Aims • Describe T cell maturation and be able to differentiate naïve and effector T cells. • Differentiate the development and functions of Th1 and Th2 cells. • Describe the mechanism of T cell cytotoxicity. • Readings: Abbas & Lichtman, Chapters 4, 5 & 6
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Aims Describe T cell maturation and be able to differentiate naïve and effector T cells. Differentiate the development and functions of Th1 and Th2 cells.
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Aims
• Describe T cell maturation and be able to differentiate naïve and effector T cells.
• Differentiate the development and functions of Th1 and Th2 cells.
• Describe the mechanism of T cell cytotoxicity.
• Readings: Abbas & Lichtman, Chapters 4, 5 & 6
T Cell Maturation and Selection• Occurs in the thymus.• Positive selection
– T cells must recognize a MHC molecule in order to survive.
– Makes sure TCR molecule can recognize MHC + peptide.
• Failure of positive selection– No recognition of MHC+ peptide.
• Negative selection– T cells who strongly recognize a
MHC molecule undergo apoptosis. – Eliminates self protein reacting T
cells.
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 4-13
Intracellular Microbes
• Cell mediated immunity is responsible for intracellular microbial infections.• Common intracellular infections
– Phagocytosed microbe that survive in phagolysosomes.– Microbe that escapes into cytoplasm.
Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-1A
Intracellular Microbes
• Microbes that bind to membrane receptors and enter a cell’s cytoplasm in order to infect a cell.
Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-1B
Activation of T Cells
• Antigen recognition– MHC-TCR
• Activation– Cytokines
• Clonal expansion
• Differentiation– CD4+, CD8+
• Effector function
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-2
Peripheral
Cytokines
Cytokines
MHC-TCR Interaction
• TCR recognizes antigen (peptide) within MHC molecules.
• CD4 binds to MHC class II molecules (CD8 to class I).• Signaling begins with phosphorylation of the ζζ
associated with _CD3_.
Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-4
CD4+ T Cell Activation
• Activation requires two signals.– 1) MHC/peptide
antigen binding to TCR.
– 2) Costimulatory molecule on APC binding to specific receptors on T cell.
• B7-1 (CD80) or B7-2 (CD86) on APC binding to CD28 on T cell.
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-6
CD4+ T Cell Activation
• Activated T cells produce cytokines and cytokine receptors.– IL-2
– High affinity IL-2 receptor.
• Resulting in clonal proliferation and differentiation of that T cell.
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-6
CD4+ T Cell Activation• If no costimulation occurs
when TCR binds to MHC / Peptide, T cell becomes nonresponsive (anergy) or undergo apoptosis.
• Only activated APCs express costimulatory molecules.– Thus only naïve T cells in
direct contact with APC containing microbial antigen will be activated.
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-6
CD8+ T Cell Activation
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-7
• Antigen presentation by APC via MHC class I (infected APC).– APC express costimulator
molecules.
• Phagocytosed infected cell by APC results in antigen presentation via MHC class II to CD4+ T cell and MHC class I to CD8+ T cell. – CD4+ T cells secrete cytokines
to activate CD8+ T cells.
10,000 fold
Effector Function of CD4+ T Cells
• Activation of macrophages.– Expression of CD40L by CD4+ T cells.
– CD40L bind to CD40 on Macrophages.
– Secretion of cytokines (IFN) by CD4+ T cells.
– Results in macrophage killing of phagocytosed microbe.
Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-10B
•Differentiated effector cells appear 3-4 days after exposure to microbe.
Effector Function of CD4+ T Cells
• Activation of a B cell.– Expression of CD40L by CD4+ T cells.
– CD40L bind to CD40 on B cells.
– Secretion of cytokines (IL-4) by CD4+ T cells.
– Results in B cell secretion of antibody.
Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-10B
Function of Th1 CD4+ T Cells
• Macrophages and dendritic cells respond to bacterial or viral infections by secreting _IL-12_ which causes naïve CD4+ T cells to differentiate into Th1 cells.
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-11A
IL-12
Function of Th1 CD4+ T Cells
• Th1 cells secrete IFN– Macrophage activation.
• Stimulates expression of MHC class II.
• Stimulates the expression of B7 costimulators.
– B cell production of IgG subclasses involved in phagocytosis via Fc receptors.
Adapted from Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-11A
IL-12
Function of Th2 CD4+ T Cells
• If there is no production of IL-12 by the APC then the T cell itself secretes IL-4 inducing its differentiation into the Th2 phenotype.– This is what happens in
infections by helminths which are too big to be phagocytosed.
Abbas & Lichtman’s Basic Immunology 5-11B
Function of Th2 CD4+ T Cells
• Th2 cells secrete IL-4 – Stimulates the production