General principles of immune response Flashcards
What are the components of the innate immune response?
Barrier and chemical mechanisms.
PRR
Cellular (phagocytes and NK cells).
What are the components of the adaptive immune response?
Humoral and cellular.
What are the main PRRs?
Toll-like receptors (TLRs)
NOD-like receptors (NLR)
RIG-like receptors (RLRs)
C-type lectins
scavenger receptors.
What are the main antimicrobial peptides associated with the innate immune system?
Defensins
Cathelin
Protegrin
Granulysin
Histatin
Secretory leukoprotease inhibitor
Probiotics.
Which immune cells are involved in the innate response?
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
NK cells
NK-T cells
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Mast cells
Basophils
Epithelial cells.
Which complement components are involved in the innate immune response?
Classic and alternative pathways and proteins that bind complement proteins.
What are pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)?
Inclusive term for antigen recognition receptor in innate system. Common theme is recognition of Pathogen-associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) but also Danger Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMP’s).
What are the two groups of PRRs?
- Cell surface (transmembrane) and intracellular receptors – TLRs, NLRs, RLR’s and CLR’s.
- Fluid-phase soluble molecules - C-type lectin
What are the main features of the C-type lectin family?
e.g. Mannose-binding Lectin
Recognition of microbial complex carbohydrates
Bind via Carbohydrate-Recognition Domains (CRDs)
Role in neutralisation of pathogen
Role in recruitment of adaptive response
What is the role of IL-1?
Endothelia
- increased coagulation
- increased inflammation
Hepatocytes
- increased acute phase proteins
Hypothalamus
- increased fever
What is the role of TNF?
Endothelia
- increase coagulation
- increased inflammation
Hepatocytes
- increase acute phase proteins
Neutrophils
- increase activation
Hypothalamus
- increased fever
What is the role of IL-6?
Hepatocytes
- acute phase proteins
B lymphocytes
- increased proliferation
What is the role of macrophages?
Phagocytose and kill bacteria
Produce antimicrobial peptides
Bind (LPS)
Produce inflammatory cytokines.
What are the roles of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (DCs)?
Produce large amounts of interferon- (IFN-) which has antitumor and antiviral activity, and are found in T cell zones of lymphoid organs; they circulate in blood.
What are the roles of NK cells?
Kill foreign and host cells that have low levels of MHC+ self peptides.
Express NK receptors that inhibit NK function in the presence of high expression of self-MHC.
What are the roles of myeloid dendritic cells?
Interstitial DCs
- strong producers of IL-12 and IL-10
- located in T cell zones of lymphoid organs
- circulate in blood
- present in the interstices of the lung, heart, and kidneys.
Langerhans DCs
- strong producers of IL-12
- located in T cell zones of lymph nodes, skin epithelia, and the thymic medulla
- circulate in blood.
What are the roles of neutrophils?
Phagocytose and kill bacteria, produce antimicrobial peptides.
What is the role of eosinophils?
Kill invading parasites.
What are the roles of mast cells of basophils?
Release TNF-, IL-6, IFN- in response to a variety of bacterial PAMPs.
What are the roles of epithelial cells?
Produce anti-microbial peptides
- tissue specific epithelia produce mediators of local innate immunity, e.g. lung epithelial cells produce surfactant proteins (proteins within the collectin family) that bind and promote clearance of lung invading microbes.