FMS Week 10: Primary Immunodeficiency Flashcards
Main Characteristics of Primary Immunodeficiency Disease
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- Primary (congenital)
- Group of highly variable diseases
- Almost always a genetic defect
Primary Immunodeficiency Disease Primary (Congenital)
- Mutation/defect is present at birth perinatally
- Not caused by damage to the immune system (secondary)
Primary Immunodeficiency
Mutation/defect is present at birth
Secondary immunodeficiency
Not caused by damage to the Immune system
Primary Immunodeficiency highly variable disease
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- time of manifestation ranges from birth to never
- Severity ranges from mild/no known symptoms to fatal
Primary Immunodeficiency Disease is almost always a genetic defect because?
How many Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases are there?
>200 distinct Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Diagnosis of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
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- recurrent or severe infections are usually the first sign of a possible primary immunodeficiency disease
- Infections at multiple sites, multiple pathogens (including normally avirulent)
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases are associated with unexpected pathology such as
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- Autoimmune diseases
- Cancer
- Allergy
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Defects of innate immunity
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Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Defects of lymphocyte Maturation
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Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Defects of lymphocyte Activation
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Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Other genetic disease with lymphocyte abnormalities
Inheritance of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
2 Distinct Patterns
- Autosomal Recessive Inheritance (requires 2 defective genes)
- X-linked Recessive
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Autosomal Recessive Inheritance Pattern
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Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: X-Linked Recessive Inheritance Pattern
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Defects in Lymphocyte Maturation Disease Examples
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Combines Immunodeficiency Syndromes occur in 1/? live births
1/58,000 live births
Mutations in genes whose products are crucial for the development and function of B and T cells may also affect…
NK cells
Disorders arising from disturbances in the development of B and T cells may also involve?
Natural Killer (NK) Cells
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases can be “Severe” in that they
They lead to death from overwhelming infection, usually in the first year of life
Since 2010 90% of newborns in the U.S> are screened for?
SCID
SCID Patient Presentations
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- Severe infections
- Lymphopenia
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Adverse reactions to live vaccines
- recurrent fevers
Treatment of Combined Immunodeficiency Syndromes
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)
Combined Immunodeficiency Syndromes Prognosis
Fatal in the first year of life if not treated, best prognosis is in patients receiving HCT before 3.5 months of age with no infections
T Cell Receptor Excision Circles are?
TRECs Properties
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Patients with SCID will not have mature T cells so they will not have _________
TRECs in the blood
X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease: what type of mutation is most common?
99% of X-linked SCID are caused by γc Mutations
X-linked SCID prognosis
Fatal in the first year or 2 of life if not treated
X-linked SCID are symptomatic/asymptomatic at birth
Asymptomatic at birth and time of testing
X-linked SCID: undiagnosed patients present in the first year with?
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- Recurrent opportunistic infections
- Chronic diarrhea
- Thrush
- Otitis media
- Failure to thrive
γc deficiency =
X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
γc is shared among many?
Cytokine receptors
- IL-2
- IL-4
- IL-7
- IL-9
- IL-15
- IL-21
IL-7 is required for?
T cell development and differentiation
IL-7 is produced in the ________ and signals through the _________ receptor to induce _______________
- Thymus
- IL7R/γc
- proliferation of pro-T cells
With γc deficiency, the effect on B cells is?
- B cell number will be normal but serum Ig will be low because there are no CD4+ T cells to stimulate B cells
Autosomal Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: mutations in nucleotide salvage pathway Percentages
- ~30% of autosomal SCID are caused by mutations in the gene coding for adenosine deaminase (ADA) enzyme
- 1% of all SCID is caused by a mutation in Purine Nucleotide Phosphorylase (PNP) enzyme
ADA and PNP are both involved in?
Converting toxic deoxyadenosine (a byproduct of breakdown and synthesis of DNA) to non-toxic byproducts that can be salvaged for DNA synthesis or removed as waste products
Deficiency in ADA or PNP causes?
Build up of toxic deoxyadenosine
Treatment for ADA or PNP SCID
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- Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
- Enzyme replacement therapy (weekly intramuscular injection)
ADA AKA
Adenosine Deaminase Enzyme (ADA)
PNP AKA
Purine Nucleotide Phosphorylase (PNP)
ADA and PNP deficiency toxic buildup of deoxyadenosine causes
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- Decreased DNA synthesis
- Decreased Lymphocytes
RAG1 and RAG2 are?
proteins that are involved in VDJ recombination
Without RAG1 and RAG2 functionality
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- There will be no B or T cells because the cells would not be able to make it past checkpoints early in development
- Pro-Pre checkpoint
- Pro B & T cells need to undergo VDJ recombination which involves RAG1 and RAG2 proteins
For Survival Pre-B cells require:
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- Successfully rearranged H chain
- Association with surrogate light chains
- Association with Ig-signaling molecules
- Basal signaling
Btk Deficiency: X-linked agammaglobulinemia
can’t get mature B cells