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The Role of Lck Kinase in T-cell Antigen Receptor Signaling
Němec, Dušan ; Štěpánek, Ondřej (advisor) ; Rösel, Daniel (referee)
LCK activity is crucial for the triggering of the entire T cell activation process. The primary function of LCK is to convert the signal of TCR:pMHC ligation into the intracellular environment. The outcome of the LCK-triggered pathway is T cell activation, cytokine production, differentiation, and clonal expansion. This thesis provides a summary of recent knowledge about the unique position of LCK in the T cell signaling machinery as well as an overview of molecules and interacting partners that regulate LCK activity. It describes the importance of the LCK-coreceptor association for optimal TCR signaling and physiological thymocyte development and mentions discussed adaptor role of LCK in the T cells. Keywords: LCK, T-cell, antigen, kinase, enzyme
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Development of a technique for gene transfer into T-lymphocytes using polyomavirus structures and the LAH4 peptide
Schreiberová, Lucie ; Španielová, Hana (advisor) ; Vopálenský, Václav (referee)
Efficient delivery of genetic material to T-lymphocytes is key in gene therapy using T-lymphocytes with chimeric antigen receptors. Current procedures require the use of potentially dangerous viral vectors or large amount of input material. The diploma thesis therefore focuses on exploring new approaches for gene transfer into T-lymphocytes: use of safe virus-like particles (VLPs) derived from mouse polyomavirus in combination with the amphipathic cationic peptide LAH4. LAH4 has the potential to increase the efficiency of DNA and viral vector transport into cells. The system which combines VLPs and the LAH4 peptide was optimized for the delivery of reporter gene (encoding GFP and luciferase) to the model T-cell line Jurkat. It has been found that Jurkat cells cannot be efficiently transduced by DNA packed into VLPs. When cells were transfected only with DNA and LAH4, consistent results were not obtained, and the transfection efficiency ranged from 0.5 to 19%. The diploma thesis also analysed the effect of phosphorylation of viral structures on gene transfer. The impact of treatment of virus particles by alkaline phosphatase on the infectivity of the virus was studied and it was necessary to analyse the effect of the reaction components. Sublytic concentration of Triton-X100 in the reaction buffer...
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Identification of a new mechanism of Lck regulation via its C-terminal sequence
Valečka, Jan ; Filipp, Dominik (advisor) ; Vomastek, Tomáš (referee)
T-cell activation is a complex process crucial for a proper function of immune system. It has been extensively studied and its main features are well understood. However, some of the events involved in T-cell signalling are still unclear. After T-cell receptor stimulation, Src-family kinase Lck drives the initiation of signalling by tyrosine phosphorylation. Phosphorylation of several downstream targets is dependent on the redistribution of Lck to the different compartment of the plasma membrane, called lipid rafts. In lipid rafts, active Lck is juxtaposed and activates raft-resident substrates which then trigger downstream signalling. The critical in this process is the mechanism of Lck translocation to lipid rafts which has not been studied so far and represents the topic of great academic and clinical interests. Previously, we identified the adaptor protein RACK1 as a candidate protein mediating the redistribution of Lck to lipid rafts by linking it to the microtubular network. In this thesis, we analysed the structural features and functional role of RACK1 in its interaction with Lck. We show here, using the SYF cell lines expressing the wild type and various mutated forms of Lck, that intact SH3 or SH2 domains of Lck are required for an effective RACK1-Lck complex formation. We also documented...
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The effect of tick saliva on the interactions between \kur{Borrelia afzelii} spirochetes and murine dendritic cells.
SLÁMOVÁ, Martina
Interaction between mouse dendritic cells (DCs) and Borrelia afzelii spichochetes was studied on three different levels: phagocytosis of borrelia by DCs, production of cytokines by borrelia-activated DCs and the ablilty of DCs to activate CD4+ T cells. The effect of Ixodes ricinus saliva on each of these levels was examined. Tick saliva was shown to decrease the number of phagocosing DCs. The ability of borrelia-activated DCs to induce both proliferation and IL-2 production in specific CD4+ T cells was significantly reduced by tick saliva. And surprisingly, we have shown an inhibitory effect of I. ricinus saliva on the production of both Th1 (IL-6 and TNF-{$\alpha$}) and Th2 (IL-10) cytokines. Our data reveal a complex inhibitory effect of tick saliva on DC function.
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