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Lecture 7. Monocytes and Macrophages Flashcards

1
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What causes increased heat and swelling

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Vasodilation and increased vascular permeability

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What causes dilation of local and small blood vessels ?

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Cytokines

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What happens due to increased expression of adhesion molecules by the endothelium ?

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Leukocytes move to periphery of blood vessels

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Where do leukocytes extravasate ?

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At the site of infection

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Where does blood clotting occur ?

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In the microvessels

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What are involved in monocyte recruitment particularly adhesion molecules ?

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  1. Cell surface expressed ligand
  2. Endothelium expressed receptor/binding partner
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What does an activated endothelium increase /

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Expression of many alveolar macrophages

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What do chemokine gradients do in monocyte recruitment particularly in adhesion molecules ?

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Up regulate monocyte expression

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What is the rolling attachment step in monocyte recruitmeny particularly adhesion molecules ?

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Selectin expression on endothelial cell - non specifically attracts leukocytes

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What is the arrest adhesion step in monocyte recruitment ?

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CR3 also called Mac1 binds ICAM1/2

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What is diapedesis ?

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The passage of blood cells through intact walls of capillaries

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What produced chemokines ?

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Local macrophages or activated endothelium

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What is the attracted cell determined by ?

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Receptor specificity

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14
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What do monocytes express in terms of chemokines ?

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CCR2B, CCR1,3,5,

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What do CCR2B and CCR1,3,5 follow gradients towards ?

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  1. CCL2
  2. CCL3
  3. CCL4
    4.CCL5
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16
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What does integrin activation alter ?

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Cytoskeletal dynamic and facilitate diapadesis

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17
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What happens after monocytes enter the tissue ?

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They follow chemokine gradient to the site of inflammation

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18
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What is the key factor in maturation ?

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CSF-1

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19
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How does the mature macrophage become activated ?

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By local signals/cytokines that determine the function

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What are the resident/recruited macrophages specialised to do ?

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Sample, detect and respond to danger via phagocytosis

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What is the importance of phagocytosis for immunity ?

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  1. Elimination/killing of pathogens
  2. Antigen generation
  3. Induction of pro-inflammatory signalling
  4. Resolve inflammation
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What are both macrophages and neutrophils ?

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Professional phagocytes

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23
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What is a macrophage alone ?

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An antigen presenting cell

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24
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What is the neutrophil marker ?

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Gr1

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What is the structure of a neutrophil ?

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Multi-lobed nucleus, granular cytoplasm

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What is a neutrophil derived from ?

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Common myeloid progenitors via the myeloblast

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27
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Where are neutrophils common ?

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Blood

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What are the first cells recruited to tissue ?

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Neutrophils

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What does phagocytosis lead to with neutrophils ?

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Fusions with granules, degranulation leads to death

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What are the markers of a macrophage ?

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CD11b, CD14, F4/80, CD68

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What is the structure of a macrophage ?

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Round nucleus, irregular shape/cytoskeleton

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What is a macrophage derievd from ?

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Common myeloid progenitor via monocyte

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What are the functions of macrophages ?

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  1. Patrolling/tissue resient macrophages
  2. Recruited to site of infection later
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34
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What does macrophage phagocytosis lead to ?

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Lysosomal maturation which liberates antigens

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What do the signaling functions of the macrophage do ?

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Drive inflammation and adaptive immunity

36
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What is phagocytosis ?

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Highly regulated cellular process involving multiple proteins, rearrangements of actin cytoskeleton

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What are the other processes that phagocytosis is linked to ?

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Antigen processing and initiation of proinflammatory signaling and metabolism

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Why do cells express receptors ?

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To identify common patterns of infection and regulate inflammatory processes

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What are some jobs that families of PRR may do ?

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  1. Some trigger phagocytosis uptake
  2. Some trigger pro-inflammatory signaling and transcription of cytokine genes
  3. Some trigger intracellular maturation and trafficking of cytokine
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What are the Phagocytic receptors ?

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  1. C-type lectin receptors
  2. Mannose receptors
  3. Scavenger receptors
  4. Complement receptors
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What are c-type lectin receptors ?

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Dectin-1 recognises zymosan from fungi

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What are mannose receptors ?

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Thought to recognise sugars on bacterial surface and trigger uptake, also play a role in resolution phase of inflammation

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What are scavenger receptors ?

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MARCO, SRA, SRB-1, CD36 bind various glycoproteins from bacteria and fungi as well as host DAMPs

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What are complement receptors ?

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CR3 binds fungal B-glucans and triggers uptake

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What does the phagosome generally fuse with ?

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The lysosome to form the phagolysosome

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What does the phagosome fuse with in the neutrophil ?

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Primary and secondary granules

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What does the fusion of phagosomes with granules mediate ?

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Destruction of pathogen

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What is autophagy

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A process whereby the cell captures and targets cytoplasmic compartments for degradation or can target intracellular microbes

49
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What distinguishes autophagy from regular phagocytosis ?

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The formation of intracellular double membrane organelles

50
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What is the intracellular pathogen in autophagy ?

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Ubiquitinated

51
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What does the ubiquitinated intracellular pathogen lead to ?

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Formation of double membrane autophagosome

52
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What mediates te formation of the double membrane autophagosome ?

53
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What does the ubiquitinated recruit ?

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autophagosome systems - using Atf5 and LC3 systems

54
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What is the macrophage and neutrophil products by acidification ?

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Bacteriostatic or bacteriacidal

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Wha are the macrophage and neutrophil products by toxix oxygen products ?

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  1. Superoxide Oygen
  2. Hydrogen peroxide
  3. Single oxygen
  4. Hydroxyl radical
  5. Hypohalite
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What are the macrophage and neutrophil producrs of toxic nitrohen oxides ?

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Nitrogen oxide

57
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What are the macrophage products of antimicrobial peptides ?

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  1. Cathelicidin
  2. Macrophage elastase derived peptides
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What are the neutrophil prducts of antimicrobial peptides ?

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  1. Alpha defensis
  2. Beta defensins HBD4
  3. Cathelicidin
  4. Azurocidin
  5. Bacterial permeability inducing protein
  6. Lactoferrin
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What are the macrophage and neutrophil products in enzymes ?

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  1. Lysosymes
  2. Acid hydrolases
60
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What are the competitiors of macrophage and neutrophil products ?

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  1. Lactoferrin
  2. Vitamin B12 binding protein
61
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How do cells make NADPH ?

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Pentose phosphate pathway during glycolysis

62
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In the respiratory burst was is inactive in resting cells ?

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NADPH oxidase

63
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What is chronic granulomatous disease ?

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Deficiency in NAADPH oxidase

64
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What does effecrocytosis involve ?

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  1. Recognition of dead and dying cells
  2. Uptake and internalisation
  3. Digestion of dead cell and associated pathogen
  4. Induction of anti-inflammatory response
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What type of macrophages are more pro-inflammatory ?

66
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What type of macrophagess are anti-inflammatory ?

67
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How do we know which macrophage is to be sent ?

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  1. Extra cellular signals
  2. Cytokines produced in the environment
68
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How are M1 and M2 distinguished ?

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By arginine use

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What does each type of macorphage do ?

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  1. Express unique markers
  2. Prouce unique cytokine
  3. Drive different T cell responses
  4. Has unique metabolic profiles
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What does M1 express ?

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What does M2 express and use ?

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Arginase-1

72
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What is the monocyte called in the bone marrow ?

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What is the monocyte in the circulation called ?

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What is the monocyte in the tissue called ?

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Macrophage

75
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What is the inflammatory monocyte in the circulation called ?

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GR1+LY6Chi

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What is the resident/regulatory monocyte in the circulation called ?

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GR1-LY6Clow

77
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What initiates inflammatory response ?

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Tissue/Patrolling macrophages

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Where are tissue/patrolling macrophages found?

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Mucosal surfaces

79
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What is the resident macrophage in the brain ?

80
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What is the resident macrophage in the liver

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Kuppfer cells

81
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What is the resident macrophage in the lung

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Alveolar macrophages

82
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What is the resident macrophage in the gut

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Intestinal macrophage

83
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What is the resident macrophage in the skin

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Langerhans cells

84
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What is the resident macrophage in the bone

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osteoclast

85
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What are the common functions of tissue resident macrophages ?

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  1. Regulate homeostasis
  2. Repair and recycling

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