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1、Introduction.Successful parasites have evolved strategies for survival&development in both invertebrate and vertebrate hosts.The goal of a parasite is to propagate within the host and be transmitted to the next host.The goal of the parasitised host is to cure or limit the infection.During the next t

2、hree lectures we will investigate strategies used by parasites to evade the host immune response.In this session we will revisit the immune system of both vertebrates and invertebrates.第1页/共47页Objectives and learning outcomes.By the end of this session students should be:Familiar with fundamental bi

3、ology of vertebrate&invertebrate immune systems.Familiar with the concept of innate and acquired immunity in vertebrates.Recognise that there is only innate immunity in invertebrates.Recognise the key players in both vertebrate and invertebrate immune systems.第2页/共47页Immunity.Resistance to infection

4、 is called immunity.The term“immunity”is derived from the Greek word“immunis”meaning exempt.There are two types of immunity in vertebrates.Innate immunity present from birth.Acquired immunity result of infection or vaccination.Invertebrates only posses innate immunity.第3页/共47页Innate immunity in vert

5、ebrates(also known as non-specific or natural immunity).Characteristics:Present from birth.Non-specific-acts on many organisms and does not show specificity.Does not become more efficient on subsequent exposure to same organisms.第4页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates.Non-specific Host Defences inclu

6、de:Mechanical/physical barriers skin,mucosal surfaces.Prevention of stasis peristalsis,flow of urine,upward movement of secretions in bronchial tree,coughing,vomiting.第5页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates.Chemical defences-Low pH of stomach contents,secretion of fatty acids in the skin.Biological d

7、efence complement,lysozyme,interferons,antimicrobial peptides,kinins,adhesion molecules,hormones,lactoferrin.Cellular defence-e.g.phagocytes.第6页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates.Some of the key players in innate immunity to consider in more detail are:Complement.Opsonization.Phagocytosis&the oxida

8、tive burst.Inflammation.第7页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates complement.Complement.-complex of 17 proteins present in normal serum.2 pathways classical&alternative.第8页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates classical complement pathway.Antigen-antibody complex forms,constant region of antibody changes

9、 shape.Activates C1,acquires esterase activity.Activated C1 activates C2&C4 which activates C3,etc.Eventually,C8&C9 activated forming membrane attack complex(MAC)-pores in target cell membrane-lysis.第9页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates-alternative complement pathway.Alternative pathway-C3 can inte

10、ract directly with certain chemicals(teichoic acids,LPS)found in bacterial cell walls and activate the alternative pathway.第10页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates opsonization.Opsonization-process of coating micro-organisms with plasma proteins to make them more easily phagocytosable.It is stimulate

11、d by complement bound to antibody-antigen targets.Opsonization promotes adhesion between opsonized cell¯ophages.The opsonin binds to receptors on phagocyte membrane.Opsonization and phagocytosis are more efficient in immune individuals.第11页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates cellular defence.Cel

12、lular defence involves:Granulocytes(also known as the polymorphonuclear leukocytes e.g.eosinophils,basophils etc).The reticulo endothelial system(e.g.macrophages,Kupffer cells of the liver and natural killer(NK cells).第12页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates White blood cells.Role of white blood cell

13、s in cellular defence.White blood cells(WBCs)are major components of immune system.Blood smear showing different blood cell types.第13页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates phagocytosis.Certain WBCs highly mobile&carry out phagocytosis.WBCs chemotactically attracted to foci of disease or tissue damage.

14、Phagocytosis begins with engulfment of particulate matter(e.g.bacteria,clumps of virions,cell debris,etc.)into a phagosome.第14页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates phagocytosis contd.The phagosome fuses with lysosomes to form the phagolysosome.Lysosomes contain number of enzymes including acid hydrol

15、ases,lysozyme,neutral proteases,myeloperoxidase,lactoferrin,&phospholipase A.These enzymes can degrade biomolecules.Human macrophage engulfing the fungus Candida albicans.第15页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates oxidative burst.Once engulfed,the white cell must kill the organisms by some means such a

16、s the“respiratory(or oxidative)burst.Many pathogens and parasites succeed because they are able to avoid phagocytosis.NeutrophilYeast Human neutrophil kills yeast cell using oxidative burst.The dye shows the extent of the reactions.第16页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates inflammation.Inflammation-(o

17、r inflammatory response)mechanism by which phagocytes and complement are recruited to site of tissue invasion.Non-specific reaction to tissue damage.Cell damage initiates a complex series of steps leading to inflammation.第17页/共47页Innate immunity in vertebrates inflammation.Inflammation involves:Vaso

18、dilation-swelling.adhesion of leukocytes to endothelial cells of post-capillary venule,&emigration of phagocytes into tissues.redness(blood flow).pain(prostaglandins bind to nerve receptors).heat(pyrogens).Inflammation localised to area of infection/injury by release of substances from micro-organis

19、ms or chemical mediators released from cells in tissues,e.g.histamine from mast cells.Once organisms are destroyed inflammation settles down(resolves).第18页/共47页Acquired immunity(only in vertebrates).Also known as adaptive immunity/specific immunity.Develops as response to an infection.Called adaptiv

20、e as immune system adapts itself to previously unseen molecules.The induction of immunity by infection,or with a vaccine,is called active immunity.第19页/共47页Acquired immunity.Induction of immunity by infection,or with vaccine,called active immunity.Non-immune individual can be made immune by transfer

21、ring serum or lymphocytes from immune individual.This is know as passive immunity and demonstrates that serum constituents(antibodies)and lymphocytes are involved in immunity.第20页/共47页Acquired immunity.Characteristics of acquired immunity:Immunological recognition.Discrimination between self and non

22、-self.Immunological specificity.Immunological memory.第21页/共47页Acquired immunity.Immunity mediated by immune system,responds to infection by mounting immune response.An immune response must:Recognise a micro-organism or parasite as foreign(non-self)as distinct from self.Respond to the presence of a f

23、oreign organism by production of specific antibodies and specific lymphocytes.Mediate the elimination of such organisms.第22页/共47页Acquired immunity.There are two types of acquired immunity.Cell-mediated immunity-this is immunity mediated by T-cells.T cells secrete lymphokines(e.g.interleukin-2)which

24、interact with other cell types,and either activate or repress an immune response.Humoral immunity-this is blood-specific immunity mediated by antibodies(Abs).第23页/共47页Acquired immunity cell mediated immunity.第24页/共47页Acquired immunity cell mediated immunity.Key cells involved in acquired immunity re

25、sponse are lymphocytes.Two types lymphocyte develop in bone marrow from common precursor.Each different response mediated by different sets of lymphocytes.Following invasion by a foreign organism,lymphocytes proliferate(i.e.divide)and differentiate(i.e.specialize).第25页/共47页Acquired immunity cell med

26、iated immunity,B lymphocytes.B lymphocytes(B cells):Found fixed in the lymph nodes,liver and spleen.They are bone marrow-derived lymphocytes,mature in Peyers Patches of the pancreas.During maturation,antigen-specified antibody is displayed on the cell surface.If the cell is activated by an antigen,t

27、he B cells excrete antibody.第26页/共47页Acquired immunity cell mediated immunity,T lymphocytes.T lymphocytes (T-cells):Found in lymph nodes,liver,spleen,also freely circulating in the blood.Matures in thymus.They have cell surface receptor of a pre-determined specificity.These cells regulate cellular i

28、mmunity.Two main T cell types:helper T cells(Th cells have the CD4+receptor)&suppressor/cytotoxic T cells(Tc cells display the CD8+receptor).第27页/共47页Acquired immunity cell mediated immunity,macrophages.A third important cell type are macrophages.These cells play essential role in processing&present

29、ing immunogens to lymphocytes.Also important effector cells(i.e.they carry out destruction of foreign material e.g.phagocytosis).Carry receptors for antibody molecules which allows them to attach to antibody-antigen complexes before phagocytosing them.第28页/共47页Acquired immunity generation of immune

30、response.In order for an immune response to be activated,an object must first be recognised as foreign.An immunogen is any molecule that stimulates an immune response.In general,proteins are the best immunogens,followed by carbohydrates and then nucleic acids.Lipids are very poor.An antigen is any m

31、olecule that is capable of generating an antibody response(antigen=antibody generating).第29页/共47页Acquired immunity generation of immune response.Upon an initial infection,it takes about 4-7 days to generate an immune response.After seven days get primary immune response.Initially,IgM produced but B

32、cells differentiate further into IgG producing cells.After about three weeks primary immune response turned off.During this initial period Ab producing cells and memory B cells are formed.When same agent encountered by host again,body recognises it,stimulates the memory cells to secrete Abs.This is

33、called the secondary immune response.Memory can last for few weeks or can last for years.第30页/共47页Acquired immunity generation of immune response.There are three types of effector immune response.Humoral(blood)-antibody response mediated by B cells®ulated by T cells.Cell-mediated(cellular)-delaye

34、d-type hypersensitivity and cytotoxicity mediated by CD4+and CD8+T cells.Tolerance-non-specific response mediated by T cells.Healthy individuals tolerant to own tissues,sometimes immune response fails to recognise self giving rise to autoimmune diseases or transplant rejection in transplantation sur

35、gery.第31页/共47页Humoral immunity antibodies.Large glycoproteins released by B cells.Antibodies(Abs)specifically interact with antigens.Body can produce millions of antibody specificities genetically as the B cells mature.There are five classes of Ab:IgM largest&first Ab to be made antibody response.Ig

36、M can mediate neutralisation,fix complement,agglutinate and immobilise antigens.IgG-this is the main serum Ab.This is synthesized during the secondary immune response.Able to do all Ab mediated functions.第32页/共47页Humoral immunity antibodies contd.IgA-is mucosal antibody.Sometimes called secretory Ab

37、 as mucosal cells secrete them when mucosal pathogens begin to establish colonies.IgD-is receptor antibody found on the surface of immunocompetent cells.This functions in the afferent response.IgE-binds to the surface of mast cells causing degranulation of the cell and release of histamine into circ

38、ulation.This ab is involved with allergies.第33页/共47页Humoral immunity antibodies contd.Abs are important for us in five ways.neutralisation-an Ab molecule covers up sites on toxic molecule or virus.opsonization-this is Ab-mediated phagocytosis.Macrophages have antibody receptor sites on surface,able

39、to bind to antigen-antibody complexes before phagocytosing plement fixation-a complicated system that reacts to antigen/antibody complexes(see also complement notes in innate immunity).第34页/共47页Humoral immunity antibodies contd.agglutination/precipitation-Abs cross-link antigens into large complexes

40、 making them easier to phagocytose&destroy.immobilization-Abs bind to flagella etc.&prevent organisms from escaping macrophage death.第35页/共47页Cellular immunity Th and Tc cells.Often directed against intracellular parasites&cancer.Infected cells killed by macrophages under directions of CD4+Th cells.

41、Cytotoxic T cells(CD8+directed)also participate by releasing toxic components which kill the cell.Cells involved in cellular immunity must be able to recognise self,especially as many of their targets are cells infected by agents that are within them.This means killing ones own cells in an effort to

42、 rid the infection.Self recognition is mediated by the Major Histocompatibility Complex antigens(MHC antigens).All our cells display these MHC antigens in specific patterns on the cell surface.第36页/共47页Cellular immunity Major Histocompatibility Complex.Macrophages must process the antigen&then displ

43、ay pieces of the antigen on its cell surface.They then present this antigen to T cells,which recognize the antigen as being foreign as well as recognising the MHC antigens.If the T cell“sees”both antigen and MHC it becomes activated:if it“sees”only the MHC antigen nothing happens.When macrophages di

44、splay antigen plus Class I MHC they stimulate CD8+cells(i.e.they make cytotoxic T cells)when they displayed antigen plus Class II MHC they stimulate CD4+cells(i.e.helper T cells).第37页/共47页Invertebrate immune system.Comparison of vertebrate&invertebrate immunity.VertebratesInvertebrates Innate Immuni

45、tyInnate Immunity(e.g.antimicrobial peptides)(e.g.antimicrobial peptides)Acquired immunity-Phagocytic cellsPhagocytic cells(Macrophages neutrophils etc)(Haemaocytes)-Melanization-Phenoloxidase cascadesCytokinesMacrokines Immune competent tissuesImmune competent tissuesN.B.Invertebrate immune system

46、comprises only innate system;it is non-specific and has no memory component.Vertebrate immune system both innate and acquired components.第38页/共47页Invertebrate immunity.The invertebrate immune system is comprised of two branches:The humoral response(N.B.this is not antibody mediated)is concerned with

47、 soluble components such as antimicrobial peptides(AMPs),agglutinins(lectins)and macrokines(these are similar to cytokines).The cellular response includes phagocytosis(haemocytes),encapsulation and nodulation.第39页/共47页Invertebrate immunity humoral response.Antimicrobial peptides.Wide range including

48、 defensins,cecropins,andropins,ceratotoxins,drosomycin&penaeidins etc.Their action leads to lysis of invading organism e.g.bacteria&protozoa.Macrokines.There is growing evidence of these cytokine-like molecules.Haemolymph preparations have been shown to stimulate vertebrate immune effector cells(e.g

49、.macrophages).Agglutinins(lectins).Agglutinate invading organisms making them easier to phagocytose.第40页/共47页Invertebrate immunity cellular response.Phagocytosis-Haemocytes(amoebocytes)front line of invertebrate cellular.Foreign(non-self)invaders are taken into a phagocytotic vacuole where proteolyt

50、ic enzymes&free oxygen radicals destroy the pathogen(in a similar way to vertebrate macrophages).Bacteria and yeast(10microns)can be phagocytosed.第41页/共47页Invertebrate immunity cellular response contd.Encapsulation-If invader too large for phagocytosis(e.g.the egg of a parasitic wasp),encapsulation