7 results on '"DI LIEGRO, I"'
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2. Expression of thyroid hormone receptor isoforms in the hypertrophic heart of spontaneously hypertensive rats
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Di Liegro I, Cestelli A, Compagno, and M. Donatelli
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Male ,Gene isoform ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart Ventricles ,Blotting, Western ,Alpha (ethology) ,Cardiomegaly ,Biology ,Isozyme ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,Rats, Inbred SHR ,Internal medicine ,Myosin ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Protein Isoforms ,Receptor ,Receptors, Thyroid Hormone ,Thyroid hormone receptor ,Myosin Heavy Chains ,General Medicine ,Rats ,Blot ,Endocrinology ,Nuclear receptor ,Hypertension ,Models, Animal - Abstract
Thyroid hormones (THs) enhance MHC alpha gene- and repress MHC beta gene-transcription in the heart, by interacting with specific nuclear receptors (TRs), that bind to regulatory sequences localized upstream of basal promoter of myosin heavy chain (MHC) genes. The overall effects of THs include an increase in V1- and a decrease in V3-myosin isozyme concentration in the heart. Myosin V1 contains two MHC alpha chains and has a higher ATPase activity than V3 isoform, which contains two beta chains. Previous studies on papillary muscles of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) showed that heart hypertrophy is accompanied by a shift from alpha to beta MHC accumulation. The present study was aimed at evaluating whether this event relates to differential expression of alpha1, alpha2, and beta1 isoforms of TRs. At the ages of 8 and 15 weeks, SHRs and Harlan Sprague-Dawley control rats were sacrificed under anesthesia and their hearts were dissected into left and right ventricles, free of atria and great vessels. The results of Western blot analyses showed that the levels of the three TR isoforms do not differ significantly between SHRs and control rats of the same age, either in the left or in the right ventricle. Thus, the expression of MHC beta in SHR hypertrophic heart does not seem to depend on changes in TR isoform concentrations.
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- 2001
3. Effect of aging and hypertension on β-myosin heavy chain in heart of spontaneously hypertensive rats
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Compagno, V., primary, Di Liegro, I., additional, Cestelli, A., additional, and Donatelli, M., additional
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- 2001
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4. RNA-protein interactions in the control of stability and localization of messenger RNA (review).
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Derrigo, M, primary, Cestelli, A, additional, Savettieri, G, additional, and Di Liegro, I, additional
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- 2000
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5. A 3D‑scaffold of PLLA induces the morphological differentiation and migration of primary astrocytes and promotes the production of extracellular vesicles
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Valerio Brucato, Gabriella Schiera, Ilenia Vitrano, Francesco Carfì Pavia, Carlo Maria Di Liegro, Valeria Blanda, Italia Di Liegro, Giulio Ghersi, Maria Antonietta Di Bella, Francesca Zummo, Pavia, FC, Di Bella, MA, Brucato, V, Blanda, V, Zummo, F, Vitrano, I, Di Liegro, CM, Ghersi, G, Di Liegro, I, and Schiera, G
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3D culture ,0301 basic medicine ,Cancer Research ,Scaffold ,Cell Survival ,Polyesters ,neural tissue engineering ,Biochemistry ,Neural tissue engineering ,Extracellular matrix ,Extracellular Vesicles ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Settore BIO/13 - Biologia Applicata ,Cell Movement ,Settore BIO/10 - Biochimica ,Genetics ,Extracellular ,Animals ,Settore BIO/06 - Anatomia Comparata E Citologia ,Rats, Wistar ,Cell Shape ,Molecular Biology ,Cells, Cultured ,Neural tissue engineering, astrocytes, 3D cultures, poly‑L‑ lactic acid scaffold, extracellular vesicles ,Cell Proliferation ,Settore ING-IND/24 - Principi Di Ingegneria Chimica ,3D cultures ,Tissue Scaffolds ,biology ,Chemistry ,astrocytes ,Cell Differentiation ,Articles ,Microvesicles ,Fibronectin ,030104 developmental biology ,Animals, Newborn ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Reticular connective tissue ,poly-L-lactic acid scaffold ,biology.protein ,Biophysics ,Molecular Medicine ,Extracellular vesicle ,Astrocyte ,Intracellular - Abstract
The present study analyzed the ability of primary rat astrocytes to colonize a porous scaffold, mimicking the reticular structure of the brain parenchyma extracellular matrix, as well as their ability to grow, survive and differentiate on the scaffold. Scaffolds were prepared using poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) via thermally-induced phase separation. Firstly, the present study studied the effects of scaffold morphology on the growth of astrocytes, evaluating their capability to colonize. Specifically, two different morphologies were tested, which were obtained by changing the polymer concentration in the starting solution. The structures were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, and a pore size of 20 µm (defined as the average distance between the pore walls) was detected. For comparison, astrocytes were also cultured in the traditional 2D culture system that we have been using since 2003. Then the effects of different substrates, such as collagen I and IV, and fibronectin were analyzed. The results revealed that the PLLA scaffolds, coated with collagen IV, served as very good matrices for astrocytes, which were observed to adhere, grow and colonize the matrix, acquiring their typical morphology. In addition, under these conditions, they secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) that were compatible in size with exosomes. Their ability to produce exosomes was also suggested by transmission electron microscopy pictures which revealed both EVs and intracellular structures that could be interpreted as multivesicular bodies. The fact that these cells were able to adapt to the PLLA scaffold, together with our previous results, which demonstrated that brain capillary endothelial cells can grow and differentiate on the same scaffold, could support the future use of 3D brain cell co-culture systems.
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- 2019
6. RNA-binding activity of the rat calmodulin-binding PEP-19 protein and of the long PEP-19 isoform
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Gabriella Schiera, Alessandra Lo Cicero, Italia Di Liegro, Patrizia Proia, Anna Sala, Carlo Maria Di Liegro, Patrizia Saladino, Saladino, P, Di Liegro, CM, Proia, P, Sala, A, Schiera, G, Lo Cicero, A, and Di Liegro, I
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Gene isoform ,Calmodulin ,Calmodulin binding domain ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,RNA-binding protein ,RNA-binding proteins, histone variants, H1˚, PEP-19, long PEP-19 isoform, calmodulin ,Biology ,Binding, Competitive ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,Genetics ,Animals ,Protein Isoforms ,E2F1 ,RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional ,Gene ,Histidine ,RNA-Binding Proteins ,RNA ,General Medicine ,Molecular biology ,Rats ,Biochemistry ,biology.protein ,Calmodulin-Binding Proteins ,Protein Binding - Abstract
Synthesis of H1˚ histone protein, in the developing rat brain, seems to be regulated mainly at the post-transcriptional level. Since regulation of RNA metabolism depends on a series of RNA-binding proteins, we have been searching for RNA-binding proteins involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of the H1˚ gene. We recently reported isolation, from a cDNA expression library, of an insert encoding a novel protein, the C-terminal half of which is identical to that of PEP-19, a brain-specific protein involved in calcium metabolism. The novel protein was called long PEP-19 isoform (LPI). Herein we show that LPI, as well as PEP-19, can bind H1˚ RNA. Moreover, in order to improve production of functional LPI/PEP-19, we modified the protocol normally adopted for preparing histidine tagged-proteins from bacteria, by adding an additional purification step. We also found that both LPI and PEP can compete for H1˚ RNA binding with PIPPin (CSD-C2), another RNA-binding protein previously discovered in our laboratory. Since PEP19/LPI contain a calmodulin binding domain, we finally investigated whether their ability to bind RNA is affected by calmodulin. Our results show that calmodulin interferes with binding of H1˚ RNA to both PEP-19 and LPI, while it is not able to bind RNA on its own. This finding suggests that calcium/calmodulin may have a role in controlling H1˚ mRNA metabolism in the developing brain.
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- 2011
7. Biological effects of inorganic arsenic on primary cultures of rat astrocytes
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Gabriella Schiera, Patrizia Proia, Irene Catanzaro, Fabio Caradonna, Italia Di Liegro, Giulia Sciandrello, Giusi Barbata, CATANZARO, I, SCHIERA, G, SCIANDRELLO, G, BARBATA, G, CARADONNA, F, PROIA, P, and DI LIEGRO, I
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Arsenites ,Cell Survival ,DNA damage ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Superoxide Dismutase-1 ,Settore BIO/10 - Biochimica ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Cell damage ,Cells, Cultured ,Arsenic ,Arsenite ,Superoxide Dismutase ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,Carcinogens, Environmental ,Rats ,Hsp70 ,Comet assay ,Settore BIO/18 - Genetica ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Apoptosis ,Astrocytes ,Comet Assay ,inorganic arsenic, astrocytes, cell damage, DNA damage, PIPPin ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Genotoxicity ,DNA Damage - Abstract
It is well established that inorganic arsenic induces neurotoxic effects and neurological defects in humans and laboratory animals. The cellular and molecular mechanisms of its actions, however, remain elusive. Herein we report the effects of arsenite (NaAsO2) on primary cultures of rat astrocytes. Cells underwent induction of heat shock protein 70 only at the highest doses of inorganic arsenic (30 and 60 microM), suggesting a high threshold to respond to stress. We also investigated arsenic genotoxicity with the comet assay. Interestingly, although cells treated with 10 microM arsenite for 24 h maintained >70% viability, with respect to untreated cells, high DNA damage was already observed. Since arsenic is not known to be a direct-acting genotoxic agent, we investigated the possibility that its effects are due, in astrocytes as well, to ROS formation, as already described for other cell types. However, FACS analysis after CM-H2DCFDA staining did not evidence any significant increase of ROS production while, on the contrary, at the highest arsenite concentrations used, ROS production decreased. Concordantly, we found that, if most cells in the culture are still alive (i.e. up to 10 microM arsenite), they show a treatment-dependent increase in the concentration of SOD1. On the other hand, SOD2 concentration did not change. Finally, we found that astrocytes also synthesize PIPPin, an RNA-binding protein, the concentration of which was recently reported to change in response to stress induced by cadmium. Here we also report that, in cells exposed to high doses of arsenite, an anti-PIPPin antibody-positive faster migrating protein appears.
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- 2010
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