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Lecture 6 - Antigens & MHC Flashcards

1
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what are antigens

A

a foreign substance that will bind to MHC receptors

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What are MHC

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a set of genetic loci that helps immune cells differentiate foreign from self

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What limits the innate immune system’s efficacy

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Limited specificity, less potent, lacks memory

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3
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What cells express PRRs

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innate immune cells

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How is the adaptive immune system specific

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employs antigen-specific lymphocytes (B and T)

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5
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How is the adaptive immune system systemic

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targeted and reaches all parts of the body versus local responses

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6
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How does the adaptive immune system have memory

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once exposed to an antigen, the animal will make a stronger and more immediate response to it via antibodies and memory cells

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7
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Epitope

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site on an antigen recognized by specific receptors

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8
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Immunogens

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antigens that induce an immune response after binding

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9
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T/F: ALL immunogens are antigens but NOT ALL antigens are immungoens

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True

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10
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What makes an antigen “good”

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the ability for it to be recognized by the immune cells

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11
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Whata are the characteristics of a “good” antigen

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Large, complex, moderate degradability, foreign

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12
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What are microbial agents

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bacterial or viral antigens

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What are non-microbial agents

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cell-surface, food-derived, inhaled, injected, etc.

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what are autoantigens

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a trigger that is self (autoimmune)

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What are haptens

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small, non-immunogenic proteins/molecules used to stimulate an immune response after binding to carrier proteins

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What is an Antigen Presenting Cell

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immune cell which presents antigens on their cell surface for the activation of T cells

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What cell is the bridge between the innate and adaptive immune systems

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dendritic cells

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18
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What cells are APCs

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Dendritic cell, B cell, Macrophage

19
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What do the dendritic processes contribute to in DC cells

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adhesion and communication with T cells, antigen trapping

20
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What are the four classes of DCs

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  1. Classical
  2. Follicular
  3. Langerhans
  4. Plasmacytoid
21
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What does Classical DC do

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detect and capture antigens in the local environment and migrate to the lymph (The Golden Trio)

22
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What does the Langerhans Cells do

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detect antigens present in microbes of the skin and create a local response

23
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What do Follicular DCs do

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present antigens to B cells to activate them

24
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What do Plasmacytoid DCs do

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Release Type I and Type III interferons to trigger viral infection response

25
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Pinocytosis

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drink/intake of soluble material

26
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T/F: Macrophages present antigens to naive t cells

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False - present to already activated T cells

27
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Identify APCs for exogenous antigens

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DC

28
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What is AG processing

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native antigen is trimmed into smaller immunogenic fragments by the intracellular machinery of APCs

29
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Activated (mature) DCs express high levels of what

A

MHC molecules and chemo secretions

30
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Class I MHC

A

Most immune cells

present to cytotoxic T cells (C8)

31
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Class II MHC

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B cells, macrophages, DCs, T cells

present to helper T cells (C4)

32
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What is the structure of MHC Class I

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alpha chain (3 domains) bound to B2-microglobulin

33
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T/F: MHC Class I binds shorter antigens than Class II

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True

34
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What is the structure of MHC Class II

A

alpha and beta chains

35
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Summarize how exogenous antigens become presented and recognized

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1 - APCs endocytose
2- digested by proteases
3- antigens binds to MHC class II endosomally
4 - carried to cell surface
5 - recognized by T helper cells

36
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Summarize how endogenous antigens are presented and recognized

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1 - antigens are fragmented by ubiquitination
2 - pass into ER lumen
3 - bind to MHC Class I
4 - carried to cell surface
5 - recognized by cytotoxic T cells

37
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Summarize exogenous antigens

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  • bacteria, allergens
  • captured and degraded by APC
  • MHC II presents
  • CD4+ (helper) T cells
38
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Summarize endogenous antigens

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  • viruses, tumors
  • processing by affected cell
  • MHC I presents
  • CD8+ (cytotoxic) T cells
39
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What is cross-presentation?

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When dendritic cells present exogenous antigens with MHC class I

40
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What are superantigens?

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Bind to outer edge of MHC-TCR complex

T cells are stimulated in non-specific way - CD4+ T cells produce large amounts of cytokines

41
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T/F: too little MHC creates autoimmune conditions

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False - too many

42
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What are the two components of MHC genes

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  1. multiple gene families (no rearrangements)
  2. Gene polymorphism (variable alleles)
43
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T/F: MHC heterozygous individuals respond to a greater range of antigens

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True

44
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How many different MHC are there to provide resistance to disease and autoimmune effects

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