Antigen recognition (8) Flashcards

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What complex recognises and aligns the RSSs adjacent to the gene segments to be joined?

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RAG1 RAG2 complex.

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What three steps occur once RAG1 and RAG2 have recoginsed and aligned RSS sequences?

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  1. Endonuclease activity introduces 2 ssDNA breaks close to RSSs.
  2. A DNA hairpin is created at the segments to be joined and a flush ds break at the end of the heptamers.
  3. Blunt ends ligated to form a signal joint. Nicked sequence is repaired to form the coding joint.
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3
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How can sequence variability be achieved in the coding joint?

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It can be nicked at various points and TdT can add or removed nucleotides.

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4
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Where does antigen independent B cell differentiation take place?

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Bone marrow.

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5
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How many nucleotides can TdT add?

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Up to 12. these form the N region.

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6
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When does TdT add nucleotides?

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During heavy chain rearrangement. This happens in the antigen independent stage in the bone marrow.

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7
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What are the three stages of antigen independent B cell differentiation?

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  1. Heavy chain gene rearrangement
  2. Light chain gene rearrangement
  3. Selection against self.
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8
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When is IgM expressed in B cell differentiation?

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After light chain rearrangement in the bone marrow.

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9
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What happens in the secondary lymphoid tissue?

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Somatic hypermutation- antigen dependant B cell differentiation.

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10
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What is expressed in antigen dependant B cell differentiation?

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Virgin/ naive B cells express IgM or IgM and IgD.

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11
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Where does somatic hypermutation occur, apart from in mature B cells?

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Throughout rearranged V regions. In mature B cells it seems to cluster around CDRs.

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12
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What is affinity maturation and where does it take place?

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The selection of high affinity receptors. It takes place in the 2ndry lymhoid tissue.

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13
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What is thought to introduce mutations in somatic hypermutation?

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AID- Activation Induced cytidine deaminase.

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14
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What happens in class switching?

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Same recombined V regions associate with different constant region genes.

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15
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What is the purpose of class switching?

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To allow for different loclisation or the induction of different effector functions.

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16
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What is specifically retained in class switching?

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The antigen.

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17
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Where does recombination occur in class switching?

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Switch regions.

18
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Is class switching reversible or irreversible?

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Irreversible.

19
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Why is class switching different to VDJ joining?

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Initiated by AID acting at switch regions.

20
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AID allows for class switching and acts at switch regions. What do these regions contain?

A

G rich tandem repeats.

21
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What does AID do?

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Mutates C to U.

22
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Where is AID expressed?

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Activated B lymphocytes/

23
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What is AID active on?

24
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What does AID actively trigger and why is this good?

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AID actively triggers DNA repair pathways. These are error prone leading to mutations which introduce additional variation.

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What two error prone mechanisms can AID induce?
Mismatch repair | Base excision repair.
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What does AID ultimately cause?
Somatic hypermutation.
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What do single strand nicks leading to double strand nicks cause?
Class switching.
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Is co-expression of IgM and IgD reversible?
Yes.
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How can B cells produce different classes of M and D immunoglobulin before class switching has occurred?
Differential transcriptional processing and splicing.
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What can differential processing of a primary immunoglobulin transcript control?
Whether the B cells produces membrane bound or secreted IgM.
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Does secreted or membrane bound IgM predominated as more B cells become active?
Secreted.
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What are the three key features of the A chain locus for TCR genes?
1. LVa 70-80 copies. 2. Ja - 61 copies 3. Ca region
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What are the 7 key features of a B chain locus for TCR genes?
1. LVb 52 copies 2. DB1 3: JB1 6 copies 4. CB1 5. DB2. 6. JB2 x 7 7. CB2
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Is the same recombination machinery used for TCR V region genes as it is for developing B lymphocytes?
Yes.
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Do V regions of B or T cell receptors not undergo somatic mutation?
T.
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What four features increase the diversity of TCR genes?
1. Multiple copies of each V gene segement. 2. alpha and beta chain combination. 3. Junctional diversity
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Where is junctional diversity concentrated in in TCRS?
CDR3 of TCR alpha and TCR beta.
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1-5% of T cells are gamma/delta. How are these generated?
Gene rearrangement.
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What do gamma/delta TCRS have less of?
V region segments.
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What could compensate for gamma/delta TCRS fewer V region segements?
Junctional variability focused at CDR3.
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gamma/delta TCR are known to be more 'antibody like'. What do they appear not to require?
Processing or presentation by MHC.