Module 10 - Bacteria Flashcards
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what is the main difference between gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria?
gram-negative have a double membrane.
gram-positive have a single but thicker membrane.
what kind of vesicles do gram-negative bacteria shed?
outer membrane vesicles
the thick wall/walls of bacteria allow for what?
make it difficult for harmful compounds to get into the bacteria
what are the 4 types of mechanisms for gram-negative vesicles formation?
- clathrin dependent
- caveolin mediated
- lipid raft
- membrane fusion
what can be in gram-negative vesicles to facilitate infection?
virulence factors, DNA, RNA, immunomodulatory factors, adhesins
how is bacteria entry facilitated in the gut?
the stomach’s lower pH triggers periplasmic proteins to oligomerize and insert in the bacteria outer membrane to form a pore. the bacteria can fuse with target cell and depolarize and permeabilize it!
what organelle derived from bacteria sheds vesicles?
mitochondria
what are bacterial secretion systems?
Essential membrane embedded multi-protein machineries, enabling bacteria to obtain nutrients, communicate and facilitate disease through the DELIVERY OF VIRULENCE FACTORS out of the bacteria
what is special about gram-negative type III, IV, and VI secretion systems?
they can cross 3 membranes: double layer bacterial membrane + phagosomal membrane
what are the oldest transport machinery systems? what are they used for?
Sec and Tat;
mostly for biogenesis of bacterial proteins
what membrane can Sec and Tata transport machinery cross?
only the first membrane (inner)
what are the triple membrane spamming transport machinery system used for?
to release virulence factors
what are type II secretion systems function?
secretes toxins, small
molecules (like cholera toxin), which disables host protein synthesis, leading to lethal infection
what are type III secretion systems function?
secretes effector proteins, shares similarity to components with flagellar apparatus, evolutionary related. Effectors vary widely in function
what are type IV secretion system functions?
transfer DNA and proteins (output AND uptake)
what are type V and VI secretion system functions?
translocate portions of themselves. Beta-barrel channels, or pores.
what secretion machineries/systems are also found in gram-positive bacteria?
Tat and Sec
what way of secretion is often discussed for gram-positive bacteria since we don’t know much about their secretion?
passive diffusion
what type of cells work to clear the bacteria and develop immunity?
professional phagocytic cells
name 2 professional degrading cells that degrade bacteria and their different role (APCs)
- macrophages: rapidly degrade bacteria before it can replicate or escape, highly efficient
- dendritic cells: slower degradation processes; select antigens to be presented
how are MHC class 1 expressed? (steps)
- pathogen in cytosol degraded by proteasone
- pathogenic peptides enter ER via TAP
- loaded on MHC 1 & transported to cell surface
- bind and activate CD8+ T cells
what type of immune molecule will present the selected bacterial antigens?
class II MHC
what type of T cells are activated by bacterial antigen on class II MHC?
CD4+ T cells
how is immune tolerance acquired?
by sampling “self” antigen in the thymus