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2 Hour Surprise Complement Lecture Flashcards

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Immunization

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Ag stimulus that stimulus specific adaptive immune response that can be recalled during subsequent infections
Passive - Ab/antiserum only
Active - intro Ag that induces adaptive immune response

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Herd immunity

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Immunity acquired when a critical number of individuals in a population are vaccinated

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Considerations for immunization schedule

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Timing of exposure
Immunological maturity of child
Passively transferred Ab that may interfere with immune response of vaccine
Interference

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Passively transferred maternal IgG is completely degraded

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At 9 months of age

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Criteria for effective vaccine (only indicated item)

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Must induce protective T cells
Some pathogens, particularly intracellular, are more effectively dealt with by cell-mediated responses
Also need T cells to activate B cells for Ab production

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Inactivated vaccines contain

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Killed/ inactivated viruses
Subunits or components
Toxoid
Conjugated Ag

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Adjuvants

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Increase vaccine efficacy
Bacterial components or media that prolongs exposure or induces mild inflammation to attract phagocytes (increases chance that Ag will be picked up and presented)

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Conjugate vaccines

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Capsular polysaccharides from pathogenic bacteria elicit a t independent response
Must conjugate the vaccines by linking to a polysaccharide to Ag or toxoid to form an immunogen (t-dependent Ag)

HiB vaccine

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Immunological tolerance

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Unresponsiveness of adaptive immune system to Ag as a result of inactivation or death of Ag-specific lymphocytes, induced by exposure to the Ag

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Factors that promote immune tolerance

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Soluble, aggregate free, simple small molecules
Improper processing 
Oral/IV presentation 
Age (too young or too old) 
Dose (too large or small)
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Characteristics that promote adaptive immune response

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Large, aggregated complex molecules 
Proper processing 
Subcutaneous or IM exposure 
Intermediate dose 
not young af or old af
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Functions of complement

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Triggering, amplification of inflammation 
Attraction of phagocytes by chemotaxis 
Clearance of immune complexes 
Cellular activation 
Direct microbial killing
Development of humoral response
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Classical pathway is activated by

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Ab-Ag complex stimulates C1 binding

Either IgG or IgM (must bind multiple globular domains of C1q in order to activate)

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Alternative pathway activated by

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Spontaneous lysis of C3

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Lectin pathway initiated by

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MBL binding lectin and recruiting MASP1 + MASP2

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C1qrs can be inhibited by

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C1 inhibitor

Binds C1r and C1s to prevent cleave of C4 and C2

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C3 convertase classical pathway consists of

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C4b2a

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C5 convertase classical pathway consists of

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C4b2a3b

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Inserts into membrane and forms small pore

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C4b67

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Recruits 10-16 copies of C9

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C8

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Host cells protect themselves from spontaneous lysis of C3 by expressing high levels of what on their cell surface

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Sialic acid

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Factor D

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Cleaves factor B –> Bb and Ba

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Binds C3bBb and C3bBb3b and prevents increases half-life

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Alternative C3 convertase

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Alternative C5 convertase

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Binds N-acetylglucosamine on bacterial cell wall to induce autocleavage of MASP1 and MASP2

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Deficiency resulting in: High degree of SLE from failure to clear circulatory immune complexes - deposits on endothelial cells and activates alternative complement, local inflammation

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C2 deficiency

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Deficiencies in Factor H and Factor I mimic

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C3 deficiencies - unregulated C3b generation exhausts C3 from serum

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Deficiency results in increased susceptibility to Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis

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MAC deficiencies (C5-C9)

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Factor I

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Cleaves C3b and C4b
Cofactors: Factor H, MCP, C4BP, CR1
SERINE PROTEASE

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Factor H

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Binds C3b and displaces Bb

Also serves as a cofactor for Factor I cleavage of C3b

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C4BP

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C4 binding protein - binds C3b and displaces C2

Cofactor for Factor I cleavage of C4b

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DAF functions in a similar capacity as what two RCAs?

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Factor H (alternative pathway) 
C4BP (classical pathway)
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MCP

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Also known as CD46

Cofactor for Factor I cleavage of C3b and C4b

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DAF

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Displaces C2b from C4b (classical)
Displaces Bb from C3b (alternative)
Aka inactivates the C3 convertases

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CD59

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Blocks C9 binding and prevents formation of MAC

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Vibronectin

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S protein - prevents C5b67 from penetrating (heh) membrane

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Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema

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C1 inhibitor deficiency
Swelling attacks from physical trauma/emotional stress
Affects extremities, face, GI tract
Treat with androgens (increase transcription of C1 inhibitors)

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Deficient DAF
Hemolytic disorder with spontaneous episodes of RBC lysis, leukocytes, platelets sensitive to complement
Treat with EPO

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Type III Hypersensitivity

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Little Ab and excess Ag will lead to small immune complexes that are not cleared from circulation because they do not fix complement –> local inflammation –> basophils degranulation, platelet aggregation –> increase vascular permeability –> complex deposition –> attract neutrophils who further mess it up
==> increased Bp and vascular turbulence

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Biological functions of complement

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Opsonization (C3b, and a little C4b) 
Waste management (C3b binds CR1 of RBCs to transport Immune complexes to spleen/liver) 
Cell lysis (mac)
Inflammatory mediators (anaphylatoxins C3a, C5a, C5b67)
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Prokinin

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Also known as C2b - cleaved by plasmin to yield kinin –> edema

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Epstein Barr virus abuses complement to gain entry into cells by

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Using CR2 as a receptor for attachment

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Measles utilizes the complement system to infect cells by

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Using MCP (CD46) as a receptor

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West Nile hijacks complement machinery by

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Coating viral particles in C3b to gain entry into cells by CR3

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Neisseria meningitidis escapes complement degradation by

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Expressing protein on its cell surface that block the formation of convertases

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CH50 assay tests for

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Test ability of patients blood to perform Complement mediated hemolysis

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Classical deficiency

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Increases risk of developing immune complex diseases like SLE

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MBL deficiency

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Increases risk of infection by yeast sacchromyces cerevisiae and encapsulated bacteria

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Alternative pathway deficiency

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Decreases opsonization activity and increases risk of infection by encapsulated bacteria

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C3 deficiency

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Leads to 
Defective opsonization 
Defective leukocyte chemotaxis 
Decreased bactericidal killing activity (no MAC)
Also indicated in immune complex disease
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MAC deficiency

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Increased risk of infection to N. meningitidis

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