T Cells-Development Flashcards

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What are thymocytes?

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developing T cells within the thymus

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gamma delta T cells

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  • maintain tissue integrity
  • do not express CD4 or CD8 or CD4 co-receptors
  • interact with non-classical receptors
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CD4 T cells

“top of pyramid of immune cells

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  • helper T cells
  • several subtypes
  • Regulate adaptive and innate immune function
  • MHC II
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CD8 T cells

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cytotoxic T cells
direct effector function
interact with
MHC I

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Thymus structure

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  • site of all T cell development
  • TCR development within the cortex
  • selection as thymocytes move from cortex to medulla
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The thymus involutes with Age

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reduced T cell production
T cells have long half lives
-CD4 4.2 yrs
-CD8 6.5 yrs
T cell-mediated immunity is not grossly affected
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T cell progenitors don’t commit until they reach the thymus why?

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Notch 1 binds to receptors on thymic epithelium and is cleaved.
-activates transcription factors and produce IL-7

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Why is Notch-1 important

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T cells determine that they are in the right spot by Notch signaling, and this induces responsivity to IL-7

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what are the three phases of T cell development?

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double-negative
double-positive
single-positive

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what occurs in the double negative T cell

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the beta chain rearranges to form a functional pre-TCR and this is the first check point

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what occurs in the double positive T cell?

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the CD8 and CD4 are expressed while the alpha chain is rearranging and then you get a functional TCR.
-Positive and negative selection occurs as the second check point

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what occurs in the single positive T cell

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after the T cell passes the positive and negative selection the T cell is then selected to either be CD4 or CD8, but not both

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what can occur during both double negative and double positive phases?

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the T cell cell become gamma:delta

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if you are going to become and alpha beta T cell what rearranges first?

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the Beta chain

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If gamma or delta rearrange first what happens?

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the Beta and alpha are suppressed

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Beta-chain production drives the production of what?

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CD4 and CD8 expression to make a double positive T cell

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After Beta-chain rearranges what happens?

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the alpha chain rearranges to form a functional TCR

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what can happen during alpha chain rearrangement?

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gamma:delta can rearrange and shift to a gamma:delta T cell

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Does the alpha or beta chain form the pre-T cell receptor?

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why do are most all T cells alpha beta and not gamma delta?

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because the gamma and delta have the rearrange before the one beta chain

21
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how many attempts does the beta chain get to rearrange?

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4

2 per loci and there are 2 genes

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the beta chain is equivalent to what of the immunoglobulin?

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the heavy chain in terms of rearrangement

23
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what is the order of rearrangement of the beta chain?

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1st: D+J=DJ
2nd: DJ+V=DJV

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T/F the Beta chain locus is organized differently than immunoglobulin chains?

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what is the first checkpiont of T cell development?
the pre-T cell receptor
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What are the components of Pre-T cell receptors?
beta chain with a surrogate alpha chain analogue
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what assembles after the beta chain and the surrogate alpha chain bind as a superdimer?
the CD3 complex
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why is the CD3 complex important?
- drives proliferation - RAG function halts - also drives of expression of CD4 and CD*
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once T cells become double positive what happens?
the alpha chain rearranges
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why can a gamma: delta T cell still occur during alpha rearrangement?
because the delta locus is within the alpha locus | *once alpha rearranges, gamma:delta can no longer occur
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what are the components of the alpha chain that rearrange?
the V and J just like the light chain of immunoglobulins
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once the alpha chain has rearrange what is expressed on the surface of T cells?
functional TCR and CD4 and CD8
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what is positive selection of T cells
checks for functional TCR
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what is negative selection of T cells?
no self-antigen binding
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positive selection ensures what?
MHC is bound by co-receptor (CD4 and CD8) - alpha chain rearrangement can occur - binding turns off RAG 1/2 complex * *second check point
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Positive selection: determines CD4 or CD8 expression how?
``` it just depends which MHC class it binds, so if it binds MHC I first then it becomes a CD8, the opposite is also true for MHC II and becoming CD4 -binding of a particular MHC will down regulate the other CD receptor type ```
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negative selection: prevents self-antigen binding. How?
dendritic cells and macs present self peptides - excessively binding induces apoptosis - prevents autoreactivity - central tolerance - peripheral tolerance may also occur
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once a T cell has passed positive and negative selection, what are they considered?
mature naive T cells | - meaning the have not bound antigen or been activated yet
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what happens to the mature naive T cell?
it is released into blood steam and enters the lymph nodes for days and the move through the lymphatic system to look for antigen.
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what are the Two major stages of T cell development?
double negative and double positive
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what is the process of T cell receptor?
- beta rearranges to form pre-TCR and forms superdimer to express CD3 which expressed CD4 and CD8 as well as proliferation and RAG function halts. - alpha chain rearranges and a functional TCR and CD4 and CD8 and are called double positive