Proteomic characterization of human NK cell membrane microdomains. (in Czech) Bc. Alan Kádek (Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) Natural killer (NK) cells are one of the important components of innate immune system. Their main function is to fight against tumors, virally infected or otherwise malformed cells. Plasma membranes of NK cells contain regions with specific lipid composition compared to the surrounding membrane (called membrane microdomains or rafts). Because of their lipid composition, microdomains preferentially accommodate some immunologically relevant proteins and play a role during cellular polarization and signalization. Characteristic feature of membrane microdomains is their partial resistance to solubilization by mild non-ionogenic detergents. In this thesis, microdomains were isolated in a detergent-resistant membrane fraction (DRM) from human NK-92MI cell line and from NK cells immunomagnetically enriched from peripheral blood of non-leukemic donors. For the isolation, Triton X-100 or Brij-98 detergent solubilization and ultracentrifugation in a sucrose density gradient was used. Protein composition of isolated DRMs was analyzed by mass spectrometry employing an LC-MALDI-TOF/TOF method. Protein lists generated in these...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:307095 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Kádek, Alan |
| Contributors | Man, Petr, Martínková, Markéta |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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