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Study of road dust pollution using ICP mass spectrometry
Chalabala, Jan ; Komendová, Renata (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Nowadays, there are many studies focused on road dust as a matrix of interest because of its ability to accumulate contamination with contribution from road traffic. This master thesis is turned into study of road dust pollution from aglomeration of Ulaanbaatar, capital city of Mongolia. There are 113 samples devided on nine sets corresponding to major roads in Ulaanbaatar. Samples have been sieved on three size fractions and then decomposed by aqua regia. Middle size fraction 45–63 µm has been analyzed using ICP-MS mass spektrometry. For purposes of contamination assesment, analyzed elements have been devided into two groups: contaminants (Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb and As) and rare earth elements (REE). Measured contents for elements have been compared with values of geochemical backgroud. Firstly for each set of samples and secondly for each sampling point. For first group of elements (contaminants), antropogenic contamination have been found, especially in the centre of Ulaanbaatar. As a probable source of this contamination, road traffic for Cu, Zn and Pb and coal combustion for Pb a As, have been identified. For REE group hasn´t been found any antropogenic enrichment.
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Study of the effect of myocardial fibrosis on elemental distribution in rat soft tissues using Laser Ablation ICP-MS
Machalová, Martina ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
The most common cause of death in the Czech Republic continue to be cardiovascular diseases. The field of heart failure therapy still keeps moving forward. Yet myocardial fibrosis is one of the consequences and causes of heart failure for which there exists no effective medical care. The solution would be predicting the advancement of fibrosis and a preventive therapy. Many medical methods are being developed now in this regard, and the element distribution in affected tissue could help them. That is the reason why this work centers on the research of the element distribution in rat hearts with an induced myocardial fibrosis. An influence of sample couloration on the analysis was observed during its course. Special attention was paid to the distribution of iron in the fibrotic tissue as well as to the comparisson of the images of myocardial fibrosis. It seems that the iron distribution specificly could be helpful in recognising a damaged myocardium.
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Detection of Pt derivatives using ICP mass spectrometry
Zelinová, Karin ; Hložková, Michaela (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
This Bachelor´s thesis deals with the monitoring of chemotherapeutic penetration into tumor cells. Due to the toxicity of drugs, targeting them is absolutely essential from the point of view of minimizing the interference with healthy tissue of the patient. In order to achieve the best possible targeting, it is necessary to monitor the penetration of chemotherapeutics into cells. The subject of study was platinum-based drugs therefore the ICP-MS method was chosen to analyse the drug content in cells, because it is suitable for fast and reliable detection of trace amounts of elements. The theoretical part of the Bachelor´s thesis focuses on the description of ICP-MS, as a method, which was chosen for the detection of platinum derivates. It also summarizes the use of platinum-based drugs in cancer therapy. The practical part of the thesis deals with the analysis of cells exposed to platinum-based chemotherapeutics. Detection and quantification of platinum in the cells were determined by both SN-ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS. To verify the results, the analysis of the solution was also performed by the AAS method. The results show, that the drug was most readily taken up by A2780 cells. It was also shown that cisplatin was the most accumulated drug.
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Determination of lead in lung and brain samples of experimental mice after the inhalation of nanoparticles
Demydenko, Yana ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Lead is a heavy toxic metal whose nanoparticles are present in the air due to combustion processes. Data on the safe concentration of lead nanoparticles for human health have not been sufficiently investigated. Previous studies in experimental mice have shown that inhalation of lead nanoparticles first damages lungs and kidneys, then liver, spleen and brain. With prolonged exposure, lead accumulates in the teeth and bones. This bachelor thesis is focused on monitoring of the lead content in lung and brain samples of experimental mice after different periods of nanoparticle inhalation. The aim of this bachelor thesis was to develop an analytical method for the determination of lead in biological samples using atomic absorption spectrometry with electrothermal atomization (ET-AAS). In this work, a decomposition method for mineralization of the biological matrix in a microwave mineralizer was proposed, and a procedure for the determination of lead using ET-AAS was further developed. The determination of lead at 217 nm using the NH4H2PO4/Mg(NO3)2 matrix modifier was verified by analysis of certified reference materials. Analysis of organ samples from experimental mice confirmed the detoxification mechanism in exposed individuals with a dependence on the time since the end of inhalation of lead nanoparticles.
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The study of metallocene anticancer therapeutics-cells interaction
Bilavčíková, Kristýna ; Mravcová, Ludmila (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
There were almost 600 thousand patients in Czech Republic until 2017 and the number keeps rising. Chemotherapeutics used today have lots of undesirable side effects, so scientists around the world are trying hard to find more specific and less cytotoxic drugs. In this bachelor’s thesis, potential drugs based on metallocene with a central atom of Ru, Hf or Zr were studied, always in three different drugs for each element. The permeability and distribution of these drugs into lung cancer cell lines were investigated. These drugs were detected by analysis of solutions and laser ablation with an ICP mass spectrometer. Based on the experiment, the greatest potential was found for the ruthenium-based drug 133, which had the highest permeability and was able to get into the cells in the highest volume.
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Analysis of breath by mass spectrometry
Hoffmann, Pavel ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (referee) ; Mravcová, Ludmila (advisor)
This thesis is focused on analysis of volatile organic compounds in breath by mass spectrometry. For on-line analysis of breath, proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR MS) was used. For off-line analysis, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and PTR-MS were used. For off line analysis breath sampling, Tedlar bags were used. For extraction and preconcentration of breath sample, solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was used. PTR-MS analysis was performed both qualitative and quantitative. GC-MS was performed only qualitative. Using PTR-MS, 7 different volatile organic compounds were found. Their concentrations were compared between sapmles. Namely, formaldehyde, methanol, acetaldehyde, ethanol, acetone, dimethyl sulfide and isoprene were found in ppb concentrations. Using GC-MS, 142 unique volatile organic compounds were found. Selected compounds were compared between selected samples.
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Analysis of chemotherapeutics in extracellular vesicles
Kožnarová, Simona ; Hložková, Michaela (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Extracellular vesicles are a newly discovered way of cell-to-cell communication. The issue is still significantly unexplored, especially in the case of cancer. The goal of this pilot study was to attempt to detect platinum contained in extracellular vesicles by ICP-MS. In this study, samples of ovarian cancer cell lines treated with platinum derivatives, a type of chemotherapeutic drug, were used. This method was proved as able to detect platinum, even as able to determine its concentration reliably. The quantity of platinum in vesicles was around 1–2 % of the total platinum added to the system. The results varied according to the used platinum derivative, the cell line and the number of cells releasing the vesicles. Most platinum was determined in vesicles of the SK-OV-3 line, which is naturally resistant to this treatment, for all platinum derivatives. From these results it can be concluded that the use of ICP-MS is also advisable for additional research on this issue.
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Study of bioapatite geochemistry using Laser Ablation ICP-MS
Kroupa, Vojtěch ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with topic of investigating bioapatite from conodont samples using laser ablation ICP-MS. The aim is to evaluate effect of diagenesis on the chemical composition and content of rare earth elements (REE) in the structure of conodonts. During diagenesis, bioapatite was transformed into mineral francolite and as part of this process, adsorbed REE into its crystalline structure. The degree of adsorption of REE was influenced by presence of seawater, presence of siliciclastics in surrounding REE-enriched rocks, redox conditions and also the effects of elements such as Mn and Fe present in the pore water. It was found that a group of conodont samples from the Col des Tribes (France) underwent a major diagenetic transformation, late recrystallization with REE desorption, and also due to the increased presence of Mn ions and influence of the original suboxic conditions contains rarer positive Ce anomalies. While groups of conodont samples from the Mramorový lom near Křtiny (Czech Republic) have undergone a minor diagenetic change, they contain a larger amount of REE elements.
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Bioapatite as an archive of environmental contaminants
Křemečková, Pavla ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Increasing environmental contamination has become one of the most globally addressed issues in recent years. Skeletal material, whose main mineral component bioapatite is able to accumulate and retain unwanted elements in its structure, can be used to thoroughly understand the impact of contaminants on different environmental components. In the framework of this bachelor thesis, the elemental distribution in the bones of bones of wildlife originating from both contaminated and non-contaminated areas was studied. Using the LA-ICP-MS method, it was possible to detect elements naturally occurring in the bones as well as selected contaminants that were present in higher contents in the bones of the animal from the contaminated area. Also, different techniques used for bone cleaning from soft tissues were tested and based on the results of the experiments performed, it was concluded that the techniques used had no effect on the elemental distribution in the analyzed bones of wild animals.
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Mineralisation of biological samples in ultratrace analysis
Kryštofová, Aneta ; Komendová, Renata (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Cancer is one of the most serious and most common diseases in today's population. For this reason, research is being carried out to discover new ways of treating cancer. One of the frequently used treatments is chemotherapy. However, due to the side effects on the health of cancer patients of the currently known chemotherapeutic agents, new substances with anticancer effect are still being developed. In this bachelor thesis, the mineralization processes of cancer cells injected with chemotherapeutic agents were compared. One of the digestion approaches was wet digestion using nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide in different ratios. This method of digestion was compared with digestion using a microwave device, where mineralization was most efficient. Indeed, mineralization of tumor cells was the first step in determining the efficacy of a chemotherapeutic drug in a particular cell line. The ICP-MS method was used to analyse the tumour cells, prior to which the cell samples had to be transferred into solution and this was done by digestion. Unfortunately, due to the variability of the biological samples used, it was not possible to clearly assess whether the hydrogen peroxide contained in the digestion mixture contributed to the efficiency of mineralisation.
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