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EXAM 2 T Cells: Receptors, MHC, and Antigen Recognition Flashcards

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what are the 6 types of effectors T cells?

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  • CD8 cytotoxic T cells
  • CD4 Th1 cells
  • CD4 Th2 cells
  • CD4 Th17 cells
  • Tfh cells
  • CD4 regulatory T cells
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what are the functions and targeted pathogens of CD8 cytotoxic T cells?

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  • functions in adaptive immune response: kill virus infected cells
  • pathogens: viruses and some intracellular bacteria
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what are the functions and targeted pathogens of CD4 Th1 cells?

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  • function in adaptive immune response: activate infected macrophages, provide help to B cells for antibody production
  • pathogens: microbes that persist in macrophage vesicles, and extracellular bacteria
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what are the functions and targeted pathogens of Cd4 Th2 cells

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  • functions in adaptive immune response: provide help to B cells for antibody production, especially switching to IgE
  • pathogens: helminth parasites
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what are the functions and targeted pathogens of CD4 Th17 cells?

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  • functions in adaptive immune response: enhance neutrophil response, promote barrier integrity
  • pathogens: klebsiella pneumoniae, fungi
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what are the functions and targeted pathogens of Tfh cells?

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  • functions in adaptive immune response: B cell help, isotype switching, and antibody production
  • pathogens: all types
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what is the function of CD4 regulatory T cells in the adaptive immune response?

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suppress T cell responses

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T cells are defined by ___

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T cell receptors (TCRs)

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TCRs primarily bind ___

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polypeptides

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the TCR is expressed on the ___, and is never ___

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  • cell surface
  • secreted
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TCRs are similar in structure to ___

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immunoglobulins

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do TCRs have effector functions?

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no

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TCRs do not recognize ___ in isolation

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antigens

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TCRs interact with ___ presented antigen

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MHC

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TCRs are ___ detectors

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incidence

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what are the two classes of TCR?

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alpha:beta T cells and gamma:delta T cells

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describe alpha:beta TCRs

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  • alpha and beta chain
  • “classic” T cell
  • adaptive immunity
  • common in circulation, not tissues
  • develops and matures in the thymus
  • positive and negative selection
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describe gamma:detal TCRs

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  • gamma chain and delta chain
  • not involved in classic adaptive immunity
  • monitor tissue health
  • common in tissues, not circulation
  • develops, but does not mature in the thymus
  • limited positive and negative selection
  • one class
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can T cells express more than one TCR type?

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no, they can only express one type

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describe the rearrangement of the alpha chain

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  • V, J, C segments
  • junctional diversity
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describe the rearrangement of the beta chain

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  • V, J, D, and C segments
  • junctional diversity
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how many hypervariable/complementarity-determining regions are there per chain?

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What happens if you have a mutation in the RAG 1/2 complex?

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immunodeficient in TCRs, so T cells will not develop

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TCRs require the ___ complex for signal transduction

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CD3

plasma membrane TCR expression does not occur without the CD3 complex

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do T cells or B cells have more diversity?
T cells
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CD3 complex mediates \_\_\_
TCR signaling
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what are CD3 complexes?
proteins that mediate the majority of TCR signaling
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how do MHC complexes present antigens to TCRs?
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describe MHC class I
* intracellular antigen (proteins within the cell) * nearly all cells * alpha chain and beta2 microglobulin * ER antigen loading * CD8 co-receptor
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describe MHC class II
* internalized antigen (internalized by macrophage or phagosome) * antigen presenting cells * alpha and beta chains * vesicular ER loading * CD4 co-receptor
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MHC bind peptides for \_\_\_
TCR presentation
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do all cells express MHC?
almost...nearly all cells express some form of MHC
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MHC is considered "promiscuous"; what does that mean?
a TCR can bind a lot of different types of MHC class I and II
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what is the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex?
another word for the MHC complexes in humans
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T or F: MHC class I and II have the same antigen presentation
false, they have different antigen presentation
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describe antigen presentaiton by MHC class II
* extracellular antigen is phagocytosed * peptide production in phagolysosome * peptide binding by MHC class II * MHC class II presents peptide at cell surface
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describe antigen presentation by MHC class I
* intracellular antigen is processed to peptides in the proteasome * peptide transport into ER * peptide binding by MHC class I * processed through golgi body, then MHC class I presents peptide at cell surface
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describe MHC class I antigen loading in the ER
* intracellular peptides of 8-10 residues * peptides trimmed before expression * allows detection of intracellular infection
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describe MHC class I crosspresentation of endocytosed antigen
* MHC II presents most endocytosed antigen * important in naive CD8 T cell activation
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describe MHC class II antigen loading into vesicles
* by now, the MHC class II molecule has already gone through processing in the ER and golgi body
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what is CLIP? how does it prevent self antigen presentation
* CLIP - class II associated invariant chain peptide * any peptide that has a greater binding affinity for MHC II (NOT self antigen) will cause HLA-DM to remove CLIP and allow that peptide to bind
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describe the T cell synapse of CD8 T cells
co-receptors dictate MHC specificity
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describe the T cell synapse of CD4 T cells
co-receptors dictate MHC specificity
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\_\_\_ dictate MHC specificity
co-receptors
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T cells have ___ and ___ effector functions
direct and indirect
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describe the effector functions of CD8 T cells on virus infected cells. is this direct or indirect?
direct
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describe the effector functions of CD4 T cells on macrophage. is this direct or indirect?
indirect
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describe the effector function of CD4 T cells on B cells. is this direct or indirect?
indirect
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which cells express MHC class II?
antigen presenting cells dendritic cells, B cells, and macrophage
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CD8 binds the ___ domain of MHC class \_\_\_
* alpha-3 * I
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CD4 binds the ___ domain of MHC class \_\_\_
* beta-2 * II
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which cells express MHC class I?
T cells, B cells, macrophages, dendritic cels, neutrophils, and non-hematopoietic cells (liver hepatocytes, kidney epithelium, and brain)
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which cells express both MHC class I and MHC class II?
B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells

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