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Exam 2: Mech. of cellular injury Flashcards

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What are the 6 mech. of cell injury?

A
  1. depletion of ATP
  2. Mitochondrial damage
  3. Ca influx and loss of Ca homeostasis
  4. Oxidative stress
  5. Defects in memb. permeablity
  6. Damage to DNA and proteins
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Damage or pathologic alterations in molecules or structre that can occur in cells and extracellular components

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Cell injury

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What are the 2 major consequences of cell injury

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  1. Reversible cell injury

2. irreversible cell injury

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what are the 3 classic examples of cell injury

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  1. oxygen deficiency
  2. infectious agents
  3. immunologic dysfunction
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5
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partial reduction in O2 delivery to a tissue

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Hypoxia

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No O2 delivery to a tissue

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Anoxia

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What are 4 causes of Hypoxia/anoxia

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  1. Inadequate oxygenation of blood
  2. Reduced transport of O2 in blood
  3. Reduction in blood supply (ischemia)
  4. Blockage of cell respiratory enzymes
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What are 4 examples of cell injury resulting from immune dysfunction

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  1. congenital defects
  2. acquired defects
  3. Autoimmune reactions
  4. hypersensitivity reactions
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What are the 2 mech of cell injury that cause depletion of ATP?

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  1. Aerobic: TCA cycle

2. Anaerobic: Glycolysis

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10
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What is the fundamental cause of necrotic cell death

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Depletion of ATP

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11
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Depletion of _ to _ % of ATP is bad

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5-10%

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12
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What are the 3 complications of the Na/K ATPase failure

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  1. cell swelling
  2. ER swelling
  3. PM damage
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What are the 3 major consequences of mitochondrial damage

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  1. Formation of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore (MPTP)
  2. Inc. production of ROS
  3. Activation of apoptic pathways
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Which 4 enzymes are activated by calcium accumulation

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  1. phospholipase
  2. Proteases
  3. Endonucleases
  4. ATPase
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what are the 3 major forms of damage due to accumulation of Ca

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  1. Memb. damage
  2. Nuclear damage
  3. ATP depletion
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16
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What are the two major problems with ROS

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  1. inc. production

2. Dec. scavenging

17
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what are 3 ways to form ROS

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  1. Inflammation
  2. Transition metals
  3. NO
18
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what are 3 ways to remove free radicals

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  1. Spontaneous decay
  2. Antioxidents
  3. enzymes
19
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What are the effects of free radicals

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  1. Lipid peroxidation in membranes
  2. Oxidative modification of proteins
  3. lesions in DNA
20
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What are the mech. for damaging the PM?

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  1. ROS
  2. Dec. phospholipid synthesis
  3. Inc. phospholipid breakdown
  4. Cytoskeleton abnormalities
21
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What are the 3 membranes that can be damaged?

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  1. mitochondrial memb. damage
  2. PM damage
  3. Lysosomal memb. damage
22
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Located in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, converts alanine into pyruvate

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Alanine aminotransferase ALT)

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