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The role of RNA demethylase FTO in differentiation, regulation of energy metabolism and sensitivity to streptozotocin of neuronal and glial cell models
Čočková, Zuzana
Fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) demethylase is responsible for erasure of the most abundant epitranscriptomic mark in eukaryotic mRNA, the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) residue. Together with other m6A erasers, writers (methyltransferases) and readers it forms an m6A regulatory pathway that controls the amount, location and biological effect of m6A. The dynamic regulation of the brain's m6A methylome during neurodevelopment is essential for maintaining cerebral functions. In addition, preclinical research suggests that the m6A regulatory pathway regulates energy balance in a tissue- and cell type-specific manner. The FTO gene has been associated with lifelong risks of obesity and metabolic syndrome as well as regulation of total body energy intake and expenditure. However, little is understood about the function of the m6A pathway in control of brain energy metabolism. That is of interest in pursuit of understanding Alzheimer's disease, as this illness is characterized by profound disruptions in cerebral energy metabolism and mounting evidence suggests that disrupted brain bioenergetics may play a role in the disease's early genesis, before the appearance of clinical symptoms. In the present thesis we aimed to investigate the role of FTO in models of two brain cell types, neurons and astrocytes....
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The role of RNA demethylase FTO in differentiation, regulation of energy metabolism and sensitivity to streptozotocin of neuronal and glial cell models
Čočková, Zuzana ; Novotný, Jiří (advisor) ; Horák, Martin (referee) ; Balík, Aleš (referee)
Fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) demethylase is responsible for erasure of the most abundant epitranscriptomic mark in eukaryotic mRNA, the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) residue. Together with other m6A erasers, writers (methyltransferases) and readers it forms an m6A regulatory pathway that controls the amount, location and biological effect of m6A. The dynamic regulation of the brain's m6A methylome during neurodevelopment is essential for maintaining cerebral functions. In addition, preclinical research suggests that the m6A regulatory pathway regulates energy balance in a tissue- and cell type-specific manner. The FTO gene has been associated with lifelong risks of obesity and metabolic syndrome as well as regulation of total body energy intake and expenditure. However, little is understood about the function of the m6A pathway in control of brain energy metabolism. That is of interest in pursuit of understanding Alzheimer's disease, as this illness is characterized by profound disruptions in cerebral energy metabolism and mounting evidence suggests that disrupted brain bioenergetics may play a role in the disease's early genesis, before the appearance of clinical symptoms. In the present thesis we aimed to investigate the role of FTO in models of two brain cell types, neurons and astrocytes....
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