Natural killer (NK) cells are a subpopulation of effector lymphocytes with cytotoxic activity and cytokine-producing functions considered as an integral part of the innate immune response. Functions of NK cells include tumour elimination, engagement and regulation of antiviral immune responses and regulation of immune cells by production and secretion of chemokines and cytokines. CD69 is a C-type lectin-like transmembrane receptor expressed in NK cells. CD69 is an activating receptor and acts also as a very early marker of lymphocyte activation. Putative protein ligands have been described for CD69 in the last years: Galectin-1, S1P1, S100A8/S100A9 and Myl9/12. Galectin-1 is a prototypical lectin characterized by the presence of a common lectin structural fold and a carbohydrate recognition domain involved in carbohydrate binding. Galectin-1 was identified as a binding partner for CD69 based on biological and functional studies, but structural details about the complex are still missing. This thesis describes the successful establishment of an expression protocol for a tag-less cysteine-less mutant of galectin-1 and the study of the interaction between galectin-1 and NK cell receptors. The interaction was studied using microscale thermophoresis and confirmed as dependent on the presence of a...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:403989 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | de Sousa Santos Abreu, Celeste |
| Contributors | Vaněk, Ondřej, Pavlíček, Jiří |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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