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Bacterial Intracellular Pathogens Flashcards

1
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What are the cons of intracellular survival?

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  • Must overcome host barriers
  • Must modulate innate immunity
  • Must modulate cell-mediated immunity
  • Must overcome bactericidal stress
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What are the pros of intracellular survival?

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  • Gain access to a protected / nutritious environment -> has a lot of carbon sources
  • Some protection from the immune response
  • Have time to adapt and modify the environment in the cell
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How are intracellular pathogens grouped?

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  • Facultative intracellular pathogens vs. obligate intracellular pathogens
  • Growth and survival in phagocytic cells after phagocytosis vs. growth and survival in non-phagocytic cells through induced uptake
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Name some examples of facultative intracellular pathogens

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  • Salmonella sp.
  • Legionella
  • Shigella sp. -> dysentry
  • Yersinia sp. -> plague / gastroenteritis
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5
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Name some examples of obligate intracellular pathogens

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  • Mycobacterium sp.

- Chlamydia sp. -> pneumonia / genital infections

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Name some examples of bacteria that grow and survive in phagocytic cells

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  • Salmonella -> typhoid fever / gastroenteritis
  • Listeria monocytogenes -> listeriosis
  • Mycobacterium sp. -> TB / leprosy
  • Legionella pneumophila -> legionnaires disease
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Name some examples of bacteria that grow and survive in non-phagocytic cells

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  • Salmonella -> will infect gut epithelial cells
  • Shigella
  • Listeria
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Describe the appearance of macrophages

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Large mononuclear cells with granular cytoplasm

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9
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Where are Kupffer cells found?

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Liver

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10
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Where are alveolar macrophages found?

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Lungs

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11
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Where are osteoclasts found?

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Bone

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12
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Where are microglia found?

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Brain

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13
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What do macrophages require for activation?

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IFN gamma

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14
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Where do macrophages migrate after killing?

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Lymph nodes

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Describe the appearance of neutrophils

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Small with multilobed nucleus and granular cytoplasm

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16
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What do neutrophils do after killing?

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Die at the site by apoptosis

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17
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What receptors do macrophages express for bacterial constituents?

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  • Mannose receptor
  • LPS receptor
  • Glucan receptor
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18
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What type of bacteria does the LPS receptor detect?

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Used for gram negative bacteria

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19
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What happens when bacteria bind to macrophage receptors?

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  • Initiates the release of cytokines and small lipid mediators of inflammation -> particularly if TLR4 is bound
  • Internalisation of pathogen into the phagosome
  • Acidification of the phagosome
  • Fusion of the phagosome with lysosomes / granules containing antimicrobial compounds to form the phagolysosome
  • Oxygen and nitrogen species are generated
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20
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What pH does the phagosome reach when acidified?

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3.5 - 4

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21
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What do TLRs recognise?

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Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)

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22
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What does TLR binding on macrophages result in?

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Cytokine production and cellular activation

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23
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Name the intracellular effector mechanisms of phagocytes

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  • Acidification
  • Toxic oxygen-derived products
  • Toxic nitrogen oxides
  • Antimicrobial peptides
  • Enzymes
  • Competitors
24
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What enzymes help bacterial breakdown in phagocytes?

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  • Lysozymes
  • Acid hydrolases
  • Collagenases
25
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What competitors are used in phagocytes?

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  • Lactoferrin

- Vitamin B12-binding protein

26
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Compare the mechanisms of pathogen destruction that macrophages and neutrophils use

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  • Both use phagosome acidification
  • Neutrophils use primary and secondary granules
  • Macrophages use lysosomes
  • Both use oxygen-dependent mechanisms and oxygen-independent mechanisms
  • Both use nitrogen-dependent mechanisms
27
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What are RNIs produced from?

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L-arginine

28
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What enzyme is used to produce RNIs?

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Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)

29
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How do intracellular bacteria avoid destruction by RNIs?

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Break down L-arginine using arginases to prevent RNIs being formed

30
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What enzyme is used to produce ROIs?

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NADPH oxidase

31
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What enzyme makes hypochlorous acid and singlet oxygen?

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Myeloperoxidase

32
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What are the strategies for intracellular survival in phagocytes?

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  • Avoid or prevent phagocytosis if unable to survive intracellularly
  • Internalised but able to proliferate in the vacuole -> disable / resist killing mechanisms
  • Internalised by phagocytosis but can escape the vacuole and survive in the cytoplasm
33
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How does Haemophilus Influenza avoid phagocytosis?

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Has a polysaccharide coat that prevents the virus being taken up by phagocytosis

34
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Is Salmonella gram positive or gram negative?

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Gram negative

35
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What cells does Salmonella infect intracellularly?

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Phagocytes and non-phagocytic epithelial cells

36
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Where does Salmonella survive in phagocytes?

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Survives and modifies the phagosome

37
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Does Shigella stay in the phagosome after being taken up by phagocytosis?

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No, it escapes the phagosome

38
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Does Shigella have intracellular motility?

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Yes, it can propel itself around the cytoplasm

39
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Name the diseases Salmonella can cause

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  • Typhoid fever
  • Enteric fever
  • Non-typhoidal salmonellosis
40
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What Salmonella causes typhoid fever?

41
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What occurs in the first phase of typhoid fever?

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  • Slow fever
  • Rose spots
  • Mild bacteraemia
42
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What occurs in the second phase of typhoid fever?

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  • Organism reaches the gall bladder
  • Re-invasion of the intestine
  • Ulcers
  • Haemorrhage
  • Typhoid state
  • Muttering delirium or coma vigil
  • Death (20%)
43
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What Salmonella causes enteric fever?

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S. paratyphi

44
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What Salmonella causes non-typhoidal salmonellosis?

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  • S. typhimurium
  • S. enteriditis
  • S. heidelberg
  • S. newport
45
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What is the incubation period of non-typhoidal salmonellosis?

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Usually 12-36 hours

46
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What are the symptoms of non-typhoidal salmonellosis?

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  • Chills/fever
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhoea
47
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How long does non-typhoidal salmonellosis last?

48
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How is Salmonella transmitted?

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  • Chicken
  • Pork and beef products
  • Eggs
  • Some fresh produce
  • Some reptiles act as vectors
49
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When did the common ancestor of Salmonella exist?

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25-40 million years ago

50
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What separated Salmonella and Escherichia lineages?

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Acquisition of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and the ability to cause intestinal infections

51
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What are the 2 species of Salmonella?

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  • S. enterica

- S. bongori

52
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What divided Salmonella into the 2 species?

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Acquisition of SPI2

53
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How does Salmonella translocate the gut lumen?

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  • Induces uptake into epithelial cells in the gut

- Can break down tight junctions between epithelial cells

54
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Describe the interaction between Salmonella and macrophages

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  • Taken up by macrophages where it can survive and disseminate
  • Once taken into the phagosome it’s known as salmonella containing vesicle
  • Can induce apoptosis in macrophages inducing IL-1beta and inflammation
  • If released from macrophages can induce uptake into epithelial cells via the basolateral side
  • Ruffling occurs as the actin cytoskeleton of the macrophage is modified by the Salmonella
55
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Describe the mechanism of Salmonella invasion

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  • T3SS translocates effectors into the host cytoplasm which activates host Rho GTPases
  • Effectors modulate the environment within the cell which leads to actin rearrangement (ruffling) and induction of mitogen-activated protein kinase paths destabilising tight junctions
  • Further changes in the actin cytoskeleton made via actin-binding proteins SipA and SipC leading to bacterial uptake
  • MAPK signalling activates host AP-1 and nuclear factor-kappaB causing the cell to release IL-8
  • SipB induces macrophage apoptosis and IL-1 and IL-18 release leading to further destabilisation of tight junctions allowing for more bacterial passage and brings more cells for the bacteria to infect
  • SptP leads to restoration of the actin cytoskeleton and down-modulating MAPK signalling and inflammation
  • SspH1 and AvrA also inhibit NF-kappaB
56
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How does Salmonella survive the macrophage?

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  • Salmonella produces arginase II that breaks down L-arginine to prevent the production of RNIs
  • SPI-2 and PhoPQ are involved in the evasion of ROIs, SCV is also involved in this
  • Salmonella induces the TLR to create an activated state
  • Salmonella inhibits fusion of the lysosome with the SCV to prevent the breakdown of Salmonella
  • Salmonella pushes the macrophage to go to an M2 phenotype which produces more anti-inflammatory cytokines
  • Salmonella promotes pyroptosis, apoptosis, autophagy or necroptosis which are tyes of cell death the Salmonella can survive
  • Pyroptosis is caspase1 mediated and produces IL-1beta and IL-18
  • Necroptosis is characterised by IFNR and RIP 1,3
  • SipB promotes autophagy

Human Microbial Diseases Block 1 (7 decks)

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