Exam 2 Spring Flashcards
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humoral response revelent in…
- extracell bac/fungi/parasites
- helminth
- virus/intracell bac DURING spread/ADCC
phases of b cell recognition (big pic)
- b cell is “born” (secr only IgM w/ some IgG2- naive and has not met ag)
- presented w/ polysacc ag
- two choices: either TI or TD
- TI: IgM
- TD: class switch to “better” ag - protein Ag (most)
- if TD: requires CD4+ (both activated each other)
- prolif
- plasma cell –> IgM
- isotype switch –> IgG, IgE, IgA
- HIGH-AFFINITY –> affinity maturation (IgG), memory B
TI ag induced by
bac polysacc
lipids
repeating surf mol on viruses
TD ags….
induced by ANY ag containing protein (due to CD4 help) IN GERMINAL CENTER
majority do this
what type of cells have TI responses & characteristics
TI:
- marginal zone B cells (spleen)
- B1 cells (mucosa)
multiple identical epitopes –> max x-link: polysacc
can be (+) by alt C’ pathway
dom by IgM with some IgG2
- LOW affinity
- NO maturation
- NO memory
what is the main def aga encap bac
humoral immunity b/c capsule is USUALLY polysacc
what types of cells prod natural ab?
B1: low affinity anti-carb ab prod w/o overt exposure to pathos
- ex: ABO blood group
what are the primary response cells to protein ags?
follicular B cells
Th cells
TD response activation
- initial 2 separate stim
- Ag (with protein cmpts) taken up by DC –> processed –> presented on MHC
- Ag (whole ag) recog by B cell –> ingest –> present to CD4
- activated Th cell (by APC: DC) will recog B cell presented Ag (which now acts as a APC) and (+) B cell to TD response
types of B cells
follicular
- follicular zone of lymph nodes
- ONLY place of TD activation
marginal zone
- marginal zone of spleen
- encap bac
- TI response: IgM (some IgG2)
B1
- mucosa
TI response: IgM (some IgG2)
primary ab response v secondary
primary response : 5-10 days
secondary response: 1-3 days (due to memory cells = faster, stronger, BETTER)
ag delivered to B cells in follicles largely thru
afference lymph -> subcap space –> conduits/macrophage presentation –> B follicles
how to B cells come and go from lymph nodes
come:
- target via with cytokine (CXCR5) to lymph node receptor (CXCL13) –> enter via HEV (high endothelial venules)
- in contrast with Ag which enters via afferent lymph
go:
- ONLY IF NO AG TO RECOGNIZE!! –> efferent lymph
how does a germinal center get created?
Ag delivered via macrophages/afferent lymph recog by B cell –> clonal expansion –> germinal center (2ndary B cell center)
biochem pathway of B cell activation
- polysacc or large mol = IgM cross linking (remember naive b cells have IgM surf ag)
- (+) ITAM on Ig-alpha Ig-beta
- (P) BCR RTK complex: fyn, lyn, blk
- recruits syk TK
- (+) TK on adaptor proteins
- signal cascade
- (+) Ts factor
- b cell activation

ag recognition by B cell induces…
early phase of B cell activation
- prolif and survival
- B7 ag (co-stim on CD28 on Th cells)
- IL-4R: inflammation
- CCR7: cytokine flip-flop
- ag internalization –> MHCII –> present to CD4 cells
examples of B cells co-stim
- alt C’: CR2 recog of C3d on microbe
- microbe recog on TLR with Myd88 adaptor protein
- IFN-1: anti-viral
- CD4 co-activation
what does the CR2 receptor do?
B cells req more than just microbe recog on BCR
CR2 (CD21) recog alt C’ pathway
- alt C’: C3d binding on microbe surface
- C3d (attached to microbe) fits into CD2 receptor at same time that microbe binds onto IgG/IgM
***co-stim ENHANCES b cell activation

what is Myd88
b cells req more than just microbe recog on Ig (BCR)….
be cells have LOTS of TLR!
- req Myd88 adaptor protein association
*** enhanced B cell activation
- microbe be deposited on BCR and TLR at same time
- synergized
what is an extrafollicular focus and what happens to it?
when activated T & B cells meet “in the middle” (B cell out of the follicle and T cells out of its T cell zone)
- due to flip-flop of cytokines
- complex will eventually migrate BACK into follicular zone and create germinal center
- extrafoll T cells –> follicular T cell –> ab maturation
fx:
- created short lived plasma cells to produce Ag right away
B & T cells meet up
once BOTH are activated
- B cell by whole ag
- T cell by T-cell (protein) epitope
cytokine FLIP-FLOP
- B: CXCR5 –> CCR7
- T: CCR7 –> CXCR5
when they meet up –> creates extrafollicular focus
- B cell will endocyt ag –> process –> present T-cell epitope on MHC II –> acts as APC to T cells
- B7
- CD40
- MORE MORE MORE MHC II
CD40
expressed by B cells and macrophages
- “connects” with CD40L on T cells!!
- T cells activated B cells and macrophages the same way!
what is the point of affinity maturation?
get the best Ab for BEST response to a particular ag
- occurs most ly in germinal centers and follicles
ex:
- IgG1/IgG2 = opson
- IgE = helminth, allergy
ICOS receptor
binding onto ligand on B cell –> generates and (+) Tfh cells
- (+) via CD40/CD40L –> B cell affinity maturaion –> plasma cells & memory B cells & class switch (AID)
- activates T cells!










