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2. Additional file 4 of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger isoform 1 takes part to the Ca2+-related prosurvival pathway of SOD1 in primary motor neurons exposed to beta-methylamino-l-alanine
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Petrozziello, Tiziana, Boscia, Francesca, Tedeschi, Valentina, Pannaccione, Anna, de Rosa, Valeria, Corvino, Angela, Severino, Beatrice, Annunziato, Lucio, and Secondo, Agnese
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Additional file 3. Bar graph depicting the effect of L-BMAA (0.01-1 mM) on cell survival of differentiated NSC-34 cells. Data are expressed as mean��S.E. of three different experimental sessions. *p
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- 2022
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3. Additional file 2 of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger isoform 1 takes part to the Ca2+-related prosurvival pathway of SOD1 in primary motor neurons exposed to beta-methylamino-l-alanine
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Petrozziello, Tiziana, Boscia, Francesca, Tedeschi, Valentina, Pannaccione, Anna, de Rosa, Valeria, Corvino, Angela, Severino, Beatrice, Annunziato, Lucio, and Secondo, Agnese
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Additional file 1. (A) Immunolocalization of NCX1 (a,d) and MAP2 (b,e) within a motor-neuron enriched culture under control conditions. Nuclei were stained with nuclear DNA stain 4, 6-diamino-2-phenylinndole (DAPI). Arrows indicate MAP2-positive cells with higher level of NCX1 expression. (B) Immunolocalization of NCX1 and NCX3 in differentiated NSC-34 cells. (C) Quantification of SOD1-induced [Ca2+]i in presence of CNQX (20 ��M), MK801 (10 ��M), or CB-DMB (1 ��M) in motor neurons expressed as ���% of increase. All the experiments were repeated at least three times on at least 35 cells for each group; *p < 0.001 vs control (basal values of [Ca2+]i) .
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- 2022
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4. Role of the lysosomal channel Transient Receptor Potential Mucolipin 1 (TRPML1) in the functional coupling between endoplasmic reticulum and lysosomes in experimental models of brain ischemia
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Tedeschi, Valentina
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A growing interest has been recently devoted to the role of intracellular Ca2+ stores in brain ischemia. For instance, disturbances of Ca2+ content in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the main intracellular Ca2+ store, have been reported as one of the main mechanisms underlying this neurological disease. Interestingly, lysosomes are emerging as other important Ca2+-storing organelles, cooperating with the ER in the handling of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). One of the main regulators of lysosomal Ca2+ homeostasis is represented by Transient Receptor Potential Mucolipin 1 (TRPML1), a non-selective cation channel releasing lysosomal Ca2+ into the cytosol. In this study we investigated the role of ER/lysosome Ca2+ coupling and the contribution of TRPML1 in brain ischemia. Our results showed that under physiological conditions TRPML1 activation induced by its specific agonist ML-SA1 or by lysosomal v-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1 significantly increased [Ca2+]i in cortical neurons. ML-SA1-induced Ca2+ leak from lysosomes strongly reduced ER Ca2+ content, whereas the TRPML1 inhibitor trans-Ned19 or channel knocking down increased ER Ca2+ levels. However, this interplay was disrupted under hypoxic conditions produced by exposing cortical neurons to oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) followed by reoxygenation (Rx). Indeed, during OGD/Rx both ER and lysosomal Ca2+ levels were significantly impaired. Interestingly, the administration of trans-Ned19 during the reoxygenation phase prevented dysfunctional lysosomal Ca2+ homeostasis and neuronal death. In consideration of the role played by lysosomes in autophagy regulation, we showed that trans-Ned19 hampered the autophagic flux during hypoxia thus protecting neurons. Moreover, we found that in ischemic rats subjected to the transient occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (tMCAO) the intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of this drug at the onset of reperfusion was able to reduce the brain ischemic volume, ameliorated the general and focal deficits, and promoted a protective blockade of the autophagic flux. Collectively, the results presented in my PhD thesis demonstrate the detrimental role of TRPML1 dysfunction in the neurodegeneration associated to brain ischemia, thus identifying a novel potential therapeutic target that could be pharmacologically modulated, together with other relevant mechanisms, to induce neuroprotection.
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- 2018
5. MOESM1 of The Ankylosing Spondylitis-Associated HLA-B*2705 Presents a B*0702-Restricted EBV Epitope and Sustains the Clonal Amplification of Cytotoxic T Cells in Patients
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Tedeschi, Valentina, Vitulano, Carolina, Cauli, Alberto, Paladini, Fabiana, Piga, Matteo, Mathieu, Alessandro, Sorrentino, Rosa, and Fiorillo, Maria
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The Ankylosing Spondylitis-Associated HLA-B*2705 Presents a B*0702-Restricted EBV Epitope and Sustains the Clonal Amplification of Cytotoxic T Cells in Patients
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- 2016
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6. HLA-B27 and Ankylosing Spondylitis: functional aspects of HLA-B27 molecules and other factors involved in the disease pathogenesis
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Tedeschi, Valentina
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Settore BIO/13 - Biologia Applicata ,HLA-B*27 ,autoimmunity ,T lymphocytes - Published
- 2015
7. HLA-B*2705 and its double implication in viral defense and autoimmunity: unpredicted presentation of an immunodominant viral epitope devoid of the classical B27 binding motif
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Tedeschi, Valentina, Vitulano, Carolina, Cauli, A, Mathieu, A, Paladini, Fabiana, Kormann, D, Bockmann, R, Sorrentino, Rosa, and Fiorillo, Maria Teresa
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- 2015
8. Interaction pattern of Arg 62 in the A-pocket of differentially disease-associated HLA-B27 subtypes suggests distinct TCR binding modes
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Nurzia, Elisa, Narzi, Daniele, Cauli, Alberto, Mathieu, Alessandro, Tedeschi, Valentina, Caristi, Silvana, Sorrentino, Rosa, Böckmann, Rainer A., Fiorillo, Maria Teresa, Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', Institut Pasteur, Fondation Cenci Bolognetti - Istituto Pasteur Italia, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome], Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2nd Chair of Rheumatolog, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, and This work was supported by VolkswagenStiftung (Grant I/82735 to MTF and Grant I/82733 to DN and RAB) http://www.volkswagen-stiftung.de/ and by Fondazione Pasteur-Cenci Bolognetti to RS. http://www.istitutopasteur.it/.
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Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät -ohne weitere Spezifikation ,Biophysics ,Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell ,MESH: Protein Structure, Secondary ,lcsh:Medicine ,MESH: Solvents ,MESH: Amino Acid Sequence ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,Arginine ,Protein Structure, Secondary ,Autoimmune Diseases ,ankylosing spondylitis ,hla-b27 ,ddc:570 ,Humans ,MESH: Protein Binding ,MESH: Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,Amino Acid Sequence ,lcsh:Science ,Biology ,Conserved Sequence ,HLA-B27 Antigen ,MESH: Conserved Sequence ,MESH: Humans ,Physics ,lcsh:R ,MESH: Arginine ,Computational Biology ,MESH: Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell ,MESH: Amino Acid Substitution ,Amino Acid Substitution ,MESH: HeLa Cells ,MESH: Oligopeptides ,Solvents ,Medicine ,[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Clinical Immunology ,lcsh:Q ,MESH: HLA-B27 Antigen ,Oligopeptides ,Research Article ,HeLa Cells ,Protein Binding - Abstract
International audience; The single amino acid replacement Asp116His distinguishes the two subtypes HLA-B*2705 and HLA-B*2709 which are, respectively, associated and non-associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis, an autoimmune chronic inflammatory disease. The reason for this differential association is so far poorly understood and might be related to subtype-specific HLA:peptide conformations as well as to subtype/peptide-dependent dynamical properties on the nanoscale. Here, we combine functional experiments with extensive molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the molecular dynamics and function of the conserved Arg62 of the α1-helix for both B27 subtypes in complex with the self-peptides pVIPR (RRKWRRWHL) and TIS (RRLPIFSRL), and the viral peptides pLMP2 (RRRWRRLTV) and NPflu (SRYWAIRTR). Simulations of HLA:peptide systems suggest that peptide-stabilizing interactions of the Arg62 residue observed in crystal structures are metastable for both B27 subtypes under physiological conditions, rendering this arginine solvent-exposed and, probably, a key residue for TCR interaction more than peptide-binding. This view is supported by functional experiments with conservative (R62K) and non-conservative (R62A) B*2705 and B*2709 mutants that showed an overall reduction in their capability to present peptides to CD8+ T cells. Moreover, major subtype-dependent differences in the peptide recognition suggest distinct TCR binding modes for the B*2705 versus the B*2709 subtype.
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- 2012
9. SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Activates Human Lung Macrophages
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Francesco Palestra, Remo Poto, Renato Ciardi, Giorgia Opromolla, Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Anne Lise Ferrara, Rosa Maria Di Crescenzo, Maria Rosaria Galdiero, Leonardo Cristinziano, Luca Modestino, Gianni Marone, Alfonso Fiorelli, Gilda Varricchi, Stefania Loffredo, Palestra, Francesco, Poto, Remo, Ciardi, Renato, Opromolla, Giorgia, Secondo, Agnese, Tedeschi, Valentina, Ferrara, Anne Lise, Di Crescenzo, Rosa Maria Di, Galdiero, Maria Rosaria, Cristinziano, Leonardo, Modestino, Luca, Marone, Gianni, Fiorelli, Alfonso, Varricchi, Gilda, and Loffredo, Stefania
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Organic Chemistry ,COVID-19 ,ACE2 ,General Medicine ,Keywords: COVID-19 ,spike protein ,Catalysis ,cytokines ,Computer Science Applications ,macrophages ,Inorganic Chemistry ,cytokine ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Molecular Biology ,Spectroscopy ,TMPRSS2 - Abstract
COVID-19 is a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. This disease is characterized primarily, but not exclusively, by respiratory tract inflammation. SARS-CoV-2 infection relies on the binding of spike protein to ACE2 on the host cells. The virus uses the protease TMPRSS2 as an entry activator. Human lung macrophages (HLMs) are the most abundant immune cells in the lung and fulfill a variety of specialized functions mediated by the production of cytokines and chemokines. The aim of this project was to investigate the effects of spike protein on HLM activation and the expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in HLMs. Spike protein induced CXCL8, IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β release from HLMs; promoted efficient phagocytosis; and induced dysfunction of intracellular Ca2+ concentration by increasing lysosomal Ca2+ content in HLMs. Microscopy experiments revealed that HLM tracking was affected by spike protein activation. Finally, HLMs constitutively expressed mRNAs for ACE2 and TMPRSS2. In conclusion, during SARS-CoV-2 infection, macrophages seem to play a key role in lung injury, resulting in immunological dysfunction and respiratory disease.
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- 2023
10. Size-Based Effects of Anthropogenic Ultrafine Particles on Lysosomal TRPML1 Channel and Autophagy in Motoneuron-like Cells
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Silvia Sapienza, Valentina Tedeschi, Barbara Apicella, Francesco Palestra, Carmela Russo, Ilaria Piccialli, Anna Pannaccione, Stefania Loffredo, Agnese Secondo, Sapienza, Silvia, Tedeschi, Valentina, Apicella, Barbara, Palestra, Francesco, Russo, Carmela, Piccialli, Ilaria, Pannaccione, Anna, Loffredo, Stefania, and Secondo, Agnese
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Motor Neurons ,Organic Chemistry ,air pollution ,ROS ,General Medicine ,ultrafine particle ,Motor Neuron ,Lysosome ,Catalysis ,Antioxidants ,Computer Science Applications ,Inorganic Chemistry ,ultrafine particles ,TRPML1 ,autophagy ,motor neurons ,neurotoxicity ,lysosome ,mitochondrial dysfunction ,Transient Receptor Potential Channels ,Autophagy ,Particulate Matter ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Antioxidant ,Lysosomes ,Molecular Biology ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
Background: An emerging body of evidence indicates an association between anthropogenic particulate matter (PM) and neurodegeneration. Although the historical focus of PM toxicity has been on the cardiopulmonary system, ultrafine PM particles can also exert detrimental effects in the brain. However, only a few studies are available on the harmful interaction between PM and CNS and on the putative pathomechanisms. Methods: Ultrafine PM particles with a diameter < 0.1 μm (PM0.1) and nanoparticles < 20 nm (NP20) were sampled in a lab-scale combustion system. Their effect on cell tracking in the space was studied by time-lapse and high-content microscopy in NSC-34 motor neurons while pHrodo™ Green conjugates were used to detect PM endocytosis. Western blotting analysis was used to quantify protein expression of lysosomal channels (i.e., TRPML1 and TPC2) and autophagy markers. Current-clamp electrophysiology and Fura2-video imaging techniques were used to measure membrane potential, intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and TRPML1 activity in NSC-34 cells exposed to PM0.1 and NP20. Results: NP20, but not PM0.1, reduced NSC-34 motor neuron movement in the space. Furthermore, NP20 was able to shift membrane potential of motor neurons toward more depolarizing values. PM0.1 and NP20 were able to enter into the cells by endocytosis and exerted mitochondrial toxicity with the consequent stimulation of ROS production. This latter event was sufficient to determine the hyperactivation of the lysosomal channel TRPML1. Consequently, both LC3-II and p62 protein expression increased after 48 h of exposure together with AMPK activation, suggesting an engulfment of autophagy. The antioxidant molecule Trolox restored TRPML1 function and autophagy. Conclusions: Restoring TRPML1 function by an antioxidant agent may be considered a protective mechanism able to reestablish autophagy flux in motor neurons exposed to nanoparticles.
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- 2022
11. Size-based effects of anthropogenic ultrafine particles on activation of human lung macrophages
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Simone Marcella, Barbara Apicella, Agnese Secondo, Francesco Palestra, Giorgia Opromolla, Renato Ciardi, Valentina Tedeschi, Anne Lise Ferrara, Carmela Russo, Maria Rosaria Galdiero, Leonardo Cristinziano, Luca Modestino, Giuseppe Spadaro, Alfonso Fiorelli, Stefania Loffredo, Marcella, Simone, Apicella, Barbara, Secondo, Agnese, Palestra, Francesco, Opromolla, Giorgia, Ciardi, Renato, Tedeschi, Valentina, Ferrara, Anne Lise, Russo, Carmela, Rosaria Galdiero, Maria, Cristinziano, Leonardo, Modestino, Luca, Spadaro, Giuseppe, Fiorelli, Alfonso, and Loffredo, Stefania
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Air Pollutants ,Monocyte-derived macrophage ,PM ,Macrophage ,Interleukin-6 ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Air pollution ,ROS ,Calcium homeostasi ,Monocyte ,Nanoparticle ,Chemokine ,Air Pollutant ,Macrophages, Alveolar ,Cytokines ,Humans ,Particulate Matter ,Particle Size ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Reactive Oxygen Specie ,Cytokine ,Lung ,General Environmental Science ,Human - Abstract
The anthropogenic particulate matter (PM), suspended air dust that can be inhaled by humans and deposited in the lungs, is one of the main pollutants in the industrialized cities atmosphere. Recent studies have shown that PM has adverse effects on respiratory diseases. These effects are mainly due to the ultrafine particles (PM0.1, PM
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- 2022
12. Increased KV2.1 Channel Clustering Underlies the Reduction of Delayed Rectifier K+ Currents in Hippocampal Neurons of the Tg2576 Alzheimer's Disease Mouse
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Ilaria Piccialli, Maria José Sisalli, Valeria de Rosa, Francesca Boscia, Valentina Tedeschi, Agnese Secondo, Anna Pannaccione, Piccialli, Ilaria, Sisalli, Maria José, de Rosa, Valeria, Boscia, Francesca, Tedeschi, Valentina, Secondo, Agnese, and Pannaccione, Anna
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Cluster Analysi ,channel clustering ,Animal ,Tg2576 mouse ,Glutamic Acid ,General Medicine ,Neuron ,electrophysiology ,Mice ,Alzheimer’s disease ,delayed rectifier K+ currents ,KV2.1 ,hippocampal neurons ,Hippocampu ,Shab Potassium Channels ,hippocampal neuron ,Alzheimer Disease ,Potassium ,delayed rectifier K+ current ,Cells, Cultured - Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive deterioration of cognitive functions. Cortical and hippocampal hyperexcitability intervenes in the pathological derangement of brain activity leading to cognitive decline. As key regulators of neuronal excitability, the voltage-gated K+ channels (KV) might play a crucial role in the AD pathophysiology. Among them, the KV2.1 channel, the main α subunit mediating the delayed rectifier K+ currents (IDR) and controlling the intrinsic excitability of pyramidal neurons, has been poorly examined in AD. In the present study, we investigated the KV2.1 protein expression and activity in hippocampal neurons from the Tg2576 mouse, a widely used transgenic model of AD. To this aim we performed whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, Western blotting, and immunofluorescence analyses. Our Western blotting results reveal that KV2.1 was overexpressed in the hippocampus of 3-month-old Tg2576 mice and in primary hippocampal neurons from Tg2576 mouse embryos compared with the WT counterparts. Electrophysiological experiments unveiled that the whole IDR were reduced in the Tg2576 primary neurons compared with the WT neurons, and that this reduction was due to the loss of the KV2.1 current component. Moreover, we found that the reduction of the KV2.1-mediated currents was due to increased channel clustering, and that glutamate, a stimulus inducing KV2.1 declustering, was able to restore the IDR to levels comparable to those of the WT neurons. These findings add new information about the dysregulation of ionic homeostasis in the Tg2576 AD mouse model and identify KV2.1 as a possible player in the AD-related alterations of neuronal excitability.
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- 2022
13. Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Phytochemicals in Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on Polyphenols and Monoterpenes
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Ilaria, Piccialli, Valentina, Tedeschi, Lucia, Caputo, Stefano, D'Errico, Roselia, Ciccone, Vincenzo, De Feo, Agnese, Secondo, Anna, Pannaccione, Piccialli, Ilaria, Tedeschi, Valentina, Caputo, Lucia, D'Errico, Stefano, Ciccone, Roselia, De Feo, Vincenzo, Secondo, Agnese, and Pannaccione, Anna
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Pharmacology ,multi-target therapy ,amyloid-β aggregation ,neurodegeneration ,monoterpenes ,Pharmacology (medical) ,phytochemical ,Alzheimer’s disease ,neuroinflammation ,phytochemicals ,polyphenols ,monoterpene - Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic, complex neurodegenerative disorder mainly characterized by the irreversible loss of memory and cognitive functions. Different hypotheses have been proposed thus far to explain the etiology of this devastating disorder, including those centered on the Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide aggregation, Tau hyperphosphorylation, neuroinflammation and oxidative stress. Nonetheless, the therapeutic strategies conceived thus far to treat AD neurodegeneration have proven unsuccessful, probably due to the use of single-target drugs unable to arrest the progressive deterioration of brain functions. For this reason, the theoretical description of the AD etiology has recently switched from over-emphasizing a single deleterious process to considering AD neurodegeneration as the result of different pathogenic mechanisms and their interplay. Moreover, much relevance has recently been conferred to several comorbidities inducing insulin resistance and brain energy hypometabolism, including diabetes and obesity. As consequence, much interest is currently accorded in AD treatment to a multi-target approach interfering with different pathways at the same time, and to life-style interventions aimed at preventing the modifiable risk-factors strictly associated with aging. In this context, phytochemical compounds are emerging as an enormous source to draw on in the search for multi-target agents completing or assisting the traditional pharmacological medicine. Intriguingly, many plant-derived compounds have proven their efficacy in counteracting several pathogenic processes such as the Aβ aggregation, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and insulin resistance. Many strategies have also been conceived to overcome the limitations of some promising phytochemicals related to their poor pharmacokinetic profiles, including nanotechnology and synthetic routes. Considering the emerging therapeutic potential of natural medicine, the aim of the present review is therefore to highlight the most promising phytochemical compounds belonging to two major classes, polyphenols and monoterpenes, and to report the main findings about their mechanisms of action relating to the AD pathogenesis.
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- 2022
14. Lysosomal calcium is modulated by STIM1/TRPML1 interaction which participates to neuronal survival during ischemic preconditioning
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Tiziana Petrozziello, Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Lorella M.T. Canzoniero, Maria Josè Sisalli, Tedeschi, Valentina, Sisalli, Maria José, Petrozziello, Tiziana, Canzoniero, Lorella Maria Teresa, and Secondo, Agnese
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0301 basic medicine ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Calcium ,Biochemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Transient Receptor Potential Channels ,Downregulation and upregulation ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 ,Rats, Wistar ,Molecular Biology ,Cells, Cultured ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Cerebral Cortex ,Neurons ,Reactive oxygen species ,Chemistry ,neuronal survival ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,Neurodegeneration ,STIM1 ,medicine.disease ,lysosome/ER interplay ,organellar Ca2+ homeostasi ,Cell Hypoxia ,Cell biology ,Rats ,Oxygen ,030104 developmental biology ,ischemic preconditioning ,Ischemic preconditioning ,oxygen and glucose deprivation followed by reoxygenation ,Lysosomes ,primary cortical neurons ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Homeostasis ,TRPML1 ,Biotechnology - Abstract
A robust activity of the lysosomal Ca2+ channel TRPML1 is sufficient to correct cellular defects in neurodegeneration. Importantly, lysosomes are refilled by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). However, it is unclear how TRPML1 function could be modulated by the ER. Here, we deal with this issue in rat primary cortical neurons exposed to different oxygen conditions affecting neuronal survival. Under normoxic conditions, TRPML1: (1) showed a wide distribution within soma and along neuronal processes; (2) was stimulated by the synthetic agonist ML-SA1 and the analog of its endogenous modulator, PI(3,5)P2 diC8; (3) its knockdown by siRNA strategy produced an ER Ca2+ accumulation; (4) co-localized and co-immunoprecipitated with the ER-located Ca2+ sensor stromal interacting molecule 1 (STIM1). In cortical neurons lacking STIM1, ML-SA1 and PI(3,5)P2 diC8 failed to induce Ca2+ release and, more deeply, they induced a negligible Ca2+ passage through the channel in neurons transfected with the genetically encoded Ca2+ indicator GCaMP3-ML1. Moreover, TRPML1/STIM1 interplay changed at low-oxygen conditions: both proteins were downregulated during the ischemic preconditioning (IPC) while during IPC followed by 1 hour of normoxia, at which STIM1 is upregulated, TRPML1 protein was reduced. However, during oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) followed by reoxygenation, TRPML1 and STIM1 proteins peaked at 8 hours of reoxygenation, when the proteins were co-immunoprecipitated and reactive oxygen species (ROS) hyperproduction was measured in cortical neurons. This may lead to a persistent TRPML1 Ca2+ release and lysosomal Ca2+ loss. Collectively, we showed a new modulation exerted by STIM1 on TRPML1 activity that may differently intervene during hypoxia to regulate organellar Ca2+ homeostasis.
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- 2021
15. The Anemonia sulcata Toxin BDS-I Protects Astrocytes Exposed to Aβ1–42 Oligomers by Restoring [Ca2+]i Transients and ER Ca2+ Signaling
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Francesca Boscia, Ilaria Piccialli, Paolo Grieco, Antonella Casamassa, Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Valeria de Rosa, Roselia Ciccone, Anna Pannaccione, Piccialli, Ilaria, Tedeschi, Valentina, Boscia, Francesca, Ciccone, Roselia, Casamassa, Antonella, de Rosa, Valeria, Grieco, Paolo, Secondo, Agnese, and Pannaccione, Anna
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KV3.4 channel ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,[Ca2+]i transient ,Aβ1–42 oligomers ,lcsh:Medicine ,Endoplasmic Reticulum ,Toxicology ,Article ,Calcium in biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cnidarian Venoms ,0302 clinical medicine ,astrocyte ,BDS-I ,Animals ,Calcium Signaling ,Cells, Cultured ,Aβ1–42 oligomer ,030304 developmental biology ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Membrane potential ,0303 health sciences ,Reactive oxygen species ,Amyloid beta-Peptides ,biology ,Chemistry ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,lcsh:R ,astrocytes ,Peptide Fragments ,Rats ,Cell biology ,nervous system ,Unfolded protein response ,biology.protein ,ER stre ,[Ca2+]i transients ,Calcium ,Signal transduction ,ER stress ,Marine toxin ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Caspase 12 - Abstract
Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) transients in astrocytes represent a highly plastic signaling pathway underlying the communication between neurons and glial cells. However, how this important phenomenon may be compromised in Alzheimer&rsquo, s disease (AD) remains unexplored. Moreover, the involvement of several K+ channels, including KV3.4 underlying the fast-inactivating currents, has been demonstrated in several AD models. Here, the effect of KV3.4 modulation by the marine toxin blood depressing substance-I (BDS-I) extracted from Anemonia sulcata has been studied on [Ca2+]i transients in rat primary cortical astrocytes exposed to A&beta, 1&ndash, 42 oligomers. We showed that: (1) primary cortical astrocytes expressing KV3.4 channels displayed [Ca2+]i transients depending on the occurrence of membrane potential spikes, (2) BDS-I restored, in a dose-dependent way, [Ca2+]i transients in astrocytes exposed to A&beta, 42 oligomers (5 µ, M/48 h) by inhibiting hyperfunctional KV3.4 channels, (3) BDS-I counteracted Ca2+ overload into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) induced by A&beta, 42 oligomers, (4) BDS-I prevented the expression of the ER stress markers including active caspase 12 and GRP78/BiP in astrocytes treated with A&beta, 42 oligomers, and (5) BDS-I prevented A&beta, 42-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and cell suffering measured as mitochondrial activity and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. Collectively, we proposed that the marine toxin BDS-I, by inhibiting the hyperfunctional KV3.4 channels and restoring [Ca2+]i oscillation frequency, prevented A&beta, 42-induced ER stress and cell suffering in astrocytes.
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- 2021
16. Genetically modified mice to unravel physiological and pathophysiological roles played by NCX isoforms
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Antonella Scorziello, Angelo Serani, Lucrezia Calabrese, Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Pasquale Molinaro, Valeria Valsecchi, Lucio Annunziato, Anna Pannaccione, Silvia Natale, Molinaro, Pasquale, Natale, Silvia, Serani, Angelo, Calabrese, Lucrezia, Secondo, Agnese, Tedeschi, Valentina, Valsecchi, Valeria, Pannaccione, Anna, Scorziello, Antonella, and Annunziato, Lucio
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0301 basic medicine ,Gene isoform ,Genetic modified mice ,Physiology ,Antiporter ,Transgene ,Mice, Transgenic ,Biology ,Models, Biological ,Sodium-Calcium Exchanger ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Animals ,Protein Isoforms ,Disease ,Receptor ,Molecular Biology ,Gene ,Ion channel ,Physiological Phenomena ,NCX1 ,Cell Biology ,Antiporters ,NCX2 ,Genetically modified organism ,Cell biology ,NCX3 ,030104 developmental biology ,Na(+)/Ca(2+)exchanger ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Since the discovery of the three isoforms of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, NCX1, NCX2 and NCX3 in 1990s, many studies have been devoted to identifying their specific roles in different tissues under several physiological or pathophysiological conditions. In particular, several seminal experimental works laid the foundation for better understanding gene and protein structures, tissue distribution, and regulatory functions of each antiporter isoform. On the other hand, despite the efforts in the development of specific compounds selectively targeting NCX1, NCX2 or NCX3 to test their physiological or pathophysiological roles, several drawbacks hampered the achievement of these goals. In fact, at present no isoform-specific compounds have been yet identified. Moreover, these compounds, despite their potency, possess some nonspecific actions against other ion antiporters, ion channels, and channel receptors. As a result, it is difficult to discriminate direct effects of inhibition/activation of NCX isoforms from the inhibitory or stimulatory effects exerted on other antiporters, channels, receptors, or enzymes. To overcome these difficulties, some research groups used transgenic, knock-out and knock-in mice for NCX isoforms as the most straightforward and fruitful strategy to characterize the biological role exerted by each antiporter isoform. The present review will survey the techniques used to study the roles of NCXs and the current knowledge obtained from these genetic modified mice focusing on the advantages obtained with these strategies in understanding the contribution exerted by each isoform.
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- 2020
17. ApoSOD1 lacking dismutase activity neuroprotects motor neurons exposed to beta-methylamino-L-alanine through the Ca2+/Akt/ERK1/2 prosurvival pathway
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Tiziana Petrozziello, Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Alba Esposito, Maria Josè Sisalli, Gianfranco Di Renzo, Antonella Scorziello, Lucio Annunziato, Petrozziello, Tiziana, Secondo, Agnese, Tedeschi, Valentina, Esposito, Alba, Sisalli, MARIA JOSE', Scorziello, Antonella, DI RENZO, GIANFRANCO MARIA LUIGI, and Annunziato, Lucio
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0301 basic medicine ,Neurodegeneration ,SOD1 ,Cell Biology ,Pharmacology ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Neuroprotection ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,nervous system ,Biochemistry ,medicine ,Neurotoxin ,Dismutase ,Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,Molecular Biology ,Protein kinase B ,PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway - Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe human adult-onset neurodegenerative disease affecting lower and upper motor neurons. In >20% of cases, the familial form of ALS is caused by mutations in the gene encoding Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Interestingly, administration of wild-type SOD1 to SOD1(G93A) transgenic rats ameliorates motor symptoms through an unknown mechanism. Here we investigated whether the neuroprotective effects of SOD1 are due to the Ca(2+)-dependent activation of such prosurvival signaling pathway and not to its catalytic activity. To this aim, we also examined the mechanism of neuroprotective action of ApoSOD1, the metal-depleted state of SOD1 that lacks dismutase activity, in differentiated motor neuron-like NSC-34 cells and in primary motor neurons exposed to the cycad neurotoxin beta-methylamino-L-alanine (L-BMAA). Preincubation of ApoSOD1 and SOD1, but not of human recombinant SOD1(G93A), prevented cell death in motor neurons exposed to L-BMAA. Moreover, ApoSOD1 elicited ERK1/2 and Akt phosphorylation in motor neurons through an early increase of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i). Accordingly, inhibition of ERK1/2 by siMEK1 and PD98059 counteracted ApoSOD1- and SOD1-induced neuroprotection. Similarly, transfection of the dominant-negative form of Akt in NSC-34 motor neurons and treatment with the selective PI3K inhibitor LY294002 prevented ApoSOD1- and SOD1-mediated neuroprotective effects in L-BMAA-treated motor neurons. Furthermore, ApoSOD1 and SOD1 prevented the expression of the two markers of L-BMAA-induced ER stress GRP78 and caspase-12. Collectively, our data indicate that ApoSOD1, which is devoid of any catalytic dismutase activity, exerts a neuroprotective effect through an early activation of Ca(2+)/Akt/ERK1/2 pro-survival pathway that, in turn, prevents ER stress in a neurotoxic model of ALS.
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18. The activation of Mucolipin TRP channel 1 (TRPML1) protects motor neurons from L-BMAA neurotoxicity by promoting autophagic clearance
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Agnese Secondo, Tiziana Petrozziello, Valentina Tedeschi, Francesca Boscia, Lorella M.T. Canzoniero, Maria Josè Sisalli, Tedeschi, Valentina, Petrozziello, Tiziana, Sisalli, Maria José, Boscia, Francesca, Canzoniero, Lorella Maria Teresa, and Secondo, Agnese
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0301 basic medicine ,Programmed cell death ,SERCA ,lcsh:Medicine ,Phthalimides ,Hybrid Cells ,Endoplasmic Reticulum ,Molecular neuroscience ,Article ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,Transient Receptor Potential Channels ,0302 clinical medicine ,Autophagy ,medicine ,Animals ,Neurotoxin ,Rats, Wistar ,lcsh:Science ,Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP ,Cells, Cultured ,Motor Neurons ,Multidisciplinary ,Cyanobacteria Toxins ,Chemistry ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ,lcsh:R ,Neurotoxicity ,Amino Acids, Diamino ,STIM1 ,medicine.disease ,Rats ,Cell biology ,Disease Models, Animal ,Neuroprotective Agents ,030104 developmental biology ,Quinolines ,Unfolded protein response ,Calcium ,lcsh:Q ,Lysosomes ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Cellular clearance mechanisms including the autophagy-lysosome pathway are impaired in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). One of the most important proteins involved in the regulation of autophagy is the lysosomal Ca2+ channel Mucolipin TRP channel 1 (TRPML1). Therefore, we investigated the role of TRPML1 in a neuronal model of ALS/Parkinson-dementia complex reproduced by the exposure of motor neurons to the cyanobacterial neurotoxin beta-methylamino-L-alanine (L-BMAA). Under these conditions, L-BMAA induces a dysfunction of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leading to ER stress and cell death. Therefore we hypothesized a dysfunctional coupling between lysosomes and ER in L-BMAA-treated motor neurons. Here, we showed that in motor neuronal cells TRPML1 as well as the lysosomal protein LAMP1 co-localized with ER. In addition, TRPML1 co-immunoprecipitated with the ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1. Functionally, the TRPML1 agonist ML-SA1 induced lysosomal Ca2+ release in a dose-dependent way in motor neuronal cells. The SERCA inhibitor thapsigargin increased the fluorescent signal associated with lysosomal Ca2+ efflux in the cells transfected with the genetically encoded Ca2+ indicator GCaMP3-ML1, thus suggesting an interplay between the two organelles. Moreover, chronic exposure to L-BMAA reduced TRPML1 protein expression and produced an impairment of both lysosomal and ER Ca2+ homeostasis in primary motor neurons. Interestingly, the preincubation of ML-SA1, by an early activation of AMPK and beclin 1, rescued motor neurons from L-BMAA-induced cell death and reduced the expression of the ER stress marker GRP78. Finally, ML-SA1 reduced the accumulation of the autophagy-related proteins p62/SQSTM1 and LC3-II in L-BMAA-treated motor neurons. Collectively, we propose that the pharmacological stimulation of TRPML1 can rescue motor neurons from L-BMAA-induced toxicity by boosting autophagy and reducing ER stress.
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- 2019
19. Synthesis of cyclic N1-pentylinosine phosphate, a new structurally reduced cADPR analogue with calcium-mobilizing activity on PC12 cells
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Stefano D'Errico, Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Brunella Pinto, Valeria Costantino, Ahmed Mahal, Gennaro Piccialli, Giorgia Oliviero, Vincenzo Piccialli, Nicola Borbone, Mahal, Ahmed, D'Errico, Stefano, Borbone, Nicola, Pinto, Brunella, Secondo, Agnese, Costantino, Valeria, Tedeschi, Valentina, Oliviero, Giorgia, Piccialli, Vincenzo, and Piccialli, Gennaro
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cyclization ,Stereochemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Calcium ,Pyrophosphate ,Full Research Paper ,Intracellular ca ,lcsh:QD241-441 ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,lcsh:Organic chemistry ,Ribose ,medicine ,Inosine ,lcsh:Science ,Chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,cIDPR analogues ,Phosphate ,Biochemistry ,calcium mobilization ,Cidpr analogue ,Phosphodiester bond ,lcsh:Q ,cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) ,Derivative (chemistry) ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Cyclic N1-pentylinosine monophosphate (cpIMP), a novel simplified inosine derivative of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) in which the N1-pentyl chain and the monophosphate group replace the northern ribose and the pyrophosphate moieties, respectively, was synthesized. The role played by the position of the phosphate group in the key cyclization step, which consists in the formation of a phosphodiester bond, was thoroughly investigated. We have also examined the influence of the phosphate bridge on the ability of cpIMP to mobilize Ca2+ in PC12 neuronal cells in comparison with the pyrophosphate bridge present in the cyclic N1-pentylinosine diphosphate analogue (cpIDP) previously synthesized in our laboratories. The preliminary biological tests indicated that cpIMP and cpIDP induce a rapid increase of intracellular Ca2+ concentration in PC12 neuronal cells.
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- 2015
20. Calcium Dyshomeostasis and Lysosomal Ca2+ Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Agnese Secondo, Valentina Tedeschi, Tiziana Petrozziello, Tedeschi, Valentina, Petrozziello, Tiziana, and Secondo, Agnese
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ,ca2+ homeostasis ,Ca2+ homeostasis ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Review ,Mitochondrion ,Calcium ,Endoplasmic Reticulum ,Pathogenesis ,lysosomes ,medicine ,Animals ,Homeostasis ,Humans ,Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Motor Neurons ,Chemistry ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ,Autophagy ,Neurodegeneration ,Ca2+-storing organelles ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,endoplasmic reticulum (ER) ,Mitochondria ,Cell biology ,Ca2+ homeostasi ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Ca2+-storing organelle ,ca2+-storing organelles - Abstract
Recent findings in the understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) revealed that alteration in calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis may largely contribute to motor neuron demise. A large part of these alterations is due to dysfunctional Ca2+-storing organelles, including the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria. Very recently, lysosomal Ca2+ dysfunction has emerged as an important pathological change leading to neuronal loss in ALS. Remarkably, the Ca2+-storing organelles are interacting with each other at specialized domains controlling mitochondrial dynamics, ER/lysosomal function, and autophagy. This occurs as a result of interaction between specific ionic channels and Ca2+-dependent proteins located in each structure. Therefore, the dysregulation of these ionic mechanisms could be considered as a key element in the neurodegenerative process. This review will focus on the possible role of lysosomal Ca2+ dysfunction in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and shed light on the possibility that specific lysosomal Ca2+ channels might represent new promising targets for preventing or at least delaying neurodegeneration in ALS.
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