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Spinelli S, Cunningham C, Prescott J, Monteleone E, Dinnella C, Proserpio C, White TL. Sweet liking predicts liking and familiarity of some alcoholic beverages, but not alcohol intake: A population study using a split-sample approach. Food Res Int 2024; 183:114155. [PMID: 38760118 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114155] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
Abstract
Sweetness has been proposed to be an important quality in the decision to consume alcohol, and strong preferences for sweet tastes have been associated with alcohol abuse. However, alcohol is characterized by a number of other sensory properties, including astringency and bitterness that may drive preference and consumption. Spinelli et al. (2021) classified individuals into three sweet-sensory liking clusters (High Sweet-Liking, Moderate Sweet-Liking, and Inverted-U) that differed in their sweetness optima and sensory-liking patterns (relationship between liking and sweetness, bitterness and astringency perception in a food model). The current paper replicates the sweet sensory-liking clusters in a new set of participants (n = 1976), and extends the predicted value of these clusters examining their relationship to wine and other types of alcoholic beverages by gender using a split-sample approach on a total of over 3000 adults. The sweet sensory-liking clusters had a predictive relationship for the familiarity and liking of some alcoholic beverages characterized by stronger tastes, but not weekly alcohol intake levels. Thus, although sweet sensory-liking clusters may be associated with the type of beverages and frequency with which a person will drink and enjoy a type of alcoholic beverage, they are poor predictors of the quantity of alcohol that a person ingests over the course of a week.
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- S Spinelli
- SensoryLab, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy.
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- SensoryLab, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy; TasteMatters Research & Consulting, Sydney, Australia
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- SensoryLab, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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- SensoryLab, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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- Sensory & Consumer Science Lab (SCS_Lab), Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Italy
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- Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, USA; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Fumagalli V, Ravà M, Marotta D, Di Lucia P, Bono EB, Giustini L, De Leo F, Casalgrandi M, Monteleone E, Mouro V, Malpighi C, Perucchini C, Grillo M, De Palma S, Donnici L, Marchese S, Conti M, Muramatsu H, Perlman S, Pardi N, Kuka M, De Francesco R, Bianchi ME, Guidotti LG, Iannacone M. Antibody-independent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 challenge conferred by prior infection or vaccination. Nat Immunol 2024; 25:633-643. [PMID: 38486021 PMCID: PMC11003867 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-01787-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Vaccines have reduced severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) morbidity and mortality, yet emerging variants challenge their effectiveness. The prevailing approach to updating vaccines targets the antibody response, operating under the presumption that it is the primary defense mechanism following vaccination or infection. This perspective, however, can overlook the role of T cells, particularly when antibody levels are low or absent. Here we show, through studies in mouse models lacking antibodies but maintaining functional B cells and lymphoid organs, that immunity conferred by prior infection or mRNA vaccination can protect against SARS-CoV-2 challenge independently of antibodies. Our findings, using three distinct models inclusive of a novel human/mouse ACE2 hybrid, highlight that CD8+ T cells are essential for combating severe infections, whereas CD4+ T cells contribute to managing milder cases, with interferon-γ having an important function in this antibody-independent defense. These findings highlight the importance of T cell responses in vaccine development, urging a broader perspective on protective immunity beyond just antibodies.
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- Valeria Fumagalli
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Charles River Laboratories, Calco, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare (INGM) 'Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi', Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare (INGM) 'Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi', Milan, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare (INGM) 'Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi', Milan, Italy
- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
- Experimental Imaging Centre, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Kizilirmak C, Monteleone E, García-Manteiga JM, Brambilla F, Agresti A, Bianchi ME, Zambrano S. Small transcriptional differences among cell clones lead to distinct NF-κB dynamics. iScience 2023; 26:108573. [PMID: 38144455 PMCID: PMC10746373 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Transcription factor dynamics is fundamental to determine the activation of accurate transcriptional programs and yet is heterogeneous at a single-cell level, even within homogeneous populations. We asked how such heterogeneity emerges for the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). We found that clonal populations of immortalized fibroblasts derived from a single mouse embryo display robustly distinct NF-κB dynamics upon tumor necrosis factor ɑ (TNF-ɑ) stimulation including persistent, oscillatory, and weak activation, giving rise to differences in the transcription of its targets. By combining transcriptomics and simulations we show how less than two-fold differences in the expression levels of genes coding for key proteins of the signaling cascade and feedback system are predictive of the differences of the NF-κB dynamic response of the clones to TNF-ɑ and IL-1β. We propose that small transcriptional differences in the regulatory circuit of a transcription factor can lead to distinct signaling dynamics in cells within homogeneous cell populations and among different cell types.
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- Cise Kizilirmak
- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Pierguidi L, Spinelli S, Prescott J, Monteleone E, Dinnella C. Responsiveness to warning sensations and anxiety-related psychological traits modulate individual differences in preference for vegetable foods with varied sensory properties. Food Res Int 2023; 173:113342. [PMID: 37803693 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
The innate aversion to warning sensations is an important barrier to the acceptance of vegetable food often characterized by bitter and sour tastes, and astringency. Large individual variations exist in preference for this food category. The present study aimed at exploring differences in demographics, anthropometrics, taste responsiveness, personality traits and attitudes in consumers differing in their preference for vegetable food with varied levels of warning sensations. A panel of Italian consumers (n = 718; 53.6% women, age 18-74 years) self-reported familiarity with, preference for and choice of vegetables with high and low levels of warning sensations. Two clusters were identified: High Warning-Vegetable Consumers (HWVC, n = 464) and Low-Warning Vegetable Consumers (LWVC, n = 254). HWVC showed higher familiarity with and preference for vegetables as a whole and higher choice of vegetables characterized by warning sensations than LWVC. HWVC were more represented by older and normal weight individuals as compared to LWVC. Differences among clusters in liking for and perception of a phenol-enriched plant-based food model specifically developed to induce different levels of bitterness, sourness and astringency were found. HWVC rated bitterness, sourness, and astringency lower and liking higher than LWVC. Scores in anxiety-related psychological traits were lower while attitudes to healthy and high-quality food choice were higher in HWVC than in LWVC. The results of the present study depicted a coherent interplay among several person-related dimensions in modulating preference for vegetable foods. Higher responsiveness to warning sensations, higher level of anxiety-related traits, lower importance assigned to food healthy/quality aspects and younger age all acted as barriers to exposure and acceptance of vegetable food and call for a multidimensional approach to promote the consumption of this food category.
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- L Pierguidi
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy; TasteMatters Research & Consulting, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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Mazzocca M, Loffreda A, Colombo E, Fillot T, Gnani D, Falletta P, Monteleone E, Capozi S, Bertrand E, Legube G, Lavagnino Z, Tacchetti C, Mazza D. Chromatin organization drives the search mechanism of nuclear factors. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6433. [PMID: 37833263 PMCID: PMC10575952 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42133-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Nuclear factors rapidly scan the genome for their targets, but the role of nuclear organization in such search is uncharted. Here we analyzed how multiple factors explore chromatin, combining live-cell single-molecule tracking with multifocal structured illumination of DNA density. We find that factors displaying higher bound fractions sample DNA-dense regions more exhaustively. Focusing on the tumor-suppressor p53, we demonstrate that it searches for targets by alternating between rapid diffusion in the interchromatin compartment and compact sampling of chromatin dense regions. Efficient targeting requires balanced interactions with chromatin: fusing p53 with an exogenous intrinsically disordered region potentiates p53-mediated target gene activation at low concentrations, but leads to condensates at higher levels, derailing its search and downregulating transcription. Our findings highlight the role of disordered regions on factors search and showcase a powerful method to generate traffic maps of the eukaryotic nucleus to dissect how its organization guides nuclear factors action.
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- Matteo Mazzocca
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Experimental Imaging Center, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Experimental Imaging Center, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, 34293, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, 34293, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Experimental Imaging Center, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- IFOM ETS- The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology-Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Experimental Imaging Center, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy.
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Experimental Imaging Center, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy.
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Monteleone E, Corrieri P, Provero P, Viavattene D, Pulvirenti L, Raggi L, Carbognin E, Bianchi ME, Martello G, Oliviero S, Pandolfi PP, Poli V. STAT3-dependent long non-coding RNA Lncenc1 contributes to mouse ES cells pluripotency via stabilizing K mRNA. Brief Funct Genomics 2023:elad045. [PMID: 37801430 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elad045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) preserve the unique ability to differentiate into any somatic cell lineage while maintaining their self-renewal potential, relying on a complex interplay of extracellular signals regulating the expression/activity of pluripotency transcription factors and their targets. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)-activated STAT3 drives ESCs' stemness by a number of mechanisms, including the transcriptional induction of pluripotency factors such as Klf4 and the maintenance of a stem-like epigenetic landscape. However, it is unknown if STAT3 directly controls stem-cell specific non-coding RNAs, crucial to balance pluripotency and differentiation. Applying a bioinformatic pipeline, here we identify Lncenc1 in mouse ESCs as an STAT3-dependent long non-coding RNA that supports pluripotency. Lncenc1 acts in the cytoplasm as a positive feedback regulator of the LIF-STAT3 axis by competing for the binding of microRNA-128 to the 3'UTR of the Klf4 core pluripotency factor mRNA, enhancing its expression. Our results unveil a novel non-coding RNA-based mechanism for LIF-STAT3-mediated pluripotency.
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- Emanuele Monteleone
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
- San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
- William N. Pennington Cancer Institute, Nevada System of Higher Education, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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Bersani F, Picca F, Morena D, Righi L, Napoli F, Russo M, Oddo D, Rospo G, Negrino C, Castella B, Volante M, Listì A, Zambelli V, Benso F, Tabbò F, Bironzo P, Monteleone E, Poli V, Pietrantonio F, Di Nicolantonio F, Bardelli A, Ponzetto C, Novello S, Scagliotti GV, Taulli R. Exploring circular MET RNA as a potential biomarker in tumors exhibiting high MET activity. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2023; 42:120. [PMID: 37170152 PMCID: PMC10176894 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-023-02690-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND MET-driven acquired resistance is emerging with unanticipated frequency in patients relapsing upon molecular therapy treatments. However, the determination of MET amplification remains challenging using both standard and next-generation sequencing-based methodologies. Liquid biopsy is an effective, non-invasive approach to define cancer genomic profiles, track tumor evolution over time, monitor treatment response and detect molecular resistance in advance. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a family of RNA molecules that originate from a process of back-splicing, are attracting growing interest as potential novel biomarkers for their stability in body fluids. METHODS We identified a circRNA encoded by the MET gene (circMET) and exploited blood-derived cell-free RNA (cfRNA) and matched tumor tissues to identify, stratify and monitor advanced cancer patients molecularly characterized by high MET activity, generally associated with genomic amplification. RESULTS Using publicly available bioinformatic tools, we discovered that the MET locus transcribes several circRNA molecules, but only one candidate, circMET, was particularly abundant. Deeper molecular analysis revealed that circMET levels positively correlated with MET expression and activity, especially in MET-amplified cells. We developed a circMET-detection strategy and, in parallel, we performed standard FISH and IHC analyses in the same specimens to assess whether circMET quantification could identify patients displaying high MET activity. Longitudinal monitoring of circMET levels in the plasma of selected patients revealed the early emergence of MET amplification as a mechanism of acquired resistance to molecular therapies. CONCLUSIONS We found that measurement of circMET levels allows identification and tracking of patients characterized by high MET activity. Circulating circMET (ccMET) detection and analysis could be a simple, cost-effective, non-invasive approach to better implement patient stratification based on MET expression, as well as to dynamically monitor over time both therapy response and clonal evolution during treatment.
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- Francesca Bersani
- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Laboratorio di Immunologia dei Tumori del Sangue (LITS), Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca in Biologia Molecolare (CIRBM), University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Thoracic Unit and Medical Oncology Division, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Thoracic Unit and Medical Oncology Division, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- IFOM, Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare ETS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
- Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Thoracic Unit and Medical Oncology Division, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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- Thoracic Unit and Medical Oncology Division, Department of Oncology at San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy.
- Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
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Sick J, Almli V, Dinnella C, Berget I, Monteleone E, Spinelli S. Cross-national comparison on the meaning of emoji to describe emotions elicited by foods in preadolescents. Food Qual Prefer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104791] [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: 12/24/2022]
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Watson DLB, Giboreau A, Coveney J, Kelly C, Bensafi M, Braud A, Bruyas A, Carrouel F, Cartner H, Cunha L, Deary V, Dougkas A, Monteleone E, Mourier V, Singer P, Spinelli S. I-eAT, a consortium addressing gastronomic solutions for altered taste: A research and development manifesto. Clinical Nutrition Open Science 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutos.2022.12.004] [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: 12/24/2022] Open
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Avalle L, Raggi L, Monteleone E, Savino A, Viavattene D, Statello L, Camperi A, Stabile SA, Salemme V, De Marzo N, Marino F, Guglielmi C, Lobascio A, Zanini C, Forni M, Incarnato D, Defilippi P, Oliviero S, Poli V. STAT3 induces breast cancer growth via ANGPTL4, MMP13 and STC1 secretion by cancer associated fibroblasts. Oncogene 2022; 41:1456-1467. [PMID: 35042959 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-021-02172-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
In the tumor microenvironment, Cancer Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) become activated by cancer cells and increase their secretory activity to produce soluble factors that contribute to tumor cells proliferation, invasion and dissemination to distant organs. The pro-tumorigenic transcription factor STAT3 and its canonical inducer, the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6, act conjunctly in a positive feedback loop that maintains high levels of IL-6 secretion and STAT3 activation in both tumor and stromal cells. Here, we demonstrate that STAT3 is essential for the pro-tumorigenic functions of murine breast cancer CAFs both in vitro and in vivo, and identify a STAT3 signature significantly enriched for genes encoding for secreted proteins. Among these, ANGPTL4, MMP13 and STC-1 were functionally validated as STAT3-dependent mediators of CAF pro-tumorigenic functions by different approaches. Both in vitro and in vivo CAFs activities were moreover impaired by MMP13 inhibition, supporting the feasibility of a therapeutic approach based on inhibiting STAT3-induced CAF-secreted proteins. The clinical potential of such an approach is supported by the observation that an equivalent CAF-STAT3 signature in humans is expressed at high levels in breast cancer stromal cells and characterizes patients with a shorter disease specific survival, including those with basal-like disease.
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- Lidia Avalle
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.,San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.,Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pio XII 55 Ave, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.,Section of Molecular Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- BioAir SPA Scientific Department, Via Nizza, 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- BioAir SPA Scientific Department, Via Nizza, 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.,Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, 9747 AG, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Torino, Italy.
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Pagliarini E, Proserpio C, Spinelli S, Lavelli V, Laureati M, Arena E, Di Monaco R, Menghi L, Gallina Toschi T, Braghieri A, Torri L, Monteleone E, Dinnella C. The role of sour and bitter perception in liking, familiarity and choice for phenol-rich plant-based foods. Food Qual Prefer 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Brambilla F, Garcia-Manteiga JM, Monteleone E, Hoelzen L, Zocchi A, Agresti A, Bianchi ME. Nucleosomes effectively shield DNA from radiation damage in living cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:8993-9006. [PMID: 32710624 PMCID: PMC7498322 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic DNA is organized in nucleosomes, which package DNA and regulate its accessibility to transcription, replication, recombination and repair. Here, we show that in living cells nucleosomes protect DNA from high-energy radiation and reactive oxygen species. We combined sequence-based methods (ATAC-seq and BLISS) to determine the position of both nucleosomes and double strand breaks (DSBs) in the genome of nucleosome-rich malignant mesothelioma cells, and of the same cells partially depleted of nucleosomes. The results were replicated in the human MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell line. We found that, for each genomic sequence, the probability of DSB formation is directly proportional to the fraction of time it is nucleosome-free; DSBs accumulate distal from the nucleosome dyad axis. Nucleosome free regions and promoters of actively transcribed genes are more sensitive to DSB formation, and consequently to mutation. We argue that this may be true for a variety of chemical and physical DNA damaging agents.
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Center for Omics Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, D79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Hartwell H, Bray J, Lavrushkina N, Rodrigues V, Saulais L, Giboreau A, Perez‐Cueto FJA, Monteleone E, Depezay L, Appleton KM. Increasing vegetable consumption out‐of‐home: VeggiEAT and Veg+projects. NUTR BULL 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Bournemouth University Poole UK
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianópolis Brazil
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Lee YR, Chen M, Lee JD, Zhang J, Lin SY, Fu TM, Chen H, Ishikawa T, Chiang SY, Katon J, Zhang Y, Shulga YV, Bester AC, Fung J, Monteleone E, Wan L, Shen C, Hsu CH, Papa A, Clohessy JG, Teruya-Feldstein J, Jain S, Wu H, Matesic L, Chen RH, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Reactivation of PTEN tumor suppressor for cancer treatment through inhibition of a MYC-WWP1 inhibitory pathway. Science 2019; 364:364/6441/eaau0159. [PMID: 31097636 DOI: 10.1126/science.aau0159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Activation of tumor suppressors for the treatment of human cancer has been a long sought, yet elusive, strategy. PTEN is a critical tumor suppressive phosphatase that is active in its dimer configuration at the plasma membrane. Polyubiquitination by the ubiquitin E3 ligase WWP1 (WW domain-containing ubiquitin E3 ligase 1) suppressed the dimerization, membrane recruitment, and function of PTEN. Either genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition of WWP1 triggered PTEN reactivation and unleashed tumor suppressive activity. WWP1 appears to be a direct MYC (MYC proto-oncogene) target gene and was critical for MYC-driven tumorigenesis. We identified indole-3-carbinol, a compound found in cruciferous vegetables, as a natural and potent WWP1 inhibitor. Thus, our findings unravel a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer prevention and treatment through PTEN reactivation.
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- Yu-Ru Lee
- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.,Institute of Biochemical Sciences, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, and GenoBiToUS, Genomics and Bioinformatics Service, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Department of Public Health, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Cancer Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Preclinical Murine Pharmacogenetics Facility and Mouse Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Intonation Research Laboratories, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.,Institute of Biochemical Sciences, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. .,Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Piochi M, Pierguidi L, Torri L, Spinelli S, Monteleone E, Aprea E, Arena E, Borgogno M, Cravero M, Galassi L, Gatti E, Lozano L, Musi V, Piasentier E, Valli E, Dinnella C. Individual variation in fungiform papillae density with different sizes and relevant associations with responsiveness to oral stimuli. Food Qual Prefer 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Nachmani D, Bothmer AH, Grisendi S, Mele A, Bothmer D, Lee JD, Monteleone E, Cheng K, Zhang Y, Bester AC, Guzzetti A, Mitchell CA, Mendez LM, Pozdnyakova O, Sportoletti P, Martelli MP, Vulliamy TJ, Safra M, Schwartz S, Luzzatto L, Bluteau O, Soulier J, Darnell RB, Falini B, Dokal I, Ito K, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Germline NPM1 mutations lead to altered rRNA 2'-O-methylation and cause dyskeratosis congenita. Nat Genet 2019; 51:1518-1529. [PMID: 31570891 PMCID: PMC6858547 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0502-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
RNA modifications are emerging as key determinants of gene expression. However, compelling genetic demonstrations of their relevance to human disease are lacking. Here, we link ribosomal RNA 2'-O-methylation (2'-O-Me) to the etiology of dyskeratosis congenita. We identify nucleophosmin (NPM1) as an essential regulator of 2'-O-Me on rRNA by directly binding C/D box small nucleolar RNAs, thereby modulating translation. We demonstrate the importance of 2'-O-Me-regulated translation for cellular growth, differentiation and hematopoietic stem cell maintenance, and show that Npm1 inactivation in adult hematopoietic stem cells results in bone marrow failure. We identify NPM1 germline mutations in patients with dyskeratosis congenita presenting with bone marrow failure and demonstrate that they are deficient in small nucleolar RNA binding. Mice harboring a dyskeratosis congenita germline Npm1 mutation recapitulate both hematological and nonhematological features of dyskeratosis congenita. Thus, our findings indicate that impaired 2'-O-Me can be etiological to human disease.
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- Daphna Nachmani
- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Zittau, Germany
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Hematology-Centro di Ricerche Emato-Oncologiche, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- INSERM UMR944 and CNRS UMR7212, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR944 and CNRS UMR7212, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Hematology-Centro di Ricerche Emato-Oncologiche, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Monteleone E, Poli V. Where Sin3a Meets STAT3: Balancing STAT3-Mediated Transcriptional Activation and Repression. Cancer Res 2019; 79:3031-3033. [PMID: 31201166 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-0927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
STAT3 can mediate epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes (TSG). However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms involved, except that this action is mediated by DNA methylation and requires STAT3 acetylation. In this issue of Cancer Research, Gambi and colleagues confirm that oncogene-driven constitutive STAT3 acetylation is responsible for TSG silencing. Furthermore, they show that the Sin3a transcriptional repressor complex is an obligatory partner of STAT3 on the promoters of the repressed genes, shedding light on the mechanisms involved in STAT3-mediated transcriptional repression, and more importantly, identifying that the STAT3-Sin3a axis is a potential selective therapeutic target in STAT3-dependent tumors.See related article by Gambi et al., p. 3076.
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- Emanuele Monteleone
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
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Appleton KM, Dinnella C, Spinelli S, Morizet D, Saulais L, Hemingway A, Monteleone E, Depezay L, Perez-Cueto FJA, Hartwell H. Liking and consumption of vegetables with more appealing and less appealing sensory properties: Associations with attitudes, food neophobia and food choice motivations in European adolescents. Food Qual Prefer 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mugoni V, Panella R, Cheloni G, Chen M, Pozdnyakova O, Stroopinsky D, Guarnerio J, Monteleone E, Lee JD, Mendez L, Menon AV, Aster JC, Lane AA, Stone RM, Galinsky I, Zamora JC, Lo-Coco F, Bhasin MK, Avigan D, Longo L, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Vulnerabilities in mIDH2 AML confer sensitivity to APL-like targeted combination therapy. Cell Res 2019; 29:446-459. [PMID: 31024166 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0162-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Although targeted therapies have proven effective and even curative in human leukaemia, resistance often ensues. IDH enzymes are mutated in ~20% of human AML, with targeted therapies under clinical evaluation. We here characterize leukaemia evolution from mutant IDH2 (mIDH2)-dependence to independence identifying key targetable vulnerabilities of mIDH2 leukaemia that are retained during evolution and progression from early to late stages. Mechanistically, we find that mIDH2 leukaemia are metastable and vulnerable at two distinct levels. On the one hand, they are characterized by oxidative and genotoxic stress, in spite of increased 1-carbon metabolism and glutathione levels. On the other hand, mIDH2 leukaemia display inhibition of LSD1 and a resulting transcriptional signature of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) sensitization, in spite of a state of suppressed ATRA signalling due to increased levels of PIN1. We further identify GSH/ROS and PIN1/LSD1 as critical nodes for leukaemia maintenance and the combination of ATRA and arsenic trioxide (ATO) as a key therapeutic modality to target these vulnerabilities. Strikingly, we demonstrate that the combination of ATRA and ATO proves to be a powerfully synergistic and effective therapy in a number of mouse and human mIDH1/2 leukemic models. Thus, our findings pave the way towards the treatment of a sizable fraction of human AMLs through targeted APL-like combinatorial therapies.
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- Vera Mugoni
- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Turin, Italy
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biobanco La Fe - Instituto de Investigation Sanitaria La Fe (IIS-LA FE), Avda. de Fernando Abril Martorell 106, 46026, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.,Neuro-Oncohematology Unit, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Division of IMBIO, Department of Medicine, BIDMC Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Center, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Preclinical Murine Pharmacogenetics Core, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center; Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Kunkl M, Mastrogiovanni M, Porciello N, Caristi S, Monteleone E, Arcieri S, Tuosto L. CD28 Individual Signaling Up-regulates Human IL-17A Expression by Promoting the Recruitment of RelA/NF-κB and STAT3 Transcription Factors on the Proximal Promoter. Front Immunol 2019; 10:864. [PMID: 31068940 PMCID: PMC6491678 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
CD28 is an important co-stimulatory receptor for T lymphocytes that, in humans, delivers TCR-independent signal leading to the up-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines. We have recently reported that CD28 autonomous signaling induces the expression of IL-17A in peripheral CD4+ T lymphocytes from healthy donors, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes patients. Due to the relevance of IL-17A in the pathophysiology of several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, we characterized the mechanisms and signaling mediators responsible for CD28-induced IL-17A expression. Here we show that CD28-mediated up-regulation of IL-17A gene expression depends on RelA/NF-κB and IL-6-associated STAT3 transcriptions factors. In particular, we found that CD28-activated RelA/NF-κB induces the expression of IL-6 that, in a positive feedback loop, mediates the activation and nuclear translocation of tyrosine phosphorylated STAT3 (pSTAT3). pSTAT3 in turn cooperates with RelA/NF-κB by binding specific sequences within the proximal promoter of human IL-17A gene, thus inducing its expression. Finally, by using specific inhibitory drugs, we also identified class 1A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) as a critical upstream regulator of CD28-mediated RelA/NF-κB and STAT3 recruitments and trans-activation of IL-17A promoter. Our findings reveal a novel mechanism by which human CD28 may amplify IL-17A expression in human T lymphocytes and provide biological bases for immunotherapeutic approaches targeting CD28-associated class 1A PI3K to dampen IL-17A-mediated inflammatory response in autoimmune/inflammatory disorders.
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- Martina Kunkl
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.,Lymphocyte Cell Biology Unit, INSERM U1221, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Spinelli S, Dinnella C, Ares G, Abbà S, Zoboli GP, Monteleone E. Global Profile: Going beyond liking to better understand product experience. Food Res Int 2019; 121:205-216. [PMID: 31108742 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 12/08/2018] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Over the last few years, interest in collecting an increasing variety of information in order to acquire a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the consumer experience with products has steadily grown. The present study was designed to develop a methodological approach to explore the Global Profile of products within a category. A product-specific questionnaire was developed using one-on-one online interviews conducted with a modified version of the Repertory Grid Method (RGM) combined with semiotic analysis, EmoSemio, extended to cover all the main dimensions of product experience of the category of processed tomato. A 96 item questionnaire - including liking, sensory properties, emotions, emotional and functional conceptualisations and contextual appropriateness measures - was developed and employed in a home use test with 196 consumers who evaluated 9 products (one per day). All the statements were found to discriminate between products with the exception of one. A Multiple Factor Analysis showed that emotions were highly correlated with functional/emotional conceptualisations, while sensory properties were mainly related to emotional conceptualisations (memories) and uses in the recipes. The information provided by the simultaneous collection of these different dimensions allows to go beyond liking and may be used in product development and innovation in order to better understand the consumer experience of a product.
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- S Spinelli
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy; SemioSensory - Research & Consulting, Prato, Italy.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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- Sensometrics & Consumer Science, Instituto Polo Tecnológico de Pando, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, By Pass de Rutas 8 y 101 s/n., C.P. 91000 Pando, Canelones, Uruguay
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- Adacta International S.p.A., Naples, Italy
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- Adacta International S.p.A., Naples, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Italy
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Bester AC, Lee JD, Chavez A, Lee YR, Nachmani D, Vora S, Victor J, Sauvageau M, Monteleone E, Rinn JL, Provero P, Church GM, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. An Integrated Genome-wide CRISPRa Approach to Functionalize lncRNAs in Drug Resistance. Cell 2019; 173:649-664.e20. [PMID: 29677511 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2017] [Revised: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Resistance to chemotherapy plays a significant role in cancer mortality. To identify genetic units affecting sensitivity to cytarabine, the mainstay of treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we developed a comprehensive and integrated genome-wide platform based on a dual protein-coding and non-coding integrated CRISPRa screening (DICaS). Putative resistance genes were initially identified using pharmacogenetic data from 760 human pan-cancer cell lines. Subsequently, genome scale functional characterization of both coding and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes by CRISPR activation was performed. For lncRNA functional assessment, we developed a CRISPR activation of lncRNA (CaLR) strategy, targeting 14,701 lncRNA genes. Computational and functional analysis identified novel cell-cycle, survival/apoptosis, and cancer signaling genes. Furthermore, transcriptional activation of the GAS6-AS2 lncRNA, identified in our analysis, leads to hyperactivation of the GAS6/TAM pathway, a resistance mechanism in multiple cancers including AML. Thus, DICaS represents a novel and powerful approach to identify integrated coding and non-coding pathways of therapeutic relevance.
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- Assaf C Bester
- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Functional Genomics and Noncoding RNAs Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, and GenoBiToUS, Genomics and Bioinformatics Service, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, and GenoBiToUS, Genomics and Bioinformatics Service, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Preclinical Murine Pharmacogenetics Facility and Mouse Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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De Toffoli A, Monteleone E, Bucalossi G, Veneziani G, Fia G, Servili M, Zanoni B, Pagliarini E, Gallina Toschi T, Dinnella C. Sensory and chemical profile of a phenolic extract from olive mill waste waters in plant-base food with varied macro-composition. Food Res Int 2019; 119:236-243. [PMID: 30884654 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Phenols from olive mill waste water (OMWW) represent valuable functional ingredients. The negative impact on sensory quality limits their use in functional food formulations. Chemical interactions phenols/biopolymers and their consequences on bioactivity in plant-base foods have been widely investigated, but no studies to date have explored the variation of bitterness, astringency and pungency induced by OMWW phenols as a function of the food composition. The aim of the paper was to profile the sensory and chemical properties of phenols from OMWW in plant-base foods varied in their macro-composition. Four phenol concentrations were selected (0.44, 1.00, 2.25, 5.06 g/kg) to induce significant variations of bitterness, sourness, astringency and pungency in three plant-base food: proteins/neutral pH - bean purée (BP), starch/neutral pH - potato purée (PP), fiber/low pH - tomato juice (TJ). The macro-composition affected the amount of the phenols recovered from functionalized food. The highest recovery was from TJ and the lowest from BP. Two groups of 29 and 27 subjects, trained to general Labelled Magnitude Scale and target sensations, participated in the evaluation of psychophysical curves of OMWW phenols and of functionalized plant-base foods, respectively. Target sensations were affected by the food macro-composition. Bitterness increased with phenol concentration in all foods. Astringency and sourness slightly increased with concentration, reaching the weak-moderate intensity at the highest phenol concentration in PP and TJ only. Pungency was suppressed in BP and perceived at weak-moderate intensity in PP and TJ sample at the highest phenol concentration. Proteins/neutral pH plant-food (BP) resulted more appropriate to counteract the impact of added phenol on negative sensory properties thus allowing to optimize the balance between health and sensory properties.
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- Dept. Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Dept.GESAAF, University of Florence, Italy
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- Dept. Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Dept.GESAAF, University of Florence, Italy
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- Dep. DiSTAL, Alma Mater Studiorum, - University of Bologna, Italy
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- Dept.GESAAF, University of Florence, Italy
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Monteleone E, Orecchia V, Corrieri P, Schiavone D, Avalle L, Moiso E, Savino A, Molineris I, Provero P, Poli V. SP1 and STAT3 Functionally Synergize to Induce the RhoU Small GTPase and a Subclass of Non-canonical WNT Responsive Genes Correlating with Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11010101. [PMID: 30654518 PMCID: PMC6356433 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11010101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease whose clinical management is very challenging. Although specific molecular features characterize breast cancer subtypes with different prognosis, the identification of specific markers predicting disease outcome within the single subtypes still lags behind. Both the non-canonical Wingless-type MMTV Integration site (WNT) and the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT)3 pathways are often constitutively activated in breast tumors, and both can induce the small GTPase Ras Homolog Family Member U RhoU. Here we show that RhoU transcription can be triggered by both canonical and non-canonical WNT ligands via the activation of c-JUN N-terminal kinase (JNK) and the recruitment of the Specificity Protein 1 (SP1) transcription factor to the RhoU promoter, identifying for the first time SP1 as a JNK-dependent mediator of WNT signaling. RhoU down-regulation by silencing or treatment with JNK, SP1 or STAT3 inhibitors leads to impaired migration and invasion in basal-like MDA-MB-231 and BT-549 cells, suggesting that STAT3 and SP1 can cooperate to induce high RhoU expression and enhance breast cancer cells migration. Moreover, in vivo concomitant binding of STAT3 and SP1 defines a subclass of genes belonging to the non-canonical WNT and the Interleukin (IL)-6/STAT3 pathways and contributing to breast cancer aggressiveness, suggesting the relevance of developing novel targeted therapies combining inhibitors of the STAT3 and WNT pathways or of their downstream mediators.
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- Emanuele Monteleone
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, 10060 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
- Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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Laureati M, Spinelli S, Monteleone E, Dinnella C, Prescott J, Cattaneo C, Proserpio C, De Toffoli A, Gasperi F, Endrizzi I, Torri L, Peparaio M, Arena E, Bonello F, Condelli N, Di Monaco R, Gatti E, Piasentier E, Tesini F, Pagliarini E. Associations between food neophobia and responsiveness to “warning” chemosensory sensations in food products in a large population sample. Food Qual Prefer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Circosta P, Elia AR, Landra I, Machiorlatti R, Todaro M, Aliberti S, Brusa D, Deaglio S, Chiaretti S, Bruna R, Gottardi D, Massaia M, Giacomo FD, Guarini AR, Foà R, Kyriakides PW, Bareja R, Elemento O, Chichili GR, Monteleone E, Moore PA, Johnson S, Bonvini E, Cignetti A, Inghirami G. Tailoring CD19xCD3-DART exposure enhances T-cells to eradication of B-cell neoplasms. Oncoimmunology 2018; 7:e1341032. [PMID: 29632712 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2017.1341032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 06/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Many patients with B-cell malignancies can be successfully treated, although tumor eradication is rarely achieved. T-cell-directed killing of tumor cells using engineered T-cells or bispecific antibodies is a promising approach for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. We investigated the efficacy of CD19xCD3 DART bispecific antibody in a broad panel of human primary B-cell malignancies. The CD19xCD3 DART identified 2 distinct subsets of patients, in which the neoplastic lymphocytes were eliminated with rapid or slow kinetics. Delayed responses were always overcome by a prolonged or repeated DART exposure. Both CD4 and CD8 effector cytotoxic cells were generated, and DART-mediated killing of CD4+ cells into cytotoxic effectors required the presence of CD8+ cells. Serial exposures to DART led to the exponential expansion of CD4 + and CD8 + cells and to the sequential ablation of neoplastic cells in absence of a PD-L1-mediated exhaustion. Lastly, patient-derived neoplastic B-cells (B-Acute Lymphoblast Leukemia and Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma) could be proficiently eradicated in a xenograft mouse model by DART-armed cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells. Collectively, patient tailored DART exposures can result in the effective elimination of CD19 positive leukemia and B-cell lymphoma and the association of bispecific antibodies with unmatched CIK cells represents an effective modality for the treatment of CD19 positive leukemia/lymphoma.
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- Paola Circosta
- Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Italy, and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Italy, and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy; Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility, Human Genetics Foundation, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy; Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility, Human Genetics Foundation, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- University Division of Hematology and Cell Therapy, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano, Torino, Italy
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- University Division of Hematology and Cell Therapy, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano, Torino, Italy
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- University Division of Hematology and Cell Therapy, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York, USA[2] Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York, USA
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- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York, USA[2] Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York, USA
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Italy, and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- MacroGenics Inc., 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, USA
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- MacroGenics Inc., 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, USA
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- MacroGenics Inc., 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Italy, and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,University Division of Hematology and Cell Therapy, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Pathology, NYU Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Di Iorio B, Cirillo M, Bellizzi V, Stellato D, De Santo NG, Aquino A, Anastasio P, Barchiesi S, Bonanno D, Buccino A, Cappabianca F, Cesaro A, Cestaro R, Chiuchiolo L, Chiuchiolo L, Ciaccia L, Cicchella T, Cillo N, Cioffi M, Cirillo E, Confessore N, Costanzo R, D'Apice L, De Felice E, Delgado G, De Luca M, De Luca P, De Luna V, De Maio A, De Pascale C, Della Volpe L, De Simone V, De Simone W, Di Benedetto A, Di Costanzo L, Di Donato R, Di Serafino A, Fabozzi GM, Fiorentino P, Fragetta G, Fumante M, Galise A, Giangrande C, Giobbe A, Gnasso A, Granato P, Guastaferro P, Iacono G, Iandolo R, Iengo G, Lamberti C, La Verde A, Liccardo D, Maddalena L, Mancini L, Manfreda L, Mari R, Marinelli G, Marinelli G, Martignetti V, Mascolini N, Maurodopoulos C, Migliorati M, Memoli M, Milone A, Milone D, Monaco G, Monteleone E, Natale G, Oggero AR, Pavese F, Petrelli P, Pizzola AR, Raucci B, Rubino R, Salvati G, Santoro D, Saviano C, Savignano M, Sforza C, Spitali L, Staulo P, Stellato D, Taddeo U, Terracciano V, Tomasino G, Tramontano P, Veniero P, Ventre M, Verrillo E, Violante B, Vitiello P, Viola G. Prevalence and Correlates of Anemia and Uncontrolled Anemia in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients – The Campania Dialysis Registry. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139880703000408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background This study investigated prevalence and correlates of anemia and uncontrolled anemia in chronic hemodialysis patients. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was performed on registry data for 2,746 chronic (<6 months) hemodialysis patients aged 25–84. Data collection included years of dialysis, hours of dialysis/wk, disease causing hemodialysis, body mass index (BMI), erythropoietin (EPO) treatment, hemoglobin, markers of viral hepatitis, serum albumin, calcium, and phosphorus. Results Prevalence was 88.7% for anemia (hemoglobin <11 g/100 mL and EPO treatment at any Hb level), 39.4% for uncontrolled anemia (hemoglobin<11 g/100 mL). Gender, years of dialysis, hereditary cystic kidney disease (HCKD), and low BMI (<24 kg/m2) were independent correlates of anemia (P<0.001). Gender, HCKD, low BMI, serum albumin and calcium were independent correlates of uncontrolled anemia (P<0.05). An interaction was found between age (not correlated with anemia and uncontrolled anemia) and the association of gender with uncontrolled anemia (P<0.05). EPO doses were higher in patients with high prevalence of uncontrolled anemia than in patients with low prevalence (i.e., women vs men, other diseases vs HCKD, low vs not-low BMI, P<0.01). Gender, years of dialysis, HCKD, BMI, serum albumin, and calcium were independent correlates of the hemoglobin/EPO dose ratio in patients on EPO treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion Anemia and uncontrolled anemia are more frequent in hemodialysis patients with short-term dialysis, diseases other than HCKD, low BMI, and female gender. Gender effect was lower in elderly patients. Uncontrolled anemia was also associated with low serum albumin and calcium, suggesting that these parameters are indices of EPO resistance.
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- B. Di Iorio
- Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
- Department of Nephrology, Solofra Hospital, Solofra - Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Solofra Hospital, Solofra - Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
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Larssen WE, Monteleone E, Hersleth M. Sensory description of marine oils through development of a sensory wheel and vocabulary. Food Res Int 2017; 106:45-53. [PMID: 29579947 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.12.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Omega-3 industry lacks a defined methodology and a vocabulary for evaluating the sensory quality of marine oils. This study was conducted to identify the sensory descriptors of marine oils and organize them in a sensory wheel for use as a tool in quality assessment. Samples of marine oils were collected from six of the largest producers of omega-3 products in Norway. The oils were selected to cover as much variation in sensory characteristics as possible, i.e. oils with different fatty acid content originating from different species. Oils were evaluated by six industry expert panels and one trained sensory panel to build up a vocabulary through a series of language sessions. A total of 184 aroma (odor by nose), flavor, taste and mouthfeel descriptors were generated. A sensory wheel based on 60 selected descriptors grouped together in 21 defined categories was created to form a graphical presentation of the sensory vocabulary. A selection of the oil samples was also evaluated by a trained sensory panel using descriptive analysis. Chemical analysis showed a positive correlation between primary and secondary oxidation products and sensory properties such as rancidity, chemical flavor and process flavor and a negative correlation between primary oxidation products and acidic. This research is a first step towards the broader objective of standardizing the sensory terminology related to marine oils.
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- W E Larssen
- Møreforsking, PO box 5075, N-6021 Ålesund, Norway.
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- Dep. of Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Florence, Via Donizetti, 6, 51144 Firenze, Italy
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Monteleone E, Spinelli S, Dinnella C, Endrizzi I, Laureati M, Pagliarini E, Sinesio F, Gasperi F, Torri L, Aprea E, Bailetti L, Bendini A, Braghieri A, Cattaneo C, Cliceri D, Condelli N, Cravero M, Del Caro A, Di Monaco R, Drago S, Favotto S, Fusi R, Galassi L, Gallina Toschi T, Garavaldi A, Gasparini P, Gatti E, Masi C, Mazzaglia A, Moneta E, Piasentier E, Piochi M, Pirastu N, Predieri S, Robino A, Russo F, Tesini F. Exploring influences on food choice in a large population sample: The Italian Taste project. Food Qual Prefer 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Matsumoto A, Pasut A, Matsumoto M, Yamashita R, Fung J, Monteleone E, Saghatelian A, Nakayama KI, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. mTORC1 and muscle regeneration are regulated by the LINC00961-encoded SPAR polypeptide. Nature 2016; 541:228-232. [PMID: 28024296 DOI: 10.1038/nature21034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 411] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Although long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are non-protein-coding transcripts by definition, recent studies have shown that a fraction of putative small open reading frames within lncRNAs are translated. However, the biological significance of these hidden polypeptides is still unclear. Here we identify and functionally characterize a novel polypeptide encoded by the lncRNA LINC00961. This polypeptide is conserved between human and mouse, is localized to the late endosome/lysosome and interacts with the lysosomal v-ATPase to negatively regulate mTORC1 activation. This regulation of mTORC1 is specific to activation of mTORC1 by amino acid stimulation, rather than by growth factors. Hence, we termed this polypeptide 'small regulatory polypeptide of amino acid response' (SPAR). We show that the SPAR-encoding lncRNA is highly expressed in a subset of tissues and use CRISPR/Cas9 engineering to develop a SPAR-polypeptide-specific knockout mouse while maintaining expression of the host lncRNA. We find that the SPAR-encoding lncRNA is downregulated in skeletal muscle upon acute injury, and using this in vivo model we establish that SPAR downregulation enables efficient activation of mTORC1 and promotes muscle regeneration. Our data provide a mechanism by which mTORC1 activation may be finely regulated in a tissue-specific manner in response to injury, and a paradigm by which lncRNAs encoding small polypeptides can modulate general biological pathways and processes to facilitate tissue-specific requirements, consistent with their restricted and highly regulated expression profile.
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- Akinobu Matsumoto
- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of BioBank, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8573, Japan
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- The Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Saulais L, Perez Cueto A, Depezay L, Hartwel H, Monteleone E, Giboreau A. Nudging vegetable consumption: An investigation of defaults as a choice architecture tool for foodservice. Appetite 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bevan A, Hemingway A, Appleton KM, Hartwell H, Magnante O, Perez-Cueto A, Monteleone E, Giboreau A, Depezay L. Familiarity and liking of vegetables: Is it important for vegetable consumption? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.12968/bjsn.2016.11.3.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ann Bevan
- Senior lecturer and programme lead children and young people's nursing programme, Faculty of Health and Social Science, Bournemouth University, UK
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- Department of Human Science and Public Health, Bournemouth University, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Applied Science, Bournemouth University, UK
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- The Foodservice and Applied Nutrition Research Group, Bournemouth University, UK
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- Final year hospitality management student, Bournemouth University, UK
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- Research Centre, Institut Paul Bocuse, France
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- Food and Behaviours Department, Corporate Research and Communication, Bonduelle, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
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Torri L, Piochi M, Marchiani R, Zeppa G, Dinnella C, Monteleone E. A sensory- and consumer-based approach to optimize cheese enrichment with grape skin powders. J Dairy Sci 2015; 99:194-204. [PMID: 26585476 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-9922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 06/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The present study aimed to present a sensory- and consumer-based approach to optimize cheese enrichment with grape skin powders (GSP). The combined sensory evaluation approach, involving a descriptive and an affective test, respectively, was applied to evaluate the effect of the addition of grape skin powders from 2 grape varieties (Barbera and Chardonnay) at different levels [0.8, 1.6, and 2.4%; weight (wt) powder/wt curd] on the sensory properties and consumer acceptability of innovative soft cow milk cheeses. The experimental plan envisaged 7 products, 6 fortified prototypes (at rates of Barbera and Chardonnay of 0.8, 1.6, and 2.4%) and a control sample, with 1 wk of ripening. By means of a free choice profile, 21 cheese experts described the sensory properties of prototypes. A central location test with 90 consumers was subsequently conducted to assess the acceptability of samples. The GSP enrichment strongly affected the sensory properties of innovative products, mainly in terms of appearance and texture. Fortified samples were typically described with a marbling aspect (violet or brown as function of the grape variety) and with an increased granularity, sourness, saltiness, and astringency. The fortification also contributed certain vegetable sensations perceived at low intensity (grassy, cereal, nuts), and some potential negative sensations (earthy, animal, winy, varnish). The white color, the homogeneous dough, the compact and elastic texture, and the presence of lactic flavors resulted the positive drivers of preference. On the contrary, the marbling aspect, granularity, sandiness, sourness, saltiness, and astringency negatively affected the cheese acceptability for amounts of powder, exceeding 0.8 and 1.6% for the Barbera and Chardonnay prototypes, respectively. Therefore, the amount of powder resulted a critical parameter for liking of fortified cheeses and a discriminant between the 2 varieties. Reducing the GSP particle size and improving the GSP dispersion in the curd would reduce the effect of powder addition on sensory properties, thereby encouraging the use of these polyphenol-based fortifiers in cheeses. The proposed approach allowed the identification of sensory properties critical for product acceptability by consumers, thus helping the optimization of both fortifier characteristics and new cheese production and composition.
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- L Torri
- University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, 12060 Bra, Italy.
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- University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, 12060 Bra, Italy; Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry System Management, University of Florence, via Donizetti 6, 51144 Firenze, Italy
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- Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry System Management, University of Florence, via Donizetti 6, 51144 Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry System Management, University of Florence, via Donizetti 6, 51144 Firenze, Italy
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Simontacchi G, Meattini I, Marrazzo L, Pallotta S, Talamonti C, Turkaj A, Topulli J, Monteleone E, Cappelli S, Masoni T, Bucciolini M, Livi L. Comparison of Static Fields IMRT and Helical IMRT for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.904] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Detti B, Scoccianti S, Greto D, Cassani S, Cappelli S, Giacomelli I, Bordi L, Di cataldo V, Monteleone E, Livi L. P06.13 * OUTCOME AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN ATYPICAL AND MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA: UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE EXPERIENCE. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou174.179] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Franzese C, Zei G, Masoni T, Cecchini S, Monteleone E, Livi L, Biti G. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast. The double face of an exocrine gland carcinoma. Strahlenther Onkol 2013; 189:1049-50. [PMID: 24158637 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0461-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Braghieri A, Piazzolla N, Carlucci A, Monteleone E, Girolami A, Napolitano F. Development and validation of a quantitative frame of reference for meat sensory evaluation. Food Qual Prefer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Dinnella C, Recchia A, Vincenzi S, Tuorila H, Monteleone E. Temporary Modification of Salivary Protein Profile and Individual Responses to Repeated Phenolic Astringent Stimuli. Chem Senses 2009; 35:75-85. [DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Napolitano F, Caporale G, Carlucci A, Monteleone E. Effect of information about animal welfare and product nutritional properties on acceptability of meat from Podolian cattle. Food Qual Prefer 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Carlucci A, Girolami A, Napolitano F, Monteleone E. Sensory evaluation of young goat meat. Meat Sci 1998; 50:131-6. [DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1740(98)00023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/1997] [Revised: 02/20/1998] [Accepted: 02/28/1998] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Monteleone E, Frewer L, Wakeling L, Mela D. Individual differences in starchy food consumption: The application of preference mapping. Food Qual Prefer 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3293(97)00070-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The Repertory Grid Method (RGM) was applied to obtain an understanding of the characteristics used by U.K. consumers in discriminating amongst different common starchy food dishes, including potatoes, rice and pasta. Twenty-nine subjects generated a large number of constructs, relating to perceived nutrition, health physiological effect, sensory, and use attributes of these products. Coupling of RGM with Generalized Procrustes Analysis produced detailed qualitative and quantitative information describing common and individual characteristics of particular dishes. The results indicate that starchy foods are in general seen as "filling", but specific products are clearly discriminated along two dimensions, predominantly relating to nutritional value ("healthy", "fatty", "fattening") and sensory/functional characteristics ("versatile", "bland", "boring", "a meal in itself"). Along with further analysis of the sensory descriptors, these results indicate the utility and efficiency of RGM for clarifying consumer views of broad food categories, while identifying the potential acceptability of particular starchy foods in fulfilling current dietary goals.
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- E Monteleone
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa e Biotecnologie Agro-Forestali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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Pella P, Moscoloni M, Schiavetto A, Delli Zotti V, Monteleone E. [A typical case of Alport's syndrome associated with changes in thrombocytopoiesis]. Minerva Nefrol 1979; 26:607-12. [PMID: 542230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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