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CELLULAR RESPONSES TO STRESS
-CELLS ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT
-CONSTANTLY ADJUST STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
-ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS
-PRESERVE VIABILITY AND FUNCTION
FACTORS DETERMINING CELL INJURY
Host Factors
Injury Factors
FACTORS DETERMINING CELL INJURY
CELL TYPE:
-LABILE - CONSTANTLY REPLACED
-STABLE - CAN BE REPLACED
-PERMANENT - CAN’T BE REPLACED

METABOLIC ACTIVITY

DEFENSE MECHANISMS
FACTORS DETERMINING CELL INJURY
TYPE

SEVERITY

DURATION
BASIC MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR INJURY
IMPAIRMENT OF AEROBIC RESPIRATION

IMPAIRMENT OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

DISTURBANCES OF IONIC AND OSMOTIC BALANCE (CELL MEMBRANE)

DEFECTS OF THE GENETIC APPARATUS
BASIC CAUSES OF INJURY
-OXYGEN DEPRIVATION (HYPOXIA)
-PHYSICAL AGENTS
-CHEMICAL AGENTS
-BIOLOGIC AGENTS
-IMMUNE DERANGEMENTS
-GENETIC DERANGEMENTS
-NUTRITIONAL IMBALANCES
-AGING
CAUSES OF INJURY -OXYGEN DEPRIVATION-
HYPOXIA

MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CELL INJURY/DEATH
OXYGEN DEPRIVATION EXAMPLES
LOSS OF OXYGEN SUPPLY (DROWNING, PNEUMONIA)

LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY -DIMINISHED BLOOD FLOW
(IMPAIRED ARTERIAL SUPPLY, REDUCED VENOUS DRAINAGE)

-THROMBOSIS AND EMBOLISM

LOSS OF BLOOD OXYGEN-CARRYING CAPACITY
-CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
-BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA

POISONING OF OXIDATIVE ENZYMES
-CYANIDE
DROWNING
3RD LEADING CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATH:
-350,000 WORLDWIDE/YEAR
-96% LOW-MIDDLE INCOME
-2ND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER AGE 12 IN U.S.
DROWNING STAGES
1. WATER ENTERS AIRWAY
2. LARYNGOSPASM
3. CEREBRAL HYPOXIA (UNCONSCIOUSNESS)
4. WATER MAY ENTER LUNGS
THROMBOSIS
FORMATION OF A CLOT IN A BLOOD VESSEL
EMBOLISM
MIGRATION OF A CLOT THROUGH VESSELS
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
-THROMBUS FORMS IN LOWER LEG VEIN

-THROMBUS COMES LOOSE AND EMBOLIZES

-EMBOLUS LODGES IN PULMONARY ARTERIES

-BLOOD FLOW THROUGH LUNGS CEASES

-PATIENT DIES OF ANOXIA
HEMOGLOBIN + CO
CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN
HEMOGLOBIN + O2
OXYHEMOGLOBIN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
56,133 DEATHS LAST YEAR
(FIRES, SUICIDES, UNINTENTIONAL)

STOVES, HEATERS, CAR EXHAUSTS

CO HAS 250X AFFINITY FOR HG THAN O2

100 ppm CO → 16% HgCO → DEATH

HALF-LIFE = 3-4 HRS
(30-90 MIN 100% O2; 15-25 MIN 100% HYPERBARIC O2 AT 2.5 ATM)
CYANIDE POISONING
5,000-10,000 DEATHS/YEAR IN U.S. (SMOKE INHALATION, SUICIDES, HOMOCIDES)

INACTIVATES CYTOCHROME OXIDASE

CELLULAR RESPIRATION CEASES

METABOLIC ACIDOSIS ENSUES

APNEA… DEATH

100% O2 AND CYANIDE ANTIDOTES
CAUSES OF INJURY -PHYSICAL AGENTS-
MECHANICAL TRAUMA
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
CHEMICAL AGENTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHANGE
IRRADIATION
ELECTRICAL SHOCK
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
GAS BUBBLES FORMING INSIDE THE BODY UPON DECOMPRESSION

CAUSES (ASSENT FROM DEPTH - SCUBA DIVING; ASSENT TO ALTITUDE - UNPRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT; LEAVING HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT – MINES, SPACEWALKS)

BREATH GASSES AT HIGH PRESSURE (GAS DISSOLVES INTO BODY FLUIDS; COMES OUT OF SOLUTION AS PRESSURE DECREASES)

BUBBLES FORM IN JOINTS (“BENDS”), BLOOD, CSF…

JOINT PAIN, PARALYSIS, “CHOKES”…
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS TREATMENT
PREVENT BY DECOMPRESSION STOPS

FIRST AID = 100% OXYGEN

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY
CAUSES OF INJURY -CHEMICAL AGENTS-
DIRECT IRRITANTS

SYSTEMIC POISONS
CHEMICAL AGENTS
-LARGE NUMBER OF SUBSTANCES

-EVEN GENERALLY INNOCUOUS SUBSTANCES (GLUCOSE, SALT, OXYGEN)

-IMPROPER CONCENTRATIONS CAUSE INJURY

-MANY ENCOUNTERED DAILY
(ENVIRONMENTAL AIR POLLUTANTS; SOCIAL – e.g. ALCOHOL)

-EVEN THERAPEUTIC DRUGS
CHEMICAL AGENTS MECHANISMS
MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY

OSMOTIC HOMEOSTASIS

ENZYME INTEGRITY
LEAD POISONING (PLUMBISM)
-Pb HAS NO KNOWN PHYSIOLOGIC ROLE

-“SAFE” LEVEL = 10-25 ᶙg/dl

-EXPOSURE: OCCUPATIONAL, PAINT, SOIL, WATER, PRODUCTS, HUNTING
LEAD POISONING (PLUMBISM) MECHANISM/SYMPTOMS
NEPHROPATHY – TUBULAR MEMBRANE DAMAGE;

NEUROLOGIC – DEMYELINIZATION

ANEMIA – DEFECTS IN HEME SYNTHESIS
LEAD POISONING (PLUMBISM) TREATMENT
PREVENTION

CHELATION THERAPY
LEAD POISONING (PLUMBISM) PROGNOSIS
WORSE IN CHILDREN

CNS EFFECTS IRREVERSIBLE
CAUSES OF INJURY -BIOLOGICAL AGENTS-
BACTERIA
VIRUSES
FUNGI
PARASITES
IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS
IMMUNODEFICIENCIES (INHERITED OR ACQUIRED)

HYPERSENSITIVITIES

AUTOIMMUNE REACTIONS

REJECTION OF GRAFTED OR TRANSPLANTED TISSUE
GENETIC DEFECTS
POINT MUTATIONS (50%; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA)

ANEUPLOIDY (25%; DOWN SYNDROME)

ALTERATIONS IN CHROMOSOMAL MORPHOLOGY (25%; CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA)
NUTRITIONAL IMBALANCES
DEFICIENCIES (PROTEIN-CALORIE DEFICIENCY; SPECIFIC VITAMINS)

EXCESSES (OBESITY; DIABETES)
CAUSES OF INJURY -AGING-
MAXIMUM AGE =110 YEARS (↓ CELLULAR REPLICATION; ↓ REPAIR ABILITIES)

RANDOM EVENTS REDUCE LIFESPAN EARLY

DISEASES OF OLD AGE REDUCE LIFESPAN LATE

WOMEN OUTLIVE MEN BY 7 YRS (LIFESTYLE - SMOKING, ALCOHOL; VIOLENT DEATH; SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CERTAIN DISEASES-CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CANCER)
MECHANISMS OF CELL INJURY -GENERAL PRINCIPLES-
MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

COMPLEX, INTERWOVEN PROCESSES

MANY PATHWAYS INVOLVED
DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT SPECIFIC MOLECULAR ALTERATIONS

CELLULAR RESPONSE DEPENDS ON TYPE, DURATION, SEVERITY OF INJURY

CONSEQUENCES DEPEND ON TYPE, STATUS, ADAPTABILITY, AND GENETIC MAKE-UP OF CELL

RESULTS FROM CHANGES IN: (MITOCHONDRIA – MOST IMPORTANT TARGET; CELL MEMBRANES; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC APPARATUS)
MECHANISMS OF CELL INJURY
DEPLETION OF ATP

DAMAGE TO MITOCHONDRIA

INFLUX OF CALCIUM

OXIDATIVE STRESS

DEFECTS IN MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY

DAMAGE TO RNA AND PROTEINS
DEPLETION OF ATP CAUSES
REDUCED OXYGEN SUPPLY

REDUCED NUTRIENT SUPPLY

MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE

SOME TOXINS (CYANIDE)
DEPLETION OF ATP SUSCEPTIBILITY
GREATER GLYCOLYTIC ABILITY BEST (LIVER)

LESS GLYCOLYTIC ABILITY WORST (BRAIN)

DEPLETION TO 5-10% OF NORMAL
DEPLETION OF ATP CONSEQUENCES
SYNTHETIC/DEGRADATIVE PROCESSES CEASE

FAILURE OF SODIUM PUMP

↓ GLYCOGEN AND ↑ LACTIC ACID (pH changes)

FAILURE OF CALCIUM PUMP

STRUCTURAL DISRUPTION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
DAMAGE TO MITOCHONDRIA CAUSES
↑ CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM

OXYGEN DEPRIVATION

TOXINS
DAMAGE TO MITOCHONDRIA CONSEQUENCES
MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE (LOSS OF MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; FAILURE OF OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION)

LEAKAGE OF CYTOCHROME c (INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS)
INFLUX OF CALCIUM
NORMALLY EXTRACELLULAR Ca++ >> CYTOSOLIC Ca++

LACK OF ATP → FAILURE OF Ca++ PUMP
INFLUX OF CALCIUM CONSEQUENCES
ACTIVATION OF ENZYMES (PHOSPHOLIPASES, PROTEASES, ENDONUCLEASES)

INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS
OXIDATIVE STRESS
OXYGEN FREE RADICALS

SINGLE UNPAIRED ELECTRONS [HIGHLY UNSTABLE,REACTIVE OSYGEN SPECIES (ROS)]

CAUSE MANY REACTIONS (REDOX REACTIONS; SUPEROXIDE RADICALS - H2O2; FENTON RXN WITH Cu AND Fe)
OXIDATIVE STRESS MECHANISMS OF ROS REMOVAL
SPONTANEOUS DECAY

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE

FENTON RXN
OXIDATIVE STRESS EFFECT ON CELLS
LIPID PEROXIDATION

PROTEIN CROSS LINKING

DNA FRAGMENTATION
DEFECTS IN MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY -CAUSES-
↓ PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS (DUE TO ↓ ATP PRODUCTION)

↑ PHOSPHOLIPID BREAKDOWN (PHOSPHOLIPASES)

OXYGEN FREE RADICALS (LIPID PEROXIDATION)

CYTOSKELETON ABNORMALITIES (↑ Ca++ → PROTEASES → DAMAGE)

LIPID BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS (FREE FATTY ACIDS, DETERGENT EFFECT)
DEFECTS IN MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY -SITE OF DAMAGE-
MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES (↓ ATP PRODUCTION; PROTEINS TRIGGER APOPTOSIS)

PLASMA MEMBRANE (OSMOTIC IMBALANCE; INFLUX OF FLUID AND IONS; LOSS OF CELLULAR CONTENTS)

LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANES (ENZYMES LEAK INTO CYTOPLASM; DIGESTION OF CELL COMPONENTS)
DAMAGE TO RNA AND PROTEINS
DAMAGE TO DNA REPAIR MECHANISMS

IMPROPERLY INFOLDED PROTEINS

BOTH TRIGGER APOPTOSIS
CELL INJURY AND NECROSIS -EXAMPLES-
ISCHEMIA AND HYPOXIC INJURY

ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY

CHEMICAL (TOXIC) INJURY
ISCHEMIA
IMPEDED ARTERIAL FLOW, OR

REDUCED VENOUS RETURN

MOST COMMON INJURY IN MEDICINE
HYPOXIA
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY

USUALLY ISCHEMIA BUT MANY OTHER CAUSES

↓ GENERATION OF ATP
ISCHEMIA AND HYPOXIA CONSEQUENCES
LOSS OF FUNCTION

SUBCELLULAR CHANGES

CLOUDY SWELLING

REVERSIBLE IF OXYGEN IS RESTORED IN TIME

IRREVERSIBLE IF PERSISTENT (NECROSIS, APOPTOSIS)
ISCHEMIA AND HYPOXIA
FAILURE OF ENERGY-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS:
1. ION PUMPS – SODIUM, CALCIUM

2. DEPLETION OF GLYCOGEN STORES (LATIC ACID ACCUMULATES; pH CHANGES AFFECT CHEMICAL REACTIONS)

3. REDUCTION IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
RESTORATION OF BLOOD TO AREA OF ISCHEMIA

MAY RESULT IN EXACERBATED INJURY

GENERATION OF ROS (INCOMPLETE REDUCTION OF O2 BY DAMAGED MITOCHONDRIA)

INFLAMMATORY & IMMUNE REACTIONS (ACTIVATION OF COMPLEMENT; ANTIBODY DEPOSITION)
CHEMICAL (TOXIC) INJURY -DIRECT ACTION-
COMBINE WITH CRITICAL MOLECULES/ORGANELLES (e.g. MERCURY POISONING: ATTACHES TO SULFHYDRAL GROUPS; INHIBITS ATP TRANSPORT; INCREASE MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY)

BASIS FOR CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY (TARGETS CELLS THAT USE, ABSORB, EXCRETE, OR CONCENTRATE CERTAIN CHEMICALS)
CHEMICAL (TOXIC) INJURY -INDIRECT ACTION-
CHEMICAL NOT INTRINSICALLY HARMFUL

CONVERTED INTO TOXIC METABOLITE (BY P-450 OXIDASES)

KILLS TARGET CELLS [FORMATION OF ROS; MEMBRANE DAMAGE;
e.g. CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (CCl4)]
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (CCl4) ACTION
CHEMICAL (TOXIC) INJURY -INDIRECT ACTION-
CONVERTED TO CCl3 IN LIVER

RAPID PHOSPHOLIPID PEROXIDATION (BREAKDOWN OF ER; ↓ PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REDUCED LIPID EXPORT; “FATTY LIVER”)

ALSO MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE (↓ATP STORES; DEFECTIVE ION TRANSPORT; Ca++ INFLUX; CELL DEATH)
STAGES OF CELL INJURY
REVERSIBLE CELL INJURY

CELL DEATH
CELL INJURY OCCURS WHEN:
STRESS IS SO SEVERE THEY CANNOT ADAPT

THEY ARE EXPOSED TO INHERENTLY DAMAGING AGENTS

CELLS HAVE INTRINSIC ABNORMALITIES
REVERSIBLE CELL INJURY
EARLY STAGES OF INJURY

MILD INJURY

DAMAGING AGENT CAN BE REMOVED

SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL & FUNCTIONAL CHANGES MAY OCCUR, BUT: CELL MEMBRANE INTACT; NUCLEUS NOT DISSOLVED
NECROSIS
MAJOR CELL DEATH PATHWAY

ALWAYS PATHOLOGIC

LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES DIGEST CELL

RUPTURED PLASMA MEMBRANE ELICITS INFLAMMATION
APOPTOSIS
CELLULAR SUICIDE

NUCLEAR DISSOLUTION

MEMBRANE REMAINS INTACT

ACTIVE, ENERGY-DEPENDENT PROCESS

TIGHTLY REGULATED

NOT ALWAYS PATHOLOGIC
CELL AND TISSUE INJURY -MORPHOLOGY-
STARTS AT MOLECULAR LEVEL

CELL FUNCTION STOPS FIRST

CELL DEATH LAGS BEHIND

MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES ARE LAST TO OCCUR (e.g. MYOCARDIUM) [NONCONTRACTILE IN 1-2 MINUTES; DEAD IN 20-30 MINUTES; EM EVIDENCE IN 2-3 HRS; LIGHT MICROSCOPIC IN 6-12 HRS]
REVERSIBLE INJURY -LEVELS OF MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES-
CELLULAR LEVEL (CELLULAR SWELLING; FATTY CHANGE)

SUBCELLULAR CHANGES

EM CHANGES
REVERSIBLE CELL INJURY
CLOUDY SWELLING

FATTY CHANGE

STROMAL FATTY INFILTRATION

HYALINE CHANGE

MUCOID DEGENERATION

FIBRINOID DEGENERATION
THE EARLIEST SIGN OF
CELL INJURY?
CLOUDY SWELLING (HYDROPIC CHANGE)
MECHANISM OF CLOUDY SWELLING
INJURY -> MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE -> DECREASED ATP PRODUCTION -> FAILURE OF SODIUM PUMP -> INFLUX OF WATER
CLOUDY SWELLING
CELLULAR SWELLING OR HYDROPIC CHANGE

USUALLY FIRST SIGN OF INJURY

WATER ACCUMULATES IN CELL

ENTIRE ORGAN PALE & SWOLLEN

ORGAN HEAVIER

USUALLY NO EFFECT ON FUNCTION

REVERSIBLE IF INJURY ABATES
CLOUDY SWELLING
ULTRASTRUCTURAL:
EARLY (SWELLING OF MITOCHONDRIA; BLEBS IN PLASMA MEMBRANE)
LATER (DISTENTION OF ER; DETACHMENT OF RIBOSOMES)

CYTOPLASMIC: HYDROPIC SWELLING

GROSS: SWOLLEN AND PALE
FATTY CHANGE
STEATOSIS

MANY CAUSES (ALCOHOLISM, DIABETES, OBESITY)

PARENCHYMAL CELLS (LIVER - ALCOHOLISM; HEART AND KIDNEY – HYPOXIA)

CYTOPLASMIC: LIPID DROPLETS

GROSS: YELLOW COLOR AND GREASY

NO EFFECT ON FUNCTION IF MILD

REVERSIBLE IF MILD
FATTY CHANGE MECHANISM
TRIGLYCERIDE ACCUMULATION

INCREASED LIPID SYNTHESIS

DECREASED LIPID UTILIZATION

INCREASED LIPID TRANSPORT

DECREASED LIPID MOBALIZATION
STROMAL FATTY INFILTRATION
INGROWTH OF FAT INTO THE STROMA OF AN ORGAN

-NOT REALLY AN INJURY-
HYALINE CHANGE
NON-SPECIFIC TERM FOR A SUBSTANCE WHICH IS: HOMOGENOUS, GLASSY, EOSINOPHILIC

INTRACELLULAR OR EXTRACELLULAR

EXAMPLE: AMYLOID (FIBRILLAR WITH EM; STAINS WITH CONGO RED DYE; CHARACTERISTIC COMPOSITION)
SUBCELLULAR RESPONSES
AUTOPHAGY

INDUCTION OF SER

MITOCHONDRIAL ALTERATIONS

CYTOSKELETON ABNORMALITIES
AUTOPHAGY
“SELF-EATING”

LYSOSOMAL DIGESTION OF CELL

COMPONENTS IN AUTOPHAGIC VACUOLE

FUSED WITH LYSOSOME TO FORM AUTOPHAGOLYSOME

DIGESTION OF COMPONENTS

MAY TRIGGER APOPTOSIS

UNDIGESTED MATERIAL IN RESIDUAL BODY
INDUCTION OF SER
DUE TO EXPOSURE TO TOXINS

HYPERTROPHY OF SER

MAY ACCOUNT FOR TOLERANCE

MAKES DRUGS LESS EFFECTIVE

MAKES SOME CHEMICALS MORE TOXIC
MITOCHONDRIAL ALTERATIONS
INCREASED NUMBER (HYPERTROPHY)

DECREASED NUMBER (ATROPHY)

ABNORMAL MORPHOLOGY (ALCOHOLICS)

ALTERED FUNCTION (MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES)
CYTOSKELETON ABNORMALITIES
REMODLEING OF INTRACELLULAR SCAFFOLDING

MAY CHANGE CELL MORPHOLOGY, SIZE, FUNCTION

INHIBITION OF MOBILITY, CILIA
ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES
PLASMA MEMBRANE ALTERATIONS (BLEBS, DISTORTION OF MICROVILLI, LOOSENING OF CELLULAR ATTACHMENTS)

SWELLING OF MITOCHONDRIA

DISTORTION OF ER

DETACHMENT OF RIBOSOMES

CLUMPING OF CHROMATIN
CELLULAR ADAPTATIONS
REVERSIBLE CHANGES

RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL INJURY

MAY BE PHYSIOLOGIC (HORMONES, EXOGENOUS CHEMICAL MEDIATORS)

MAY BE PATHOLOGIC (CELLS MODULATE STRUCTURE/FUNCTION; ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE INJURY)
PATHOLOGIC CELLULAR ADAPTATION FORMS
MAKE TAKE MANY DIFFERENT FORMS:

NUMBER OF CELLS

SIZE OF CELLS

PHENOTYPE OF CELLS

METABOLIC ACTIVITY

FUNCTION
CELL ADAPTATIONS
ATROPHY

HYPERTROPHY

HYPERPLASIA

METAPLASIA

DYSPLASIA
ATROPHY
SHRINKAGE IN THE SIZE OF CELLS RESULTING IN SHRINKAGE IN THE SIZE OF AN ORGAN OR PART
ATROPHY -GENERAL FEATURES-
SHRINKAGE IN THE SIZE OF CELLS

RESULTS IN SHRINKAGE IN SIZE OF ORGAN OR PART

SMALLER CELLS WITH DIMINISHED FUNCTION (NOT DEAD CELLS)

CELL RETREATS TO A SIZE WHERE SURVIVAL IS POSSIBLE

MAY BE PHYSIOLOGIC OR PATHOLOGIC
ATROPHY -CAUSES-
DIMINISHED WORKLOAD (FUNCTIONAL DEMAND) [IMMOBILIZATION OF LIMB AFTER FRACTURE]

LOSS OF INNERVATION (PARAPLEGIC)

DIMINISHED BLOOD SUPPLY (“SENILE ATROPHY” OF BRAIN)

INADEQUATE NUTRITION (MARASMUS)

LOSS OF ENDOCRINE STIMULATION (BREASTS AFTER MENOPAUSE)

PERSISTENT CELL INJURY (CHRONIC INFLAMMATION)

AGING (BRAIN)
UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME PATHWAY
ATROPHY MECHANISM

NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY ACTIVATES UBIQUITIN LIGASES

UBIQUITIN ATTACHES TO CELLULAR PROTEINS

PROTEINS DEGRADE IN PROTEASOMES
AUTOPHAGY
ATROPHY MECHANISM

“SELF-EATING”

FORMATION OF AUTOPHAGIC VACUOLES

CELLS EATS ITS OWN COMPONENTS
HYPERTROPHY
AN INCREASE IN SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF AN ORGAN OR PART
HYPERTROPHY -GENERAL FEATURES-
INCREASE IN SIZE OF CELLS

RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN SIZE OF ORGAN OR PART

NO NEW CELLS – JUST BIGGER CELLS

INCREASED AMOUNTS OF STRUCTURAL PROTEINS AND ORGANELLES

OCCURS IN CELLS INCAPABLE OF DIVIDING (PERMANENT TISSUES)

MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH HYPERPLASIA
HYPERTROPHY -CAUSES-
INCREASED FUNCTIONAL DEMAND: PHYSIOLOGIC (BODY BUILDER); PATHOLOGIC (HEART FAILURE)

INCREASED HORMONAL STIMULATION: PHYSIOLOGIC (UTERUS DURING PREGNANCY); PATHOLOGIC (GOITEROUS THYROID GLAND)
CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY
INADEQUATE CARDIAC OUTPUT

MECHANICAL (STRETCH) AND TROPHIC (α-ADRENERGIC) STIMULATION

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS ACTIVATED

INDUCTION OF SEVERAL GENES

SYNTHESIS OF CELLULAR PROTEINS (GROWTH FACTORS; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS - MYOFIBRILS)

INCREASED CARDIAC PERFORMANCE

BALANCE BETWEEN CARDIAC DEMAND AND FUNCTION IS ACHIEVED
LIMITATIONS ON HYPERTROPHY
VASCULAR SUPPLY

MITCHONDRIAL ATP PRODUCTION

COMPONENTS FOR STRUCTURAL PROTEIN FORMATION

DECOMPENSATION CAN OCCUR (VENTRICULAR DILATION, CARDIAC FAILURE)
HYPERPLASIA
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF AN ORGAN OR PART
HYPERPLASIA -GENERAL FEATURES-
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CELLS

RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN SIZE OF ORGAN OR PART

MORE CELLS – NOT JUST BIGGER CELLS

OCCURS IN CELLS CAPABLE OF REPLICATION

MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH HYPERTROPHY

CONTROLLED RESPONSE – DIFFERS FROM NEOPLASIA
PHYSIOLOGIC HYPERPLASIA -CAUSES-
INCREASED FUNCTIONAL DEMAND (RBC’S AT ALTITUDE)

HORMONAL HYPERPLASIA (FEMALE BREAST AT PUBERTY AND DURING PREGNANCY; UTERINE EPITHELIUM AFTER MENSTRUAL PERIOD)

COMPENSATORY HYPERPLASIA (REGENERATION OF LOST TISSUE; FOLLOWING RESECTION OR DISEASE EG REGENERATION OF LIVER;
MEDIATED BY GROWTH FACTORS FROM RESIDUAL CELLS)
COMPENSATORY HYPERPLASIA
REGENERATION OF LOST TISSUE

FOLLOWING RESECTION OR DISEASE (REGENERATION OF LIVER; MEDIATED BY GROWTH FACTORS FROM RESIDUAL CELLS)
PATHOLOGIC HYPERPLASIA -CAUSES-
PERSISTENT INJURY (CALLOUS)

EXCESSIVE HORMONAL STIMULATION (IMBALANCE BETWEEN ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING)

EXCESSIVE GROWTH FACTOR PRODUCTION
WOUND HEALING
LEUKOCYTES SECRETE GROWTH FACTORS
GROWTH FACTORS STIMULATE CT & BLOOD VESSEL PROLIFERATION
“PROUD FLESH”… KELOID FORMATION
VIRAL INFECTION
HPV INFECTION OF SKIN EPITHELIUM
VIRUS SECRETES GROWTH FACTORS
EPITHELIUM PROLIFERATES TO FORM A WART
EXCESSIVE HORMONAL STIMULATION
PATHOLOGIC HYPERPLASIA CAUSE

IMBALANCE BETWEEN ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE

ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING
EXCESSIVE GROWTH FACTOR PRODUCTION
PATHOLOGIC HYPERPLASIA CAUSE

WOUND HEALING (LEUKOCYTES SECRETE GROWTH FACTORS;GROWTH FACTORS STIMULATE CT & BLOOD VESSEL PROLIFERATION; “PROUD FLESH”… KELOID FORMATION)

VIRAL INFECTION (HPV INFECTION OF SKIN EPITHELIUM; VIRUS SECRETES GROWTH FACTORS; EPITHELIUM PROLIFERATES TO FORM A WART)
METAPLASIA
SUBSTITUTION OF ONE ADULT CELL TYPE FOR ANOTHER ADULT CELL TYPE
METAPLASIA -GENERAL FEATURES-
SUBSTITUTION OF ADULT CELLS TYPES

IN RESPONSE TO INJURY/STRESS

SENSITIVE CELLS,RESISTANT CELLS

FRAGILE CELLS, RUGGED CELLS

EPITHELIAL OR MESENCHYMAL CELLS

GENETIC REPROGRAMING OF STEM CELLS (CHANGE IN PHENOTYPE)

REVERSIBLE IF STRESS IS REMOVED (CAN IMPAIR FUNCTION; CAN GIVE RISE TO NEOPLASIA!)
SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA OF BRONCHUS
METAPLASIA -EXAMPLE

IN RESPONSE TO CIGARETTE SMOKING

CILIATED PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM → SSE

SSE MORE RESISTANT TO IRRITANTS

LOSE OF CILIARY AND MUCUS PROTECTION

MIGHT PREDISPOSE TO CANCER
SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA OF BLADDER
METAPLASIA -EXAMPLE

PERSISTENT CYSTITIS
GASTRIC METAPLASIA OF ESOPHAGUS
METAPLASIA -EXAMPLE

IN RESPONSE TO GASTRIC ACID REFLUX

SSE BECOMES GASTRIC/INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM

MUCUS PROTECTS MUCOSA

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS

PREDISPOSES TO ADENOCARCINOMA
OSSEOUS METAPLASIA OF COLLAGEN
METAPLASIA EXAMPLE

INVOLVES MESENCHYMAL TISSUES

CAUSED BY TRAUMA

BONE FORMS WITHIN COLLAGEN

TRAUMATIC MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS
METAPLASIA IN RESPONSE TO CHRONIC IRRITATION
SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA IN BRONCHUS OF A SMOKER

GASTRIC METAPLASIA OF ESOPHAGUS 2 REFLUX

SIGNIFICANCE: FULLY REVERSIBLE; CAN IMPAIR FUNCTION; MAY GIVE RISE TO NEOPLASIA
DYSPLASIA
ALTERATION IN SIZE, SHAPE, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE CELLULAR COMPONENTS OF A TISSUE
IRREVERSIBLE INJURY (DEATH) IS
THE CESSATION OF SPONTANEOUS:

CEREBRAL FUNCTION

RESPIRATION

CIRCULATION
SIGNS OF SOMATIC DEATH
ALGOR MORTIS - COOLING

LIVOR MORTIS - DISCOLORATION (DEPENDENT LIVIDITY)

RIGOR MORTIS - STIFFENING
NON-PATHOLOGICAL CELL DEATH
EMBRYOGENESIS

DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANS

MAINTENANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS
IRREVERSIBLE CELL INJURY
PAST NEBULOUS “POINT OF NO RETURN”

EVENTS ARE POORLY DEFINED

TRANSITION IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD

NO DEFINITE MORPHOLOGIC MARKERS

NO DEFINITE BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS

TYPICALLY INVOLVE EITHER: LACK OF OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION, OR DISTURBANCE OF MEMBRANE FUNCTION

TYPES: NECROSIS AND APOPTOSIS
NECROSIS
MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES IN TISSUE PRODUCED BY DEGRADATIVE ENZYMES FROM LYSOSOMES
NECROSIS -GENERAL CHANGES-
LACK OF MEMBRANE INTEGRITY

DUE TO ENZYMATIC ACTION (CELLULAR LYSOSOMES; FROM LEUKOCYTES IN INFLAMMATION)

ENZYMES MAY BE DETECTABLE (IN BLOOD, SERUM, ETC; MAY BE OF DIAGNOSTIC USE; CREATINE KINASE/TROPONIN IN MI; TRANSAMINASES IN LIVER DISEASE)
NECROSIS -CYTOPLASMIC CHANGES-
INCREASED EOSINOPHILIA

EARLY: GLASSY HOMOGENOUS APPEARANCE; LOSS OF GLYCOGEN PARTICLES

LATER: VACUOLATION (ORGANELLE DIGESTION); FORMATION OF MYELIN FIGURES; SAPONIFICATION/CALCIFICATION
NECROSIS -NUCLEAR CHANGES-
KARYOLYSIS (FADING OF CHROMATIN)

PYKNOSIS (SHRINKAGE AND BASOPHILIA)

KARYORRHEXIS (FRAGMENTATION)

NUCLEI DISAPPEAR IN 1-2 DAYS
TYPES OF NECROSIS
AUTOLYSIS

HETEROLYSIS (APOPTOSIS, COAGULATIVE NECROSIS, LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS, SPECIAL TYPES)
AUTOLYSIS
OCCURS AFTER SOMATIC DEATH

RAPID IN: GUT LINING, PANCREAS, ADRENALS
HETEROLYSIS
OCCURS WHILE THE HOST IS ALIVE
NECROSIS -MORPHOLOGIC PATTERNS-
COAGULATIVE NECROSIS

LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS

SPECIAL TYPES: CASEOUS NECROSIS, GUMMATOUS NECROSIS, GANGRENOUS NECROSIS, FAT NECROSIS (ENZYMATIC, TRAUMATIC), FIBRINOID NECROSIS
COAGULATIVE NECROSIS
ISCHEMIC INJURY (↓ RNA/DNA SYNTHESIS, ↓ PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, RIBOSOMES DEGRANULATE)

BASIC CELL SHAPE AND TISSUE ARCHITECTURE PRESERVED

NUCLEAR CHANGES OBVIOUS

INCREASED EOSINOPHILIA (PROTEIN DENATURATION, LOSS OF RNA)
LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS
TYPICAL OF BRAIN INFARCTION

ALSO SEEN IN ABSCESSES (PYOGENIC INFECTIONS)

TISSUE DIGESTED TO LIQUID STATE
CASEOUS NECROSIS
FORM OF COAGULATIVE NECROSIS

CASEATION (NECROSIS)

CHESS-LIKE – YELLOW/WHITE

AMORPHOUS GRANULAR DEBRIS

TUBERCULOSIS

TERMED A “GRANULOMA” IF FOCAL
GUMMATOUS NECROSIS
FORM OF COAGULATIVE NECROSIS

RUBBERY

MUMMIFIED TISSUE

TERTIARY SYPHILIS
GANGRENOUS NECROSIS
FORM OF COAGULATIVE NECROSIS

LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO LIMB OR ORGAN

“DRY” GANGRENE (NOT INFECTED, MUMMIFIED TISSUE)

“WET” GANGRENE (INFECTED, OOZES FLUID)
“WET” GANGRENE
INFECTED

OOZES FLUID
“DRY” GANGRENE
NOT INFECTED

MUMMIFIED TISSUE
ENZYMATIC FAT NECROSIS
PANCREATITIS

LIPASES BREAK DOWN TRIGLYCERIDES

COMPLEXES WITH Ca++ ->SOAPS

OPAQUE AND CHALKY WHITE
TRAUMATIC FAT NECROSIS
2° BLUNT TRAUMA

OCCURS IN BREAST

NO SAPONIFICATION
FIBRINOID NECROSIS
CAUSED BY IMMUNE REACTIONS

USUALLY INVOLVES BLOOD VESSELS

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEXES IN ARTERY WALLS

AMORPHOUS AND PINK

POLYARTERITIS NODOSA
APOPTOSIS
PROGRAMED CELL DEATH

PHYSIOLOGIC TURNOVER OF RENEWABLE CELLS

IMMUNE REGULATION

REGULATED CELL DEATH

CELLULAR “SUICIDE”

ELIMINATES: CELLS NO LONGER NEEDED, POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CELLS

MAY COEXIST WITH NECROSIS

NEOPLASTIC CELLS
APOPTOSIS -PHYSIOLOGIC CAUSES-
CELLS DURING EMBRYOGENESIS

HORMONE-DEPENDENT TISSUE INVOLUTION

LABILE CELL POPULATION MAINTENANCE

ELMINATION OF: USED CELLS, SELF-REACTIVE LYMPHOCYTES

INDUCED BY CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTES (VIRALLY INFECTED CELLS, NEOPLASTIC CELLS)
APOPTOSIS -PATHOLOGIC CAUSES-
CELLS WITH DAMAGED DNA

CELLS WITH ACCUMULATION OF MISFOLDED PROTEINS

CERTAIN INFECTIONS E.g. VIRUSES

ORGAN ATROPHY AFTER DUCTAL OBSTRUCTION
APOPTOSIS -BASIC MECHANISM-
CAPASES ACTIVATED

DEGRADE NUCLEUS/CYTOPLASM

PLASMA MEMBRANE INTACT

CELLULAR FRAGMENTS PHAGOCYTIZED

DOES NOT ELICIT INFLAMMATION

CONTAINS DAMAGE
APOPTOSIS INTRINSIC PATHWAY
MITOCHONDRIAL PATHWAY

CHANGE IN MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY

RELEASE OF CYTOCHROME c

ACTIVATION OF CAPASE 9
APOPTOSIS EXTRINSIC PATHWAY
DEATH RECEPTOR PATHWAY

SURFACE MOLECULES (TNF)

ACTIVATE CAPASE 8
APOPTOSIS -MORPHOLOGY-
CELL ROUNDS UP AND SHRINKS

CELL STAINS EOSINOPHILIC

CELL FRAGMENTS (APOPTOTIC BODIES)

APOPTOTIC BODIES EXTRUDED

PHAGOCYTOSIS OF BODIES
PATHOLOGIC CALCIFICATIONS
DEPOSITION OF CALCIUM SALTS

MAY ALSO CONTAIN Fe, Mg…

DYSTROPHIC CALCIFICATION OR METASTATIC CALCIFICATION
DYSTROPHIC CALCIFICATION
OCCURS IN DEAD/INJURED TISSUE

SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS NORMAL

GRITTY WHITE DEPOSITS (MAY AGGREGATE INTO LARGE MASSES)

MAY BE SEEN ON RADIOGRAPHS (TUBERCULOSIS GRANULOMAS)

BASOPHILIC ACELLULAR DEPOSITS

MAY BE INCIDENTAL OR MAY COMPROMISE FUNCTION
DYSTROPHIC CALCIFICATION STEPS
INITIATION (NUCLEATION)

PROPAGATION

CRYSTALIZATION (CaPO4)
METASTATIC CALCIFICATION
OCCURS WITH HYPERCALCEMIA

CAUSES: ↑ PTH, BONE DESTRUCTION, VITAMIN D-RELATED DISEASES, RENAL FAILURE

USUALLY IN INTERSTITIAL TISSUES

BLOOD VESSELS, KIDNEY, LUNG

USUALLY NO CLINICAL DYSFUNCTION

MASSIVE DEPOSITE SYMPTOMATIC (REMARKABLE RADIOGRAPHS, NEPHROCALCINOSIS)
INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATIONS
HARMLESS OR HARMFUL

IN CYTOPLASM, ORGANELLES, OR NUCLEUS

SYNTHESIZED BY AFFECTED CELLS OR ELSEWHERE

GENETIC OR ACQUIRED

METABOLIC ACCUMULATIONS AND PIGMENTATIONS
INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATIONS -MECHANISMS-
INCREASED SYNTHESIS

EXCESSIVE UPTAKE

UNDER UTILIZATION

UNDER MOBALIZATION
METABOLIC ACCUMULATIONS
LIPIDS (OBESITY, FATTY CHANGE)

CHOLESTEROL (MACROPHAGES BECOME “FOAM CELLS”, ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES)

PROTEINS (NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, RUSSELL BODIES, MALLORY BODIES, NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES)

GLYCOGEN (DIABETICS, GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASES)

MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES (STORAGE DISEASES)
INTRACELLULAR PIGMENTS -ENDOGENOUS-
LIPOFUSCIN: WORN OUT ORGANELLES; “WEAR-AND-TEAR” PIGMENT; GOLDEN-BROWN COLOR; HEART, LIVER; ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS; “BROWN ATROPHY” OF ORGANS

MELANIN: FROM MELANOCYTES; EPHELIS, NEVUS, MELANOMA

IRON: FROM ERYTHROCYTES; GOLDEN-YELLOW IN COLOR; HEMOSIDERIN (APOFERRITIN-Fe) – ECCHYMOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS

BILIRUBIN

COPPER
LIPOFUSCIN
ATROPHIC ORGANS OF ELDERLY (“BROWN ATROPHY”)

HEPATOCYTES, MYOCARDIUM, NEURONS

“WEAR AND TEAR” PIGMENT

LIPID PEROXIDATION OF ORGANELLES

GOLDEN-BROWN GRANULES

IN LYSOSOMES

NO HARM TO CELL
MELANIN
BLACK-BROWN PIGMENT

DERIVED FROM TYROSINE

EPIDERMAL CELLS OF SKIN

UV LIGHT PROTECTION

PRODUCED IN SOME TUMORS (NEVI, MELANOMAS)
IRON PIGMENTS
FERRITIN AND HEMOSIDERIN

PRUSSIAN BLUE REACTION

JAUNDICE, HEMOSIDEROSIS, HEMOCHROMATOSIS

DEPOSITS IN LIVER, SKIN, SCLERA
BILIRUBIN
YELLOW PIGMENT

RESPONSIBLE FOR JAUNDICE
COPPER
WILSON’S DISEASE

LIVER - LIVER FAILURE

BRAIN - ENCEPHALOPATHY

EYES - KAYSER-FLEISCHER RING
PIGMENTATIONS -EXOGENOUS-
ANTHRACOSIS

TATTOOS

AMALGAM TATTOO
ANTHRACOSIS
CARBON PARTICLES

IN CYTOPLASM OF MACROPHAGES

LUNG, REGIONAL LYMPH NODES

URBAN DWELLERS

BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS

INDIGESTIBLE AND PERMANENT

USUALLY DOES NOT HARM LUNGS (BLACK LUNG DISEASE)
CELLULAR AGING
DNA DAMAGE

DECREASED CELLULAR REPLICATION

REDUCED REGENERATIVE CAPACITY

ACCUMULATION OF METABOLIC DAMAGE

HORMONAL PATHWAYS
CELLULAR AGING -DNA DAMAGE-
OCCURS DURING NORMAL REPLICATION

ENHANCED BY FREE RADICALS

DEFECTS IN DNA REPAIR

↓ CALORIE INTAKE PROLONGS LIFE! (STRESS ACTIVATES SIRUTIN PROTEINS; CAUSES DEACETYLATION OF HISTONES; ACTIVATES DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; STABLILIZES DNA)
CELLULAR AGING -DECREASED CELLULAR REPLICATION-
CELLS HAVE FINITE # OF DIVISIONS

REPLICATIVE SENESCENCE OCCURS

PROGERIA AND WERNER SYNDROME (PREMATURE AGING; REDUCED CELL LIFE SPAN; DEATH BY AGE 50)

PROGRESSIVE SHORTENING OF TELOMERES (NO TELOMERASE IN SOMATIC CELLS; TELOMERASE ACTIVE IN CANCER CELLS)
CELLULAR AGING -REDUCED REGENERATIVE CAPACITY-
P16 PROTEIN IN STEM CELLS

LOSS OF CAPACITY TO SELF-RENEW
CELLULAR AGING -ACCUMULATION OF METABOLIC DAMAGE-
ROS (MODIFIED PROTEINS, LIPIDS, NUCLEIC ACIDS)

PROTEASOME INACTIVITY (ALLOWS DAMAGED ORGANELLES TO ACCUMULATE)
CELLULAR AGING -HORMONAL PATHWAYS-
INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS
EARLY SIGNS OF DEATH
LACK OF MOVEMENT

CESSATION OF RESPIRATION

CESSATION OF CIRCULATION

PALLOR OF SKIN

MUSCLE FLACCIDITY

CONTACT FLATTENING

EYE CHANGES