Cancers Flashcards
what cells consists within tumour microenvironment (TME)?
cancer stem cells
cancer cell
endothelial cells
pericyte
cancer-associated fibroblasts
invasive cancer cells
immune inflammatory cells (ICs)
how do the different cells in the TME communicate?
secreted growth factors
enzymes
and cytokines
where are immune cells derived from?
haemolytic stem cells (HSC)
from the bone marrow
what do Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) form?
- myeloid progenitor cells - passive immune cells
- lymphoid progenitor cells - adaptive immune cells
what are myeloid progenitor cells?
macrophages
what are lymphoid progenitor cells?
CD8 T cells
CD4 T cells
memory cells
plasma cells
What is immune tolerance?
Refers to the immune system’s state of unresponsiveness to substances or tissues that would otherwise trigger an immune response.
What is Central tolerance?
- occurs for premature immune cells, known as thymocytes
- strongly self reactive immature lymphocytes deleted
- increase affinity binding = cell death
What is Peripheral tolerance?
- apoptosis of lymphocytes that recognise self antigens in the periphery
- suppression of responses by regulatory T cells (Tregs)
what is immune surveillance theory?
constantly monitoring the body for the appearance of tumour cells, and that the majority of these abnormal cells are destroyed by the immune system before giving rise to clinically manifest tumours.
How does the immune system identifies tumour cells?
using neoantigens
how are neoantigens formed?
mutations in the cancer genome = tumour antigens
how do T cells get activated?
T cell receptor (TCR) on naive T cell binds to the antigen presented on the MHC (1 or 2) on the antigen presenting cells (APCs) = primary signalling
a second costimulatory signal is required for full activation of T cells
what is MHC 1/2?
human leukocyte antigen
whats an example of APC?
antigen presenting cells
dendrite
how is a second co-stimulation signal mediated?
tightly controlled interplay of stimulatory/inhibitory receptor and ligand pairs also known as IMMUNE CHECKPOINTS
what is an example of a second co-stimulation signal?
CD28 signal
what are immune checkpoints?
receptors/ligand pairs that activate full T cell activation thru a second co-stimulatory signal
what is CTLA4?
- member of CD28 receptor family on T cells
- out competes with CD28 ligands for B7-1 on the APC due having a higher affinity with CTLA4
- inhibits immune response at the priming phase of T cell activation
describe CTLA4 blockade for cancer therapy
anti-CTLA4 - ipilimumab
prevents its interaction with B7 ligands.
what are the side effects of ipilimumab?
skin lesions (rash/ vitiligo)
colitis
hepatitis/ hypophysitis/ thyroiditis
dose-dependent irAE’s
explain the mechanism of anti-CTLA4?
what is PD1?
IMMUNE CHECKPOINT for activated t cells
inhibitory function mediated by the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2, which dephosphorylates signalling molecules downstream the TCR
What does PD1 bind to ?
PD-L1
PD-L2
what does inflammation induced PD-L1 expression on B cells cause?
PD1 T cell exhaustion = inhibiting CD8 response
name some IMMUNE CHECKPOINTS?
activated T cell - PD1
naive T cells - CTLA4