23 - Immune Responses to Bacteria Flashcards
Pathogenesis
- Attachment and colonisation to host tissue
- Invasion into deeper host tissue and production of toxins
- Growth and multiplication at site of invasion
What determines immune responses to pathogneic bacteria
Surface chemistry
What is active against peptidoglycan layer
Lysosomal enzymes and lysozymes
What is active against. the outer lipid bilayer of gram negative
Cationic proteins and complement
What are immune responses to pathogens determined by
-If intracellular or extracellular
- Mechanisms of pathogenicity
Direct mechanisms of tissue damage by pathogens
- Exotoxin production
- Endotoxin (e.g. LPS)
- Direct cytopathic effect
Indirect mechanisms of tissue damage by pathogens
- Immune complexes
- Anti host antibody
- Cell mediated immunity
Recognition of bacterial components
- Many PAMPS activate cells via TLRs and other PRRs
- TLR activation leads to expression of co stimulatory molecules on phagocytes and has important role in production of inflammatory cytokines
Nucleotide binding oligomerisation domain (NOD) like receptors
Recognise bacterial degradation product in the cytoplasm
Extracellular bacteria
- Replicate outside host cells (e.g. blood, connective tissue) and in tissue spaces
- Induce inflammation resulting in tissue injury at the site of infection and produce toxins
Immunity to extracellular bacteria
- Phagocytosis, complement activation, and the inflammatory response
- Humoral immunity is a major protective immune response against extracellular bacteria, and it functions to block infection, to eliminate the microbes, and to neutralise their toxins
Anaphylatoxin C5a
- Enhances the phagocytosis of microorganisms opsonised in an innate immune response
What are phagocytes attracted by
- Bacterial structural components
- Complement products such as C5a
- Locally released cytokines and chemokines derived from resident macrophages and epithelial cells
What is neutralisation mediated by
High affinity IgG, IgM, and IgA
What is opsonisation mediated by
IgG1 and IgG3