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Study of signal systems with special focus on the role of nitric oxide: gene expression, regulation and pharmacological modulation in hepatocytes and adipocytes
Kutinová Canová, Nikolina ; Farghali, Hassan (advisor) ; Červinková, Zuzana (referee) ; Martásek, Pavel (referee)
Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in surprising array of vital physiological and pathophysiological phenomena. The expression of nitric oxide synthases, endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS), was demonstrated in rat liver and white adipose tissue among others. Therefore, the goals of the present thesis were to provide in vitro data about NO in the liver and white adipose tissue and to assess: 1) the effects of selective immunosuppressive drugs, cyclosporin A (CsA) and tacrolimus (FK 506), and nonspecific and specific iNOS inhibitors on NO production and iNOS expression during endotoxemic insult using primary rat hepatocyte culture; 2) spontaneous NO production under various culture conditions with comparison of its influence on functional status of hepatocytes in conventional cell culture and in hepatocyte bioreactors; 3) effects of S-nitroso-N-acetyl penicillamine (SNAP), D- galactosamine (D-GalN), lipopolysaccharide (LPS), LPS+D-GalN and thapsigargin (TG), a selective inhibitor of a sarco-endoplasmic reticulum-Ca2+ -ATPase, on apoptotic/necrotic markers in relation to NO production; 4) the effect of LPS on lipolysis in relation to iNOS stimulation; and 5) the interplay between NO production and β3-adrenoreceptor (β3- AR)/cAMP pathway on lipolysis in rat epididymal adipocyte culture. We found that CsA, FK...
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Immunologic and epigenic modulation of gene expression of human leukemia cell lines
Elknerová, Klára ; Stöckbauer, Petr (advisor) ; Špíšek, Radek (referee) ; Škvor, Jiří (referee)
Therapy by monoclonal antibody to CD34 molecule Growth-inhibitory and proapoptotic effect of the monoclonal antibody to CD34 molecule, clone 4H11, were tested on CD34+ leukemic cell lines (MOLM-9, JURL-MK1) and CD34- cell line (PS-1). We have found that the monoclonal antibody to CD34 inhibited the proliferation and induced apoptosis of all CD34+ cell lines tested, however it has similar effect on CD34- leukemic cell line (PS-1) in concentration higher than 32 µg/ml. We did not observe induction of differentiation by anti-CD34 antibody, but a growth arrest of cells in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle was detected in CD34+ cell lines. Combinations of anti-CD34 antibody with both type I (α, β) or type II ( ) interferons did not enhance the effects on the cell growth or inhibition of cellular proliferation of the antibody alone. Combinations of anti-CD34 antibody with hematopoietic cytokines or INF-γ did not induced diferentiation. Our data suggest that the monoclonal antibody to CD34 molecule prepared from clone 4H11, after sufficient experimental and preclinical testing on laboratory animals, may provide a new basis for possible targeted antibody therapy of acute or chronic myeloid leukemia. Therapy by histone deacetylase inhibitors Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) are emerging new class of...
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Klinicky významné druhy kvasinek a jejich interakce s hostitelem
Novosadová, Zuzana ; Palková, Zdena (advisor) ; Beranová, Jana (referee)
Pathogenic yeasts are nowadays a serious threat for mammalian host. They can cause dangerous diseases, which in many cases even result in death. Pathogens increase the chances of systemic infections by many virulence mechanisms. Experiments addressing the pathogenhost interactions are crucial for defeating these types of infections within the human body. Host-pathogen interactions are very complex and include all components of multicellular host organism. Recently, scientists have focused on the interaction of the mammalian immune system and pathogenic yeasts in more detail. This work summarises interactions of pathogen with selected host cells, especially with macrophages. Yeast pathogens, especially Candida albicans, are capable of influencing the gene expression in interacting cells. These pathogens are capable of modulating the expression while engulfed inside macrophages and other cells of the immune system. Pathogenic yeasts can also change the overall characteristics of their surrounding environment. C. albicans can sense pH and influence it. Therefore, it can increase its virulence by the changes of pH leading to autoinduction of morphological transitions. This work briefly reviews how selected yeast pathogens influence their surroundings while interacting within the host organism. Deeper...
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Immunity in hosts repeatedly exposed to sand fies and the effect on pathogen transmission
Pohanková, Lucia ; Kolářová, Iva (advisor) ; Fialová, Anna (referee)
6 Abstrakt During the feeding of infected sand flies are inoculate into the host also sand fly saliva, which can strongly modulate the response of the immune system. If the host is naive, the course of infection is usually worse. In cutaneous leishmaniasis, the lesions developed early, are more destructive and persist longer. The hosts living in endemic areas of leishamniasis and their vector hosts are often exposed to feeding uninfected sand flies. For host are the saliva antigenic and induces specific cellular and antibody responses. This responses induce the protection against leishmania infection and differ for different hosts, attempts were made most frequently in murine and canine models. In humans, as hosts is difficult to monitor developments leishmania infection after previous exposure, because in humans mainly monitors the levels of antibodies, by which we can determine the degree of sand fly bites and the risk of transmission of leishmaniasis. Keywords: Lutzomyia, Phlebotomus, DTH, antibody, IgG,
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Bacterial components in experimental intestinal inflammation prevention and therapy
Kverka, Miloslav ; Tlaskalová - Hogenová, Helena (advisor) ; Šedivá, Anna (referee) ; Stříž, Ilja (referee)
Although strong protective immune response is essential for preventing invasion by pathogens, equivalent responses against antigens originating from commensal bacteria can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Manipulating the mucosal immune responses with microbial antigens might be an excellent tool to IBD therapy or prevention. Our aim was to gain some insight into the regulation of the intestinal inflammation and to isolate bacterial immunomodulatory components that could be used in intestinal inflammation therapy and prevention. One particular mechanism of how healthy colon tissue regulates the inflammation during acute experimental colitis is through modulation of bioavailability of glucocorticoids (GCs) in gut mucosa. Here, we show that intestinal inflammation changes the local GC metabolism, which ultimately leads to decrease in inflammatory readiness of cells in the gut mucosa and in mesenteric lymph nodes. This pre-receptor regulation of GC function could represent an important homeostatic function of the gut mucosa. The actual triggers of intestinal inflammation in IBD seem to be either microbial dysbiosis or microbes with special "pathogenic" abilities, which both could be rectified by feeding with probiotics. Here, we report that oral feeding with live...
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Phlebotomine saliva: the perspecives of application of some of their recombinantly produced proteins
Rožníčková, Lucie ; Zídková, Lenka (advisor) ; Štáfková, Jitka (referee)
Sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) are the vectors of one of the most significant tropical diseases, leishmaniosis. Their saliva contains substances with antihemostatic, vasodilatory and immunomodulatory effect. These substances are of great significance in transmission of leishmaniosis, because of their ability to influence the host immune response. Naive host saliva modulate the immune system to such an extent, that it reduces an infective dose and increases the pathogenicity of leishmaniosis. On the other hand, a repeatedly exposed host generates a cellular and antibody immune response, which is able to make the initial development of infection impossible. Repeated exposure of individual sandflies lead to formation of antibodies against components of saliva, which may play a role as a rate exposure indicator and thus the risk of leashmaniosis infection. These proteins and glycoproteins can be produced by recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant vaccine could help in the fight against leishmaniasis. Keywords: saliva, sand fly, leishmania, recombinant proteins.
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Regulation of protein expression non-specific immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans
Kaštánková, Iva ; Kostrouch, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Cmarko, Dušan (referee)
6 Abstract Lipopolysaccharides are composed of covalently bound saccharides. They are a characteristic component of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. They are the cause of severe sepsis in humans and complications in human medicine. Lipopolysaccharides are a constant part of the infections of gram-negative bacteria. We expect an evolutionarily conserved non-specific immune response and protection. The question is whether there is an immune response in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. If so, what mechanism is controlled and regulated. We submitted lipopolysaccharides from the bacteria Pseudomona aeruginosa with the bacteria Escherichia coli OP50 and observed the influence of lipopolysaccharides on the expression of selected genes. We examined metabolism and development. We have shown the influence of lipopolysaccharides on gene expression of C-type lectine clec-60 a clec-71, nextna lys-5, hsp-60 a F44G.3.2.1 genes. We incubated Caenorhabditis elegans on some components of lipopolysaccharide. We found regulation of these selected genes with hydrophobic components of lipopolysacharide, lipid A. We did not observe regulation with saccharide components of lipopolysaccharide, glucose and galatose. The metabolism of lipids had changed. We demonstrated a reduction of neutral lipids and changes in...
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The influence of interferon gamma and specific antibodies on the p.o. infection with \kur{Encephalitozoon cuniculi in vivo}
JELÍNEK, Jiří
The influence of interferon gamma and specific antibodies on the infection with E. cuniculi in vivo has been studied. Reconstruction of SCID mice with CD4+ T-lymphocytes from BALB/c mice and from mice with defect gene for interferon gamma was used. Effects of the treatment with mouse recombinant interferon gamma and anti-E. cuniculi sera on survival of E. cuniculi infected SCID mice were monitored. The influence of the immunization with E. cuniculi antigen on the survival of E. cuniculi infected mice with defect gene for interferon gamma was examined.
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Molecular Mechanisms of the Interaction of Interacellular Pathogen Francisella Tularensis and Antigen Presenting Cells
Härtlová, Anetta ; Kročová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Černý, Jan (referee) ; Krejsek, Jan (referee)
Title of the PhD thesis: The molecular mechanisms of the interaction of Francisella tularensis and antigen presenting cells Abstract: Over the past few decades, reductionist approaches dominated in the study of biological systems and helped to understand many basic principles that underlie host- pathogen interaction. Nevertheless, recent advances in genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics have enabled to design new type of experiments and get thus novel information of all the components of biological systems, as well as to characterize interaction among them. Profiling of proteins, as main carriers of biological activity, is especially of great interest in order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of infection in space and time. Nowadays, there is a need to develop new antibiotic and anti-viral drugs, extensively investigate the respective infectious agents in regard to pathogen-specific signaling processes or enzymes that do not occur in human cells. However, pathogens have evolved different strategies to avoid the host defense mechanisms. The fact that pathogens exploit many factors of the host cell signaling machinery for finding safe niche for their replication provides the basis for an alternative, host-directed strategy to prevent establishing of infection in a host. This PhD thesis applies...
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