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The role of small RNAs in transgenerational plant stress memory
 Jaklová, Veronika ; Marková, Hana (advisor) ; Lipavská, Helena (referee)
Plants are constantly affected by various abiotic and biotic stresses, which cause a whole range of reactions.The resultcanbe increasedplantresistance tovariousstressfactorssuchasherbivoryattack or lack of water. Additionally, this resistance can also be passed on to subsequent generations through epigeneticmechanisms.Small RNAsservingas signaling moleculesof the plant's rapid response tostress can play a large part in the formationof intergenerationalandmultigenerationalstressmemory.MiRNAs are mainly regulators of gene expression,throughtheirinhibitory and degradative activitiesthey control the transcription of genes and the translation of a large number of proteins. SiRNAs could participate in the transfer of transcriptional memory through the mechanism of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). DNA methylation and histone modifications together act as chromatin marks that can be epigeneticallytransferredtosubsequentgenerations.Basedonthis,plants derivedfromstressedparent plants show large changes in gene expression compared to plants with non-stressed parents. These changesthenpersistfor varyinglengthsof time,dependingon whethergene expressionisagain induced bythe stressfactoror not.Interestinunderstandingthe mechanismsof transgenerationalstressmemory has recently grown considerably, and this...
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The use of "omics" methods in molecular-epidemiologic study in newborns from different localities of the Czech Republic
 Hoňková, Kateřina ; Rössner, Pavel (advisor) ; Gábelová, Alena (referee) ; Bláha, Luděk (referee)
The "omics" is a concept of biological disciplines that globally characterizes and quantifies biomolecules involved in the key functions of an organism. The "omics" methods are used e.g. in molecular epidemiology, where they help to evaluate potential biomarkers that identify the impact of environmental factors for human health. In this thesis, the "omics" methods were applied in samples collected from newborns born in localities of the Czech Republic mostly differing by pollution levels from industrial sources. The principal aim was to determine whether environmental changes during prenatal development can affect gene expression and its regulation in newborns. The thesis further aimed to evaluate the level of air pollution at the time of biological samples collection. Using the whole genome approach, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in newborns from districts Karvina and Ceske Budejovice (CB) were identified. In a pilot study of a small group of newborns from districts Most and CB, differentially methylated CpG sites in DNA were assessed. These sites attenuate gene activity and could be responsible for long-term changes at the genetic level. Finally, the aim was to find differentially expressed small non-coding RNA (DE miRNA) in newborns from Most and CB. Samples of umbilical cord blood from...
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