Antibody : Structure & Function.

The recognition of Ag is the hallmark of the specific adaptive immune responses

Humoral immunity Ig (Abs) CMI TCR

Ag
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Ag

Electrophoretic profiles of the serum

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Ag receptor of B lymphocytes

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Schematic representation of the primary and secondary structure of a human IgG

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ANTIBODY SINGLE ACTION

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Opsonization of bacteria

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Opsonization of bacteria

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Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)

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Ig protein domain = Ig fold

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Antigen binding site

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Ag can bind in pockets or grooves or on extended surfaces in the binding sites of Abs

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CDRs bind antigen

CDR : Complementarity-determining region; hypervariable region

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IgM

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(Gregory Stewart, the Immune System,2004)

IgA

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(Gabriel Virella, 2007, Med Immunol, 6th ed., p55) (Yoes Prijatna Dachlan, 2010)

(Kuby, 2006)

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IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY

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Interaction between B and Th cells

Th cell
C

B cell
CD80/CD86
CD40 D

CD28
CD40L

TCR

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CD4

MHC Class II
ICAM-1 ICAM-3 LFA-3

LFA-1 CD2

mIg B

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Signaling functions between Th B cell interaction A : TCR signal transduction B : Activation and proliferation of the B cell C : Co-stimulatory signals to the responding T cells D : Helps to drive B cells into cell cycle E : Receive signals from the T cells for division and differentiation
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Clonal selection theory

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Ab synthesis : IgM to IgG

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Mechanisms of Ab synthesis
Ehrlichs side chain hypothesis : is close to to the present view of clonal selection Dreyer & Bennett : one gene, one polypeptide dogma untenable Proved D & B hypothesis; somatic recombination
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Antibody diversity A vast antigen receptor repertoir in human

H-chain gene recombination: the germline, on chrom 14, V gene segments 38 to 46 23 D gene segments 6 J gene segments L-chain genes, on chrom 2, V gene segments 31 to 35, 5 Jgenes L-chain genes, on chrom 22 V gene segments 29 to 33, 7 11 J gene segments

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Mechanisms for the generation of Ab diversity

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Multiple germline V genes VJ and VDJ recombinations N-nucleotide addition Gene conversion Recombinational inaccuracies Somatic point mutation Assorted heavy and light chain

Chromosomal locations of Ig genes in human and mouse

GENE Light chain Light chain Heavy chain

Chromosome H M 22 16 2 6 14 12

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Isotype switching

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Chimeric and hybrid monoclonal antibodies engineered by recombinant DNA technology