Lecture 9: Innate Immunity Flashcards
What is the anatomic barrier?
Prevents the entry and colonization of many microbes
- Skin: Sebum produces low pH to inhibit microbial growth
- Mucous membrane: trap organisms in mucus and propel them out of body
What is inflammation?
Complex reaction as a result from any sort of injury
- Normal conditions: protective
- Pathological conditions: inflammation is chronic
What are the signs for inlammation
Swelling
Redness
Heat
Pain
Due to mast cells producing prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and histamine
What are the steps for an acute inflammatory response? What cells are involved?
Step 1: Injury and microbes enter
Step 2: Microbes activate sentinel cells
-Mast Cells
-Macrophages
-Dendritic Cells
Step 3: Sentinel cells secrete inflammatory mediators
Step 4: Increased vascular permeability allows fluid and proteins enter tissues
Step 5: Complement, Abs, and anti-microbial proteins kill microbes
Step 6: Leukocytes enter tissue and kill microbes
What are side effects to inflammation?
Pain: due to inflammatory mediators stimulating nerves
Body Reactions: chill, fever, muscle ache
How does fever occur?
Infection triggers production of pyrogenic cytokines:
TNF, IL-1, IL-6 in macrophages
How do innate immune cells recognize non-self cells?
Innate cells look for PAMPs
- unique to pathogens
- cannot be altered
- no structural similarity to self Ags
How do Toll-Like receptors work?
Step 1: Recognize microbes by forming pairs with microbes
(via PAMPs)
Step 2: Activate transcription factors
- NFkB: promotes various cytokines and adhesion molecules (MOST IMPORTANT)
- TRIF and MyD 88: Adaptor proteins
- IRF (interferon): signalling for virus
What does the pairing of TLR 1/2 or TLR 2/6 recognize?
Tuberulosis
What does TLR 3 recognize?
Certain viruses
What does TLR 4 recognize?
Bacteria in GI tract
e.g. E. coli
What does TLR 5 recognize?
Bacteria with flagella
What does TLR 7-9 recognize?
Certain viruses
Which TLRs recognize extracellular pathogens?
TLR 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Which TLRs recognize intracellular pathogens?
TL 3, 7, 8, 9
Which TLRs recognize bacteria?
TLR 1, 2, 4, 5, 9
Which TLRs recognize viruses?
TLR 3, 7, 8, 9
Which TLRs recognize fungi?
TLR 2, 6
What deficiencies in TLR can cause recurring infections?
MyD88 and IRAK-4 deficiency