Innate Immunity
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Innate Immunity Hathairat Thananchai, DPhil Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University 2 August 2016 Objectives: • Explain how innate immune system recognizes foreign substances • Explain components of the innate immune system, and their functions • Explain functions of the innate immune system Lecture outline • Overview of innate immunity • Innate recognition – Cell-associated receptors – Soluble molecules • Cellular and soluble components of innate immunity • Innate immune responses - Inflammatory response - antiviral response • Stimulation of adaptive immunity Innate and adaptive immunity The mechanisms of innate immunity provide the initial defense against infection. Adaptive immune responses develop later and consist of activation of lymphocytes. Innate immunity Innate immunity serves three important functions • Innate immunity is initial response to microbes that prevents, controls , or eliminate infection of the host by many microbes – Inflammation – Antiviral defense • Innate immune mechanisms recognize the products of damaged and dead host cells and serve to eliminate these cells and to initiate the process of tissue repair • Innate immunity to microbes stimulates adaptive immune responses and can influence the nature of the adaptive responses to make them optimally effective against different types of microbe Features of Innate immunity • Provides the early line of defense against foreign substances • Not specific to particular microbe – do express surface receptors that distinguish host cells from those of infectious agents – do not discriminate between various infectious agents • Non-adaptive – the quality of the reaction to a foreign substance does not change when the organism encounters this substance repeatedly Recognition mechanisms of innate immunity • The microbial substances that stimulate innate immunity are called pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) • Molecules recognized tend to be structural elements that are common to broad classes of microbes and are very hard to change. • The innate immune system also recognizes endogenous molecules called damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) • The receptors that bind to PAMPs or DAMPs are called pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) Innate immune recognition of bacterial cell wall components DAMPs Examples of PAMPs and DAMPs Specificity of innate and adaptive immunity Pattern Recognition Molecules of the Innate Immune System • Cell-associated molecules – Cell membrane – Cytoplasm – Endosome • Soluble molecules – Blood – Extracellular fluids Recruitment and activation of protein kinases Innate cytokines include Activation of transcription factors - TNF - IL-1, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12 Gene transcription - Type I interferons Pattern Recognition Molecules of the Innate Immune System Toll-like receptors (TLRs) • A family of conserved cellular receptors that mediated cellular responses to PAMPs and DAMPs • TLRs activation is essential for provoking the innate response and enhancing adaptive immunity against pathogens • There are 9 different functional TLRs in humans, named TLR1 through TLR9 TIR; TLR/IL-1 receptor TLR signaling • All TLRs except TLR3 signal through adaptor protein MyD88 • TLR3 signals through TRIF • TLR4 signals through both MyD88 and TRIF • A downstream effect of TLR signaling through MyD88 is the activation of the transcription factor NF-КB • A downstream effect of TLR signaling through TRIF is the activation of IRF-3 and -7 MyD88; myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 TIRF; TIR domain-containing adaptor inducing IFN-β IRF; interferon response factor Cytosolic pattern recognition molecules NOD-Like Receptors • NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a family of more than 20 different cytosolic proteins, some of which recognize PAMPs and DAMPs • NOD1 & NOD2 recognize peptidoglycan substructures and promote innate immune responses – NOD1 – diaminopimelic acid (DAP) – NOD2 – muramyl dipeptide • Induce the production of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and IL-18) NOD; nucleotide oligomerization domain RIG-Like Receptors • RIG-like receptors (RLRs) are Plasma membrane cytosolic sensors of viral RNA that respond to viral nucleic acid by inducing the production of the antiviral type I interferons • The two best characterized RLRs are – RIG-1 – MDA5 • On binding viral RNA, the RLRs initiate signaling events that lead to phosphorylation and activation of IRF3 and IRF7, as well as NF-κB Cytosolic DNA Sensors (CDSs) • The STING (Stimulator of IFN Genes) pathway is a major mechanism of DNA-induced activation of type I interferon responses • STING is an endoplasmic reticulum- localized transmembrane protein • Cytosolic DNA binds to an enzyme called cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) that synthesizes a cyclic dinucleotide called cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) • cGAMP interacts with and stimulates STING The differential expression of PRRs by some immune cells The components of the innate immune system • Physical barriers – Skin and mucosal surface • Cellular components – Phagocytes (neutrophils, macrophages) – Dendritic cells – NK cells and other innate lymphoid cells – Innate-like lymphocytes – Mast cells • Circulating proteins – Complement system – Antimicrobial peptides – Cytokines : inflammation (TNF, IL-1) chemokines (IL-8, MCP-1) anti-viral (type I interferons) Exterior defenses Most infectious agents are prevented from entering the body by physical and biochemical barriers. The body tolerates a number of commensal organisms, which compete effectively with many potential pathogens. Epithelial defenses Antimicrobial peptides • Short, cationic peptides (most 29-35 amino acids long) • Made by neutrophils and epithelial cells (small intestines, respiratory tract, genitourinary tract) • In human, three major groups of these antimicrobial peptides are recognized : - -defensins - -defensins - cathelicidins • Differentially active against different microorganisms Biological roles of host defense peptide Nature Biotechnology 2006;24:1551-1557. Pathogens and Disease 2014;70:257-270. Phagocytes Neutrophil Mononuclear phagocyte Dendritic cell - Phagocytosis - Cytokine production : Pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF, IL-1) Phases of phagocytosis Phagocytosis and intracellular destruction of microbes NADPH oxidase Killing of phagocytosed microbes • Reactive oxygen species (ROS) - Phagocyte oxidase (=NADPH oxidase) - superoxide anion (O2 ) - Superoxide dismutase H2O2 - Myeloperoxidase hypohalous acid The process by which ROS are produced is called the respiratory burst • Reactive nitrogen intermediates, mainly nitric oxide (NO) - Inducible Nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD): genetic defect in phagocyte oxidase components (most commonly gp91, which is X-linked) Antibody-mediated opsonization and phagocytosis of microbes “opsonin” Neutrophils • The most abundant population of circulating white blood cells and mediate the earliest phases of inflammatory responses. • The nucleus of a neutrophil is segmented into 3-5 connected lobules. • The cytoplasm contains granules of two types. - Specific granules are filled with enzymes such as lysozyme, NADPH oxidase - Azurophilic granules are lysosomes containing enzymes (i.e.myeloperoxidase) and other microbicidal substances (i.e.defensins) Mononuclear phagocyte system The mononuclear phagocyte system includes circulating cells called monocytes and tissue resident cells called macrophages Maturation of mononuclear phagocytes Effector functions of macrophages Dendritic cells • A heterogeneous family of cells with long dendrite-like cytoplasmic processes • Constitutively present in lymphoid tissues, mucosal epithelium, and organ parenchyma • Dendritic cells express more different types of TLRs and cytoplasmic PRRs than any other cell types • Dendritic cells serve a critical function in adaptive immune responses by capturing and displaying microbial antigen to T lymphocytes. • TLR signaling induces dendritic cell expression of costimulators and cytokines that are needed for the activation of naïve T cells and their differentiation to effector T cells “Antigen presenting cells” Natural killer (NK) cells • A lineage of cells related to lymphocytes that recognize infected and/or stressed cells • Kill various target cells without a need for additional activation • NK cells are a major source of IFN-γ • The expansion and activity of NK cells are also stimulated by cytokine, mainly IL-15 and IL-12 • High concentration of IL-2 also stimulate the activities of NK cells http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~zchabg4/innate.htm NK cells are early component of the host response to viral infection Functions of NK cells 1. NK cells recognize ligands on infected cells or cells undergoing • other types of stress, and kill the host cells. The NK cells are activated and kill the antibody-coated cells. • NK cells bind to antibody-coated cells by Fc receptors and destroy these cells. These process is called antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) Functions of NK cells 2. NK cells respond to IL-12 produced by macrophages and secrete IFN-γ, which activates the macrophages to kill phagocytosed microbes. Innate lymphoid cells • The three subsets of ILCs produce different sets of cytokines, participate in host defense against distinct pathogens, and different inflammatory disorders • These subsets are analogous to the + TH1, TH2 and TH17 subsets of CD4 T lymphocytes that secrete some of the same cytokines • Group 1 ILCs produce IFN-γ include NK cells • Group 2 ILCs, like TH2, secrete IL-5, IL-9 and IL-13 •