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Human fibroblasts from normal and malignant breast tissue grown in vitro show a distinct senescence profile and telomerase activity 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Valenti MT Sartore S Azzarello G Balducci E Amadio M Sandri M Pappagallo GL Tacchetti G Bari M Manconi R D'Andrea MR Silvestri B Vinante O 《The Histochemical journal》2002,34(8-9):403-410
The telomerase activity and the senescence profile of cultured breast fibroblasts from normal human interstitial and malignant stromal tissue were studied in comparison with their proliferation and differentiation pattern. Fibroblasts were grown either in the presence or absence of a conditioned medium (CM) obtained from cultures of the oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer MCF-7 cell line. At different passages (from the 2nd up to the 48th), fibroblasts were examined for the telomerase activity by the Telomerase Repeats Amplification Protocol (TRAP) assay, for proliferation profile by Ki-67 antigen expression, and the myofibroblast or smooth muscle cell-like differentiation pattern by immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies specific for smooth muscle markers. Serial passages of fibroblasts from normal or tumour breast reveal that the relationship between the levels of telomerase activity and phenotypic/proliferation profile changes with cell subcultivation in a different manner in the two cell populations. The fibroblasts from normal tissue completed 12 passages in a CM-independent way prior to senescence whereas fibroblasts from tumour stroma senescence were attained after 48 passages. These cells showed a marked decrease of telomerase activity, growth rate and smooth muscle -actin expressing myofibroblasts after the 32nd passage. CM treatment of this fibroblast population induces a decline in the myofibroblast content, which precedes the changes in telomerase activity. Passaged fibroblasts from normal breast tissue can be converted to myofibroblasts upon CM treatment whereas those from tumour stroma were CM-insensitive. Taken together our data suggest that a heterogeneous fibroblast population with different life span is activated/recruited in the breast interstitium and poses the problem of a unique activation/recruitment of fibroblasts in neoplastic conditions. 相似文献
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Michele Zanoni Olivier Habimana Jessica Amadio Eoin Casey 《Biotechnology and bioengineering》2016,113(3):501-512
The amelioration of biofouling in industrial processing equipment is critical for performance and reliability. While conventional biocides are effective in biofouling control, they are potentially hazardous to the environment and in some cases corrosive to materials. Enzymatic approaches have been shown to be effective and can overcome the disadvantages of traditional biocides, however they are typically uneconomic for routine biofouling control. The aim of this study was to design a robust and reusable enzyme‐functionalized nano‐bead system having biofilm dispersion properties. This work describes the biochemical covalent functionalization of silica‐based nanobeads (hereafter referred to as Si‐NanoB) with Proteinase K (PK). Results showed that PK‐functionalized Si‐NanoB are effective in dispersing both protein‐based model biofilms and structurally altering Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms, with significant decreases in surface coverage and thickness of 30.1% and 38.85%, respectively, while increasing surface roughness by 19 % following 24 h treatments on bacterial biofilms. This study shows that enzyme‐functionalized nanobeads may potentially be an environmentally friendly and cost effective alternative to pure enzyme and chemical treatments. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2016;113: 501–512. © 2015 The Authors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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P53 codon 72 polymorphism and longevity: additional data on centenarians from continental Italy and Sardinia 下载免费PDF全文
Bonafè M Olivieri F Mari D Baggio G Mattace R Berardelli M Sansoni P De Benedictis G De Luca M Marchegiani F Cavallone L Cardelli M Giovagnetti S Ferrucci L Amadio L Lisa R Tucci MG Troiano L Pini G Gueresi P Morellini M Sorbi S Passeri G Barbi C Valensin S Monti D Deiana L Pes GM Carru C Franceschi C 《American journal of human genetics》1999,65(6):1782-1785
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Sabine F Bensamoun Tetsu Tsubone Malayannan Subramaniam John R Hawse Emir Boumediene Thomas C Spelsberg Kai-Nan An Peter C Amadio 《Journal of applied physiology》2006,101(5):1419-1424
The purpose of this study is to investigate age-dependent changes in the architecture and mechanical properties of tendon in TGF-beta inducible early gene-1 (TIEG) knockout mice. Wild-type and TIEG knockout mice, aged 1, 2, and 15 mo, were used. The mechanical properties of tail tendons isolated from these mice were determined using uniaxial tensile ramp (0.05 mm/s) and relaxation (5 mm/s) tests, with a strain of 10%. Mechanical parameters (Young's modulus from the ramp test; fast and static stresses from the relaxation test) were measured and recorded. The structure of the tail tendon fascicle was characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The results of the mechanical testing revealed no significant difference between the knockout and wild-type groups at 1 or 15 mo of age. However, the fascicles of the knockout mice at 3 mo of age exhibited decreased fast and static stresses compared with those of the wild-type mice. Electron microscopy revealed an increase in fibril size in the knockout mouse tendons relative to wild-type controls at 1 and 3 mo of age. These data indicate an important role for TIEG in tendon microarchitecture and strength in adult mice. 相似文献
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Cascinu S Valenti A Amadio P Mare M Munaò S Crucitta E Raffaele M Picone G Mesiti M Gasparini G 《The International journal of biological markers》1999,14(4):239-242
A number of antiangiogenic agents have been developed as pharmaceuticals and are currently being tested in clinical studies. Potential strategies to enhance the activity of angiogenesis inhibitors could be to combine them, or better still, to administer them either sequentially or concurrently with cytotoxic drugs. Chemotherapy would be a more appropriate initial choice for patients with advanced disease since cytostatic agents can induce a fast regression of the tumor and cancer-related symptoms. Antiangiogenic treatment could be used after chemotherapy in patients who achieve disease remission to prolong the time to progression, the symptom-free interval and the overall survival. Antiangiogenic treatment is likely to attain an important role in the adjuvant setting. In fact, it could be used for prolonged periods after radical surgery to maintain dormancy of residual tumor cells. In spite of these promising preclinical data, several points need to be clarified before the initiation of clinical trials. In fact, certain misconceptions may interfere with their optimum design and result analysis. 相似文献
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Silvia Panseri Carla Cunha Joseph Lowery Ubaldo Del Carro Francesca Taraballi Stefano Amadio Angelo Vescovi Fabrizio Gelain 《BMC biotechnology》2008,8(1):1-12
Background
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp. ticks economically impact on cattle production in Africa and other tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Tick vaccines constitute a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to tick control. The R. microplus Bm86 protective antigen has been produced by recombinant DNA technology and shown to protect cattle against tick infestations.Results
In this study, the genes for Bm86 (R. microplus), Ba86 (R. annulatus) and Bd86 (R. decoloratus) were cloned and characterized from African or Asian tick strains and the recombinant proteins were secreted and purified from P. pastoris. The secretion of recombinant Bm86 ortholog proteins in P. pastoris allowed for a simple purification process rendering a final product with high recovery (35–42%) and purity (80–85%) and likely to result in a more reproducible conformation closely resembling the native protein. Rabbit immunization experiments with recombinant proteins showed immune cross-reactivity between Bm86 ortholog proteins.Conclusion
These experiments support the development and testing of vaccines containing recombinant Bm86, Ba86 and Bd86 secreted in P. pastoris for the control of tick infestations in Africa. 相似文献67.
Jessica Amadio Eoin Casey Cormac D. Murphy 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2013,97(13):5955-5963
In drug development, access to drug metabolites is essential for assessment of toxicity and pharmacokinetic studies. Metabolites are usually acquired via chemical synthesis, although biological production is potentially more efficient with fewer waste management issues. A significant problem with the biological approach is the effective half-life of the biocatalyst, which can be resolved by immobilisation. The fungus Cunninghamella elegans is well established as a model of mammalian metabolism, although it has not yet been used to produce metabolites on a large scale. Here, we describe immobilisation of C. elegans as a biofilm, which can transform drugs to important human metabolites. The biofilm was cultivated on hydrophilic microtiter plates and in shake flasks containing a steel spring in contact with the glass. Fluorescence and confocal scanning laser microscopy revealed that the biofilm was composed of a dense network of hyphae, and biochemical analysis demonstrated that the matrix was predominantly polysaccharide. The medium composition was crucial for both biofilm formation and biotransformation of flurbiprofen. In shake flasks, the biofilm transformed 86 % of the flurbiprofen added to hydroxylated metabolites within 24 h, which was slightly more than planktonic cultures (76 %). The biofilm had a longer effective lifetime than the planktonic cells, which underwent lysis after 2?×?72 h cycles, and diluting the Sabouraud dextrose broth enabled the thickness of the biofilm to be controlled while retaining transformation efficiency. Thus, C. elegans biofilm has the potential to be applied as a robust biocatalyst for the production of human drug metabolites required for drug development. 相似文献
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Nágila Zuchi Cristhiana Röpke Akemi Shibuya Thatyla Farago Marina Carmona Jansen Zuanon Sidineia Amadio 《Zeitschrift fur angewandte Ichthyologie》2020,36(6):837-841
Length-weight relationship (LWR) for 39 freshwater fish species captured in the Catalão Lake, a floodplain area at the confluence of the Amazonas and Negro rivers is presented. LWRs were calculated based on fish sampled over 18 years (1999–2017) using a set of ten gill nets with different mesh sizes, monthly immersed in water for 24-hr with 6-hr interval catches. Measurements were done for standard length (SL – 0.1 cm precision) and total weight (TW – 0.01 g precision). The LWRs were calculated by the linear regression of natural log-transformed SL and TW data: TW = a × SLb. All statistical analyses were performed with R software. From all species considered, 32 are new LWR records for the international literature as well as for the Amazonian ichythyofauna; additional records expand the known size range for seven species. 相似文献
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Domenico Solari Luigi Maria Cavallo Teresa Somma Carmela Chiaramonte Felice Esposito Marialaura Del Basso De Caro Paolo Cappabianca 《PloS one》2015,10(10)