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Monoclonal Antibodies and Vaccines
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Undergraduate Biotechnology in Animal Physiology Mind Map on Monoclonal Antibodies and Vaccines, created by Lydia Buckmaster on 18/01/2014.
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Monoclonal Antibodies and Vaccines
Immunoglobulins (antibodies)
Y-shaped proteins
Locate and neutralise foreign particles in the body
Each specific to a unique part of a foreign object
Antigens
Conserved and variable regions
Each tip contains a paratope
Specific for a particular epitope on an antigen
Key
Allows precise binding of antigens and antibodies, which tags foreign particles for attack by the immune system
Lock
Formed from two heavy polypeptide chains and two light polypeptide chains, with two variable sites for antigen recognition
Polyclonal antibodies
Derived from many B cell lines and were first used to treat infectious diseases
Tetanus and diphtheria
Use limited due to low reproducibility and consistency and variable toxicity
Monoclonal Antibodies
Derived from identical B cells that are clones of a parent cell
Monospecific for a certain antigen
Can be produced in bulk to identify, bind to or eliminate a target substance in the blood
Used massively in biochemistry and medicine
Currently 21 human therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, with over 100 more in clinical trials
Produced by injecting a mouse with an antigen, causing its immune cells to produce the complementary antibody, immunising the animal
Immune cells that produce the antibody are isolated, extracted and fused with tumour cells, making hybridomas
Unfused cells die as they lack the HGPRT enzyme to survive in a HAT medium
Hybridomas are screened for antibody production and then are cloned, making many cells which all produce the desired antibody
Used in the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, eye disorders and cardiovascular systems
Chimeric Antibodies
Fusion Antibodies
Produced from the recombination of genes coding for antibodies
An all-rodent antibody the would not function in a human can be fused with an all-human antibody
Creates a chimeric humanised antibody
Originally produced in the mouse but is fully functional in humans, with around 90% human sequence
Less immunogenic
Less able to produce an immune response
Examples
Rituxan
Used for treating Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Remicale
Used for treating rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease
Human antibody libraries
Created by obtaining immune serum from patients
Or by mutagenesis with PCR techniques that are more prone to mutations
Increases the variability of the antigens
Vaccines
Biological preparations that boost the immune system to protect agains pathogens
Types
Live attenuated
Pathogen grown in culture, usually as a less virulent form
Killed/inactive
Pathogen is chemically inactivated
Inactivated by things such as formaldehyde
Subunit
Use antigenic parts of the pathogen, which can still illicit a response
Under development
Recombinant adenoviral vectors
Efficient delivery system into human cells
Viruses genetically altered to carry foreign proteins, which elicit an immune response
By combining the physiology of one pathogen and the DNA of another, vaccinations can be carried out for diseases with complex infection methods
Recombinant BCG vaccines
Made up of genes of various strains of pathogen
Very efficient B and T cell responses
DNA vaccines
Plasmid DNA (antigenic transgenes) are injected with an immunomodulator to increase their transcription and efficacy
Adjuvant
Added to a vaccine to boost the resulting immune response to the antigen
Act in various ways
As an antigen store - releases slowly to maximise response
As an irritant - causes the body to recruit and amplify response
Activates T cells and lymphocytes
Many different types, from inorganic compounds such as aluminium hydroxide to emulsifying oils
Some side effects include inflammation
Toll-like receptors
Key role in the immune response
Detect foreign particles and elicit a response
Receptors in dendritic cells
Provide early detection of things such as ssRNA (viral particles) and LPS (bacterial membrane proteins)
Understanding of this mechanism allows specific targeting of parts of the immune response and allows for a more versatile vaccine design
Adjuvants could be added to the vaccine to activate certain TLRs
Viruses mutate and evolve, so vaccinations often need to protect from multiple strains of the same infection
The Avian Influenza virus crossed the species barrier in 1918, infecting humans
H1N1
Main antigens are referred to in the name
Haemaglutinin (HA)
Neuraminidase (NA)
This virus has mutated many times since, changing the gene sequence which codes for the antigens
Given rise to new strains
H2N2
H3N2
Vaccination must therefore protect against all of these strains, as all of them still exist
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