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Trombetti F, Pagliarani A, Ventrella V, Algieri C, Nesci S. Crucial aminoacids in the F O sector of the F 1F O-ATP synthase address H + across the inner mitochondrial membrane: molecular implications in mitochondrial dysfunctions. Amino Acids 2019; 51:579-587. [PMID: 30798467 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-019-02710-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The eukaryotic F1FO-ATP synthase/hydrolase activity is coupled to H+ translocation through the inner mitochondrial membrane. According to a recent model, two asymmetric H+ half-channels in the a subunit translate a transmembrane vertical H+ flux into the rotor rotation required for ATP synthesis/hydrolysis. Along the H+ pathway, conserved aminoacid residues, mainly glutamate, address H+ both in the downhill and uphill transmembrane movements to synthesize or hydrolyze ATP, respectively. Point mutations responsible for these aminoacid changes affect H+ transfer through the membrane and, as a cascade, result in mitochondrial dysfunctions and related pathologies. The involvement of specific aminoacid residues in driving H+ along their transmembrane pathway within a subunit, sustained by the literature and calculated data, leads to depict a model consistent with some mitochondrial disorders.
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- Fabiana Trombetti
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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Fiorini R, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Fabbri M, Pagliarani A, Nesci S. Lipid-protein interactions in mitochondrial membranes from bivalve mollusks: molecular strategies in different species. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 227:12-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pagliarani A. From the Ca 2+-activated F 1F O-ATPase to the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: an overview. Biochimie 2018; 152:85-93. [PMID: 29964086 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Based on recent advances on the Ca2+-activated F1FO-ATPase features, a novel multistep mechanism involving the mitochondrial F1FO complex in the formation and opening of the still enigmatic mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP), is proposed. MPTP opening makes the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) permeable to ions and solutes and, through cascade events, addresses cell fate to death. Since MPTP forms when matrix Ca2+ concentration rises and ATP is hydrolyzed by the F1FO-ATPase, conformational changes, triggered by Ca2+ insertion in F1, may be transmitted to FO and locally modify the IMM curvature. These events would cause F1FO-ATPase dimer dissociation and MPTP opening.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy.
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Nesci S. A Lethal Channel between the ATP Synthase Monomers. Trends Biochem Sci 2018; 43:311-313. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2018.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. The inhibition of the mitochondrial F1FO-ATPase activity when activated by Ca2+ opens new regulatory roles for NAD. Biol Chem 2018; 399:197-202. [PMID: 28976891 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2017-0209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The mitochondrial F1FO-ATPase is uncompetitively inhibited by NAD+ only when the natural cofactor Mg2+ is replaced by Ca2+, a mode putatively involved in cell death. The Ca2+-dependent F1FO-ATPase is also inhibited when NAD+ concentration in mitochondria is raised by acetoacetate. The enzyme inhibition by NAD+ cannot be ascribed to any de-ac(et)ylation or ADP-ribosylation by sirtuines, as it is not reversed by nicotinamide. Moreover, the addition of acetyl-CoA or palmitate, which would favor the enzyme ac(et)ylation, does not affect the F1FO-ATPase activity. Consistently, NAD+ may play a new role, not associated with redox and non-redox enzymatic reactions, in the Ca2+-dependent regulation of the F1FO-ATPase activity.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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Lee Y, Milne R, Lheureux S, Friedlander M, McLachlan S, Martin K, Bernardini M, Smith C, Picken S, Nesci S, Hopper J, Phillips K. Risk of uterine cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Eur J Cancer 2017; 84:114-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. Kinetic properties of the mitochondrial F 1 F O -ATPase activity elicited by Ca 2+ in replacement of Mg 2+. Biochimie 2017; 140:73-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pagliarani A. Post-translational modifications of the mitochondrial F 1F O-ATPase. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1861:2902-2912. [PMID: 28782624 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mitochondrial F1FO-ATPase has the main role in synthesizing most of ATP, thus providing energy to living cells, but it also works in reverse and hydrolyzes ATP, depending on the transmembrane electrochemical gradient. Within the same complex the vital role of the enzyme of life coexists with that of molecular switch to trigger programmed cell death. The two-faced vital/lethal role makes the enzyme complex an intriguing biochemical target to fight pathogens resistant to traditional therapies and diseases linked to mitochondrial dysfunctions. A variety of post-translational modifications (PTMs) of selected F1FO-ATPase aminoacids have been reported to affect the enzyme function. SCOPE OF REVIEW By reviewing the known PTMs of aminoacid side chains of both F1 and FO sectors according to the most recent advances, the main aim is to highlight how local chemical changes may constitute the molecular key leading to pathological or physiological events. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS PTMs represent the chemical tool to modulate the F1FO-ATPase activity in response to different stimuli. Some PTMs are required to ensure the enzyme catalysis or, conversely, to inactivate the enzyme function. Each covalent modification of the F1FO-ATPase, which occur in response to local changes, is the result of a selective molecular mechanism which, by translating a chemical modification into a biochemical effect, guarantees the enzyme tuning under changing conditions. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Once highlighted how the molecular mechanism works, some PTMs may be exploited to modulate the effect of drugs targeting the enzyme complex or constitute promising tools for F1FO-ATPase-targeted therapeutic strategies.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, BO, Italy.
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In response to calcium mitochondria can undergo a permeability transition-a sudden increase of the permeability of the inner mitochondrial membrane to ions and solutes resulting in cell death. Salvatore Nesci discusses recent advances in the identification of the structure that forms the mitochondria permeability transition pore.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET)University of BolognaOzzano Emilia (BO)Italy
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Buffi O, Iliescu A, Nesci S. Characterization of the novel HLA-C*16:97 allele in an Italian bone marrow donor. HLA 2016; 88:55-6. [PMID: 27461839 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The HLA-C*16:97 allele differs from HLA-C*16:01:01:01 at position 666 of exon 4.
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- O Buffi
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplant Biology, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplant Biology, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplant Biology, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
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Pagliarani A, Nesci S, Ventrella V. Novel Drugs Targeting the c-Ring of the F 1F O-ATP Synthase. Mini Rev Med Chem 2016; 16:815-24. [DOI: 10.2174/1389557516666160211120955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fiorini R, Pagliarani A, Nesci S, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Fabbri M, Ventrella V. Lipid unsaturation per se does not explain the physical state of mitochondrial membranes in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 191:66-75. [PMID: 26456349 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Through a multiple approach, the present study on the mitochondrial membranes from mussel gills and swine heart combines some biochemical information on fatty acid composition, sterol pattern, and temperature dependence of the F1FO-ATPase activity (EC 3.6.3.14.) with fluorescence data on mitochondrial membranes and on liposomes obtained from lipid extracts of mitochondria. The physical state of mussel gills and swine heart was investigated by Laurdan steady state fluorescence. Quite surprisingly, the similar temperature dependence of the F1FO complex, illustrated as Arrhenius plot which in both mitochondria exhibits the same discontinuity at approximately 21°C and overlapping activation energies above and below the discontinuity, is apparently compatible with a different composition and physical state of mitochondrial membranes. Accordingly, mussel membranes contain highly unsaturated fatty acids, abundant sterols, including phytosterols, while mammalian membranes only contain cholesterol and in prevalence shorter and less unsaturated fatty acids, leading to a lower membrane unsaturation with respect to mussel mitochondria. As suggested by fluorescence data, the likely formation of peculiar microdomains interacting with the membrane-bound enzyme complex in mussel mitochondria could produce an environment which somehow approaches the physical state of mammalian mitochondrial membranes. Thus, as an adaptive strategy, the interaction between sterols, highly unsaturated phospholipids and proteins in mussel gill mitochondria could allow the F1FO-ATPase activity to maintain the same activation energy as the mammalian enzyme.
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- Rosamaria Fiorini
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Montedago, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pagliarani A. Opposite rotation directions in the synthesis and hydrolysis of ATP by the ATP synthase: hints from a subunit asymmetry. J Membr Biol 2015; 248:163-9. [PMID: 25655107 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9760-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The ATP synthase can be imagined as a reversible H(+)-translocating channel embedded in the membrane, FO portion, coupled to a protruding catalytic portion, F1. Under physiological conditions the F1FO complex synthesizes ATP by exploiting the transmembrane electrochemical gradient of protons and their downhill movement. Alternatively, under other patho-physiological conditions it exploits ATP hydrolysis to energize the membrane by uphill pumping protons. The reversibility of the mechanism is guaranteed by the structural coupling between the hydrophilic F1 and the hydrophobic FO. Which of the two opposite processes wins in the energy-transducing membrane complex depends on the thermodynamic balance between the protonmotive force (Δp) and the phosphorylation potential of ATP (ΔG P). Accordingly, while Δp prevalence drives ATP synthesis by translocating protons from the membrane P-side to the N-side and generating anticlockwise torque rotation (viewed from the matrix), ΔG P drives ATP hydrolysis by chemomechanical coupling of FO to F1 with clockwise torque. The direction of rotation is the same in all the ATP synthases, due to the conserved steric arrangement of the chiral a subunit of FO. The ability of this coupled bi-functional complex to produce opposite rotations in ATP synthesis and hydrolysis is explained on the basis of the a subunit asymmetry.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pagliarani A. The a subunit asymmetry dictates the two opposite rotation directions in the synthesis and hydrolysis of ATP by the mitochondrial ATP synthase. Med Hypotheses 2014; 84:53-7. [PMID: 25497387 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The main and best known role of the mitochondrial ATP synthase is to synthesize ATP by exploiting the transmembrane electrochemical gradient of protons and their downhill movement. However, under different conditions, the same enzyme can also switch to the opposite function of ATP hydrolysis and exploits its energy to pump protons against their gradient and energize the membrane. The change in functionality is linked to the change of direction of rotation of the two matched sectors of this unique complex, namely the hydrophilic F1, which performs the catalysis, and the hydrophobic membrane-embedded FO, which channels protons. Accordingly, viewed from the matrix side, ATP synthesis is driven by counterclockwise rotation and ATP hydrolysis by clockwise rotation of the FO rotor which is transmitted to F1. ATP dissipation through this mechanism features some diseases such as myocardial ischemia. Increasing evidence shoulders the hypothesis that the asymmetry of the a subunit of FO and particularly the steric arrangement of the two inner semi-channels for protons, play a key role in conferring to the coupled bi-functional complex the ability to reverse rotation by switching from ATP synthesis to ATP hydrolysis and vice versa. Accordingly, the conserved steric arrangement of the chiral a subunit of FO yields the same direction of rotation for all the ATP synthases. According to this hypothesis, the a subunit chirality imposes the direction of rotation of the rotor according to the proton gradient across the membrane. It seems likely that the direction of rotation of the membrane-embedded c-ring, which is adjacent to the a-subunit and acts as a rotor, may be under multiple control, being rotation essential to make the whole enzyme machinery work. However, the asymmetric features of the a subunit would make it the master regulator, thus directly determining which of the two functions, ATP production or ATP dissipation, will be performed. The handedness of a subunit should be considered in drug design to counteract tissue damage under all pathological conditions linked to functional impairment of ATP synthase.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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Fasano ME, Rendine S, Pasi A, Bontadini A, Cosentini E, Carcassi C, Capittini C, Cornacchini G, Espadas de Arias A, Garbarino L, Carella G, Mariotti ML, Mele L, Miotti V, Moscetti A, Nesci S, Ozzella G, Piancatelli D, Porfirio B, Riva MR, Romeo G, Tagliaferri C, Lombardo C, Testi M, Amoroso A, Martinetti M. The distribution of KIR-HLA functional blocks is different from north to south of Italy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 83:168-73. [PMID: 24571475 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR)-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) interaction represents an example of genetic epistasis, where the concomitant presence of specific genes or alleles encoding receptor-ligand units is necessary for the activity of natural killer (NK) cells. Although KIR and HLA genes segregate independently, they co-evolved under environmental pressures to maintain particular KIR-HLA functional blocks for species survival. We investigated, in 270 Italian healthy individuals, the distribution of KIR and HLA polymorphisms in three climatic areas (from cold north to warm south), to verify their possible geographical stratification. We analyzed the presence of 13 KIR genes and genotyped KIR ligands belonging to HLA class I: HLA-C, HLA-B and HLA-A. We did not observe any genetic stratification for KIR genes and HLA-C ligands in Italy. By contrast, in a north-to-south direction, we found a decreasing trend for the HLA-A3 and HLA-A11 ligands (P = 0.012) and an increasing trend for the HLA-B ligands carrying the Bw4 epitope (P = 0.0003) and the Bw4 Ile80 epitope (P = 0.0005). The HLA-A and HLA-B KIR ligands were in negative linkage disequilibrium (correlation coefficient -0.1211), possibly as a consequence of their similar function in inhibiting NK cells. The distribution of the KIR-HLA functional blocks was different along Italy, as we observed a north-to-south ascending trend for KIR3DL1, when coupled with HLA-B Bw4 ligands (P = 0.0067) and with HLA-B Bw4 Ile80 (P = 0.0027), and a descending trend for KIR3DL2 when coupled with HLA-A3 and HLA-A11 ligands (P = 0.0044). Overall, people from South Italy preferentially use the KIR3DL1-HLA-B Bw4 functional unit, while those from the North Italy equally use both the KIR3DL2-HLA-A3/A11 and the KIR3DL1-HLA-B Bw4 functional units to fight infections. Thus, only KIR3DL receptors, which exert the unique role of microbial sensors through the specific D0 domain, and their cognate HLA-A and HLA-B ligands are selectively pressured in Italy according to geographical north-to-south distribution.
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- M E Fasano
- Transplant Immunology Service, Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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Buffi O, Iannelli S, Iliescu A, Bontadini A, Nesci S. A new HLA allele, HLA-B*08:122, described in an unrelated donor of Caucasian origin. Tissue Antigens 2014; 84:585-6. [PMID: 25336318 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Revised: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A new human leukocyte antigen-B allele was found in an unrelated Italian donor.
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- O Buffi
- Immunogenetic Lab, Marche Nord Hospital, Pesaro, Italy
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. Thiol oxidation is crucial in the desensitization of the mitochondrial F1FO-ATPase to oligomycin and other macrolide antibiotics. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2014; 1840:1882-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. The mitochondrial F1FO-ATPase desensitization to oligomycin by tributyltin is due to thiol oxidation. Biochimie 2014; 97:128-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pagliarani A, Nesci S, Ventrella V. Toxicity of organotin compounds: Shared and unshared biochemical targets and mechanisms in animal cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2013; 27:978-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2012.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Revised: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Bologna; Italy
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Ventrella V, Pagliarani A, Nesci S, Trombetti F, Pirini M. Dietary enhancement of selected fatty acid biosynthesis in the digestive gland of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:973-981. [PMID: 23298257 DOI: 10.1021/jf304505d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The fatty acid composition of the digestive gland from the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis subjected to three different dietary regimens for 30 days was analyzed. Samples were collected at the beginning and end of the trial to obtain a comprehensive picture of fatty acid dynamics. Group A was unfed; group B received a diet consisting of 100% Thalassiosira weissflogii and, thus, similar to natural food; and group C received a diet consisting of 100% wheat germ conferring a 18:2ω-6 abundance. Results indicate that fatty acid composition of lipid and phospholipid classes was affected by dietary treatments. However, adult mussel homeostatic skills minimized effects, and thus, only wheat germ diet deeply modified the fatty acid composition. Furthermore, in group C, the occurrence of the non-methylene-interrupted trienoic fatty acids was indicative of de novo fatty acid synthesis presumably because of active fatty acid elongation and Δ5 desaturation system, also supported by the general ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid decrease.
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- Vittoria Ventrella
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy.
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. Tri-n
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Bologna; 40064 Ozzano Emilia Bologna Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Bologna; 40064 Ozzano Emilia Bologna Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Bologna; 40064 Ozzano Emilia Bologna Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Bologna; 40064 Ozzano Emilia Bologna Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Bologna; 40064 Ozzano Emilia Bologna Italy
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Fiorini R, Pagliarani A, Nesci S, Pirini M, Tucci E, Ventrella V. Structural and functional changes in gill mitochondrial membranes from the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to tri-n-butyltin. Environ Toxicol Chem 2012; 31:877-884. [PMID: 22374617 DOI: 10.1002/etc.1764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2011] [Revised: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The use of tributyltin (TBT) as a biocide in antifouling paints leads to a ruinous input of this contaminant in the aquatic environment. Human exposure to TBT mainly occurs through ingestion of contaminated seafood such as filter-feeding mollusks. Tributyltin is known to act as a membrane-active toxicant on several targets, but especially on the mitochondria, and by several mechanisms. The effects of tributyltin on fatty acid composition, on Mg-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activities, and on the membrane physical state were investigated in gill mitochondrial membranes from cultivated mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to 0.5 µg/L and 1.0 µg/L TBT and unexposed for 120 h. The higher TBT exposure dose induced a decrease in the total and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), especially 22:6 n-3, and an activation of the oligomycin-sensitive Mg-ATPase. Both TBT concentrations decreased mitochondrial membrane polarity detected by Laurdan steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy. These findings may help cast light on the multiple modes of action of this toxicant.
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- Rosamaria Fiorini
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. Multi-site TBT binding skews the inhibition of oligomycin on the mitochondrial Mg–ATPase in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Biochimie 2011; 93:1157-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Pagliarani A. Tributyltin (TBT) and mitochondrial respiration in mussel digestive gland. Toxicol In Vitro 2011; 25:951-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Borgatti AR, Pagliarani A. Tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) differently inhibit the mitochondrial Mg-ATPase activity in mussel digestive gland. Toxicol In Vitro 2011; 25:117-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ventrella V, Nesci S, Trombetti F, Bandiera P, Pirini M, Borgatti AR, Pagliarani A. Tributyltin inhibits the oligomycin-sensitive Mg-ATPase activity in Mytilus galloprovincialis digestive gland mitochondria. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2011; 153:75-81. [PMID: 20826230 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tributyltin (TBT), widely employed in the past in antifouling paints, is one of the most toxic organic pollutants. Although recently banned, it still threatens coastal water ecosystems and accumulates in filter-feeding molluscs. TBT is known to act as a membrane-active toxicant; however data on mussels are scanty and exposure effects on mitochondrial ATPase activities remain hitherto unexplored. TBT effects on the mitochondrial Mg-ATPase activities in the digestive gland of Mytilus galloprovincialis were investigated both in vitro and in TBT-exposed mussels. Both an oligomycin-sensitive Mg-ATPase (OS Mg-ATPase) (70% of total Mg-ATPase activity) and an oligomycin-insensitive ATPase (OI Mg-ATPase) (30%) were found. The OS-Mg-ATPase was as much as 70% in vitro inhibited by 0.7 μM (203 μg/L) TBT, while higher concentrations promoted a partial inhibition release up to 5.0 μM TBT; higher than 10.0 μM TBT concentrations yielded nearly complete enzyme inhibition. Concentrations higher than 1 μM TBT enhanced the OI Mg-ATPase. Mussels exposed to 0.5 and 1.0 μg/L TBT in aquaria showed a 30% depressed OS Mg-ATPase activity, irrespective of TBT dose and exposure time (24 and 120 h). The OI Mg-ATPase activity was apparently refractory to TBT exposure and halved both in control and TBT-exposed mussels after 120 h exposure.
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- Vittoria Ventrella
- Department of Biochemistry "G. Moruzzi", Section of Veterinary Biochemistry, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di sopra, 50-40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
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Iliescu A, Nesci S, Manfroi S, Buffi O, Bontadini A. Identification of a novel HLA-C*08 variant allele, C*08:31. Sequence analysis from exons 1 through 8. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 77:84-5. [PMID: 20887384 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01564.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A novel allele, HLA- C*08:31 has been identified by sequence based typing in an Italian hematological patient undergoing bone marrow transplantation.
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- A Iliescu
- Immunogenetic Laboratory, Clinical Pathology Service, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy
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Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Borgatti A, Pagliarani A. Differential effects of tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) in the inhibition of the mitochondrial MgATPase in the digestive gland of Mytilus galloprovincialis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pagliarani A, Nesci S, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Borgatti A. Tributyltin (TBT) effect on the mitochondrial F0F1 complex in the Mytilus galloprovincialis digestive gland. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pagliarani A, Bandiera P, Ventrella V, Trombetti F, Pirini M, Nesci S, Borgatti AR. Tributyltin (TBT) inhibition of oligomycin-sensitive Mg-ATPase activity in mussel mitochondria. Toxicol In Vitro 2008; 22:827-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2007.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Revised: 12/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel allele HLA-C allele, Cw*0331, has been identified by sequence based typing in a German individual selected as a potential bone marrow unrelated donor.
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- S Nesci
- Laboratorio di Tipizzazione Tissutale, Patologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedale San Salvatore, Pesaro, Italy.
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Bontadini A, Testi M, Cuccia MC, Martinetti M, Carcassi C, Chiesa A, Cosentini E, Dametto E, Frison S, Iannone AM, Lombardo C, Malagoli A, Mariani M, Mariotti L, Mascaretti L, Mele L, Miotti V, Nesci S, Ozzella G, Piancatelli D, Romeo G, Tagliaferri C, Vatta S, Andreani M, Conte R. Distribution of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors genes in the Italian Caucasian population. J Transl Med 2006; 4:44. [PMID: 17069649 PMCID: PMC1635427 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-4-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are a family of inhibitory and activatory receptors that are expressed by most natural killer (NK) cells. The KIR gene family is polymorphic: genomic diversity is achieved through differences in gene content and allelic polymorphism. The number of KIR loci has been reported to vary among individuals, resulting in different KIR haplotypes. In this study we report the genotypic structure of KIRs in 217 unrelated healthy Italian individuals from 22 immunogenetics laboratories, located in the northern, central and southern regions of Italy. Methods Two hundred and seventeen DNA samples were studied by a low resolution PCR-SSP kit designed to identify all KIR genes. Results All 17 KIR genes were observed in the population with different frequencies than other Caucasian and non-Caucasian populations; framework genes KIR3DL3, KIR3DP1, KIR2DL4 and KIR3DL2 were present in all individuals. Sixty-five different profiles were found in this Italian population study. Haplotype A remains the most prevalent and genotype 1, with a frequency of 28.5%, is the most commonly observed in the Italian population. Conclusion The Italian Caucasian population shows polymorphism of the KIR gene family like other Caucasian and non-Caucasian populations. Although 64 genotypes have been observed, genotype 1 remains the most frequent as already observed in other populations. Such knowledge of the KIR gene distribution in populations is very useful in the study of associations with diseases and in selection of donors for haploidentical bone marrow transplantation.
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- A Bontadini
- Transfusion Service, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Mediterranean Institute of Hematology, Rome, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Italian KIR Collaborative AIBT Group, Italy
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- Mediterranean Institute of Hematology, Rome, Italy
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- Transfusion Service, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Nesci S, Buffi O, Iliescu A, Scalari P, Luchetti MM. HLA-B*4904, a new allele identified in two unrelated individuals from the same Italian region. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 68:89-90. [PMID: 16774547 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00589.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- S Nesci
- Laboratorio di Tipizzazione Tissutale, Patologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedale San Salvatore, Via Lombroso, 61100 Pesaro, Italy.
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Nesci S, Iliescu A, Buffi O, Sista T, Luchetti MM, Gabrielli A, Rinaldi G. A novel HLA-Cw*16 allele, Cw*160102, identified by cloning and sequencing. Tissue Antigens 2005; 65:580-1. [PMID: 15896209 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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- S Nesci
- Laboratorio di Tipizzazione Tissutale, Patolgia Clinica, AO San Salvatore, Pesaro 61100, Italy.
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Nesci S, Buffi O, Iliescu A, Luchetti M, Battarra MR, Amadei M, Visani G, Andreani M. A new HLA-DRB1*11 allele, DRB1*1144, identified by cloning and sequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 63:282-3. [PMID: 14989721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00176.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report here the identification of a novel DRB1*11 allele, DRB1*1144, identified during sequence-based HLA-DRB1 typing. Molecular cloning and direct sequencing confirmed that the new allele is identical to DRB1*110401 at exon 2, except for a single nucleotide substitution (GTG-->GCG) changing codon 38 from Valine to Alanine.
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- S Nesci
- Laboratorio di Ricerca di Onco-Ematologia, Dipartimento di Onco-Ematologia, Azienda Ospedale 'San Salvatore', Pesaro, Italy.
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In order to determine the influence of HA-1 minor histocompatibility antigen mismatch on BMT outcome, we analyzed a pool of 94 thalassemic transplanted patients all selected for the presence of HLA-A(*)0201 allele. The HA-1 typing was performed using SSP analysis. All the patients received bone marrow from HLA-identical MLC nonresponsive siblings. As graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, all patients received cyclosporin and short methotrexate. Grades II-IV GVHD occurred in five (33.3%) of the 15 patients with recipient HA-1 disparity compared with 14 (17.7%) of the 79 patients without HA-1 disparity. Despite the higher incidence of acute graft-versus-host-disease (aGVHD) in the group of patients with HA-1 incompatibility, these data were not statistically significant. However, it was interesting to observe that no GVHD developed in any of the 15 cases in which the recipient was HA-1 negative and the donor HA-1 positive.
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- S Nesci
- Laboratorio de Ricerca Onco-Ematologico, Dipartimento di Onco Ematologia, Pesaro, Italy
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In this paper we report the identification of a new HLA-A*02 allele in two members of an Afghan family. This novel allele, designed as A*02202, differs from A*02201 by a silent substitution at codon 66 (AAC-->AAT) in the alpha1 domain. A*02202 appears to be the result of a novel mutation (Note).
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- S Nesci
- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo di Muraglia, Azienda Ospedale "San Salvatore", Pesaro, Italy.
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Andreani M, Nesci S, Lucarelli G, Tonucci P, Rapa S, Angelucci E, Persini B, Agostinelli F, Donati M, Manna M. Long-term survival of ex-thalassemic patients with persistent mixed chimerism after bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2000; 25:401-4. [PMID: 10723583 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Twenty-six transplanted thalassemic patients out of 295 analyzed, showed the presence of persistent mixed chimerism, over a period of time varying between 2 and 11 years after BMT. Despite the presence of large numbers of residual host cells, these transplanted thalassemic patients no longer require red blood cell transfusions and have a functional graft, producing sufficient levels of hemoglobin A ranging from 8.3-14.7 g/dl. These ex-thalassemic patients with persistent mixed chimerism, although they did not achieve complete donor engraftment are no longer exposed to the risk of graft rejection. The mechanisms underlying this apparent state of tolerance or education in these patients are at the present time unknown. However, these observations may be useful for physicians involved in defining optimal strategies for clinical gene therapy, in utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and adoption of less toxic conditioning regimens in mini-transplantation.
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- M Andreani
- Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale di Muraglia, Pesaro, Italy
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Gaziev D, Galimberti M, Lucarelli G, Polchi P, Giardini C, Angelucci E, Baronciani D, Sodani P, Erer B, Biagi MD, Andreani M, Agostinelli F, Donati M, Nesci S, Talevi N. Bone marrow transplantation from alternative donors for thalassemia: HLA-phenotypically identical relative and HLA-nonidentical sibling or parent transplants. Bone Marrow Transplant 2000; 25:815-21. [PMID: 10808201 PMCID: PMC7102364 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Twenty-nine patients with thalassemia and a median age of 6 years (range 1.1-33 years) were given a BMT from an alternative donor. Six of the 29 donors were HLA-phenotypically identical and two were mismatched relatives, 13 were mismatched siblings and eight were mismatched parents. Six patients received no antigen (relatives), 15 patients one antigen, five patients two antigen and three patients three antigen disparate grafts. Twenty-three patients were in class 2 or class 3, whereas six patients were in class 1. Thirteen patients were given BUCY, nine patients BUCY plus ALG, six patients BUCY plus TBI or TLI and one patient BUCY with prior cytoreductive-immunosuppressive treatment as conditioning. As GVHD prophylaxis four patients received MTX, 22 CsA + MTX + methylprednisolone (MP) and three patients CsA + MP. Thirteen of 29 patients (44.8%) had sustained engraftment. The probability of graft failure or rejection was 55%. There were no significant differences between antigen disparities and graft failure. The incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD was 47.3% and chronic GVHD was 37.5%. The incidence of acute GVHD was higher in patients receiving one or two antigen disparate in the GVHD direction grafts (vs no antigen) (P EQ 0.04; odds ratio 10.8; 95% CI 1.5-115). The probability of overall and event-free survival was 65% and 21%, respectively, with median follow-up of 7.5 years (range 0.6-17 years) for surviving patients. The degree of HLA disparity between patient and donor did not have a significant effect on survival. The incidence of nonhematologic toxicity was low. Transplant-related mortality was 34%. GVHD (acute or chronic) was a major contributing cause of death (50%) followed by infections (30%). We conclude that at present, due to high graft failure and GVHD rates, BMT from alternative donors should be restricted to patients who have poor life expectancies because they cannot receive adequate conventional treatment or because of alloimmunization to minor blood antigens.
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- D Gaziev
- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti di Midollo Osseo di Muraglia, Azienda Ospedaliera di Pesaro, Pesaro, Italy
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Battaglia M, Andreani M, Manna M, Nesci S, Tonucci P, Persini B, Robustelli della Cuna G, Nocera A, Gorski J, Lucarelli G, De Palma R. Coexistence of two functioning T-cell repertoires in healthy ex-thalassemics bearing a persistent mixed chimerism years after bone marrow transplantation. Blood 1999; 94:3432-8. [PMID: 10552953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from an HLA-identical donor is an established therapy to cure homozygous beta-thalassemia. Approximately 10% of thalassemic patients developed a persistent mixed chimerism (PMC) after BMT characterized by stable coexistence of host and donor cells in all hematopoietic compartments. Interestingly, in the erythrocytic lineage, close to normal levels of hemoglobin can be observed in the absence of complete donor engraftment. In the lymphocytic lineage, the striking feature is the coexistence of immune cells. This implies a state of tolerance or anergy, raising the issue of immunocompetence of the host. To understand the state of the T cells in PMC, repertoire analysis and functional studies were performed on cells from 3 ex-thalassemics. Repertoire analysis showed a profound skewing. This was due to an expansion of some T cells and not to a collapse of the repertoire, because phytohemagglutinin stimulation showed the presence of a complex repertoire. The immunocompetence of the chimeric immune systems was further established by showing responses to alloantigens and recall antigens in vitro. Both host and donor lymphocytes were observed in the cultures. These data suggest that the expanded T cells play a role in specific tolerance while allowing a normal immune status in these patients.
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- M Battaglia
- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianto di Midollo Osseo-Ospedale di Muraglia, Pesaro, Italy
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Nesci S, Manna M, Lucarelli G, Tonucci P, Donati M, Buffi O, Agostinelli F, Andreani M. Mixed chimerism after bone marrow transplantation in thalassemia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1998; 850:495-7. [PMID: 9668594 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10531.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- S Nesci
- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Salvatore, Pesaro, Italy
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Nesci S, Talevi N, Andreani M, Manna M, Iliescu A, Lucarelli G. An unusual DRB1*1503 haplotype without a detectable DRB5 locus in a black African family. Tissue Antigens 1997; 49:53-5. [PMID: 9027966 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02710.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A DRB1*1503 allele not associated with DRB5 locus has been detected in an African family during routine HLA typing for bone marrow transplantation. PCR/SSOP analysis showed the DR2-associated alleles in all the family members but the DRB5 locus appeared to be absent in the patient and his brother. The samples were then analyzed for the presence of DRB6 pseudogenes and we found that the unusual haplotype was associated with DRB6*0101 allele. This finding strengthen the hypothesis of a recombination hot spot between DRB1 and DRB6 genes.
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- S Nesci
- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale San Salvatore, Pesaro, Italy
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Andreani M, Manna M, Lucarelli G, Tonucci P, Agostinelli F, Ripalti M, Rapa S, Talevi N, Galimberti M, Nesci S. Persistence of mixed chimerism in patients transplanted for the treatment of thalassemia. Blood 1996; 87:3494-9. [PMID: 8605369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Molecular genetic techniques permit sensitive assessment of host hematopoiesis after marrow transplantation for thalassemia. Information on this persistence and the cell lines in which it occurs may permit therapeutic intervention in patients at high risk for rejection and/or relapse. The objective of this study, therefore, was to determine the evolution and cell line distribution of persistent mixed chimerism detected in 55 patients treated for beta thalassemia. Our findings indicated that rejection occurred in 20 patients, the host component disappeared in 20, and mixed chimerism without transfusion need persisted for 1 to 7 years in 15. In three patients with stable mixed chimerism for 4, 5, and 7 years, host hematopoiesis fluctuated between 25% and 75%. Despite this, donor pattern beta-globin chain synthesis maintained hemoglobin levels between 10 and 13.5 g/dL without transfusion. In these three patients, the polymerase chain reaction of the VNTR and the fluorescent in situ hybridization analysis revealed the coexistence of donor and host cells in the different peripheral blood cell subpopulations and precursors studied (CD2+, CD4+, CD8+, and CD19+ granulocytes; glycophorin-A+, erythroid burst-forming units, CD33+, granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units). We found that rejection and disease recurrence occur in approximately one third of patients with early mixed chimerism. High levels of host type hematopoiesis can be present in patients not requiring transfusion.
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- M Andreani
- Divisione Ematologica e Centro Trapianto di Midollo Osseo di Muraglia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Salvatore di Pesaro, Italy
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Lucarelli G, Clift RA, Galimberti M, Polchi P, Angelucci E, Baronciani D, Giardini C, Andreani M, Manna M, Nesci S, Agostinelli F, Rapa S, Ripalti M, Albertini F. Marrow transplantation for patients with thalassemia: results in class 3 patients. Blood 1996; 87:2082-8. [PMID: 8634461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Thalassemia patients can be categorized as class 1 (minimal liver damage and iron overload), class 3 (extensive liver damage from iron overload), and class 2 (intermediate). These categories are prognostic for treatment outcome after marrow transplantation. Class 3 patients have more transplant-related mortality than other patients. This study examines transplantation outcome for class 3 patients. Records were reviewed of 215 patients in class 3 who received transplants in Pesaro from HLA-identical related donors between May 1, 1984 and May 1, 1994. The influence of pretransplant, peritransplant, and posttransplant variables on survival, relapse, and transplant-related mortality was examined by product-limit and proportional-hazards multivariate analysis. Age and conditioning regimen were influential on survival, and regimens with less than 200 mg/kg cyclosporine (CY) were associated with 5-year survival probabilities of .74 and .63 patients younger than 17 years and older patients, respectively. Transfusion history and regimen were influential on rejection with 5 year probabilities of .53 and .24 in patients who received less than or greater than 100 red blood cell transfusions before transplantation and regimens containing less than 200 mg/kg CY. Results of transplantation for patients with advanced thalassemia treatment have improved with the introduction of conditioning regimens with less CY. This has been associated with an increase in rejection (particularly in patients who have received < 100 red blood cell transfusions before transplant). Efforts at reducing the rejection rate by modifying the conditioning regimen should be concentrated on younger patients who have received a small number of transfusions. Patients with thalassemia who have HLA-identical family members should be transplanted before they are in class 3.
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- G Lucarelli
- Divisione Ematologica e Centro Trapianto Midollo Osseo di Muraglia, Pesaro, Italy
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Uguccioni M, Meliconi R, Nesci S, Lucarelli G, Ceska M, Gasbarrini G, Facchini A. Elevated interleukin-8 serum concentrations in beta-thalassemia and graft-versus-host disease. Blood 1993; 81:2252-6. [PMID: 8481507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Neutrophil chemotactic and functional defects occur in beta-thalassemia and in patients after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a novel chemotactic and activating peptide for neutrophils and can be detected in the circulation. IL-8 serum concentrations were evaluated in 30 beta-thalassemic patients before and after BMT. Serial samples from 16 patients were also studied. Fourteen sera from healthy children, 43 patients with chronic viral hepatitis, 16 patients on chronic transfusion treatment for various hematologic disorders, and 28 healthy adults were studied as controls. IL-8 was evaluated by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Patients with beta-thalassemia had higher IL-8 concentrations than did normal controls, patients with liver disease, and patients on chronic transfusion. beta-Thalassemic patients with severe liver siderosis and fibrosis had the highest IL-8 concentrations. After BMT in patients with successful engraftment, IL-8 concentrations decreased significantly. In contrast, in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), IL-8 concentrations were not statistically different from the concentrations found before BMT and were higher than in patients with no complications and patients with graft rejection. IL-8 may play a part in the immune dysregulation that occurs in beta-thalassemia and may be involved in the immune mechanisms leading to GVHD.
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- M Uguccioni
- Laboratorio Immunologia e Genetica, Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti, IOR, Bologna, Italy
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Nesci S, Manna M, Andreani M, Fattorini P, Graziosi G, Lucarelli G. Mixed chimerism in thalassemic patients after bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 1992; 10:143-6. [PMID: 1525603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Seventy-four patients with homozygous beta-thalassemia who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) were analysed in order to evaluate the incidence and the significance of mixed chimerism (MC). Using a panel of four single locus specific minisatellite DNA probes, MC was found in 36.5%, 34.7% and 16.7% of the patients at 2, 6 and 12 months respectively after BMT. Moreover we found that different pretransplant conditioning regimens could be responsible for variations in the incidence of MC. The level of residual host cells found 2 months after BMT correlated with the occurrence of rejection.
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- S Nesci
- Divisione Ematologica di Muraglia, Pesaro, Italy
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Uguccioni M, Meliconi R, Lalli E, Nesci S, Delfini C, Lucarelli G, Gasbarrini G, Facchini A. Serum amyloid A protein concentration in bone marrow transplantation for beta thalassaemia. J Clin Pathol 1992; 45:348-51. [PMID: 1577974 PMCID: PMC495278 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.45.4.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AIMS To investigate whether serum amyloid A protein (SAA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations could be used in the management of beta thalassaemic patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). METHODS Serum SAA and CRP concentrations were determined in paired samples from 66 patients with beta thalassaemia before and after BMT. Serum SAA concentrations were determined by an enzyme linked immunoassay (EIA); serum CRP concentrations were determined by a nephelometric assay. RESULTS Serum SAA concentrations before transplantation were significantly higher in the group that subsequently rejected the transplant than the group without complications. SAA concentrations increased after BMT in acute graft versus host disease (GvHD) and rejection. No significant increase in SAA or CRP was found in chronic GvHD. Increases in serum in SAA and CRP concentrations were not related to concomitant infection episodes. CONCLUSIONS The different acute phase response in acute GvHD and rejection compared with chronic GvHD suggests that different immunopathogenic mechanisms are responsible.
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- M Uguccioni
- Laboratorio di Immunologia e Genetica, Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti, Bologna, Italy
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Meliconi R, Uguccioni M, Lalli E, Nesci S, Delfini C, Paradisi O, Lucarelli G, Gasbarrini G, Facchini A. Increased serum concentrations of tumour necrosis factor in beta thalassaemia: effect of bone marrow transplantation. J Clin Pathol 1992; 45:61-5. [PMID: 1740519 PMCID: PMC495819 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.45.1.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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AIMS Serum concentrations of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) were determined in beta thalassemic patients before and after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) to evaluate whether changes in TNF concentrations after BMT were related to immune mediated complications. METHODS Serum TNF concentrations were determined by enzyme linked immunoassay (EIA) in paired samples from 71 patients with beta thalassemia before and after BMT. Serial samples from 13 patients were also studied for up to six months after BMT. Forty one normal healthy children matched for sex and age were studied as controls. RESULTS beta thalassemic patients had high serum TNF concentrations before transplantation compared with controls. These were not related to sex, age, duration of disease, number of blood transfusions, transferrin concentrations or splenectomy. DQw1 positive patients showed significantly lower TNF concentrations than non-DQw1 cases. Patients with severe liver fibrosis had significantly higher TNF concentrations. No correlation was found between TNF values and BMT outcome before transplantation but TNF alpha values fell significantly after BMT. The decrease persisted only in patients with successful engraftment. In serial samples studied for up to six months after BMT, TNF values decreased but in four out of five patients with graft rejection and in all five with acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) sharp increases occurred at the time of clinical symptoms. No correlation was found between the degree of GVHD and serum TNF-alpha concentrations nor between TNF-alpha concentrations after BMT and the presence of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. CONCLUSIONS About 50% of beta thalassemic patients have increased serum TNF, and the changes after BMT are related to the occurrence of immune mediate complications. The persistence of low TNF concentrations after successful engraftment may be due to the preparative regimen and the lack of adverse immune reactions.
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- R Meliconi
- Patologia Medica I, University of Bologna, Italy
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