Flashcards in lecture 20 - HIV & AIDS Deck (31)
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elite controllers
people who get HIV but never AIDS. They make antbodies that neutralize nearly all known HIV strains
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env reading frame makes...
gp41 and gp120 (joined)
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does HIV infect the germ line?
NO
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lentivirus means?
slow virus
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polyprotein? enzyme required?
one long amino acid chain is translated and is then cleaved into multiple, functional proteins using the enzyme PROTEINASE
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At what point is HIV invisible to the immune system
once viral cDNA incorporated into nuclear DNA
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first observed in?
1979
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which cells are targetted? how does HIV stop immune response and win?
eventually HIV particle numbers rise too high and destroy T helper cells and macrophages (CD4) at a rate that production of new cells can't keep up with.
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HIV proteinase structure
- 1 amino acid sequence (only 99 amino acids)
- 2 (identical) subunits
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symptoms of AIDS
immune system can no longer function without T-helpers and unusual diseases, normally prevented in a healthy person, occur
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response after initial infection or nuh?
YES, mild flu symptoms experienced (maybe not noticed) and HIV is neutralised and tagged for destruction by antibodies. VIRAL LOAD DROPS
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integrase =
enzyme for incorporating cDNA into host cell's DNA
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3 open reading frames (genes) of HIV...
gag, pol, env - code for polyproteins
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diameter of HIV virus?
100nm
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HIV transmission
body fluids - semen, blood, breastmilk
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why is HIV considered a lentivirus?
symptoms don't occur until 5-10 years post infection
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structure of proteins in HIV critical for?
drug design
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can infection in babies be prevented?
YES, by drug treatment
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gag open reading frame makes...
capsid and matrix
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combination AIDS therapy
- AZT inhibitors for reverse transcriptase
- proteinase inhibitor
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can you ever be cured?
NO, drugs only delay AIDS
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on the outermost of the HIV particle is the _____ _________. Embedded in the membrane are _ ___ proteins and _ ___ proteins are attached to these 'stalks'.. Beneath this layer you find the ______, within which is the ______ which holds _ strands of _____ and the enzyme _______ __________. Tommy's dick is _____ m long.
on the outermost of the HIV particle is the _plasma_ _membrane_. Embedded in the membrane are _3 _gp41_ proteins and _3 _gp120_ proteins are attached to these 'stalks'.. Beneath this layer you find the _matrix_, within which is the _capsid_ which holds _2_ strands of _RNA_ and the enzyme _reverse_ _transcriptase_. Tommy's dick is _3_ m long.
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pol reading frame encodes ...
proteinase, reverse transcriptase, and integrase
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retrovirus =
particle contains RNA genome
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when infected cell is activated
DNA from HIV transcribes mRNA then translates the 9 genes and consequently 19 proteins
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RNA to cDNA using
reverse transcriptase
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how many cases worldwide? where is HIV predominant?
~40 million, ~20 million alone in Africa
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cell-mediated response = ?
infected cells eliminated. Tagged to be destroyed because they have virus pieces on MHC molecules (similar to APCs)
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length of HIV proteinase
99 amino acids - very simple (more so than lysozyme)
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