Microbio Week 5 Part 1 (Exam 2) Flashcards
Receptors of adaptive immunity are ________
clonal
What do T cells express?
T cell receptors
What do T cell receptors recognize?
Peptides displayed by MHC molecules
(processed antigen is recognized)
Membrane-bound heterodimeric protein composed of an alpha chain and a beta chain. Has a variable region and a constant region
T cell receptor
MHC class I has variable domains of which chain(s) for the T cell receptor to bind to?
Alpha chains
MHC class II has variable domains of which chain(s) for the T cell receptor to bind to?
Alpha and beta chains
What part of gene segments accounts for the diversity in T cell receptors?
Somatic recombination
Describe recombination of T cell receptor gene segments and recombination of immunoglobulin genes
Both are random selection of segments
What is recombination of T cell receptor gene segments mediated by?
Lymphocyte-specific VDJ recombinase that brings 2 segments close together
What is the 1st step of recombination of T cell receptor gene segments?
Recombination of D and J segments
What is the 2nd step of recombination of T cell receptor gene segments?
Recombination of V segment w/ fused D-J element
What is the 3rd step of recombination of T cell receptor gene segments?
Recombination of C segment w/ fused V-D-J element
T/F: There is not a lot of T cell receptor diversity
FALSE; there is TREMENDOUS diversity
How do T cells mature and get selected?
+ and - selection based on functional antigen receptors
What does a double negative T cell mean?
+ selection for ability to recognize antigen
What does a double positive CD4+ CD8+ T cell mean?
negative (-) selection
What does a single positive CD4+ or CD8+ T cell mean?
+ selection based on MHC reactivity
Where are T cells produced? Where do they mature?
Produced = bone marrow
Matured= thymus
Pre-T cells express one chain of antigen receptor (TCRbeta). What is it called?
Pre-TCR
What does pre-TCR promote?
Cell survival
What do immature T cells express? (2)
- Complete TCR that promotes cell survival
- CD4 and CD8
T cells that do not express __________ __________ will die
functional receptors
What type of recognition of MHC+peptide leads to selection? What type of T cells will be selected?
Weak recognition
Selected T cells = single +
What type of recognition of MHC+peptide leads to death?
Strong recognition
No recognition
Strong recognition leads to …
negative (-) selection, death
Weak recognition leads to …
+ selection, periphery
No recognition leads to …
Neglect, death
What allows T cells to be selected and migrate to the periphery?
Appropriate amount of antigen recognition in the thymus
What leads to clonal expansion? (in other words, how are T cells activated?)
Antigen recognition
Costimulation
Where do naive T cells circulate in search of their antigens?
From lymph node to lymph node
What signals are provided by Thelper cells to help macrophages and B cells?
CD40L
IFNgamma
What is the difference between naive and effector T cells in a situation in which there is an infection?
Effector T cells contract following clearance of pathogens
What is necessary for thymocytes to survive and mature in the thymus?
Expression of preTCR and TCR
What is the function of Th17 cells in response to infection?
Recruit neutrophils to the mucosa for clearance of extracellular microbes
How do activated cytotoxic T cells (CTL) kill cells infected with an intracellular microbe? What activates them?
Activated by dendritic cells
Receive help from Thelper cells to produce perforin and granzyme which lyse infected cell
Cytokines produced by dendritic cells and other innate cells determine the fate of naive T cells and the cytokine they will produce. What cytokines accurately induce Th cell differentiation?
IFNgamma induces Th2
IL-12 induces Th17
IL-6 induces Th1
IL-5 induce Th17
IL-4 induces Th2
IL-4 induces Th2
CD28 ligand and cell
B7-APC
CD40L ligand and cell
CD40-APC
MHC-I ligand and cell
TCR-CD8
MHC-II ligand and cell
TCR-CD4
IL-2 ligand and cell
IL-2R-T cells
What happens to T cells after they migrate to antigen sites in tissues?
Reactivated
Carry their function
During costimulation of T cell activation, antigen recognition (signal 1) alone induces what?
Unresponsiveness
During costimulation of T cell activation, engagement of B7 on APC by CD28 on T cells provides signal 2 and induces what?
Proliferation
What are inhibitory receptors in T cells critical for?
Limiting/terminating immune responses