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2/10/17 GERMAN Barriers and soluble effectors II TEST #2 Flashcards

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What is the first complement pathway to act?

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-Alternative pathway

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What is the second complement pathway to act?

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-Lectin Pathway

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What is the third complement pathway to act?

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-Classical pathway

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What complement pathway has mannose-binding lectin binds to pathogen surface?

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-Lectin pathway

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What complement pathway has a pathogen surface that creates a local environment conducive to complement activation?

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-Alternative pathway

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What complement pathway has C-reactive protein or an antibody that binds to specific antigens on pathogen surfaces?

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-Classical pathway

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What complement protein covalently binds to surface components of the pathogen?

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-C3b

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When a complement protein is cleaved what size is the “a” portions?

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-Small fragment

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What two things activate the classical pathway?

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  • C-reactive protein

- Antibodies

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What complement protein initiates the classical pathway?

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-C1q

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What does C1q bind to?

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-The conservative region of the antibody

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What two types of antibodies typically activate the complement system?

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  • IgM

- IgG

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Does IgG or IgM bind C1q with a higher affinity?

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-IgM

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How many IgG’s are needed for C1q to bind?

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-At least 2

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When C1q is bound what does it activate?

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  • C1r

- C1s

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What does C1r2s2 cleave?

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C4

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What does the C4b bind to?

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-C2

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What is the lectin pathway initiated by?

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  • Mannose Binding lectins

- Ficolins

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What does the lectin pathway target?

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-Pathogen cell surface carbohydrates

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What does the MBL and Ficolins recruit?

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  • MBL associated serine protease such as:
  • MASP-1
  • MASP-2
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What is C4b2a also known as?

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-C3 convertase

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What is C4b2a3b also known as?

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-C5 convertase

23
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What do serine proteases cleave in complement?

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In the lectin pathway what cleaves C2?

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What cleaves C4 in the lectin pathway?
-activated MASP-2 with MBL or Ficolin
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What are the three routes of activation in the alternative pathway?
- Spontaneous C3 hydrolysis - Properdin-pathogen binding and C3 recruitment - Proteolytic C3 cleavage
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What are two examples of proteolytic C3 cleavage?
- Thrombin | - Clotting cascade proteases
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When C3 spontaneously changes conformation (gets cleaved) what does it expose?
-Thioester bond
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T/F C3 thioester bond is unstable in aqueous environments
True
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What are three C3 convertases?
- iC3Bb - C3bBb - C4b2a
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What C3 convertase initiates the alternative pathway?
-iC3Bb
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What C3 convertase drives pathogen C3b opsonization?
-C3bBb
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What does properdin do?
-Bind to pathogen surfaces and recruits C3b
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What is C3b2Bb?
-C5 convertase
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T/F Small complement-cleavage products act on blood vessels to increase vascular permeability and cell-adhesion molecules
True
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C3a, C5a, and C4a are known as what?
-Anaphylatoxins
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What do anaphylatoxins activate?
-Innate immune cells
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What does opsonization do?
-Neutralizes pathogens and targets them for phagocytosis
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When only C3b binds to CR1 are bacteria phagocytosed?
-No
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What can C5a activate?
-Macrophages to phagocytose via CR1
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When you have C5b what does that recruit?
- C6 | - C7
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When you have a C5b, C6, and C7 complex what do you recruit?
-C8
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When you have the C5b, C6, C7, and C8 complex what do you recruit?
-C9 to create a pore (Membrane Attack Complex)
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What can bind do the C5b678 complex to prevent the C9 recruitment and pore formation?
-CD59
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Removal of what is critical in preventing complement from targeting self-cells?
- C3b | - C5b
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What factors lead to C3 depletion and pathogen susceptibility?
- Factor H - I - DAF - MCB
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What two complement proteins recruit phagocytic cells to the site of infection and promote inflammation?
- C3a | - C5a
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What cleaves C4b2?
-C1r2s2 complex

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