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Rat gut microbiome composition and metabolic faecal markers upon morphine withdrawal
Mičke, Bianka ; Novotný, Jiří (advisor) ; Pácha, Jiří (referee)
The primary purpose of this pilot study was a long-term monitoring of the gut microbiome composition and fecal markers of metabolism in rats following the completion of 10-day intraperitoneal administration of increasing morphine doses (from 10 to 50 mg/kg/day) and in the corresponding control groups of rats that didn't administrate morphine. This study involved the introduction of new methods for microbiome and metabolome research, statistical evaluation of results and interpretation of data, or hypothesis to explain the effects of morphine on the gut microbiome and fecal metabolome composition compared to the resulting data of similarly oriented studies. The actual experiment was conducted on male Wistar rats aged 2 months and weighing approximately 300 g, which were maintained on a standard chow diet. The analysis and evaluation of the resulting data showed that there were changes in the composition of the gut microbiome and fecal metabolome in the experimental group compared to the control group during the reporting period but the induced changes were rather temporary. Further studies should be performed using a significantly larger experimental and control group as well as higher time series granularity. Keywords: morphine, opioids, withdrawal, gut microbiome, faecal metabolome
The function of ABCF proteins in bacteria
Mičke, Bianka ; Balíková Novotná, Gabriela (advisor) ; Lišková, Petra (referee)
Translation belongs to the most basic processes which happens in the living cells. It is the last step of proteosynthesis when genetic information encoded by the mRNA is transformed into the protein on a ribosome. Organisms have developed a wide range of mechanisms that can regulate it's needs. I focused on one of them - ABCF proteins. This protein group is a member of the ABC transporters superfamily but they haven't a transmembrane domain and their purpose is protect the ribosomes from antibiotics that bind 50S ribosomal subunit or interact with the ribosomes and influence ribosomal functions. Today, we can divide ABCF proteins into the two functional groups: antibiotic resistence proteins (ARE) and proteins with the regulatory functions. The translational regulatory function has been confirmed There is 45 ABCF protein subfamilies spread through the bacteries and eukaryotes but many essential informations like the structure and exact function of them are still missing. My bachelor thesis is analysis and summary of facts that are known about the bacterial ABCF proteins. Key words: ABCF proteins, antibiotic resistence, ARE, translational regulation, ribosome, translation, translational factors

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