1. T-Cell Mediated Immunity Flashcards
Each T cell recognizes only 1 specific non-self peptide. How is this possible?
There is a large TCR repertoire, so they can recognize any Ag, this occurs in the thymus
What dictates the different immune responses by the two phenotypes of T helper cells, Th1 and Th2?
The different cyotkines they produce
Where do CD4 and CD8 attach to on MHC class II and MCH class I respectively?
To the non-polymorhpic/non-variant part (not the part involved in peptide binding
What are CD4 and CD8 called and why?
Called co-receptors because they are involved in signaling/activation
Naive T lymphocytes recirculate through the LN, and are activated there when they encounter TCR specific Ags. How are the Ags transported from the periphery to the LNs?
By mature dendritic cells (activated)
Naive T cells transiently interact with many DCs with antigens until it finds the specific one for their TCR. Upon antigen recognition naive T cells are activated to differentiate into effector cells and then can do what (2)?
remain in the lymphoid organs to help B lymphocytes
migrate to sites of infection to help activate macrophages
Ag recognition induces IL2 secretion by naive T cell, which allows clonal expansion, resulting in proliferation and differentiation of the T cells into…?
Effector or memory cells
The effector CD4 T cells respond to Ags by making cytokines which recruit and activate leukocytes and activate B cells. The CD8 CTL effectors will do what?
Kill infected and altered host cells
What are memory T cells
Long lived cells with an enhanced ability to react against the Ags
There are three signals that are required for T cells to proliferate and differentiate into effector and memory cells. These are?
- Ag recognition (signal 1)
- Costimulation (signal 2)
- Cytokines (signal 3)
Naive T cells can recognize antigens by DCs only, while effector T cells can recognize them by what?
Tissue Mø and B cells
What composes the signaling complex CD3?
Gamma Epsilon, Epsilon Sigma, and Zeta Zeta
Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) are the regions of signaling proteins that are phosphorylated on tyrosine residues and become docking sites for what?
Tyorsine kinases
Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs) are the regions of signaling proteins that are sites for WHAT, that counteract actions of ITAMs?
Tyorsine phosphatases
Superantigens (SAgs) produce by bacteria are the most powerful T cell mitogens ever discovered, needing less than 0.1pg/ml of a SAg to stimulate T cells in an UNCONTROLLED manner, resulting in?
Fever, shock and death due to toxic shock syndrome
SAgs bind MHCII molecules on the outside of the binding groove on the V region of the B subunit of the TCR. Once bound, they release massive amounts of proinflammatory cytokines such as..?
TNF, IL1, IL2
An example is staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE), a SAg that causes food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST)
Once the first signal of T cell stimulation is accomplished by antigen recognition, the APC is activated and increases expression of costimulators, which secrete cyotkines (IL2). What are the main costimulators for T cell activation?
CD28(T)/B7-1 or B7-2(APC) for stimulation
CTLA-4(T) /CD80/CD86 (APC) (same as B7) for inhibition
What is the main activator of APCs so they are able to use costimulators to activate naive T cells?
Microbes and cytokines activated during innate immune responses (inflammation)
What is a cytokine released by activated DCs which stimulate differentiation of naive T cells into a Th1 type / effector T helper cells?
IL-12 (the third signal)
CD28 is expressed on T cells and binds B7-1(CD80) and B7-2(CD86) on activated APCs. How do the CD28 signals work with Ag recognition?
In cooperation to promote survival, proliferation, and differentiation of Ag-specific T cells
DCs, Mø, and B cells express B7-1 and B7-2 (CD80/86) which can bind to CD28 and stimulate Naive T cells& generate regulatory T cells. Or it can bind to an inducible T cell receptor, CTLA-4 which does what? (have Tyr-X-X-Met on tail inside cytoplasm for signaling)
Negative regulation of the immune response &self tolerance
DCs, Mø, and B cells express the ligands ICOS-L (CD275) (inducible T cell COStimulator ligand), which binds to ICOS on T cells and does what? (have tyr-x-x-met on tail inside cytoplasm)
Costimulation of effector and regulatory cells, generation of follicular helper T cells
Mø, B cells; endothelial, epithelial and tumor cells (PD-L1 only) express PD-L1 (B7-H1,CD274) and PD-L2 (B7-H2, CD273), and stimulates PD-1 on T cells, B cells and myeloid cells and does what? (has ITIM/ITSM motif on tail)
It signals for negative regulation of T cells
PD= program death
CTLA-4 is stored in intracellular vesicles and is not expressed in naive and memory T cells. Once the TCR is triggered by Ag encounter the CTLA4 is transported to the cell surface. What is the main function of CTLA4?
A signal dampener to strong stimulation of CD28, to maintain a consistent level of T cell activation (not too strong or weak)