Innate Immunity Flashcards
Receptors for innate immunity are located here
Plasma membrane, endosomal membrane, cytosol
Receptors for adaptive immunity are located here
Only in plasma membrane
Distribution of receptors involved in innate immunity
Nonclonal: identical receptors on all cells that express the receptors
Distribution of receptors involved in adaptive immunity
Clonal: clones of lymphocytes with distinct specificities express different receptors
Genes encoding innate immune receptors are encoded here
Germline encoded; in all cells
Genes encoding adaptive immune receptors are encoded here
Formed by somatic recombination of gene segments only in B and T cells
Host cell-derived glycoproteins that coat pathogens and inhibit adherence
Mucin
Enzyme that degrades peptidoglycan (bacterial cell wall component)
Lysozyme
Cationic peptides (+ charge due to Arginine) that damage negatively-charged membranes - disrupt membrane integrity (bacterial, viral, and fungal)
Contain 3 intra-chain disulfide bonds
Amphipathic
Formed as inactive precursors by gut Paneth cells
Alpha and beta defensins
Specialized epithelial cells in the small intestine that secrete antimicrobial proteins such as defensins
Paneth cells
Macrophages develop from these cells
Monocytes
Monocytes can further differentiate into these cells
Macrophages
4 categories of white blood cells
Granulocytes
Mononuclear phagocytes
Dendritic cells
Lymphocytes
Most abundant cell in the innate immune response
Neutrophils
Phagocytes that are short lived, have a multi-lobed nucleus, and are most abundant cell in the innate response
Neutrophils
Type of macrophages in the brain
Microglial cells
Type of macrophages in the liver
Kuppfer cells
Branched cells involved in adaptive immunity that function as scouts in tissues
Engulf material in tissue and bring it to cells of adaptive immunity
Dendritic cells
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Rapidly induced ROS by assembly of phagocyte oxidase (respiratory burst)
Neutrophils
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Less prominent ROS response
Macrophages
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Low levels or none of nitric oxide
Neutrophils
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Nitric oxide induced following transcriptional activation of iNOS
Macrophages
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Degranulation is a major response and is induced by cytoskeletal rearrangement
Neutrophils
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Degranulation is not prominent
Macrophages
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Low levels of cytokine production per cell
Neutrophils
Does this describe macrophages or neutrophils:
Cytokine production is major functional activity; large amounts per cell; requires transcriptional activation of cytokine gene
Macrophages
When first line barrier of innate immunity are breached, the pathogen is recognized by these 2 systems
Tissue-resident macrophages and Complement
Type of macrophages in bone
Osteoclasts
Free plasma protein that is part of the collagenous lectin (collectin) family
Binds carbohydrate molecules expressed by pathogens
Mannose-binding lectin
Mannose-binding lectin binds this type of molecule expressed by pathogens
Carbohydrate
Any group of proteins that are not antibodies and do not originate in an immune system but bind specifically to carbohydrate-containing receptors on cell surfaces
Lectin
Lectins specifically bind to receptors which contain this
Carbohydrate