and spleen at week 6-12
Red bone marrow develops bone at the 12th week
Red marrow stops at puberty, long bones only then generate blood
Myeloid cell line (common myeloid progenitor)
Granulocytes (N E B)
Monocytes
RBC
Platelets
Lymphoid progenitor cell line
Dendritic cell
B
T
NK
Maturation of the RBC
Polychromatophilic normoblast (Blast cell) within the bone marrow have nuclei.
The reticulocyte is the blast cell without a nuclei. It still has some ribosomes and is making hemoglobin. It is released from the bone marrow and within hours it becomes RBC.
Erythropoietin Physiology
EPO is released due to hypoxic stimulation of peritubular cells in kidney via colony stimulating factor-E (erythrocyte)
Stimulates the production of RBC via progenitor line as well as release of RBC from bone marrow.
Normal hemoglobin content of RBC cytoplasm
32-36%
Hemoglobin Biochemistry
HbA is 4 globin chains each with a heme molecule. Usually is 2 alpha 2 beta.
Heme is a protophorphyrin ring with 1 atom of Fe2+ which can bind reversibly with 1 molecule of oxygen
Storage of Dietary iron
Within the liver as Ferritin Fe3+ with apoferritin
Within the liver as hemosiderin (partially degraded ferritin)
Storage of iron in bone marrow
Liver stores are transported to the bone marrow as transferrin, which is Fe3 and apotransferrin
Normal Forms of Hemoglobin
HbA2: 2 alpha2, 2 beta2 in adults.
HbF: 2 alpha 2, 2 gamma2 in infants with some A2
RBC senescence
Driven by degradation of metabolic proteins due to the lack of a nucleus over 120 days.
Once enzymes run out the cells lose membrane fluidity, and water enters cells making them spheroid, rigid, and fragile
Extravascular Hemolysis Physiology
In splenic sinusoids: the old RBCs get stuck, and are destroyed by splenic macrophages.
Also occurs in liver.
In bone marrow, unnecessary progenitors are destroyed by BM macrophages.
This causes release of unconjugated bilirubin which gets excreted in hepatic bile.
Also occurs in spleen with IgG reaction on RBC
Intravascular Hemolysis Physiology
Fibrin clots, Immune response etc causing hemoglobinemia
Leukocyte Maturation Times
Neutrophils: 12 hours
Eo; 3.5 days
Monocyte: 3 days
Neutrophil development
Proliferation within the bone marrow consists of myeloblast, promyelocyte, myelocyte, metamyelocyte.
Metamyelocytes can only mature but not proliferate.
Metamyelocytes develop to bands and then neutrophils.
The ‘band’ is the nucleus that is not segmented. Normal is 5% of neutrophils or less in peripheral smear
Neutrophil granule contents
Myeloperioxdase
Lysozyme
Alkaline phosphatase
Eosinophil function
Antigen presenting cell
Releases major basic protein (MBP) and acid phosphatase
Releases other cytokines
Basophil function
Has Surface IgE receptors that cause allergic inflammation
Releases histamine and cytokines
Similar to mast cells
T cell physiology
Proliferation in thymus. Those that do not recognize self antigens go through apoptosis.
If T cell contacts foreign antigen from lymphatic drainage then it becomes sensitized.
May become CD4 helper T cells.
May become CD8 cytotoxic t cells
May be come regulatory T cell to suppress response
B cell physiology
lymphoid progenitor in bone marrow develops to naive B cells, which migrate to germinal centres of lymph tissue.
When exposed to antigens they transform to plasma/memory cells which produce antibodies
NK cell physiology
matures directly from common lymphocyte progenitor and has non specific immunity capable of killing tumour cells or virus infected cells without prior exposure
Control of thrombopoiesis
Thrombopoietin is produced by the kidney, liver and smooth muscle
It binds to receptors on platelets and is destroyed. The lower the number of platelets the more the hormone circulates.
Platelet plasma membrane structure
Contains negative glycocalyx carbohydrates making it very negative and repelling other platelets
Has proteins for binding collagen directly
Has proteins for binding vWF