Physiology (Immunology 1) Flashcards
History of Innate Immunity
Innate immunity is highly conserved
- Compared to the adaptive which is only in vertabrates
- Drosphilla = have innnate immunity
- Startfish = have macrophages
- Frogs + Zebra fish = models of immune system (have a similar immune system to humans but it is more simple)
Challenge for innate immunity
Innate immunity has to recognize many classes of organisms of wide variety that can cause problems
- Recognizes things of varying sizes (Small - Virsus -> Bacteria –> Protoza –> Fungi –> Parisites)
- Have four main chatagories = viruses + bacteria + protozoa + fungi AND each catagory has many different specieis
- All different in shape and size
- Have extracellular and intracelular things + different species have different replcation stradegies + RNA vs. DNA
Example -
Small - Have to recognize viruses that hijak cell machinery
Large - Have to recognize larger exrtacellular bacteria + have to recognize fungi that cause cause tissue daamge
Goal of the innate immune system
Overall: To swiftly and effeciently idetfy potential health threats
- Slow and halt the invasion of the threat
- Alter he adaptive immune system
- Minimize damage to the organism (Damage control)
Is the innate immune system effective?
RESULT of innate - because the innate immune system is so effective –> the majority of potential threats are no threat at all
- We are exposed to things all of the time but most threats don’t reasult in anything because immune system is good at controling them
Innate Vs. Adaptive immune
Innate - INflimation + complement activation + phagocytosis + destruction of the pathogen
- Tyical time after infection to start a response = minautes
- Duration of the response = Says
Adaptive = Specilized actors
- Typical time to initiate = hours - days - weeks
Main Pillars of Innate immunity
- Avoidance
- Resistence
- Tolerance
Innate immunity (Avoidence)
Avoid things using chemical and physical barriers - avoid the ability of the pathogen to get in and establish infections (prevent infection)
Uses:
1. Epithelial barriers (EX. Skin, intesitines etc.)
2. Mucus (Ex. oral mucosa)
3. Enzymes
4. pH (Ex. change in pH organism can’t handle)
5. Commernsal microflora
Innate immunity (Resistnce)
Innate immune tries to resist infection - Profesional profilers
Uses:
1. Humoral components
2. Cellular components
Innate immunity (Tolerance)
Prevention of damage (tolerance of the tissue to be damaged to a certain extent and still be able to heal)
- IF you get an infection = you tolerize the area to make sure the area is not too sensitive
Ex. Liver is very tolerant to damage - sees many microoranisms but it can still heal and recover
Cellular components of the adaptive immune system
- Macrophages
- Dendritic cells
- Nuetrophils
- Eosenophils
- Basophils
- Mast cells
- NK cells
Macrophages
Overall: Phagocytosies and activation of bactericidal mechanisms + antigen presentation
- Eating machine (eat everything it comes into contact with that shows signs of being forign)
- Engulf and kill pathogens = first line of defense (primary source of blockade of infection because the are in tissues and most infections occur in tissues)
- Destroy pathogens with oxidative reagents
- Put out chemokines and cytokines to tell other cels = prevents other cells from getting infected AND draws in cells to help
- Once infection happens - they complete tissue repair post infection (Ex. when wound gets red –> heals –> because macorphages healed it) ; can heal well or can cause fibrosis = not healing properyly = get organ dysfunction
Location - resident in most tissues ; found in every tissue in body
Arise during emrogensis + get new ones through monocyte differentiation
Long lived cells (Ex. Microglia)
Monocytes vs. macrophages
Monocytes + macrophaes BOTH phagocytose but most infectsion occur in tissues where macrophages already are = macrophages is the #1 phagocytic cell
Dedritic cells
Overall - Antigen uptake in peripheral sites + Antigen presentation
- 2nd class of phagocytic cells
- Mostly do mucoperocytosis = drinking around the are a
- Have long dedirtic extenstions
- Complete survelince in tissue (at the first line of defense) - survery for infection –> leave first line of defense and report infection to specilize cells in lymph nodes (leave the tissue after infection)
Dendrites vs. Macrophage
Macrophages = take things up to kill them
Dendirtic = take up things to tell suroundings to help + to present things to the lymphoid organs
Granulocytes
Nuertophils (majority) + Eossenphis + Basophiles
Work horses of immunity
In H and E stain = have very big granuales
Nuertophils
Overall - Phagocytosis (destroy pathogen) and activation of bactericidal mechanisms
- Important in initial response
- Catches pathogens around them and destorys them
- Produce cytokines and kemokines to pull in more cells
- Not present in tissue prior to infection (makes them different from macrophages)
- Kill selves — spill out insides – surrounds area = kills everything around it
- 24 hour life cycle - Leave bone marrow at night –> die at the end of the day
Eosenophils
Overall - Killing of antibody coated parisites
- Also affects allergy repsonse
Basophils
Overall - Promotion of allergic repsonses and augmentaion of anti-parasiic immunity
Mast cells
Overall - Release of granials contaiing histamine and active agents
- Affects allergies
- Engaged with IgE –> in response release histamine
NK cells (natural killer cell)
Overall - Release of lytic granuals that kill some virus infected cells
- Bridge between the innate and adaptive immune system
- Has more specificity than other innate cells but not as much specificty as adapative cells (looks like adaptive cell but functions like innate cell because has broad affects)
- Looks for cells that are not showing self (no MHC I prsenting healthy peptide) = kills them
- Released granzymeB to kill pathogens
- Kill tumor cells
Circulating innate immunity
- Nuertrophis
- Basophils
- Eosenphils
- Mast Cells
- Monocytes (because become macorphages)
- NK cells
- Platlets - express receptors on surface + bind AB + bind to monocytes and facilitate monocyte entry to the brain
Tissue/Cavity innate immunity
- Macrophages
- Dendritice cells (found in lymphid tissue + in gut)
- Innate-like lymphocytes - cells that look like lymphocytes (adaptive) but have innate function becayse they are not very specific
Includes:- ILCs (in gut)
- NK T Cells - Mix of NK cell and T cell (have TCR but not variant + kill like NK cells)
-Gamma delta T cells (skin defense) - very invarinat responses = only respond certain way = innate like - B-1 B Cells (mouth + cavity Defense/tooth decay)
Antigen presenting cell
Macrophages + Dendrtites - both antigen presenting cells
- Link adaptive and innate immune systems (transition from innate to adaptive response)
- Present antigens to B and T cells t get adaotive response –> B cells will induces AB and T cells will have specific responses