Immunosuppresive agents Flashcards
Calcineurin inhibitors (2)
Cyclosporin
Tacrolimus
Nuclear transcription inhibitors (1)
prednisone
mTOR inhibitors (1)
sirolimus (Rapamune)
Cell Cycle disruptors (4)
mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept)
azathioprine (imuran)
Methotrexate (trexall)
Cyclophosphamide (cytoxan)
Overall goal of immunosuppresive therapy
reduce T cell population
Critical cytokine released by an activated T cell, for proliferation/clonal expansion
IL-2
CD28 on T cell binds to?
B7 on APC
3 types of immunosuppressive therapies
- induction
- maintenance
- Rescue
Hallmarks of induction therapy
- at the time of the transplant
- relatively intense
- prolonged use prihibitively toxic
- may include donor specific transfusion or irradiation as drug alternatives
hallmarks of maintenance therapy
tolerable in chronic use, but not without side effects
*tends to employ drugs of milder potency that are more tolerable throughout the course of treatment
hallmarks of rescue therapy
intense and effective
chronically intolerable
*applied in response to rejection episode
classic maintenance therapy 3-drug combo
- calcineurin inhibitor (cylosporin)
- anti-proliferative (mycophenolate mofetil)
- steroids (prednisone)
list the order of graft immunogenicity
lungs > heart > kidney > liver > dick
Bind FKB12 protein
Tacrolimus
Polyclonal IgG drugs against human T-Lymphocytes
Thymoglobulin
Nuclear Transcription inhibitors
Prednisone
Binds to FKBP12 (2)
Tacrolimus
Sirolimus
Where do most of these immunosuppressive drugs work?
T cells: Targets include:
- cell surface inhibitors
- calcineurin inhibitors
- transcription inhibitors
- mTOR inhibitors
- cell-cycle inhibitors
Most common drug used in renal transplantation currently
thymoglobulin (poly clonal IgG against T cells)
transplantation between two non-identical organisms
allograft
second signal required for activation of T cell
CD28 must bind to B7 of APC to release autocrine growth factor IL2
IL-2 activated adjacent t cells to udndergo proliferation and differentiation
drugs that target T cell surface would be attempting to inhibit what
- proliferation of T cells in response to IL2
2. targeting the t cell for death by other immuno components
normal treatment path for induction therapy
there is none–> tx is different in each specific case
more similarites between donor/recipient will probably require less potent drugs
more dissimilar–>more potent drugs at higher concentrations
Calcineurin inhibitors MOA
a phosphatase that controls NFAT–>This prevents T cell from upregulate IL-2–>inhibits t cell proliferation and differentiation signal
Monoclonal Ab’s MOA
block secreted IL from an activated T cell from binding to the CD25 receptor on adjacent T cells
*diminishes t cell proliferation
glucocorticoids MOA
act in the cell nucleus to INHIBIT REGULATION of transcription of many proinflammatory cytokines…one of which is IL-2 this downregulate t cell proliferation
Normally, activation by IL-2 leads to what
activation of mTOR and initiation of cell-cycling
*inhibition of mTOR causes the IL-signal to be irrelevant
Where is CD52 expressed
surface of mature lymphocytes
Binding of CD52 by mAb’s leads to what processes
- ADCC (NK cell and is FC dependent) FCgammaR3
2. compliment mediated cytotoxicity
Thymoglobulin MOA
polyclonal IgG against human T lymphocytes–> leads to t lymphocyte depletion via Compliemnt dependent opsonization and lysis
mAb’s that bind to a ligand (2)
infliximab
omalizumab
mAb’s that bind to a receptor (2)
natalizumab
daclizumab
TGN1412 is what
mAb that is a CD28 superagonist
*binding to CD28 receptor can activate the Tcell without TCR ligation to antigen
What does FcRn do
controls transpot or IgG across cell barriers
*fucking Miller keeps calling this the FcRb receptor