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Year 2 - T3 Theme 1 > L8 Regulating the immune responses: the role of cytokines and chemokines : the role of cytokines and chemokines > Flashcards

L8 Regulating the immune responses: the role of cytokines and chemokines : the role of cytokines and chemokines Flashcards

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How do cytokines act

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  • All cytokines act by ligating their receptor (often two subunits) and triggering a signalling cascade leading to activated transcription of specific genes
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Cytokines in hematopoiesis

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IL-, interleukin, SCF, stem cell factor; G-(GM)-CSF, granulocyte (granulocyte/macrophage) colony stimulating factor: EPO, erythropoietin; TPO, thrombopoietin

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What are interferons

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  • Anti-viral mediators

- Products of virus-infected cells that interfere with viral replication

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Examples of interferons

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  • IFN-alpha (made by lymphocytes)
  • IFN-beta (made by fibroblasts)
  • IFN-gamma (made by lymphocytes and NK cells)
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Immune activators that are involved in mediating host defense

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  • Lymphocyte-activating cytokines (IL-1)
  • T cell growth factors (IL-2, -7, -9, -15; they share a co-receptor)
  • Macrophage-activating cytokines (IFN-gamma)
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What are cytotoxins

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  • Identified as products of activated lymphocytes or macrophages that can kill tumour cells
    eg. tumour necrosis factor; TNF, also known as TNF-alpha
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Why wasn’t TNF used as an anticancer agent

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  • TNF was cloned and produced with the hope it would be an anticancer agent
  • However, it turned out to te too toxic
  • Same story for IL-1, as a lymphocyte activator tested in AIDS
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Three main types of armed effector T cells

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  • Cytotoxic (killer) T cells (Peptide + MHC class I)

- Tn1 and Tn2 cells (peptide + MHC class II)

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Effector molecules produced by cytotoxic (killer) T cells

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  • Cytotoxic effector molecules
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Effector molecules produced by Tn1 cells

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  • Macrophage-activating effector molecules such as IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha
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Effector molecules produced by Tn2 cells

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  • B-cell activating effector molecules such as IL-4,5,15,10 and TGF-beta
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How do Th1 (T-helper) and Th2 cells mainly act

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  • Mainly act by activating other cells
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Effects of IFN-gamma and CD40 ligands(produced by Th1 cells)

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  • Activates macrophage to destroy engulfed bacteria
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Effects of fox ligand or LT-alpha (produced by TH1)

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  • Kills chronically infected cells, releasing bacteria to be destroyed by fresh macrophages
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Effects of IL-2 (produced by Th1)

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  • Induces T-cell proliferation, increasing numbers of effector cells
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Effects of IL-3 + GM-CSF

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  • Induces macrophage differentiation in the bone marrow
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Effects of TNF-alpha + LT-beta

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  • Activates endothelium to induce macrophage binding and exit from blood vessel at site of infection
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What is X-linked SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency) caused by

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  • Is caused by the genetic inactivation (by mutation) of one receptor that is a common signalling component of the IL-2, IL-4 and IL-7 receptors
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How was the inflammatory role of cytokines discovered

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  • Was discovered by studying the immunopathogenesis of cachexia during infection
  • It was found that activated macrophages produce an inflammatory mediator (cytokine) that, among other things, induced cachexia
  • When they had its sequence, they found it was identical to TNF
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Cardinal signs of inflammation

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  • Heat
  • Swelling
  • Redness
  • Pain
  • Tissue damage
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Examples of TNF-mediated diseases

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  • Septic shock
  • Multiple organ failure
  • Respiratory distress syndrome
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Graft-versus-host rejection
  • Diabetes
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
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Cytokines in allergy

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  • While Th1 cytokines are important in inflammatory diseases, Th2 cytokines are important in allergic diseases
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What is Th1/Th2 differentiation viewed as a balance between

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  • Inflammation/Asthma

- Inflammatory/anti-inflammatory

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T cell subsets - Naive CD4

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Th1 - IFN-gamma - inflammation

Th2 - IL-4,5,9 and 13 - allergy, anti-inflammation

Th17 - IL-17 - inflammation

Treg - IL-10, inhibit activity of other T cells - anti-inflammation

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What is MCP-1/CCL2

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The chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) is also referred to as monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP1) - is a chemokine

CCL2 recruits monocytes, memory T cells, and dendritic cells to the sites of inflammation produced by either tissue injury or infection

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Therapeutic use of IFN-gamma

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  • Macrophage activation
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Therapeutic use of IFN-beta

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  • ‘Immunomodulation’
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Therapeutic use of IL-2

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Host defense - Melanoma, renal cell carcinoma

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Therapeutic use of IFN-alpha

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Host defense - Hairy cell leukemia, kaposi, viral hepatitis

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Therapeutic use of GM-CSF

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Hemopoiesis

- Myeloreconstitution following bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy-induced neutropenia

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Therapeutic use of G-CSF

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Hemopoiesis

- Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia

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Therapeutic use of IL-11

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Hemopoiesis

- Thrombocytopenia in oncology

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Therapeutic use of EPO

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Hemopoiesis

- Anaemia

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Therapeutic use of anti-tNF and sTNFR

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis, crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis
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Therapeutic use of IL-1Ra

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, CAPS
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Therapeutic use of anti-IL-6, IL-6R

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis
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Therapeutic use of anti-IL-17,-12,-23

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  • Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, crohn
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Therapeutic use of anti-IL-5

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  • Reslizumab, mepolizumab; approved FDA 2016-2017 for asthma and eosinophilic granulomatosis
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Therapeutic use of anti-IL-4R

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  • Dupilumab; approved FDA 2017 for atopic dermatitis (eczema)
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Examples of cytokine inhibitors

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  • Antibodies anti-cytokine or their soluble receptors (to mop them up); antibodies to their receptor (to block their binding site)
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What is ustekinumab

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  • Is an antibody directed against the p40 subunit of IL-12 and IL-23, so it inhibits both
  • Approved for psoriasis and crohn’s disease
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What does pleiotropic mean

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  • Acts on many different targets (has many actions)
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Consequences of pleiotrophic effects

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  • The success and effectiveness of anti-TNF therapy (and other anti-cytokine drugs) in chronic inflammatory diseases should not let us forget their role in innate immunity
  • Side effects of anti-TNF, anti-IL-17, anti-IL-6 include increased susceptibility to TB and serious opportunistic infections, including listeria, pneumocytosis and others
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Example of pleiotrophic medication and its side effects

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  • Enbrel
  • Serious infections including sepsis and TB have been reported
  • TB (including disseminated or extrapulmonary presentation) has been observed in patients receiving TNF-blocking agents such as enbrel
  • TB may be due to reactivation of latent TB infection or to new infection
  • Reactivation of hep B and worsening of hep C

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