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The monitoring of intracellular ion concentrations in microbial cells
Vodáková, Adéla ; Plášek, Jaromír (advisor) ; Krůšek, Jan (referee)
The Master Thesis focuses on monitoring of intracellular ion concentrations in bacteria Escherichia coli and yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using genetically encoded fluorescent probes with green fluorescent protein (GFP). Aquired knowledge about this protein and its spectral characteristics is summarized in the introduction. For experimental study a pH-sensitive sensor which displays a ratio change of two excitation fluorescence peaks - pHluorin - was chosen. This probe was tested in bacteria and yeast cells. The experiments concentrated on the ability of the cell to maintain a constant cytosolic pH under various conditions like different pH values of the suspension, addition of glucose or KCl to the suspension. Another topic discussed in the thesis is the elimination of the cell autofluorescence from the GFP signal. For this purpose the synchronous fluorescence scan technique was succesfully used. I have found out that by using this method the measurements of cytosolic pH values are even more accurate thanks to the improved signal to noise ratio.
The monitoring of intracellular ion concentrations in microbial cells
Vodáková, Adéla ; Plášek, Jaromír (advisor) ; Krůšek, Jan (referee)
The Master Thesis focuses on monitoring of intracellular ion concentrations in bacteria Escherichia coli and yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using genetically encoded fluorescent probes with green fluorescent protein (GFP). Aquired knowledge about this protein and its spectral characteristics is summarized in the introduction. For experimental study a pH-sensitive sensor which displays a ratio change of two excitation fluorescence peaks - pHluorin - was chosen. This probe was tested in bacteria and yeast cells. The experiments concentrated on the ability of the cell to maintain a constant cytosolic pH under various conditions like different pH values of the suspension, addition of glucose or KCl to the suspension. Another topic discussed in the thesis is the elimination of the cell autofluorescence from the GFP signal. For this purpose the synchronous fluorescence scan technique was succesfully used. I have found out that by using this method the measurements of cytosolic pH values are even more accurate thanks to the improved signal to noise ratio.
Regulace vnitřního pH kvasinek - vliv vybraných transportních proteinů
Zalom, Peter ; Chaloupka, Roman (advisor) ; Holoubek, Aleš (referee)
Intracellular pH affects nearly all biochemical processes in yeast, the processes regulating the cytosolic pH includes function of many transport proteins. In this work, the impact of selected sodium transporters on cytosolic pH has been studied in two yeast species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces rouxii including wild-type and mutants with affected sodium transport. Measurements of cytosolic pH and buffering capacity have been performed using fluorescent protein probe pHluorin - a pH sensitive derivate of green fluorescence protein. Several procedures for calibration of pHluorin fluorescence response have been compared and the importance of a proper correction of the calibration curve has been demonstrated. It has been shown that cytosolic pH is influenced by the function of Nha1 transport protein in S. cerevisiae as well as in Z. rouxii but not by Sod2-22 transporter in Z. rouxii. It has been demonstrated that the buffering capacity of cytosol decrease in the presence of glucose in all strains studied.

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