Immunity to parasites

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Immunity to parasites
  1. EUKARYOTIC live either ECTOPARASITES (outside host)/ENDOPARASITES (inside host), MICROPARASITES-usually transmitted by insect vectors/ ingestion e.g..Malaria. MACROPARASITES-have complex life styles with several host species eg. Intestinal worms
    1. Humoral responses important for EXTRACELLULAR parasites- can be Ab, Ab+complement, Ab+effector cells
    2. Malaria
      1. Transmitted: female Anopheles mosquitoes
        1. Sporozoites injected into host circ- find way to liver-infect liver cells- form merozoite-replicate-rupture-merozoites released-can affect another liver cell/ RBC penetration- can rupture/ asexual reproduction-develop into gametocytes-uptake during blood meal by mosquito and find way to salivary glands
        2. Plasmodium Falciparum
          1. Immunity gradually builds up (years)-fades in absence of exposure. Immune response may fail to control infection=death (naive individuals eg children who never been exposed before). Immunity is strain specific- many strains circulate in human popn.
            1. T cell dependent mech- CD8+ responses & macrophage activation against liver stages/ CD4+ against erythrocyte stages (TH1&2)/ Ab dependent- block erythrocyte invasion- Ab to merozoite- agglutinate merozoite & infected cells=killed in spleen
              1. EVASION STRATEGIES- intracellular for most of mammalian life cycle/ erythrocytes lack MHC-cant present parasite Ags/ Sporozoites-invade hepatocytes quickly & shed surface coat if Abs bind during this time/ Merozoites-surface Ags highly polymorphic-some can undergo temporal antigen variation/cytoadherance molecules-expressed by infected erythrocytes enable sequestration in capillary & avoid passage through spleen-one of main causes of death if stick to blood capillary in brain
          2. Plasmodium vivax
          3. Sleeping sickness/ African trypanosomiasis
            1. Transmitted: Tsetse fly
              1. Trypanosoma brucei
                1. fly=blood meal=injects metacyclic trypomastigotes-transformed to bloodstream trypomastigotes & carried to other sites-multiply by binary fission in blood, lymph & spinal fluid (diagnostic stage)-trypomastigotes in blood-Tstes has blood meal=transform into pro cyclic trypomastigotes in flys midgut-multiply by binary fission-leave midgut-transform into epimastigoted-multiply in salivary glans-transform into metacyclic trypomastigotes...
                  1. Immunity: not effective in humans-fatal if not treated. Trypanosomes are extracellular (tissue spaces, blood, CNS)-infection characterised by FLUCTUATING PARASITAEMIA (can control it but not eradicate). Can be killed by Ab mechs-binding of IgM to surface=agglutination, Ab-mediated phagocytosis, direct lysis via classical pathway. As infection progresses=spread to CNS-causes symptoms of sleeping sickness
                    1. EVASION: have single dominant surface Ag (Variant surface glycoprotein (VSG)) which masks all other surface antigens, protects aganst lysis via alt complement-each expresses one VSG from repitore of ~1000 each immunologically distinct-individual trypanosomes switch expression from one to another at a rate of 1/100 cell divisions= fluctuating parasitaemia. Can be killed by Ab-mediated mechs but takes time during which new antigenic variants will appear-not protective
                2. Chaga's disease
                  1. T. cruzi
                    1. Transmitted: kissing bugs
                      1. When scratch, metacyclic trypomastigotes from faeces enter body-turn into amastigotes-find way to muscle/neural tissue-form a amistogote net (causes the problem)= chronic infections=neurological disorders (dementia, damage to heart muscle, dilation of digestive tract)
                        1. Immunity: has 2 phases: ACUTE (weeks/months)-trypanosomes in bloodstream, fatal in ~10% of children-immune response able to supress parasitaemia but not elimination-cell-mediated & Ab-dependent but killing mech unclear/ CHRONIC-~30% patients (lasts years with an indeterminate phase with no symptoms)-infection for life=damage to heart, oesophagus & colon caused by autoimmunity due to cross-reacting T.cruzi Ags
                        2. EVASION: complement resistant-express parasite coded decay acceleration factor (DAF). Host cell invasion by induced phagocytosis by cells that are not normally phagocytic (muscle, nerves-limited antimicrobial capacity). Parasites taken up by macrophages etc can escape from phagosome into the host cell cytoplasm avoiding lysosomal attack. Expresses antigens which mimic the host-inhibiting immune recognition (autoimmunity). Infection induces production of IL-10 & TGF-beta=inhibits macrophage activation=immunosupression
                        3. Leishmania major
                          1. Transmitted: Sandfly
                            1. Sandfly takes blood meal-promastigotes phagocytosed by macrophages-transform into amastigotes inside-multiply in cells of various tissues
                              1. IMMUNITY: leads to small lesion in skin @ site (usually increased to ~1-2cm then resolves-cure in months=scar tissue). Individuals that cure primary=memory response. Parasites killed by TH1-Ag presentation & production of IL-12 by dendritic cells stimulate production of IFN-gamma by CD4+ T cells-IFN-gamma induces NO synthase & NO production by host macrophages
                                1. EVASION: intracellular adapted to live in phagolysosomal compartment of host macrophages-survive at low pH & surface glycolipids make them resistant to lysosomal enzymes. Macrophages cant kill them unless stimulated by IFN-gamma & TNFalpha-the parasite multiplies during this 'silent stage' while immune response developing. In some cases infection stimulates early production of IL-4 by TH2=non-protective=decreased TNFalpha & IFNy=infections last longer/fail to resolve=chronic/multiple skin lesions
                            2. Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)
                              1. Snails- worms live inside body secreting eggs- caused by trematodes from genus: 4 main species (S. mansion)
                                1. IMMUNITY: takes years, TH2 response-production of Abs to secretions/excretions of worms & eggs released. Eventually when protective can act against infection by subsequent larvae-killed by ADCC via IgE/eosinophils and IgG/macrophages disrupting the tegument & killing worms. Response to eggs-elicit granulomas & damage/gross changes to liver-main cause of morbidity/mortality
                                  1. EVASION: larvae in skin shed their surface coat shortly after penetration & absorb host Ags (A & B blood groups, Ig, complement, MHC)=disguise the worm from detection. Immune responses that kill larvae not affective against disguised adult worm-concomitant immunity. Release of soluble Ags & formation of immune complexes=reduces Ab binding to worm surface & causes blockade of cytotoxic cells
                                2. Lymphatic filariasis
                                  1. TRANSMITTED: mosquito bite
                                    1. Wucheria bancrofti
                                    2. Variable clinical symptoms-some no signs, high no.s of microfilariae but little disease/few microfilariae but severe pathology. Microfilaria killing via ADCC by eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, IgE most important Ab. Requires TH1 & TH2. Obstruction of lymphatics by adult worms causes gross pathology
                                      1. EVASION: nematode worm has thick cuticle-difficult to kill. Worms produce antioxidant enzymes & protease inhibitors to neutralise cytotoxic killing mechs. Individual microfilaria show reduced TH1 responsiveness caused by lack of Ag specific cells & increased TGF-b & IL-10, also have reduced B cell responses. Worms express homologues of TGFb & Macrophage inhibitory factor (MIF) which may interfere with host immune response
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