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B cells: Antibodies and Diversity Flashcards

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1
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What is the one Job of B cell?

A

Produce Antibodies

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B cells target ______

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One antigen epitope

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B cells affect ________ pathogens

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extracellular

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B Cells have infinite ________

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Target Diversity

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T/F B cells have a high probability of reaching maturation

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FALSE, low probability

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B cells undergo _____ selection and _____

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  1. Clonal

2. Expansion

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T/F B cells improve targeting following activation

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TRUE

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B cells can persist for how long?

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years

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What are the 6 phases of B cell development?

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  1. Repertoire assembly
  2. Negative Selection
  3. Positive Selection
  4. Searching for infection
  5. Finding infection
  6. Attacking infection
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What happens during Repertoire assembly?

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Generation of diverse and clonally expressed B-cell receptors in the bone marrow

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What happens during negative selection?

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Alteration, elimination or inactivation of B-cell receptors that bind to components of the human body

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Where do the first 3 phases of B cell development happen?

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Bone marrow, essentially just putting together an antibody

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What happens during positive selection?

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Promotion of a fraction of immature B cells to become mature B cells in the secondary lymphoid tissues

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What Happens during Phase 4?

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Recirculation of mature B cells between lymph, blood, and secondary lymphoid tissue

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What happens during phase 5?

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Activation and clonal expansion of B cells by pathogen-derived antigens in secondary lymphoid tissues

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What happens during phase 6?

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Differentiation to antibody-secreting plasma cells and memory B cells in secondary lymphoid tissue

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Antigen is anything a B cell antibody or a T cell receptor (with the help of MHC) can bind T/F

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TRUE

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T/F antibodies are Immunoglobulins and glycoproteins

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TRUE

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Antigens are ______ specific

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epitope

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Name 4 effector functions of antibodies

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  1. Receptors
    • B cells
    • Granulocytes (mast cells and basophils)
  2. Neutralization
  3. Opsonization
  4. Signaling
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What is the theoretical target diversity of Antibodies?

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1 x 10E16

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What is the practical target diversity of antibodies?

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1x 10E9

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Name 3 sources of antigen diversity

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  1. Genetic recombination
  2. Junctional Diversity
  3. Somatic Hypermutation
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What portion of the antibody determines its class?

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Isotype determines antibody class (This is part of the heavy chain)

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T/F While the light chain binds antigen, the heavy chain is only responsible for class distinction
FALSE, both bind antigen
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What are the two different protein chains of antibodies?
Heavy and Light chain
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Define Isotype
Variation within a particular protein
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Is the light or heavy chain responsible for Receptor interaction?
Heavy chain
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Does the light or heavy chain have a small variable region?
Heavy chain **Light chain has proportionally large variable region
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What are the two isotypes in the light chain?
Kappa and lambda
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T/F Different genes encode the heavy and light chains
TRUE
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Each antibody had how many Fab regions?
2, these are the antigen binding regions
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How many Fc regions does each antibody have?
1, these are the conserved regions that receptors bind to
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What dictates the 5 antibody classes?
Heavy chains
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What are the 2 types of Multimeric complexes?
1. Pentameric | 2. Dimeric
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Which antibody is a good example of pentameric complexes?
IgM, these are good at recruiting complement because you need relatively low energy to get this antibody to bind
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Which antibody is a good example of a Dimeric complex?
IgA
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Define antigen
A molecule recognized by a B cell or a T cell
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What is an Epitope?
The region of an antigen ound by an antibody or MHC/TCR
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What does HV stand for?
-
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What does CDR stand for?
-
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What are the different types of epitopes?
1. Linear epitope 2. Discontinuous epitope 3. Multivalent antigen with different epitopes 4. Multivalent antigen with a repeated epitope
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The _______ of the IgG molecule is crucioal for its function of binding simultaneously to ____ and to _________ and receptors of the immune system
1. flexibility 2. Pathogens 3. effector molecules
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What two things can change Antibody Structure?
1. Gene rearrangement 2. Somatic Hypermutation 3. Isotype switching (these last two happen once B cell is in a lymph node and activated
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How many different chromosomal locations are there that have the info to make antibodies?
3
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Antibody production requires ________
Recombination
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What is allelic exclusion?
Only one functional chromosome
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Somatic recombination creates _______
Antibody coding Sequence
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T/F Recombination follows a set sequence
TRUE
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Segments in somatic recombination are randomly paired T/F
TRUE
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What does the RAG complex do?
Randomly pairs gene segments
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When is junctional diversity created?
During recombination
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What does TdT stand for?
Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl transferase
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T/F A single B cell can express all antibody isotypes
TRUE
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How many antigen binding regions do you get per B cell?
One
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T/F Isotype switching is temporary and is due to the different type of infections
FALSE, it is permanent
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What is the order of the RAG complex thing?
----Slide 15----
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Which antibodies are first expressed?
IgM and IgD
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What receptors bind conserved regions of antibodies?
Fc receptors
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What are the two places where diversity comes in on antibodies?
-------
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What function as the B cell receptors?
Ig-alpha, Ig-Beta
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What does polyclonal mean?
Multiple antibodies targeted against the same antigen
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What is Monoclonal mean?
A single antibody targeted against a single antigen
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What are the diagnostic uses of Antibodies?
1. Pathogen Identification 2. Protein Quantification 3. Cellular Identification
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What are the therapeutic uses of antibodies?
1. Targeted killing 2. Chemical delivery 3. Immunomodulatory

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