64 Disorders of Neutrophil Function Flashcards
Part of a neutrophil used in locomotion
Lamellipodium - front
Uropod- back
A pivotal mediator of actin dynamics
promotes filament severing and depolymerization, facilitating the breakdown of existing filaments in concert with actin-interacting protein 1 (AIP1, also known as WD40 repeat protein 1 WDR1)
Cofilin
An actin monomer-binding protein, which, at low concentration, can act as an enhancer of actin filament assembly by shuttling actin monomers to the fast-growing (barbed) end of the actin filament
Mutation of this protein is associated with autosomal dominant form of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Profilin
An actin regulatory protein crucial for orchestrating the molecular events leading to proper endothelial barrier function and leukocyte recruitment in vivo, active in immune cells as well as the vascular lining
Cortactin
Cortactin homologue that is only expressed in hematopoietic cells
Essential for T-cell activation
HS1
Human defects in cortactin or HS1 have not yet been reported.
True or False
Locomotion is a prerequisite for ingestion
FALSE
Locomotion is NOT a prerequisite for ingestion: If neutrophils collide with a particle not secreting a chemotactic substance, pseudopodia form abruptly at the contact point and envelop the particle.
Refers to loose and somewhat transient adhesion of neutrophils at site of inflammation
Tethering
In macrophages,______________ act as phagocytic tentacles and pull bound objects toward the cell for subsequent phagocytosis
Filopodia
Actin-binding proteins associated with neutrophil plasma membranes which are important for organization of microvilli on the surface of the cell
Moesin, ezrin, and p205 radixin
These are primary adhesion proteins exposed on the microvilli
L-selectin and P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 (PSGL-1)
Initiates neutrophil rolling
P-selectin
Interacts with the neutrophil PSGL-1 to initiate neutrophil rolling
Only 1 inducible L-selectin counterreceptor has been identified on inflamed endothelium
Severs L-selectin from the surface of neutrophils and impairs their recruitment to endothelium.
ADAM17
Neutrophil PSGL-1 may also act as counterreceptor for L-selectin
Serve as counterreceptors for the neutrophil P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1
E-selectin and P-selectin
Chemokine that specifically attracts neutrophils.
IL8
IL-8 can be released by________or _________.
Histamine or thrombin
β2-Integrins are recognized by counterligands on endothelial cells:
Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) family, such as ICAM-1 and ICAM-2
A minority of neutrophils exit by a transcellular route through so-called ________________.
Endothelial cups
_____________are perivascular contractile cells that interact with endothelial cells and regulate vascular permeability
Pericytes
Once out in tissues the forefront neutrophils release _________________ to recruit an additional swarm of neutrophils to the area and recruit later incoming monocytes and macrophages.
IL-8 and LTB4
Examples of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)
Membrane-bound: toll-like receptors (TLRs) and C-type lectin receptors
Cytosolic: nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) and RIG-like receptors
Examples of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and where it binds
TLR2: lipoproteins and lipopeptides in association with either TLR1 or TLR6
TLR3: double-stranded RNA
TLR5: flagellin
TLR7/8: viral single-stranded RNA
TLR9 :unmethylated GpC regions on DNA
TLR11: profilin-like proteins of protozoa
Known as an LPS-binding protein but is not itself able to signal and presents LPS to TLR4.
CD14
Human neutrophils do not express these TLRs:
TLR3, TLR7, TLR10, or TLR11
Comprise a heterogeneous group of trans-membrane receptors that bind carbohydrates such as mannose, fucose, and β-glucans present on a variety of microbes, fungi in particular.
C-type lectin receptors
Receptors for Recognition of Microbes
Toll-like receptors (TLRs)
C-type lectin receptors: carbohydrates such as mannose, fucose, and β-glucans
Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs): peptidoglycans of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (NOD 1 and NOD 2)
Surface Components for Phagocytosis
For Immunoglobulins
Fcα receptor (CD89): immunoglobulin (Ig) A and IgG receptors
FcγRIIA (CD32)
FcγRIII (CD16)
Receptors for the complement component:
CD1qR
CR1 (CD35): binds CD3b, C4b, and C3bi
CR3 (CD11/CD18, Mac-1): binds C3bi
CR4
____________ serves as a marker for secretory vesicles and has allowed the identification of these as small intracellular vesicles that are scattered throughout the cytoplasm of neutrophils as is true for neutrophil granules
Albumin
TRUE OR FALSE
Secretory vesicles are not important for their cargo (plasma proteins), but for their membrane, which becomes fully incorporated into the plasma membrane of the neutrophil upon stimulation.
TRUE
First identified marker of secretory vesicles
Latent alkaline phosphatase
The first identified marker of secretory vesicles, latent alkaline phosphatase, is known to be elevated in chronic myeloproliferative disorders except for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Markers for secretory vesicles are _________and _______
CD10 (Neprilysin) and CD35 (CR1)
Neprilysin is also known as membrane metalloendopeptidase, neutral endopeptidase, or common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen.
Neutrophil granules
Peroxidase Positive: Azurophil granules: _____________: Primary granules
Peroxidase Negative: _____________: Myelocytes: ____________
Azurophil granules: promyelocytes: Primary granules: ** Peroxidase positive
Specific granules: Myelocytes: Secondary granules: ** Peroxidase negative
Azurophilic Granules
Myeloperoxidase
Bacterial permeability-increasing (BPI) protein
Defensins: 3 α-defensins; human neutrophil peptides (HNPs) 1–3
Serine proteases of azurophil granules: elastase, cathepsin G, proteinase 3, and neutrophil serine protease 4 (NSP4); azurocidin (CAP37 or heparin-binding protein [HBP]) is enzymatically inactive
Lysozyme
Specific Granules
Lactoferrin
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) or siderochelin
hCAP-18
Neutrophil collagenase
Olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4)
Gelatinase
Leukolysin, which is distributed among of resting neutrophils
Cytochrome b558, (gp91phox, p22phox)
CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1, Mo1, CR3, αMβ2)
Pentraxin-3
Ficolin-1
Arginase 1
Tertiary granule subset was identified in human neutrophils and shown to mainly contain __________
Gelatinase
Active against type IV collagen
Defensins are also named
HNPs (human neutrophil peptides)
Peroxidase-negative granules can be divided into 3 subsets based on the distribution of the 2 marker proteins, ________ and __________
Lactoferrin and Gelatinase
(a) granules that contain lactoferrin, but no gelatinase (15%)
(b) granules that contain both proteins (60%)
(c) granules that are rich in gelatinase, but low in lactoferrin (25%)
TRUE OR FALSE
It is a characteristic of peroxidase-negative granules that the proteins present in their matrix are not proteolytically processed.
TRUE
It is a characteristic of peroxidase-negative granules that the proteins present in their matrix are not proteolytically processed.
TRUE OR FALSE
The biosynthesis of neutrophil granule proteins is controlled at the transcriptional and not the translational level
TRUE
The biosynthesis of neutrophil granule proteins is controlled at the transcriptional and not the translational level
TRUE OR FALSE
Lysozyme is retained during biosynthesis. This explains the low concentration of lysozyme in plasma.
FALSE
Lysozyme is poorly retained during biosynthesis. This explains the high concentration of lysozyme in plasma.
MPO is efficiently retained; consequently, the plasma level of MPO is very low.
FUNCTION OF INDIVIDUAL GRANULE PROTEINS
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Marker of azurophil granules
MPO
MPO is known for the anti-MPO autoantibodies that are characteristic of the __________ antibodies
Perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies that are found in vasculitides, particularly those that primarily affect kidneys
Granule responsible for the binding of LPS and for the antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative microorganisms
Bacterial permeability-increasing
(BPI) protein
Only defensins found in human neutrophils and reside exclusively in azurophil granules
α defensins
Dominating proteins of azurophil granules
α Defensins
Only expressed in a subset of granules that are formed late in the promyelocyte stage
Unprocessed defensins
Secreted from late promyelocytes and myelocytes in the marrow and may serve as a marker of normal myelopoietic activity
A measure of normal higranulopoiesis which may be of clinical use in the setting of myeloablative treatment for acute leukemia
Prodefensins
Serine protease that leads to autoantibodies against itself in Wegener granulomatosis, which is known as cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
Proteinase 3
Syndrome described as lack cathepsin C activity and are not able to store serine proteases in their neutrophils
The condition is characterized by severe juvenile periodontitis and keratosis in hands and feet, but not by major systemic infections
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome
The dominating protein of specific granules
Lactoferrin
Protein with high affinity for iron and similar binding characteristics as ferritin
Lactoferrin
The antibacterial activity of lactoferrin does not depend exclusively on its ability to sequester iron because proteolytic fragments of lactoferrin, some of which are known as__________________, are directly bactericidal.
Lactoferricin
Protein that bind and sequester siderophores
NGAL, or lipocalin 2
Protein that binds enterochelin/ enterobactin with high affinity, and blocks growth of Escherichia coli
NGAL, or lipocalin 2
NGAL has been demonstrated to play a protective role in infections against E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Protein that is an essential resistance factor against mycobacterial infection
Nramp1
Protein that cleaves peptidoglycan polymers of bacterial cell walls and displays bactericidal activity toward the nonpathogenic Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis
Lysozyme
A particular high serum level of this enzyme is characteristic for the myelomonocytic leukemias
Lysozyme
The only human member of a family of antimicrobial peptides known as cathelicidins.
hCAP-18 also known as LL-37190 or CAMP
Protein that has angiogenic and endotoxin-neutralizing properties
Stimulates neutrophil, monocyte, and T-cell chemotaxis via the formyl peptide receptor-like-1
hCAP-18/ LL-37
hCAP-18/ LL-37 counterpart in the testis is cleaved by _______
Gastricsin
Protein capable of capable of degrading major structural components of the extracellular matrix
Matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs)
Neutrophil collagenase (MMP-8 of 75 kDa), which is localized to specific granules,
Gelatinase (MMP-9 of 92 kDa), which resides predominantly in gelatinase granules
Leukolysin (MT6-MMP/MMP-25 of 56 kDa), which is mostly present in the secretory granules
Pattern-recognition molecules that binds the complement component C1q and mediates activation of the classical complement cascade.
Pentraxin 3
Also binds K. pneumoniae outer membrane protein A (KpOmpA) from Gram-negative bacteria, especially the Enterobacteriaceae species, and binds Aspergillus fumigatus conidia.
Pattern-recognition molecules that binds acetylated carbohydrate structures on Gram-positive bacteria and can recruit mannose-binding lectin-associated serine proteases and activate the lectin complement cascade
Ficolin-1
Protein essential for essential for collagen synthesis
Proline
Protein that forms the membrane component of the NADPH oxidase
Cytochrome b558
Comprised of gp91phox and p22phox
Anaphylatoxin complement and receptors
Complement activation liberates the anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a, which activate 3 distinct GPCRs: C3AR, C5AR1, and C5AR2 (or anaphylatoxin receptors)
A major proinflammatory component and the most potent of the chemotactic proteins
Induces neutrophil chemotaxis, degranulation, and superoxide generation
C5a
The major C5a receptor
C5AR1 (CD88)