Module 2 references Flashcards
Neisseria
meningitis- Vieusseux Geneva 1805; Goldschneider- bactericidal antibodies; Virgi et al- addition of sialic acid to LPS- less complement; ab mediated killing; phagocytosis; CEACAM dysregulated by infalm cytokines- higher affinity between Opa; reverse vaccinology-Rappuoli; Bexsero- 75% against 85 strains->90% with adjuvants; menC- 81% carriage 199-2001; MenAfriVac- mass 2010; by end of 2011- no menA cases in several countries; MeNZB- 90% menB strain; decreased by >10% cases ; 10-30% serious sequelae; 10% mortality; 50% carriage isolates have capsule; Schnider et al- moelcular mimicry of FHbp; LPS >700ng/l almost always fatal; nsapharynx 20-40%; menB- incidence rate ratio by 50% in vaccine eligible cohort, irrespecitve of vaccination status or predicted mneB strain coverage- 2016 report; gonococcus- T4SS; GGI- singel stranded DNA into extracellular lieu; similar freq of GGI in asx and sympatomc ifection; allows survivial without Ton complex- iron acquisition and survival- in meningitides not known as genes are mutated or missing
Salmonella
deletion of eitehr NLRP3 or NLRC4 increases susceptibility to infection KO SPI-2- reduce rplication index 0.5- Figueria; NOD2 KO- decreased inflam cytokines- Salucci; flagellin KO- imparied activation of casp1 and reduced death- Amer; autophagy- siRNA for gal8- 30/40 inc NDP52 80 inc with slamonella infection; Setpins recruited to curvature of dividn cells- Bridges et al. McGhie- persistent in gallbaldder and BM reseeding mucosal surfaces periodically; Hardt-SPI-1 stimualtes proinflam; non-replicating bacteria >50%- 15% relapase; Reddy- most common cause of bloodstream in Africa - 22-45% mortality; vireunce genes 3.5%; low pH-fur atr; small intestin- flg; lpf; penetrate epithelim- inv and spa; blood stream; rfb adn rfc; sopB-RhoGTPasesl Sip a and c- bacterial uptake spatal locatisation; Stapels et al.- SPI-2 modeulstes macrophage to promote longter mbacterial survival through STeE; Listeria- TLR2 reocgnisiton f lipoproteins or NOD1/2 peptiodyglcan; IL-1 or IL1R KO exacerbates and increases suscepibiltiy
S.aureus
golden pigment inc antixoidant acitivty and prevents neutrophil killing- Liu; Pader et al- daptomycin (phosphatidylglycerol) inactivation by memrbane phospholipids; Tranum-Jensen- alpha haemolysin- pore-forming toxin works diff at low and high, low- bind to specfiic unidentified recetpor and pores- apoptosis; high- non-specificially uncontrolled Ca influc- necrosis;Peterson- apoB prevents AIP to argC sensor- mice deficiency more susceptible to invasive agr but not agr-; ETA cleaves dsg1 bewteen cadherin repeats Nishifuji; clumping factor- fibrinogen bidning (phago) and factor I; complement inhibitor- C3 convertase; staphylokinase- cleave Ig; protein A- bind Fc; FnBPs- allow adherence and invasion (FAK and Src, when FAK delet-no invasion) PVL- C5aR and C5L2; Dancer- ETs glutamate specific serine proteases; arD pro-autoinducing peptides; arB- transpore; agrC histidine kinase; agrA- P2 and P3; 30% colonisation; dsg folding needs calcium; bacteraemia mortality 20-40%; vanc resistant- conjugal transfer and transposition of vanA operon from enterococcus faecalis vs vac insensitive spont mutations (cell wall inhibitor, changed substrate); co-amox- C.diff 25% mortality in frail; dalfoprisint and linezolid- protein syntehsis inhibitors
TB immunity
Rees and Hart- chronically infected latent mice suscepbility to isonaizid so heterogenous latency; Ernst- mice defienctin both TLR2 and 9 fail to develop normal CD4 responses; Russell- phagosomes in macoaphges conatin live Mtb don’t fully acidify; Walberger- PknG promotes survival by blocking phagolysosomal fusion; NETs trap rather than kill mycobacteria (unlike gram -ve)- Braian; Neutrophilia increases mortality- Dallenga (protective- deliver bacilli in good form DC) or failure of Th1 as IFNy inhibitsIL-17 and neutrophil survival; B defiecnet mice increased immunopathology and neutrophilia- Kazkiewicz(opson inc phagolysosomal fusion); Siddiqui- latent express Acr1- increase tolerance moelcules; weak DC- less able to engulf–neutralisation of ACr1 is crucial; ESAT6 mutation linked to virulence- vaccine-Wards; Ernst- Mtb manipulate cell niche- avoid lysosomal mechanisms; virulence mechanism for cell-cell: ESX1 (typ 7SS) promotes necoris and inc uptake by neighboring cells; inhibits apoptosis; 50% clear; of 50%- 95% latent; epithelial cells TLR2 and TLR4; macaque model varying presentation; TLR2- LAM; TRL9- MTb DNA; MyD88 inc susceptibility; TLR4 stim with LPS inc autophagy; NLRP3- ESX1; IL10 KO have dec bacterial load in spleen and lungs; M.tb favours DCSIGN- IL-10 ; TNF KO- Mtb fatal- inc bacillary load; KO CD4/MHc-II inc suscetpiblity; CD1 KO in mice- no effect but dont have important isotype; KO yd T cells- enhanced susceptibiltiy; miRNAs- resulate innate response to M.tb; infection specific- Rothschild et al.- can distinguish active/LTBI; modulate atipahgy and apoptosis- host directed therapy; apoptosis- inactivate secA2 encodes superoxide dismutase inc apoptosis; necorosis- inc LXA4 and dec PDE2; Blomgram- TB inhibits apoptosis inhibiting apoptotic bodies by DCs; arg1 deficiency mic have better protection; PIM- H-subunit; PIMs- recruit Rab14 earlt endocomsm; aprABC locus- lipid synthesis; acid phosphatase- block fusion; Young- no biomarkers for latency; blood transcriptional signature- IFN genes- correlates with CXR disease; HIV- 10% risk/year vs 10% lifetime; small no. in LTBI- low yield and no resistane with IZD- below pson mutation freq; development of mutations in macaues with latent; PknG KO in lysosomes; MBL deficiency protect
TB drugs
first 1943 streptomcyin- Waksman; >95% efficacy; 80% sensitivity; Bedaquilline (first in 40 years)- EBA trial- inhibits ATP synthase; spuputm neg 83 vs 125 days but too small for stat signif reduced lung CFU; Gillespie- reMOX (moxifloxacin)- rapid decline in load that showed culture neg at 8 weeks when substituted for RIPE; shorterning of tx by 2mo nths rif- rpob gene (beta RNA pol); EMB 70% embB- arabinosyl transferase; fluoroquinolones- gyrA and gyrB; IZD- KatG catalase peroxidase; PYZ- pncA pyrazinamidase; introduced w/o targeting resistance mechanisms; RIF and PYZ- latent 2 months but hepatotoxic- inhibition of trans-translation- freeing up ribsosomes; drug tolerance to IZD and EMB reduced by pump inhibitor reserpine; verampamil inhibits RF pump and accelerates clearance; PnkG- AX20017- kill Mtb and requried for metabolic adaption in hypoxia; isocitrate lyases- needed for anti-oxidative defence; reducing tx- reduce tranmsission- 2 month regime math model in s.e asia- reduce deaths by 25% and 20% cases over 18 years; PA-824- signif bactericidal activity NO release- electron flow nad ATP homosstia and mycolci acid- with mox and PyZ superior bactercidal during 8 weeks vs standard in sus and MDR- phase III; rifapentine- reduced MIC and 5x half-life; induce durable cure afetr 3 months with once weekly in mice; but in huamsn inc relapse- increased dose?; rifaquin- moxi and rif- non-inferior at 6 months not 4 but only twice weekly; 30% treatment failure in MDR; delaminid- MDR mycobacterial cell wall- faster conversion and red mortality
TB vaccine
BCG- Calmette and Guerin 1921 first; Hesseling- risk of vaccinating HIV infected children may outweight benefits as protective effect unknown; Fine- BCG 0-80%; Brandt et al- decreased sensitisation in mice of BCG with environemntal TB; MVA-85A- Tameris- no efficacy despite Th1 and IFNy powerful viral vector of vaccinia antiara expressing Ag85a-lots of evidence in animals, currently trialled in HIV+ adults- correlatiosn with outcome to improve vaccine trials; M72- PPE and inactive protease in lipsoomal adjuvant- effective in 4 animals phase II- Penn Nicolson- immunogenicity and safety in HIV-ve adolescents; Kumarasamy- immunogenciity and tolerated in HIV+ adults; Gillard- phase II- immunogenic but high local hypsensitivity- stopped prematurely; VPM1002 (rBCG-urease C-listeriolysin) release of dsDNA sensed by AIM2 adn STING improved ag presentation- Saiga; phase IIa- inc CD8+ and IL-17+ T cells; IIa- HIV+ newborns; MTBVAC- PhoP ->2% genome and RadD26- enzymes in cell wall; immunogenic but not powered for outcomes- Sperlini; BCG booster- decreased TB 45.4% vs placebo;
TB general
Robert Koch- late 19th centry; Paul Erlich acid-fast (resist decolurisation with acidifed alcohol when stained with arylmethane); adapted by Ziehl and Neilsen; WHO end TB- 95% reuction by 2035; 1/3rd popultaion; lungs 80%; HIV don’t have positive sputum- improved with LED microscope; Xpert/RF- NAAT; HIV <100 or ill- LAM POCT; improve TST with RD1 antigens; IFny- stim with RD1 - poor predictive values (latent–active) END TB- 2035 incidence <10/100,000; 6000 years
HTLV1
Bangham- ectopic CTCG inserted into human genome- increased risk ofi nsertional mutagenesis; spread via virological synapse- Igakura; Laydon- median 30,000 clones per patient; Katsuya- survival for ATLL hasn’t improved from 80s-20s; Takasaki- chemo for chronic leukaemi is worse; HLA-A02; HLA-cW08- prevents 48% potential cases; KIR2DL2, Macnamara-50% reduction in developing HAM 3x dec in VL; CD4 inc CCL22-CCR4 on Tregs; HTLV1- STAT1 or p53; mitotic route 99.9%; evolution 1000x slower than HIV1; 2-6% ATLL; 1-4% HAM; McMichael- inverse between PVL and CTLs; predict cases of HAM based on strong binding in 55%; induces cytokine inhibitor SOCS1; 10^5-10^6 clonal populations; ATLL 5% 4 year survival; 95% CD4; Japanese- protective HLA alleles prevented 58% casesl 50% asx carrier have PVL>1%; SNPs in IL-6; IL-10 and TNF inc in HAM; 4:1 ratio HAM; walking aid 6 years; Martin et al- 4s increse/year in 10m timed walk; Tax can immortalise rat fiboroblasts in culture; 20% ATLL have GOF in CCR4- HBZ;
Leishmania
new technique- scraping for cut Leishmania- non-invaseive then DNA PCR for species- Taslimi; healing through Th1 IFN- OH-arg; L.arginine- reduces CD4/CD8 prolfieration and CD3 zeta; arginase T cell suppression; ornithine- polyamines-survival; arginase affinity higher in chornic patients than acute; higher in acute than healthy- Rafati; HIV inc arginase; reduced tx efficacy and increased relapses 30% visceral cases have HIV.. 350 million people infected;
Malaria
clinical immunity acquired fast in areas of higher transmission- Anderson and May; first pre-erthryocytic vaccine- RTS/ASO1- circumsporozoite- 40% efficacy from phase II; SSM-VMIT are trnamission blocking- altrutic; blods gametocyte phase I/II; 88% p. falciparum; 70 species of anopheles; half world population; 3x more deaths than armed conflicr 50% parasites don’t leave skin; passive transsfer studies of abs sucessfully treats severe malraia; Kurura- ab against MSP-1 wekaly but if both T cells with IFNy and abs- protection; sporozoites- circumsporozoites; merozoite-MSP2 and 3; infected RBC-PfEMP1; 2000-2015- 60% dec in mormtality; P.knowlesi; IRS and bed nets- 2/3rds of cases averted between 2000-2015; chemoprevention has been effective in reducing 80% and 50% mortality;
Viruses
Zharikova- SCID mice die 35 days post infection but WT restore normal fx; DeVincenao- symptoma high each day depsite VL dec; Lot100- vaccine unsuccessful in prevention with formalin-inactivated RSV, children higher hospitalation rate 78 v 5
Mouse models
Dorner et al- first immunocompetent mouse for HCV; huamnised mice susceptbilit to HIV, Bnabs durably suppress- Klein; Rongavaux- MISTRG mice- IL-3; GM-CSF, thrombopoeitin- functional NK cells; Evans- huaminsed mice cannot recapitulate as need high titres vs normal low doses in trnamission
Fungal infections
Romani et al- Pentraxin 3 handling of Aspergillus conidia, def inc susceptibility; A fumgates- mainly TLR4/MyD88; >180 species but 38 survive at body temp; 85-90% aspergillus is fumigatus; macrophage depleted mice aren’t more suscepibiltiy to infeciton; single cell-coiling phagocytosis- IL-12; hyphae- cipper type- IL10; TL4- pulmoanry aspergillus; ABPA- TLR9 polymorphisms; dectin 1- suscepibility to invase disesse instem cell tranplnts; CARD9-chornic mucocutanous candidasis; eosinhopsil- reudced clearance; IL-17A full eosinohpilic recruitment; 10% asthmatics positive on skin prick; New Orlenas- increased admission; Chicago- inc asthma; damp hosuing and inc admission; invasive -10-15% BMTs;
immune system
deletion of MyD88- profound bacterial, fungal infections and death;Franchi et al- use adaptor ASC; Schroder- 3 models for NLRP3 activation- NLRP3 leads to ROS and act; ATP to P2S7-K efflux- pennxin1 memrbane pore allows external agonist in; lysosomal damage Shigella- manipulates mitocnohdria- Friedman and Nunnari
Resistance
A.Fleming; MRSA-SCC element mecA; Lister- Pseudomonas- fluoroquinolone ressitance- overexpression of efflux pumps; Skold et al- inc production PABA ressitance to sulfonamides, outcompetes sulgonamides for binding to DHPS, e.g Ecoli