Inflammation 2 Flashcards
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complement initiated by
soluble PRRs
during complement pathway get release of cleavage products, many components in complement pathway activated by
proteolytic cleavage
split products are
cleavage products that are released following activation of components of complement pathway
most acitivation of compeent component srequire
enzymatic cleavage
complement is important in inducing
but
inflammatory response
it can also cause damage to our own cells
don’t want complement activation on
surface of own cells - they can lead to lysis of own cells
complement consist of
30 plasma proteins
secreted as inactive proenzymes
activation of most inactive proenzymes of compleent requried
activation of proteolytic cleavage
during inflammatory response you get enhance activation of
complement
most importan function of complement in innate response
generate opsinin c3b
when c3b is generated covalently bind to surface ofp athogens - that acts as little flat on surface of that pathogen telling phagocyte to eat it
greaterly increases efficiency of phagocytosis
phagosytosis without opsinization is
very inefficient
opsinization knows what to destroy b/c
it has receptor for opsinin on its surface
when opsinin binds to bacterium the other end
binds to opsinin receptor on phagocyte - really high effincity -greatly enhance efficiency of phagocytosis
generate a lot of opsinin b/c c3 is
very abundant in plasma (c3 is most abundant complement component and is precurser to c3B)
important complement innate function
tell phagocyte to come in
c3a, c4a, c5a are
anaphylatoxin
c3a, c4a, c5a, number of affects, what are they:
vasculature - allows to bring more cells to area
chemoattractants - potent especially for neutrophils
stimulate mast cells
once c3a c4a c5a call neutrophils, what needs to happen in tissue for neutrophils to get from circulation to infected tissue
mast cells need to be activated
at end of complement cascade the complements come together in formation of a
pore
pore is called
mac
mac stands for
membrane attack complex
encapsulated bacteria, will they be sensitive to mac
no
gram + bactiera will they be sensitive to mac
will gram - be sensitive to mac
gram + not sensitive
gram - yes senesitive - this allows the outer part of gram neg to be taken away and the peptidoglycan part revealed
alternative and lectin pathway happend directly where
on surface of microbes or pathogens