Lecture 17 - Mechanisms in T Cell Activation (2) Flashcards
what is productive T cell activation?
antigen recognition causes signaling event that allows cell to respond (growth, cytokine production)
what allows for productive T cell activation?
signals 1 and 2
where is CD4 located?
located intracellularly near T cell surface
what does CD4 do?
it is intracellularly bound to kinase that activates signaling once p:MHC interacts with TCR
what allows for maximal T cell activation?
signal 1 and 2 must be STRONG
what cell is CD40 expressed on?
APC
what cell is CD40L expressed on?
T cell
describe the expression of CD40/CD40L
INDUCIBLE
what induces CD40/CD40L expression?
signal 1
role of CD40/CD40L interaction
CD40 and CD40L bind upon TCR interaction and further upregulate B7.1/B7.2 to prime APC for signal 2
what does signal 2 allow for?
helps with fine-tuning to meet requirements of diff T cells
describe T cell response due to NONBACTERIAL PROTEIN ANTIGEN
APC presents the nonbacterial antigen
T cell recognizes peptide via signal 1 but since it is nonbacterial, there is no TLR signaling and no signal 2 –> ANERGY
Example of nonbacterial protein antigen
self-antigen
describe T cell response due to BACTERIAL ANTIGEN
APC presents the bacterial antigen
T cell recognizes peptide via signal 1, then signal 2 can occur bc of bacterial stimulation of TLR –> T cell activation and expansion
describe T cell response due to BACTERIA AND NONBACTERIAL ANTIGEN
what can this lead to?
APC exposed to combo of bacteria and nonbacterial antigen
Presence of bacteria can induce B7 allowing signal 2 to occur for T cell to recognize the nonbacterial antigen –> makes T cells that are specific for the nonbacterial antigen
leads to autoimmunity
when are cases of autoimmunity more common? why?
after viral epidemic/outbreak in a community
pathogenic antigen allows signal 2 to make T cells self-reactive
how does our body avoid autoimmunity/self-reactivity?
prevent signal 2 aka prevent upregulation of B7 and induce anergy
describe induction of CD40/CD40L
induced by signal 1 and further upregulated by presence of bacterial antigen
what happens in CD40L-/- mice? what does this indicate?
CD40L-/- mice have short and weak clonal expansion in response to antigen
indicates that activation of APC thru CD40 is important for T cell activation
what does ICOS stand for?
Inducible co-stimulator
3 important roles of ICOS
- germinal center development
- class switching
- Th2 cell response
ICOS is similar to:
ICOS is structurally similar to CD28
When is ICOS induced?
ICOS is inducible on recently activated T cells
what does ICOS bind? on which cells?
ICOS on activated T cells interact with ICOS-L on activated APC
reminder: what allows APC to be activated?
TLR signaling
what does ICOS/ICOS-L interaction stimulate?
stimulates production of IL10 –> Th2 cytokine