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Role of HIF-2alpha in erythropoiesis
Vilímková, Veronika ; Láníková, Lucie (advisor) ; Černý, Jan (referee)
The primary function of erythrocytes is transport of oxygen from lungs to various tissues of the body. Red blood cell mass, due to this important role, must be controlled at precise levels. The number of erythrocytes is primarilly increased by the glycoprotein hormon erythropoietin, which expression is controlled by HIF (hypoxia inducible factor). Transcriptional factor HIF consists of the two subunits, HIFα and HIFβ. Under normoxic conditions, alfa subunit of HIF is hydroxylated by PHD protein. This hydroxylation provides a recognition motif for the VHL protein, a part of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that targets hydroxylated HIF for proteasomal degradation. Under hypoxic conditions, the degradation is inhibited. The alfa subunit is translocated to the nucleus, where binds the beta subunit and regulates gene expression. HIF pathway regulates a broad spectrum of cellular functions - energy metabolism, angiogenesis, apoptosis and many others. This diploma thesis is focused on HIF2α and its role in erythropoiesis. In this present study, we used CRISPR/Cas9 technology and created HEL (human erythroleukemia) cell line with knock-out of the gene for HIF2α (EPAS1). To reveal the role of HIF2α, we used specific HIF2α inhibitor in order to block its function in HEL cell line. We also tested this...
Bordetella Adenylate Cyclase: Molecular mechanism of Action and Its Use for Antigen Delivery
Kamanová, Jana ; Šebo, Peter (advisor) ; Dráber, Petr (referee) ; Černý, Jan (referee)
(English) 4 SUMMARY (English) The first part of this PhD. thesis deals with molecular mechanism of action of the adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA), a key virulence factor of the whooping cough agent Bordetella pertussis. CyaA belongs to the family of RTX (Repeat-in-ToXin) proteins secreted by Gram-negative bacteria and primarily targets myeloid phagocytes, expressing the CD11b/CD18 integrin receptor (also known as αMβ2, CR3 or Mac-1). Upon binding, CyaA permeabilizes cell membranes by forming small cation-selective pores, and subverts cellular signaling by delivering into host cells an adenylate cyclase (AC) enzyme that converts ATP to cAMP. Elevation of the cytosolic cAMP levels by CyaA then knocks down bactericidal functions of host innate immunity. CyaA is unique among other enzymatically active toxins in its capacity to penetrate cells directly from cell surface across the cytoplasmic membrane, without the need for endocytosis. Penetrating activity of CyaA depends on plasma membrane potential and on an intact, acylated and calcium-loaded RTX cytolysin moiety. By examining a set of 18 CyaA constructs that bear overlapping deletions within AC domain and a CD8+ OVA T-cell epitope tag, we showed that the first 371 amino-terminal residues are dispensable for the CyaA capacity to deliver a passenger OVA...

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