Lecture 16 - Mucosal Immunity Flashcards
Why is mucosal immunity important to a small animal practice
- KC
- coronavirus
- Influenza
- FeLV/FIV
Why is mucosal immunity important to a farm animal practice
- BVD
- BRD (shipping fever)
- mastitis
Why is mucosal immunity important to an equine practice
- strangles
- herpes
- salmonella
Mucosal immunity can be broken into what 6 subdivision
- physical barrier
- clearance mechanisms
- Physiologic adaptations
- chemical defenses
- enzymatic proteins
- antimicrobial peptides
Physical barrier can be broken in what subdivisions
- Mucus - physicochemical
- normal epithelium
- flora
- keratin plug (mammary gland)
Clearance mechanisms can be broken in what subdivisions
- Peristalsis
- Phagocytosis- neutrophils and macrophages
Physiological adaptations can be broken in what subdivisions
- temperature
- pH
- secretions
Chemical defenses can be broken in what subdivisions
- superoxide
- nitric oxide
Enzymatic proteins can be broken in what subdivisions
- lysozyme
- complement cascade proteins
Antimicrobial peptides can be broken in what subdivisions
- iron binding proteins (lactoferrin, transferrin)
- Small cationic hydrophobic peptides
- Inducible or constitutive
- synergy may occur betweem different peptides
What are the 3 main mucosal surfaces
- intestinal
- respiratory
- urogenital
List the parts of the respiratory tract in order of particles that may enter (largest to smallest)
upper respiratory tract (15 um), bronchi (10 um), bronchioles (5 um), alveoli (1 um)
What are the physical barriers and clearance mechanisms in the respiratory tract
- turbinates
- mucociliary apparatus
- alveolar macrophages
What are the physical barriers and clearance mechanisms in the mammary gland
- keratin
- milk
What are the physical barriers and clearance mechanisms in the genitourinary tract
- mucus
- lactic acid
- urine
What are the physical barriers and clearance mechanisms in the GIT
peristalsis
Physiologic adaptation in the gastric barrier
pH
Physiologic adaptation in bile secretions
inactivate some viruses and bacteria
Physiologic adaptation in epithelium
turnover
Physiologic adaptation in mucus
entrapment
Physiologic adaptations/chemical
defenses for microflora
- competition
- by-products
Physiologic adaptations/chemical
defenses for chemical defenses
- super oxide
- nitric oxide
Physiologic adaptations/Enzymes that are protein inhibitors
- lactoferrin
- lysozyme
- interferon
- complement
Physiologic adaptations/Enzymes that are antimicrobial peptides
- small cationic hydrophobic peptides
- inducible or constituitive
- synergy with other peptides
- defensins, cathelicidins, lectins
Where is the site of the common mucosal immune response for the adaptive response
Peyer’s patches
Intestinal mucosal adaptive response
1. Antigen crosses ______
* ____ or other mechanism
2. ______ process and present antigen
3. ____ activation in _______
4. Cells leave inductive tissue via _____
5. Can travel to ______
* Mucosal lymphocytes will home to mucosa due to _________
- intestinal barrier, M-cell
- APCs
- T/B, regional lymphoid tissue
- lymphatics
- distant lymphoid tissue; adhesion molecules, chemokines
What is inductive sites in mucosal adaptive response
where antigen is processed and B/T cells are activated
What are the inductive sites associated with the mucosal adaptive response
- GALT
- BALT/NALT for respiratory (don’t have M cells)