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Studium dráhy pro syntézu mastných kyselin u klíštěte \kur{Ixodes ricinus}
ZEMANOVÁ, Aneta
Aim of this work was to study fatty acid synthesis pathway in the tick Ixodes ricinus. I have characterized tissues and stage expression profiles of three genes; acc (acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase), fas (fatty acid synthetase) and fabp (fatty acid binding protein) by qRT-PCR. Then expression of these genes was silenced by RNA interference and phenotypes observed during and after feeding in nymphs and adults. The pathway seems to be crutial for the ticks.
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Diferenciální exprese transkriptů slinných žláz klíštěte \kur{Ixodes ricinus}
KROPÁČKOVÁ, Sára
Ticks are using different mechanisms for host immune system suppression. In this thesis, I compared ten transcripts from ticks salivary glands, which are differentially expressed during feeding on live animal and artificial systems. Further, a tick protein anticomplement 1, AC1, was chosen and subjected to deeper investigation, because of the significant difference in expression during feeding. Serum with specific antibodies was made and AC1 expression levels were examined in nymphs and adults, during feeding on different hosts. Moreover, any potential interacting partners from host serum through covalent binding were tested. This study contributes to the understanding of regulation of expression and funtional characterisation of tick salivary proteins.
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Detekce a kvantifikace inhibitorů proteáz v klíštěti \kur{Ixodes ricinus} pomocí monoklonálních protilátek
VANÍČKOVÁ, Martina
Inhibitors of proteases in tick saliva play an important role during tick feeding. Tick saliva contains a wide range of bioactive components which are able to modulate host imunity. Therefore, ticks are able to feed for a long time and transfer tick-borne diseases pathogens. The risk of transfer can be significantly reduced by deactivation of theese protease inhibitors. In this study I made monoclonal antibodies for detection and quantification of two serine protease inhibitors in tick saliva and other tick-body parts.
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Effect of infection with the tick-borne encephalitis virus on Ixodes ricinus tick activity
VÝLETOVÁ, Eva
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of tick infection with tick-borne encephalitis virus on its behaviour and development. The effect of infection on feeding performance, metamorphosis, locomotion or phototaxis was analysed. Despite the fact that we were not able to demonstrate any significant effect of infection on tick behaviour, the obtained results contribute to understanding transmission dynamics of the virus during tick life cycle including co-feeding and transovarial transmission.
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Gene expression and infectivity of \kur{Borrelia afzelii} in the course of tick feeding
POSPÍŠILOVÁ, Tereza
Borrelia afzelii differential gene expression in the course of tick blood-feeding, and during chronic infection in mice was studied. Temperature effect on B. afzelii gene expression and infectivity was investigated. Infection rates of mice immunized with B. afzelii tick gut antigen at various stages of tick blood-intake were analyzed. This work was funded by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, Project No. 17-27393S to Radek Šíma.
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Analýza invazivní schopnosti a infekčního potenciálu nově popsaných druhů borelie z komplexu \kur{Borrelia burgdorferi} sensu lato, \kur{B. americana} a \kur{B. carolinensis} na laboratoním modelu infikovaných savců
ŠOLCOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of the study was to analyze the infectious potential of the newly described species, B. americana and B. carolinensis, studied on the laboratory model mammals mice. Our goal was to analyze and compare the vectorial capacity of two different tick vectors, Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes ricinus, in acquiring and transmition of both spirochete species to the host. The results of this study confirmed that ticks A. americanum and I. ricinus are capable to maintain and transmit B. americana and B.carolinensis.We confirmed that both analysed spirochete species, B. carolinensis and B. americana, showed the potential to develop the disease in laboratory model mammal, which indirectly support the fact that both spirochete species might be concidered as the risk factors in the area where they are distributed. Our results shows that A. americanum is able to transmit both spirochete species, which increases that risk of acquiring the Lyme disease to human population in the area of distribution of A. americanum
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Zavedení a optimalizace \kur{in vivo} modelů zánětu a jejich využití pro funkční analýzu inhibitorů proteáz z klíštěcích slin
CHLASTÁKOVÁ, Adéla
Two murine models of acute inflammation, namely thioglycollate-induced peritonitis and carrageenan-induced paw edema, were optimized using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin and corticosteroid dexamethasone. During the optimization phase, the presence of neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, eosinophils, B cells and T cells in the peritoneal cavity at various time points after injection of thioglycollate medium was assessed via multicolor flow cytometry. Moreover, two different thioglycollate media (suppliers BD and Sigma-Aldrich) were compared for their ability to induce an inflammatory response. The optimization of thioglycollate-induced peritonitis and carrageenan-induced paw edema was followed by the evaluation of the anti-inflammatory activity of Ixodes ricinus cystatins G1 and G9 in both mouse models.
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Význam sialovaných glykoproteinů pro klíště \kur{Ixodes ricinus}
ONDRUŠ, Jaroslav
Sialic acid is a highly abundant and a common component of vertebrate glycans, where it can be found in the terminal positions of the cell surface glycoconjugates. The amount of sialylated glycoconjugates as well as their complexity vary between both different species and different tissue types within one individual. Considering the vertebrates, these well studied structures are know to be important for cell-cell interactions, cell adhesion and immunity. In contrary, sialic acid in arthropod glycans has been identified only in a limited number of species. In obligatory blood feeding parasites such as ticks, distinguishing between sialylated glycoproteins of tick and host origin is challenging due to huge volumes of ingested blood containing heavily sialylated structures of host origin. In the tick Ixodes ricinus, the presence of minor amount of tick´s sialylated structures has been shown previously in the ovaries and salivary glands, however, their role remains completely unknown. In this thesis, we study the importance and role of both the tick-originating and the host sialylated glycoproteins for I. ricinus, the tick commonly found in Czech Republic. We show that the tick-originating sialylated glycoproteins are present in I. ricinus eggs, and that their amount changes over time after laying the eggs. Furthermore, these molecules were localized in cryosections of 14 days old eggs and in the larvae using confocal microscopy. In addition, we shed some further light on the role of sialic acid for ticks in the tick blood meal. According to our results, the glycan part of glycoproteins is the key in recognition of these molecules by tick cells.
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