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Principi E, Sondo E, Bianchi G, Ravera S, Morini M, Tomati V, Pastorino C, Zara F, Bruno C, Eva A, Pedemonte N, Raffaghello L. Targeting of Ubiquitin E3 Ligase RNF5 as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy in Neuroectodermal Tumors. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14071802. [PMID: 35406574 PMCID: PMC8997491 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14071802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
RNF5, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) E3 ubiquitin ligase, participates to the ER-associated protein degradation guaranteeing the protein homeostasis. Depending on tumor model tested, RNF5 exerts pro- or anti-tumor activity. The aim of this study was to elucidate the controversial role of RNF5 in neuroblastoma and melanoma, two neuroectodermal tumors of infancy and adulthood, respectively. RNF5 gene levels are evaluated in publicly available datasets reporting the gene expression profile of melanoma and neuroblastoma primary tumors at diagnosis. The therapeutic effect of Analog-1, an RNF5 pharmacological activator, was investigated on in vitro and in vivo neuroblastoma and melanoma models. In both neuroblastoma and melanoma patients the high expression of RNF5 correlated with a better prognostic outcome. Treatment of neuroblastoma and melanoma cell lines with Analog-1 reduced cell viability by impairing the glutamine availability and energy metabolism through inhibition of F1Fo ATP-synthase activity. This latter event led to a marked increase in oxidative stress, which, in turn, caused cell death. Similarly, neuroblastoma- and melanoma-bearing mice treated with Analog-1 showed a significant delay of tumor growth in comparison to those treated with vehicle only. These findings validate RNF5 as an innovative drug target and support the development of Analog-1 in early phase clinical trials for neuroblastoma and melanoma patients.
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- Elisa Principi
- Center of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- UOC Genetica Medica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- Stem Cell Laboratory and Cell Therapy Center, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- Experimental Medicine Department, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- UOC Genetica Medica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DI-NOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- UOC Genetica Medica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DI-NOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Center of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DI-NOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- Center of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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Križančić Bombek L, Čater M. Skeletal Muscle Uncoupling Proteins in Mice Models of Obesity. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12030259. [PMID: 35323702 PMCID: PMC8955650 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12030259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Obesity and accompanying type 2 diabetes are among major and increasing worldwide problems that occur fundamentally due to excessive energy intake during its expenditure. Endotherms continuously consume a certain amount of energy to maintain core body temperature via thermogenic processes, mainly in brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle glucose utilization and heat production are significant and directly linked to body glucose homeostasis at rest, and especially during physical activity. However, this glucose balance is impaired in diabetic and obese states in humans and mice, and manifests as glucose resistance and altered muscle cell metabolism. Uncoupling proteins have a significant role in converting electrochemical energy into thermal energy without ATP generation. Different homologs of uncoupling proteins were identified, and their roles were linked to antioxidative activity and boosting glucose and lipid metabolism. From this perspective, uncoupling proteins were studied in correlation to the pathogenesis of diabetes and obesity and their possible treatments. Mice were extensively used as model organisms to study the physiology and pathophysiology of energy homeostasis. However, we should be aware of interstrain differences in mice models of obesity regarding thermogenesis and insulin resistance in skeletal muscles. Therefore, in this review, we gathered up-to-date knowledge on skeletal muscle uncoupling proteins and their effect on insulin sensitivity in mouse models of obesity and diabetes.
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Ravera S, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Morelli AM, Panfoli I. Efficient extra-mitochondrial aerobic ATP synthesis in neuronal membrane systems. J Neurosci Res 2021; 99:2250-2260. [PMID: 34085315 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The nervous system displays high energy consumption, apparently not fulfilled by mitochondria, which are underrepresented therein. The oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) activity, a mitochondrial process that aerobically provides ATP, has also been reported also in the myelin sheath and the rod outer segment (OS) disks. Thus, commonalities and differences between the extra-mitochondrial and mitochondrial aerobic metabolism were evaluated in bovine isolated myelin (IM), rod OS, and mitochondria-enriched fractions (MIT). The subcellular fraction quality and the absence of contamination fractions have been estimated by western blot analysis. Oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis were stimulated by conventional (pyruvate + malate or succinate) and unconventional (NADH) substrates, observing that oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis by IM and rod OS are more efficient than by MIT, in the presence of both kinds of respiratory substrates. Mitochondria did not utilize NADH as a respiring substrate. When ATP synthesis by either sample was assayed in the presence of 10-100 µM ATP in the assay medium, only in IM and OS it was not inhibited, suggesting that the ATP exportation by the mitochondria is limited by extravesicular ATP concentration. Interestingly, IM and OS but not mitochondria appear able to synthesize ATP at a later time with respect to exposure to respiratory substrates, supporting the hypothesis that the proton gradient produced by the electron transport chain is buffered by membrane phospholipids. The putative transfer mode of the OxPhos molecular machinery from mitochondria to the extra-mitochondrial structures is also discussed, opening new perspectives in the field of neurophysiology.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry - Core Facilities, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Amaroli A, Benedicenti S, Bianco B, Bosco A, Clemente Vargas MR, Hanna R, Kalarickel Ramakrishnan P, Raffetto M, Ravera S. Electromagnetic Dosimetry for Isolated Mitochondria Exposed to Near-Infrared Continuous-Wave Illumination in Photobiomodulation Experiments. Bioelectromagnetics 2021; 42:384-397. [PMID: 34004023 PMCID: PMC8251649 DOI: 10.1002/bem.22342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This paper presents results on the electromagnetic field computed inside isolated mitochondria when they are exposed to near-infrared illuminations with reference to photobiomodulation experiments. The accurate calculation of the electromagnetic dose is considered to be important for a better understanding of the mechanism of interaction of light with these organelles and to improve the reliability and repeatability of the experiments. To get such results, we introduce several models. Even though they refer to a well-defined experimental setup, different models are necessary to take into account the possible different dispositions of the mitochondria, and of the differences in their dimensions and in their constitutive parameters. Different wavelengths and polarizations are considered as well. The effects of all parameters on the electromagnetic field inside mitochondria are discussed. © 2021 Bioelectromagnetics Society.
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- Andrea Amaroli
- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Orthopaedic Dentistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Oral Surgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Ravera S, Morelli AM, Panfoli I. Myelination increases chemical energy support to the axon without modifying the basic physicochemical mechanism of nerve conduction. Neurochem Int 2020; 141:104883. [PMID: 33075435 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2020.104883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The existence of different conductive patterns in unmyelinated and myelinated axons is uncertain. It seems that considering exclusively physical electrical phenomena may be an oversimplification. A novel interpretation of the mechanism of nerve conduction in myelinated nerves is proposed, to explain how the basic mechanism of nerve conduction has been adapted to myelinated conditions. The neurilemma would bear the voltage-gated channels and Na+/K+-ATPase in both unmyelinated and myelinated conditions, the only difference being the sheath wrapping it. The dramatic increase in conduction speed of the myelinated axons would essentially depend on an increment in ATP availability within the internode: myelin would be an aerobic ATP supplier to the axoplasm, through connexons. In fact, neurons rely on aerobic metabolism and on trophic support from oligodendrocytes, that do not normally duplicate after infancy in humans. Such comprehensive framework of nerve impulse propagation in axons may shed new light on the pathophysiology of nervous system disease in humans, seemingly strictly dependent on the viability of the pre-existing oligodendrocyte.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, I 16132, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, University of Genoa, Genoa, I 16132, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, University of Genoa, Genoa, I 16132, Italy
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Morelli AM, Ravera S, Calzia D, Panfoli I. An update of the chemiosmotic theory as suggested by possible proton currents inside the coupling membrane. Open Biol 2020; 9:180221. [PMID: 30966998 PMCID: PMC6501646 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.180221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Understanding how biological systems convert and store energy is a primary purpose of basic research. However, despite Mitchell's chemiosmotic theory, we are far from the complete description of basic processes such as oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and photosynthesis. After more than half a century, the chemiosmotic theory may need updating, thanks to the latest structural data on respiratory chain complexes. In particular, up-to date technologies, such as those using fluorescence indicators following proton displacements, have shown that proton translocation is lateral rather than transversal with respect to the coupling membrane. Furthermore, the definition of the physical species involved in the transfer (proton, hydroxonium ion or proton currents) is still an unresolved issue, even though the latest acquisitions support the idea that protonic currents, difficult to measure, are involved. Moreover, FoF1-ATP synthase ubiquitous motor enzyme has the peculiarity (unlike most enzymes) of affecting the thermodynamic equilibrium of ATP synthesis. It seems that the concept of diffusion of the proton charge expressed more than two centuries ago by Theodor von Grotthuss is to be taken into consideration to resolve these issues. All these uncertainties remind us that also in biology it is necessary to consider the Heisenberg indeterminacy principle, which sets limits to analytical questions.
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- Alessandro Maria Morelli
- 1 Pharmacy Department, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova , Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genova , Italy
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- 2 Experimental Medicine Department, University of Genova , Via De Toni 14, 16132 Genova , Italy
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- 1 Pharmacy Department, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova , Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genova , Italy
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- 2 Experimental Medicine Department, University of Genova , Via De Toni 14, 16132 Genova , Italy
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Ravera S, Signorello MG, Bartolucci M, Ferrando S, Manni L, Caicci F, Calzia D, Panfoli I, Morelli A, Leoncini G. Extramitochondrial energy production in platelets. Biol Cell 2018. [PMID: 29537672 DOI: 10.1111/boc.201700025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND INFORMATION Energy demand in human platelets is very high, to carry out their functions. As for most human cells, the aerobic metabolism represents the primary energy source in platelets, even though mitochondria are negligibly represented. Following the hypothesis that other structures could be involved in chemical energy production, in this work, we have investigated the functional expression of an extramitochondrial aerobic metabolism in platelets. RESULTS Oximetric and luminometric analyses showed that platelets consume large amounts of oxygen and produce ATP in the presence of common respiring substrates, such as pyruvate + malate or succinate, although morphological electron microscopy analysis showed that these contain few mitochondria. However, evaluation of the anaerobic glycolytic metabolism showed that only 13% of consumed glucose was converted to lactate. Interestingly, the highest OXPHOS activity was observed in the presence of NADH, not a readily permeant respiring substrate for mitochondria. Also, oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis fuelled by NADH were not affected by atractyloside, an inhibitor of the adenine nucleotide translocase, suggesting that these processes may not be ascribed to mitochondria. Functional data were confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy and Western blot analyses, showing a consistent expression of the β subunit of F1 Fo -ATP synthase and COXII, a subunit of Complex IV, but a low signal of translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane (a protein not involved in OXPHOS metabolism). Interestingly, the NADH-stimulated oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis increased in the presence of the physiological platelets agonists, thrombin or collagen. CONCLUSIONS Data suggest that in platelets, aerobic energy production is mainly driven by an extramitochondrial OXPHOS machinery, originated inside the megakaryocyte, and that this metabolism plays a pivotal role in platelet activation. SIGNIFICANCE This work represents a further example of the existence of an extramitochondrial aerobic metabolism, which can contribute to the cellular energy balance.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, 16132, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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Ravera S, Bonifacino T, Bartolucci M, Milanese M, Gallia E, Provenzano F, Cortese K, Panfoli I, Bonanno G. Characterization of the Mitochondrial Aerobic Metabolism in the Pre- and Perisynaptic Districts of the SOD1 G93A Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:9220-9233. [PMID: 29656361 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1059-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by muscle wasting, weakness, and spasticity due to a progressive degeneration of cortical, brainstem, and spinal motor neurons. The etiopathological causes are still largely obscure, although astrocytes definitely play a role in neuronal damage. Several mechanisms have been proposed to concur to neurodegeneration in ALS, including mitochondrial dysfunction. We have previously shown profound modifications of glutamate release and presynaptic plasticity in the spinal cord of the SOD1G93A mouse model of ALS. In this work, we characterized, for the first time, the aerobic metabolism in two specific compartments actively involved in neurotransmission (i.e. the presynaptic district, using purified synaptosomes, and the perisynaptic astrocyte processes, using purified gliosomes) in SOD1G93A mice at different stages of the disease. ATP/AMP ratio was lower in synaptosomes isolated from the spinal cord, but not from other brain areas, of SOD1G93A vs. control mice. The energy impairment was linked to altered oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) and increment of lipid peroxidation. These metabolic dysfunctions were present during disease progression, starting at the very pre-symptomatic stages, and did not depend on a different number of mitochondria or a different expression of OxPhos proteins. Conversely, gliosomes showed a reduction of the ATP/AMP ratio only at the late stages of the disease and an increment of oxidative stress also in the absence of a significant decrement in OxPhos activity. Data suggest that the presynaptic neuronal moiety plays a pivotal role for synaptic energy metabolism dysfunctions in ALS. Changes in the perisynaptic compartment seem subordinated to neuronal damage.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Department of Pharmacy, Unit of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Genoa, 16148, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Unit of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Genoa, 16148, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Unit of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Genoa, 16148, Genoa, Italy.,Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Unit of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Genoa, 16148, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Unit of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Genoa, 16148, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Human Anatomy, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Unit of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Genoa, 16148, Genoa, Italy. .,Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
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Colla R, Izzotti A, De Ciucis C, Fenoglio D, Ravera S, Speciale A, Ricciarelli R, Furfaro AL, Pulliero A, Passalacqua M, Traverso N, Pronzato MA, Domenicotti C, Marengo B. Glutathione-mediated antioxidant response and aerobic metabolism: two crucial factors involved in determining the multi-drug resistance of high-risk neuroblastoma. Oncotarget 2018; 7:70715-70737. [PMID: 27683112 PMCID: PMC5342585 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Neuroblastoma, a paediatric malignant tumor, is initially sensitive to etoposide, a drug to which many patients develop chemoresistance. In order to investigate the molecular mechanisms responsible for etoposide chemoresistance, HTLA-230, a human MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma cell line, was chronically treated with etoposide at a concentration that in vitro mimics the clinically-used dose. The selected cells (HTLA-Chr) acquire multi-drug resistance (MDR), becoming less sensitive than parental cells to high doses of etoposide or doxorubicin. MDR is due to several mechanisms that together contribute to maintaining non-toxic levels of H2O2. In fact, HTLA-Chr cells, while having an efficient aerobic metabolism, are also characterized by an up-regulation of catalase activity and higher levels of reduced glutathione (GSH), a thiol antioxidant compound. The combination of such mechanisms contributes to prevent membrane lipoperoxidation and cell death. Treatment of HTLA-Chr cells with L-Buthionine-sulfoximine, an inhibitor of GSH biosynthesis, markedly reduces their tumorigenic potential that is instead enhanced by the exposure to N-Acetylcysteine, able to promote GSH synthesis. Collectively, these results demonstrate that GSH and GSH-related responses play a crucial role in the acquisition of MDR and suggest that GSH level monitoring is an efficient strategy to early identify the onset of drug resistance and to control the patient's response to therapy.
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- Renata Colla
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.,IRCCS AOU San Martino IST Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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Taurino F, Gnoni A. Systematic review of plasma-membrane ecto-ATP synthase: A new player in health and disease. Exp Mol Pathol 2018; 104:59-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2017.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bruschi M, Petretto A, Caicci F, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Santucci L, Manni L, Ramenghi LA, Ghiggeri G, Traverso CE, Candiano G, Panfoli I. Proteome of Bovine Mitochondria and Rod Outer Segment Disks: Commonalities and Differences. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:918-925. [PMID: 29299929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The retinal rod outer segment (OS) is a stack of disks surrounded by the plasma membrane, housing proteins related to phototransduction, as well as mitochondrial proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos). This prompted us to compare the proteome of bovine OS disks and mitochondria to assess the significant top gene signatures of each sample. The two proteomes, obtained by LTQ-Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometry, were compared by statistical analyses. In total, 4139 proteins were identified, 2045 of which overlapping in the two sets. Nonhierarchical Spearman's correlogram revealed that the groups were clearly discriminated. Partial least square discriminant plus support vector machine analysis identified the major discriminative proteins, implied in phototransduction and lipid metabolism, respectively. Gene Ontology analysis identified top gene signatures of the disk proteome, enriched in vesiculation, glycolysis, and OxPhos proteins. The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the electron transport proteins were similarly enriched in the two samples, but the latter was up regulated in disks. Data suggest that the mitochondrial OxPhos proteins may represent a true OS proteome component, outside the mitochondrion. This knowledge may help the scientific community in the further studies of retinal physiology and pathology.
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova , 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-DIFAR, Università di Genova , 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova , 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Clinica Oculistica, (Di.N.O.G.M.I.) Università Department of Intensive Care di Genova, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST , 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-DIFAR, Università di Genova , 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Yan S, Du F, Wu L, Zhang Z, Zhong C, Yu Q, Wang Y, Lue LF, Walker DG, Douglas JT, Yan SS. F1F0 ATP Synthase-Cyclophilin D Interaction Contributes to Diabetes-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction and Cognitive Decline. Diabetes 2016; 65:3482-3494. [PMID: 27554467 PMCID: PMC5079631 DOI: 10.2337/db16-0556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondrial abnormalities are well known to cause cognitive decline. However, the underlying molecular basis of mitochondria-associated neuronal and synaptic dysfunction in the diabetic brain remains unclear. Here, using a mitochondrial single-channel patch clamp and cyclophilin D (CypD)-deficient mice (Ppif -/-) with streptozotocin-induced diabetes, we observed an increase in the probability of Ca2+-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening in brain mitochondria of diabetic mice, which was further confirmed by mitochondrial swelling and cytochrome c release induced by Ca2+ overload. Diabetes-induced elevation of CypD triggers enhancement of F1F0 ATP synthase-CypD interaction, which in turn leads to mPTP opening. Indeed, in patients with diabetes, brain cypD protein levels were increased. Notably, blockade of the F1F0 ATP synthase-CypD interaction by CypD ablation protected against diabetes-induced mPTP opening, ATP synthesis deficits, oxidative stress, and mitochondria dysfunction. Furthermore, the absence of CypD alleviated deficits in synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory in diabetic mice. Thus, blockade of ATP synthase interaction with CypD provides a promising new target for therapeutic intervention in diabetic encephalopathy.
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- Shijun Yan
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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- Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Molecular Structures Group, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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An 808-nm Diode Laser with a Flat-Top Handpiece Positively Photobiomodulates Mitochondria Activities. Photomed Laser Surg 2016; 34:564-571. [PMID: 27622977 DOI: 10.1089/pho.2015.4035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Photobiomodulation is proposed as a non-linear process. Only the action of light at a low intensity and fluence is assumed to have stimulation on cells; whereas a higher light intensity and fluence generates negative effects, exhausting the cell's energy reserve as a consequence of a too strong stimulation. In our work, we detected the photobiomodulatory effect of an 808-nm higher-fluence diode laser [64 J/cm2-1 W, continuous wave (CW)] irradiated by a flat-top handpiece on mitochondria activities, such as oxygen consumption, activity of mitochondria complexes I, II, III, and IV, and cytochrome c as well as ATP synthesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The experiments are performed by standard procedure on mitochondria purified from bovine liver. RESULTS Our higher-fluence diode laser positively photobiomodulates the mitochondria oxygen consumption, the activity of the complexes III and IV, and the ATP production, with a P/O = 2.6. The other activities are not influenced. CONCLUSION Our data show for the first time that even the higher fluences (64 J/cm2-1 W), similar to the low fluences, can photobiostimulate the mitochondria respiratory chain without uncoupling them and can induce an increment in the ATP production. These results suggest that the negative effects of higher fluences observed to date are not unequivocally due to higher fluence per se but might be a consequence of the irradiation carried by handpieces with a Gaussian profile.
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Bianchi G, Martella R, Ravera S, Marini C, Capitanio S, Orengo A, Emionite L, Lavarello C, Amaro A, Petretto A, Pfeffer U, Sambuceti G, Pistoia V, Raffaghello L, Longo VD. Fasting induces anti-Warburg effect that increases respiration but reduces ATP-synthesis to promote apoptosis in colon cancer models. Oncotarget 2016; 6:11806-19. [PMID: 25909219 PMCID: PMC4494906 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Tumor chemoresistance is associated with high aerobic glycolysis rates and reduced oxidative phosphorylation, a phenomenon called "Warburg effect" whose reversal could impair the ability of a wide range of cancer cells to survive in the presence or absence of chemotherapy. In previous studies, Short-term-starvation (STS) was shown to protect normal cells and organs but to sensitize different cancer cell types to chemotherapy but the mechanisms responsible for these effects are poorly understood. We tested the cytotoxicity of Oxaliplatin (OXP) combined with a 48hour STS on the progression of CT26 colorectal tumors. STS potentiated the effects of OXP on the suppression of colon carcinoma growth and glucose uptake in both in vitro and in vivo models. In CT26 cells, STS down-regulated aerobic glycolysis, and glutaminolysis, while increasing oxidative phosphorylation. The STS-dependent increase in both Complex I and Complex II-dependent O(2) consumption was associated with increased oxidative stress and reduced ATP synthesis. Chemotherapy caused additional toxicity, which was associated with increased succinate/Complex II-dependent O(2) consumption, elevated oxidative stress and apoptosis .These findings indicate that the glucose and amino acid deficiency conditions imposed by STS promote an anti-Warburg effect characterized by increased oxygen consumption but failure to generate ATP, resulting in oxidative damage and apoptosis.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- CNR Institute of Bioimages and Molecular Physiology, Milan, Section of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Animal facility, IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Functional Genomics, IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Functional Genomics, IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Oncologia Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Longevity Institute, School of Gerontology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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Amaroli A, Ravera S, Parker S, Panfoli I, Benedicenti A, Benedicenti S. 808-nm laser therapy with a flat-top handpiece photobiomodulates mitochondria activities of Paramecium primaurelia (Protozoa). Lasers Med Sci 2016; 31:741-7. [PMID: 26984347 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-016-1901-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Photobiomodulation is proposed as a non-linear process, and only low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is assumed to stimulate exposed cells, whereas high powered laser and fluences can cause negative effects, exhausting the cell's energy reserve as a consequence of excessive photon-based stimulation. In our work, we investigated and compared the effects of 808-nm diode laser (CW) with a new flat-top handpiece. To this purpose, we tested the photobiomodulation effects of 1 and 3 J/cm(2) fluence, both generated by 100 mW or 1 W of laser power and of 64 J/cm(2) of fluence generated by 100 mW, 1 W, 1.5 W or 2 W, as expressed through oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis of Paramecium. Data collected indicates the incremental consumption of oxygen through irradiation with 3 J/cm(2)-100 mW or 64 J/cm(2)-1 W correlates with an increase in Paramecium ATP synthesis. The Paramecium respiration was inhibited by fluences 64 J/cm(2)-100 mW or 64 J/cm(2)-2 W and was followed by a decrease in the endogenous ATP concentration. The 1 J/cm(2)-100 mW or 1 W and 3 J/cm(2)-1 W did not affect mitochondrial activity. The results show that the fluence of 64 J/cm(2)-1 W more than the 3 J/cm(2)-100 mW causes greater efficiency in Paramecium mitochondria respiratory chain activity. Our results suggest that thanks to flat-top handpiece we used, high fluences by high-powered laser have to be reconsidered as an effective and non-invasive therapy. Possible associated benefits of deeper tissue penetration would increase treatment effectiveness and reduced irradiation time.
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- Andrea Amaroli
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, Protistology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Corso Europa, 26, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic, University of Genoa, Largo R. Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic, University of Genoa, Largo R. Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic, University of Genoa, Largo R. Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
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Why do premature newborn infants display elevated blood adenosine levels? Med Hypotheses 2016; 90:53-6. [PMID: 27063086 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Our preliminary data show high levels of adenosine in the blood of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, positively correlating to their prematurity (i.e. body weight class). This prompted us to look for a mechanism promoting such impressive adenosine increase. We hypothesized a correlation with oxygen challenge. In fact, it is recognized that either oxygen lack or its excess contribute to the pathogenesis of the injuries of prematurity, such as retinopathy (ROP) and periventricular white matter lesions (PWMI). The optimal concentration of oxygen for resuscitation of VLBW infants is currently under revision. We propose that the elevated adenosine blood concentrations of VLBW infants recognizes two sources. The first could be its activity-dependent release from unmyelinated brain axons. Adenosine in this respect would be an end-product of the hypometabolic VLBW newborn unmyelinated axon intensely firing in response to the environmental stimuli consequent to premature birth. Adenosine would be eventually found in the blood due to blood-brain barrier immaturity. In fact, adenosine is the primary activity-dependent signal promoting differentiation of premyelinating oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC) into myelinating cells in the Central Nervous System, while inhibiting their proliferation and inhibiting synaptic function. The second, would be the ecto-cellular ATP synthesized by the endothelial cell plasmalemma exposed to ambient oxygen concentrations due to premature breathing, especially in lung. ATP would be rapidly transformed into adenosine by the ectonucleotidase activities such as NTPDase I (CD39), and NT5E (CD73). An ectopic extra-mitochondrial aerobic ATP synthetic ability was reported in many cell plasma-membranes, among which endothelial cells. The potential implications of the cited hypotheses for the neonatology area would be great. The amount of oxygen administration for reviving of newborns would find a molecular basis for its assessment. VLBW infants may be regarded as those in which premature exposure to ambient oxygen concentrations and oxidative stress causes a premature functioning of the extra-mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation primarily in axons and endothelium. Adenosine may become a biomarker of prematurity risk, whose implications further studies may assess.
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Bruschi M, Santucci L, Ravera S, Candiano G, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Lavarello C, Inglese E, Ramenghi LA, Petretto A, Ghiggeri GM, Panfoli I. Human urinary exosome proteome unveils its aerobic respiratory ability. J Proteomics 2016; 136:25-34. [PMID: 26850698 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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UNLABELLED Exosomes are 40-100-nm vesicles released by most cell types after fusion of multivesicular endosomes with the plasma membrane. Exosomes, ubiquitary in body fluids including urines, contain proteins and RNA species specific of the tissue of origin. Exosomes from urine have been extensively studied as a promising reservoir for disease biomarkers. Here, we report the proteome analysis of urinary exosomes compared to urinoma, studied by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. A discovery approach was utilized on the sample. 3429 proteins were present, with minimal overlapping among exosome and urinoma. 959 proteins (28%) in exosome and 1478 proteins (43%) in urinoma were exclusively present in only one group. By cytoscape analysis, the biological process gene ontology was correlated to their probability (P ≤ 0.05) to be functional. This was never studied before and showed a significant clustering around metabolic functions, in particular to aerobic ATP production. Urinary exosomes carry out oxidative phosphorylation, being able to synthesize ATP and consume oxygen. A previously unsuspected function emerges for human urinary exosomes as bioactive vesicles that consume oxygen to aerobically synthesize ATP. Determination of normal human urine proteome can help generate the healthy urinary protein database for comparison, useful for various renal diseases. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE The findings reported represent a significant advance in the understanding of the healthy human urinary proteome. The methodology utilized to analyze the collection of proteomic data allowed the assessment of the unique composition of urinary exosomes with respect to urinoma and to elucidate the presence in the former of molecular pathways previously unknown. The paper has the potential to impact its field of research, due to the biological relevance of the metabolic capacity of urinary exosomes, which may represent their important general feature.
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- Maurizio Bruschi
- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation and Laboratory on Pathophysiology of Uremia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation and Laboratory on Pathophysiology of Uremia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Laboratorio di Biochimica, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation and Laboratory on Pathophysiology of Uremia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry - Core Facilities, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Laboratorio di Biochimica, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry - Core Facilities, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry - Core Facilities, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry - Core Facilities, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation and Laboratory on Pathophysiology of Uremia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Laboratorio di Biochimica, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
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Comelli M, Domenis R, Buso A, Mavelli I. F1FO ATP Synthase Is Expressed at the Surface of Embryonic Rat Heart-Derived H9c2 Cells and Is Affected by Cardiac-Like Differentiation. J Cell Biochem 2016; 117:470-82. [PMID: 26223201 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Taking advantage from the peculiar features of the embryonic rat heart-derived myoblast cell line H9c2, the present study is the first to provide evidence for the expression of F1FO ATP synthase and of ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (IF1) on the surface of cells of cardiac origin, together documenting that they were affected through cardiac-like differentiation. Subunits of both the catalytic F1 sector of the complex (ATP synthase-β) and of the peripheral stalk, responsible for the correct F1-FO assembly/coupling, (OSCP, b, F6) were detected by immunofluorescence, together with IF1. The expression of ATP synthase-β, ATP synthase-b and F6 were similar for parental and differentiated H9c2, while the levels of OSCP increased noticeably in differentiated cells, where the results of in situ Proximity Ligation Assay were consistent with OSCP interaction within ecto-F1FO complexes. An opposite trend was shown by IF1 whose ectopic expression appeared greater in the parental H9c2. Here, evidence for the IF1 interaction with ecto-F1FO complexes was provided. Functional analyses corroborate both sets of data. i) An F1FO ATP synthase contribution to the exATP production by differentiated cells suggests an augmented expression of holo-F1FO ATP synthase on plasma membrane, in line with the increase of OSCP expression and interaction considered as a requirement for favoring the F1-FO coupling. ii) The absence of exATP generation by the enzyme, and the finding that exATP hydrolysis was largely oligomycin-insensitive, are in line in parental cells with the deficit of OSCP and suggest the occurrence of sub-assemblies together evoking more regulation by IF1.
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- Marina Comelli
- Department of Medical and Biological Sciences and MATI Centre of Excellence, University of Udine, p.le Kolbe 4, Udine, 33100, Italy
- INBB Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Viale Medaglie d'oro, Rome, 00136, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Biological Sciences and MATI Centre of Excellence, University of Udine, p.le Kolbe 4, Udine, 33100, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Biological Sciences and MATI Centre of Excellence, University of Udine, p.le Kolbe 4, Udine, 33100, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Biological Sciences and MATI Centre of Excellence, University of Udine, p.le Kolbe 4, Udine, 33100, Italy
- INBB Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Viale Medaglie d'oro, Rome, 00136, Italy
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Ravera S, Panfoli I. Role of myelin sheath energy metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases. Neural Regen Res 2015; 10:1570-1. [PMID: 26692843 PMCID: PMC4660739 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.167749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Silvia Ravera
- Pharmacy Department, Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, Genova, Italy
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- Pharmacy Department, Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, Genova, Italy
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Ravera S, Bartolucci M, Garbati P, Ferrando S, Calzia D, Ramoino P, Balestrino M, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Evaluation of the Acquisition of the Aerobic Metabolic Capacity by Myelin, during its Development. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:7048-7056. [PMID: 26676569 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9575-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Our previous reports indicate that the electron transfer chain and FoF1-ATP synthase are functionally expressed in myelin sheath, performing an extra-mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), which would provide energy to the nerve axon. This supports the idea that myelin plays a trophic role for the axon. Although the four ETC complexes and ATP synthase are considered exquisite mitochondrial proteins, they are found ectopically expressed in several membranous structures. This study was designed to understand when and how the mitochondrial OXPHOS machinery is embedded in myelin, following myelinogenesis in the rat, which starts at birth and continues until the first month of age. Rats were sacrificed at different time points (from day 5 to 90 post birth). Western blot, immunofluorescence microscopy, luminometric, and oximetric analyses show that the isolated myelin starts to show OXPHOS components around the 11th day after birth and increases proportionally to the rat age, becoming similar to those of adult rat around the 30-third day. Interestingly, WB data show the same temporal relationship between myelinogenesis and appearance of proteins involved in mitochondrial fusion and cellular trafficking. It may be speculated that the OXPHOS complexes may be transferred to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane (known to interact with mitochondria) and from there through the Golgi apparatus to the forming myelin membrane.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Via de Toni 5, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- DISTAV, University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- DISTAV, University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Via de Toni 5, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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Bartolucci M, Ravera S, Garbarino G, Ramoino P, Ferrando S, Calzia D, Candiani S, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Functional Expression of Electron Transport Chain and FoF1-ATP Synthase in Optic Nerve Myelin Sheath. Neurochem Res 2015; 40:2230-41. [PMID: 26334391 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1712-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 08/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Our previous studies reported evidence for aerobic ATP synthesis by myelin from both bovine brainstem and rat sciatic nerve. Considering that the optic nerve displays a high oxygen demand, here we evaluated the expression and activity of the five Respiratory Complexes in myelin purified from either bovine or murine optic nerves. Western blot analyses on isolated myelin confirmed the expression of ND4L (subunit of Complex I), COX IV (subunit of Complex IV) and β subunit of F1Fo-ATP synthase. Moreover, spectrophotometric and in-gel activity assays on isolated myelin, as well as histochemical activity assays on both bovine and murine transversal optic nerve sections showed that the respiratory Complexes are functional in myelin and are organized in a supercomplex. Expression of oxidative phosphorylation proteins was also evaluated on bovine optic nerve sections by confocal and transmission electron microscopy. Having excluded a mitochondrial contamination of isolated myelin and considering the results form in situ analyses, it is proposed that the oxidative phosphorylation machinery is truly resident in optic myelin sheath. Data may shed a new light on the unknown trophic role of myelin sheath. It may be energy supplier for the axon, explaining why in demyelinating diseases and neuropathies, myelin sheath loss is associated with axonal degeneration.
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- Martina Bartolucci
- Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, (DISTAV), University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, (DISTAV), University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, (DISTAV), University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, (DISTAV), University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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Amaroli A, Ravera S, Parker S, Panfoli I, Benedicenti A, Benedicenti S. Effect of 808 nm Diode Laser on Swimming Behavior, Food Vacuole Formation and Endogenous ATP Production of Paramecium primaurelia (Protozoa). Photochem Photobiol 2015; 91:1150-5. [PMID: 26118482 DOI: 10.1111/php.12486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Photobiomodulation (PBM) has been used in clinical practice for more than 40 years. To clarify the mechanisms of action of PBM at cellular and organism levels, we investigated its effect on Paramecium primaurelia (Protozoa) irradiated by an 808 nm infrared diode laser with a flat-top handpiece (1 W in CW). Our results led to the conclusion that: (1) the 808 nm laser stimulates the P. primaurelia without a thermal effect, (2) the laser effect is demonstrated by an increase in swimming speed and in food vacuole formation, (3) the laser treatment affects endogenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in a positive way, (4) the effects of irradiation dose suggest an optimum exposure time of 50 s (64 J cm(-2) of fluence) to stimulate the Paramecium cells; irradiation of 25 s shows no effect or only mild effects and irradiation up to 100 s does not increase the effect observed with 50 s of treatment, (5) the increment of endogenous ATP concentration highlights the positive photobiomodulating effect of the 808 nm laser and the optimal irradiation conditions by the flat-top handpiece.
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- Andrea Amaroli
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, Protistology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Bruschi M, Ravera S, Santucci L, Candiano G, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Lavarello C, Inglese E, Petretto A, Ghiggeri G, Panfoli I. The human urinary exosome as a potential metabolic effector cargo. Expert Rev Proteomics 2015; 12:425-32. [DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2015.1055324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ravera S, Bartolucci M, Cuccarolo P, Litamè E, Illarcio M, Calzia D, Degan P, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Oxidative stress in myelin sheath: The other face of the extramitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation ability. Free Radic Res 2015; 49:1156-64. [PMID: 25971447 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2015.1050962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is not only the main source of ATP for the cell, but also a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which lead to oxidative stress. At present, mitochondria are considered the organelles responsible for the OXPHOS, but in the last years we have demonstrated that it can also occur outside the mitochondrion. Myelin sheath is able to conduct an aerobic metabolism, producing ATP that we have hypothesized is transferred to the axon, to support its energetic demand. In this work, spectrophotometric, cytofluorimetric, and luminometric analyses were employed to investigate the oxidative stress production in isolated myelin, as far as its respiratory activity is concerned. We have evaluated the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), markers of lipid peroxidation, as well as of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), marker of ROS production. To assess the presence of endogenous antioxidant systems, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase activities were assayed. The effect of certain uncoupling or antioxidant molecules on oxidative stress in myelin was also investigated. We report that isolated myelin produces high levels of MDA, 4-HNE, and H2O2, likely through the pathway composed by Complex I-III-IV, but it also contains active superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase, as antioxidant defense. Uncoupling compounds or Complex I inhibitors increase oxidative stress, while antioxidant compounds limit ROS generation. Data may shed new light on the role of myelin sheath in physiology and pathology. In particular, it can be presumed that the axonal degeneration associated with myelin loss in demyelinating diseases is related to oxidative stress caused by impaired OXPHOS.
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- S Ravera
- Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genova , Genova , Italy
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Ravera S, Bartolucci M, Adriano E, Garbati P, Ferrando S, Ramoino P, Calzia D, Morelli A, Balestrino M, Panfoli I. Support of Nerve Conduction by Respiring Myelin Sheath: Role of Connexons. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:2468-79. [PMID: 26033217 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9216-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Recently, we have demonstrated that myelin conducts an extramitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, hypothesizing a novel supportive role for myelin in favor of the axon. We have also hypothesized that the ATP produced in myelin could be transferred thought gap junctions. In this work, by biochemical, immunohistochemical, and electrophysiological techniques, the existence of a connection among myelin to the axon was evaluated, to understand how ATP could be transferred from sheath to the axoplasm. Data confirm a functional expression of oxidative phosphorylation in isolated myelin. Moreover, WB and immunohistochemistry on optic nerve slices show that connexins 32 and 43 are present in myelin and colocalize with myelin basic protein. Interestingly, addition of carbenoxolone or oleamide, two gap junction blockers, causes a decrease in oxidative metabolism in purified myelin, but not in mitochondria. Similar effects were observed on conduction speed in hippocampal Schaffer collateral, in the presence of oleamide. Confocal analysis of optic nerve slices showed that lucifer yellow (that only passes through aqueous pores) signal was found in both the sheath layers and the axoplasma. In the presence of oleamide, but not with oleic acid, signal significantly decreased in the sheath and was lost inside the axon. This suggests the existence of a link among myelin and axons. These results, while supporting the idea that ATP aerobically synthesized in myelin sheath could be transferred to the axoplasm through gap junctions, shed new light on the function of the sheath.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Biochemistry Lab, Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Biochemistry Lab, Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Via de Toni 5, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Via de Toni 5, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- DISTAV, University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- DISTAV, University of Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Biochemistry Lab, Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Biochemistry Lab, Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Via de Toni 5, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Biochemistry Lab, Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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Gat-Viks I, Geiger T, Barbi M, Raini G, Elroy-Stein O. Proteomics-level analysis of myelin formation and regeneration in a mouse model for Vanishing White Matter disease. J Neurochem 2015; 134:513-26. [PMID: 25920008 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Vanishing white matter (VWM) is a recessive neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in translation initiation factor eIF2B and leading to progressive brain myelin deterioration, secondary axonal damage, and death in early adolescence. Eif2b5(R132H/R132H) mice exhibit delayed developmental myelination, mild early neurodegeneration and a robust remyelination defect in response to cuprizone-induced demyelination. In the current study we used Eif2b5(R132H/R132H) mice for mass-spectrometry analyses, to follow the changes in brain protein abundance in normal- versus cuprizone-diet fed mice during the remyelination recovery phase. Analysis of proteome profiles suggested that dysregulation of mitochondrial functions, altered proteasomal activity and impaired balance between protein synthesis and degradation play a role in VWM pathology. Consistent with these findings, we detected elevated levels of reactive oxygen species in mutant-derived primary fibroblasts and reduced 20S proteasome activity in mutant brain homogenates. These observations highlight the importance of tight translational control to precise coordination of processes involved in myelin formation and regeneration and point at cellular functions that may contribute to VWM pathology. Eif2b5(R132H/R132H) mouse model for vanishing white matter (VWM) disease was used for mass spectrometry of brain proteins at two time points under normal conditions and along recovery from cuprizone-induced demyelination. Comparisons of proteome profiles revealed the importance of mitochondrial function and tight coordination between protein synthesis and degradation to myelination formation and regeneration, pointing at cellular functions that contribute to VWM pathology.
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- Irit Gat-Viks
- Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sagol school of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Abstracts. ACUPUNCTURE ELECTRO 2014. [DOI: 10.3727/036012914x13969787634326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Panfoli I, Ravera S, Bruschi M, Candiano G, Morelli A. Proteomics unravels the exportability of mitochondrial respiratory chains. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 8:231-9. [DOI: 10.1586/epr.11.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Beirowski B. Concepts for regulation of axon integrity by enwrapping glia. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:256. [PMID: 24391540 PMCID: PMC3867696 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Long axons and their enwrapping glia (EG; Schwann cells (SCs) and oligodendrocytes (OLGs)) form a unique compound structure that serves as conduit for transport of electric and chemical information in the nervous system. The peculiar cytoarchitecture over an enormous length as well as its substantial energetic requirements make this conduit particularly susceptible to detrimental alterations. Degeneration of long axons independent of neuronal cell bodies is observed comparatively early in a range of neurodegenerative conditions as a consequence of abnormalities in SCs and OLGs . This leads to the most relevant disease symptoms and highlights the critical role that these glia have for axon integrity, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. The quest to understand why and how axons degenerate is now a crucial frontier in disease-oriented research. This challenge is most likely to lead to significant progress if the inextricable link between axons and their flanking glia in pathological situations is recognized. In this review I compile recent advances in our understanding of the molecular programs governing axon degeneration, and mechanisms of EG’s non-cell autonomous impact on axon-integrity. A particular focus is placed on emerging evidence suggesting that EG nurture long axons by virtue of their intimate association, release of trophic substances, and neurometabolic coupling. The correction of defects in these functions has the potential to stabilize axons in a variety of neuronal diseases in the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system (PNS and CNS).
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- Bogdan Beirowski
- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Tricarboxylic acid cycle-sustained oxidative phosphorylation in isolated myelin vesicles. Biochimie 2013; 95:1991-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ravera S, Vaccaro D, Cuccarolo P, Columbaro M, Capanni C, Bartolucci M, Panfoli I, Morelli A, Dufour C, Cappelli E, Degan P. Mitochondrial respiratory chain Complex I defects in Fanconi anemia complementation group A. Biochimie 2013; 95:1828-37. [PMID: 23791750 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare and complex inherited blood disorder of the child. At least 15 genes are associated with the disease. The highest frequency of mutations belongs to groups A, C and G. Genetic instability and cytokine hypersensitivity support the selection of leukemic over non-leukemic stem cells. FA cellular phenotype is characterized by alterations in red-ox state, mitochondrial functionality and energy metabolism as reported in the past however a clear picture of the altered biochemical phenotype in FA is still elusive and the final biochemical defect(s) still unknown. Here we report an analysis of the respiratory fluxes in FANCA primary fibroblasts, lymphocytes and lymphoblasts. FANCA mutants show defective respiration through Complex I, diminished ATP production and metabolic sufferance with an increased AMP/ATP ratio. Respiration in FANCC mutants is normal. Treatment with N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) restores oxygen consumption to normal level. Defective respiration in FANCA mutants appear correlated with the FA pro-oxidative phenotype which is consistent with the altered morphology of FANCA mitochondria. Electron microscopy measures indeed show profound alterations in mitochondrial ultrastructure and shape.
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- Silvia Ravera
- DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab., Department of Pharmacology, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Ravera S, Nobbio L, Visigalli D, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Fiorese F, Mancardi G, Schenone A, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Oxydative phosphorylation in sciatic nerve myelin and its impairment in a model of dysmyelinating peripheral neuropathy. J Neurochem 2013; 126:82-92. [PMID: 23578247 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Myelin sheath is the proteolipid membrane wrapping the axons of CNS and PNS. We have shown data suggesting that CNS myelin conducts oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), challenging its role in limiting the axonal energy expenditure. Here, we focused on PNS myelin. Samples were: (i) isolated myelin vesicles (IMV) from sciatic nerves, (ii) mitochondria from primary Schwann cell cultures, and (iii) sciatic nerve sections, from wild type or Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) rats. The latter used as a model of dys-demyelination. O₂ consumption and activity of OXPHOS proteins from wild type (Wt) or CMT1A sciatic nerves showed some differences. In particular, O₂ consumption by IMV from Wt and CMT1A 1-month-old rats was comparable, while it was severely impaired in IMV from adult affected animals. Mitochondria extracted from CMT1A Schwann cell did not show any dysfunction. Transmission electron microscopy studies demonstrated an increased mitochondrial density in dys-demyelinated axons, as to compensate for the loss of respiration by myelin. Confocal immunohistochemistry showed the expression of OXPHOS proteins in the myelin sheath, both in Wt and dys-demyelinated nerves. These revealed an abnormal morphology. Taken together these results support the idea that also PNS myelin conducts OXPHOS to sustain axonal function.
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Are rod outer segment ATP-ase and ATP-synthase activity expression of the same protein? Cell Mol Neurobiol 2013; 33:637-49. [PMID: 23568658 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-013-9926-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Vertebrate retinal rod outer segments (OS) consist of a stack of disks surrounded by the plasma membrane, where phototransduction takes place. Energetic metabolism in rod OS remains obscure. Literature described a so-called Mg(2+)-dependent ATPase activity, while our previous results demonstrated the presence of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in OS, sustained by an ATP synthetic activity. Here we propose that the OS ATPase and ATP synthase are the expression of the same protein, i.e., of F1Fo-ATP synthase. Imaging on bovine retinal sections showed that some OXPHOS proteins are expressed in the OS. Biochemical data on bovine purified rod OS, characterized for purity, show an ATP synthase activity, inhibited by classical F1Fo-ATP synthase inhibitors. Moreover, OS possess a pH-dependent ATP hydrolysis, inhibited by pH values below 7, suggestive of the functioning of the inhibitor of F1 (IF1) protein. WB confirmed the presence of IF1 in OS, substantiating the expression of F1Fo ATP synthase in OS. Data suggest that the OS F1Fo ATP synthase is able to hydrolyze or synthesize ATP, depending on in vitro or in vivo conditions and that the role of IF1 would be pivotal in the prevention of the reversal of ATP synthase in OS, for example during hypoxia, granting photoreceptor survival.
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Lee Y, Oh SB, Park HR, Kim HS, Kim MS, Lee J. Selective impairment on the proliferation of neural progenitor cells by oxidative phosphorylation disruption. Neurosci Lett 2013; 535:134-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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It has been hypothesized that myelin acts like a mitochondrion, generating ATP across the membranes of its sheath. By calculating the proton motive force across the myelin membrane based on known values for the pH and membrane potential of the oligodendrocyte, we find that insufficient energy could be harvested from proton flow across the myelin membrane to synthesize ATP. In fact, if the respiratory chain were present in the myelin membrane, then the ATP synthase would function in reverse, hydrolyzing rather than synthesizing ATP. This calculation places the hypothesis of an energy-producing role for myelin in considerable doubt.
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- Julia J Harris
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
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Impairment of heme synthesis in myelin as potential trigger of multiple sclerosis. Med Hypotheses 2012; 78:707-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nervous system is a great oxygen consumer, but the site of oxygen absorption has remained elusive. Four proteomic studies have shown that the respiratory complexes I to V may be expressed in isolated myelin. Myelin is an outgrowth of glial cells, surrounding many axons in multiple spires both in peripheral and central nervous system. Recent quantitative analyses strongly support the daring hypothesis that myelin is functional in aerobic ATP production, to supply the neuron with chemical energy. A vision of myelin sheath as a structure devoted to the oxygen absorbance for glucose combustion in nervous system thank to its enormous surface, would be also supported by an impressive series of characteristics and properties of myelin that do not presently find an explanation, all of which are herein examined.
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- Alessandro Morelli
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV-3, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
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A novel hypothesis about mechanisms affecting conduction velocity of central myelinated fibers. Neurochem Res 2011; 36:1732-9. [PMID: 21553257 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The hypothesis that gap junctions are implicated in facilitating axonal conduction has not yet been experimentally demonstrated at the electrophysiological level. We found that block of gap junctions with oleammide slows down axonal conduction velocity in the hippocampal Schaffer collaterals, a central myelinated pathway. Moreover, we explored the possibility that support by the oligodendrocyte to the axon involves energy metabolism, a hypothesis that has been recently proposed by some of us. In agreement with this hypothesis, we found that the effect of oleammide was reversed by pretreatment with creatine, a compound that is known to increase the energy charge of the tissue. Moreover, conduction velocity was also slowed down by anoxia, a treatment that obviously decreases the energy charge of the tissue, and by ouabain, a compound that blocks plasma membrane Na/K-ATPase, the main user of ATP in the brain. We hypothesize that block of gap junctions slows down conduction velocity in central myelinated pathways because oligodendrocytes synthesize ATP and transfer it to the axon through gap junctions.
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Ravera S, Aluigi MG, Calzia D, Ramoino P, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Evidence for Ectopic Aerobic ATP Production on C6 Glioma Cell Plasma Membrane. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 31:313-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-010-9624-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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