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Major Histocompatibility Complex Flashcards

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**Enumerate: **Functions of T lymphocytes

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  • Defense against cell-associated microbes
  • Inhibition of immune responses
  • T cell functions require cell-cell interactions or cytokines that act at short range
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Regulatory T cells suppress APCs or other lymphocytes is what function of T-lymphocyte

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Inhibition of immune responses

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What function of T-lymphocyte:
Phagocyting and killing infected cells and eliminate reservoirs of infection”

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Defense against cell-associated microbes

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Identify: helps phagocytes to kill ingested microbes and help B cells to make potent antibodies

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Helper T cells

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kills infected cells and eliminate reservoirs of infection

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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs)

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Enumerate challenges for T lymphocytes

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  • Very few lymphocytes in the body are specific for any one microbe (or antigen)
  • Lymphocytes must be able to locate and respond to microbes that enter and reside anywhere in the body
  • Lymphocytes must respond to each microbe in ways that are best able to eradicate that microbe
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Specificity and diversity of antigen receptors:

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–the immune system recognizes and distinguishes between 106 - 109 antigens; the body contains ~ 1012 lymphocytes; therefore, few lymphocytes (~1,000) can recognize any one antigen and need to find that antigen

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Response to extracellular microbes?

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antibodies that promote phagocytosis; destruction in macrophages (need helper T cells)

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Response to intracellular microbes?

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killing of infected cells (need CTLs)

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Sites of Antigen entry

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Skin

GIT

Respiratory tract

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Sites of Initial Antigen capture

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Lymphatic system

Peripheral blood circulation

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Sites of antigen collection and capture

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Lymph node

Spleen

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Sites of microbe entry

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skin, GI tract, airways

(organs with continuous

epithelia, populated

with dendritic cells).

Less often – colonized

tissues, blood

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Sites of lymphocyte activation:

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peripheral

lymphoid organs (lymph

nodes, spleen), mucosal

and cutaneous lymphoid

tissues)

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Antigens and naïve T cells come together in ???

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lymphoid organs

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Why are dendritic cells the most efficient APCs for initiating immune responses?

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  • Location
  • Receptors for capturing and reacting to microbes:T
  • Migration to T cell zones of lymphoid organs
  • Maturation during migration
  • Practical application
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What do T cells see?

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  • All functions of T cells are mediated by interactions with other cells
  • To ensure cellular communications, T cells see antigens NOT in the circulation but only when displayed by molecules on the surface of other cells
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cells displaying the antigen are called

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APCs - Antigen Presenting Cells

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Explain:

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During their maturation in the thymus, T cells whose TCRs see MHC molecules are selected to mature, i.e. mature T cells are MHC-restricted

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True or False: Mature B cells are MHC-restricted.

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False.

During their maturation in the thymus, T cells whose TCRs see MHC molecules are selected to mature, i.e. **mature T cells are MHC-restricted **

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A genetic locus discovered on the basis of transplantation

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Major histocompatibility complex

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Human MHC

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HLA (human leukocyte antigens)

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Determine how antigens in different cellular compartments are recognized by different classes of T cells (CD4+ and CD8+)

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MHC molecules

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Determines which protein antigens are recognized in different individuals

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MHC

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True of False: MHC genes are highly polychromic.

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Negative

MHC genes are highly polymorphic; the MHC molecules in the population can display many different peptides

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What are the antigen receptors of T cells that gives it dual specificities

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  1. for peptide antigen (responsible for specificity of immune response)
  2. for MHC molecules (responsible for MHC restriction)
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WHO first defined by discovering an ab response to circulating WBCs (HLA)

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Jean Dausset

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MHC is relevant in what clinical situations/conditions

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•transfusion reactions, graft rejections, and autoimmune diseases

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True or False: MHC is Plays a role in humoral immunity

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Negative

MHC plays a role in both cellular and humoral immunity

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True of False:
MHC is found on all nucleated cells

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TRUE

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Explain Classes of MHC genes.

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A, B, C loci = class I

D locus = class II

Class III= in between class I and II, codes for complement, cytokine (TNF)

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State the Possible alleles of ALL MHC genes

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HLA-A = 580 possible alleles

HLA-B = 921 possible alleles

HLA-C = 312 possible alleles

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Crossover rate of MHC genes

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0.5% crossover rate

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Refers to sets inherited from mother or father

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Haplotype

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True of False: MHC Alleles Are Sex-linked dominantly Expressed

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Negative

MHC Alleles Are Co-dominantly Expressed
–Both mother and father alleles are expressed

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Counterpart of the MHC in mouse/mice/rats/rodents/shits

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H-2

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Centromere= left side, Telomere= right side

Class I MHC locus (A,B,C)-found on telomere

Class II MHC locus [DP, DM, DQ, DR, Proteasome genes (TAP 1,2 )] - found on centromere

Class III MHC locus [Complement proteins (C4, Factor B, C2), Cytokines (lymphotoxin beta, TNF-alpha, LT) - In between

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Structure of MHC Class I

  • Glycoprotein dimer
  • Alpha chain = 45 000 MW; folded into three domains (α1, α2, α3)
  • α1, α2, α3 consists of 90 aa each
  • transmembrane domain consists of 25 hydrophobic aa plus a short stretch of 5 hydrophilic aa and an anchor or 30 aa

•Β2 microglobulin = 12 000 MW: does not penetrate the cell membrane, but is essential for proper folding the alpha chain

Ag binding cleft : hold peptides that are between 8-10 amino acids long

Alpha3: reacts with cytotoxic T cells

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Two most important to match for transplantation

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HLA-A and HLA-B expressed at higher levels than HLA-C : two most important to match for transplantation

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T or F: Class I is expressed on all nucleated cells

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T

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Class I is highly expressed on ____ and low or undetected in ___

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•Highest expression on lymphocytes** and low or undetected on **liver hepatocytes, neural cells, muscle cell and sperm

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Designated as E,F,G

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Non-classical Class I Antigens

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Expressed on trophoblast cells during the first trimester of pregnancy and help ensure tolerance for the fetus by protecting placental tissue from the action of NK cells

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G non-classical Class I Antigen

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Do not function in antigen recognition but play a role in the immune response

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Non-classical Class I antigen

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Non-classical Class I antigens expressed on the surface of cells

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E, F

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T or : Class I is more restricted than Class II antigens

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F

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Found on Ag-presenting cells (monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells) and B lymphocytes

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Class II

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Class II gene expressed at the highest level

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DR

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Major class II genes

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DP, DQ, DR

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Most polymorphic Class II gene

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DRβ has 18 possible alleles, therefore most polymorphic

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Peptide binding site of Class II

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α1 and β1

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Class II structure

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  • Has α chain = 33 000 MW and β chain = 27 000 MW
  • Both are anchored to the cell membrane
  • Each has 2 domains
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Binding site for the CD4.
(Class II Ag)

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b2 is the binding site for the CD4.

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The a and b chains of the Class II Ag

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•The a chains are the HLA DR
•The b chains are the HLA DQ and DP

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Products of these genes play a regulatory role in antigen processing

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Non-classical Class II

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Non-classical Class II genes

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DM, DN, DO

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Location of polymorphic residues of Class I

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a-1 and a-2 domains

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Location of polymorphic residues of Class II

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a-1 and b-1 domains

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Class I MHC nomenclature for mouse

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H-2K, H-2K, H-2L

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Class II nomenlature for mouse

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I-A, I-E

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Size of peptide-binding cleft of Class I MHC

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Accomodates peptides of 8-11 residues

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Size of peptide-binding cleft of Class II MHC

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Accomodates peptides of 10-30 residues or more

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Binding site for T cell coreceptor of Class I MHC

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a3 region binds CD8

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Binding site for T cell coreceptor of Class II MHC

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B2 binds CD4

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Polypeptide chains of Class I MHC

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a (44-47 kD)

b2-microglobulin (12 kD)

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Polypeptide chains of Class II MHC

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a (32-34 kD)

B (29-32 kD)

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Conversion of native antigen (large globular protein) into peptides capable of binding to MHC molecules

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Antigen processing

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Where does antigen processing occur?

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Occurs in cellular compartments where MHC molecules are synthesized and assembled

–Determines how antigen in different cellular compartments generates peptides that are displayed by class I or class II MHC molecules

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stimulates T helper cell in the case of bacterial infections

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Class II

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bind exogenous protein and present it to CD4 T cells

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Class II

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watchdogs of viral, tumor & certain parasitic Ags that are synthesized w/in the cell (endogenous Ags)

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Class I

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present peptides that have been synthesized within the cell to CD8 T cells

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Class I

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Class I MHC pathway

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Protein antigen in cytosol (cytoplasm)

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Class II MHC pathway

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Protein antigen in vesicles

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must be transported from ER to an endosomal compartment before they can bind peptides

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Class II

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bind peptides while still in the ER

binding stabilize association of α with β2 microglobulin

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Class I

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Both Class I and II molecules are synthesized in the ___ and for a time anchored in the ____

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Both Class I and II molecules are synthesized in the RER, and for a time anchored in the ER

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88 kd molecule, membrane bound in the ER, keeps the α chain partially folded while it awaits binding to β2 microglobulin, once β2 microglobulin binds it is released , and other chaperone molecules (calreticulin, tapason, and ERp57) are associated w/complex and help to stabilize it for the peptide binding

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Calnexin

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Pathways of antigen processing

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  1. Antigen uptake
  2. Antigen processing
  3. MHC biosynthesis
  4. Peptide-MHC association
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Explain: The class I MHC pathway of processing of endogenous cytosolic protein antigens

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  1. Production of proteins in the cytosol
  2. Proteolytic degradation of proteins
  3. Transport of peptides from cytosol to the ER
  4. Assembly of peptide-class I complexes in the ER
  5. Surface expression of peptide-class I complexes
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Defective ribosomal products, peptides that fail to correctly fold and hence defective, about 20-70percent of all proteins synthesized by the cell, must be digested by the proteases (by proteasome)

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DRiPs

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Peptides derived from proteins found in the cytosol that are then degraded by the multiproteolytic _________complex into peptides. (Class I pathway)

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Proteasome

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Brings the TAP transporters into close proximity to the newly formed MHC molecules and mediates interaction with them so that the peptides can be loaded to MHC class I

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Tapasin

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are cooperatively folded into the newly synthesized MHC-I molecule.

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transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP)

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The first step in the activation of a CD8+ cellular program

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The MHC-I molecule allows the APC bearing a particular MHC–peptide complex to **engage an appropriate alpha beta T cell receptor **

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The activation of a CD8+ cellular program that might lead to ________________________.

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cytolysis of the APC as a target and/or to the **secretion of lymphokines by the T cell. **

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The class II MHC pathway of processing of internalized vesicular protein antigens

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  1. Uptake of extracellular proteins into vesicular compartments of APC
  2. Processing of internalized proteins in endosomal/lysosomal vesicles
  3. Biosynthesis and transport of Class II MHC molecules to endosomes
  4. Association of processed peptides with with Class II MHC molecules in vesicles
  5. Expression of peptide-MHC molecule on cell surface
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31 kd protein that is made in excess to make sure all Class I molecules have Ii, prevents interaction of Class II binding site to the endogenous proteins of ER, helps to bring α and β chains together in the ER lumen and then moving them thru the golgi apparatus to the endocytic vesicles where digested Ag is found

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Invariant chain

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serves as a chaperone to direct the ab heterodimer to an endosomal, acidic protein–processing location.

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invariant chain (Ii)

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Help to mediate the reaction by removing the CLIP fragment

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HLA-DM

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Class II invariant chain peptide, attached to the peptide-binding cleft

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CLIP

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inside-out pathway

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MHC-I

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outside-in pathway

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MHC-II

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How does class I-associated antigen presentation

influence the nature of the host T cell response/Activation of a CD4+ cellular program might lead to

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Macrophage activation: destruction of phagocytosed antigen

B cell antibody secretion: antibody binding to antigen

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How class II-associated antigen presentation

influence the nature of the host T cell response

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Killing of antigen-expressing taget cell

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Association of Human MHC Alleles and Risk for Diseases

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Disease Associated HLA Allele Relative Risk**

Ankylosing Spondylitis* B27 90

Hereditary Hemochromatosis A3/B14 90

Insulin Dependent Diabetes* DR4/DR3 20

Multiple Sclerosis* DR2 5

Myasthenia Gravis* DR3 10

Rheumatoid Arthritis* DR4 10

Systemic Lupus Erythromatosis* DR3 5

* Autoimmune Disease **Percent of Patients with Allele Divided by Percent of Non-Affected Persons with this Allele

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Narcolepsy DR2 130

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