Ch3: Lymph, MHC, Antigen Presentation Flashcards
What are the five steps of the immune response in the transition from innate to adaptive immunity?
- Adherence to epithelium
- Penetration of epithelium
- Local infection of tissues
- Lymphatic spread
- Adaptive immunity begins
How does the immune system protect against bacterial adherence?
Normal flora and chemical factors
How does the immune system protect against penetration?
Anti-microbial proteins, peptides, phagocytes and complement destroy invaders
How does the immune system protect against local infection in tissues?
- Complement activation
- Dendritic cells migrate to lymph nodes
- NK Cells activated
- Cytokines and chemokines produced
How does the immune system use lymphatic spread?
Pathogens trapped and phagocytosed in lymphoid tissue which allows dendritic cells to initiate adaptive immunity
What happens in adaptive immunity?
Infection clared by specific antibody, T-cell dependent macrophage activation and cytotoxic T cells
What are the two primary lymphoid organs?
Thymus and Bone Marrow
What are some of the secondary lymphoid organs? 6
- Adenoid
- Tonsil
- Thoracic Duct
- Spleen
- Peyer’s patches
- Appendix
What lymph nodes drain the upper limb and lateral breast?
Axillary
What lymph nodes drain the stomach?
Celiac
What lymph nodes drain the duodenum and jejunum?
Superior mesenteric
What lymph nodes drain the sigmoid colon?
Colic –> inferior mesenteric
What lymph nodes drain the rectum and anal canal above pectinate line?
Internal iliac
What lymph nodes drain the anal canal below pectinate line, scrotum, and superficial thigh?
Superficial inguinal
What lymph nodes drain the testes?
Superficial and deep plexuses
What lymph nodes drain the lateral side of dorsum of foot?
Popliteal
Are lymphocytes mature upon leaving circulation for lymph nodes ?
Yes, but naive.
What happens if lymphocyte encounters their specific antigen?
Lymphocyte activates, differentiates, and clears the pathogen
What happens if lymphocyte does not encounter antigen? 4
- Leave lymph node via efferent lymphatic vessel.
- Reside in lymph
- Return to blood via thoracic duct
- Enter lymph node
How is the antigen transported to the lymph node?
- Antigen presenting cell finds antigen and travels via lymph vessel to the lymph nodes
- The spleen looks through the blood for antigens
Activated dendritic cells move to lymph node to do what?
Activate B cells and T cells
Upon activation, T and B cells go where?
To site of infection to remove pathogen
How do naive lymphocytes enter lymph nodes?
Capillaries/High endothelial venules
How do pathogen-loaded dendritic cells enter lymph nodes?
Afferent lymphatic vessels
If naive lymphocytes recognize the pathogen carried by DC, what happens?
- Activate
- Differentiate into effector cells
- Leave via efferent lymphatic vessel
What are germinal centers?
What controls them?
Sites of B cell proliferation
T-cells
What type of lymphatic vessels drain tissue?
What do they carry? (2)
Afferent
Pathogens and APC’s
What delivers lymphocytes from bloodstream to node?
High endothelial venules
Where are B cells found?
Follicles of lymph node
Where are T cells found?
Paracortical area of lymph node
3 differences between spleen and lymph node
- Removes dead red blood cells in the red pulp area
- White blood cells are present in white pulp
- Spleen does not drain lymph, it drains whole blood
Germinal centers in the spleen form along what?
Periarteriolar lymphoid sheath (PALS)
Marginal zone B cells in spleen produce what?
IgM
Does the spleen have a direction link to lymphatics?
No
What type of cells form the PALS?
T cells
Marginal zone around spleen follicle contains what cells mainly? 2
- Macrophages
2. Non-circulating marginal zone B cells
What covers Peyer’s patches?
Epithelial layer containing M cells
Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) is found where? (4)
- Tonsils
- Adenoids
- Appendix
- Peyers Patches
What cell collects antigen from epithelial surface in GALT?
M cells
What forms the Peyer’s patch?
Central dome of B cells surrounded by T Cells
What is the main function of Peyer’s patch
Local response to pathogens without draining to a lymph node
The major histocmpatability complex has its gene locus where?
How many BP’s?
How many genes?
Chromosome 6
4,000,000 BP’s
200 genes
What are the two main groups of proteins that present antigen to T cells?
MHC Class I
MHC Class II
What does HLA stand for?
Human leukocyte antigen
What domains make up the Class I peptide binding cleft?
Alpha1 and alpha2
What domains make up the Class II peptide binding cleft?
Alpha1 and Beta1
What cells express MHC I?
All nucleated cells
What cells express MHC II?
Professional antigen presenting cells?
3 types of progessional antigen presenting cells?
Dendritic cells
B cells
Macrophages
What is special about the expression of MHC genes? 2
- Co-dominant expression so both parental alleles are expressed giving you more MHC varieties
- Polymorphic genes: Many different alleles
What type of cells interact with MHC Class II cells?
CD4+ Helper T cells
What type of cells interact with MHC Class I cells?
CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cells
The dendritic cell is located where in lymph node?
T-Cell areas
How does the dendritic cell uptake the antigen? 3
- Macropinocytosis
- phagocytosis
- Virus infects the cell itself