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HOST DEFENCE 2 Flashcards

1
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What’s the role of TH / CD4+ cells?

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Recognise antigens presented on Class II MHC (Major Hisrocompatibilty Complex)

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What are the three antigen presenting cells?

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  • Dendritic cells
  • B cells
  • Macrophages
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What are the different types of TH/ CD4+ T cells and what are their functions?

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  1. TH1 - stimulates cell mediated immunity (CDI)
  2. TH2 - stimulate the growth of specific plasma cell and antibody secretion
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What’s the role of Tc or CD8+ T cells?

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  • Recognise Antigen presented on class I MHC.
  • Trigger cytotoxicity (Cell Mediated Immunity)
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5
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All nucleated cells in the body produce MHC Class I molecules. True or false?

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True

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6
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What’s the function of B lymphocyes?

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Differentiate to plasma cells which produce antibodies (stimulated by cytokines)

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Describe the structure of antibodies/ immunoglobulins? (6)

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  • Tetramer of two light chains and two heavy chains
  • Light chains are two types - the lambda and kappa families 
  • Heavy chains form a single family
  • Each chain has an N-terminal variable region (V) and a C-terminal constant region (C)
  • The V domain recognizes antigen
  • The C domain binds to specific receptors present in cells of the immune system such as macrophages
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What’s the function of antibodies? (4)

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  • Opsonisation - antibodies bind to the pathogen, this attracts phagocytes
    • N terminal binds to the antigen
    • Fc portion of the antibody binds to an Fc receptor on the phagocyte, facilitating phagocytosis
  • Neutralisation - ability of the antibody to prevent the interaction between the pathogen and the cell
  • Complement Activation
  • Antibody dependent Cytotoxicity - antibody bound to pathogen interacts with Fc receptors on the NK cell = leads to release of cytoplasmic granules containing perforin and granzymes.
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Where are dendritic cells found?

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Found in thymus, lymph nodes and spleen (lymphoid organs)

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What’s the function of dendritic cells?

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Present the antigen or bring it to the lymphoid organs where an immune response is initiated = informing T cells that there is an infected cells

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What are the different types of specific acquired immunity and what microbes do eliminate?

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  • Humoral immunity - extracellular microbe
  • Cell-mediated immunity - intracellular microbe (phagocytosed microbes or microbes replicating within infected cells)
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What lymphocytes are involved in humoral immunity?

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B lymphocyte

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13
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What lymphocytes are involved in cell-mediated immunity? (2)

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  • Helper T lymphocytes - phagocytosed microbes
  • Cyotoxic lymphocytes - microbes replicating within infected cell
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How are infected cells killed by Tc lymphocytes?

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  • CTL precursors are activated
  • TCR-MHC mediated recognition of target cells and re-orientation of the killing machinery on target cell through polarisation (lytic granules are orientated where MHC class I engages with TCR)
  • lytic granules within T cell fuse with cell membrane releasing contents into small gap between T cell and target cell = cytotoxins + pores created on the cell membrane
  • CTL then dissociates from the target = not affected
  • the release of perforin pokes holes in cell = allows entry of Granzyme B = pathogen is killed by apoptosis
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What are the three characteristics of vaccinations?

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  • Vaccine immunogenicity
  • Vaccine efficacy
  • Vaccine effectiveness
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What is meant by vaccine immunogenicity?

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The ability to induce antibodies

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What is meant by vaccine efficacy?

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Reduction in incidence between those who have been vaccinated and those who haven’t

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What is meant by vaccine effectiveness?

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The ability of a vaccine to protect a community

19
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Describe the 5 different types of vaccines

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  • Killed Virulent Organism: Pathogen killed but antigen intact
    • e.g. Whooping cough
  • Live Attenuated: Strain doesn’t cause disease but still elicits an immune response
    • e.g. Rubella
  • Modified Toxins: Toxin treated with heat/chemicals, no symptoms experienced but immune response is triggered
    • Diphtheria
  • Isolated Antigens: Antigen injected to elicit immune response
    • Influenza
  • Genetically Engineered Antigens: Antigen is isolated and genetically engineered
    • Hepatitis B
20
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What affects the response to a vaccine? (7)

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  • Antigen content (e.g. live vaccines have higher content)
  • Protein content (results in increased antibody content)
  • Adjuvants present
  • Type of antigen
  • Dosage intervals - Longer intervals = more MHC interaction
  • Genetics
  • Age
21
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How do viruses replicate? (8)

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  • Adsorption: the attachment of the extracellular virus particle to the surface of the host cell
  • Penetration: virus fuse their envelope with the plasma membrane of the host cell and move into the cystol (endocytosis)
  • Uncoating: is broken down and viral genome is released into the cytoplasm.
  • Transcription: the production of viral mRNA (enzymes that are required are in the nucleocapsid)
  • Translation: the production of viral polypeptides from viral mRNA
  • Replication
  • Assembly: the newly replicated viral genes are encapsidated.
  • Egress: the release of virus from the infected cell
22
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How does the immune system identify virally infected cells?

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  • The proteases of the host cell break down the viral products
  • These bind to MHC class 1 (if epithelial cell) in the endoplasmic reticulum
  • They are transferred onto the surface of the epithelial cell and the viral antigen is displayed on the surface.
23
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What is the first response against the viral infection?

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Non-specific.
Cytokines produced include IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, TNF-alpha and IL-12 (act on target cells to inhibit viral replication, not the virus)

24
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What is the second response against a viral infection? (After cytokines)

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  • NK mediated killing of infected cells
25
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What is the third response against a viral infection?

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  • Specific
  • T-cell mediated killing of infected cell
26
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What type of virus is Influenza?

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Single stranded RNA virus

27
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Which types of influenza virus can infect humans?

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  • Type A
  • Type B
  • Type C

(so, all types of influenza virus can infect humans)

28
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Which types of influenza virus cannot infect birds/animals?

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Type B
Type C

29
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Which antigenic surface proteins does the influenza virus have?

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Haemagglutinin
Neuraminidase

30
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How many types of haemagglutinin are there?

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15 types

31
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How many types of neuraminidase are there?

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9 types

32
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What caused the 1918 “Spanish influenza”?

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Bird-to-human transmission of H1N1 virus

33
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What type of haemagglutinin/ neuraminidase caused the 1957 “Asian Influenza”?

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H2N2

34
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What type of haemagglutinin/ neuraminidase caused the 1968 “Hong Kong Influenza”?

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H3N2

35
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What is the function of haemagglutinin?

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  • Binds to sialic acid-containing receptors expressed on the host cells (this allows the endocytosis of the virion)
36
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What is the function of neuraminidase?

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  • Cleaves the bond between the host cell and the newly produced viruses (this allows the viruses release into the body and spread the infection)
37
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What protein does the virus use to produce a new capsid?

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M1 protein

38
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What is the function of M2 proteins?

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  • Proton pump (buffers the pH of the environment where the virus is = more virions produced)
39
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What is the problem with trying to target haemagglutinin receptors by making antibodies against them?

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Every year, a different type of haemagglutinin is in circulation = new vaccine needed because the antibodies are different

40
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What are the 2 types of epidemics that can occur?

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Antigenic drift and Antigenic shift

41
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What is antigenic drift?

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  • minor changes to the surface of the influenza virus (small changes in haemagglutinin)
42
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What is a antigenic shift?

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  • two or more different strains of a virus combine to form a new subtype = different type of neuraminidase and haemaggluttin
    (RNA exchanged)
  • The virus is not recognized
43
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How can viruses evade the B and T cell immune response?

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  • Inhibition of the function of cytokines
  • Inhibition of antigen presentation
  • Reduction of the MHC class I expression 
  • Reduce the levels of class II MHC molecules (HIV and measles do this)
  • Evade complement mediated destruction 
  • Constantly changing their antigens (influenza virus) = cannot be recognised

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