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The role of histone deacetylase 6 in murine polyomavirus replication cycle
Vlachová, Štěpánka ; Horníková, Lenka (advisor) ; Saláková, Martina (referee)
The replication cycle of polyomaviruses is, consistently with other viruses, fully dependent on host cells. Not only the cellular replicational and translational mechanisms are important for viruses, but also the virus infection is affected by other cellular proteins. This work is focused on the role of major cytoplasmic deacetylase, histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) in replication cycle of murine polyomavirus (MPyV). We showed that the presence of fully functional HDAC6 is essential for successful and productive infection. We found that HDAC6 affects not only early phase, but also late phase of infection. Cells with inhibited, or absent HDAC6 are infected with decreased effectivity and moreover lower amount of infectious viral particles is produced. On the other side, using cells with partially functional HDAC6, either in its deacetylase activity or in ubiquitin-binding activity, leads to increased ability of MPyV to infect those cells. Analysis of levels of early LT antigen and late structural protein VP1 in the infected cells showed, that viral proteins are affected by HDAC6. Our data suggest, that in the replication cycle of MPyV mainly the ubiquitin-binding domain of HDAC6 is required and the role of this domain in protein metabolism and degradation. In the second part of diploma project, we...
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Interaction of hepatitis B virus proteins with mechanisms of innate immunity
Vávrová, Petra ; Hirsch, Ivan (advisor) ; Horníková, Lenka (referee)
Specific aim of this bibliographic research is to elucidate interaction of hepatitis B virus proteins with mechanisms of the innate immunity. The work will specially analyze the role of viral proteins before and after their transport from the infected cell. Because of the central role of cccDNA for virus persistence in human organism, the work will study the effects of restriction factors on its possible destruction and eradication. The research will be focused on the effect of viral proteins during acute, chronic and occult infection.
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Molecular mechanisms of cellular nonpermissiveness against Rous sarcoma virus
Štafl, Kryštof ; Hejnar, Jiří (advisor) ; Hirsch, Ivan (referee)
Most viruses can infect only a reduced range of organisms and an effective replication is possible only in selected hosts. These hosts are called permissive for the virus. Molecular principles of a nonpermissiveness and viral mechanisms of overcoming replication obstacles are still not clearly elucidated. This thesis discusses the molecular causes of the cellular nonpermissiveness against a model retrovirus - Rous sarcoma virus. The research is conducted on duck cells which are semipermis- sive to the subgroup C of Rous sarcoma virus. The virus can enter those cells, but it is not able to produce enough infectious viral progeny. Two blocks of the viral replication cycle in the duck cells are described in the thesis. The first one is the probably not optimal cellular receptor recognition. The second one is in the late phase of the replication cycle when the viral proteins are synthesized. The amount of the envelope glyco- protein coding mRNA is reduced due to the altered splicing ratios, and the virions produced from the duck cells are less infectious. This block is recessive and can be partially omitted by cell fusions with permissive chicken cells; therefore, the block is not caused by specific restriction fac- tors in sensu stricto. Additionally, the influence of mutations in duck adapted Rous...
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Effect of restriction factors on replication of hepatitis B virus
Kunteová, Kateřina ; Hirsch, Ivan (advisor) ; Sýkora, Michal (referee)
Specific aim of this bibliographic research is to elucidate the effects of cellular restriction factors on HBV replication. The work will specially analyze the role of the innate and natural immunity and to compare the effect of analogical or identical restriction factors on HBV and HIV-1 replication. Because of the central role of cccDNA for virus persistence in human organism, the work will study the effects of restriction factors on its possible destruction and eradication and a possible HBV cure. The research will also be focused on the effect of restriction factors during acute, chronic and occult infection. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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