DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNE SYSTEM
• - GESTATIONAL TOLERANCE • (PREVENTING REJECTION
• - FETAL/NEONATAL PROTECTION • - VACCINATION/IMMUNIZATION
VACCINATIONS
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BIRTH BCG (BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN) ORAL POLIO HEPATITIS 6 WEEKS DPT (DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, PERTUSSIS ORAL POLIO 2ND DOSE HEPATITIS 2ND 10 WEEKS DPT (DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, PERTUSSIS) ORAL POLIO 3RD 14 WEEKS DPT 3RD ORAL POLIO 4TH 6-9 MONTHS ORAL POLIO 5TH HEPATITIS B
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9 MONTHS MEASLES 15-18 MONTHS MMR (MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA) DPT booster dose ORAL POLIO 6TH
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5 YEARS DPT 2ND booster ORAL POLIO 7TH 10 YEARS TT (TETANUS) 3RD booster HEPATITIS B booster 15-16 YEARS TETANUS booster
Function of Immune System is PROTECTION against:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Bacteria Virus Fungus/ multicellular parasites Cancer Toxins ( 5,000 daltons--protein/lipid/CHO/nucleic acids)
Tissues and Organs Important for Immune Function
•Cells derived from stem cells: liver, bone marrow • Cells are stored, multiply, interact, and mature in: thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, blood
•Transport: lymphatic vessels
Accessory Organs •Appendix, tonsils, intestines
Cell Types
1. Lymphocytes: derived in bone marrow from stem cells 10^12 A) T cells: stored & mature in thymus-migrate throughout the body -Killer Cells Perform lysis (infected cells) Cell mediated immune response -Helper Cells Enhance T killer or B cell activity -Supressor Cells Reduce/suppress immune activity May help prevent auto immune
Lymphocytes (cont.)
B) B-Cells: stored and mature in spleen • secrete highly specific Ab to bind foreign substance (antigen: Ag), form Ab-Ag complex • responsible for humoral response • perform antigen processing and presentation • differentiate into plasma cells (large Ab secretion)
2. Neutrophils- found throughout body, in blood -phagocytosis of Ab-Ag CX
3. Macrophages- throughout body, blood, lymphatics -phagocytose non-specifically (non Ab coated Ag) -phagocytose specifically Ab-Ag CX -have large number of lysosomes (degradative enzyme) -perform Ag processing and presentation -present Ag to T helper cell -secrete lymphokines/ cytokines to stimulate T helper cells and immune activity
4. Natural Killer Cells-in blood throughout body
Macrophage
Bacteri a
Bacterial Infection
Complement
Series of enzymes which are sequentially activated and result in lysis of cell membrane of infected cell at bacterium Permeablizes membrane leaky
Complement binding and activation
~35 enzymes and factors involved in cascade
Viral Infection
5 classes of Ig
IgG: 150,000 m.w. most abundant in blood, cross placental barrier, fix complement, induce macrophage engulfment IgA: associated with mucus and secretory glands, respiratory tract, intestines, saliva, tears, milk variable size
IgM: 900,000 m.w.
5 Classes of Ig
IgD: Low level in blood, surface receptor on B- cell
IgE: Binds receptor on mast cells (basophils) secretes histamine, role in allergic reactions
Increased histamine leads to vasodilation, which leads to increase blood vessel permeability. This induces lymphocyte immigration swelling and redness.
Thymus Involution
Repertoire of lymphocytes shift with aging (membrane components shift)
ORGAN AND T-CELL DEVELOPMENT
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YOLK SAC LIVER (4 Weeks) BONE MARROW (4-5 Weeks )
THYMUS (7-10 Weeks) BLOOD LYMPH (14 Weeks) SPLEEN (16 Weeks)
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T-cells migrate and appear in tissues with development and increase in number throughout Gestation
B-CELLS
• FIRST appear in immature state - Liver at 7 weeks
• LATER –appear mature by 14-20 weeks • CAN DIFFERENTIATE INTO IMMUNOLOGICALLY COMPETENT ANTIBODY-PRODUCING PLASMA CELLS
NATURAL KILLER CELLS
• FIRST APPEAR IN FETAL BONE MARROW AROUND 13 WEEKS GESTATION
• FIRST APPEAR IN FETAL BONE MARROW AROUND 13 WEEKS GESTATION
• FOUND THROUGHOUT BODY • NK CELLS HAVE DIMINISHED ACTIVITY BEFORE BIRTH COMPARED TO ADULT
• STIMULATED BY INTERFERON AFTER 27 WEEKS
COMPLEMENT PROTEINS
• ARISE FROM LIVER
• FIRST DETECTED 5-6 WEEKS GESTATION • INCREASE GRADUALLY IN CONCENTRATION • AT ABOUT 28 WEEKS COMPLEMENT PROTEINS ARE AROUND 2/3 THAT OF ADULT CONCENTRATIONS • INDIVIDUAL VARIATION
SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE (SCID)
CHARACTERISTICS:
GENERALLY CAUSED BY DEFECT OF SINGLE GENE NEEDED FOR T-CELL AND B-CELL FUNCTION
—SUBJECT EXHIBITS NO CELL MEDIATED RESPONSE
––SUBJECT CANNOT MAKE ANTIBODIES ABOUT 25% OF CASES INVOLVES DEFECTIVE GENE FOR THE ENZYME ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (REQUIRED FOR PURINE BREAKDOWN)
SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE (SCID)
• TREATMENT OPTIONS:
• • • GERM FREE ENVIRONMENT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT ROUTINE INJECTIONS OF ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (ADA)
GENE THERAPY USING SUBJECTS OWN CELLS (RETROVIRUS CONTAINING ADA TO ―INFECT‖ SUBJECTS BONE MARROW STEM CELLS)
ENZYME
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