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Week 7 - Immunity, ocular surface immunology Flashcards

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What are the functions of monocytes and macrophages?

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  • Generally the 1st phagocytic cell to sense an invading microbe
  • Orchestrate the response to infection. Recruit neutrophils and other leukocytes to area
  • the major cells in chronic inflammation
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What are neutrophils?

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WBC - 70% - involved in killing pyogenic bacteria and fungi
No mitochondria
Granules - myeloperoxidase, lysozyme, acid hydrolases
Major cells in acute inflammation

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How does phagocytosis occur?

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What is the role of eosinophils?

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Eosinophils release granule content to kill large pathogens that cannot be engulfed by phagocytes.
Also play a role in allergic disease - release histamines

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Basophils and Mast cells

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Stimulated to release granule contents upon
- when allergens cross-link IgE molecules on surface (i.e. specific immunity)
- binding to complement factors C3a and C5a

Granules contain hisamine and heparin
- cause adverse symptoms of allergy
- Immunity against parasites by enhancing acute inflammation: attraction of neutrophils and eosinophils

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Natural killer cells

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non-phagocytic
Target virally infected and tumour cells

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Secreted products include?

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1) complement
2) opsonins - complement (and antibody for adaptive)
3) acute phase proteins
4) cytokines - interferons, cytokines

Mediating protection before the development of adaptive immunity

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What are complement?

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  • Synthesised by hepatocytes
  • Circulate in plasma and place of activation to set up an enzymatic cascade
  • system is controlled to protect the host
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Functions of complement system

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Initiate acute inflammation - by direct activation of mast cells
Chemotaxis - attraction of neutrophils
Opsonisation - enhancement of attachment of the microbe to the phagocyte
Killing - of the microbe by activating the membrane attack complex

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Acute phase proteins

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Produced in liver
macrophages and neutrophils produce cytokines in response to tissue injury/infection, which leads to stimulus to produce more APP.
Maximise activation of the complement system

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Cytokines

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Small molecules secreted by cells in response to a stimulus
Induce growth, differentiation, chemotaxis, activation, enhanced cytotoxicity
Same cytokine can be produced by different cell populations, or can induce different functions in different cell types

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Other proteins of the Innate System

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Fibronectin
Lysozome
Lactoferrin

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Signs of inflammation

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Redness
Swelling
Heat
Pain

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Acute inflammation

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Onset is rapid and short duration
Characterised by presence of oedema and neutrophils

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Chronic inflmmation

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Prolonged duration
Associated with the presence of lymphocytes and macrophages
Process in which acute inflmmation, tissue destruction and attempts to repair are all occuring at the same time
e.g.
TB, RA, chronic lung disease,

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The 3 step process for acute inflammation

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1) Alterations in vascular calibre
- increase blood flow to affected area

2) Increased vascular permeability
- enables plasma proteins and leukocytes to leave circulation

3) Leukocytes accumulate at injury site and become activated
- enables the offending agent to be eliminated

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Vascular change - Acute inflammation

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Transient vasoconstriction

Vasodilation
Increased blood flow causes heat and redness and oedema
Maximise movement of plasma proteins and cells to site of injury
Mediators include:
- histamine
- nitric oxide (NO) on smooth muscle

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Increased vascular permeability - Acute Inflammation

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Caused by:
1) formation of endothelial gaps in post-capillary venules by contraction of the cells and separation of inercellular junctions
2) Direct endothelial injury
3) Leukocytes - dependent injury
4) leakage from new blood vessels
- Decreased intravascular osmotic pressure
- increased fluid osmotic pressure
therefore –> oedema

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Leukocyte extravasation - acute inflammation

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Leukocytes at site of injury -
- kill microbes
- Get rid of necrotic tissue
- ingest offensive agents

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What leukocytes are involved?

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Neutrophils
- first 6-24 hours
Monocytes/macrophages
- recruited later 24-48 hours

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Chemotaxis

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Leukocytes migrate to site of injury along a chemotactic gradient
Chemoattractants
- exogenous bacterial products
- endogenous chemical mediators

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Leukocyte activation

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Leukocytes express a number of receptors that are involved in their activation

  • toll-like recceptors
  • 7-transmembrane G-protein coupled receptors
  • Cytokine receptos
  • opsonin receptors
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effects of mediators

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Role of mediators in inflammation

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Outcomes of Acute inflammation
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Features of chronic inflammation
1) infiltration of monocellular cells - macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells 2) tissue destruction: induced by persistent agent or by inflammatory cells
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Granulomatous inflammation
A special type of chronic inflammation Collection of macrophages, epitheloid cells and giant cells - Uveitis
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Innate vs adaptive immunity
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What are the two branches of the adaptive immune response?
1) Humoral (antibody M mediated) immune responses - a specific defense provided by B cells secreting antibodies - targets bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi 2) Cell mediated immune response - Response mounted by T cells - Targets pathogens infected cells and cancers
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Monocytes/macrophages
Monocytes leave the blood and become macrophages Macrophages are large phagocytic cells that engulf: - Antigens - remove dead and dying cells
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Dendritic cells are?
Dendritic cells are sentinel cells: present antigen to T cells Activate naive T cells
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Mature dendritic cells
Antigen presenting cells Reduced capacity for antigen uptake increased antigen presentation and T cell stimulation Redistribution of MHC II from intracellular compartments to cell surface
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MHC I (endogenous antigen) versus MHC II (exogenous antigen)
The MHCEI and MHCEII molecules show preferential restriction to T cells bearing CD8 or CD4 respectively This is related to the observation that CD8 binds to the polymorphic a3 domain of MHCEI, whilst CD4 interacts with the b2 domain of MHCEII
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Lymphocytes
The most common types of lymphocytes are B lymphocytes (B cells): responsible for making antibodies Differentiate into plasma cells Present antigen
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Lymphocyte - T cells
Helper T cells enhance the production of antibodies by B cells Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) that kill virus and tumour cells Regulatory T cells - required for immunological tolerance, they shut down T cell mediated immunity towards the end of a reaction to restore homeostasis
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Residence of B and T cells
Both B and T cells also take up residence in lymph nodes, the spleen and other tissues where they: - encounter antigens - continue to divide - mature into fully functional cells
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Adaptive immunity in the eye - HSV keratitis
Herpes simplex virus keratitis - vision loss due to corneal scarring and neovascularisation caused by inflammation Virus can replicate in the corneal epithelium, stroma and endothelium and can result in inflammation, ulceration, vascularisation and oedema
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Overview of the innate and the adaptive immunity system
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Overview of the B and T cells
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Eye Associated Lymphoid Tissue
IgA positive lymphoid tissue in lacrimal gland Includes conjunctival ALT --- diffuse and follocular lymphocyte accumulations (B and T cells) Lacrimal drainage ALTs --- canaliculae and lacrimal mucosa -- diffuse and follocular accumulation (T and B cells)
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CALT clinical distribution
CALT concentrated across cornea during eyelid closure Cornea has relatively low concentration of immune cells in structure CALTS situated to support corneal immune protection
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CALTs - clinical manifestations
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Process of CALT movement
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LDALTS
Demonstrate diffuse and follicular accumulations of immune cells Secretory form of IgA throughout mucosal epithelium Diffuse layer of sub-epithelial igA-positive plasma cells
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LDALTs - follicular accumulations
follicular lymphocyte accumulations probably larger in drainage system than conjunctiva Central mass of B-cells, surrounded and infiltrated by T cells, germinal centre apparently less dense
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What is the function of the corneal barrier function
Squamous epithelial cells a very effective, renewable barrier, tight junctions form barrier Effective secondary protection through tight packing of basal epithelium
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Other protective biological agents
Antimicrobial - lysozyme, lactoferrin, mucin, small antimicrobial proteins Immune modulators -- complement, interleukins, surfactant protein Some produced and secreted in lacrimal gland, others by conjunctiva and lacrimal mucosa Immune and pro-inflammatory mediators - higher concentrations in closed eye
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Summary of tear movement and immunity

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