T cells/T cell receptors and Antigen Presenting Cells Flashcards
What are the three cells of innate immunity?
Phgocytes, NK cells, Dendritic Cells
What are the two types of dendritic cells?
Antigen presenting (mDC) and Interferon-producing (pDC)
Cells of innate immunity are also cells of
Adaptive immunity
Have a variety of functions including phagocytosis, secretion of cytokines and antigen presentation
Dendritic Cells (DCs)
Collect proteins, some of which come from disease causing pathogens
Antigen Presenting Cells (APCs)
Break down the proteins into peptides (short protein fragments 8-15 amino acids)
APCs
APCs show these peptide fragments to
T cells
Initiate the adaptive immune response
APCs
Naïve T cells have not been exposed to
Antigen
Do little/nothing to directly clear infections
Naïve T cells
Produce effector molecules like cytokines (IL-4, IFN-γ)
Effector T cells
Long lived, antigen specific cells that respond very quickly if reexposed to same antigen; rapid production of effector molecules/functions
Memory T cells
Lymphocyte clones mature in generative lymphoid organs in the absence of
Antigens
Clones of mature lymphocytes specific for diverse antigens enter
Lymphoid tissues
Antigen-specific clones are then activted by
Antigens
The result is an antigen-specific
Immune response
Effector T cells and antibodies persist for weeks after exposure to antigen. This is called
Protective immunity
Innate immune system signaling (i.e. TLRs) activates
-Causing maturation
DCs
Must receive 2 signals to be fully activated
T cells
Costimulatory molecules are upregulated on
-following signals from the innate immune system
APCs
Binding of T-cell receptor (TCR) to the antigen-HLA complex on the dendritic cell (DC) delivers a signal (signal 1) that can induce
Activation and expansion of T cells
The costimulatory signal (signal 2) is given by binding of
CD28 to B7 molecules
Lack of costimulation inhibits
T cell responses
Lack of Costimulation Inhibits T cell Responses. This is one reason that
Tumors are hard to clear
Malignant tumor cells express Tumor Restricted Antigen (TRA) but no costimulatory molecules. As a result, CD8 T cells specific for the TRA can not be
Activated
Upregulated on T cells after T cell is activated
CTLA-4
Also binds to B-7, but its function is to shut down the T cell response
CTLA-4
Cross-linking of CD28 delivers the co-stimulatory signal during activation of naive T cells and induces the expression of
CTLA-4 (CD152)
CTLA-4 is upregulated soon after T cell activation. It is essential for
Shutting down T cell responses
Mice without CTLA-4 die days after birth as a result of massive T cell infiltration of major
Organs
Therapeutic costimulatory blockades are used as a strategy to block the function of autoreactive T cells to prevent
Autoimmunity
To do this, we inject soluble CTLA-4 (CTLA-4-Ig) binds to B7 and prevents T cell from receiving signal 2 from
APC
-as a result, T cell becomes anergic
We can enhance anti-tumor T cells by blocking the function of
-patient will often experience autoimmunity as well
CTLA-4
What is the CTLA-4 blocker produced by Bristol-Myers Squibb?
Ipilimumab (Yervoy)