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Lecture 12. T-cell Activation and Differentiation Flashcards

1
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What is one of the first things that T-cells do ?

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Produce IL2

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What is the induction of response in cell mediated immunity ?

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Naive CD4+ T-cells and CD8+ T-cells recognise peptides and that are derived from protein antigens and presented by antigen-presenting cells in peripheral lymphoid organs. The T-lymphocytes are activated to proliferate and differentiate into effector cells ehich enter the circulation

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Where do effecter T-cells go ?

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The site of the antigen

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How do effector T-cells travel ?

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They migrate through blood vessels in peripheral tissues by binding to endothelial cells

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5
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What are endothelial cells activated by ?

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Cytokines

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What are T-cell effector functions ?

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CD4+ T-cells recruit and activate phagocytes to destroy microbes and CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes kill infected cells

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What are the steps in activation of T-cells ?

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  1. Antigen recognition
  2. Activation
  3. Clonal expansion
  4. Differentiation
  5. Effector functions
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How do T-cells respond to antigen recognition ?

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By producing cytokines and expressing receptors for these cytokine leading to an autocrine pathway of cell proliferation resulting in clonal expansion

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9
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What does naive T-cell activation require ?

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Two signals

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What are the two signals that naive t-cell activation requires ?

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  1. T-cell receptor
  2. Co-stimulatory molecules
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11
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What is the purpose of requiring two signals for naive T-cell activation ?

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Ensures only appropriate activation occurs - microbes induce expression of signal 2 so full T cell activation should only occur in presence of infection

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What does the co-stimulatory molecule B7 do ?

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Binds CD28 on the naive T cell

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What does CTLA-4 provide and why ?

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Negative signals to help regulate T-cell responses

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What does CTLA-4 binding to B7 achieve ?

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Inhibitory signals to activated T- cells

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What may present peptide antigens, but do not express costimulators and are unable to activate naive T-cells ?

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Resting antigen presenting cells which have not been exposed to microbes or adjuvants

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What may T cells that recognise antigen without costimulation become ?

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Tolerant to subsequent exposure to the antigen (anergy

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17
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What induces the expression of costimulators on the antigen presenting cells ?

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Microbes as well as cytokines produced during the innate immune responses

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18
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What happens once a naive T cell has been properly activated ?

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Undergoes prolliferation/clonal expansion

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What is initital activation of naive T cells ?

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An important checkpoint

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How do naive CD8+ T cells become activated if MHC class I presenting cells dont express costimulatory molecules ?

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Cross presentation

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21
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What is cross presentation needed for ?

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Activation of naive CD8+ T-cells

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22
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How is cross presentation thought to occur ?

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By cytosolic diversion

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What is cytosolic diversion ?

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Where proteins are transported out of phagosomes into the cytosol and then enter the class I pathway as usual

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What is the function of CD3 ?

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Signal transduction by TCR complex

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What is the function of CD4 ?

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Signal transduction

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26
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What is the function of CD8 ?

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Signal transduction

27
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What is the function of CD28 ?

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Signal transduction (costimulation )

28
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What is the function of CTLA-4 ?

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Negative regulation

29
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What is the function of LFA-1 ?

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Adhesion signal transduction

30
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What is the function of VLA-4 ?

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adhesion signal transduction

31
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What forms the T cell signalling complex ?

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The TCR, CD3 an TCR zeta

32
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How many polypeptide chains is CD3 made from ?

33
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What are the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs ?

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Regions of signaling proteins phosphorylated on tyrosine residues and become docking sites for other signaling molecules

34
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What is the immunological synapse ?

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Contact between effector T cell and target

35
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What does SMAC stand for ?

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Supra molecular adhesion complex

36
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What does antigen recognition by T cells induce ?

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Early signalling events

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What are the early signalling events induced by antigen recognition by T-cells ?

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  1. Tyrosine phosphorylation of molecules of T cell receptor which phosphorylate ITAMs on CD3zeta
  2. Zap70 associates an becomes phosphorylated
  3. Zap70 then phosphorylates adapter proteins that trigger P13K, PLC and Ras
38
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What are the roles which cytokines have in T cell responses ?

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  1. T cell homeostasis
  2. Clonal expansion
  3. T cell differentiation
  4. Effector functions
39
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What is the IL2 receptor complex made up of ?

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Beta and gamma c chains.

40
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What does the gamma c designate ?

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Common gamma chain

41
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What happens to low affinity IL2 receptor on activation ?

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The cells produce IL2 and express the alpha chain of the IL2R which associates with the beta and gamma c chains to form the high affinity IL2 receptor

42
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What is often used as a T cell activation marker ?

43
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What happens when a resting naive CD8 T cell engages its specific MHC I peptide complex displayed on the surface of a fibroblast ?

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Becomes anergic

44
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What are the functions of CD4 T cells ?

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  1. Cell mediated immunity
  2. Humoral immunity
45
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What is the function of cell mediated immunity ?

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Provide cytokines to CD8 T cells to help in cytotoxicity

46
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What is the function of humoral immunity ?

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Provide signals and cytokines to activate B cells to produce antibody

47
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What is the signature cytokine of Helper T cell 1 ?

48
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What are the signature cytokines of helper T cell 2 ?

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  1. IL4
  2. IL5
  3. IL13
49
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What are the signature cytokines of helper T cell 17 ?

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  1. IL17A
  2. IL17F
  3. IL22
50
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What are the immune reactions of helper T cell 1 ?

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  1. Macrophage activation
  2. IgG prioduction
51
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What are the immune reactions of helper T cell 2 /

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  1. Mast cell, eosinophil activation
  2. IgE production
  3. Alternative macrophage activation
52
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What are the immune reactions of helper T cell 17 ?

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Neutrophilic monocytic inflammation

53
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What is the host defense of helper T cell 1 ?

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Intracellular microbes

54
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What is the host defense of helper T cell 2 ?

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Helminthic parasite

55
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What is the host defense of helper T cell 17 ?

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Extracellular bacteria and fungi

56
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What is role in disease of helper T cell 1 ?

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  1. Autoimmune diseases
  2. tissue damage associated with chronic infections
57
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What is the role in disease of helper T cell 2 ?

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Allergic diseases

58
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What is the role in disease of helper T cell 17 ?

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Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

59
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What is signal 3 for T cell differentiation provided by ?

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Cytokines produced by the activated antigen presenting cell

60
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What are the polarisin cytokines produced by dendritic cells depend on ?

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Which pathogen recognition receptors were activated by the microbe

61
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What do class I and class II cytokine receptors signal via and why ?

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Receptor associated kinases to activate specific transcription factors

62
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What happens after activation by an antigen and costimulators to naive helper T cells ?

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They may differentiate into different subsets under the influence of cytokines produced at the site of activation

63
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What is TH17 differentiated by ?

64
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What are the major transcription factors involved in helper T cell differentiation ?

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  1. T-beta - TH1 cells
  2. GATA-3 -TH2 cells
  3. RORgammaT - TH17

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