CONCEPT OF INJURYAND
CELLULAR RESPONSE TO INJURY
L1:
 Overview of Cell Injury, adaptation to
environmental stress and Cell Death
 Free radical injury, types of necrosis and apoptosis
L2:
 Mechanism of injury, Necrosis and Apoptosis
 Cellular accumulation and adaptation to injuries
L3:
 Cellular accumulation and Calcification
 Pathological calcification
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OVERVIEW OF CELLINJURY AND
ADAPTATION
Upon completion of this lecture, the student should
know:
• Causes of cell injury
• Adaptation to stress
•Reversible cell injury ( nonlethal hit)
• Irreversible injury and cell death ( lethal hit)
• Morphology of cell injury
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CONCEPT OF INJURYAND
CELLULAR RESPONSE TO INJURY
Cells are constantly exposed to a variety of stresses.
When too severe, INJURY results.
Injury alters the preceding normal steady state of the cell.
The Four MainTypes of Cell
Adaptations
Atrophy: shrinkage of an organ as a result of decreased cell
size (and cell number).
Hypertrophy: enlargement of an organ as a result of
increased cell size.
Hyperplasia: enlargement of an organ through an increase in
cell number.
Metaplasia: the replacement of one differentiated cell type by
another in a tissue or organ.
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Atrophy
Reversible
Decrease in sizeof cell (-s) previously of normal size
Physiologic
shrinkage of testes and
ovaries with age
Pathologic
• Decreased function
• Loss of innervation
• Pressure (“bed soars”)
• Malnutrition/cahexia
• Loss of endocrine stimulation
• Aging
Net results: tissue /organ smaller than normal
Signals/injury
Atrophy Hypoplasia & Aplasia
• Developmental failure
• Failure in morphogenesis
Autophagy
Less organells
Reduced metabolic rate
Lipofuscin granules
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LIPOFUSCIN: wear andtear pigment
Lipofuscin granules are yellow/brown in color and represent non-digestible
fragments of lipids and phospholipids combined with protein within autophagic
vacuoles.
They are commonly seen in ageing liver and myocardial cells.
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Hypertrophy – cellor organ
Reversible
Increase in size of cell in response to increased functional demand
and/or in response to Hormone/growth factors stimulation
Physiologic
• Athletes muscle
• Pregnant uterus
• Prostatic tissue (elderly)
Pathologic
• Cardiac muscle
• bladder smooth muscle hypertrophy
in outflow obstruction
Net effect: increase in size/volume/weight of tissue / organ
Signals/injury
Occur in cells which cannot divid
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Morphology of hypertrophy
Hypertrophic muscle cells show:
 Increased membrane synthesis.
 Increased amounts of ATP.
 Increased enzyme activity.
 Increased myofilaments.
 Hypertrophy of smooth endoplasmic reticulum
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Hyperplasia – cellor organ
Reversible
Increase in number of cells in response to increased functional
demand and/or in response to Hormone/Growth Factor stimulation
Physiologic
• Uterine muscle in
pregnancy
• Lactating breast
• Compensatory after
hepatectomy
Pathologic
• Endocrine stimulation, e.g. Thyroid
• Focal nodular hyperplasia (liver)
• Adenomatous hyperplasia of
endometrium
Net effect :increase in size/volume/weight of tissue / organ
Signals/injury
Signals/injury
Reversible
But not always
Metaplasia
Substitutionof mature (differentiated) cell for another mature cell
Physiologic
(metaplastic tissue/organs)
• cervical canal
Pathologic
(metaplastic tissue/organs)
• Gastric/duodenal metaplasia
• Ciliated to squamous in bronchial epith.
• Osseous metaplasia
• Barret’s oesophagus
Net effect: another cell/tissue - protective – changes in function
genetic "reprogramming" of stem cells
Notice
 Metaplasia isoften seen next to
neoplastic epithelium, indicating that
although this adaptive response is
potentially reversible, continued insult to
the cells may cause uncontrolled growth
and the development of cancer.
myocadial cells: lossof function after 1-2 min of ischemia
However do not die until 20 to 30 min of ischemia
EM: 2-3 hours, LM 6-12 hours
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Morphologic changes inReversible Injury
Early changes:
(1) Cloudy swelling or hydropic changes: Cytoplasmic
swelling and vacuolar degeneration due to intracellular
accumulation of water and electrolytes secondary to
failure of energy-dependent sodium pump.
2) Mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum swelling due to
loss of osmotic regulation.
3) Clumping of nuclear chromatin.
Morphologic changes inirreversible
injury:
1. Severe vacuolization of the mitochondria, with
accumulation of calcium-rich densities.
2. Extensive damage to plasma membranes.
3. Massive calcium influx activate phospholipase, proteases,
ATPase and endonucleases with break down of cell component.
4. Leak of proteins, ribonucleic acid and metabolite.
5. Breakdown of lysosomes with autolysis.
6. Nuclear changes: Pyknosis, karyolysis, karyorrhexis.
Morphologic changes inirreversible injury
- Dead cell are either collapsed and form a
whorled phospholipid masses or degraded
into fatty acid with calcification.
- Cellular enzymes are released into circula-
tion. This provides important clinical
parameter of cell death
e.g. increased level of creatinin kinase in
blood after myocardial infarction
MECHANISMS OF CELLINJURY
General principles:
- The cellular response to injurious stimuli depends on
1. type of injury
2. Its duration
3. Severity
-The consequences depend on
the type, status, adaptability, and genetic
makeup of the injured cell.
-The structural and biochemical components of a cell
are so integrally connected that multiple
secondary effects rapidly occur
-Cellular function is lost far before cell death occurs
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TAKE HOME MESSAGES:
Cell injury is common event and the body
respond by adaptation to a certain limit.
 Adaptation include atrophy, hypertrophy,
hyperplasia and metaplasia.
 Cellular injury is caused by various elements
include bacterial toxins, hypoxia, alcohol,
viruses and radiation.
 Cellular injury could be reversible (sublethal)
or irreversible (lethal).