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Molecular mechanisms of polymodal regulation of TRPA1 receptor
Sinica, Viktor ; Vlachová, Viktorie (advisor) ; Vondrášek, Jiří (referee) ; Holendová, Blanka (referee)
The TRPA1 channel is a universal, nociception-mediating cellular sensor activated by various environmental irritants, potentially harmful physical modalities and endogenous mediators of pathophysiological processes. The polymodality of TRPA1 channel allows the activation stimuli to further enhance or suppress each other's effect. While this modulation effect has its physiological importance in promoting the protective cellular and behavioral mechanisms, it may result into the unpleasant pain-related effects accompanying the chronical pain caused by aberrant TRPA1 channel activity. In order to effectively and selectively target the synergic properties of TRPA1 modulators, while preserving the sensitivity to the environmental threads, the knowledge of the mechanisms of polymodal regulation at the molecular level are required. This doctoral thesis aims at the elucidation of three main mechanisms of TRPA1 regulation: 1) the regulation via intracellular signaling cascades and phosphorylation, 2) the interaction with membrane phospholipids and 3) the temperature-driven gating. The results presented in the thesis show that the effects of the inflammatory mediator bradykinin are decreased by the low-frequency high-induction electromagnetic field used in magnetotherapy. We have identified a residue S602...
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Functions of actin and myosin 1c in the cell nucleus and in the cytoplasm
Kalendová, Alžběta ; Hozák, Pavel (advisor) ; Binarová, Pavla (referee) ; Forstová, Jitka (referee)
Human MYO1C gene encodes three myosin 1c (Myo1c) isoforms which differ only at their N-ends. Interestingly, all three isoforms localize to the nucleus and also to the cytoplasm, where they are anchored to the plasma membrane by the interaction with phosphatidyl inositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). However, studies reporting functional involvement of these isoforms are inconsistent. While the shortest isoform C (Myo1c-isoC) has been implicated exclusively in the cytoplasmic processes, the longer isoform B (termed the nuclear myosin 1, NM1) has been employed in the nuclear and processes, such as DNA transcription and rRNA maturation. Similarly, the longest isoform A (Myo1c-isoA) exerts its functions in the nucleus solely. To complete the information on the cellular functions of Myo1c isoforms, we searched for the cytoplasmic functions of NM1 and nuclear functions of Myo1c-isoC. In mouse, only two isoforms (NM1 and Myo1c-isoC) are expressed. We prepared the knock-out mouse (KO) which lacks specifically NM1 while retaining Myo1c-isoC unchanged. Surprisingly, this manifested in no phenotype observed. Since we demonstrated that even Myo1c-isoC acts in the transcription in the similar manner as NM1, it suggests that Myo1c- isoC functionally overlap with NM1 in the nuclear functions. Besides its localization...
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