Innate Immunity Flashcards
Is innate immunity specific or non-specific? Fast or slow?
Non-specific, fast
Is adaptive immunity immediate or later? Specific or not?
Slow, specific
What are the cells that are involved in innate immunity?
- Phagocytes
- Neutrophils
- Natural killer T cells
What are the cells that are involved in adaptive immunity?
T and B lymphocytes
What are the cell receptors in innate immunity?
Fc & complement receptors, lectins (Non-polymorphic), Pattern recognition receptors
What are the cell receptors in adaptive immunity?
B and T cell receptors (diverse)
What are the circulating molecules in innate immunity?
Complement (non- polymorphic)
What are the circulating molecules in adaptive immunity?
Immunoglobulins (diverse)
What are the soluble mediators of innate immunity?
Macrophage-derived cytokines, other acute phase reactants, systemic effects, inflammation
What are the soluble mediators of adaptive immunity?
Lymphocyte-derived factors (local growth and regulation)
What is the recruitment mechanism in innate immunity?
Recruitment
What is the recruitment mechanism in adaptive immunity?
Clonal expansion
Which type of immunity has memory?
Adaptive
Which type of immunity it variable within indiiduals?
Adaptive–innate response is largely the same
What are PAMPs?
pathogen-associated molecular patterns (e.g single stranded DNA, RNA etc).
What is lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin)?
A pattern expressed by gram negative bacteria
What are damage associated molecular patterns?
endogenous molecules that are produced by, or released from damaged and dying cells, activating the innate immunity
What are toll-like receptors?
A subset of pattern recognition receptors
What is TLR4?
Toll-like receptor that binds to LPS, a gram negative protein
Where are PRRs found?
in different cellular locations; some are on the cell membrane, others in endosomes, and others in the cytoplasm
What does PAMP/TLR activate?
NFkB and IRFs which leads to inflammation antiviral state
What are inflammasomes?
Hyperactivation of the inflammasome results in autoinflammatory syndromes which can be treated with IL-1 antagonists.
True or false: The receptors of the innate immune system are encoded in germline DNA and recognize conserved patterns on pathogens
True
What is the complement system?
a system of non-polymorphic soluble proteins that form a proteolytic cascade important in clearance of a variety of pathogens
What are cytokines?
soluble molecules that form a mechanism for communication in the immune system. They can facilitate innate and adaptive immunity.
How does recruitment of lymphcytes occur? Leukocytes?
Lymphocytes - clonal expansion of specific lymphocyte populations
Leukocytes - Recruitment of leukocytes to sites of infection
Which type of immunity improves over time?
Adaptive
What are pattern recognition patterns (PRRs)?
Structures that a on leukocytes that recognize microbial pathogens
What are Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)?
molecular structures that are produced by microbial pathogens
PAMPs are ligands for what?
PRRs
What is the example of a PAMP used in class?
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin), which is on Gram-negative bacteria
What allows the innate immune system to recognize damaged self cells?
Damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). These are expressed by cells consitutively, so long as there is no damage to the cell
What are Toll-like receptors?
A protein recognition receptor on leukocytes that enables recognize specific PAMPs
What is the function of TLR4?
Recognizes the LPS molecule on Gram-negative bacteria, resulting in production of pro-inflammatory cytokines from monocytes and macrophages.
Where are PRRs found? Why is this significant?
some are on the cell membrane, others in endosomes, and others in the cytoplasm.
This is significant because both intracellular and extracellular pathogens can activate PRR.
What are NOD-like receptors?
Cytosolic PRR that trigger activation of innate immunity
What is the NLRP family
a subfamily of NLR that are important in generation of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1 via activation of the inflammasome
What are inflammasomes?
Proteins that are responsible for activation of the inflammatory process
What are the three mechanical barriers the body has to prevent infection?
- Epithelial cells
- Longitudinal flow of air
- Movement of mucus
What type of junctions are between epithelial cells?
Tight junctions
What are the two families of antimicrobial peptides that epithelial cells produce?
- Defensins
2. Cathelicidins
What is the mechanism of action of Defensins/cathelocidins?
These molecules are directly toxic to microbes and also activate leukocytes to promote inflammation
What prevent colonization of microbes in the GI and GU tract?
Low pH
What are lysozomes?
antimicrobial enzymes that break down bacterial cell walls
What is the commensal bacteria that normally reside in/on epithelial barriers
The microbiome
What is the benefit of the presence of a microbiome on human epithelial cells?
Prevents the colonization of the epithelial tissue by other microbials
What are the three professional phagocytic cells?
Neutrophils
Monocytes/macrophages
Dendritic cells
Where do the professional phagocytes originate from?
Bone marrow
What are the first cells that are present in the sites of infection?
Neutrophils
What percent of circulating leukocytes are neutrophils?
59%
How long do neutrophils live for?
24-48 hours
What differentiates monocytes from macrophages?
Monocytes are circulating cells, whereas macrophages are the cells when they are present in tissues, where they differentiate
How long do macrophages live for?
Months