Gut Immunology - Dr. Shnyra Flashcards
Infant Gut Microbacteria and future health is due to
Early life exposures (from mom + diet+ environmental)
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- Symbiosis : immune tolerance, healthy intestinal meta. + homeo.
- Dysbiosis : Immune disease, (asthma, MS), Intestinal disease (IBD), Metabolic Disease (diabetes, obesity)
How if GI microbiota made in the prenatal
Established from microflora
Underdeveloped GALT, no Microflora
How if GI microbiota made in the postnatal,
After bacteria colonize in neonatal GI, The immune system and microbiota interact and develop the GALT (with Payer’s Patch +ILT) (which regulated the microflora)
ILFs
Single B-cell follicles that act as site for IgA production
Where in the GI are we exposed to different Ags
GALT
PP and ILF don’t have afferent lymph, how are they exposed to Ags
Directly on the epithelial cells from DC
When DC- Ag go into PPs what happens
The T-cells are activated and activate B-cells to make IgA plasma cells (in germinal center) that go to lamina Propria to release IgA into Intestinal lumen
Intestinal epithelial cells have PPRs that do what
MAMPs recognize the PPRs and this Recruits T-cells and B-cells to help cryptopatches develop into ILFs
= proliferation of epithelial cells and crypts and increase PPs
What do MAMPs do
Recognize PPRs Release DEFERNES (anti-microbial peptides)
What do goblet cells in the intestinal epithelial cells do
Make mucin (proteoglycan gel)
Where are microbiota sensed
- Enterocytes (SI)
- COLONOCYTES (LI)
- Paneth Cells (at base of SI crypts)
Since microbiota by the MAMP = make Antimicrobal peptides (AMP)
Secretory IgA interaction
Has a peaceful bacteria-host interaction due to
- IgA doesn’t activate a compliment system
- IgA doesn’t activate phagocytes (with Fc)
- IgA isn’t effected by proteolysis from proteases in stomach, SI, Pancreas
Major AMP in the GI which represents Innate immunity
Defensins
How are defensins made
Where is it found
Properties
by intestinal epithelial cells (MAMPs)
Inner mucous layer
Clusters of + charge aa and hydrophobic aa side chains = allows defensins to interact to microbial membranes and form PORES in it
What cell is right above the entrance into the Payers Patch
The M-cell
Where are most GI bacteria present in the GI
Outside layer of mucus over the intestine also epithelial cells
= rapidly killed by macrophages (in Lamina propria) if they penetrate the enterocytes
If DC picks up any penetrating bacteria in GI
It brings it to the T-cells and b-cells to make plasma IgA
When T-cells are activates they leave mesentery LN go to the efferent LN into BVs at thoracic duct and then back to mucosa in GI
What causes activation of Treg cells
- TGF-B = d=upregulate FOXp3 = differentiation of Tregs
- Capsular Polysaccharide A(PSA) can promote TLR2 and IL-10 + TGF-B
- RA = differentiation of Tregs
- IDO = immunosuppressant that causes anergic t-cells = PROLIFERATION of T-regs
Dysbiosis leads to and is a cause of what
Dysregulated immune system and inflammation if genetics allows
Changes in diet, environment
Symbiosis= immune regulation homeostasis
What do colonic microbial fermentation make
From undigested dietary fibers and carbohydrates ——> SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS (butyric acid, propionic acid, acetic acid)
Acetate function
Increase IL-10 ——> Tregs
Butyrate function
Act on DC or directly on Tregs to enhance their function
Malnutrition affects
Both GI immune and microflora
Can disrupt the microflora barrier to enteropathogen infection
what causes undernutrition
Innate and adaptive immunity
Cause of chronic GI infection
Nutrient deficiency and impaired barrier in GI
= more infections
Immune tolerance and Oral tolerance
Unresponsive to commercial bacteria and good Ags and self Ags
Unresponsive immune system to previous Ags put in the mouth
Failed oral tolerance
Food allergy and Celiac Disease