Vascular events of Inflammation

5 important questions on Vascular events of Inflammation

What are the five cardinal signs of inflammation?

1. Reddening
2. Warmth
3. Swelling
4. Pain
5. Loss of function

From local to systemic: vascular events

Local responses
1. Blood vessels: dilation, permeability, thrombotic tendency
2. Leukocytes: adhesion, chemotaxis, activation

Systemic responses
1. Brain effects: fever, malaise, anorexia
2. Leukocytosis
3. Liver: acute phase protein synthesis
4. SIRS & sepsis

Chemical mediators of the vascular changes in inflammation

1. Vasoactive amines (histamine, serotonin)
2. Plasma proteases
- Complement, c5a, c3a
- kinins: e.g. Bradykinin
- coagulation factors: e.g. FXII, thrombin
3. Eicosanoids: leukotrienes, prostaglandins
4. Platelet activating factor
5. Cytokines: IL-1, TNF, IL-8, IFN-gamma
6. Nitric oxide
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Common themes of inflammatory mediators

Source: plasma, local cells

Mode of action: bind to cell surface receptors, and trigger altered cellular function

Effects are transient and localized   
- Redundancy: many mediators -> similar effects
- Pleiotropy: one mediator -> many effects

Clinical & pathologic manifestations of vascular changes in inflammation

Vascular changes = increased vascular permeability
- Edema and fibrin from plasma fibrinogen influx into various regions

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