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Guerrini Franca; Lombini Alessandra; Bizarri Mariachiara; Pupillo Paolo 《Journal of experimental botany》1994,45(9):1227-1233
Cell suspension cultures of Beta vulgaris L., treated with calciumchelators or untreated, were used to characterize pyndine nucleotide-dependentdiaphorases of microsomes. The microsomal activity of NADH-dependentduroquinone reductase from cultures treated with 10 mM Na2EGTAfor 24 h increased by a factor of 1.8 with respect to controlmicrosomes, and was mainly associated with particles of d=1.17gml1. NADPH-duroquinone reductase and NADH-ferricyanidereductase activities showed smaller increases. Bacterial protein-lipopolysaccharidecomplexes (prLPS) also promoted the increase of microsomal diaphorases;CaEGTA was Ineffective. EGTA effects on enzymes of supernatantand mitochondria were negligible, although Na2EGTA treatmentinduced cell aggregation and strong acidification of the medium. When microsomes from control cultures were solubilized with1% LPC and fractionated in high-efficiency gel permeation columns(FPLC) the diaphorase activities were found associated to threemajor proteins: (i) NADH-specific quinone reductase (NADH-QR)of 340 kDa; (ii) pyndine nucleotide-nonspecific quinone reductase(NAD(P)H-QR) of 85 kDa also having ferricyanide reductase activity;(iii) NADH-specific ferricyanide reductase (NADH-FCR) of 38kDa. The microsomes from EGTA-treated cells also showed a highlyactive NADH-QR having a larger molecular mass (440 kDa) thanin control cells. NAD(P)H-QR also showed increased activity.We conclude that external Ca2+ chelation induces changes indehydrogenase components in microsomes. Furthermore, prLPS probablyexert part of their effect on plants through Ca2+ chelation. Key words: Beta vulgaris, cell cultures, calcium chelators, diaphorase, NAD(P)H-dehydrogenase, lipopolysaccharide, EGTA, quinone reductase 相似文献
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Mariachiara Conte Francesco Aliberti Laura Fucci Marina Piscopo 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2007,23(12):1679-1683
Antibacterial effects of various arginine- and lysine-rich polycationic proteins and polymers were evaluated by broth and
solid dilution assay on a range of foodborne pathogens, Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
(MIC) and the Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) of α-poly-l-lysine (poly-lys), α-poly-l-arginine (poly-arg) and protamines from herring sperm (clupeine sulphate) and salmon sperm (salmine sulphate) were determined
on Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella sonnei,
Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. All these molecules showed antibacterial activity on all strains with different MIC and MBC values. The molecular mechanisms
underlying the effect of α-poly-l-arginine might be related to the entrance of the molecule into the cell. In fact α-poly-l-arginine labelled with 7-Diethylamino coumarin-3-carboxylic acid, succinimidyl ester (DEAC,SE) showed ability to permeate
the cell membrane of B. cereus and E. coli O157:H7. 相似文献
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Mariachiara Zuccarini Patricia Giuliani Silvana Buccella Valentina Di Liberto Giuseppa Mudò Natale Belluardo Marzia Carluccio Margherita Rossini Daniele Filippo Condorelli Michel Piers Rathbone Francesco Caciagli Renata Ciccarelli Patrizia Di Iorio 《Purinergic signalling》2017,13(4):429-442
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) occurs during embryogenesis or under pathological conditions such as hypoxia, injury, chronic inflammation, or tissue fibrosis. In renal tubular epithelial cells (MDCK), TGF-β1 induces EMT by reducing or increasing epithelial or mesenchymal marker expression, respectively. In this study, we confirmed that the cAMP analogues, 8-CPT-cAMP or N6-Ph-cAMP, inhibited the TGF-β1-driven overexpression of the mesenchymal markers ZEB-1, Slug, Fibronectin, and α-SMA. Furthermore, we showed that A1, A2A, P2Y1, P2Y11, and P2X7 purine receptor agonists modulated the TGF-β1-induced EMT through the involvement of PKA and/or MAPK/ERK signaling. The stimulation of A2A receptor reduced the overexpression of the EMT-related markers, mainly through the cAMP-dependent PKA pathway, as confirmed by cell pre-treatment with Myr-PKI. Both A1 and P2Y1 receptor stimulation exacerbated the TGF-β1-driven effects, which were reduced by cell pre-treatment with the MAPK inhibitor PD98059, according to the increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation upon receptor activation. The effects induced by P2Y11 receptor activation were oppositely modulated by PKA or MAPK inhibition, in line with the dual nature of the Gs- and Gq-coupled receptor. Differently, P2X7 receptor induced, per se, similar and not additive effects compared to TGF-β1, after prolonged cell exposure to BzATP. These results suggest a putative role of purine receptors as target for anti-fibrotic agents. 相似文献
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Flavio De Maio Giuseppe Maulucci Mariachiara Minerva Saber Anoosheh Ivana Palucci Raffaella Iantomasi Valentina Palmieri Serena Camassa Michela Sali Maurizio Sanguinetti Wilbert Bitter Riccardo Manganelli Marco De Spirito Giovanni Delogu 《PloS one》2014,9(11)
PE_PGRS proteins are unique to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and a number of other pathogenic mycobacteria. PE_PGRS30, which is required for the full virulence of M. tuberculosis (Mtb), has three main domains, i.e. an N-terminal PE domain, repetitive PGRS domain and the unique C-terminal domain. To investigate the role of these domains, we expressed a GFP-tagged PE_PGRS30 protein and a series of its functional deletion mutants in different mycobacterial species (Mtb, Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium smegmatis) and analysed protein localization by confocal microscopy. We show that PE_PGRS30 localizes at the mycobacterial cell poles in Mtb and M. bovis BCG but not in M. smegmatis and that the PGRS domain of the protein strongly contributes to protein cellular localization in Mtb. Immunofluorescence studies further showed that the unique C-terminal domain of PE_PGRS30 is not available on the surface, except when the PGRS domain is missing. Immunoblot demonstrated that the PGRS domain is required to maintain the protein strongly associated with the non-soluble cellular fraction. These results suggest that the repetitive GGA-GGN repeats of the PGRS domain contain specific sequences that contribute to protein cellular localization and that polar localization might be a key step in the PE_PGRS30-dependent virulence mechanism. 相似文献
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Francesco Nonnis Marzano Fabio Fiori Guogang Jia Mariachiara Chiantore 《Polar Biology》2000,23(11):753-758
The paucity of investigations on the presence of artificial radionuclides and their bioaccumulation in Antarctic fauna is
due to the erroneous belief that this area is pristine. We report evidence that significant levels of the artificial radionuclides
Sr-90, Cs-137, Am-241 and plutonium isotopes can be found in sponges, bivalves, krill and demersal fish fauna of Terra Nova
Bay (Ross Sea), sometimes with a seasonal pattern. Increasing concentrations of Cs-137 were detected in the bivalve Adamussium colbecki (Antarctic scallop) during austral summer months, as a result of major trophic activity and changes in metabolic rates. Bioconcentration
factors for artificial radionuclides in different Antarctic species are presented and discussed in relation to their different
trophic strategies. Unexpectedly high radiocesium bioconcentration factors determined in bivalves suggested the particular
role played by filter feeding in bioaccumulation, particularly in summer when radionuclide bioavailability is enhanced. The
feeding preference of the trematomiid fish Trematomus bernacchii for the scallop A. colbecki is confirmed, not only by fish gut content analyses, but also through radiometric results. Transuranics bioaccumulation by
sensitive species allowed some interesting comparisons on the different plutonium contamination of the southern hemisphere
with respect to the northern one.
Accepted: 25 April 2000 相似文献
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with hand-mirror cells (ALL-HMC) was diagnosed in a 20-year old patient. Cytochemical investigations revealed a positive reaction for PAS and acid phosphatase. Lymphoid blast cells were studied with various monoclonal antibodies in order to determine their derivation and differentiation. The data obtained (positivity for Leu 9, OKT 11 and OKT 8) suggest that blast cells were of T lineage with OKT 8 phenotype. This report supports the phenotypic heterogeneity of ALL-HMC. 相似文献
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Iolanda D’Alimonte Eleonora Nargi Mariachiara Zuccarini Paola Lanuti Patrizia Di Iorio Patricia Giuliani Lucia Ricci-Vitiani Roberto Pallini Francesco Caciagli Renata Ciccarelli 《Purinergic signalling》2015,11(3):331-346
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive brain tumor in humans, comprises a population of stem-like cells (GSCs) that are currently investigated as potential target for GBM therapy. Here, we used GSCs isolated from three different GBM surgical specimens to examine the antitumor activity of purines. Cultured GSCs expressed either metabotropic adenosine P1 and ATP P2Y receptors or ionotropic P2X7 receptors. GSC exposure for 48 h to 10–150 μM ATP, P2R ligand, or to ADPβS or MRS2365, P2Y1R agonists, enhanced cell expansion. This effect was counteracted by the PY1R antagonist MRS2500. In contrast, 48-h treatment with higher doses of ATP or UTP, which binds to P2Y2/4R, or 2′(3′)-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP (Bz-ATP), P2X7R agonist, decreased GSC proliferation. Such a reduction was due to apoptotic or necrotic cell death but mostly to growth arrest. Accordingly, cell regrowth and secondary neurosphere formation were observed 2 weeks after the end of treatment. Suramin, nonselective P2R antagonist, MRS1220 or AZ11645373, selective A3R or P2X7R antagonists, respectively, counteracted ATP antiproliferative effects. AZ11645373 also abolished the inhibitory effect of Bz-ATP low doses on GSC growth. These findings provide important clues on the anticancer potential of ligands for A3R, P2Y1R, and P2X7R, which are involved in the GSC growth control. Interestingly, ATP and BzATP potentiated the cytotoxicity of temozolomide (TMZ), currently used for GBM therapy, enabling it to cause a greater and long-lasting inhibitory effect on GSC duplication when readded to cells previously treated with purine nucleotides plus TMZ. These are the first findings identifying purine nucleotides as able to enhance TMZ antitumor efficacy and might have an immediate translational impact. 相似文献
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Olaf Heilmayer Cornelia Honnen Ute Jacob Mariachiara Chiantore Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti Thomas Brey 《Polar Biology》2005,28(7):523-527
Annual growth rates of Antarctic marine organisms are low compared to their relatives from warmer waters. Previous studies hypothesise that high food availability during austral spring–summer may enable Antarctic invertebrates to attain comparatively high short-term growth rates despite the low temperature. Neither a temperature-growth experiment with juvenile Adamussium colbecki (Smith 1902) nor the comparison of A. colbecki summer growth rates with an empirical scallop specific growth-to-temperature relationship could confirm this hypothesis. Hence, summer growth rates of young, immature A. colbecki are strongly affected by temperature, i.e. no uncoupling from temperature. 相似文献