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Complement System Flashcards

1
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What form do compliment serum proteins circulate in?

A

inactive

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2
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What are 4 possible outcomes of complement system activation?

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target cell membrane lysis
chemotaxis
opsonization - promote phagocytosis
inflammation

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3
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What are the 7 steps?

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  1. Initiators bind
  2. Conformational changes
  3. Opsonization
  4. Inflammation
  5. MAC
  6. effectors act through complement receptors
  7. limit effects by promoting degradation/ preventing host binding
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4
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What is an example of an opsonin?

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C1q

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5
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What are the 3 activation pathways?

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classical/ lectin/ alternative

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6
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What complement protein do all 3 pathways generate?

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C3b

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7
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What pathway is associated with antigen-antibody immune complexes?

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classical pathway

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8
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What pathway is associated with PAMP recognition by lectins? recognize carbs

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lectin pathway

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9
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What pathway is associated with spontaneous hydrolysis?

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alternative pathway

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10
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What begins the process of complement deposition?

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binding of C1q

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11
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What is the C1 complex made up of?

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C1q opsonin/ C1r2s2 enzyme/protease ring
= C1qr2s2

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12
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What is the protease C1r2s2 composed of?

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2 C1r / 2 C1s

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13
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What happens after opsonin C1q binds the antigen-antibody complex?

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conformational change in 1 C1r molecule= activates it

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14
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What happens after first C1r molecule activated?

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it activates the second C1r and the 2 C1s molecules

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15
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What does C1s do?

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cleaves C4/ C2

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16
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What is cleaved by C1s first, C4 or C2?

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C4

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17
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What happens to the components of C4 cleaved by C1s?

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C4b- binds C2 and exposes it to C1s
C4a - away

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18
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What happens when C2 is cleaved by C1s?

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C3 convertase formed = C4b2a

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19
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What is C3 convertase?

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C4b2a

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20
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What happens to C2 components once cleaved by C1s?

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C2a- into C3 complex
C2b- away

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21
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What hydrolyzes many C3 molecules?

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C3 convertase

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22
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What combines to form C5 convertase?

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C3 convertases combine with C3
= C4b2a + C3b = C4b2a3b

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23
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What is C5 convertase?

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C4b2a3b

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24
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What part of C5 convertase binds C5?

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C3b

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25
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What happens once C5 binds to C5 convertase?

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C4b2a cleaves C5

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26
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What is C1 binding followed by?

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cleavage of C4 then C2

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27
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What is another term for lectins?

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Mannose-binding lectin = MBL

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28
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What do lectins bind to?

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microbial surfaces

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29
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What is the function of lectins?

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bind to microbial surface/ serve as docking sites for MASPs
= MBL associated serine proteases

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30
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What do MASPs do? (lectin)

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cleave C4/ C2 to form C3 convertase

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31
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What are the 3 ways the alternative pathway is initiated?

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  1. alternative tickover pathway
  2. alternative properdin-activated
  3. alternative protease-activated
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32
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What pathway describes how small amounts of C3 are always being cleaved/ activated C3b binds to membrane/ Factor B binds and is cleaved by Factor D?

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alternative tickover

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33
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What does factor D do?

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cleaves factor B into Bb

34
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What does C3b bound to factor B form once factor B cleaved by factor D?

35
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What is the C3 convertase in alternative pathway?

36
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What stabilizes the C3 convertase?

37
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What does properdin do after stabillizes C3 convertase?

A

cleaves more C3 proteins

38
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What is the C5 convertase in alternative pathway?

39
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How does alternative C5 convertase form?

A

newly active C3 binds to C3bBb

40
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What pathway is related to the clotting cascade?

A

alternative protease-activated

41
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What has been shown to stimulate cleavage of compliment proteins?

A

initiation of clotting cascades

42
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What serves as an opsonin- binds covalently ti microbial cells/ serves as ligands for phagocytic cells with receptors for it?

43
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What is C3b related to in all 3 pathways?

A

opsonization/ tagging cells for phagocytosis

44
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In the classical/lectin pathways what forms C5 convertase?

A

C3b + C4b + C2a

45
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What forms C3 convertase in alternative pathway?

46
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What forms C5 convertase in alternative pathway?

A

C3b + Bb + C3b

47
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What organ synthesizes all the C proteins?

48
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What are serum proteins?

A

inactive form (C)

49
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How is the compliment system activated?

A

when stimulated by trigger/ pathogen, proteases cleave specific proteins to release cytokines/ initiate cascade

50
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What are the 2 end results of complement activation?

A

stimulation of phagocytosis
activation of MAC

51
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Where do the 3 complement pathways converge?

A

formation of C5 convertase

52
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What is the role of C5 convertase?

A

cleave C5 into C5a/ C5b

53
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What initiates the formation of MAC?

54
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What is the MAC result of?

A

deposition of C5b/ C6/C7/C8/C9 = terminal components

55
Q

How do the terminal components result in cell death MAC?

A

pore structure disrupts osmotic integrity

56
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What are the 3 main classes of complement activity?

A

innate defences against infection
interfere between innate/ adaptive immunity
compliment contraction phase immune response

57
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What are some innate defences against infection by complement activity?

A

lysis of microbial cell membranes- MAC
opsonization/ inflammation/ chemotaxis

58
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What connects compliment-tagged pathogens to effector cells?

A

complement receptors

59
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What cells is CR1 on?

A

leukocytes/ erythrocytes

60
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What does CR1 do on RBCs?

A

bring immune complexes to liver for clearance by phagocytosis

61
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What on phagocytes helps bind to compliment coated bacteria to enhance ingestion/ destruction?

62
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What does CR1 do on B cells?

A

enhance ingestion for processing/ presentation to helper T cells

63
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What compliment receptor is on B cells?

64
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What compliment receptor is on RBC/ leukocytes?

65
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What connects compliment-tagged pathogens to effector cells?

A

Compliment receptors

66
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What does CR2 do on B cells?

A

binds to C3b
provides secondary signals through BCR

67
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What complement receptor is on granulocytes?

A

C3aR/ C5aR

68
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What are known as “bridges” between complement components/ cells they bind?

69
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What do C3aR/ C5aR do on granulocytes?

A

stimulate release of proinflammatory cytokines from basophils/ eosinophils/ neutrophils

70
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What regulates complement activity?

A

protein stability

71
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What provides host cell protection against prolonged periods of complement activation?

A

relative instability/ short half-life of C3 convertase unless stabilized by properdin

72
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What is the C1 inhibitor?

73
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What does C1INH do?

A

promotes dissociation of C1 components = inhibitor

74
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What is the result of C1INH binding to active site of serine proteases?

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causes C1r2s2 to dissociate from C1q
-no further cleavage possible

75
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What inhibits the initiation of classical/ lectin pathways?

A

C1NH = C1 inhibitor

76
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What is C3 convertase?

A

C4b2a/ C3bBb

77
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What degrades C3b/ C4b?

78
Q

What inhibits MAC complex?

79
Q

What prevents insertion into host cell PM?
- MAC inhibition prevent C9?
inhibition of lysis?

A

S protein = umbrella

80
Q

What can carboxypeptidases do?

A

inactivate C3a/ C5a anaphylatoxins

81
Q

Deficiency of C1q/C1r/C4/C2 often present with immune disorders due to inadequate what?

82
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Why would someone with MBL deficiency echibit greater frequency of infections?

A

by encapsulated pathogens due to inefficient opsonization/ phagocytosis

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