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L16 - immunotherapy Flashcards

1
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What are conventional immunosuppressive drugs?

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Corticosteroids
Cytotoxic drugs
Cyclosporin A
Rapmycin

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What do corticosteroids do?

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Inhibit inflammation

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What do cytotoxic drugs do?

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interfere with DNA synthesis - kill immune cells

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What does cyclosporin A do?

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suppresses IL-2 and T-cell proliferation - inhibit NFAT

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What does Rapmycin do?

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inhibits mTOR pathway - cell proliferation. translation & autophagy

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6
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Define immunotherapy?

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Treating disease via immune modulation (activation, suppression, skewing)

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Types of immunotherapy?

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Soluble mediators
Antibody therapy
Cell based
Skewing/suppression

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What are the soluble mediators used in immunotherapy?

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Recombinant cytokines

Cytokine antagonists

Adjuvants

Miscellaneous

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What are recombinant cytokines?

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treat neutropenia in cancer patients & BM donors

PEGylated IFNa

IFNy treated CGD

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What are cytokine antagonists?

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target autoinflammatory disease and Muckle Wells Syndrome

Etanercept - recombinant TNFa receptor-fusion protein

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Therapeutic uses of monoclonal antibodies?

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Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s = Infliximab, Efalizumab

B-cell leukaemia = Rituximab

Breast cancer = Herceptin/Trastuzumab

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What are problems with monoclonal antibody therapy?

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Repeat doses often immunogenic - neutralise anti-antibody antibodies

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suffix -Omab?

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Fully mouse

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suffix -Ximab?

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Chimeric

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suffis -Zumab?

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Humanised

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Suffix -Umab?

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Fully human

17
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What do adjuvants do?

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enhance immune response and the quality of response

physically link antigens to adjuvants

18
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How can conjugated adjuvants enhance/skew immune response?

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antigen linked to PAMP - will engage signalling via PRR

mature in phagosome presenting peptides on surface to T helper cells

allergen without adjuvant = Th2 (bad for allergens)

allergen with adjuvant = Th1

19
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What are IgE mediated allergies?

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activate mast cell degranulation - inflammation and tissue damage

20
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Diff between anti-histamine and immunotherapies for treatment?

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antihistamine treats symptoms

immunotherpaies change Th2 to Th1/T reg response

21
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What is Skewing therapy for suppressing IgE response?

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CpG, TLR4 agonists + allergen = Th1 (IgG) response

22
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What is tolerance therapy for suppressing IgE response?

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increase dosage - increase Treg

SLIT/SCIT may be used

mutate allergens so presented by DCs in different way = tolerogenic response

23
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What are Anti-IgE antibodies?

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Omalizumab

binds to free IgE

decreases expression of high-affinity receptors

Decreases mediator release

Decreases allergic inflammation

24
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How can the Th2 response be a good thing?

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many autoimmune/ auto-inflammatory are caused by Th1/Th17

e.g. IBS, Type 1 diabetes, MS, Rheumatoid arthritis

25
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What can skew the immune system away from a Th1 response?

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Helminth

DC-mediated immune skewing

26
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How can the immune system be suppressed by tolerogenic DC therapy?

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DCs crucial for establishing appropriate response

correct growth factor

27
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How can innapropriate response to transplantation be prevented?

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corticosteroids - long term immunosuppressive

Immune induction therapy - induce T cell unresponsiveness - reset tolerogenic mechanisms

28
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How is immunotherapy used in cancer?

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monoclonal antibodies, soluble mediators

imiquimod - TLR 7/8 agonist

29
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Therapeutic strategies to overcome tumour suppression?

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Activate T cells

Blockade of inhibitory receptor

super T cells

upregulate MHCI IFN-y treatment

30
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What is a dendritic cell vaccination?

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pulse patients DCs with cancer antigen plus adjuvant then re inject

antigen presentation and activation of tumour specific CD8 T cells

31
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What are “super” T cells/CAR-T therapy?

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change extracellular domain to have antibody on outside

intracellular domain has multiple activating domains

boost T cel response

T cells can recognise lipids and carbs - not normally recognise

32
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What is host-directed therapy for infectious disease (viral)?

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Target host response rather than pathogen

e.g.

IFN therapies against viral infection

target host-dependent life cycle

HIV - alter conformation of CCR5 = no entry

microRNA-122 host factor - increases HCV

33
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What is host-directed therapy for infectious disease (bacterial)?

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Target Mtb in macrophages

fungal - statins, imiquimod

34
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When immunotherapy goes wrong?

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TGN1412 activated T-cells - huge inflammation

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