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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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Enhancement of laser-induced plasma signal using nanoparticles
Salajková, Zita ; Galbács, Gábor (referee) ; Hidalgo, Montserrat (referee) ; Kaiser, Jozef (advisor)
Analytické metody LIBS a LA-IPC-MS založené na Laserové Ablaci (LA) nabízejí možnost rychlé chemické analýzy přímo z povrchu vzorku. Nedávno bylo ukázáno, že interakce světla s nanočásticemi může být využita pro zlepšení analytických schopností těchto metod. Při interakci nanočástic s laserovým paprskem dochází k zesílení elektromagnetického pole v jejich blízkém okolí. Pokud jsou nanočástice přítomny na povrchu vzorku analyzovaném některou z metod založenou na LA, zesílené pole vytvořené interakcí laseru s částicemi může pozměnit průběh LA, a tak ovlivnit vlastnosti laserem indukovaného plazmatu. Bylo zjištěno, že použití nanočástic může snížit práh ablace, zesílit signál a změnit vlastnosti aerosolu. Nanočásticemi zesílená LIBS (NELIBS) našla své využití tam, kde použití konvenční LIBS je problematické, a to například při analýze vzorků, kdy je jejich poškození nežádoucí nebo u analýzy roztoků mikrolitrových objemů s limity detekce nižšími než ppm. Tato dizertační práce předkládá podrobný popis jevů doprovázejících nanočásticemi zesílenou LA, založený na rozsáhlé experimentální práci a fyzikální teorii. Na základě pochopení základních principů byly vyvinuty dvě nové aplikace. Nejprve, byla NELIBS použita pro detekci kovových iontů v řetězcích amyloidů, pokročilého bio-materiálu určeného pro čištění vody. Dále byla NELIBS využita jako nová metoda pro monitorování proteinové korony vytvořené kolem nanočástic, čímž tato aplikace rozšířila klasické použití NELIBS za hranice prvkové analýzy.
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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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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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Changes in elemental distribution of rat liver tissue associated with myocardial fibrosis using LA-ICP-MS
Štrenclová, Eliška ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Myocardial fibrosis is a pathological condition characterized by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix in cardiac tissue, resulting in impaired cardiac function and potentially serious cardiovascular complications. However, recent studies suggest that myocardial fibrosis may affect not only cardiac tissue but also other organs such as the liver. The aim of this bachelor thesis was to investigate changes in the elemental distribution of liver tissue from healthy individuals by comparing the elemental distribution of liver tissue from individuals with myocardial fibrosis using the LA-ICP-MS method. When comparing the distribution maps of the control and experimental groups, changes were observed mainly in the distribution of iron isotopes; therefore, particular attention was later paid to it. The results of this research may contribute significantly to a better understanding of the relationship between myocardial fibrosis and liver tissue, and the knowledge gained may help to develop new diagnostic approaches.
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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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Crystal chemistry of pyralspite garnets
Soumar, Jan ; Skála, Roman (advisor) ; Ulrych, Jaromír (referee)
Bohemian garnets have been known as a jewellery stone for many centuries. There is still a lot of interest in them, however, the reserves in traditional locations are getting smaller. That is why search for alternative source of similar garnets in gem quality started. Shavaryn Tsaram deposit in Mongolia is considered as one of the potential sources. Pyrope samples from eight Bohemian localities of two areas (České středohoří [The Central Bohemian Uplands] and Podkrkonoší [The Giant Mountains]) and from Shavaryn Tsaram deposit in Mongolia were analysed using electron microprobe, LA-ICP-MS, ICP-OES, Mössbauer spectroscopy and x-ray powder diffraction. The data were compared with the conclusion that the Mongolian garnets from Shavaryn Tsaram deposit are so different from the Bohemian ones that it will not be possible to use them as a gem material of similar qualities. Bohemian garnet can be characterised as a red garnet with refraction index 1.747 (+/- 0.001) with dominant pyrope component of the average composition Py78Alm17Gr5 and Cr2O3 content above 1 wt.%. The data were also evaluated from two classification schemes point of view. The schemes by Schulze (2003) and Grütter (2004) are used in determining source materials and in diamond prospection. According to them source rocks of Bohemian garnets...
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Enhancement of laser-induced plasma signal using nanoparticles
Salajková, Zita ; Galbács, Gábor (referee) ; Hidalgo, Montserrat (referee) ; Kaiser, Jozef (advisor)
Analytické metody LIBS a LA-IPC-MS založené na Laserové Ablaci (LA) nabízejí možnost rychlé chemické analýzy přímo z povrchu vzorku. Nedávno bylo ukázáno, že interakce světla s nanočásticemi může být využita pro zlepšení analytických schopností těchto metod. Při interakci nanočástic s laserovým paprskem dochází k zesílení elektromagnetického pole v jejich blízkém okolí. Pokud jsou nanočástice přítomny na povrchu vzorku analyzovaném některou z metod založenou na LA, zesílené pole vytvořené interakcí laseru s částicemi může pozměnit průběh LA, a tak ovlivnit vlastnosti laserem indukovaného plazmatu. Bylo zjištěno, že použití nanočástic může snížit práh ablace, zesílit signál a změnit vlastnosti aerosolu. Nanočásticemi zesílená LIBS (NELIBS) našla své využití tam, kde použití konvenční LIBS je problematické, a to například při analýze vzorků, kdy je jejich poškození nežádoucí nebo u analýzy roztoků mikrolitrových objemů s limity detekce nižšími než ppm. Tato dizertační práce předkládá podrobný popis jevů doprovázejících nanočásticemi zesílenou LA, založený na rozsáhlé experimentální práci a fyzikální teorii. Na základě pochopení základních principů byly vyvinuty dvě nové aplikace. Nejprve, byla NELIBS použita pro detekci kovových iontů v řetězcích amyloidů, pokročilého bio-materiálu určeného pro čištění vody. Dále byla NELIBS využita jako nová metoda pro monitorování proteinové korony vytvořené kolem nanočástic, čímž tato aplikace rozšířila klasické použití NELIBS za hranice prvkové analýzy.
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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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Crystal chemistry of pyralspite garnets
Soumar, Jan ; Skála, Roman (advisor) ; Ulrych, Jaromír (referee)
Bohemian garnets have been known as a jewellery stone for many centuries. There is still a lot of interest in them, however, the reserves in traditional locations are getting smaller. That is why search for alternative source of similar garnets in gem quality started. Shavaryn Tsaram deposit in Mongolia is considered as one of the potential sources. Pyrope samples from eight Bohemian localities of two areas (České středohoří [The Central Bohemian Uplands] and Podkrkonoší [The Giant Mountains]) and from Shavaryn Tsaram deposit in Mongolia were analysed using electron microprobe, LA-ICP-MS, ICP-OES, Mössbauer spectroscopy and x-ray powder diffraction. The data were compared with the conclusion that the Mongolian garnets from Shavaryn Tsaram deposit are so different from the Bohemian ones that it will not be possible to use them as a gem material of similar qualities. Bohemian garnet can be characterised as a red garnet with refraction index 1.747 (+/- 0.001) with dominant pyrope component of the average composition Py78Alm17Gr5 and Cr2O3 content above 1 wt.%. The data were also evaluated from two classification schemes point of view. The schemes by Schulze (2003) and Grütter (2004) are used in determining source materials and in diamond prospection. According to them source rocks of Bohemian garnets...
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