Pathology E1 Flashcards
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Reversible changes
hypertrophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, metaplasia, dysplasia
hypertrophy
inc in cell size, no new cells
(tissues with cells NOT capable of rep)
due to inc func demand/gfac/hormonal stim (activated growth factors, ion channels, oxygen supply, etc).
can co-exist w/ hyperplasia
Pathologic hypertrophy exp.
increased workload
hypertension
cardiocyte hypertrophy
Physiologic hypertrophy exp.
increased workload
pumping iron
skeletal muscle cell hypertrophy
Hyperplasia
inc in cell # –> inc in tissue/organ mass
(tissue with cells CAPABLE of rep)
exp. proliferation from stem cells, physiologic/pathologic hyperplasia
often co-exists w/ hypertrophy
Pathologic hyperplasia exp.
benign prostatic hyperplasia
Physiological hyperplasia
rapid growth via cell division in endometrial glands/stroma during proliferative phase of menstruation
hyperplasia + hypertrophy exp.
uterus during pregnancy
Atrophy
reduced cell size/organelles (long-term –> also dec in cell #)
dec workload/metabolic activity/protein synthesis
inc pro degrad
inc autophagy
via ischemia, denervation, aging, hormone withdrawal (mammary gland during menopause)
Metaplasia
Replacing cell types
Often adaptive response to stress
Via reprogramming stem cells
exp. respiratory epithelium in smoker (columnar to squamous), barrett’s esophagus during acid reflux (SSNKE –> intestinal columnar)
Dysplasia
Disordered growth/maturation
Response to persistence of injurious influence
*usu regresses upon removal of stimulus
Shares cytological features w/ cancer
exp. cervical dysplasia (SSKNE –> disordered)
General mechanisms of cell injury
- ATP prod/depletion
- Irrv. mitochondria damage (leakage of apoptotic proteins)
- Entry of Ca (inc mito perm, activ of cell enzymes)
- Oxygen/free radicals
- Defects in memb permeability
- Protein misfolding/DNA damage
Hypoxia vs ischemia
hypoxia–> dec oxygen (Low pO2 in blood), anaerobic E prod can continue
ischemia–> dec oxygen AND substrates (Mechanical obstruction of blood flow), aerobic/anaerobic compromised
Progression of ischemic cell injury
onset
reversible
irreversible
reperfusion injury (inc ROS formation, inflammation, Ca2+ mobilization)
Reversible cell injury (volume)
temporary loss of volume and E regulation
- Altered membrane permeability (Na+, Ca2+, water influx; K+, Mg2+ efflux). Cell swells
- inc wet weight of tissue, dec dry weight
- Small molecule leakage and intracellular acidification
- TEMPORARY loss of selective permeability
Reversible cell injury (Energy)
Drop in oxygen…
-ATP depletion, inc anaerobic metabolism (dec glycogen stores, inc lactic acid and Pi –> dec intracellular pH –> dec enzyme act)
-Ribosome detachment from RER
Dec protein synthesis
Reversible cell injury (Morphology)
Light microscopy
- Cell swelling –> hydropic change (vacuolar degeneration) –> lighter staining
- Some chromatin clumping
EM
-inc h2o, dilation of ER, dec glycogen stores, condensed mito, PM blebbing, blunting microvilli, myelin figures
Irreversible cell injury
- perm loss of selective permeability
- lg molecule leakage (troponin)
- inc anaerobic metabolism (inc glycolysis, inc lactate, dec pH)
- MPTP (high conductance), leakage
- membrane abnormalities –> cytochrome C leakage
Serum signs for irreversible cell injury
troponin
myoglobin
CK-MB isoenzyme
lactase dehydrogenase
Irrev cell injury (morphology)
Light
- Pyknosis: Nucleus shrinks
- Karyolysis: Nuclear degen, “halo.” (basophilia fades)
- Karyorrhexis: Nuclear fragments.
EM
matrix granules
flocculent densities
swelling/rupture
Ischemia/reperfusion injury
cell death after reestab blood flow
- oxidative stress
- more Ca flow (myocyte hypercontracture)
- wbc accumulation (Ab deposit, complement activation, etc)
MPTP
Uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation by mitochondrial permeability transition with release of cyt. C to cytosol. (inc [Ca2+]in will cause mitochondrial damage)
*irreversible injury
cytochrome C
pro-apoptotic
Calcium homeostasis
[extracellular Ca] > [intracellular Ca]
- Intracellular Ca sequestered in mitochondria or ER
- maintained by Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase
Injury –> inc cytoplasmic Ca –> inc damaging enzymes (phospholipases, proteases, endonucleases, ATPase) and opening of MPTP
Injury –> inc cytoplasmic Ca (preferentially taken up by mito) –> depleted ATP prod