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Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rh Blood Group System, Epitope, Blood Transfusion

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ochresardine70
18 Jun 2016
School
Western University
Department
Microbiology and Immunology
Course
Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B
Professor
Kelly Summers

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* b-cell receptor has 2 chains (blue is heavy chain, red is light chain) * if you took the b cell receptor and folded it in half, the 2 sides are identical. * it"s bound to the surface of the b cell to the transmembrane region. * t cell receptor has 2 chains, alpha and beta chain, both bound to surface of transmembrane region. * if we further look at the struc, the end segments of the b cell receptor makes up the variable regions; same with t cell receptor. * so at b cell receptor, there are 2 identical variable regions; this will bind the antigen. E. g. h1n1 virus has 2 antigens expressed: hemagglutinin and neuraminidase; virus is covered by these antigens. * among antigens, there are many diff shapes on the surface, which are epitopes; variable regions bind to epitopes. * binding is simply based on whether they fit structurally.

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True / False Questions

01. _____ Antibody is composed of 2identical long heavy chains and 2 identical shorter lightchains.

02. _____ Variable (V) and constant(C) regions are part of both heavy and light chains.

03. _____ Variable regions for heavyand light chains from the same antibody molecule are alwaysidentical.

04. _____ Variable region of lightchains are encoded by the DNA sequences that contain rearranged V,D, and J segments.

05. _____ Fc part of the antibody isnot important, F(ab’)2 fragment has the same binding andeffector capacity.

06. _____ Fab fragments are generatedby alternative splicing.

07. _____ J chain is used as asurrogate light chain during pre-B cell receptor testing forsuccessful V(D)J rearrangement.

08. _____ Binding of the antigen byantibody is stabilized by disulfide bonds.

09. _____ RAG1/2 are always expressedin B cells at high level, because B cells need RAG1/2 to constantlyrearrange their V regions.

10. _____ “N” (non template)nucleotides are added by TdT.

11. _____ The 12/23 rule is appliedduring class switching.

12. _____ For B cells, V(D)Jrecombination occurs only in the bone marrow.

13. _____ The process of somatichypermutation helps to improve specificity of the antibody.

14. _____ In late pro-B cells, Vsegment is rearranged with DJ segments.

15. _____ Failure to eliminateself-reactive B cells may lead to serious autoimmune diseases.

16. _____ Mature, naïve B cellsexpress IgD and any of the other classes of antibody (IgM, IgG,IgA, or IgE) on their surfaces.

17. _____ B1 cells are present in theperitoneal cavity, pleural spaces and brain.

18. _____ AID (activation inducedcytidine deaminase) is expressed only in B cells and it canintroduce breaks in double stranded DNA.

19. _____ Different classes (isotypes)of antibodies have different effector functions, which aretriggered by special receptors expressed by a variety of cells.

20. _____ Plasma cells are terminallydifferentiated cells that produce large quantities ofantibodies.

21. _____ Repeated exposure to thesame antigen eventually leads to immunological exhaustion and lackof immunity, because there is no room for new plasma cells in thebone marrow.

22. _____ Germinal centers arespecialized sites within the bone marrow where Ig genes ofactivated B cells undergo affinity maturation.

23. _____ B cells can present antigensto T helper cells.

24. _____ Co-stimulatory molecules arerequired for efficient generation of memory B cells.

25. _____ Lymphocytes migrate to thelymphoid tissues in response to chemokines.

26. _____ Class switching duringgerminal center reaction is a random process.

27. _____ T cell independent responsescan generate strong and long lasting B cell memory.

28. _____ Fc receptors that arepresent on many different cell types are crucial for removal of thepathogens.

29. _____ The ideal vaccine should bedesigned to mimic the natural course of infection without causingsymptoms of the disease.

30. _____ The protective immunity canbe generated against any pathogen because there is virtuallyunlimited number of possible V regions, thus any antigen can berecognize by an antibody.

1. Neutralizing antibodies are effective at preventing
infection or toxicity mediated by pathogens or their toxic products. In fact, nearly all vaccines currently in use function by eliciting neutralizing antibodies. The most important feature of a neutralizing antibody is:
A. Having a high degree of multi-valency, such as being a pentamer or hexamer of immunoglobulin monomers
B. Having high affinity for the antigen
C. Being present at a high concentration in the circulation
D. Being efficient at activating the complement cascade
E. Having a long half-life in the body

2. IgM antibodies are much more efficient than IgG at activating the complement cascade. However, under certain circumstances, IgG antibodies will activate the complement pathway. One example of a situation in which IgG binding to its antigen will
NOT trigger the complement cascade is when:
A. The IgG antibodies bind to a multivalent soluble antigen in solution, such as a polysaccharide structure shed from a bacterial pathogen.
B. The IgG antibodies bind to a viral capsid protein that is present in more than 100 copies on the viral particle surface.
C. The IgG antibodies bind to a bacterial surface by recognizing a repetitive polysaccharide component of the bacterial capsule.
D. The IgG antibodies are binding self-antigens such as chromatin released from dead cells.
E. The IgG antibodies are neutralizing a bacterial toxin protein by blocking the receptor-attachment site on the toxin.

3. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) is an important effector mechanism in immunity to virus infections. This immune pathway has also been exploited for clinical applications. For instance, patients with
various disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and some B cell lymphomas, are treated with an antibody directed at CD20, a surface receptor expressed on all B cells. This antibody leads to the depletion of B cells from the patients by the actions of:
A. Natural killer (NK) cells
B. Cytotoxic CD8 T cells
C. Cytotoxic CD4 T cells
D. Activated macrophages
E. The complement cascade membrane attack complex

Immunology worksheet help?

1. In people infected with human cytomegalovirus, class I MHC andb2-microglobulin are produced, but very little mature class I MHCis found at the cell surface. Inhibition of which of the followingmolecules by human cytomegalovirus may account for thisphenomenon?
A. TAP
B. Ii
C. TCR
D. CLIP
E. RAG
2. Your chances of having the same MHC haplotype as your siblingare:
A. 1:2.
B. 1:4.
C. 1:16.
D. 1:8.
E. 1:1.
3. Which of the following is the BEST example of self-MHCrestriction of T cells?
A. A T-cell clone is deleted when it binds too tightly to selfMHC.
B. A T-cell clone responds more vigorously to a self-peptide thana foreign peptide.
C. A T-cell clone recognizes foreign MHC.
D. A T-cell clone only recognizes foreign peptides when presentedby self MHC.
E. All of the above
4. MHC molecules:
A. are conserved between individuals.
B. bind repeating patterns found on pathogens.
C. are recognized by T cells.
D. are membrane-bound molecules found exclusively on T cells.
E. are secreted by T cells and bind and neutralize antigen in theserum.
5. Tasmanian devils are a largely inbred population with littlediversity in the MHC. Which of the following would be a likelyoutcome of this?
A. They would compensate for low diversity in the MHC with highdiversity in the TCR.
B. They would compensate for low diversity in the MHC with highdiversity in the BCR.
C. They would rely only on innate immune responses.
D. They would be at higher risk of infection.
E. All of the above
6. How many different MHC classical class I proteins does eachnucleated cell in a human heterozygous at the MHC locusexpress?
A. Six
B. Two
C. Three
D. One
E. None. Only APC express class I.
7. MHC polymorphisms tend to cluster:
A. in the peptide-binding groove.
B. in the transmembrane domain.
C. in the coreceptor contact residues.
D. in the framework region.
E. All of the above
8. A mutation that renders the MHC class II molecule DMnonfunctional would likely lead to:
A. cells with no class II MHC.
B. a deficiency in CD8+ T cells.
C. cells with class II MHC only bound with CLIP.
D. cells with class II MHC bound with a variety ofself-antigens.
E. cells with no DO.
9. The human MHC locus is one of the most polymorphic regions ofthe genome. What does this mean?
A. This region is regulated by many different mechanisms.
B. Sequence variability is low in this region.
C. There are many introns in this region.
D. There are many different alleles of these genes.
E. It has the most different genes.
10. Which of the following is an example ofcross-presentation?
A. An exogenous peptide being presented on MHC class II
B. A B-cell antigen being presented to a T cell
C. An endogenous peptide being presented on MHC class I
D. An endogenous peptide being presented on MHC class II
E. An exogenous peptide being presented on MHC class I