Inflammation and Hemostasis (Lecture 31)
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What is the main focus of Lecture 31?
The relationship between inflammation and hemostasis, including how immune responses promote coagulation.
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What clinical abnormalities did Quinter, the 7.5-year-old dog, present with?
Fever, thrombocytopenia, right pelvic limb lameness, lethargy, decreased appetite, and increased respiratory rate.
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What were the major CBC abnormalities in Quinter?
Mild normocytic normochromic anemia, marked neutrophilia with a toxic left shift, and severe thrombocytopenia.
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What is the relationship between inflammation and hemostasis?
They are tightly interconnected and can activate and amplify each other.
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What is immunothrombosis?
An innate immune mechanism that uses localized coagulation to help defend against pathogens.
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What are the protective functions of immunothrombosis?
Trap pathogens, prevent their spread, promote localized killing, and minimize host damage.
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Which receptors recognize PAMPs and DAMPs to initiate inflammatory signaling?
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and other pattern recognition receptors.
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What examples of PAMPs and DAMPs are given in the lecture?
PAMPs include LPS, flagellin, and LTA; DAMPs include heat shock proteins.
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What happens after TLRs recognize PAMPs or DAMPs?
Proinflammatory signaling pathways activate, causing inflammatory cytokine secretion.
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Which complement fragments connect inflammation to hemostasis?
C3a and C5a, which are proinflammatory mediators.
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How do C3a and C5a promote coagulation?
C3a activates platelets; C5a increases tissue factor expression by monocytes.
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How do negatively charged molecules such as DNA and RNA promote coagulation?
They can activate factor 12 through contact activation.
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Where is tissue factor (TF) normally expressed?
On subendothelial cells beneath the vascular endothelium.
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What inflammatory signals increase monocyte tissue factor expression?
PAMP/DAMP recognition, complement components, inflammatory cytokines, and reactive oxygen species.
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What is the role of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) during inflammation?
It inhibits tissue factor-mediated coagulation
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What are neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)?
Extracellular networks of DNA and histones released by activated neutrophils.
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How do NETs contribute to innate immunity?
They physically trap microbes and contain antimicrobial peptides.
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How do NETs provide a scaffold for thrombosis?
Their extracellular DNA and histone networks provide a structure for thrombus assembly.
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How do histones released during NETosis promote coagulation?
They activate platelets.
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Which coagulation factor is activated by NETs?
Factor 12.
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How do NETs interfere with natural anticoagulant mechanisms?
They inhibit TFPI and block the thrombomodulin–activated protein C pathway.
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What are microparticles (MPs)?
Small membrane-bound vesicles released from cells.
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Which cells produce most circulating microparticles?
Platelets and megakaryocytes.
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Which cell-derived microparticles may be especially rich in tissue factor?
Leukocyte-derived and endothelial cell-derived microparticles.
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What conditions stimulate microparticle release?
Stress, hypoxia, reactive oxygen species, ischemia, and inflammation.
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How do microparticles contribute to inflammation?
They promote complement activation, leukocyte adhesion, cytokine release, and changes in endothelial function.
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Why does congenital factor 12 deficiency in cats not typically cause severe bleeding?
Factor 12 is not essential for normal in vivo hemostasis but contributes to contact activation and immunothrombosis.
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Which animal groups naturally lack factor 12?
Birds, reptiles, and marine mammals.
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What are the three major components of the contact activation pathway?
Factor 12, plasma prekallikrein (PPK), and high-molecular-weight kininogen (HK).
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How is factor 12 initially activated during contact activation?
It undergoes inefficient autoactivation after contacting negatively charged surfaces.
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How does kallikrein connect contact activation to innate immunity?
It can activate the complement system.
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How does thrombin connect coagulation to inflammation?
It activates protease-activated receptors (PARs) on platelets, endothelial cells, and other cells.
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What effects does thrombin have on platelets through PAR activation?
Platelet shape change, activation, and degranulation.
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Why can severe inflammation lead to pathological thrombosis?
Inflammation activates platelets, tissue factor, NETs, microparticles, and contact activation while suppressing anticoagulant mechanisms.
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