Bacterial infection- better Flashcards
innate immunity in bacterial infections
- complement
- phagocyte recognition
- phagocyte killing
adaptive immunity in bacterial infections
- CD8
- CD4
- antibodies
innate response is
quick, but low-level
innate recognised
molecules common to bacteria but absent form the host
innate immune uses what to recognise bacteria
Patter recognition receptors to recognise PAMPs
- coded for in germline- limited diversity
Complemement pathways
classical
lectin
alternative
classical pathway
trigger by recognition of Ag-Ab complex (IgG/IgM) via Fc receptors on immune cell
lectin pathway
recognition of microbial surfaces e.g. mannose
alternative
spontaneous- foreign surfaces e.g. LPS
Killing by complement steps
1) recognition of microbial component
2) generates C3
3) C3 convertase covalently bind to cell surface at which complement activation was initiated- confinedto infectious organism
4) C3 convertase breaks down into C3a and C3b
5) C3b binds to microbial surface and forms part of theC5b convertase (C3b/C5), which forms part of the membrane attack complex (MAC
6) Cda causes inflammation
7) MAC- causes pores to form- cell lysis
Which parts of complement form the MAC
mostly C9- C8, C9, C7, C6, C5b
roles of C3a and C5a
bind to their receptors on mast cells and causes degranulation of histamine
C5a
also a chemoattractant
C3b
opsonisation and phagocytosis
C5b9
lysis of microbe
two types of phagocyte killing
Indirect and direct recognition
indirect recognition
bacteria coated with antibodies are recognised by antibody receptor (Fc receptors) or bacteria coated with C3b are recognised by C3b receptors- triggers phagocytosis
direct recognition
PRRs recognising PAMPs e.g. by TLRs
consequence of phacgocyte killing
- activating of pathways leding to cytokine and chemokine productions
- ingestion and killing
TLRS have 2 portions
-extra-cellular and intracellular