[DISCUSSION] MODULE 1 UNIT 4 Flashcards
•Includes more than 30 soluble and cell-bound proteins
COMPLEMENT
•Normally circulate in an inactive precursor form
COMPLEMENT
•Develop proteolytic activity upon activation
COMPLEMENT
•Can be induced to carry out a cascade of enzymatic
reactions
COMPLEMENT
•formation of certain opsonins & inflammatory
mediators
COMPLEMENT
About (?)% of plasma complement components are synthesized in the liver and are acute phase proteins with the exception of C1q, factor D, properdin, and C7.
90%
About 90% of plasma complement components are synthesized in the (?) and are acute phase proteins with the exception of C1q, factor D, properdin, and C7.
liver
→ epithelial cells, monocytes/macrophages, and fibroblasts.
C1q
→ adipocyte
Factor D
→ synthesized mainly by monocytes and
macrophages, with some synthesis occurring in lymphocytes and granulocytes.
Properdin
Most (?) also appears to originate from monocytes and macrophages, although neutrophils were shown to store C7.
plasma C7
have the ability to synthesize all components of the classical and alternative pathways.
Monocytes, macrophages, cells of the synovial tissues, and astrocytes
4 FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEMENT
- Lysis of cells, bacteria and viruses
- Opsonization
- Binding to specific complement receptors on cells of the immune system, triggering specific cell functions
- Immune clearance
• Promote phagocytosis of particulate antigens
Opsonization
Binding to specific complement receptors on cells of the immune system, triggering specific cell functions:
•inflammation
•secretion of immunoregulatory molecules
•removes immune complexes from the circulation and deposits them in the spleen and liver
Immune clearance
•Nine (9) proteins of the classical pathway
Designated by the upper-case letter C followed by a number
•Designated by the upper-case letter C followed by a number
Nine (9) proteins of the classical pathway
•Designated by the upper-case letter (?) followed by a number
C
Molecules comprising the C1 complex
C1q, C1r,
C1s
Alternative pathway proteins
→ factors and referred to by an upper-case letter ( Factor B , Factor D)
Fragments of complement proteins
Lower case letter ( C4a, C4b)
NOMENCLATURE
•Smaller fragment
a
NOMENCLATURE
Larger fragment
b
NOMENCLATURE
Exception is
C2
Further degradation fragments of the large complement fragment of one component are designated by (?)
ted by lower case letters (e.g., C3c,
C3d)
Components that have lost activity are
designated with a (?)
lower case i (e.g., iC3b, iC4b)
Single components or multicomponent complexes that have enzymatic activity
•Designated by a (?)
bar over the component/s
Proteins of the recently described Mannose-Binding lectin pathway
•Designated by (?)
abbreviations of the proteins’ names (e.g., MBL, MASP)
3 PATHWAYS
- CLASSICAL PATHWAY
- ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY
- MANNAN-BINDING LECTIN PATHWAY
Mechanism of humoral immunity
CLASSICAL PATHWAY
Initiation: antigen – antibody complex
CLASSICAL PATHWAY
• 1 IgM molecule on an antigenic surface
2 IgG adjacent molecules that have bound antigen
CLASSICAL PATHWAY
• 2 IgG adjacent molecules that have bound antigen
CLASSICAL PATHWAY
(IgG3> IgG1>IgG2)
Effector mechanism of innate immunity
ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY
Also an effector mechanism of innate
immunity
MANNAN-BINDING LECTIN PATHWAY
Give all Non immunologic classic pathway activators
• C-reactive protein
• Serum amyloid P component
• b-amyloid
• Some gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains of low virulence)
• Mycoplasma
• Protozoa
• Intracellular components (DNA,mitochondrial components, cytoskeletal filaments)
• Other structures (surface of urate crystals, myelin basic protein,
bacterial endotoxin, polyanions like heparin, lipid A, cardiolipin,
dextran sulfate, chondroitin sulfate)
Give all Activators of alternative pathway
•Gram-negative endotoxins or bacterial products (dextrans, levans)
•Complex microbial and plant polysaccharides (e.g., zymosan, inulin)
•Human rbc stroma
• Some virus-infected cells (e.g., EBV)
•Aggregated human IgA
• Trypanosomes, Leishmania, many fungi
•Rabbit rbcs, aggregated F(ab’)2
fragments of guinea pig IgG1