The phagocytic cells circulating in the bloodstream play a key role in both the defense of the body and the pathology of inflammatory diseases. Thus, targeting their functions has potential to modulate an immune response, especially during the inflammatory phase. This master's thesis was focused on the influence of electric pulses on the most abundant phagocyte population in human peripheral blood, namely neutrophils. The theoretical part describes the role of neutrophils in the development of the immune response and the effects of the electric field on various cells. Consequent part of the thesis was the optimization of the electrical stimulation of neutrophils using a unique platform with a network of gold electrodes. In stimulated cells by electrical pulses, activation of selected signaling pathways, degranulation, ROS production, citrullination of histone H3 and expression of surface markers were monitored. Overall, electrical stimulation was observed to induce neutrophil activation but only electrical pulses of size 1 V were found to be statistically significant in the case of ROS production and 10 mV and 100 mV electrical pulses in the case of metalloproteinase MMP8 degranulation. The absence of significant effects in the most observed parameters was probably due to unwanted activation of neutrophils in control samples.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:401914 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Chorvátová, Michaela |
| Contributors | Číž,, Milan, Kubala,, Lukáš |
| Publisher | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta chemická |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Slovak |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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