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Innate Immunity and Bacterial Infection Flashcards

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What is the modulat design of the innate immune system?

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collection of mechanisms cobbled over time in response to a new mechanism of microbial virulence

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What are teh 2 functions of hte innate immune response?

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immediate, non-sepcific host defense; initiation of adaptive respose

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What are the 3 main features of PAMPs?

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invariant among microbes of a given class; products of pathways unique to microbes; essential roles in microbial physiology

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What is the structure of the gram positive cell wall?

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plasma membrane with thick layer of peptidoglycan with teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid

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what is the structure of the gram negative cell wall?

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plasma membrane; thin layer of peptidoglycan; outer membrane with LPS

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What is the function of NOD1?

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responds to peptidoglycan with modified aa mesoDAP

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What type of bacteria does NOD1 generally recognise?

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gram neg

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What type of bacteria does NOD2 generally recognise?

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both gram neg and gram positive

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What species of extracellular bacteria are protected by a polysaccharide capsule that resists engulfment?

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staphylococcus; streptococcus

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What are the protections against extracellular bacteria at epithelial surfaces
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antimicrobial peptides; antibodies esp. IgA

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How can intracellular pathogens be categoriesd?

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those that replicate freely in the cell and those that replicate within intracellular vesicles

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What are exotoxins?

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secreted toxin released by extracellular bacterial pathogens that act at the surface of host cells

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What are endotoxins?

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nonsecreted constituents of bacterial structure taht triggers phagocytes to release cytokines

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14
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give an example of an important endotoxin?

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LPS

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What are the chemical barriers of epithleium in the skin?

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beta-defensins; lamellar bodies; cathelicidin; fatty acids

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What are the chemical barriers of epithelium in the gut?

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low pH; enzymes eg pepsin; alpha-defensins (cryptdins); regIII(lecticidins); cathelicidin

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What are the chemical barriers of lung epithelium?

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pulmonary surfactant; alpha-defensins; cathelicidin

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What are the chemical barriers of the eyes/nose/oral cavity epithelium?

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enzymes in tears and saliva (lysoszyme); histatins; beta-defensins

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Which cells in the skin produce beta-defensins and cathelicidin?

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keratinocytes of hte stratum spinosum

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What are beta-defensins and cathelicidins in the skin incorporated into?

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lamellar bodies

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What happens to the lamellar bodies in the skin?

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secreted into the intercellular space to form a waterproof lipid layer

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Which cells in the lung produce and secerete antimicrobial defensins?

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type II pneumocytes

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What cells in the intestine produce alpha defensins and RegIII?

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paneth cells in the epithelial crypts

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How do commensal microbes help strengthn the barrier functions of hte epithelia?

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sitmulate the epithelial cells to produce antimicrobial peptides

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What is mucin production in the gut related to?

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microbial load e.g lots more microbes in colon than in stomach so colon has lots more mucin

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How do antimicrobial peptides attack bacteria?

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often positively charged and attracted to the plasma membrane of bacteria causing pore formation

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Describe the peptidoglycan polymer?

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alternating residues of beta (1,4) N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc); N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) that are cross-linked by peptide bridges into a dense 3-D network

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What is the function of teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid?

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links the pepptidoglycan layer to bacterial cell membrane

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What is the structure of LPS?

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lipid A which is attached to a polysaccharide cire

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What is the function of lysozyme?

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cleaves the beta (1,4) linkages creating a defect in the peptidoglycan layer and exposing the underlying cell membrane

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What type of bacteria is lysozyme more effective against?

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gam positive (greater accessibility to peptidoglycan)

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What is the function of secretory phospholipase A2?

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basic enzyme that enters the bacterial cell wall to hydrolyse phospholipids in the cell membraen

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33
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Give examples of antimicrobial enzymes?

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lysozyme and secretory phosspholipase A2

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34
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What are the main classes of antimicrobial peptide?

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defensins; cathelicidins; histatins

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What is an amphipathic structure?

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positively charged region separated from a hydrophobic region

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What is the structure of defensins?

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short cationic peptides that have 3 disulfide bonds stabilising a common amphipathic structre

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What is the mechanism of action of defensins?

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elecrostatic attraction of positive defensin to bilyaer then insertion of hydrophobic region into the membrnae bilayer and formation of a pore

38
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Which chromosome encodes most defesins?

39
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What are the 3 subfamilies of defensin?

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a; b and theta

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How are the subfamilies of defensin differentiated?

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basis of amino acid sequence

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What are the a-defensins produced by paneth cells?

42
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What cells constitutively produce cathelicidins?

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neutrophils and macrophages

43
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How are all the antimicrobial peptides generated?

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proteolytic processing from inactive propeptides

44
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What are defensins stored in in neutrophils?

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primary granules

45
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what are cathelicidins in neutrophils stored in?

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secondary granules

46
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What cleaves cathelicidins in neutrophils?

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neutrophil elastase from primary granules in phagosomes

47
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What is the difference between lectins and C-type lectins?

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C-type lectins require calcium

48
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What is the function of RegIII?

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produced by paneth cells and bind to peptidoglycan forming a pore (again, gram positive)

49
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what cytokine induces the synthesis of acute phase proteins?

50
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What is the function of CRP released by the liver?

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binds phophorylcholine on bacterial surfaces acting as an opsonin and activating complement

51
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what is the function of mannon-binding lectin released by the liver?

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binds mannose residues on bacterial surfaces, acting as an opsonin and activating complement

52
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How do pulmonary surfactants A and D bind to pathogen surfaces?

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through globular lectin-domains attached to a collagen-like stalk

53
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What is the function of the acute phase response?

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early in an infection provies the host proteins with many of hte functional properties of antibodies to bind and target for destruction, but without the specificity

54
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What pathogens do mast cells and basophils play a role in host defense against?

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multicellular parasites

55
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What is the defense strategy against multicellular parasites?

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preventing entry and promoting expulsion

56
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What is hte function of histamine and prostaglandins b=produced by mast cell and basophils?

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act on smooth muscle- coughing, sneezing and D&V; C-fibres- itch (expulsion of parasite)

57
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What happens upon PRR stimulation of DCs?

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upregulates costimulatory moelcules and stimulates cytokines that skew naive T cell differentation

58
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What is tthe function of Th1 cells?

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intracellular pathogens; apoptosis of tissue cells; activation-induced cell death

59
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What is the function of Th2 cells?

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helminiths; allergic inflammation

60
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What is hte function of th9 cells?

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mucous production and tissue inflammation

61
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What is the function of Th17 cells?

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extracellular pathogens

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What is the function of Th22 cells?

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tissue inflammation

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What is the differentation cyyokine of Th1 cells?

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What is the differentiation cytokine of Th2 cells?

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What is the differentiation cytokine of Th9 cells?

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IL-4 and TGF-beta

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What is the differentiation cytokine of TH17 cells?

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TGFb; IL-6; IL-21 and IL-23

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What is the differentiation cytokine of Th22 cells ?

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TNFa and IL-6

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What are the effector cytokines of Th1 cells?

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What are the effector cytokines of Th2 cells?

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IL4; IL5; IL13; IL25; IL31 and IL33

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What are the effector cytokines of Th9 cells

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What are the effector cytokines of Th17 cells?

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IL6; IL8; IL17; IL22; IL26

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What are the effector cytokines of Th22 cells?

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What cells do Th17 cells stimualte?

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neutrophils

74
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What cells do Th1 cells stimualte?

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macrophages

75
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What is oten the first step in disease for pathogenic bacteria?

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colonization of hte epithelium

76
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What is the transmission of pneumococcal infection?

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airborne droplets

77
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Where does pneumococcus colonise?

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nasopharyngeal

78
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What happens when there is local spread of pneumococcus ?

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otitis media/ sinusitis

79
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What happens when there is aspiration of pneumococcus ?

80
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What happens when there is epithelial translocation of pneumococcus ?

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septicaemia

81
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What happens when there is endothelial translocation of pneumococcus ?

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meningitis

82
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What chemokines recruit neutrophils?

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CXCL1/CXCL2

83
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What effect does activation of DCs at the mucosal surface have on epithelial cells?

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downregulation of tight junctions to allow effector cells into lumen

84
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What happens if bacteria breach teh epithelium?

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tissue resident cells kill bacteria

85
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What T cells promote a more vigorous response at mucosal surfaces on re-encountering pathogen?

86
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Why is there a suggestion that TLR signalling may be redundant in huamsn?

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patients with homoxygous mutation in MyD88 or IRAK4 die only from infection of strep or staph in childhood, but no issues in adulthood

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