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Impact of proteostasis and the ubiquitin proteasome system on myeloid cell function in the CNS
(2023)
Cellular protein homeostasis (proteostasis) maintains a functional proteome and thus proper cell function. Proteostasis is facilitated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), an intracellular protein turnover machinery ensuring clearance of damaged, misfolded, old and/or unneeded regulatory proteins. This is particularly important in the central nervous system (CNS), where it is linked to neurodegeneration. Disruptions of the proteostasis systems cause the accumulation of misfolded proteins which are commonly seen in progressive neurodegenerative diseases also linked to neuroinflammation. Proper UPS function can protect cells from the accumulation of defective proteins, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. Furthermore, it has been found that loss of function mutations in the genes encoding UPS components are linked to systemic inflammation including neuroinflammation and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. Proteasome defects in patients suffering from these disorders cause decreased proteasome activity, accumulation of proteins, activation of proteotoxic stress responses and systemic inflammation. However, the molecular link between proteotoxic stress and the initiation of inflammatory signalling remained unclear. In Article 2, we summarized the importance of the UPS in immune cell proteostasis and function including activation of innate and adaptive immune responses. Although UPS function is notably important in innate immune signalling, the current understanding of the role of UPS in myeloid cell function in the CNS is limited. We also indicated the involvement of impaired UPS function in sterile systemic inflammation including neuroinflammation as well as tumour diseases and pathogen manipulation of immune cells.
To investigate the molecular link behind proteasome impairment and systemic inflammation in the brain, we focused on microglia cells as the only immune residents of the CNS. In Article 1, we used a pharmacological inhibitor called bortezomib which targets β5 and β5i/LMP7 subunit activities in standard proteasome (SP) and immunoproteasome (IP), respectively. We showed for the first time on the molecular level that inhibition of proteasome activity by bortezomib triggers the accumulation of ubiquitylated proteins, proteotoxic stress responses and innate immune signalling activation depending on the induced proteotoxic stress response called unfolded protein response (UPR) in murine microglia. In particular, activation of the inositol-requiring protein 1α arm of UPR upon bortezomib treatment leads to systemic inflammation as indicated by type I interferon (IFN) response.
IP enhance the proteolytic capacity of UPS by rapid clearance of proteins upon immune signalling activation. Microglia, like other immune cells, exhibit constitutive expression of IP as well as SP to maintain their cellular proteostasis. In Manuscript 3, we studied the particular impact of IP impairment on microglial cellular function. We showed accumulation of ubiquitin-modified proteins and activation of proteotoxic stress responses in IP-impaired mouse and human microglia models. Moreover, we identified possible IP substrates in microglia using β5i/LMP7 knockout mice as an IP deficiency model and, examined how IP deficiency affects microglia function. IP deficient microglia affected the ubiquitylation levels of proteins involved in multiple pathways such as immune responses, energy metabolism, cytoskeleton organisation, cell cycle and ribosome function. Based on the molecular analysis, we confirmed sterile activation of innate immune signalling mechanisms in IP impaired microglia. This is driven by the proteotoxic stress sensor protein kinase R (PKR). In addition, we were able to show that IP impairment altered levels of the microglial activation markers, which are also involved in motility, adhesion and phagocytosis of microglia.
In this thesis, we highlight that UPS function is necessary to maintain microglial proteostasis and, that impairment of proteasome activities triggers sterile inflammation in microglia via activation of proteotoxic stress responses. The described activation of innate immune signalling mechanisms in microglia upon proteasome impairment may be considered as new therapeutic targets for patients suffering from rare protesomapathies or other disorders linked to dysregulated immune signalling.
Protamine (PRT) is a positively charged protein, which is widely used in medicine as an adjunct to certain preparations of insulin and as a rapidly-acting antidote for heparin, particularly to neutralize the effects of high heparin concentrations needed for anticoagulation during cardiac surgical procedures using cardiopulmonary bypass. It has been demonstrated that PRT and heparin form multimolecular complexes and that these complexes have high immunogenicity in a mouse model. Studies in this thesis provide new insights into the pathophysiology of anti-PRT/heparin antibodies. The results of study I showed that the administration of PRT combined with heparin is responsible for high immunoglobulin G (IgG) immunization after cardiac surgery. A subset of these antibodies was able to induce platelet activation in a way similar to that observed by heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Using an animal model, we demonstrated that anti-PRT/heparin antibodies are capable of platelet destruction in the presence of PRT and heparin. Moreover, our data suggests that platelet-activating anti-PRT/heparin antibodies at surgery are potentially associated with postoperative thrombocytopenia and an increased risk for thromboembolic events. In study II, the immune response against PRT/heparin complexes was investigated. This study showed a relatively fast development of IgG with no general preceding IgM formation. In addition, patients undergoing liver transplantation developed anti-PRT/heparin antibodies without previous exposure to PRT. These results suggest that a previous contact with the antigen(s) itself or other antigens with molecular mimicry induced this immune response. In fact, we were able to identify Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin and core histones (DNA-binding proteins) as potentially antigenic candidates for a previous immunization. Furthermore, the findings of study III demonstrate the ability of anti-PRT/heparin antibodies to activate platelets in the presence of NPH insulin in a heparin-dependent way suggesting that diabetic patients may have an enhanced risk for thromboembolic complications if treated with NPH insulin and possibly while receiving prophylactic heparin. These observations justify further clinical investigations to assess the impact of the interaction between anti-PRT/heparin antibodies and PRT-mimicking antigens, such as NPH insulin or histones.
Oils and fats from natural origin are sustainable sources for a broad range of economically relevant products in food, feed, fuel, oleochemical, and cosmetic industries. Thereby, a huge variety of lipids or lipid-derived products exist which distinguish themselves by their unique physical properties making them suitable for their individual applications. To obtain such functional lipids in an environmentally friendly manner, enzymes can be employed. In that context, lipases have been proven to be valuable biocatalysts in lipid modification, which are broadly applied in industry. Even though they have been implemented successfully in the dairy, baking, and detergent industries, there is an increasing demand for the expansion of their utilization. New technologies like protein engineering and the implementation of process development are employed in solving this task. Within the enzymes in lipid modification, lipases are the most applied catalysts and in this thesis their utilization was expanded successfully to the implementation of novel separation processes and the production of improved drug delivery matrices.
Microalgae are aquatic, unicellular, eukaryotic organisms, which perform photosynthesis. They have gained interest within the last decades not only for biofuel production due to their high amount of lipids, but also for pharmaceutical and for nutraceutical purposes. Interesting compounds are proteins, carbohydrates, or pigments, such as carotenoids. However, microalgae possess strong and rigid cell walls, which hinder a sufficient and yet, gentle extraction of those valuable compounds. Although standard extraction techniques are available, several shortcomings occur, e.g. high energy demand, use of environmentally harmful solvents or alteration of compounds due to heat or chemicals. Therefore, an alternative method is needed, which is able to address these disadvantages. Physical plasmas were thus studied to answer the question whether they are able to disintegrate the cell walls of microalgae effectively and yet, without degradation of the extractives.
First step of the thesis was to find a suitable plasma source that has an effect on the cell walls because plasma effects, such as electric fields, shockwaves, UV light emission, and the generation of reactive species can be tailored with the respective setup. It was found that spark discharges are most effective for the extraction of Chlorella vulgaris, which was chosen as model organism. All extraction yields were compared to reference methods, whereat microwave radiation was found to be the most effective reference method and were hence, applied for comparative studies.
For the next step, proteins were selected as targets to answer the question, which differences can be determined between plasms-treated and microwave-radiated proteins are observable although the extraction yields were equal. Furthermore, plasma effects, especially the effects of reactive species on the extracted proteins had to be studied. Findings indicate that heat sensitive proteins, such as photosystem-related proteins, or histones are better extractable with spark discharges than with microwave exposure and the effect of reactive species is only minor.
The last step was to determine, which plasma effect is responsible for the observed cell wall disintegration. Therefore, the tensile strength of Chlorella vulgaris was determined and compared to the shockwave pressure, which is generated from the spark channel. It was proven that the shockwave pressure exceeds by far the tensile strength of the microalgae an can be thus held responsible for mechanism for cell wall rupture.
In this thesis, it was found that spark discharges are a promising alternative for the extraction of valuable compounds from microalgae. The discharges are not only effective, but also gentle enough for sensitive compounds, such as proteins or pigments.
Plus‐strand RNA [(+)RNA] viruses are the largest group of viruses, medically highly relevant human pathogens, and are a socio‐economic burden. The current global pandemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) shows how a virus has been rapidly spreading around the globe and that– without an antiviral treatment– virus trans mission is solely dependent on human behavior. However, other (+)RNA viruses such as rhino‐, noro‐, dengue‐ (DENV), Zika, and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are constantly spreading and expanding geographically. As in the case of hepatitis C, since its first identification in the 1970s, it took more than 30 years to understand the HCV structure, genome organiza t ion, life cycle, and virus‐host interplay leading to the cure of a chronic and life‐threatening disease. However, no vaccination or antiviral treatment exists for most (+)RNA viruses. Con sequently, a precise and comprehensive analysis of the viruses, their life cycles, and parasitic interactions with their hosts remains an important field of research. In the presented thesis, we use mathematical modeling to study the life cycles of (+)RNA viruses. We analyze replication strategies of closely related (+)RNA viruses, namely HCV, DENV, and coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3), to compare their life cycles in the presence and ab sence of the host’s immune response and antiviral drug treatment and consider different viral spreading mechanisms. Host dependency factors shape the viral life cycle, contribut ing to permissiveness and replication efficiency. Our mathematical models predicted that host dependency factors, such as ribosomes, and thus the virus’ ability to hijack the host cell’s translation machinery play an essential role in the viral genome replication efficiency. Furthermore, our mathematical model suggested that the availability of ribosomes in the vi ral life cycle is a crucial factor in disease outcome: the development of an acute or chronic disease. Even though the host developed strategies to attack the virus, e.g., by degrading the viral genome, blocking the viral protein production, and preventing viral spread, viruses found strategies to countermeasure those so‐called host restriction factors derived from the immune system. Our mathematical models predicted that DENV might be highly effective in blocking the cell’s attempts to recognize the invader. Moreover, we found ongoing HCV RNAreplication even with highly effective antiviral drugs that block processes in the viral life cycle. Furthermore, we found alternative pathways of infection spread, e.g., by HCV RNA carrying exosomes, which may be a possible explanation for reported plasma HCV RNA at the end of treatment, found in a subset of patients. Hence, the mathematical models presented in this thesis provide valuable tools to study the viral replication mechanism in detail. Even though being a simplification of reality, our model predictions confirm and explain known and suggest novel biological mechanisms. In the pre sented thesis, I will summarize and discuss key findings and contextualize model predictions in the broader scientific literature to improve our understanding of the viral dynamics and the virus‐host interplay.
This thesis deals with thickness optimization of shells. The overall task is to find an optimal thickness distribution in order to minimize the deformation of a loaded shell with prescribed volume. In addition, lower and upper bounds for the thickness are given. The shell is made of elastic, isotropic, homogeneous material. The deformation is modeled using equations from Linear Elasticity. Here, a basic shell model based on the Reissner-Mindlin assumption is used. Both the stationary and the dynamic case are considered. The continuity and the Gâteaux-differentiability of the control-to-state operator is investigated. These results are applied to the reduced objective with help of adjoint theory. In addition, techniques from shape optimization are compared to the optimal control approach. In the following, the theoretical results are applied to cylindrical shells and an efficient numerical implementation is presented. Finally, numerical results are shown and analyzed for different examples.
This thesis draws a comprehensive picture about the radiation and diversification of truncatelloidean gastropods across the south pacific. It covers three more specifc studies focussing on the Truncelloideans from Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, respectively. And a conclusive analysis that combines the results of the three more specific studies and enhances them using species from the Austral Islands, Lord Howe Island, the Indonesian island Sulawesi as well as several species from New Zealand and Australia. Molecular phylogenies were calculated using four nuclear gene fragments (ITS2; 18S rRNA; 28S rRNA and Histone 3) besides the mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA. Further molecuular data was used to calculate dated phylogenies, perform ancestral range reconstructions and develop a modified molecular barcoding approach.
Adaptation mechanisms within the B cell composition for successful human and murine pregnancies.
(2021)
Introduction
A well-balanced immune maternal status is essential for favourable outcome of pregnancy. Due to their complexities, not all immune adaptations that promote tolerance during pregnancy are known. To understand the adaptation of the B cell compartment, we analysed and compared B cell lymphopoiesis in different lymphoid tissues in a number of murine models.
Furthermore, we focused on the humoral immune response during pregnancy. We analysed immunoglobulin profiles in human subjects and mice during pregnancy.
These cellular alterations are subject to the influence of chemokines, among others. Therefore, we assessed serum levels of B cell activation factor to clarify its effects during pregnancy.
Methods
For analysis of the human peripheral B cell compartment, peripheral blood samples from age-matched non-pregnant and pregnant women without pregnancy complications, immunological disease or acute/chronic inflammation were collected and sub-classified into four different groups: non-pregnant, and first, second, or third trimester of pregnancy. The experiments, based on a mouse model, were performed with 8-week-old female mice: clinically healthy non-pregnant (CBA/J (H2k)), pregnant mice with normal gestation (BALB/c (H2d) x CBA/J (H2k)), and mice with pregnancy loss (DBA/2J (H2d) x CBA/J (H2k)). Subsequently, peripheral blood mononuclear cells from blood and lymphatic organs were isolated following standard protocols. The B cell analysis was performed by flow cytometry. The immunoglobulin serum levels of the human and murine subgroups were quantitated using Bio-Plex isotyping assay and analysed by a Bio-Plex reader. To quantify B cell activating factor (BAFF) in serum of pregnant and non-pregnant mice a BAFF enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used. The concentrations were determined by using a FLUOstar OPTIMA microplate reader. All statistical analyses were performed using the Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn’s post-test in GraphPad Prism software. P values of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results
We were able to demonstrate B cell lymphopenia in mice bone marrow downstream of pre-pro B cells, irrespective of pregnancy outcome. The mature bone marrow B cells did not show this adjustment mechanism during normal gestation.
Closer inspection of the splenic tissue revealed expansion and activation of marginal zone B cells in mice with a normal pregnancy. However, this was not observed in mice suffering from pregnancy disturbances. Natural antibodies secreted from marginal zone B cells were also present at higher concentrations in serum of pregnant mice, compared to non-pregnant animals.
We also found significantly higher levels of natural antibodies in serum of pregnant women compared to non-pregnant age-matched controls. Analysis showed significantly lower levels of BAFF in mice with normal pregnancy as compared to non-pregnant mice.
Conclusions
We are able to show mechanisms within the B cell compartment as well as the change within the natural antibodies that might be crucial for successful pregnancy in both humans and mice. Furthermore, BAFF seems to play a central role as a mediator of peripheral B cell compartment and B cell lymphopoiesis in the bone marrow for successful pregnancy.
Bats (Chiroptera) form the second largest order of mammals and with over 1,250 species, they represent about 20% of all mammalian species worldwide. They are the only mammals with true and sustained flight and distributed all over the world except the arctic regions. Moreover, bats entered specific ecological niches and with their food spectra, they reduce different arthropod populations as well as disperse seeds and pollen of plant species in various regions and habitats.
Bats also have a crucial role in spreading high-pathogenic and zoonotic viruses, harbor in general more viruses (zoonotic and non-zoonotic), and, related to the species, number even more than rodents. However, clinical symptoms of viral diseases are rarely reported in bat communities. Also seroconversions after infection were not reported for a variety of viruses found in bats. Since the incidence of virus-positive bats estimated in passive surveillance studies is usually very low, it is a question how such viruses can use bats as reservoir hosts. There is obviously a special evolutionary relationship between the pathogens and bats as hosts, which are based on possibly physiologic adaptations also in resistance and immunity.
In this thesis, the two lyssaviruses, European Bat Lyssavirus 1 and 2 (EBLV-1 and -2) were chosen as a model to investigate the immune response of European bats against viral infection in vitro. Lyssaviruses are the causative agents of rabies, a fatal zoonotic disease with neurotropic characteristics.
One main question to investigate was in which way bats act as reservoir host and developed a high disease resistance. The present thesis is based on three hypotheses about innate immune response against lyssavirus infection:
A) In bats specific peripheral resistance mechanisms evolved which reduce the risk of systemic viral infection after a hypothesized airborne transmission and infection via nasal epithelium supported by the social structure of and communication within bat communities.
B) The co-evolution of EBLV and the innate resistance of bats resulted in a very effective type I interferon response to inhibit a systemic lyssavirus infection.
C) The specific physiology of body temperature of bats with daily torpor depresses the viral replication but favours the type I interferon response.
To analyze the interferon-based resistance mechanisms, the type I interferon (IFN) genes of two European bats species (Eptesicus serotinus and Myotis myotis) were cloned and sequenced. Using established cell lines from the respiratory nasal epithelium (MmNep), olfactory nasal epithelium (MmNol), and Bulbus olfactorius brain (MmBr), the type I IFN response along a possible airborne infection route was investigated. The anti-viral effects and induction of IFNs/interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) in each cell line were also investigated in detail after infection in vitro. Finally, the influence of different temperatures on lyssavirus replication was analyzed in cell culture experiments.
The results indicated that (a) along the hypothesized airborne infection route the susceptibility for lyssavirus infections is decreased, (b) the type I IFN activity in contrast is increased contributing to a limitation of lyssavirus replication and (c) an obvious influences of varying cultivation temperatures on the resistance against lyssavirus infections, which favor the IFN response and repressing lyssavirus replication.
The result from these in vitro studies supports the hypothesis of a special co-evolution between lyssaviruses and bats. However, in vivo studies on the relevance in infected animals are missing so far. This model could also explain the generally limited pathogenicity of bat-associated viruses.
Recent climate change has affected the forest system comprehensively. Northern hemisphere elevational treelines are considered as a key environment for monitoring the effects of current anthropogenic climate change. Moreover, trees from these areas are also widely employed in paleo-climate reconstructions. The stability of the tree growth climate relationship under current scenario is crucial for all tree ring based climate researches. It is important to investigate how trees respond to this rapid environmental change at altitudinal treelines. Tree cores from 21 treeline sites of three species (Pinus tabulaeformis, Picea crassifolia, and Sabina przewalskii) from Northeastern Tibetan have been conducted in this thesis. The instable correlations between tree growth and climate are the general response pattern of trees from all study sites in NE Tibetan Plateau. Picea crassifolia shows the most instable response to climate factors (mean monthly temperature and total monthly precipitation). Pinus tabulaeformis and Sabina przewalskii just showed instable and divergent responses to their main limiting climate factors but no clear trend was found which is limited by the few sample sites. Corresponding to divergent responses of Picea crassifolia to mean monthly temperature, most radial growth of Picea crassifolia were inhibited by this climate change type drought, only few trees within same sites grew faster due to temperature increasing during recent decades. The divergence response mainly started in last 30 years in six of eleven sample sites over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. North-westerly drier sites showed a large percentage of trees per site with a negative correlation to temperature and mostly southerly moister sites showed more mixed responses with both negatively and positively responding trees within site. Concurrent with the regional pattern, low elevation sites show mostly negative correlations with temperature and high elevation sites show more mixed responses. As the hydrothermal conditions of the investigation area changed to a drier and warmer combination, drought stress on tree growth have been intensifying over time and expanding spatially from the middle to most of our study area during the last half century. The Picea crassifolia tree growth climate relationship conducted on an elevational gradient with four different levels from upper treeline to lower treeline at the NE Tibetan Plateau. Results show that upper treeline trees show divergent growth trends and divergent responses in recent decades. Trees from lower treeline show a strengthening drought stress signal over time and no divergent growth trends within sites. This potential ecological reaction of tree populations to changing environmental conditions shows an implications for using trees to reconstruct climate, since the indiscriminate use of tree ring data from sites showing opposite responses to increasing warming could cause mis-calibration of tree ring based climate reconstructions, and over- or underestimation of carbon sequestration potential in biogeochemical models. The physiological response of Sabina przewalskii tree growth to major limiting climate factors based on the Vaganov-Shashkin (VS) model indicated that precipitation during the early growing season, especially in May and June, has significant effect on tree growth, while temperature mainly affects tree growth by warming-induced drought and by extending the growing season in the NE Tibetan Plateau. Under current and projected climate scenarios, modeling results predict an increase in radial growth of Sabina przewalskii around the Qaidam Basin, with the potential outcome that regional forests will increase their capacity to sequester carbon. However, most Picea crassifolia trees growing at lower elevations than Sabina przewalskii might be continue stressed by the warming induced drought and might decrease radial growth in future.
All types of muscles use Ca2+ as their main intracellular messenger. In skeletal muscle fibers abnormal levels of intracellular calcium result in altered contractile properties, altered energy metabolism, and altered gene expression. Moreover, long term failure of normal Ca2+ homeostasis can lead to cell death of muscle fibers by necrosis and apoptosis. Elevations of intracellular Ca2+ levels are more and more regarded as the reason for pathological changes and muscle fiber damage in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a severe recessive x-linked muscle disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The characteristics of DMD are muscle tissue wasting and fibrosis. Both muscle wasting and intracellular Ca2+ are to be reflected in changes of muscle force. Several Ca2+ conducting channels including transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are supposed to account for the abnormal Ca2+ homeostasis in DMD. Gene expressions of TRP channels have been studied in human and mouse skeletal muscle and among others TRPC3, TRPC6 and TRPV4 channels were found to occur in skeletal muscles. The present study followed the hypothesis that TRPC3, TRPC6 and TRPV4 are functional in skeletal muscle fibers and that they contribute to muscular Ca2+ homeostasis. Further, it was assumed that dysfunction of the mentioned TRP channels contributes to abnormal contractile properties and pathology and of dystrophin-deficient muscle. To study Ca2+ changes in mouse skeletal muscle fibers the fluorescent calcium indicator Fura-2 was used. Further, the technique of Mn2+ quench of Fura-2 fluorescence was applied. Muscle force measurements of mouse soleus and diaphragm strips were performed. To elucidate abnormalities of TRP channel function in dystrophin-deficient muscle, muscles and muscle fibers of mdx mice were studied. Hyperforin, an activator of TRPC6 channels elicited increases of calcium levels in wildtype muscle fibers. These increases were partly inhibited by the TRPC6 inhibitor 1-(5-chloronaphthalenesulfonyl) homopiperazine hydrochloride (ML-9). The TRPC3/TPRC6 activator 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG) resulted in increased calcium entry, which was attenuated by ML-9. 2-aminoethoxydiphenylborane (2-APB), an unspecific TRP channel inhibitor, suppressed calcium entry in muscle fibers under basal conditions. In addition, the specific TRPC3 inhibitor Pyr3, strongly inhibited background calcium entry. The TRPV4 activator 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4α-PDD) induced significant increased calcium entry and this increase could be inhibited by the TRPV4 inhibitor HC 067047. During muscle force recordings ML-9 significantly inhibited twitches and tetani and accelerated muscle fatigue during sustained repetitive stimulation. The results indicate that TRPC3, TRPC6 and TRPV4 are functionally expressed in mouse muscle fibers. TRPC3 stays active under the basal conditions and contributes to background calcium entry. In contrast, TRPC6 and TRPV4 did not seem to be active at resting conditions, but could be pharmacologically activated. TRPC6 may play a role to counteract the calcium loss under long-term muscle fatigue. Though TRPC3 and C6 play a role for muscular Ca2+ homeostasis, it is unclear whether and how the two channels associate and cross-talk with each other in skeletal muscle cells. In mdx fibers Pyr3 inhibited background calcium influx stronger that in WT fibers, implying a possible over-activation of TRPC3 channels in mdx muscle fibers. At later stages mdx muscle showed marked decrease in force reflecting muscle wasting. Soleus showed moderate decrease and diaphragm showed severe decrease (more than 60%) in force. Resistance to muscle fatigue was shown in mdx soleus muscle when compared with WT soleus muscle. Diaphragm segments of mdx mice showed very strong resistance to muscle fatigue. The results indicate a substantial loss of muscle mass, an increase in oxidative fiber types and a reduction of fast fatigable muscle fibers. It is concluded that the hypothesis of functional expression of TRPC3, TRPC6 and TRPV4 in mouse skeletal muscle has been confirmed. The results give improved knowledge about the relation of Ca2+ homeostasis, mdx pathology and TRP channels. Diaphragms of old mdx mice show severe muscle weakness but the remaining fibers of the diaphragm showed strong fatigue-resistance. The application of a TRPC3 inhibitor may be a promising treatment to prevent high Ca2+ mediated muscle damage in muscular dystrophy.
Liu–II coal pit is a typical example of China’s deep coal mines which is seriously threatened by groundwater inrush from the underlying carboniferous Taiyuan limestone formation. An exhaustive data set of this confined aquifer exists. The aquifer lies 45 m∼ 60 m below the major coal seam. A traditional artesian aquifer test has been performed in order to assess the hydraulic properties, e.g. transmissivity (T) and storage coefficient (S). This artesian aquifer test is conducted with four simultaneously operating production wells while the discharge of each production well varied with time. The results of this test suggest that the aquifer is heterogeneous. Therefore, the according problems are: (1) how to analyze the artesian aquifer test with linearly declining discharge; (2) how to deal with multiple production wells in an aquifer test; (3) how to adequately consider aquifer heterogeneity. Thus, the objective of this thesis is to solve these problems. 1) As opposed to classical above-ground pumping tests, it is difficult to control the discharge rate of the production well in a deep mine artesian aquifer test since the hydraulic pressure is extraordinary high. Moreover the discharge rate won’t descend rapidly to zero, thus the analytical solution of Jacob and Lohman (1952) type curve for the artesian aquifer test will not be applicable. It is more reasonable to analyze the test as a pumping test with variable discharge. It is considered to rebuild a hydrogeological conceptual model which is similar with Theis (1935) model but with the variable discharge. A general equation for any discharge variability is given. Its application for the linearly declining discharge is presented subsequently, and a type curve of this equation with linearly declining discharge is given as well. After that, a simple numerical model is built by FEFLOW to simulate an artificial pumping test with the linearly declining discharge by assigning different parameter sets for transmissivity and storage coefficient. The type curve method is applied to evaluate transmissivity and storage coefficient for the linearly declining discharge well. The deviation between the given values of transmissivity and storage coefficient in FEFLOW and the values of those calculated by matching point are sufficiently small. Thus, when the discharge of production well declines linearly, a type curve method as an empirical method is reasonable and gives satisfactory values of these hydrogeological parameters. 2) In some cases, it is necessary to conduct a pumping test (or an artesian aquifer test) with several pumping wells (or production wells) which work simultaneously in order to discharge maximum quantity of groundwater. Normally, the superposition method or numerical simulation is applied to analyze the test result. However, a new approach called “Well Generalization Method” is defined and analyzed in this thesis. It is an easy–to–use approach for hydrogeologist to estimate the aquifer parameters while conducting an aquifer test. Since the key point of this approach is using a generalization well to substitute the pumping (or production) wells, it is obvious that this approach will generate the estimated error of parameters. Accordingly, several scenarios are analyzed and discussed based on the artificial type aquifer designed in FEFLOW. A homogeneous aquifer and a heterogeneous aquifer which is generated by geostatistical stochastic simulation technique (see 3)) are discussed separately. As a result, this approach is feasible and applicable under some conditions when the calculated observation well is arranged more than about 2.5 times the scale of the multi–pumping–wells field away from the center of the multi–pumping–wells field, furthermore, the maximum deviation of drawdown resulting from these observation wells will be less than 0.5 m, and the estimated value of transmissivity will be 0.44% smaller than real value. 3) Finally aquifer heterogeneity is addressed, in order to check the introduced method for applicability under realistic conditions. It has been described that aquifer heterogeneity plays a major role in hydrodynamic processes (e.g. de Marsily et al., 1998). Geostatistics which is considered as a useful tool for characterizing the spatial variability of transmissivity is applied to solve this problem. Based on the results of the artesian aquifer test conducted in Liu–II coal pit, a model of spatial variability of transmissivity is developed. Sequentially, the variogram model is applied in ordinary kriging to interpolate the transmissivity distribution, and in sequential Gaussian simulation to simulate a random field of transmissivity data in order to reflect its small scale variability. A comparison of the results of estimation and simulation of transmissivity indicates that the simulated values better reflect the spatial variability, reversely, the estimated values are much smoother.
Bats belong to the most gregarious and diverse mammals with highly complex social behaviors. Despite extensive research on their ecology and social behavior in some bat species, gained insights are restricted to only few of the more than 1300 species. In the recent past, bats have also become a central topic of a different branch of research: Since the 1990s bats came to the fore of virologists and immunologists due to the bats’ apparent importance as reservoir hosts and vectors of several (mostly tropical) diseases. While this research is focused mainly on emerging infectious diseases linked to bats, and their zoonotic potential, little has been invested regarding the link between disease transmission and bat social systems.
In my work, I aim at filling this gap by merging automated daily roosting observations, social network analysis, and a virological screening in Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri). In a collaborative approach, my co-workers and I analyzed the social structure of individually marked Natterer’s bats, their astrovirus detection rate and transmission pathways within their colony, as well as roosting interactions between different co-occurring con- and heterospecific bat colonies.
We discovered Natterer’s bats to display a very divergent social network structure that contradicts the findings of previous studies on large fission-fusion groups. Contrary to the modular social network structure found in e.g. primates or other bats species, the social network of Natterer’s bats consists of only one highly interconnected community. Moreover, although the close proximity between bat hosts in the colony should strongly promote direct transmission, we found indications that astrovirus infections follow at least partly an indirect transmission pathway via contaminated roost use. Lastly, our results prove that co-occurring con- and heterospecific bat colonies, e.g. as in this study Natterer’s bats, brown long-eared bats and Bechstein’s bats, can influence each other in their roost use by avoiding conspecific roosts and by being attracted towards those of heterospecifics. This holds implication for the transmission of parasites and pathogens within and between different colonies with opportunities for spillovers. To conclude, this multidisciplinary study led to valuable insights in the hitherto hidden mechanisms within and among bat colonies.
In this thesis we have revisited the formation of the excitonic insulator (EI), which realizes an exciton condensate. In contrast to optically created exciton condensates, the EI forms in thermal equilibrium and is solely driven by the Coulomb attraction between electrons and holes. The EI phase is anticipated to occur near the semimetal-semiconductor (SM-SC) transition at low temperatures. Depending from which side the EI is approached, it forms due to a BCS-type condensation of electron-hole pairs or a Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of excitons. The extended Falicov-Kimball model (EFKM) is the minimal model the EI can be described with. This model describes spinless fermions in two dispersive bands (f band and c band), that interact via a local Coulomb repulsion. The EFKM is also used to describe electronic ferroelectricity (EFE). Both phases, the EI and EFE-type ordering, are characterized by a spontaneous f-c hybridization in the EFKM. We have presented the EI phase, the EFE phase, and the orderings they compete with. Moreover, we have determined the ground-state phase diagram of the EFKM. We have focused particularly on the anticipated BCS-BEC crossover within the EI and have analyzed the formation scenarios. The exciton spectrum and the exciton density in the normal phase close to the critical temperature give information about relevant particles and therefore the nature of the transition. We have demonstrated that the whole EI is surrounded by a halo", that is, a phase composed of electrons, holes and excitons. However, on the SM side, only excitons with a finite momentum exist. These excitons appear only in a small number and barely influence the SM-EI transition. This phase transition is driven by critical electron-hole fluctuations, generated by electrons and holes at the Fermi surface. On the SC side, excitons with arbitrary momenta exist. Most notably, we have found the number of zero-momentum excitons to diverge at the SC-EI transition, signaling the BEC of these particles. Within the EI phase, there is a smooth crossover from the BCS regime to the BEC regime. One of the promising candidates to observe the EI experimentally, is the transition-metal dichalcogenide 1T-TiSe2. Strong evidences were found favoring an EI scenario of the charge-density-wave (CDW) formation in this material. However, some aspects point to a lattice instability to drive the CDW transition. We have addressed this issue by analyzing the recently discovered chiral property of the CDW in 1T-TiSe2. We have found that the EI scenario is insufficient to explain a stable, long range chiral charge ordering. Lattice degrees of freedom must be taken into account. In particular, nonlinear electron-phonon coupling and phonon-phonon interaction are crucial. By estimating appropriate model parameters for 1T-TiSe2, we have suggested a combination of excitonic and lattice instability to drive the CDW transition in this material. Experiments in 1T-TiSe2 and other materials suggest that the coupling to the lattice is non-negligible. We have extended therefore the model by an explicit exciton-phonon interaction, and have analyzed crucial effects of this interaction. While the single-particle spectrum is not modified qualitatively, the electron-hole pair spectrum changes significantly. The inclusion of the phonons lead to a massive collective mode in the ordered ground state in contrast to the case for vanishing exciton-phonon coupling, where the mode is acoustic. We have suggested that a gapless collective mode leads to off-diagonal long range order. This questions that the ground state for finite exciton-phonon coupling represents a condensate.
For many years, rangeland ecologists have debated about whether the state of semi-arid and arid rangelands is the expression of an ecological equilibrium or non-equilibrium dynamics reached in response to grazing livestock. Since the problem has been considered at different spatial scales, it is recognised that the competing concepts of equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics need to be integrated. Furthermore, the role of environmental variables as vegetation driving factors has long been ignored in the discussion on grazing effects on ecosystems. Present thesis, examines the dependence of plant communities on environmental in particular site-ecological conditions in three ecosystems of Western Mongolia established along a precipitation gradient to detect the vegetation-driving ecological factors involved. Furthermore, grazing impact is exemplary assessed in a desert steppe at additional spatial scales of plant communities and population. At the landscape level, a classification of plant communities in dependence on environmental conditions is carried out. Additionally, the investigations focused on the impact of grazing on soil and on the occurrence of grazing-mediated plant communities. Data were sampled along an altitudinal gradient between 1150 m to 3050 m a.s.l. from arid lowland with desert steppe via semi-arid mountain steppe to humid alpine belt. Within each altitudinal belt, data sampling was carried out along grazing gradients, established from grazing hot spots to areas distant from them. By means of an environmentally based vegetation classification, factors with highest explanation values for largest variation in vegetation were identified and considered as most responsible for vegetation patterns. To validate and affirm the classification, three different statistical methods are applied: environmentally adjusted table work of vegetation relevés supported by cluster analysis of species distribution, detrended correspondence analysis of vegetation data separately from environmental data, and the principle component analysis of only environmental data. Vegetation-driving factors change along the altitudinal gradient from abiotic forces in the desert steppe, as e.g. altitude and soil texture, to abiotic and biotic forces in the alpine belt represented by soil texture, soil nutrients and grazing. Vegetation and soil of all ecosystems respond to grazing but with different patterns and to a different extent. While desert steppe does not indicate grazing communities, mountain steppe demonstrates grazing communities at fertilised sites and alpine belt at nutrients depleted sites. Thus, the grazing sensitiveness of the ecosystems is assumed to be linked with plant productivity and the role of vegetation as site-determining factor (Chapter 2). To examine grazing impact at lower spatial scales on desert steppe as the ecosystem with lowest grazing sensitiveness at the landscape scale, at community scale the total number of species, the total vegetation cover, the percentage of annual species, the cover of annual species, and properties of soil nutrient along gradients of grazing intensity within three different communities were assessed. Vegetation parameters respond to grazing in different ways, and the responses of the same parameters vary between plant communities. Correlations with grazing intensity indicate only partly statistical significance. Significant correlations of grazing intensity with concentrations of soil nutrient point to eutrophication in two communities. A comparison of vegetation and soil properties refers to a greater indirect influence of grazing via increased soil nutrients than the direct effect on vegetation (Chapter 4). At the population level, data about stand density, aboveground biomass, individual plant weight, and the proportion of flowering plants of the dominant dwarf semi-shrub Artemisia xerophytica were collected along a grazing gradient. Soil data were used to distinguish between grazing and edaphic influences. All parameters of Artemisia xerophytica reflect the assumed gradient of grazing intensity up to 800 m distance from the grazing hot spot. As grazing pressure decreases, plant density and total biomass per plot increase. The average shrub weight, an indicator of plant vitality, is related to both: distance from the grazing hot spot and stand density, which may be explained by additional intraspecific competition at higher densities. At a longer distance, these effects are masked by variations in soil parameters determining water availability, leading to quite similar degradation forms. These results are in contrast to other studies carried out at the scale of plant communities which did not detect significant changes along a grazing gradient. One explanation is the different map scale: the study took place only within a single plant community comparing populations of one species (Chapter 3). The comparative study demonstrates that even arid desert steppes of western Mongolia display equilibrial and non-equilibrial properties, depending on the observational scale: while no grazing mediated plant communities could be identified at the landscape scale as predicted by the non-equlilibrium model, at the community level vegetation parameters imply an intermediate position between equilibrium and non-equilibrium system. At the population level, the results clearly reflect the grazing gradient as predicted by the equilibrium model (Chapter 4). As a consequence, the assessment of vegetation dynamics and grazing impact in rangelands requires a multiple-scale approach that duly considers different vegetation properties responding differently to grazing, climatic and edaphic variability at different spatial scales. It is further suggested, that future research should draw comparisons between landscapes that co-evolved with herbivory, and those that did without (Chapter 4).
A slice is an intersection of a hyperplane and a self-similar set. The main purpose of this work is the mathematical description of slices. A suitable tool to describe slices are branching dynamical systems. Such systems are a generalisation of ordinary discrete dynamical systems for multivalued maps. Simple examples are systems arising from Bernoulli convolutions and beta-representations. The connection between orbits of branching dynamical systems and slices is demsonstrated and conditions are derived under which the geometry of a slice can be computed. A number of interesting 2-d and 3-d slices through 3-d and 4-d fractals is discussed.
We present classical and hybrid modeling approaches for genetic regulatory networks focusing on promoter analysis for negatively and positively autoregulated networks. The main aim of this thesis is to introduce an alternative mathematical approach to model gene regulatory networks based on piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMP). During somitogenesis, a process describing the early segmentation in vertebrates, molecular oscillators play a crucial role as part of a segmentation clock. In mice, these oscillators are called Hes1 and Hes7 and are commonly modeled by a system of two delay differential equations including a Hill function, which describes gene repression by their own gene products. The Hill coefficient, which is a measure of nonlinearity of the binding processes in the promoter, is assumed to be equal to two, based on the fact that Hes1 and Hes7 form dimers.However, by standard arguments applied to binding analysis, we show that a higher Hill coefficient is reasonable. This leads to results different from those in literature which requires a more sophisticated model. For the Hes7 oscillator we present a system of ordinary differential equations including a Michaelis-Menten term describing a nonlinear degradation of the proteins by the ubiquitinpathway. As demonstrated by the Hes1 and Hes7 oscillator, promoter behavior can have strong influence on the dynamical behavior of genetic networks. Since purely deterministic systems cannot reveal phenomenons caused by the inherent random fluctuations, we propose a novel approach based on PDMPs. Such models allow to model binding processes of transcription factors to binding sites in a promoter as random processes, where all other processes like synthesis, degradation or dimerization of the gene products are modeled in deterministic manner. We present and discuss a simulation algorithm for PDMPs and apply it to three types of genetic networks: an unregulated gene, a toggle switch, and a positively autoregulated network. The different regulation characteristics are analyzed and compared by numerical means. Furthermore, we determine analytical solutions of the stationary distributions of one negatively, and three positively autoregulated networks. Based on these results, we analyze attenuation of noise in a negative feedback loop, and the question of graded or binary response in autocatalytic networks.
The six extraocular muscles (EOMs) are arranged around the eyeball as agonist-antagonist pairs performing the eye movements. The EOMs comprise a distinct muscle group that is fundamentally different from other skeletal muscle, which is reflected on many levels, such as functionality, anatomy as well as in their molecular make-up. Physiologically EOMs are considered superfast, high endurance muscles that are continuously active. In addition, EOMs contain unusual slow-tonic fibers that share features with amphibian and avian slow-tonic fibers. EOMs also express slow/cardiac isoforms of proteins and genes along with the typical isoforms of fast muscle fibers. Another striking hallmark of EOM is their differential involvement in a number of diseases. For instance, EOMs are preferentially spared in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is the most common fatal, genetic disease in males clinically characterized by progressive muscle wasting. Mutations in the dystrophin gene result in a destabilization of the muscle membrane causing muscle fiber damage. While all other skeletal muscles deteriorate the EOMs remain morphologically and functionally healthy. In the pathogenesis of DMD elevated Ca2+ levels are believed to be an early event and it has been shown that EOMs are protected from pharmacologically induced Ca2+ damage. The goal of this study was to characterize the spared EOMs, in particular their Ca2+ homeostasis, in the context of DMD pathology to reveal new potential therapeutic targets for the disease. A combination of physiological, molecular and biochemical methods was used to investigate the Ca2+ homeostasis of EOMs to demonstrate clear differences compared with the fast limb muscle tibialis anterior (TA). Ca2+ handling of stimulated cultured EOM myotubes suggested more efficient Ca2+ removal from the cytoplasm after induced Ca2+ influx compared with cultured myoblasts from TA. Subsequent mRNA and protein expression analyses of myoblasts and adult muscle tissue revealed high expression levels of many key Ca2+ regulating and buffering proteins in rodent EOMs compared with TA. Among these Ca2+ proteins were slow/cardiac proteins, which normally are not found in fast muscles. For instance, the sarcoplasmic Ca2+ ATPase SERCA2 was elevated along with its regulator phospholamban (PLN). Further, PLN was preferentially endogenously phosphorylated at Thr17 suggesting continuous activation of SERCA2 and possibly the fast isoform SERCA1, the main Ca2+ pumps responsible for removing Ca2+ from the cytoplasm after muscle contraction. Furthermore, Ca2+ buffers, such as calsequestrin (CASQ2) and parvalbumin (PARV) were elevated. These results suggest that EOMs are endowed with a unique and superior Ca2+ homeostasis that facilitates efficient Ca2+ buffering and removal from the cytoplasm. This is in agreement with their continuous and fast activation cycles, as well as with a potential protective mechanism in prevention of Ca2+ overload in DMD. The extreme activity patterns of EOM suggested that a high activity of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) plays a critical part to replenish Ca2+ for rapid and continuous cycles of contractions. To extend the data on general Ca2+ homeostasis and because of possible implications of store-operated Ca2+ influx and other Ca2+ influx pathways in DMD, the expression patterns of group 1 transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and the proteins Orai1 and STIM1 were studied. The TRP channels, TRPC1, TRPC6 and TRPV4 channel proteins in addition to STIM1 showed higher expression in EOM compared with TA. High TRPC1, TRPV4 and STIM1 levels could play a significant role in the high fatigue resistance, muscle differentiation and SOCE in EOM. In addition, tissue from the mdx mouse model of DMD was investigated. The only channels differentially expressed in mdx EOM compared with normal EOM were TRPM4 and TRPM7 (decreased in mdx EOM) and TRPV4 (increased in mdx EOM). Although, these changes in mdx EOM were of small magnitude, they could point toward subtle compensatory changes related to the disease process. In general, EOMs seem to be unaffected by the disease and inherently protected. In conclusion, the results in this thesis have improved the understanding of the Ca2+ homeostasis in EOMs and suggest that EOM may be better able to prevent prolonged elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels. These data may help to design new therapeutic approaches targeting Ca2+ handling proteins to ameliorate muscular dystrophy.
In the present thesis, a systematic study of beam driven Alfvén eigenmodes in high-density and low-temperature plasmas of the W7-AS stellarator is performed. The device went out of operation in 2002 and the study is based on stored experimental data. Alfvén instabilities can roughly be divided into ideal MHD Alfvén eigenmodes and those existing due to kinetic effects. The spectrum of ideal MHD Alfvén waves in toroidal fusion devices consists of a continuum of stable waves that are strongly localized. Weakly damped, discrete eigenmodes can exist in gaps of the continuous spectrum which are formed by plasma inhomogeneities and the coupling of Alfvén continua. This allows an identification of ideal MHD Alfvén eigenmodes in terms of their frequency and mode numbers. Kinetic effects can modify this spectrum and cause additional types of eigenmodes, the kinetic Alfvén eigenmodes (KAE) and energetic particle modes (EPM). The goal of this thesis is twofold: (I) identification and description of fast particle driven Alfvén instabilities in W7-AS, and (II) study of energetic particle losses induced by Alfvén instabilities. The reconstruction of the ideal MHD plasma equilibrium for each discharge with sufficient accuracy is the very foundation of all subsequent steps. This is achieved, based on measured plasma parameter profiles that are further refined by validating them to the measurements of other, independent plasma diagnostics. The applied scheme is inspired by an approach of Integrated Data Analysis (IDA) to combine different diagnostic data and provide combined uncertainties. After mode number analysis and eigenmode identification, the theoretically expected, linear growth rate of the instability is calculated where possible, and the various contributions of the fast particle drive to the instability of the mode are identified. Alfvénic activity recorded by the Mirnov diagnostic is analyzed, which consists of a set of spatially distributed coils that measure magnetic fluctuations. On W7-AS, the probes are arranged in three poloidal arrays at different toroidal positions. The spacing between the probes is non-equidistant. In addition, the signals of one probe array are digitized with a different sample rate. These characteristics prohibit the straight-forward use of standard tools available for harmonic analysis. Instead, a new tool has been developed and thoroughly tested. It is a multi-dimensional extension of the Lomb periodogram, able to provide reliable time-resolved frequency and mode number spectra in the case of uneven datapoint spacing. Numerical studies of this periodogram show a good performance with respect to mode number resolution given the low number of available probes, and robustness against perturbations of the signal. Only two of the probe arrays can be used for the analysis of eigenmodes with frequencies >70 kHz, such that for high-frequency phenomena insufficient information about the mode numbers is available. A total of 133 different Alfvén eigenmodes is studied in discharges from different experimental campaigns. A restriction to discharges from various high-beta campaigns with neutral beam heating is required to allow for a realistic reconstruction of plasma equilibrium and velocity distribution functions of energetic particles. The discharges are characterized by high density, ne = 5 x 1019 m-3 to 2.5 x 1020 m-3 at relatively low temperatures of Te = Ti = 150 ... 600 eV. Alfvén eigenmodes often appear transiently in the startup phase of these discharges, where density and heating power are being ramped up. Occasionally, Alfvén eigenmodes are seen in the stationary, high-beta phase in the presence of considerable neutral beam heating. Most of the Alfvén eigenmodes are successfully classified as ideal MHD eigenmodes. 19 global, 47 toroidicity-induced and 8 ellipticity-induced Alfvén eigenmodes (GAEs, TAEs, and EAEs, respectively) are unambiguously identified by their mode numbers and frequencies. Excellent agreement between experimentally observed mode number spectra and theoretically calculated eigenmode structure is shown for a TAE example. Additional 13 events are found to have frequencies inside the EAE gap and could possibly be EAEs. Evidence for high-frequency Alfvén eigenmodes (mirror- and helicity-induced Alfvén eigenmodes) is seen, but can not be proven rigorously due to uncertain mode numbers and the complexity of the Alfvén continuum. The remaining 41 Alfvén eigenmodes can not be classified to be one of the above cases. Reasons are either high frequencies, mode numbers obscured by far-field effects, or mode numbers that could not be related to ideal MHD Alfvén eigenmodes. A selection of these shows indications of strong non-linear wave-particle interactions and are assumed to be EPMs. Kinetic Alfvén eigenmodes are not expected to exist in the experimental conditions that were studied. The radially resolved velocity distribution function is used to describe the parameter regimes in which the modes are observed in terms of the dimensionless parameters vb/vA (beam velocity normalized to the Alfvén velocity) and ßfast/ßth, where beta is the ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure. The first parameter describes through which of the possible resonance velocities particles can interact with the eigenmode. A peculiarity of the fast particle dynamics in fusion devices is that they can resonantly interact with Alfvén eigenmodes through sideband resonances even if v < vA. The second parameter describes the energy content of the destabilizing fast particle population compared to the potentially stabilizing thermal plasma component. These parameters contain relevant information about the instability of an eigenmode and such diagrams are given for all observed modes. In addition to that, the expected linear growth rate of gap modes is calculated based on a theoretical model that extends the ideal MHD by a perturbative, drift-kinetic description of the energy exchange between waves and circulating particles, neglecting the effects of trapped particles. For the discharges under consideration the thermal electron speed is comparable to vA and the electrons provide a significant Landau damping contribution. Due to strong density gradients near the plasma boundary in most of the discharges, the thermal ions can provide a small drive via the spatial inhomogeneity which does not overcome the electron damping, however. The drive by spatial inhomogeneity of thermal ions requires a certain propagation direction of the mode and is equally stabilizing for opposite mode numbers. The fast particles also contribute to the growth rate via spatial inhomogeneity, velocity gradients and velocity anisotropy terms are negligible in W7-AS. Most of the observed GAE or EAE modes have negative mode numbers, which correspond to a propagation direction for which the spatial inhomogeneity of thermal and beam ions is predicted to be stabilizing. A fast particle drive of these modes is not confirmed, whereas the TAEs are found to be strongly destabilized by neutral beam injection. The distribution of plasma parameters for discharges showing TAEs in terms of the dimensionless stability parameters suggests an instability threshold that is qualitatively confirmed by an exploration of the parameter space with the theoretical model. Wave-induced, resonant losses of energetic ions scale linearly with the wave amplitude. To identify them, correlations between ion loss probe signals and wave amplitudes are searched, where correlation times in the order of the slowing-down time of energetic particles are expected. Significant correlations can be established only exceptionally for 3 of the identified ideal MHD Alfvén eigenmodes. Those Alfvén eigenmodes, however, which are assumed to be EPMs frequently show severe losses of energetic ions that are visible in the time traces of the plasma energy as well.
Technological advances in light microscopy have always gone hand in hand with unprecedented biological insight. For microbiology, light microscopy even played a founding role in the conception of the entire discipline. The ability to observe pathogens that would otherwise evade human observation makes it a critical necessity and an indispensable tool to infectious disease research. Thus, the aim of this thesis was to optimize, extend, and functionally apply advanced light microscopy techniques to elucidate spatio-temporal and spatio-morphological components of bacterial and viral infection in vitro and in vivo.
Pathogens are in a constant arms race with the host’s immune system. By finding ways to circumvent host-mediated immune responses, they try to evade elimination and facilitate their own propagation. The first study (publication I) demonstrated that the obligate intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii is not just able to infect natural killer (NK) cells, but is actually capable of surviving the harsh degradative conditions in the cytotoxic lymphocyte’s granules. Using live-cell imaging of reporter-expressing Coxiella burnetii, the transient NK cell passage was closely monitored to provide detailed spatio-temporal information on this dynamic process in support of a range of static analyses. Bacterial release from NK cells was pinpointed to a time frame between 24 to 48 hours post-infection and the duration of release to about 15 minutes.
The second approach (publications II-V) aimed at shedding light on the greater spatio-morphological context of virus infection. Thus far, most studies investigating the distribution or tropism of viruses in vivo have used conventional immunohistochemistry in thin sections. Omitting the native spatial context of the infection site in vivo inherently bears the risk of incomplete description. While the microscopic tools and sample preparation protocols needed for volumetric 3D immunofluorescence imaging have recently been made available, they had not gained a foothold in virus research yet. An integral part of this thesis was concerned with the assessment and optimization of available tissue optical clearing protocols to develop an immunofluorescence-compatible 3D imaging pipeline for the investigation of virus infection inside its intact spatio-morphological environment (publication II). This formed the basis for all subsequent volumetric analyses of virus infection in vivo presented here. Consequently, this thesis provided a valuable proof of concept and blueprints for future virus research on the mesoscopic scale of host-pathogen interactions in vivo (publications II-V), using rabies virus (RABV; publications II-IV) and the newly-emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; publication V) as infection models for the nervous system and the respiratory tract, respectively.
Applying and further improving this volumetric 3D imaging workflow enabled unprecedented insights into the comprehensive in vivo cell tropism of RABV in the central (CNS) (publication III) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) (publication IV). Accordingly, differential infection of CNS-resident astrocytes by pathogenic and lab-attenuated RABV was demonstrated (publication III). While either virus variant showed equal capacity to infect neurons, as demonstrated by quantitative image analysis, only pathogenic field RABVs were able to establish non-abortive infection of astrocytes via the natural intramuscular inoculation route. A combined 3D LSFM-CLSM workflow further identified peripheral Schwann cells as a relevant target cell population of pathogenic RABV in the PNS (publication IV). This suggested that non-abortive infection of central and peripheral neuroglia by pathogenic RABV impairs their immunomodulatory function and thus represents a key step in RABV pathogenesis, which may contribute significantly to the establishment of lethal rabies disease.
Finally, utilizing the full volumetric acquisition power of LSFM, a further refined version of the established 3D imaging pipeline facilitated a detailed mesoscopic investigation of the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in the respiratory tract of the ferret animal model (publication V). Particularly for this newly-emerged pathogen of global concern, in-depth knowledge of host-pathogen interactions is critical. By preserving the complete spatio-morphological context of virus infection in the ferret respiratory tract, this thesis provided the first specific 3D reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the first report of 3D visualization of respiratory virus infection in nasal turbinates altogether. 3D object segmentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in large tissue volumes identified and emphasized a distinct oligofocal infection pattern in the upper respiratory tract (URT) of ferrets. Furthermore, it corroborated a preferential replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the ferret URT, as only debris-associated virus antigen was detected in the lower respiratory tract of ferrets, thus providing crucial information on the spatial distribution of SARS-CoV-2.
The collisionless tearing mode is investigated by means of the delta-f PIC code EUTERPE solving the gyrokinetic equation. In this thesis the first simulations of electromagnetic non-ideal MHD modes in a slab geometry with EUTERPE are presented. Linear simulations are carried out in the cases of vanishing and finite temperature gradients. Both cases are benchmarked using a shooting method showing that EUTERPE simulates the linearly unstable tearing mode to a very high accuracy. In the case of finite diamagnetic effects and values of the linear stability parameter Delta of order unity analytic predictions of the linear dispersion relation are compared with simulation results. The comparison validates the analytic results in this parameter range. Nonlinear single-mode simulations are performed in the small- to medium-Delta range measuring the dependency of the saturated island half width on the equilibrium current width. The results are compared with an analytic prediction obtained with a kinetic electromagnetic model. In this thesis the first simulation results in the regime of fast nonlinear reconnection~(medium- to high-Delta range) are presented using the standard gyrokinetic equation. In this regime a nonlinear critical threshold has been found dividing the saturated mode from the super-exponential phase for medium-Delta values. This critical threshold has been proven to occur in two slab equilibria frequently used for reconnection scenarios. Either changing the width of the equilibrium current or the wave number of the most unstable mode makes the threshold apparent. Extensive parameter studies including the variation of the domain extensions as well as the equilibrium current width are dedicated to a comprehensive overview of the critical threshold in a wide range of parameters. Additionally, a second critical threshold for high-Delta equilibria has been observed. A detailed comparison between a compressible gyrofluid code and EUTERPE is carried out. The two models are compared with each other in the linear regime by measuring growth rates over wave numbers of the most unstable mode for two setups of parameters. Analytical scaling predictions of the dispersion relation relevant to the low-Delta regime are discussed. Employing nonlinear simulations of both codes the saturated island half width and oscillation frequency of the magnetic islands are compared in the small-Delta range. Both models agree very well in the limit of marginal instability and differ slightly with decreasing wave vector. Recently, the full polarisation response in the quasi-neutrality equation was implemented in EUTERPE using the Padé approximation of the full gyrokinetic polarisation term. Linear simulation results including finite ratios of ion to electron temperature are benchmarked with the dispersion relation obtained from a hybrid model. Finite temperature effects influence the saturated island width slightly with increasing ion to electron temperature ratio which has been verified by both models.
Forests influence the climate of our Earth and provide habitat and food for many species and resources for human use. These valuable ecosystems are threatened by fast environmental changes caused by human-induced climte change. Negative growth responses and higher tree mortality rates were associated with increasing physiological stress induced by global warming. Especially boreal forests at high latitudes in the arctic region are threatened, a region predicted to undergo the highest increase in temperature during the next decades. Therefore, it is important to assess the adaptation potential in trees. For this purpose, I studied natural populations of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) in Alaska. In this thesis, I present three scientific papers in which my co-authors and I studied the phenotypic plasticity and genetic basis of tree growth, wood anatomy and drought tolerance as well as the genetic structure of white spruce populations in contrasting environments. We established three sites representing two cold-limited treelines and one drought-limited treeline with a paired plot design including one plot located at the treeline and one plot located in a closed-canopy forest, respectively. Additionally, the study design included one forest plot as reference. Within the entire project, in total 3,000 trees were measured, genotyped and dendrochronological data was obtained. I used several approaches to estimate the neutral and adaptive genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity of white spruce as a model organism to explore the adaptation potential of trees to climate change.
In the first chapter, I combined neutral genetic markers with dendrochronological and climatic data to investigate population structure and individual growth of white spruce. Several individual-based dendrochronological approaches were applied to test the influence of genetic similarity and microenvironment on growth performance. The white spruce populations of the different sites showed high gene flow and high genetic diversity within and low genetic differentiation among populations, rather explained by geographic distance. The individual growth performances showed a high plasticity rather influenced by microenvironment than genetic similarity.
In the second chapter, I investigated the populations of the drought and cold-limited treeline sites to decipher the underlying genetic structure of drought tolerance using different genotype-phenotype association analyses. Based on tree-ring series and climatic data, growth declines caused by drought stress were identified and the individual reaction to the drought stress event was determined. A subset of 458 trees was genotyped, using SNPs in candidate genes and associated with the individual drought response. Most of the associations were revealed by an approach which took into account small-effect size SNPs and their interactions. Populations of the contrasting treelines responded differently to drought stress events. Populations further showed divergent genetic structures associated with drought responsive traits, most of them in the drought-limited site, indicating divergent selection pressure.
In the third chapter, my co-authors and I studied xylem anatomical traits at one of the cold-limited treeline sites to investigate whether genetic or spatial grouping affected the anatomy and growth of white spruce. Annual growth and xylem anatomy were compared between spatial groups and between genetic groups and individuals. Overall, wood traits were rather influenced by spatial than genetic grouping. Genetic effects were only found in earlywood hydraulic diameter and latewood density. Environmental conditions indirectly influenced traits related to water transport.
In conclusion, white spruce showed a high genetic diversity within and a low genetic differentiation among populations influenced by high gene flow rates. Genetic differences among populations are rather caused by geographical distance and therefore genetic drift. Differing selection pressure at the treeline ecotones presumably lead to divergent genetic structures underlying drought-tolerant phenotypes among the populations. Thus, adaptation to drought most likely acts on a local scale and involves small frequency shifts in several interacting genes. The identified genes with adaptive growth traits can be used to further exlore local adaptation in white spruce. Tree growth and wood anatomical traits are rather influenced by the environment than genetics and showed a high phentoypic plasticity. The high genetic diverstiy and phenotypic plasticity of white spruce may help the species to cope with rapid environmental changes. Still, additional work is needed to further explore adaptation processes to estimate how tree species reacted to rapid climate change. The presented thesis shed some light on the adaptation potential of trees by the example of white spruce using several approaches.
Objective: To compare the effectiveness and complications of intraligamentary anesthesia
(ILA) with conventional inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) during injection and dental
treatment of mandibular posterior teeth.
Materials and Methods: In this randomized, prospective clinical trial, 72 patients (39 males, 33
females) patients scheduled for dental treatment of mandibular posterior teeth, were randomly
allocated to ILA group (n=35) received ILA injection or IANB group (n=37) received the
conventional IANB. Our primary outcome was to assess pain and stress (discomfort) during the
injection and dental treatment, using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) from 0 to 10 (0 = no
pain, 10= the worst pain imaginable). Whereas; recording 24 hours postoperative complications
were our Secondary outcomes.
Results: Patients in ILA group reported significantly less pain during injection when compared
with IANB group (p=0.03). While pain during dental treatment was similar in both groups
(p=0.2). Patients in both groups also reported similar low values of discomfort during treatment
(p= 0.7). Although no signs of nerve contact or any other postoperative complications were
observed, five patients in IANB group (none in ILA group) reported temporary irritations
Conclusion: This study showed equivalent effectiveness of both intraligamentary anesthesia
and conventional inferior alveolar nerve block, for pain control during routine dental treatment
of mandibular posterior teeth. Nevertheless, ILA showed significantly less pain during
injection. No major postoperative complications in both groups were observed.
Clinical Relevance: ILA could be considered as an effective alternative for routine dental
treatment.
Ribozymes for Aminoacylation
(2012)
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) are at the heart of modern translation, catalyzing the accurate biosynthesis of aminoacyl-tRNAs. According to the RNA world hypothesis, the early translation system should have aminoacylation ribozymes for RNA aminoacylation. For this, an aaRS ribozyme system, consisting of the KK13 ribozyme and the C3a ribozyme was successfully designed, which can perform both amino acid activation and aminoacyl transfer reaction. Generation of such aminoacylation ribozyme system would fill up the gap between the RNA world and the modern biological world. In addition, two types of diversified aminoacylation ribozymes, symmetrical ribozymes and self-assembling ribozymes were successfully developed, which may have great meaning in the origin of life.
The glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) not only presents the most common tumor of the central nervous system in adults, it is also the most aggressive brain tumor. Although patients suffering from GBM standardly receive a combination of multiple treatments including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, its prognosis is still poor with a median survival time of only 12-15 months. Therefore, new and effective treatment methods are urgently needed.
A signaling molecule which is both involved in proliferation, migration and invasion of a broad range of healthy and malignant cells is the lipid mediator sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). Previous studies have confirmed that sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor 1 (S1PR1) is involved in the regulation of proliferation, invasion, metastasis, vascular maturation and angiogenesis of GBM cells, and is closely related to the occurrence and development of tumors. Thus, ACT-209905 (provided by Actelion Pharmaceuticals) as a selective S1PR1 modulator was applied to gain insights into the molecular processes activated by S1PR1 in GBM cells using two human (LN18, U87MG) and one murine (GL261) GBM cell line.
In our in vitro cell viability analyses, we found that ACT-209905 significantly reduced viability of LN18 cells in a concentration dependent manner. A combined administration of ACT-209905 with S1PR2 inhibitors (Compound 16, Compound 16ME – both provided by ONO Pharmaceuticals, and JTE-013 – commercially available) showed a stronger effect than the single administration demonstrating that both S1PR1 and S1PR2 are involved in growth of GBM cells and may interact with each other. Our results also demonstrated that ACT-209905 can induce apoptosis in GBM cells since caspase 3 activity was induced by the S1PR1 modulator which might therefore play an important role in inhibiting the proliferation of GBM cells. Further, we found a significant inhibitory effect of ACT-209905 on the migration and invasion of LN18 and U87MG GBM cells arguing for a participation of S1PR1 signaling in migration and invasion of GBM cells, too. Stimulation of S1P receptors results in the activation of several kinases such as AKT1 and ERK1/2, correspondingly our immunoblot analyses showed a strong activation of both kinases by S1P which was reduced by ACT-209905 in LN18 cells but not in GL261 cells suggesting that different pathways are activated by S1P in these GBM cell lines. Further studies have to be performed to clarify the role of AKT1 and ERK1/2 in the inhibitory effects of ACT-209905 on GBM proliferation, migration and invasion.
Currently, GBM stem cells are discussed as a reason for resistance against the radiochemotherapy and the recurrence of the tumor. Our immunoblot analyses showed that Nestin and CD133, two marker proteins for GBM stem cells, were higher expressed in GBM cells treated with ACT-209905 compared to control or S1P treated LN18 cells. Further investigations in the future might contribute to the elucidation of an involvement of the S1P receptors in the stem cell behavior of GBM cells. Paradoxically to the up-regulation of CD133 and Nestin by ACT-209905, treatment of LN18 stem-like neurospheres with ACT-209905 showed a significant cytotoxic effect of the compound which was even more pronounced in the stem-like neurosphere cells compared to the adherent parental LN18 cells.
Overall, the studies of this work improve our understanding of the complex mechanisms of S1P signaling in GBM cells and might drive the development of its pharmacological modulation as a new therapeutic principle in GBM. Furthermore, an extended knowledge about the molecular effects of ACT-209905 on GBM cells will broaden the understanding for possible future applications and clinical indications.
With the aim to discover and create suitable biocatalysts for the synthesis of chiral amines in a faster and more efficient way, this thesis includes protein engineering studies (Article I), explores transaminase substrate specificities (Articles II and IV), and an ultrahigh-throughput growth system-based for the directed evolution of amine-forming enzymes (Article III).
The protein engineering studies described in Article I deal with the creation of a (R)-amine transaminase activity in the α-amino acid transaminase scaffold to expand our knowledge of the evolutionary relationship between amine transaminase and α-amino acid transaminase. Article II describes the broadening of the limited substrate scope of transaminases to enable the conversion of bulky substrates. In Article III, a growth selection system is described for an ultra-high throughput screening strategy to accelerate the identification of desired mutants, which can be widely applied to the directed evolution of amine-forming enzymes.
Global climate change is occurring all over the world, but in the Arctic the climate is changing more rapidly and drastically than in many other parts of our planet. Many species that are already at their climatic limit need to adapt to recent climate conditions or migrate in order to not go extinct. The possibilities of adaption include phenotypic plasticity and adaptation to various extents. This is also the case for white spruce P. glauca, which belongs to the conifers and thus in the largest group of gymnosperms still living today. Among the approx. 600 extant conifer species white spruce is one of the most widespread trees in North American boreal forests. Its range extends from 69° N in the Canadian Northwest Territories to the Great Lakes at about 44° N, where it occurs from sea level to an altitude of about 1520 m (Burns and Honkala, 1990). Site related, climate-dependent differences in white spruce reproduction can be seen as a strategy to survive under the harsh climatic conditions at Alaska's treelines: Besides sexual reproduction, the vegetative propagation occurs in the white spruce as an additional reproductive mechanism. This can be realized by "layering" when the lower branches of the tree crown touch the ground and develop roots to later grow as a separate individual with or without a connection to the mother tree. Known as other mechanisms of vegetative propagation are also the rooting of fallen trees which were not completely uprooted, and the "root suckering", in which new shoots sprout from the roots of the tree. However, the latter was not yet observed in the genus Picea. With the help of short, repetitive, non-coding sequences in the genome, which are therefore not subject to selection and are called microsatellites, these clones can be determined by genotyping.
For this purpose, using different polymorphic microsatellites, an individual multilocus genotype is created for each tree, by means of which it can be compared with all other trees of the same species.
In the first part of this work (article I), the occurrence of clones in three study areas at Alaskan treelines are examined and the reasons for their appearance in variable numbers are discussed. For this purpose, 2571 white spruces (P. glauca) were genotyped and their position was determined via differential GPS in the field. The percentage of clonal trees is higher in areas with harsh climatic conditions and correlates with the height of the lowest branches of the tree crown. This suggests that the vegetative propagation of white spruce is a backup strategy for times when climatic conditions hamper sexual reproduction. The correlation between clone numbers and tree crown height suggests "layering" as the main mechanism for cloning whereas selection for vegetative reproduction seems to be very unlikely shown by the results for genetic differentiation between the clonal and the singleton trees in this study.
In the second part of this work (articles II and III), the influence of environmental factors and phenotypic traits on the mycobiome of the needles (including all fungi living on (epiphytic) and in (endophytic) the needles) in our study areas in Alaska was investigated. The mycobiome of the white spruce needles was chosen as a proxy for the parasite infection rate by fungi and thus serves as a fitness parameter. For this purpose, all epiphytic and endophytic fungal species were analyzed by a metabarcoding analysis.
In article II, 48 trees of one study area at Alaska’s northern treeline (Brooks Range) were examined for differences in mycobiome due to genetic differentiation, phenotypic characteristics and / or habitat characteristics. The trees used for this study were sampled from two adjacent plots on a south-facing mountain slope with an elevation gradient from 875 to 950 meters above sea level. It could be shown that, in contrast to the trees genotype, the height above sea level, the mountain slope, as well as the height and age of the trees have a significant impact on the mycobiome. The genetic differentiation between the tree individuals, however, showed no significant effect.
Based on article II we examined the mycobiome composition of a total of 96 trees in 2 plots (16 trees each) at three sites in Alaska over a distance of 500 kilometers. Additionally, we sampled needles of two different ages for each tree (current year and three years old needles) summing up to 192 samples in total. The incentive of this study (article III) was to investigate the influence of origin and age of spruce needles on their mycobiome and if there is a genetic predisposition that is related to the fungal species community. In addition, the sampling design was improved by collecting needles from all four orientations (North, South, East and West) and sampling trees at a standardized distance to each other to avoid systematic errors. Comparable to article II the influence of the trees genetics on the species community of the epiphytic and endophytic fungi of the white spruce needles seems to be very unlikely. In contrast, a significant influence of the geographic origin and the needle age on the species structure of the needle inhabiting fungal species was found. The phenotypic tree traits height and dbh (diameter at breast height) had only minor influence and did in fact explain less than 2% of the mycobiome variance. Using Illumina sequencing, 10.2 million reads from the nucleotide sequence between the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) genes could be obtained, which yielded in 1575 ribotypes (called operational taxonomic unit, OTU) for the fungi. These were compared with a reference database to compare and assign them to known fungal species. For example, 942 OTUs with >95% similarity could be identified as known species, with 1975 samples identified on genus level and 2683 when determined to family level. The most pronounced difference between the two studies (article II and III) were due to the fungal species of the class of Pucciniomycetes, more specifically the genus Chrysomyxa which belongs to the rust fungi and is plant pathogenic. In the study of article II (sampling in 2012), Pucciniomycetes accounted for only a minor portion of the assigned DNA sequences. In the second study (article III, sampling in 2015) they accounted for more than half of all basidiomycetes found, which in turn contain 20.0% of all DNA sequences, the second largest phylum found beside Ascomycetes (51.4%).
Mass spectrometry-based Proteome analysis of porcine cells infected with African swine fever virus
(2023)
ASFV, a highly contagious, pathogenic and lethal pathogen of swine, poses a major threat to domestic and wild suids worldwide as neither vaccines nor treatments are available. Compared to other well-characterized similarly complex viruses like herpesviruses or adenoviruses, the understanding of ASFV biology is poor.
To improve the understanding of ASFV biology, following the establishment of a robust protocol for the isolation of primary monocyte-derived porcine macrophages (moMΦ) and their infection with ASFV for mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteome analysis was performed.
Under both conditions, naïve and infected, the isolated cells showed cell type-specific characteristics like phagocytosis and antigen presentation and protein expression patterns, including the expression of swine leucocyte antigens and CD markers. Furthermore, moMΦ could be reproducibly infected with ASFV isolates of different genotypes and pathogenicity.
The ASFV protein expression patterns in moMΦ correlate well with those observed in established cell lines at transcript and protein level. The expression of 27 ASFV proteins was confirmed at the protein level. Among them, 9 members of multi-gene families (MGF) and 12 novel open reading frames (nORFs) were recently predicted based on transcription start site mapping.
The direct comparison of closely related ASFV genotype II isolates revealed no virulence-associated protein expression patterns beyond those expected based on the genome sequences of the isolates.
Using different MS quantification strategies, it was shown that ASFV affects both static protein expression levels and protein synthesis. These changes in protein expression impact proteins and pathways known to be targeted by ASFV, including CD-markers, ER-stress and cell death pathways, and cellular antiviral responses. Beyond these observations that further validated the moMΦ infection model, novel effects of the ASFV infection on the cellular proteome were noticed.
These effects include the decreased expression levels of cathepsins, especially cathepsins D (CTSD), H (CTSH) and L (CTSL) as well as the transient activation of MAPK14/p38 prior to its strong downregulation. In addition to MAPK14/p38 further members of the MAPK14/p38 signaling pathway, like MAPKAPK2, were affected by ASFV infection.
As these modulations of the cellular proteome would in general result in decreased pro-inflammatory responses, it did stand out that the synthesis of interferon-response related genes including MX1 and ISG15 evaded the ASFV-induced global reduction of protein synthesis. In contrast, the synthesis of genes involved in RNA processing and splicing was significantly impaired. In total, the regulations of individual host proteins assessed in the context of the whole cellular proteome integrate well with each other and other cellular responses to ASFV infection and may help to improve the understanding of host-virus interactions.
Overall, this thesis provides novel insights into the expression of ASFV-encoded ORFs of different isolates and the host response to ASFV infection. It points out that the current knowledge of the ASFV coding capacity, temporal protein expression patterns, protein functionality, post-translational modifications and host interactions is still sketchy as many aspects of ASFV replication have yet to be understood. The established moMΦ-model to study ASFV infections in vitro provides a powerful tool for future applications to increase the understanding of ASFV biology.
Cerebral palsy (CP) remains one of the most common debilitating diseases in the world.
Factors such as neuromuscular incoordination, use of soft diet and delayed oral
clearance of food make maintenance of optimum oral hygiene a challenging task in
these children. The compromised oral hygiene in turn make these children highly
vulnerable to dental disease. Maintaining optimal oral/dental health in CP children is of
utmost importance as these children usually suffer from several associated general
health problems in addition to their primary condition. Poor dental health further
compromises their general health. Nevertheless, CP children often suffer from dental
diseases including dental caries more than healthy children. This underscores the need
for improvement in oral health of the CP children. The CP children are dependent on
those around them for their oral hygiene maintenance and dietary intake. CP children
spend most of their time with health care workers in special centers for them or with
their parents/care takers at home. Therefore, the attitude of special health care workers
and parents towards their dental health is of prime importance. The purpose of this
project included to determine the attitude of special health care workers towards their
dental health and oral health comprehension by parents of CP children. In addition, a
study on caries experience of CP children and associated risk factors was also completed.
The final objective was to identify various potential areas of improvement with ultimate
goal of improving dental health of the CP children.
The study involving special health care workers in a Disabled Children’s Center revealed
that oral health knowledge and practices among the workers could generally be labeled
as satisfactory, however some weak areas (such as trend towards symptom-oriented
utilization of oral health care and lack of knowledge about fluoridated water) were
identified. There is a need to enhance the workers’ knowledge in these areas.
The study involving parents of the CP children showed mixed results. Some areas of
strong oral health comprehension (such as importance of good dental health, harmful
effects of sweetened foods), others satisfactory (such as need for routine dental visits,
use of fluoride) and some weak areas (use of flavored fizzy drinks, bottled/canned juices
and sweetened/flavored milks, seeking early treatment) were identified among parents
of CP children. The results strongly indicated a need for enhanced efforts towards
improvement of oral health comprehension in the parents of the CP children.
The study about caries experience and risk factors in CP children has provided useful
information in an area where literature has been scarce. Almost all the studied children
had clinical dental caries, and most of the caries were untreated. Very few children in
the present study had optimal oral hygiene. This study confirmed the strong correlation
between high dental caries experience and poor oral hygiene. Routine dental check-up
visits and topical fluoride application clearly resulted in lower caries experience. Bottled
juices and crispy potato chips were the two predictors for high caries experience.
As stated before, the goal of the project was to identify various potential areas of
improvement in oral health attitude of special health care workers, oral health
comprehension of the parents of CP children and risk factors for dental caries in CP
children. It is contemplated that by addressing the identified weak areas, an
improvement in dental health and care of the CP children is expected. It is also expected
that the collected information will help in improvement of clinical preventive as well as
restorative services for the CP children. CP children and their parents lead a challenging
life. This project was an effort to assist these children and their parents/care takers with
ultimate goal of improving their oral health and in turn their overall quality of life.
Optomechanical (om) systems are characterized by their nonlinear light-matter interaction. This is responsible for unique dynamic properties and allows the detection of a variety of classical and quantum mechanical phenomena on a microscopic as well as on a macroscopic scale. In this work we have studied the dynamic behavior of two laser-driven om systems, the single om cell ("cavity optomechanics / membrane-in-the-middle setup") and a two-dimensional hexagonal array of these cells ("om graphene"). The first case was motivated by the possibility to detect the transition from quantum mechanics to classical mechanics directly on the basis of the dynamic behavior. For this we focus on multistability effects of the optical and mechanical degrees of freedom, that are modeled by harmonic oscillators. Our description is based on the quantum optical master equation, which takes into account the environmental interaction assuming a vanishing temperature. As a consequence of decoherence, the dynamics occur near the semiclassical limit, i.e. it is characterized by quantum fluctuations. The quantum-to-classical transition is realized formally by rescaling the equations of motion. In the classical limit, quantum fluctuations disappear and the mean field equations were evaluated by analytical and numerical methods. We found that classical multistability is characterized by stationary signatures on the route to chaos, as well as by the coexistence of single-periodic orbits for the mechanical degree of freedom. The latter point was extensively evaluated by means of a self-consistent approach. For the dynamics in the quantum regime quantum fluctuations cannot be neglected. For this purpose, the master equation was solved by means of a numerical implementation of the Quantum State Diffusion (QSD) method. Based on Wigner and autocorrelation functions, we were able to show that quantum multistability is a dynamic effect: chaotic dynamics is suppressed and there is a time-dependent distribution of the phase space volume on classical simple-periodic orbits. The results can be interpreted within a semiclassical picture, which makes use of the single QSD quantum trajectory. Accordingly, the quantum-classical transition is explained as a time-scale effect, which is determined by tunneling probabilities in an effective mean-field potential. The subject of the second part of the work is the transport of low-energy Dirac quasiparticles in om graphene, propagating as light and sound waves. For this purpose, we investigated the scattering of a plane light wave by laser-induced photon-phonon coupling planar and circular barriers. The starting point is the om Dirac equation, which results from the continuum approximation of the Hamiltonian description of the two-dimensional array near the semiclassical limit. This work was motivated by the rich and interesting relativistic transport and tunneling phenomena found for electrons in graphene, which now appear in a new way. The reason is the presence of the new spin degree of freedom, which distinguishes the optical and mechanical excitations. In this spin space, the om interaction can be understood as a potential, which in our analysis consists of a time-independent and a time-dependent sinusoidal part. For the first case of a static barrier, the transport is elastic and is characterized by stationary scattering signatures. After solving the scattering problem via continuity conditions we were able to identify different scattering regimes depending on scattering parameters. In addition to relativistic phenomena such as Klein tunneling, simple parameter variation allows to use the barrier as a resonant light-sound interconverter and angle-dependent emitter. For the oscillating barrier, the transport is inelastic and is characterized by dynamic scattering signatures. To solve the time-periodic scattering problem, we have applied the Floquet theory for an effective two-level system. As a result of the barrier oscillation, photons and phonons can get and give away energy portions in the form of integer multiples of the oscillation frequency. The interference of short (classical) and long-wave (quantum) components leads to mixing of the scattering regimes. This allows to use the barrier as a time-periodic light-sound interconverter with interesting radiation characteristics. In addition, we have argued that the oscillating barrier provides the necessary energetic conditions for detecting zitterbewegung.
The focus of the first two articles was the engineering and application of enzymes for the conversion of the bio-based resources glycerol and its oxidation product glyceraldehyde for the production of the value added product glyceric acid. Article III focuses on the cloning, exploration and engineering of a polyol dehydrogenase, which later on was used as cofactor recycling system in order to produce ε-caprolactone from cyclohexanol as presented in arti-cle IV. The following paragraphs will give a short outline of each article. ARTICLE I: ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF D-GLYCERIC ACID BY AN ALDITOL OXIDASE AND DIRECTED EVOLUTION FOR ENHANCED OXIDATIVE ACTIVITY TOWARDS GLYCEROL. GERSTENBRUCH, S., WULF, H., MUßMANN, N., O’CONNELL, T., MAURER, K.-H. & BORNSCHEUER, U. T. (2012). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 96, 1243-1252. The alditol oxidase of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) (AldO) was used to catalyze the oxida-tion of glycerol to glyceraldehyde and glyceric acid. The enantioselectivity for the FAD-de-pendent glycerol oxidation was elucidated and different strategies were used to enhance the substrate specificity towards glycerol. Directed evolution by error-prone PCR led to an AldO double mutant with 1.5-fold improved activity for glycerol. Further improvement of activity was achieved by combination of mutations, leading to a quadruple mutant with 2.4-fold higher specific activity towards glycerol compared to the wild-type enzyme. In small-scale biotransformation concentrations up to 2.0 g•l-1 D-glyceric acid could be reached using whole cells. Investi¬gation of the effects of the introduced mutations led to a further identification of es¬sential amino acids with respect to enzyme functionality and structural stability. ARTICLE II: KINETIC RESOLUTION OF GLYCERALDEHYDE USING AN ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE FROM DEINOCOCCUS GEOTHERMALIS DSM 11300 COMBINED WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL COFACTOR RECYCLING. WULF, H., PERZBORN, M., SIEVERS, G., SCHOLZ, F. & BORNSCHEUER, U. T. (2012). J. Mol. Catal. B Enzym. 74, 144-150. Two aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH) from Escherichia coli BL21 and Deinococcus geother-malis were cloned, characterized and evaluated according to their applicability for a bio-catalysis setup with electrolytic cofactor recycling. Both ALDHs turned out to have a sim¬ilar substrate scope and favor short to medium chain aldehydes and both oxidize glyceralde¬hyde to D-glyceric acid. The ALDH variant of D. geothermalis shows higher specific activity towards glyceraldehyde and has an elevated optimum temperature compared to the BL21 enzyme. Due to the higher specific activity of the ALDH of D. geothermalis, this enzyme was used to conduct a kinetic resolution of glyceraldehyde with electrolytic NAD+ recycling at a glassy carbon foam electrode with ABTS as redox mediator yielding in 1.8 g•l-1 glyceric acid. ARTICLE III: PROTEIN ENGINEERING OF A THERMOSTABLE POLYOL DEHYDROGENASE. WULF, H.*, MALLIN, H.*, BORNSCHEUER U.T. (2012). Enzyme Microb. Technol. 51, 217-224 (*equally contributed). The new enzyme polyol dehydrogenase PDH-11300 from D. geothermalis was extensively characterized regarding its temperature optimum and thermostability. A peptide stretch responsible for substrate recognition from the PDH-11300 was substituted by this particular stretch of a homolog enzyme, the galactitol dehydrogenase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides (PDH-158), resulting in a chimeric enzyme (PDH-loop). The substrate scopes were deter-mined and basically the chimeric enzyme represented the average of both wild-type en-zymes. A rather unexpected finding was the notably increased T5060, by 7°C to 55.3°C, and an increased specific activity against cyclohexanol. Finally, the cofactor specificity was suc¬cess-fully altered from NADH to NADPH by an Asp55Asn mutation, which is located at the NAD+ binding cleft, without influencing the catalytic properties of the dehydrogenase. ARTICLE IV: A SELF-SUFFICIENT BAEYER-VILLIGER BIOCATALYSIS SYSTEM FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF Ɛ-CAPROLACTONE FROM CYCLOHEXANOL. MALLIN, H. *, WULF, H. *, BORNSCHEUER U.T. (2013). Enzyme Microb. Technol., online, DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2013.01.007 (*equally contributed). The application of the engineered PDH-loopN mutant [1] (Article III) for the production of ε-caprolactone from cyclohexanol was investigated in a co-immobilization approach with the cyclohexanone monooxygenase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. Biotransformation with solubilized enzymes led to an isolated yield of 55% pure ε-caprolactone with no residual cy-clohexanol to be detected. During the immobilization experiments a higher enzyme ratio in favor of the CHMO led to higher reaction velocities. Similarly, the addition of soluble fresh CHMO during reuse of co-immobilization batches significantly increased the activity identi-fying the CHMO as the bottleneck in this reaction setup.
The definition of Green Chemistry was first formulated at the beginning of the 1990s – 30 years ago and states as follows: “design of chemical products and processes to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances” (Poliakoff et al. 2002). Biocatalysis is one of the examples of “green” chemistry as it is relying on natural or modified enzymes. Today, biocatalysis is a standard technology for the production of chemicals (Straathof et al. 2002).
In this PhD thesis, the implications of biocatalysis using different class of enzymes are discussed: two cytochrome P450 monoxygenases, two kinases and one lyase are shown as tools for the production of bioactive compounds.
The P450 enzymes have a central role in the oxidative metabolism of a wide variety of compounds including the synthesis of endogenous substrates such as steroids and fatty acids. Moreover, P450s catalyze the hydroxylation of non-activated carbon atoms in a regio- and stereospecific fashion avoiding use of protecting groups and several, time-consuming chemical steps.
Here, the recombinant expression and biocatalytic characterization of bacterial CYP107D1 for the regio- and stereoselective hydroxylation of two steroid compounds is reported. Since the natural electron transfer partners of these P450s are unknown, PdX and PdR from P. putida were employed to supply CYP107D1 with the necessary electrons for catalysis. This three-component system was used in bioconversions of two bile acids: LCA and DCA. P450 CYP107D1 exhibits high regio- and stereoselectivity for the tested steroids, giving 6β-hydroxylated products. The properties of the CYP107D1 make this multifaceted P450 monooxygenase an attractive enzyme for the production of novel drug metabolites. Moreover, the crystal structure of the enzyme is known, which provides the basis for developing a protein-engineering strategy aimed at catalytic properties of the CYP107D1
The second enzyme described in the thesis is the self-sufficient cytochrome P450 monooxygenase from Fusarium graminarium (FG067). From the overall structure, it resembles the well investigated CYP102 from Bacillus megaterium (CYP BM3) and the P450 from Fusarium oxysporum (CYPfoxy). In this study, two different strategies to recombinantly produce the fungal P450 monooxygenase P450-FG067, namely (a) producing in E. coli and (b) producing in P. pastoris were investigated. The P450 FG_067 from Fusarium graminarium was successfully overexpressed in P. pastoris. The enzyme was functionally active, converted fatty acid substrates of carbon chain length C10-16 with regiospecificity of the hydroxylating position ω -1, ω - 2 and ω-3, with the highest affinity for capric acid. The hydroxylation at different positions of the fatty acid chain is needed for different chemical industries. For example, ω-HFAs can be used as starting materials for the synthesis of polymers, with high resistance to heat or chemicals (Xiao et al. 2018). Therefore, the application of recombinant enzyme such as self-sufficient P450 FG_067 for a commercial production of HFAs is in high industrial demand.
In this thesis, two kinases were used for the producton of phosphorylated metabolites. Kinases catalyzing N-phosphorylation, which are of synthetic interest because of tedious chemical procedures in selective chemical N-phosphorylations. A highly active and stabile arginine kinase, obtained by cloning and expressing the argK gene from Limulus polyphemus in E. coli, was used in the one-step synthesis of Nω-phospho-L-arginine using the phosphoenolpyruvate/pyruvate kinase system for ATP regeneration. Applying arginine kinase in biocatalysis opens up new opportunities for the selective biocatalytic N-phosphorylation of interesting low-molecular-weight compounds and metabolites.
Another kinase investigated in this thesis was shikimate kinase. The highly active and stable shikimate kinase AroL was achieved by synthesizing the codon-optimized aroL gene and expressing it in high yield in E. coli. Next, shikimate kinase was used in an one-step synthesis of shikimate-3-phosphate using the phosphoenolpyruvate/pyruvate kinase system for ATP regeneration. Development of the described biocatalytic preparation of shikimate-3-phosphate is a superior route incomparison to a tedious multi-step and low yield classical synthesis of this compound. The biocatalytic phosphorylation is of great interest for a commercial production of metabolites and metabolite-like structures.
The last investigeted enzyme in this PhD thesis was argininosuccinate lyase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The argininosuccinate lyase was cloned and overexpressed in E. coli as a highly active and stable biocatalyst. A simple and straightforward biocatalytic asymmetric Michael addition reaction has been established for the synthesis of the key metabolite N-(([(4S)-4-amino-4-carboxybutyl]amino)imino methyl)-L-aspartic acid, commonly referred to as L-argininosuccinate. This one-step addition reaction was developed by running part of the urea cycle in reverse. The use of this argininosuccinate lyase and reaction monitoring by NMR enabled the development of a biocatalytic asymmetric Michael addition reaction as a novel green chemistry route with high molecular economy for the synthesis of this important metabolite at gram scale.
Recent advances in the field of scientific research have helped to understand the structure and functional activities of enzymes, which has in turn led to an increase in their stability, activity and substrate specificity. Nowadays, biocatalysis provide more sustainable, efficient, and less polluting methods for the production of fine chemicals and advanced pharmaceutical intermediates. The biocatalysts used in this thesis are introduced as a technology for the efficient synthesis of biologically active compounds, which is greener, reduces pollution and costs compared to chemical synthesis. In summary, the pharmaceutical industry should use the advantage of the progress of biochemistry to obtain biocatalysts in the production of fine chemicals on an industrial scale, improving the quality of end products and saving costs.
Myxomycetes or Myxogastria (supergroup Amoebozoa) are one of several Protistean groups dispersing via airborne spores. The model organism for the group, so far exclusively studied in a laboratory environment, is Physarum polycephalum. Here, molecular evolution, distribution and the ecology of spores dispersal was investigated for the non-model species Physarum albescens. This nivicolous myxomycete fruits with snow melt in most mountain ranges of the northern hemisphere and disperses via spherical, dark-colored and melanin-rich spores. Fruit body development and subsequent spore dispersal occurs within a short time window of a few days. At this time, the fruiting plasmodium is fully exposed to the harsh environment if the protecting snow melts away. The spores, with a diameter of 10–13 µm of the typical size for myxomycetes, can potentially reach all suitable habitats worldwide, which led to the assumption that not only Ph. albescens but most myxomycete species should be ubiquitously distributed over the world.
In the first part of this study (article 1), the question was, if spore dispersal can realize a gene flow sufficient to meet the above-mentioned assumption. A total of 324 accessions of Ph. albescens, collected all over the northern hemisphere, was sequenced for 1-3 genetic markers (SSU, EF1A, COI), and 98 specimens were further analyzed using the genotyping by sequencing technique. As a result, at least 18 reproductively isolated units, which can be seen as cryptic biological species, emerged as phylogroups in a three-gene phylogeny, but as well in a SNP-based phylogeny and were confirmed by a recombination analysis between the three markers. However, this evolutive radiation is not simply caused by geographic fragmentation due to low dispersal capability: within a certain region, multiple phylogroups coexisted next to each other, although some appeared to be regional endemics. Most likely, mutations in mating-type genes, as shown to exist for the cultivable Ph. polycephalum, are the main drivers of speciation. This challenges the hypothesis of ubiquitous distribution of Ph. albescens and corroborates the results of the few available studies for other myxomycete species. In addition, groups of clonal specimens, mostly but not always restricted to a certain slope or valley indicated that sexual and asexual reproduction coexists in the natural populations of Ph. albescens.
In the second part (articles 2), the fundamental niche for Ph. albescens was described using all available records for the species. The resulting set of 537 unique occurrence points was subjected to a correlative spatial approach using the software MaxEnt. In dependence on the predictor variables three species distribution models emerged which differed only in details. The first consisted of only 19 bioclimatic variables and an elevation map from the WorldClim dataset. The second was corrected for pseudo-absences resulting from missing survey activities, and the third was expanded with an additional categorical environment variable on snow cover. High mean AUC (area under the curve) values above 0.97 could be reached with all three models. Variables for snow cover, precipitation of the coldest quarter (of the year), and elevation correlated highly to predict the distribution of Ph. albescens. Only in mid-northern latitudes, elevation alone was a good predictor, but it would cause false-positive predictions in arid mountain ranges and failed to explain occurrence in lowland sites at higher latitudes. Mountains in humid climates showed the highest incidences, confirming recent studies that long-lasting snow covers combined with mild summers are crucial for the ecological guild of nivicolous myxomycetes, with Ph. albescens as a typical species.
Spore size is crucial for dispersal ability and should thus be a character under strong selection. In addition, spores carrying two nuclei with opposite mating types should have a colonization advantage. This was the hypothesis for the last part of this study (articles 3 and 4), which investigated this trait in a quantitative manner. This required a method to analyze thousands of spores automatically (article 3) and with high precision for size and the number of nuclei enclosed. Human errors should be excluded, to reveal even subtle differences in the resulting spore size distributions. Two challenges had to be met for this approach. First, a preparation technique was developed to reduce false segmentations due to overlaying spores by aligning spores on one common plane with a high-frequency vibration device. Second, the segmentation process was automated to allow separating spores that are densely packed in the respective images. A machine learning algorithm was set up and trained to reliable identify and measure dark-colored spores. The technique produced consistent results with high accuracy, and the large number of spores allowed to compile spore size distributions, to check for the constancy of this character, which is impossible with manual measurements limited to low numbers.
The resulting spore size distributions, obtained from over 80 specimens (article 4), were mostly narrow, which is in accordance with our hypothesis. Spore size was as well fairly constant within fructifications from one colony. However, mean spore size within different accessions of Ph. albescens showed large variation (ca. 10%, a range often indicated to key out different morphospecies of myxomycetes), and this was explained only by a minor part with differences between biospecies. Not much smaller (8%) was the variation within a group of clonal specimens collected within 25 m distance. This points to a strong influence of environmental factors even at a micro spatial scale, perhaps caused by microclimatic differences and high phenotypic plasticity for spore size. The influence of large-scale covariates like altitude or latitude was negligible. However, spore size correlated with the variance in this trait, indicating that oversized spores may be caused by detrimental environmental conditions. Two aberrations in spore development were found: First, a few specimens showed a multimodal distribution for spore size with two or even three discernible spore populations. The estimated volumes of those populations correspond to a multiple of the first and most abundant conspicuous spore size population. Second, not all spores were uninucleate as to be expected for meiotic products. This was revealed by fluorescence signals from staining the same spores with DAPI, with a second machine learning algorithm trained to identify the nuclei in a spore. A few specimens showed a significant proportion of binucleated spores in the size range of normal-sized ones, and these specimens were not the ones with multimodal spore size distributions. This indicates that the negative impacts (inbreeding) of multinucleate spores should outweigh a possible colonization advantage and is in accordance with the high genetic diversity found in the worldwide population of Ph. albescens, indicating predominantly sexual reproduction in wild populations of myxomycetes.
Despite a plethora of therapeutic approaches, the injection of local anaesthetics itself remains one of the most painful and dreadful procedures among children. Stimulation of acupoint LI4 is associated with analgesic effects in dentistry. Goal of the study To investigate whether stimulation of LI4, added to standard therapy (ST), reduces pain and distress during injection of local anaesthetic (LA) in comparison with ST alone. Materials and Methods Children, scheduled for dental treatment in local anaesthesia on 2 separate days were enrolled in this trial, approved by local ethics commission. On one day each child received bilateral acupuncture of LI4 point, using indwelling fixed “New Pyonex” needles (0.2 x 1.5 mm; Seirin, Japan). The parents of the children were asked to stimulate the needles by massage. Standardized injection of LA was performed 5 min following acupuncture. The needles were withdrawn at the end of dental treatment. On the other day of treatment children received LA injection without acupuncture. The order of treatment days (acupuncture first or vice versa) was randomised. Primary endpoint was the pain intensity during LA injection reported by children on Visual Rating Scale from 0=no pain to 10=maximal pain imaginable (VRS-11). Secondary endpoints were parent- and dentist-assessed pain intensity (measured on Numeric Rating Scale 1-10), patients’ heart rate before and during dental treatment and satisfaction with received therapy (measured on Numerical Rating Scale 1-5.) Side effects of LI4 stimulation were also recorded. Results and Discussion The data of 49 children (22 females; age 10 ± 4 yrs; mean ± SD), who completed both visits, were analysed. Children reported less pain with than without acupuncture: 2.2 ± 2.5 vs. 3.9 ± 2.7; mean ± SD, p<0.001. Heart rate decreased after LI4 stimulation compared to ST alone throughout the dental treatment (p<0.05). LI4 stimulation was safe and raised better satisfaction with the treatment among children and parents, than ST alone (p<0.05). Other secondary endpoints were comparable between both sessions. Conclusion Stimulation of acupuncture point LI4 reduces pain and autonomous stress during injection of local anaesthetics in paediatric dentistry.
The introduction of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) enabled the separation and visualization of a substantial fraction of an organism’s entire proteome, and when mass spectrometry entered protein science, these proteins became even amenable to identification on a grand scale. Nevertheless, important classes of proteins elude a separation on classical 2 D gels, as the ones showing extremes in isoelectric point or molecular weight, and foremost very hydrophobic proteins naturally embedded in lipid membranes. This thesis aimed at the establishment and adaptation of alternatives to 2-D PAGE. New techniques allowing for an identification and quantification of critical protein classes were designed and adopted to physiological questions in the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. In a comprehensive study on cytoplasmic proteins of S. aureus COL the number of proteins identified by a 2-D gel based approach could be extended by 650 proteins employing gel free technologies. Application of these complementary methods resulted in the establishment of a comprehensive reference map of the cytosolic proteome in growing and non-growing S. aureus cells which can serve as basis for further physiological investigations. Gel free separation of complex protein digests was likewise used in a quantitative study on heat stress in B. subtilis. By implementation of the iTRAQ® technology four different physiological states could be relatively quantified in one experiment. A parallel generation of 2-D gel based data enabled the depiction of strengths and weaknesses of protein quantitation by both, spot intensities on 2-D gels and iTRAQ® signal intensities in MS/MS spectra. Furthermore, new insights into heat sensitivity of pivotal enzymes involved in amino acid biosynthesis could be delivered. The institution of gel free approaches and advancements in 2-D PAGE provide the tools to penetrate into yet unamenable scopes of proteomes. A review on proteome coverage in B. subtilis gives an overview on the strategies which have been explored for most comprehensive protein identification in various sub-proteomes. Although more than one third of B. subtilis’ open reading frames could be demonstrated on protein level, one has to be aware of the fact that it still is a long way to achieve complete coverage of its proteome. Integral membrane proteins make up about one quarter of the entirety of proteins in a cell. Despite their large portion they are clearly understudied due to the intricacy of identification. Their low abundance and non-accessibility of membrane-spanning domains represent major experimental difficulties. The establishment of a protocol efficiently depleting cytosolic proteins by membrane shaving and targeting trans-membrane peptides by novel digestion strategies essentially facilitated identification of highly hydrophobic integral membrane proteins. This protocol was not only successfully applied to the membrane proteome of growing S. aureus cells, but was shown to be applicable in B. subtilis as well. Both studies displayed the novel membrane shaving approach to be highly complementary to a previously established separation of membrane proteins via 1 D PAGE. A combination of the two techniques resulted in identification of about half of the theoretical membrane proteome in both bacteria, and hence layed the foundation for advanced and quantitative analyses. In this regard, 14N/15N metabolically labeled membrane samples of growing and non-growing cells of S. aureus COL were relatively quantified revealing a significant difference in amount for more than one third of the proteins. A corresponding experimental setup was used to compare the membrane proteomes of S. aureus SA113 and its mutant deficient in the lysylphosphatidylglycerol synthetase MprF. Interesting quantitative differences were obtained for proteins most likely involved in the regulation of cellular surface net charge as well as for virulence-associated proteins.
Pentathiepins are cyclic polysulfides that exert antiproliferative and cytotoxic activity in cancer cells, induce oxidative stress and apoptosis, and potently inhibit GPx1. These properties render this class of compounds promising candidates for the development of anticancer drugs. However, the biological effects and how they intertwine to promote high cytotoxicity have not been systematically assessed throughout a panel of cancer cell lines from distinct tissues of origin. In this thesis, six novel pentathiepins were analyzed and constitute the second generation of compounds with additional properties such as fluorescence or improved water solubility to facilitate cellular testing. All compounds underwent extensive biological evaluation in 14 human cancer cell lines. These studies included investigations of the inhibitory potential with regards to GPx1 and cell proliferation, examined the cytotoxicity in human cancer cell lines, as well as the induction of oxidative stress and DNA strand breaks. Furthermore, selected hallmarks of apoptosis, ferroptosis, and autophagy were studied. Experimental approaches regarding these cellular mechanisms included observing morphological changes, detecting phosphatidyl serine exposure and caspase activity, and quantifying cleaved PARP1 and levels of LC3B II. In addition, the analysis of the cell cycle aimed to identify aberrations or arrests in cell division.
Five of the six tested pentathiepins proved to be potent inhibitors of the GPx1, while all six exerted high cytotoxic and antiproliferative activity, although to different extents. There was a clear connection observed between the potential to provoke oxidative stress and damage to DNA in the form of single- and double-strand breaks both extra- and intracellularly. Furthermore, various experiments supported apoptosis but not ferroptosis as the mechanism of cell death in four different cell lines. In particular, the externalization of PS, the detection of activated caspases, and the cleavage of PARP1 corroborated this conclusion. Additionally, indications for autophagy were found, but more investigations are required to verify the current data. The findings of this dissertation are mainly in line with the postulated mechanism of action proposed for pentathiepins and a previous publication from our group that described their biological activity. However, the influence of modulators such as oxygen and GSH on the biological effects was ambiguous and dependent on the compound. The expression profile of the cell lines concerning GPx1 and CAT did not influence the cellular response toward the treatment, whereas the cell doubling time correlated with the cytotoxicity.
As the various pentathiepins give rise to different biological responses, modulation of the biological effects depends on the distinct chemical structures fused to the sulfur ring. This may allow for future optimization of the anticancer activity of pentathiepins. An analysis of the structure-activity relationships revealed that the piperazine scaffold was associated with superior biological activity compared to the pyrrolo-pyrazine backbone. Furthermore, substituents with electron-withdrawing properties or those providing a free electron pair, such as fluorine or morpholine, were advantageous. These findings should help design and synthesize the next generation of pentathiepins, thereby expanding the library of compounds, allowing for the further deduction of structure-activity relationships and an improved understanding of their mechanism of action.
The genus Capripoxvirus of the family Poxviridae consists of the species lumpy skin disease virus, sheeppox virus and goatpox virus that affect cattle, sheep and goats, respectively. Whereas lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) is transmitted mainly mechanically via blood-feeding insects and possibly hard ticks, the major transmission routes of sheeppox virus (SPPV) and goatpox virus (GTPV) are via direct contact and aerosols. Affected animals develop fever and display clinical signs such as ocular and nasal discharge, lymphadenopathy and characteristic lesions of the skin. Severe clinical course, especially in combination with respiratory signs, can result in the death of the affected animals. In endemic regions, mortality of capripox virus-induced diseases is low (1-10%). However, mortalities of up to 75% have been reported for LSDV and up to 100% for SPPV and GTPV in exotic breeds and high-producing dairy or beef animals. The loss of quality of the leather, reduced weight gain and milk yield as well as complete loss of affected animals have severe impact on national and global economies. Therefore, capripox virus-induced diseases have significant impact on both the affected individual animal as well as on the existence of small-scale farmers and large agricultural enterprises. However, until now, only live attenuated vaccines are commercially available. These attenuated vaccines are not authorized in the European Union and their administration would comprise the disease-free status of the respective country. Thus, reliable diagnostic tools for the detection and characterization of capripox viruses as well as safe and efficient control measures are of high importance.
The objectives of the present thesis were the development, validation and comparison of diagnostic tools, the establishment of challenge infection models and the performance of pathogenesis studies for all three capripox virus species, and the development and testing of different inactivated prototype vaccine candidates against LSDV.
First, new real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays for robust detection and differentiation of LSDV field strains, LSDV vaccine strains, SPPV and GTPV were developed and extensively validated. In the following, two single assays were combined to duplex assays, one for the differentiation between LSDV field strains and LSDV vaccine strains, and the second for discrimination of SPPV and GTPV. Finally, a diagnostic workflow based on these new duplex assays in combination with already published methods was established. This workflow enables time-saving, robust and reliable detection, species-specific identification and genetic and phylogenetic characterization of all three capripox virus species. In addition, already existing serological examination methods (serum neutralization assay and commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) were compared regarding their sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, pathogenesis studies with different capripox virus isolates were performed in the respective target species, and the suitability of selected virus isolates as challenge viruses for future vaccine studies was analyzed. Pathogenesis studies with isolates GTPV-“V/103” and LSDV-“Macedonia2016” revealed that both are proper candidates for challenge models. Finally, three different SPPV isolates (SPPV-“V/104”, SPPV-“India/2013/Surankote” and SPPV-“Egypt/2018”) were tested in sheep regarding their virulence to find a suitable challenge model for SPPV, and SPPV-“India/2013/Surankote” was chosen for future vaccine studies.
Once appropriate challenge models were established, different inactivated prototype vaccines against LSDV were developed, and vaccine safety as well as vaccine efficacy were tested in cattle. Eventually, a Polygen-adjuvanted inactivated LSDV-vaccine candidate was selected that is able to fully prevent cattle from any LSDV-related clinical signs after severe challenge infection. Furthermore, molecular and serological data indicate that this inactivated prototype vaccine is even able to induce a kind of “sterile immunity” against LSDV in those cattle. It has to be mentioned that a commercially available vaccine similar to this prototype vaccine would be a great advance for the control of LSDV.
In the future, additional studies addressing diagnostics and optimized control of capripox viruses should be performed. Firstly, probe-based real-time qPCR assays for the differentiation of SPPV and GTPV vaccine strains from their respective virulent field strains should be developed and included into the diagnostic workflow. Secondly, further tests of the inactivated prototype vaccine, e.g. determination of the minimum protective dose and the possibility of cross-protection in sheep and goats against SPPV and GTPV, respectively, should be performed.
This thesis describes the implementation and first on-line application of a multi-reflection time-of-flight (MR-ToF) mass analyzer for high-resolution mass separation at the ISOLTRAP mass spectrometer at ISOLDE/CERN. On the one hand, the major objective was to improve ISOLTRAPs mass-measurement capabilities with respect to the ratio of delivered contaminating ions to ions of interest. On the other hand, the time necessary to purify wanted from unwanted species should be reduced as much as possible to enable access to even more exotic nuclei. The device has been set up, optimized and tested at the University of Greifswald before its move to ISOLTRAP. The achieved performance comprises mass resolving powers of up to 200000 reached at observation times of 30ms and a contamination suppression of about four orders of magnitude by use of a Bradbury-Nielsen gate. With the characteristics, it outperforms clearly the so far state-of-the-art purification method of a gas-filled Penning trap. To improve the utilization of the MR-ToF mass analyzer, the in-trap lift method has been developed. It simplifies the application and optimization of the device, which is a crucial time factor in an on-line experiment. The device was the first of its kind successfully applied to radioactive ion beams for a mass analysis, for a mass separation (in combination with the Bradbury-Nielsen gate) as a preparatory step for a subsequent Penning-trap mass measurement and as a high-precision mass spectrometer of its own. The later was recently used for the first mass measurement of the neutron-rich calcium isotopes 53Ca and 54Ca. The so-far achieved mass-resolving power of 200000 belongs to the highest reported for time-of-flight mass analyzers at all. The first successful application of the MR-ToF system as the only mass separator at ISOLTRAP resulted in the mass measurement of 82Zn. The new mass value has been compared to mass extrapolations of the most recent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) mass models, HFB-19 to HFB-21, of the BRUSLIB collaboration. The mass of the nuclide is of high interest for the compositions and depth profile of the outer crust of neutron stars. In the classical model of the outer crust of a cold, non-accrediting and non-rotating neutron star, the sequence of nuclides found within this parts is determined mainly by the binding energy of exotic nuclides. The crustal compositions determined with the three HFB mass models differed with respect to the appearance of a layer of 82Zn, originating from different mass extrapolations of this mass. With the new experimental data, the extrapolations could be evaluated. It was found that the HFB-21 mass value differs less from the experimental data than the ones from HFB-19 and 20. Therefore, in the classical model, 82Zn does not appear anymore in the outer crust. Due to its high resolution and very fast measurement time, the MR-ToF mass analyzer will be an important instruments for future activities at ISOLTRAP, at the ISOLDE facility in general, and at other radioactive ion-beam facilities.
Plasma medical oncology: Immunological interpretation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
(2020)
Over the past several years, various important articles focusing on cancer therapy
approaches in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) using cold
atmospheric plasma (CAP) have been published (SEMMLER et al. 2020 [53],
METELMANN et al. 2018 [44], KEIDAR et al. 2011 [33]). This doctoral thesis presents
selected results from a prospective observational clinical study in CAP therapy of
palliative HNSCC patients, carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery/Plastic Surgery of the Greifswald University Medicine. For oral and
maxillofacial surgeons, ulcerated surfaces of locally advanced head and neck squamous
cell carcinomas (UICC IV) offer a challenging treatment assignment with microbial
contamination and tumour progression. The clinical attempt appears to eradicate
microbial contamination and to initiate tumour regression. This doctoral thesis will
describe the processes of human tumour biology and tumour immunology in HNSCCs
and the extent of present knowledge concerning plasma medical oncology as an
anticancer modality. In the introduction of the doctoral thesis clinical results of plasma
therapy in locally advanced HNSCCs (UICC IV) are set out. This mainly includes the
investigation of a therapeutic concept, the treatment phases, the tumour size development
and the morphological changes of the infected tumour surface following cold atmospheric
plasma therapy. In the main part, a detailed immunological interpretation is proposed on
the basis of present preclinical and clinical immunological knowledge. Finally,
unexplored questions in plasma medical oncology are highlighted. This is highly
significant for future plasma research and clinical anticancer therapy.
The study of sow reproduction traits is important in livestock science and production to increase animal survival and economic efficiency. This work deals with the detection of different effects on within-litter variance of birth weight by applying different statistical models with different distributional assumptions. The piglets within one litter were separated by sex. The trait of sow was formed from the sample variances of birth weights within litter separated by sex to consider the sex effect on mean birth weight. A linear mixed model (LMM) approach was fitted to the logarithmized sample variance and the sample standard deviation. A generalized linear mixed model with gamma distributed residuals and log-link function was applied to the untransformed sample variance. Appropriate weights were constructed to account for individual litter sizes. Models were compared by analysing data from Landrace and Large White. The estimates of heritability for the different traits ranged from 6-14%. The LMM for the weighted standard deviation of birth weights was identified as most suitable in terms of residual normality. Furthermore, the impact of piglets´ sex on birth weight variability was tested, but it was only proved for one practical dataset. Additionally, we analysed the influence of including or not including birth weights of stillborn piglets on the estimates of variance components of birth weight variability. With omitted stillborns the estimates of heritability resulted in about 2% higher values than in investigations of total born piglets. We were interested in the presence of the random boar effect on birth weight variability. The corresponding variance component was tested via restricted likelihood ratio test. Among others, the null distribution of the test statistic was approximated by parametric bootstrap simulations which were computational intensive. We picked up a two-parametric approach from literature and proposed a three-parametric approach to approximate the null distribution of the test statistic. We have analysed correlated data in balanced (simulated data) and unbalanced (empirical data) designs. The two-parametric approach using a scaled mixture of chisquare-distributions as well as a three-parametric approach, that uses a mixture of the point mass at zero and a gamma distribution, behaved most solid in all investigations and were most powerful in the simulation study.
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in industrial nations. The basis of these diseases is a dysfunction in the interaction between the cells the heart is composed of. The main types of cells making up the human heart are cardiomyocytes that build the myocardium and provide the contraction properties, endothelial cells that delimit the blood flowing through the inner chambers and coronary arteries from the myocardial tissue, and fibroblasts, which build the connective tissue. A common process in the development of cardiovascular diseases is the formation of fibrosis due to injury of the endothelium and subsequent infiltration of the cardiac tissue by immune cells, and inflammatory agents like cytokines. Cytokines exert different functions in cardiac cells. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is an inducer of apoptosis. Transforming growth factor ß (TGFß) is known for activation of proliferation. Other cytokines like C-X-C motif chemokine 11 (CXCL11), interleukin-6 (IL-6), or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have not yet been investigated or their impact on such cells is unknown. Eventually, however, fibrotic scar tissue arises from the transition from fibroblasts to myofibroblasts leading to a stiffening of the cardiac muscle and impaired pump function. In order to prevent the occurrence of these events the balance of proliferation, migration, and differentiation of cardiac cells needs to be controlled very delicately.
The mechanisms controlling these interactions are still not well understood, which is why this work aimed at the elucidation of molecular mechanisms within the three main cell types that might play a role in the regulation of cardiac function. A proteomic approach using mass spectrometry was used to identify alterations in protein levels that could provide hints about the involved pathways and find new players as candidates for more detailed investigation. Initially, the proteomic composition of HL-1 cardiomyocytes, L929 fibroblasts, and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) that were cultivated in standard growth conditions without stress was investigated. Half of the total protein intensity was made up by only 42 to 53 proteins, depending on the cell type. More than a third of all proteins were identified in all three cell types, which may be proteins performing common cell functions. Indeed, the proteins displaying the highest abundance seem to be predominantly involved in such common cellular functions as the regulation of glucose metabolism or the cytoskeleton. More specific functions like heart development and muscle contraction were found enriched in cardiomyocytes as were mitochondrial proteins. The proportion of proteins with extracellular localization and function was higher in fibroblasts and endothelial cells.
Secondly, the impact of cytokines on the proliferative behavior and the proteomic composition of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts was analyzed. HL-1 cardiomyocytes and L929 fibroblasts were treated with different concentrations of cytokines with a cytotoxic, proliferative, or yet unknown effect on these cells. While HL-1 cells exhibited no macroscopic reaction to any of the cytokines used, cytotoxic/growth inhibitory (TNFα, CXCL11) and proliferative (TGFß, IL6, BDNF) effects were observed for L929 cells. The latter also showed CXCL11-induced upregulated EIF2 signaling, pointing to a higher need of protein synthesis.
The third aim was the examination of proteome adaptations in endothelial cells due to different kinds of stress, as these cells are the first line of defense against inflammatory agents or injury and therefore prone to wounding. The role of the growth factors vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in wounding and starvation was another object of this study as they are known for their angiogenic and cell survival supporting properties. Additionally, the impact of the cellular sex on the response to stress and growth factors was examined, because a person’s sex plays an important role in susceptibility, risk factors, and outcome of cardiovascular diseases. This has mainly been attributed to the different hormone levels, especially the higher levels of estrogen in premenopausal women, which exerts cardioprotective properties, but also genetic background was reported to play an important role. Only few studies that examined the molecular properties of HUVECs considered the cellular sex and if so, the genetic bias of unrelated samples was not taken into account. This is why Lorenz and colleagues at the Charité in Berlin collected HUVECs from newborn twins of opposite sex, cultivated them without stress in standard growth medium, exposed them to wounding and serum starvation, and investigated the impact of the growth factors and the sex on migrational behavior and metabolic issues. The current work focused on the alterations of not only the intra- but also the extracellular proteome, because paracrine signaling is crucial for intercellular communication in order to cope with stress. General differences between male and female cells were observed for proteins encoded on the X chromosome with higher levels in females (DDX3X, UBA1, EIF1AX, RPS4X, HDHD1), except for one protein with higher levels in male cells (G6PD). A Y-chromosomal protein was, for the first time, identified in endothelial cells (DDX3Y). Wounding, starvation, and growth factor treatment led to alterations and sex-specific different levels in an unexpectedly high number of proteins, with VEGF showing a stronger impact than bFGF. Many proteins with alterations observed without taking the sex into account, were actually only changed in male or female cells. Some proteins were regulated in opposite directions, or growth factors inhibited their secretion in a sex-specific way by unknown mechanisms. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI2) should be emphasized as a protein with sex-specific differences, especially in the extracellular space and with increased levels after starvation and VEGF treatment. These observations suggest a temporal lack in TFPI2 synthesis and secretion in male cells, which might explain the enhanced adaptation of females to wounding.
The results of this work lay the basis for future investigation by providing a database of intra- and extracellular proteome changes due to different environmental circumstances. It strongly suggests the investigation of male and female HUVECs, and other cells, separately to avoid the impact of the sex observed in this work. Essentially, the observations suggest a number of candidate proteins for more detailed investigations of endothelial and cardiovascular diseases.
The Effect of the Patients Nutritional Status on Immune Alterations Induced by Ischemic Stroke
(2018)
Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability throughout the world.
One important aspect of stroke pathophysiology are immunological changes after stroke, especially a combination of post stroke immunodepression, leading to
infectious complications after stroke and an activation of the immune system, leading to cerebral injury. Adipose tissue has several immunological functions and obesity
leads to immunological complications and is accompanied by a chronic immune activation.
To study the effects of body weight and obesity on the immune system and measure weight and fat tissue changes after ischemic stroke we conducted the LIPS Trial and enrolled 50 stroke patients and 16 control subjects between July 2015 and July 2016. On the day of admission and on the days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 30, 90 and 180 after admission stroke patients were weighed with an in-bed scale, body composition was measured with BIA, the triceps-skin fold thickness was measured, the NIHSS scale was obtained and blood was drawn. FACS-analysis was performed and triglycerides,cholesterol, CRP and PCT were measured at the central laboratory facility of the Universitätsmedizin Greifswald. Luminex-multiplex analysis for multiple cyto- and chemokines was performed at the Multiplex Facility at the University Leiden. A cerebral MRI and an abdominal MRI were performed shortly after admission and on days 5-7 for most patients and the infarct volume, abdominal fat and hepatic fat percentage were measured. On days 30, 90 and 180 after stroke Bartel Index and mRS were obtained.
After stroke our patients showed the typical immunological changes described previously as stroke induced immune alterations, namely a post stroke immunodepression as well as signs of an activated immune system and an acute
phase response. Our patients lost weight, but only 1.7 ± 0.5 kg. Skinfold thickness did not change during the course of our trial and abdominal fat measurement did not change in stroke patients. Immunological parameters (leukocytes, neutrophils,CRP, PCT, IL-6) did not differ between BMI subgroups (normal weight: BMI < 25,overweight: BMI ≥ 25, < 30, obese: BMI ≥ 30) and in this trial we could not detect a
difference in patients with normal weight, overweight or obesity in the post stroke periode. In an additional analysis we could show that rapid clinical improvement
did result in a rapid improvement of post stroke immune alterations, especially for leukocytes, neutrophils, IL-6 and CRP.
The study of host-pathogen interactions is central to a better understanding of the human microbiome, infections and the inner workings of immune cells. One focal point of this research is how the human immune system recognises both harmful and harmless antigens, integrates the resulting signals and forms a response, and how, conversely, microbes can manipulate this reaction.
In this thesis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), a critical pathogen in chronic and nosocomial infections, was in the focus. The aim was to search for bacterial proteins that favour a type 2 immune response, as it is orchestrated by CD4+ type 2 T helper cells (Th2 cells). The humoral arm of a type 2 response is dominated by IgG4 and IgE. Such immune responses are typically directed against multicellular pathogens like helminths and other parasites. However, type 2 immune responses are suboptimal for the defence against extracellular bacteria like P. aeruginosa. Previous research suggests that some bacterial proteins may promote a switch to such an insufficient immune response as a mechanism of immune evasion.
To optimise the sensitivity of the search for type 2 response inducing proteins of P. aeruginosa, cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were studied, as many are exposed to the pathogen in their airways over prolonged time periods. As such, the humoral immune response of 9 CF patients to their own P. aeruginosa strain was examined. For this, the secretomes of 9 clinical P. aeruginosa isolates from CF patients and the P. aeruginosa reference strain PAO-1 were studied by 2D-immunoblotting for their ability to be bound by IgG4 and IgG1 from respective patient sera. IgG4 served as a proxy for IgE, as assays analysing IgE binding suffer from low sensitivity because of low serum concentrations of IgE. Antibody reactive P. aeruginosa proteins were then identified by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry and the results were compared with proteomics data from literature.
In total, 308 distinct protein spots were analysed. These belonged to 17 bacterial proteins, which comprise the entire known P. aeruginosa secretome. Of these spots, 232 were bound by IgG4, and 24 by IgG1 only. Notably proteases like serralysin and P. aeruginosa elastase presented with an IgG4 bias. This is concordant with previous research linking proteases to a type 2 immune response. Moreover, structural proteins like
agellins were also immunodominant. Flagellins are known as common targets of immune detection in bacteria. These proteins also demonstrated a clear IgG4 bias.
Thus, the search for secreted P. aeruginosa proteins that elicit an IgG4-dominated antibody response was successful. It remains to be shown whether these bacterial proteins are also recognized by IgE and Th2 cells, meaning whether they are truly driving a type 2 immune response in CF patients. It is also an open question whether the observed IgG4 bias in the antibody response to the exoproteome of P. aeruginosa is specific to CF or a general feature of the human immune response to the pathogen.
There is multiple evidence that emotionally arousing events are preferentially processed, and better remembered than neutral events. In the present dissertation I investigated whether those strong emotional memories are affected by acute and chronic stress. Moreover, I was interested in whether already established emotional memories can be changed by behavioral intervention. According to the modulation hypothesis, emotionally arousing events promote attention and memory processes via noradrenergic and glucocorticoid actions. Recent models suggest that stress hormones differentially impact mnemonic processing, namely encoding, (re-) consolidation and memory retrieval, depending on timing and duration of the stressor relative to the learning experience. Acute stress around the time of encoding has been found to enhance memory, whereas chronic stress has been associated with memory impairments. Furthermore, consolidated memories are not resistant to modifications. Following reactivation, memories can turn into an unstable state and undergo a process called reconsolidated in order to persist. During this vulnerable state, memories are prone to modification, for instance by pharmacological blockade or interference learning. Here, the modulation of newly formed emotional and neutral memories as well as existing emotional and neutral memories was investigated in a well-established picture viewing and recognition memory paradigm using behavioral and neurophysiological measures (event-related potential, ERPs). More elaborative processing of emotional, relative to neutral stimuli has been related to the late positive potential (LPP). During encoding of emotional and neutral pictures, enhanced LPPs (starting at about 400 ms after stimulus onset) are usually observed for emotionally arousing relative to neutral pictures, indicating preferential attention allocation and processing. During recognition, correctly recognized old items evoke larger ERP amplitudes than correctly identified new items. This difference, the ERP old/new effect, was used to measure mnemonic processing during retrieval. The ERP old/new effect over centro-parietal sensor sites (400-800 ms) has been associated with recollection processes, and is enhanced for emotional, compared to neutral materials. Three studies are presented, that investigated 1) the influence of acute stress prior to encoding on long-term memory and its neural correlates, 2) the impact of chronic stress on encoding and memory, and 3) the influence of interference on already established memories (reconsolidation), always contrasting emotionally arousing and neutral scenes. Study 1 investigated subsequent recognition memory after encoding following acute stress using a socially evaluated cold pressure test, while study 2 tested the influence of chronic stress investigating breast cancer survivors about two years after cancer treatment. In study 3, one day after encoding, reconsolidation of the reactivated picture memory was targeted with an interfering learning task. In all three studies, recognition memory was tested one week later. High-density electroencephalograms (EEGs; 257 electrodes) were recorded to measure brain potentials. The results showed, in line with previous research, that emotionally arousing scenes were preferentially processed, as indicated by larger LPPs, and were better remembered than neutral scenes, as indicated by enhanced memory performance and larger ERP old/new differences. Experiencing acute stress prior to encoding enhanced the centro-parietal ERP old/new effect for emotionally arousing pictures at recognition, corroborating that acute stress facilitates memory for emotional scenes (Study 1). In contrast, attenuated LPPs for unpleasant pictures and impaired memory performance for arousing pictures were observed in breast cancer survivors (Study 2), indicating altered attention to emotion and subsequent emotional memory storage in chronically stressed individuals. When memory reactivation was followed by an interfering learning task, recognition memory and ERP old/new differences were attenuated for emotionally arousing scenes, selectively, showing the possibility that emotional memories might be modulated by behavioral interventions (Study 3). The results of all three studies are discussed and integrated into a model of memory modulation by stress and interference. The results highlight the importance of understanding the role of emotional arousal in the processes of memory formation, retrieval and reconsolidation. Moreover, shedding light on the differential effects of acute and chronic stress, interference and their possible interactions might help to prevent and even modify impairing memories that are one of the major concerns in stress- and fear-related mental disorders.
Unstable environments and habitats changing due to climate change force individuals to either respond by genetic adaptation, phenotypic plasticity or by dispersal to suitable environments. Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linneaus, 1758) is a good study organisms when researching phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation as it naturally appears in freshwater (FW) as well as brackish water (BW) and thus inhabits a wide range of environmental salinities (0-18‰). It is a euryhaline snail that can be found in shallow waters with stony ground or on Fucus spp. and has formed regional subgroups. The brackish water and the freshwater subgroups are spatially separated and the species cannot be found in areas inbetween, e.g. estuaries.
The species shows great variability in shell patterning and shell size and there is still debate whether the subgroups are distinguishable by these traits or not. The mitochdrial RNA marker cytochrome c subunit I did not show differences between the subgroups indicating that they must be closely related, but salinity tolerance has been observed to be higher in BW snails. This might be caused by the different protein expression patterns and osmolyte accumulation (measured as ninhydrin-positive substances) observed in this species in previous studies. The exact mechanisms regulating protein expression and osmolyte accumulation, however, are not fully understood yet.
Data collected for this thesis shows differences in shell size and suggests a less strict grouping of FW and BW individuals as shell sizes of one FW site are more similar to BW individuals than the other FW ones. A better salinity tolerance towards high salinities and a higher physiological salinity limit of BW snails was confirmed and extended by demonstrating an expanded tolerance range through slow acclimation to challenging salinities in snails from both subgroups. This was achieved by a shift in the slope of their reaction norms that was much more pronounced in BW snails than FW ones. S3 individuals showed a shift similar to that of BW individuals. The data for the salinity tolerance indicates that the underlying mechanism for these tolerances are a combination of phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation. Despite an acclimation and shift in the slope of the reaction norms and therefore an increased tolerance towards high salinities (plasticity) FW individuals from two collection sites were not able to cope with salinities as high as BW individuals (local adaptation). The general ability to mobilise free amino acids (FAA) as organic osmolytes was not the reason for this tolerance difference. Individuals from BW and FW sites were capable of accumulating quantities of FAAs equally well. Proline, alanine and urea were the most important components of the accumulated cocktail of organic osmolytes. Even though the total amount of FAAs accumulated under hyperosmotic conditions was the same in both subgroups, there were differences in the metabolic pathways involved in osmolyte accumulation in the foot muscle. The data indicates that the hydrolysis of storage proteins and the synthesis of proline and alanine are the main processes to avoid detrimental body volume shrinkage in T. fluviatilis. While FW individuals seemed to rely on the degradation of proteins and synthesis of alanine, BW individuals depended on newly synthesising proline and alanine and accumulating urea as a side product of transamination. The accumulation of urea is a new finding in aquatic living snails and has not been reported as a mechanism to avoid cell volume shrinkage in these animals.
Differing protein expression patterns were observed under control conditions across all collection sites. 9 spots showed volume changes in BW snails opposite to those of FW snails from collection sites S1 and S2. For 6 of those spots, S3 individuals showed patterns similar to those of BW individuals and for the remaining 3 they showed patterns similar to those of FW animals. The patterns observed when exposing snails to hypo- or hyperosmotic stress were not conclusive in relation to pinpointing individual spots that show the same pattern in all collection sites, but revealed the heterogeneity of protein expression in snails from the different collection sites and in the process of osmoregulation. It also showed the general tendency of protein reduction when snails where under osmotic stress of either kind (hypo- or hyperosmotic), which supports the hypothesis of storage protein degradation.
The investigation of an ANP-receptor showed two variations of the encoding sequence expressed in T. fluviatilis. S3 individuals as well as BW individuals were found to express one type, while FW individuals, with the exception of one sample expressed the other type. This showed that the FW subgroup of T. fluviatilis seems to be more heterogeneous than the BW subgroup, but also raises the question of the dispersal history of this species. The collected data indicates that T. fluviatilis individuals are firstly capable of surviving the acidity of a duck's gizzard and secondly can tolerate acute salinity changes to 16‰ when introduced into a new environment. Hence, if snails from the FW were to be transported to waters with a salinity of up to 16‰ by man, bird, drifting plants or some other means of transport, they would most likely survive and possibly be able to thrive and spread.
In the PhD-thesis a conditional random field approach and its implementation is presented to predict the interaction sites of protein homo- and heterodimers using the spatial structure of one protein partner from a complex. The method includes a substantially simple edge feature model. A novel node feature class is introduced that is called -change in free energy-. The Online Large-Margin algorithm is adapted in order to train the model parameters given a classified reference set of proteins. A significantly higher prediction accuracy is achieved by combining our new node feature class with the standard node feature class relative accessible surface area. The quality of the predictions is measured by computing the area under the receiver operating characteristic.
This thesis describes mass measurements at ISOLTRAP/ISOLDE/CERN in the region of the neutron-rich calcium isotopes. For the less exotic and more abundantly produced isotopes 51Ca and 52Ca the Penning trap based ToF-ICR technique could be used to validate the available mass data and to improve their precision. For the isotopes 53Ca and 54Ca, a Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (MR-ToF MS) was used to determine the mass of these exotic isotopes for the first time experimentally. This also represents the first time an MR-ToF MS was applied to derive the masses of previously unknown radioactive ions from the high precision time-of-flight data that can be gathered with the device. The mass data was then used to benchmark the strength of the N=32 neutron subshell closure and at the same time to compare to state-of-the-art shell-model calculations.
Furthermore, the capability of the MR-ToF device to deliver isobarically pure beams to a subsequent experiment was developed further and studied in detail. The new technique is based on the in-trap lift, which is normally used to in- and eject ions into and from the device. With this new selective ejection technique after separation of the ion ensemble in the MR-ToF trap, no external components are required.
Additionally, a new stabilization system for voltages supplies, based on a PI-algorithm, was developed and thoroughly tested. The stabilized voltage supply was then used to supply the most sensitive mirror voltage of the MR-ToF MS to significantly increase the short term and long-term mass resolving power of the apparatus.
Mathematical phylogenetics provides the theoretical framework for the reconstruction and analysis of phylogenetic trees and networks. The underlying theory is based on various mathematical disciplines, ranging from graph theory to probability theory.
In this thesis, we take a mostly combinatorial and graph-theoretical position and study different problems concerning phylogenetic trees and networks.
We start by considering phylogenetic diversity indices that rank species for conservation. Two such indices for rooted trees are the Fair Proportion index and the Equal Splits index, and we analyze how different they can be from each other and under which circumstances they coincide. Moreover, we define and investigate analogues of these indices for unrooted trees.
Subsequently, we study the Shapley value of unrooted trees, another popular phylogenetic diversity index. We show that it may fail as a prioritization criterion in biodiversity conservation and is outcompeted by an existing greedy approach. Afterwards, we leave the biodiversity setting and consider the Shapley value as a tree reconstruction tool. Here, we show that non-isomorphic trees may have permutation-equivalent Shapley transformation matrices and identical Shapley values, implying that the Shapley value cannot reliably be employed in tree reconstruction.
In addition to phylogenetic diversity indices, another class of indices frequently discussed in mathematical phylogenetics, is the class of balance indices. In this thesis, we study one of the oldest and most popular of them, namely the Colless index for rooted binary trees. We focus on its extremal values and analyze both its maximum and minimum values as well as the trees that achieve them.
Having analyzed various questions regarding phylogenetic trees, we finally turn to phylogenetic networks. We focus on a certain class of phylogenetic networks, namely tree-based networks, and consider this class both in a rooted and in an unrooted setting.
First, we prove the existence of a rooted non-binary universal tree-based network with n leaves for all positive integers n, that is, we show that there exists a rooted non-binary tree-based network with $n$ leaves that has every non-binary phylogenetic tree on the same leaf set as a base tree.
Finally, we study unrooted tree-based networks and introduce a class of networks that are necessarily tree-based, namely edge-based networks. We show that edge-based networks are closely related to a family of graphs in classical graph theory, so-called generalized series-parallel graphs, and explore this relationship in full detail.
In summary, we add new insights into existing concepts in mathematical phylogenetics, answer open questions in the literature, and introduce new concepts and approaches. In doing so, we make a small but relevant contribution to current research in mathematical phylogenetics.
Drainage has commonly been a pre-requisite for the productive use of peatlands. The biased focus on agriculture, forestry and peat extraction has long ignored the destructive effects of drainage and the successive degradation of ecosystem functions of wet peatlands. Accelerated by the climate crisis, the finite nature of drainage-based peatland use is increasingly recognised. Consequently, productive land use options for wet or rewetted peatlands (paludiculture) are required as sustainable alternatives. A wide range of paludiculture plants and options of biomass utilisation are identified as suitable and promising. Despite the growing interest, experiences with and research on the economic viability of paludiculture are still rare.
This thesis addresses the lack of knowledge on paludiculture in terms of practical feasibility, costs and benefits at the farm level, market prospects and framework conditions. I selected the two currently most advanced paludicultural practices in Europe: a) Harvesting natural reed beds as a traditional ‘low-input’ paludiculture, i. e. the utilisation of existing ‘wild’ vegetation stands; b) ‘Sphagnum farming’ as a novel ‘high-input’ paludiculture including stand establishment and water management required for the active transformation from drainage-based peatland use to paludiculture. In both cases, I investigate three different biomass utilisation avenues. This thesis adds to the fields of problem-driven sustainability and land-use science. Procedures and costs of paludiculture were studied in transdisciplinary research projects in close cooperation with practitioners. Due to the novelty of the topic, I put special emphasis on the triangulation of methods and data sources: pilot trials, field measurements, semi-structured expert interviews, structured questionnaires, secondary data from trade statistics and literature. To account for uncertainty related to costs and revenues, I conduct stochastic scenario analysis (Monte Carlo simulation) for the extended contribution margin accounting of harvesting reeds and sensitivity analysis for the investment appraisal of Sphagnum farming.
Paludiculture on fens: harvesting reeds
Paper I investigates harvesting procedures for reed-dominated (Phragmites australis) vegetation stands. In many European countries special-purpose tracked machinery is applied for large-scale conservation management and the commercial harvest of thatching reed. Stochastic scenario analysis reveals a wide range of possible economic outcomes (ca. € -1000 to € 1500 ha-1 a-1) and identifies material use of reed superior to its use as a source of energy. Winter harvest of high-quality thatching reed in bundles is the most profitable option. Winter harvest of bales for direct combustion is suitable for low-quality stands and has a limited risk of loss. In the case of summer harvest, revenues for green chaff for biogas production cannot cover harvesting costs but non-market income via subsidies and agri-environmental payments may ensure profitability. While biomass for energy generation is limited to a local market, thatching reed is traded as an international commodity. The market situation for thatching reed is investigated for Europe (Paper II) and Germany (Paper III). The major reed consuming countries in Western Europe (Netherlands, Germany, UK, Denmark) rely on imports of up to 85 % of the national consumption, with reed being imported from Eastern and Southern Europe and since 2005 also from China. The total market volume for reed for thatching in Northern Germany is estimated with 3 ± 0.8 million bundles of reed with a monetary value at sales prices of € 11.6 ± 2.8 million. Most of the thatchers (70 %) did not promote reed of regional origin to their customers due to insufficient availability in the first place and a lack in quality as second reason. The cultivation of reed in paludiculture may improve quantity and quality of domestic thatching reed. An area of 6000 ± 1600 ha with an average yield of 500 bundles per hectare would allow covering the current total demand of 3 million bundles of the German thatching reed market (Paper III).
Paludiculture on bogs: Sphagnum farming
Sphagnum farming provides an alternative to peatland degradation in two ways: Firstly, Sphagnum mosses can be cultivated as new agricultural crops on rewetted peatlands. Secondly, the produced Sphagnum biomass is a high-quality raw material suitable to replace peat in horticultural growing media (Paper V). Pilot trials have demonstrated the practical feasibility of establishing Sphagnum cultures on former bog grassland, cut-over bogs and mats floating on acidic waters bodies; Paper IV compares for the three types of production sites the specific procedures, costs and area potential in Germany. Water-based Sphagnum farming is not recommended for large-scale implementation due to highest establishment costs, major cultivation risks and limited area potential. For soil-based Sphagnum farming, the most important cost positions were Sphagnum shoots to set up pilots, investment for water management and regular weed management. Bog grassland has the highest area potential, i. e. 90,000 ha in NW Germany. Paper V assesses the profitability of Sphagnum farming on former bog grassland based on extrapolating five years of field experience data (establishment ņ management ņ harvest) to a total cultivation time of twenty years. Cultivating Sphagnum biomass as founder material for Sphagnum farming or restoration was profitable even in pessimistic scenarios with high costs, high bulk density and low yields. Selling Sphagnum for orchid production was economically viable in the case of medium to high yields with a low bulk density. Cost-covering prices for Sphagnum biomass substituting peat seem achievable if end consumers pay a surcharge of 10 % on the peat-free cultivated horticultural end-product. An area of 35,000 ha of Sphagnum farming suffices to meet the annual demand of the German growing media industry for slightly decomposed Sphagnum peat.
Framework conditions affecting feasibility of paludiculture
The relation of revenues from selling biomass to its production costs is an important piece of the paludiculture feasibility puzzle. Further aspects effecting the economic viability and competitiveness of paludiculture encompass the market demand, the availability of mature technology, legal restrictions, the eligibility for agricultural subsidies, a remuneration of external benefits and the opportunity costs of present farming activities (Paper I, V). Legal and policy regulations are of major importance for land use decisions on peatlands – both for keeping up drainage and for shifting to paludiculture.
Conclusion and Outlook
This thesis provides a first assessment of the costs and profitability of large-scale harvesting of reeds and Sphagnum farming based on real-life data. The paludicultural practices investigated may be a solution for a minor share of the more than 1 million ha of peatlands drained for agriculture in Germany. Future research should also address other biomass utilisation options and other crops. Large-scale pilots are required to improve technical maturity of procedures and machinery, gather reliable data to replace assumptions on costs and revenues and study long-term effects on economics and ecosystem services. The micro-economic perspective needs to be complemented by the societal perspective quantifying and monetising external effects of peatland restoration, paludiculture and drainage-based peatland use. There is a high need for intensified research, large-scale implementation and accelerated adaption of the policy and legal framework to develop paludiculture as an economically viable option for degraded peatlands.
Interactions between bacteria and the human body are manifold and happen constantly. Most parts of the skin and gastrointestinal tract, the saliva, the oral mucosa, the conjunctiva and the vaginal mucosa are colonized with a multitude of bacterial species forming the human microbiota. Strikingly, the estimated amount of bacterial cells outnumbers the human body by 10 to 1. However, most of these bacteria colonize the human body without positive or negative effects and are regarded as commensals. Staphylococcus aureus a Gram positive bacterium is such a commensal bacterium of 25 % to 30 % of the world population. It is also an opportunistic pathogen and is able to cause infections in the lung, skin and heart and to induce sepsis. Its pathogenicity is mainly facilitated by the secretion of a broad spectrum of virulence factors which interact with the host. Some are distracting the immune system, others are targeting the host cell membrane or degrade macromolecular structures of the host in order to provide nutrients. Furthermore S. aureus is able to invade the host cell and to survive and replicate in the host cell cytosol or other compartments. The Gram negative proteobacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is an environmental bacterium but still has the ability to enter the human body via body orifices or skin wounds. In a very efficient way it penetrates the host cell, replicates intracellular and the uses host structures to spread from cell to cell thereby causing the disease melioidosis often with fatal outcomes. Since the natural habitats of B. pseudomallei are wet soils, the change to the environment in the human body is drastic and requires a high degree of flexibility of the bacterium. Environmental stress conditions such as temperature, pH, nutrient limitation or presence of antibiotics induce a switch of colony morphology which is a special characteristic of this bacterium. Since it is assumed, that changes in colony morphology are connected to adaptive processes to the environmental changes, these morphology switches might also be important during infection. The host organism and the host cell on the other side try to kill and remove the bacterial threat by activating the immune system and cellular defence mechanisms. This includes generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, production of antimicrobial peptides and cellular processes such as phagocytosis, autophagy, apoptosis and activation of the immune response. The actions and reactions on both, the pathogen side and the host side, are summarized as host-pathogen interactions. In the field of functional genomics, methods were developed to understand various levels of host-pathogen interactions. The holistic analysis of the mRNA (the transcriptome) or translated proteins (the proteome) were already very useful tools to describe important cellular processes on the host and the pathogen site. The level of metabolites with regard to host-pathogen interactions however, has been neglected so far. In this dissertation the metabolic composition in the intracellular and extracellular space of the host and the pathogen was analyzed. For this matter biochemical analytical tools were used such as 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and chromatographic methods (GC and HPLC) coupled to mass spectrometry. The combination of these methods allows a broad coverage of physicochemical diverse metabolites. In accordance to the above mentioned biological levels like mRNA and proteins, the sum of all metabolites is referred as the metabolome. Consequently to transcriptomics and proteomics the analysis of the metabolome is referred as metabolomics. To gain insights into the infection relevant metabolome of the host-pathogen relationship between S. aureus and human lung cells several approaches were developed. First the distribution of the recently identified bacillithiol in different S. aureus strains was investigated with regard to its role during the infection. For that matter a HPLC-methodology was used with fluorescence based detection of labelled low molecular weight thiols (article I: Distribution and infection-related functions of bacillithiol in Staphylococcus aureus). After that the next aim was to reveal the effect of S. aureus on the host cell metabolism. To reduce the complexity of effects on the host cells an artificial model was chosen in a first approach. The lung cells were treated with the staphylococcal virulence factor alpha-hemolysin, a pore forming toxin and a holistic metabolomics approach was performed (article II: Staphylococcus aureus Alpha-Toxin Mediates General and Cell Type-Specific Changes in Metabolite Concentrations of Immortalized Human Airway Epithelial Cells). Using this approach, a protocol for cell culture metabolomics was established and first changes in the host cell metabolome that could be caused by S. aureus were described. However, this only describes specific changes caused by one single virulence factor and does not necessarily describes the reality during a S. aureus infection. Therefore in a next approach, an infection model using a human lung epithelial cell line and the S. aureus strain USA300 was established and used for metabolome analysis. Furthermore a combination of inhibitor treatment and metabolic labelling was used to clarify the metabolic activity in the host cell after exposure to S. aureus (article III: Metabolic features of a human airway epithelial cell line infected with Staphylococcus aureus revealed by a metabolomics approach). Finally this thesis deals with the host-pathogen interaction of B. pseudomallei and its host with a focus on the role of the switch in colony morphology in basic metabolism. Various morphotypes of two strains were generated by nutrient limitation and their uptake of nutrients was monitored. Furthermore the morphotypes were used in in vitro and in vivo infections and subsequently isolated out of the cell line and mice respectively. After isolation, the colony morphology was determined and again the nutrient uptake profile was monitored (article IV: Burkholderia pseudomallei morphotypes show a synchronized metabolic pattern after acute infection). The information provided by this thesis adds a new complexity to the knowledge about the host-pathogen interactions of S. aureus and B. pseudomallei and their hosts. It furthermore lays the groundwork for future studies, which will deal with these and other bacterial host-pathogen interactions in order to understand the interdependencies of infection and metabolism.