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Summary
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.dianthi, pathogenic on carnation plants is very sensitive toBacillus subtilis M51 inhibition.Fusarium oxysporum disease (fusariosis) is prevented for a period of two months after treatment of plants withBacillus subtilis M51. The persistence ofB. subtilis M51, marked for selenomycin resistance (MZ51) and inoculated on the roots of carnation cuttings was studied. Soil used was
two types: naturally infested withFusarium oxysporum and free from this pathogen. Bacterial cells presence on the roots was detected by direct plating and the presence of the
pathogen in the roots was investigated by histological assays. Evidence gathered by these procedures suggest that plant protection
is dependent on the physical presence ofB. subtilis M51 cells on the roots. 相似文献
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Beneficial effects of GH/IGF-1 on skeletal muscle atrophy and function in experimental heart failure 总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10
Dalla Libera L Ravara B Volterrani M Gobbo V Della Barbera M Angelini A Danieli Betto D Germinario E Vescovo G 《American journal of physiology. Cell physiology》2004,286(1):C138-C144
Muscle atrophy is a determinant of exercise capacity in heart failure (CHF). Myocyte apoptosis, triggered by tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) or its second messenger sphingosine (SPH), is one of the causes of atrophy. Growth hormone (GH) improves hemodynamic and cardiac trophism in several experimental models of CHF, but its effect on skeletal muscle in CHF is not yet clear. We tested the hypothesis that GH can prevent skeletal muscle apoptosis in rats with CHF. CHF was induced by injecting monocrotaline. After 2 wk, 2 groups of rats were treated with GH (0.2 mg·kg1·day1 and 1.0 mg·kg1·day1) subcutaneously. A third group of controls had saline. After 2 additional weeks, rats were killed. Tibialis anterior cross-sectional area, myosin heavy chain (MHC) composition, and a study on myocyte apoptosis and serum levels of TNF- and SPH were carried out. The number of apoptotic nuclei, muscle atrophy, and serum levels of TNF- and SPH were decreased with GH at high but not at low doses compared with CHF rats. Bcl-2 was increased, whereas activated caspases and bax were decreased. The MHC pattern in GH-treated animals was similar to that of controls. Monocrotaline slowed down both contraction and relaxation but did not affect specific tetanic force, whereas absolute force was decreased. GH treatment restored contraction and relaxation to control values and brought muscle mass and absolute twitch and tetanic tension to normal levels. These findings may provide an insight into the therapeutic strategy of GH given to patients with CHF to improve exercise capacity. apoptosis; cytokines; myosin heavy chains 相似文献
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Cristiana Vitale Giuseppe Mercuro Carlotta Castiglioni Alessandra Cornoldi Arianna Tulli Massimo Fini Maurizio Volterrani Giuseppe MC Rosano 《Cardiovascular diabetology》2005,4(1):1-8
Background
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of common cardiovascular risk factors that includes hypertension and insulin resistance. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are frequent comorbidities and, like metabolic syndrome, increase the risk of cardiovascular events. Telmisartan, an antihypertensive agent with evidence of partial peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor activity-gamma (PPARγ) activity, may improve insulin sensitivity and lipid profile in patients with metabolic syndrome.Methods
In a double-blind, parallel-group, randomized study, patients with World Health Organization criteria for metabolic syndrome received once-daily doses of telmisartan (80 mg, n = 20) or losartan (50 mg, n = 20) for 3 months. At baseline and end of treatment, fasting and postprandial plasma glucose, insulin sensitivity, glycosylated haemoglobin (HBA1c) and 24-hour mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were determined.Results
Telmisartan, but not losartan, significantly (p < 0.05) reduced free plasma glucose, free plasma insulin, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and HbAic. Following treatment, plasma glucose and insulin were reduced during the oral glucose tolerance test by telmisartan, but not by losartan. Telmisartan also significantly reduced 24-hour mean systolic blood pressure (p < 0.05) and diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.05) compared with losartan.Conclusion
As well as providing superior 24-hour blood pressure control, telmisartan, unlike losartan, displayed insulin-sensitizing activity, which may be explained by its partial PPARγ activity. 相似文献4.
Inter‐ and intraspecific variability in physiological traits and post‐anoxia recovery of photosynthetic efficiency in grasses under oxygen deprivation
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Antonio Pompeiano Thais Huarancca Reyes Tommaso M. Moles Marco Villani Marco Volterrani Lorenzo Guglielminetti Andrea Scartazza 《Physiologia plantarum》2017,161(3):385-399
Low oxygen conditions occur in grass sites due to high and frequent precipitation, poor soil quality, and over‐irrigation followed by slow drainage. Three warm‐season and one cool‐season grass were analyzed at metabolic level during a time‐course experiment performed in a controlled anoxic environment. Prolonged oxygen depletion proved detrimental by leading to premature death to all the species, with the exception of seashore paspalum. Moreover, the anoxia tolerance observed in these grasses has been associated with slow use of carbohydrates, rather than with their relative abundance, which was more important than their antioxidant capacity. Further physiological characterization of eight seashore paspalum genotypes to anoxia was also performed, by examining the variation in photosystem II (PSII) efficiency and gas exchange during post‐anoxia recovery. Multivariate analysis highlighted the presence of three main clusters of seashore paspalum genotypes, characterized by different ability to restore the PSII photochemistry during recovery after one day of anoxia. Taken together, our data demonstrate that the analysis of post‐anoxia recovery of fluorescence and gas exchange parameters can represent a fast and reliable indicator for selecting species and cultivars more able to acclimate their photosynthetic apparatus. 相似文献
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Anna Maria Di Giacomo Riccardo Danielli Massimo Guidoboni Luana Calabrò Dora Carlucci Clelia Miracco Luca Volterrani Maria Antonietta Mazzei Maurizio Biagioli Maresa Altomonte Michele Maio 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2009,58(8):1297-1306
The management of unresectable metastatic melanoma is a major clinical challenge because of the lack of reliably effective
systemic therapies. Blocking cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) has recently been proposed as a strategy
to enhance cell-mediated immune responses to cancer, and clinical trials have demonstrated that anti-CTLA-4 therapy can produce
durable outcomes with different response patterns than cytotoxic chemotherapy. We enrolled eight out of 155 patients with
advanced melanoma in a multicentre phase II trial that evaluated the activity and tolerability of ipilimumab, a fully human,
anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody (; NCT00289627; CA184-008). Here we report our experience with three of these patients, who experienced progressive disease
after a variety of previous therapies, including prior immunotherapies, and who achieved good outcomes with ipilimumab. One
patient had a partial response ongoing at 17+ months on ipilimumab despite failure with four prior therapies, and the other
two patients showed durable stable disease, both still ongoing at 17+ and 20+ months, respectively. The patient achieving
a partial response experienced no side effects while receiving ipilimumab. The other two patients developed immune-related
adverse events (irAEs) including rash (one case; grade 2) and diarrhoea (both cases; grades 1 and 2, respectively); the histopathology
of colon biopsy samples from both was suggestive of colitis, with an abundant CD8+ T-cell infiltrate. Nausea, vomiting and
acute pancreatitis were also observed in one patient. In addition, immunohistochemical findings of a dense CD8+, TIA1+ and
granzyme B+ lymphoid infiltrate within a biopsied lesion provide indirect evidence of functional T-cell activation induced
by treatment. These case reports highlight the potential for anti-CTLA-4-based therapy in previously treated patients with
advanced melanoma. Moreover, because the patterns of response to ipilimumab differ from chemotherapy, we need to understand
how and when patients may respond to treatment so that appropriate clinical decisions can be made. 相似文献
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Pepi M Heipieper HJ Fischer J Ruta M Volterrani M Focardi SE 《Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions》2008,12(3):343-349
Bacillus sp. ORAs2 and Pseudomonas sp. ORAs5, two arsenic-resistant bacterial strains previously isolated from sediments of the Orbetello Lagoon, Italy, were
tested for their adaptation to mixed contaminants on the level of membrane fatty acid composition. The two bacterial strains
were characterized by high levels of arsenic resistance, and Pseudomonas sp. ORAs5 was also shown to be solvent-tolerant. The bacterial strains were exposed to mixtures of two toxic compounds: arsenic
at fixed concentrations and toluene in variable amounts or, alternatively, toluene at constant values along with arsenic added
at variable concentrations. Both strains react to the contaminants by changing the composition of their membrane fatty acids.
Bacillus sp. strain ORAs2 showed a correlation between growth rate decreases and fatty acids degree of saturation increases in both
cases, although pointedly in the presence of 1, 2, and 3 mM of toluene and different additions of arsenic, counteracting membranes
fluidity induced by toxic compounds. In Pseudomonas sp. ORAs5, adaptive changes in membrane composition was observed both in terms of increases in the degree of saturation and
in the trans/cis ratio of unsaturated fatty acids in the presence of varying toluene and constant arsenic concentrations, whereas only minor
changes occurred with increasing arsenic and constant toluene concentrations. Thus, on the level of membrane composition,
Bacillus sp. ORAs2 showed a higher potential for adaptation to the presence of mixed pollutants, suggesting its probable suitability
for bioremediation purposes. 相似文献
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Milva Pepi Arianna Lobianco Monia Renzi Guido Perra Emanuele Bernardini Massimiliano Marvasi Simone Gasperini Margherita Volterrani Enrica Franchi Hermann J. Heipieper Silvano E. Focardi 《Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions》2009,13(5):839-848
Two bacterial strains were isolated in the presence of naphthalene as the sole carbon and energy source from sediments of the Orbetello Lagoon, Italy, which is highly contaminated with both organic compounds and metals. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the two isolates assigned the strains to the genera Paenibacillus and Pseudomonas. The effect of different contaminants on the growth behaviors of the two strains was investigated. Pseudomonas sp. ORNaP2 showed a higher tolerance to benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene than Paenibacillus sp. ORNaP1. In addition, the toxicity of heavy metals potentially present as co-pollutants in the investigated site was tested. Here, strain Paenibacillus sp. ORNaP1 showed a higher tolerance towards arsenic, cadmium, and lead, whereas it was far more sensitive towards mercury than strain Pseudomonas sp. ORNaP2. These differences between the Gram-negative Pseudomonas and the Gram-positive Paenibacillus strain can be explained by different general adaptive response systems present in the two bacteria. 相似文献
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Arsenic-resistant bacteria isolated from contaminated sediments of the Orbetello Lagoon, Italy, and their characterization 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Pepi M Volterrani M Renzi M Marvasi M Gasperini S Franchi E Focardi SE 《Journal of applied microbiology》2007,103(6):2299-2308
AIMS: The aim of this study was to isolate arsenic-resistant bacteria from contaminated sediment of the Orbetello Lagoon, Italy, to characterize isolates for As(III), As(V), heavy metals resistance, and from the phylogenetic point of view. METHODS AND RESULTS: Enrichment cultures were carried out in the presence of 6.75 mmol l(-1) of As(III), allowing isolation of ten bacterial strains. Four isolates, ORAs1, ORAs2, ORAs5 and ORAs6, showed minimum inhibitory concentration values equal or superior to 16.68 mmol l(-1) and 133.47 mmol l(-1) in the presence of As(III) and As(V), respectively. Isolate ORAs2 showed values of 1.8 mmol l(-1) in the presence of Cd(II) and 7.7 mmol l(-1) of Zn(II), and isolate ORAs1 pointed out a value of 8.0 mmol l(-1) in the presence of Cu(II). Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that they can be grouped in the three genera Aeromonas, Bacillus and Pseudomonas. Phylogenetic analysis of the four more arsenic-resistant strains was also performed. CONCLUSION: Isolates are highly resistant to both As(III) and As(V) and they could represent good candidates for bioremediation processes of native polluted sediments. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study provides original results on levels of resistance to arsenic and to assigning genera of bacterial strains isolated from arsenic-polluted sediments. 相似文献