ABBAS BAB 2 Innate Immunity
ABBAS BAB 2 Innate Immunity
ABBAS BAB 2 Innate Immunity
INNATE IMMUNITY
Features of Innate Immune recognation.
Components of the Innate Immune system
Role of Innate Immunity in stimulating
Adaptive Immune Responses
Summary.
Specificity of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
SPECIFICITY
RECEPTORS
Figure 2-6 Morphology of mononuclear phagocytes. A. Light micrograph of a monocyte in a peripheral blood
smear. B. Electron micrograph of a peripheral blood monocyte. (Courtesy of Dr. Noel Weidner, Department of
Pathology, University of California, San Diego.) C. Electron micrograph of an activated tissue macrophage
showing numerous phagocytic vacuoles and cytoplasmic organelles. (From Fawcett DW. Bloom & Fawcett's
Textbook of Histology, 12th ed. Chapman & Hall, 1994. With kind permission of Springer Science and Business
Media.)
RECRUITMENT OF LYMPHOCYTES
Figure 2-7 Recruitment of leukocytes. At sites of infection, macrophages that have encountered microbes
produce cytokines (such as TNF and IL-1) that activate the endothelial cells of nearby venules to produce
selectins, ligands for integrins, and chemokines. Selectins mediate weak tethering and rolling of blood
leukocytes, such as neutrophils on the endothelium; integrins mediate firm adhesion of neutrophils; and
chemokines increase the affinity of neutrophil integrins and stimulate the migration of the cells through the
endothelium to the site of infection. Blood neutrophils, monocytes, and activated T lymphocytes use essentially
the same mechanisms to migrate to sites of infection
Phagocytosis of Microbes
Figure 2-8 Phagocytosis and intracellular destruction of microbes. Microbes may be ingested by different membrane receptors of phagocytes;
some directly bind microbes, and others bind opsonized microbes. (Note that the Mac-1 integrin binds microbes opsonized with complement proteins,
not shown.) The microbes are internalized into phagosomes, which fuse with lysosomes to form phagolysosomes, where the microbes are killed by
reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates and proteolytic enzymes. NO, nitric oxide; ROS, reactive oxygen species
Other Functions of
Activated Macrophages
Figure 2-9 Effector functions of
macrophages. Macrophages are activated
by microbial products such as LPS and by
NK cell-derived IFN-γ (described later in
the chapter). The process of macrophage
activation leads to the activation of
transcription factors, the transcription of
various genes, and the synthesis of
proteins that mediate the functions of these
cells. In adaptive cell-mediated immunity,
macrophages are activated by stimuli from
T lymphocytes (CD40 ligand and IFN-γ)
and respond in essentially the same way
(see Chapter 13, Fig. 13-14).
Figure 2-10 Activating and inhibitory receptors of
NK cells.
BARRIERS
Epithelial layers Prevent microbial entry
Defensins/cathelicidin Microbial killing
Intraepithelial lymphocytes Microbial Killing
CYTOKINES
TNF,IL-1, chemokines inflammation
INF-α,-β Resitance to viral infection
INF-γ Marophage activation
IL-12 INFγ production by NK cells and T cells
IL-15 Proliferation of NK cells.
IL-10, TGFβ Control of inlammation.
INHIBITORY AND ACTIVATING
RECEPTORS OF NK CELLS
Figure 2-11 Functions of NK
cells.
A. NK cells recognize ligands on
infected cells or cells undergoing
other types of stress, and kill the
host cells. In this way, NK cells
eliminate reservoirs of infection
as well as dysfunctional cells. B.
NK cells respond to IL-12
produced by macrophages and
secrete IFN-γ, which activates
the macrophages to kill
phagocytosed microbes.
The Complement System
Figure 2-12 Pathways of complement activation. The activation of the complement system may be initiated by three
distinct pathways, all of which lead to the production of C3b (the early steps). C3b initiates the late steps of
complement activation, culminating in the production of peptides that stimulate inflammation (C5a) and polymerized
C9, which forms the membrane attack complex, so called because it creates holes in plasma membranes. The
principal functions of major proteins produced at different steps are shown. The activation, functions, and regulation of
the complement system are discussed in much more detail in Chapter 14.
Role of Innate Immunity in Stimulating
Adaptive Immune Responses
Figure 2-13 Stimulation of adaptive immunity by
innate immune responses.