Immunology 4 Flashcards

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What chromosomes in humans are the kappa and gamma light chains on?

A

Lamda -22

kappa - 2

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In humans what chromosome is the heavy chain on?

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14

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What segments are the light chains encoded by in the genome?

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V (variable) and J(junctional) gene segments

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What segments are the heavy chains encoded by in the genome?

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V (variable), J (junctional) and D (diversity)

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What is combination diversity?

A

Generating variable region exons by recombining gene segments

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6
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In heavy chain gene recombination which two segments join first.

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DJ

followed by addition of V to make VDJ

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How many nucleotides are in the recombination signal sequences?

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7 or 9 nucleotides that flak the gene segments

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How many nucleotides separate the flanking nucleotides around gene segments?

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12 or 23

the 12 23 rule

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What does the RAG complex contain?

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RAG1 and RAG2 and other enzymes

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10
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Is the RAG complex expressed in

a) T cells
b) B cells
c) Both

A

both

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What is junctional diversity? and what causes it?

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  • Diversity in the junction between gene segments (DS cut is precise, the re joining is not)
  • caused by RAG complex
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What adds palindromic nucleotides (p-nucleotides) to blunt end of DNA post hair pin loop cleavage in junctional diversity?

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The RAG complex

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What adds N-nucleotides?

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Tdt (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase).

These add 1, 2 or 3 nt to either strand

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What happen if the recombination of gene segments s unsuccessful in making productive protein?

A

B Cell dies

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15
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What does somatic hypermutation do?

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Increases diversity at CDR regions.

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16
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What enzyme drives somatic hypermutation?

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AID (activation induced cytidine deaminase)

This enzyme is only made proliferating B cells

17
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What does AID do?

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Converts cytosine to uracil which is then converted to other bases

18
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The process of somatic hypermutation drives an event called…?

A

Affinity maturation

19
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What is affinity maturation?

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An improvement of binding strength of antibody over time.

20
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How does somatic hyper mutation lead to affinity maturation?

A
  • variability generated on variable regions
  • antibody on b cells with tightest affinity binds antigen
  • this b cell population expands
21
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Following rearrangements you get initial transcription which includes which constant gene segments?

A

mu and delta
(these are the first immunoglobulins to be expressed)
These regions are then processed to give either IgM or IgD

22
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Unactivated B cells in the periphery will coexpress which immunoglobulins?

A

IgM and IgD

They are expressed on the B cells and act as receptors. These have the same VDJ and hence same specificity

23
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Between IgM and IgD which exists in the serum?

A

IgM, following differentiation of B cell into plasma cell IgD is not expressed

24
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What generates the difference between membrane bound or secreted IgM?

A

Alternative Splicing.
There are two exons:
Mc (membrane coding)- M1 and M2
Sc (secretion coding)

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Is the secreted or the membrane form of IgM pentameric?
secreted | membrane bound is monomeric
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Which terminus of the heavy chain determines whether the IgM is membrane bound or secreted?
The c terminus. As this is what determines whether the protein is anchored in the membrane or trafficked to ER to form a pentamer prior to secretion.
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How many amino acids of the C terminus of IgM are identical regardless of whether it is secreted or membrane bound?
556 aa. | After this amino acids are more hydrophillic or hydrophobic depending on whether they are secreted or membrane bound
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In the membrane bound form of IgM are there negative amino acids on the cytoplasmic end or on the outside?
Negative aa are on the outside and pisotive charges on cytoplasmic.
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What is class switching?
Changing the class of immunoglobulin that the cell expresses.
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What is the first immunoglobulin to be produced post production of IgM?
IgG | remember IgD is not expressed in activated B cells
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What dictates which antibody classes are made following stimulation?
Cytokines dictate which antibody classes are made
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What catlyses the class switching?
AID