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Acute Inflammation 2 Flashcards

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What are the 3 major phases of acute inflammation?

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  • Fluid phase
  • Neutrophil phase
  • Macrophage phase
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When does the macrophage phase peak approximatly?

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2-3 days in

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What is margination?

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Heavy particles predominantley sit at the centre of a blood vessel
- During vasodilation these particles can spread to the periphery of the blood vessel

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What is step 1 of margination?

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  • Vasodilation slows blood flow in postcapillary venules

- Cells marginate from center of flow to periphery

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What is step 2?

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Rolling

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What does rolling involve?

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Large molecules hit selcetins (act like speedbumps)

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What is P-selectin released from?

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Weibel-Palade bodies

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What is P-selectin mediated by?

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Histamine

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What is E-seletin induced by?

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TNF and IL-1

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What are the 2 key proteins within Weibel-Palade bodies?

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  • Von Willebrand

- P-selectin

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What protein on neutrophils binds to selectin, allowing the leukocytes to roll along the vessel wall?

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Sialyl Lewis X

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What are cellular adhesion molecules upregulated on the endothelium by?

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  • TNF

- IL-1

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What is the 5 steps involved for neutrophils in acute inflammation?

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  • Margination (migration to periphery)
  • Rolling
  • Adhesion
  • Transmigration and chemotaxis
  • Phagocytosis
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What are integrins upregulated on leukocytes by?

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  • C5a

- LTB4

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What does the interaction between integrins (from the leukocyte) and cellular adhesion molecules allow for?

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Firm adhesion to vessel wall

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What do the endothelial cells express to allow for adhesion?

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Cellular adhesion molecules

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What is the defect in leukocyte adhesion deficiency?

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AR

  • Defect of integrins
  • CD18 subunit
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What are the high yield clinical features associated with Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency? (3)

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  • Delayed seperation of umbilical cord
  • Increased circulating neutrophils
  • Recurrent bacterial infections lacking pus
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What is pus?

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Dead neutrophils sitting in fluid

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What are neutrophils attracted by?

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  • IL-8
  • C5a
  • LTB4
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What is phagocytosis enhanced by?

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Opsonins (IgG and C3b)

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At what point in the blood vessel do leukocytes transmigrate across the endothelium?

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Postcapillary venules

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Describe how phagocytosis occurs

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The leukocyte will draw out pseudopods (arm like structures) around the pathogen and consume it

  • This will then create a vesicle inside the leukocyte - known as a phagosome
  • This will then merge witha lysosome to create a phagolysosome
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What is the mechanism behind Chediak-Higashi Syndrome?

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  • Protein trafficking (Microtubule) defect

- Impaired phagolysosome formation - infections

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How is Chediak-Higashi Syndrome inherited?
AR
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What are the clinical features of Chediak-Higashi syndrome?
- Increased risk of pyogenic infections - Neutropenia - Giant granules in leukocytes - Defective primary hemostasis - Albinism (melanin transport) - Peripheral neuropathy
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What cells create melanin and what cells express it?
Melanin is created by melanocytes but transported to keratinocytes which express it - show pigmentation
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What does NADPH oxidase convert?
O2 into superoxide
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What does superoxide dismutase convert?
Superoxide into Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
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What does myeloperoxide convert?
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into HOCl
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What substance is generated in phagocytes in O2-dependent killing? - Known as 'Oxidative burst'
Bleach (HOCl)
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What enzyme is there a defect in in Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)?
NADPH oxidase defect | - Poor O2-dependent killing
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How is CGD inherited?
- X-linked OR | - Aut Recessive
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What type of organisms are those with CGD vulnerable to?
Catalase +ve organisms
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What are the catalase +ve organisms?
- S. aureus - P cepacia - S marcescens - Nocardia - Aspergillus
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Via what pathway can the leukocytes create bleach in individuals with CGD?
They can take hydrogen peroxide from the bacteria to create bleach
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Why are those with CGD vulnerable to catalase +ve organisms?
Bacteria with catalase can break down hydrogen peroxide therefore, the bacteria cannot use the hydrogen peroxide to make bleach
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What does the Nitroblue tetrazolium test screen for?
CGD
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What does the Nitroblue tetrazolium test involve?
Turns blue if O2- (superoxide) is created from O2 - Blue if NADPH oxidase is working - Colourless if NADPH oxidase is defective
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What are MPO deficient patients vulnerable to (what organisms)?
Usually asymptomatic | - Candida
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What will a NBT (Nitroblue tetrazolium) test show in MPO deficiency?
Normal | - Turns blue
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What step of the conversion to bleach is defective in MPO deficiency?
H2O2 to HOCl-
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What does O2-independent killing occur via?
Enzymes present in leukocyte secondary granules (e.g. lysozyme and major basic protein)
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What is more effective O2 dependent or independent killing?
O2 dependent
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What is the final step for neutrophils in inflammation?
Resolution - Apoptosis - Disappear within 24 hrs after resolution of inflammatory stimulus - Creates pus
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What cells predominate after neutrophils in acute inflammation?
Macrophages
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When do macrophages peak after inflammation?
2-3 days after inflammation occurs
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How do macrophages destroy material?
- Ingest via phagocytosis | - Destroy phagocytosed material using enzymes in secondary granules
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What do the macrophages produce to start resolution and healing?
IL-10 and TGF-Beta
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What can macrophages produce to continue acute inflammation?
IL-8
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What can macrophages create which is known as an area of walled off acute inflammation?
Abscess
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What do macrophages express antigens on to produce chronic inflammation?
MHC class II
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