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Intraspecific and intraclutch variability of avian egg
Králová, Barbora ; Jelínek, Václav (advisor) ; Sedláček, Ondřej (referee)
Egg-laying birds have a huge variation between species in terms of number, size, pigmentation, but also in the speckled nature of the eggs. Bird eggs vary not only between species, but also within species, even within a clutch. It is only recently that more speculation has begun about the possible causes of intraspecific variation. Hypotheses about intraclutch variation started to emerge even later. This thesis presents and describes some of the hypotheses dealing with egg variability. One of the most significant factors affecting intraspecific variability is food availability, which in turn affects female fitness. For intraclutch variability, most studies focus on the difference between the last egg and other eggs within the clutch. In many cases, the last egg has a size difference, but also a different amount of pigment compared to the other eggs in the clutch, which are not significantly different from each other.
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Study of thiol addition to biliverdine, the synthesis of labelled bilirubine
Felklová, Veronika ; Lešetický, Ladislav (advisor) ; Smrček, Stanislav (referee)
Biliverdin and bilirubin are bile pigments which are degradation products of heme. Biliverdin (BV) is greenish-blue pigment and is reduction product of tetrapyrrolic core of heme by influence of the hemoxygenase (HO). The final product of this degradation is yellowish-brown pigment bilirubin (BR) which forms from BV thanks to the biliverdinreduktase (BVR). Normal and slightly raised level of bilirubin in plasma has cytoprotective effects whereas high levels are cytotoxic often. In severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia cases (newborn children) unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) accumulates in central nervous system (CNS) and causes bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND). Unfortunately there is a limitation for finding UCB pathophysiology caused by difficult determination of UCB content and distribution in tissues and biological fluids. So the main purpose of this thesis is to find and integrate isolated methods which will serve as the basis of finding bilirubin distribution. This progress would have a significant effect on studies of bilirubin neurotoxicity on newborn children. This method is based on radioactive labeling of UCB. Preferentially atom C 10 used for binding suitable functional group (thiols) because conformation of indicated bilirubin shouldn't change in this position. And then the...
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Application of Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Biologically Active and Clinically Significant Compounds.
Štícha, Martin ; Jelínek, Ivan (advisor) ; Smrček, Stanislav (referee) ; Tůma, Petr (referee)
- 8 - ABSTRACT (EN) The thesis is submitted as a commented set of reviewed publications documenting and depicting the possibilities of mass spectrometry in the field of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical research; namely for the purposes of structure elucidation of selected organometallic complexes, analyses of drugs and their metabolites, monitoring of important biological markers. In course of experimental work, the following objectives were studied and solved: Proposal and realization of micro-scale preparation of selected rhenium complexes with aromatic ligands, utilizing tetrabutyammonium tetrachlorooxorhenate as a starting material; preparation and structure characterization of oxorhenium(V) complexes with 1,2-dihydroxybenzene, 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene, and 2,3- dihydroxynaphtalene as ligands by means of ESI/MS, APPI/MS and LDI-MS; ESI/MS and UV/Vis study of kinetic behavior of complexes arising from the reaction of tetrabutylamonnium tetrachlooxorhenate with pyrogallol and catechol as ligands. Special aim was devoted to the study of subsequent chemical transformation of primarily formed Re(V) complexes; structure characterization of selected ferrocene complexes with copper, gold and silver by means of ESI/MS. Proposal of methodology of structure characterization and quantification of the...
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Application of Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Biologically Active and Clinically Significant Compounds.
Štícha, Martin ; Jelínek, Ivan (advisor) ; Smrček, Stanislav (referee) ; Tůma, Petr (referee)
- 8 - ABSTRACT (EN) The thesis is submitted as a commented set of reviewed publications documenting and depicting the possibilities of mass spectrometry in the field of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical research; namely for the purposes of structure elucidation of selected organometallic complexes, analyses of drugs and their metabolites, monitoring of important biological markers. In course of experimental work, the following objectives were studied and solved: Proposal and realization of micro-scale preparation of selected rhenium complexes with aromatic ligands, utilizing tetrabutyammonium tetrachlorooxorhenate as a starting material; preparation and structure characterization of oxorhenium(V) complexes with 1,2-dihydroxybenzene, 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene, and 2,3- dihydroxynaphtalene as ligands by means of ESI/MS, APPI/MS and LDI-MS; ESI/MS and UV/Vis study of kinetic behavior of complexes arising from the reaction of tetrabutylamonnium tetrachlooxorhenate with pyrogallol and catechol as ligands. Special aim was devoted to the study of subsequent chemical transformation of primarily formed Re(V) complexes; structure characterization of selected ferrocene complexes with copper, gold and silver by means of ESI/MS. Proposal of methodology of structure characterization and quantification of the...
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Physiological aspects of the variability in eggshell pigmentation
Mengr, Jan ; Javůrková, Veronika (advisor) ; Krist, Miloš (referee)
The avian eggshell colouration is caused by specific pigments deposited into the eggshell. These pigments differ in colour, chemical structure and the eggshell deposition place. The function of the eggshell pigmentation is traditionally considered to have cryptic or thermoregulatory role. However, most recent hypotheses provide a new perspective on the function of eggshell pigmentation. As between species variability in the eggshell pigmentation is under strong genetic control, within species variability is considered to be a result of adaptation to environmental factors affecting physiology of female bird. This work focuses on the description and characteristics of particular eggshell pigments, their synthesis, deponation process and also the importance of variability in the avian eggshell pigmentation and its physiological aspects. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Study of thiol addition to biliverdine, the synthesis of labelled bilirubine
Felklová, Veronika ; Lešetický, Ladislav (advisor) ; Smrček, Stanislav (referee)
Biliverdin and bilirubin are bile pigments which are degradation products of heme. Biliverdin (BV) is greenish-blue pigment and is reduction product of tetrapyrrolic core of heme by influence of the hemoxygenase (HO). The final product of this degradation is yellowish-brown pigment bilirubin (BR) which forms from BV thanks to the biliverdinreduktase (BVR). Normal and slightly raised level of bilirubin in plasma has cytoprotective effects whereas high levels are cytotoxic often. In severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia cases (newborn children) unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) accumulates in central nervous system (CNS) and causes bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND). Unfortunately there is a limitation for finding UCB pathophysiology caused by difficult determination of UCB content and distribution in tissues and biological fluids. So the main purpose of this thesis is to find and integrate isolated methods which will serve as the basis of finding bilirubin distribution. This progress would have a significant effect on studies of bilirubin neurotoxicity on newborn children. This method is based on radioactive labeling of UCB. Preferentially atom C 10 used for binding suitable functional group (thiols) because conformation of indicated bilirubin shouldn't change in this position. And then the...
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