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Benefits the host.
microbes in human gut (enterobacteria)
aid in digestion
train immune system |
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Microbe benefits, no help or harm to host usually
e.g. staphylococcus epidermis (lives on skin and eats sluffed off cells) |
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Microbe benefits, host is harmed
Types:
Primary pathogens
Opportunistic pathogens
Commensal pathogens
Chronic pathogens |
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Cause disease in otherwise healthy host
e.g influenza |
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only cause disease when the health of thehost is compromised.
e.g. pathogenic fungi- pseudomona aeruginosa (cystic fibrosis, burns susceptible) |
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lie dormant for a while, eventually cause disease
e.g. mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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single celled
binary fission for replication (replicate DNA, split)
Cell wall (peptidoglycan)
No nucleus
single circular chromosome |
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obligate intracellular pathogen/parasite(need another cell to live)
enclosed by a membrane/protein coat
variety of nucleic acids for genome:
dsDNA, dsRNA, ssRNA, ssDNA |
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Obligate intracellular pathogen/parasite |
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needs another cell to live |
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eukaryote
cell wall (chitin)
heterotroph (all rely on braking down organic matter) |
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eukaryotes:
protozoa
helminth (worms) |
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1. microorganism should be found in organisms suffering from disease, but not in healthy organisms
2. Microorganisms must be isolated from infected organism and grown in pure culture.
3. implant into healthy organism
4. should be able to reculture organism from the infected individual. |
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Woolsorter's disease (bacillus anthrasis)
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Life Cycle of bacillus anthrasis |
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1. Spores in environment
2. spores enter host
3. spores germinate, spread
4. bacteria fight immune system, cause disease
5. host dies spores re-enter environment |
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1. reservoir
2. attachment entry
3. replication and spread
4. fight immune system
5. exit |
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all components that fight a pathogen the same way every time (no memory)
1st line of defense
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all components capable of learning.
host takes advantage of unique aspects of pathogens to destroy them.
e.g. viral pathogens (RNA replication process) |
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skin: epidermis is outermost (continually renewing)
outermost cornified dead layer is barrier to most organisms
can enter through cuts in skin, digestive system, lungs, use of additional organisms, hair follicles |
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Mucous membranes:
continuous secretion of mucous (keeps pathogens away from cells, eg goblet secreting cells in villi of pancreas)
cillia: wave particles out of lungs and up esophagus.
stomach: low pH, degrading enzymes |
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1. anti-microbial peptides
2. anti-microbial proteins (larger, 3ary struct) |
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AKA defensins
short +charged, amphopathic
forms pores in cell walls of bacteria, lyses
selective for bacteria |
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larger, tertiary structure
e.g. lysozyme (degrades peptidoglycan), albumin
RNAase (contra viral genomes)
lactoferrin: soaks up iron from bacteria (need iron to grow) |
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types of antimicrobial proteins (aka serum) |
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1. heat stable (antibodies), due to disulfide linkage
2. heat labile (compliment) |
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one protein is cleaven into two, one of which cleaves another, etc.
used in clotting
results in inherant amplification |
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study it!
uses antibodies |
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covering a bacteria in protein |
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mannose/fructose pattern on bacterial surface is bound by manosbinding lectin (MBL)
triggers compliment cascade
MBLs recognize pathogens based on surface protein |
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originate in bone marrow, resides in blood
gives rise to macrophage or dendritic cell |
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tissue resident
long-lived
part of liver but originate in bone marrow
"Street sweepers" eat everything not supposed to be there |
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short-lived, live in blood
respond to infection
contain granulocyte (dense vesicle of protein, anamirobial peptides, lysozyme)
Also called Polymorphonuclear cells (PMN)
lobed nucleus allows neutrophil to squeeze into tight places |
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rate limiting step of actin polumerization |
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nucleation (initiation of polymerization)
actin dimer is hardest to form, after that its down hill |
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how does actin polymerization gain directionality |
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actin:atp is active form, actin:adp is inactive form
Arp2/3 is a nucleating protein, binds 3 actin polymers (overcomes rate limiting step)
Postive feedback: Arp2/3 binds to side of actin chain and initiates new chain, "webbing effect" |
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compliment receptor, involved in phagocytosis |
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How does actin polymerization cause phagocytosis? |
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phagocyte can bind to surface antibodies or compliment.
ARP2/3 activated near binding site, membrane curves around bacteria, additional receptors bind.
rapid polymerization, envagination |
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phosphorylates PIP2 into PIP3, first stem in phagocytic binding of chemoattractants |
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leads to the activation of Rho in actin activation during phagocytosis |
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small GTPase regulating actin assembly |
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GTPase activating proteins, inactivate GTP |
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Guanine nucleotide exchange factor
Rho-lipid modification
activates Rho:GTP |
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activated Rho, recruits N-Wasp (promotes binding of ARP2/3, polymerization away from the binding site) |
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phage receptor for antibodies bound to bacteria |
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metabolic process, exposes the phagolysozome to "reactive oxidative species" NADPH oxidase complex removes elctron from NADPH, creates O2-. (superoxide) which is converted to H2O2 (highly destructive) |
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location where neutrophils and bacteria fighting it out |
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two cytosolic components released by dead neutrophils |
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1. protein: calprotectin
2. DNA chromatin forms extracellular trap |
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purpose of calprotectin release by dead neutrophils |
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4 ca2+ bound to, when released, Ca2+ is gone, calprotectin acts as metal sponge, absorbs Zn and MN (many bacteria and fungi need these to survive) |
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purpose of DNA chromatin release by dead neutrophils |
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creat neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) which traps bacteria |
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Neutrophil (esp. contra bact)
eosinophil (contra parasites)
basophils (allergy)
Mast cells (in tissue, release histamine) |
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causes inflammation:
capillaries swell, allow neutrophils to spueeze through tissues, diffusion of necessary chemicals |
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shock: entire circulatory system swells. blood volume lost to internal organs. |
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high increasein histamine.
treat with epinephrine (contraction of vasculature) eg epipen. |
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professional antigen-presenting cells
work with adaptive immune system |
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macrophage
dendritic cell |
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Pathogen associated immunostimulant
any molecule made by pathogen that is not made by the host and which the host uses to detect infection
e.g small molecules, repeating patterns (PAMPs) |
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inflammation
recruitment of phagocyte
phagocytosis |
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PAI
unique tRNA for initial methionine start codon in bacterial transcription |
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lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
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important PAI in gram negative bacteria:
the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of gram negative bacteria is composed of LPS
variation in LPS structure among bacteria, but all share common core. |
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receptors in macrophage for PAIs |
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receptor for LPS, activates many down stream effects, notably NFkB |
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PAI
anchored in membrane, giant polymer protrudes through cell wall
fx: adherence, negatively charged |
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serves as PAI
bacteria has CpG motife. In euk, cytosine methulated in fifth position, bacteria is normal.
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recognizes CpG in bacteria |
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used to recognize viruses
normal Euk RNA: mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
primarily single stranded
Double stranded in viruses (reovirus)
immune system recognizes dsRNA |
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recognizes double stranded RNA in viruses |
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protein flagellin ("motor" structure)
TLR5 recognizes flagellin |
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recognizes flagellin (protein in bacterial flagellum) |
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molecule released from one cell population that have an effect on themselves and/or other cell pop.s
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cytokine important for growth and differentiation of the immune system.
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recruits PMN cells (neutrophils) |
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cytokine, made by macrophage, endothelial cells
results in inflammation, stimulates phagocytosis
by itself is responsible for gram negative sepsis |
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cytokine, produced by macrophage, epithelial, endothelial cells
PMN chemotaxis (signal to neutrophils) |
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Interferon gamma (IFN gamma)
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primarily made by T-cells (adaptive immune system)
signal to activate macrophage (wants signal for T cell swallows bacteria but doesn't kill cell outright until it gets IFN gamma from T cells) |
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protein with lectin domain, binds carbohydrate on PMN, forming weak connection.
selectin anchored to actin filament in cytosol.
during blood flow, neutrophil rolls along endothelial surface. |
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kills intracellular pathogen |
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helps B and T cells fight extracellular pathogens |
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round ball shaped bacteria |
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Staphylococcus aureus (kingdom, phylum, class, genus, species) |
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bacteria, fermicute, bacillus, staphylococcus, aureus |
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"purple lightning"
cutaneous hemorrhages and necrosis in kids and youth |
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S. aureus (gram stain, shape) |
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group A streptococcus (gram stain and shape) |
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group B streptococcus
(gram stain and shape) |
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coagulase negative staph (gram and shape) |
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enterococci (gram and shape) |
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Neisseria (gram and shape) |
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listeria (gram and shape) |
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Clostridium (gram and shape) |
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corynebacterium (gram and shape) |
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mycobacterium (gram and shape) |
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Nocardia (gram and shape) |
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Klebsiella (gram and shape) |
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pseudomonas (gram and shape) |
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salmonella (gram and shape) |
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yersinia (gram and shape) |
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Brucella (gram and shape) |
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enterobacter (gram and shape) |
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Haemophilus (gram and shape) |
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bordatella (gram and shape) |
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moraxella (gram and shape) |
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Francisella (gram and shape) |
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campylobacter (gram and shape) |
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three classes of spirochetes |
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tremonema
leptospira
borrelia |
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syphilis
spirochete
can't gram stain
can't culture
STD
chronic infection (takes decades to progress to tertiary) |
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general serology
specific serology (antibodies for Lipoprotiens) |
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chronic infection
obligate aerobic
non gram staining
acid fast (stains mycolic acid)
facultative intracellular pathogen
high lipid content, waxy and hard to penetrate |
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drug that can be used for acid fast bacteria |
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isonizid: blocks mycolic acid synthesis |
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types of bacteria that form spores |
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obligate intracellular
persistant chronic infections
non gram staining
can be stained with silver
human reservoir common
STD and ocular infection |
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elemental body vs. reticular body |
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EB: extracellular (infectious)
RB intracellular (replicating) |
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no cell wall (no gram stain, no cell wall antibiotics)
shape changs
smallest bacteria
growth is fastidious and requires media with sterols
slow growth
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obligate intracellular
polymerize actin
geographically diverse
no culture
zoonotic |
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how does ehrlichia block cellular digestion by phagosome? |
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blocks fusion of endosome and lysosome |
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how does coxiella survive phagocytosis? |
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thrives in low pH of lysosome |
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what causes rash in rickettsia? |
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damage to epithelial tissue, blood vessels dilate and RBCs escape |
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