IAH theme 4 Flashcards
What are the aims of tissue and organ transplantation ?
transplants have to be physiologically fucntioning
process should not harm the recipient
Should not be rejected by the immune system
Is immunosupression selective ?
no
What type of reaction is hyperacute rejection ?
type II hypesensitivity- antibodies to the cell surface
What happens in hyperacute rejection ?
pre existing antibodies IgG against MHC in vascular endothelium in grAT
What causes a hyperacute rejection ?
mediated by MHC class I or ABO mismatch
Why might a person have antibodies to MHC on hyperacute rejection ?
pregnancy
multiple blood transfusion
previsous transplants
What happens in hyperacute rejection when antibodies bind to vascular endothelium ?
complement activation- endothelial damage
graft haemorrhage
blood clotting- vascular blockage
How can we avoid hyperacute rejection ?
MHC antigen cross matching
serological testing
What type of reactions are graft v host and transplant rejection
alloreaction- type IV
What is type IV hypersensitivity ?
T cell mediated
What are alloantigens ?
antigens that vary between individuals of the same species- eg. MHC
What are alloreactions ?
Immune response by one individual to the alloantigen of another causes by alloreactive T cells
What happens in transplant rejection ?
Kidney is transplanted
recipients T cells attack transplant
What happens in graft v host disease ?
haemoatopoietic stem cell infusions
stem cells transplanted
T cells in the transplant attack recipients tissues
What are the preparations for transplantations ?
limit ischaemia limit MHC class i/class II mismatch
What is ischaemia and what does it lead to ?
inadequate blood supply
leads to tissue damage and inflammation
What happens if there is an MHC class I/class II mismatch ?
alloreactive CD4 cells to class II alloreactive CD8 cells to class I
What happens if alloreactive T cells are produced ?
organ is attacked
acute rejection - type IV hypersensitivity
What is the gross appearance of an acutely rejected kidney ?
read areas of haemorrhage
grey areas of necrosis
When are immunosuppression drugs given for transplantation ?
before and after surgery
increases likelihood if infections
What can acute rejection progress to ?
chronic rejection
What type of reaction is chronic rejection ?
type III hypersensitivity - deposition of immune complexes of antibody/MHC molecules on vascular endothelium of graft
What does immune complex deposition lead to in chronic rejection ?
monocytes and neutrophils activated
Allograft specific T cells develop leading to chronic allograft vasculopathy
What happens in chronic allograft vasculopathy ?
arteriosclerosis of graft- hypotension, fibrosis and atrophy
loss of fucntion
fibrotic tissue deposition
What are the other causes of chronic rejection ?
ischaemic injury
viral infection - due to immunosupression
relapse of original disorder - leukaemia eg
What is the structure of MHC class I ?
alpha 1 2 and 3
B2 microglobulin subunit
present to CD8
What is the structure of MHC class II ?
alpha 1 and 2
beta 1 and 2
present to CD4
What is significant about MHC ?
lots of polymorphisms distributed differnetly within population
across different regions of the MHC
How does MHC relate to survival of transplanted organs ?
More MHC mismatches and the percentage of graft survival decreases
Half life diminshes with increasing mismatches
What is graft half life ?
time taken for the amount of viable graft tissue to be reduced in half
What is the order of MHC sensitivity of different organs ?
cornea is MHC neutral - easy to transplant
liver
Heart
Kidney
Bone marrow - require strict MHC matching - expresses a lot of MHC class II that can eb attacked by antibodies
How does a bone marrow transplant work ?
chemotherapy and irradiation to remove host bone marrow and kill cancer cells and stop immune response
infuse new haemoatopoietic stem cells that are matcheed
remake bone marrow
What are the conventional immumosupressive drugs ?
corticosteroids
cyclosporin and tacrolimus
What do corticosteroids do ?
inhibit inflammation by inhibting cyotkine production by macrophages
What does cyclosporin do #/
blocks IL-2 production by T cells and stops T cell proliferation as IL-2 is T cell growth factor
What are the side effects of cyclosporin ?
lead to gingival overgrowth
kidney damage
hypertension
What does the unique specifictity of antibodies allow ?
detection of proteins
What is the constant region ?
amino acid similarity between antibodies of the same class different classes have different constant regions
What is the variable region ?
antigen specificty
Fab
What are the antibodies like that are produced from conventional immunisation ?
mixed specificity mixed isotypes variability in batches limited amounts as drawn from the blood polyclonal
What are the monoclonal antibodies like ?
single specificity
single isotype made
no variabiltiy between batches- good quality
limitless production quality
What are recombinant antibodies like ?
single specificity single isotype no variability between batches limitless production quality genetically altered to be human like- no immune response
How do we produce monoclonal antibodies ?
Take B cell from mouse immunised with antigen
combine with myeloma cells- B cell cancer cells
kill non hybridomas
select for antigen specific hybridoma
clone hybridoma- make limtless antibodies - monoclonal
How can we diagnose immunodeficiencies ?
IgG, IgM , IgE, IgA levels
whole blood cell count
lymohocyte count
flow cytometry- chracterise deficiecy
How does flow cytometry work ?
label a mixture of cells with fluorescent antibodies to specific cell surface molecules - distingusih cells by cell surface expression
laser picks up the cells with a particular antibody
numerate them in a plot- see which deficiency
What is CD3 ?
cell surface molecule on CD4 and CD8 cells
What is CD19 ?
On B cells only -
plot shows none present in XLA
How are autoimmune diseases analysed ?
physiological function- see if it is reduced, eg. hyperthyroidism in Graves disease
look for presence of autoantibodies
How do we detect serum autoantibodies ?
with ELISA
Describe the presence of ELISA for autoantibody detection ?
antigen in plate
serum added- might contain autoantibody
second antibody added which is enzyme linked
binds to Fc tail of autoantibody if present
enzyme added- colour chamge if binds to secodnary antibody
Quantification of colour change- spectrophometer
How can we use immunofluoresence for antigen detection ?
Direct immunoflupresence- antibody added that has F on it - binds to antigen
Indirect immunofluoresence- second antibody that bidns to a primary antibody, Second antibody only has F
Which diseases can indirect immunofluoresence be used for ?
bullous pemphigoid- autoantigen in basement membrane, can use direct immunofluoresence to detect
Pemphigus vulgaris- more antigens in epithelial cells connections- immunofluoresence with second antibody
Good pastures syndrome- in glomerulus, immune complexes- detect complexes with antibodies
How can we diagnose allergies ?
intradermal skin test
Describe the intradermal skin test ?
injection with saline- see if injection causes any response- shouldnt
inject with Histamine- see a normal allergic response
inject with suspected allergen- could be positive
What are some agents used to manipulate the immune response ?
adjuvants in vaccines
molecules that inhibit cytokine signalling pathways- Tofacitinib- for rheumatoid arthritis - reduce joint inflammation
What do monoclonal antibodies end in ?
mab
What are the the types of monoclonal amtibodies ?
murine
chimeric
humanised
human
What are the problems with human monoclonal antibodies ?
need to be injected in large amounts
cant be eliminated in glomeruli
Fc receptors- bind to other cells- increase retention
high production costs
How does omalizumab work ?
antibody against IgE- anti-IgE
stops IgE in circulation binding to Fc receptors on mast cells upon allergen exposure- no degranulation
used in chronic asthma
What is an example of a biologic ?
infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis
How does infliximab work ?
anti-TNF alpha
inhivits TNF alpha induced inflamamtion in rheumatoid arthritis
dampens joint inflammation
What are the proven effects of infliximab ?
reduced pain and swollen joints
also reducd CRP
What does CRP indicate ?
systemic inflamamtion- acute phase protein sin liver- higher CRp
What is an adenoma ?
benign tumour
contained within a site
even when in an important area
What is adenocarcinoma ?
malignant tumour
invasive
spreads
Where can you find adenomas and adenocarcinomas ?
in glandular/secretory tissuse
What are the key features of cancer ?
proliferation and invasion
What are cancer cells immunologically similar to ?
self cells
Do cancer cells grow slowly or fast ?
slowly
How do we know the immune system can recognise ad reject tumours ?
immunodeficient animals- have higher incidence of cancer
immunosupressive therapy- increased cancer rates
cancer incidence increases with age due to immunosunescence
MHC differences can influence tumour survival