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1. Development of an immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of GADA and ZnT8A in autoimmune diabetes using a ZnT8/GAD65 chimeric molecule

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Aldana Trabucchi, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Adriana Victoria Sabljic, Juan Ignacio Marfía, Alexandra Marisa Targovnik, Rubén Francisco Iacono, María Victoria Miranda, and Silvina Noemí Valdez

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autoimmune diabetes mellitus, ZnT8/GAD65 chimera, insect cells, autoantibodies, ELISA, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
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IntroductionThe combined presence of autoantibodies to the 65 kDa isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA) and to the islet-specific cation efflux transporter ZnT8 (ZnT8A) in serum is the best predictive sign of the loss of immune tolerance and the clinical manifestation of autoimmune diabetes mellitus (DM). The screening of GADA and ZnT8A could help to reach to a correct diagnosis and to start an early and adequate treatment. The aim of the study was to develop an immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of these autoantibodies using a chimera molecule that includes the immunodominant regions of ZnT8 and GAD65, expressed by baculovirus-insect cells system.Materials and MethodsZnT8/GAD65 was expressed using the Bac to Bac™ baculovirus expression system. The recombinant chimera was purified by an His6-tag and identified by SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis, and by an indirect ELISA using specific antibodies against ZnT8 and GAD65. A fraction of ZnT8/GAD65 was biotinylated. A bridge ELISA (b-ELISA) was developed using ZnT8/GAD65 immobilized in polystyrene microplates, human sera samples from healthy individuals (n = 51) and diabetic patients (n = 49) were then incubated, and afterwards ZnT8/GAD65-biotin was added. Immune complexes were revealed with Streptavidin-Horseradish Peroxidase. Results were calculated as specific absorbance and expressed as standard deviation scores: SDs.ResultsZnT8/GAD65 was efficiently produced, yielding 30 mg/L culture medium, 80% pure. This recombinant chimera retains the immunoreactive conformation of the epitopes that are recognized by their specific antibodies, so it was used for the development of a high sensitivity (75.51%) and specificity (98.04%) b-ELISA for the detection of ZnT8A and/or GADA, in a one-step screening assay. The ROC curves demonstrated that this method had high accuracy to distinguish between samples from healthy individuals and diabetic patients (AUC = 0.9488); the cut-off value was stablished at 2 SDs.ConclusionsThis immunoassay is useful either to confirm autoimmune diabetes or for detection in routine screening of individuals at risk of autoimmune DM. As DM is a slow progress disease, remaining asymptomatic for a long preclinical period, serological testing is of importance to establish a preventive treatment.

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2023
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2. Novel Flow Cytometric Immunoassay for Detection of Proinsulin Autoantibodies in Diabetes Mellitus Employing a Recombinant Autoantigen Expressed in E. coli

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Adriana Victoria Sabljic, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Juan Ignacio Marfía, Luciano Lucas Guerra, Alberto Penas Steinhardt, Natalia Inés Faccinetti, Rubén Francisco Iacono, Edgardo Poskus, Aldana Trabucchi, and Silvina Noemí Valdez

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diabetes mellitus, autoimmunity, autoantibodies, proinsulin, flow cytometry, immunoassay, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
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IntroductionInsulin and proinsulin autoantibodies (IAA/PAA) are usually the first markers to appear in patients with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and their prevalence ranges from 10 to 60% in the child-adolescent population. The reference method for IAA/PAA detection is the Radioligand Binding Assay (RBA), a highly specific and sensitive technique, but expensive and polluting. The aim of this work was to develop a novel flow cytometric microsphere-based immunoassay (FloCMIA) for PAA detection, employing recombinant human proinsulin (PI), as an alternative method to RBA, less expensive and harmful to the environment.Materials and MethodsHuman PI was expressed as Thioredoxin fusion protein (TrxPI) in E. coli and a fraction was biotinylated. A double paratope model was used in which samples were incubated with TrxPI–biotin and microspheres adsorbed with TrxPI. The immune complexes were revealed using Streptavidin–Phycoerythrin. The geometric mean of the signals was analyzed, and the results were expressed as Standard Deviation scores (SDs). Sera from 100 normal human control and from 111 type 1 diabetic patients were evaluated by FloCMIA. To correlate the novel assay with RBA, 51 diabetic patients were selected, spanning a wide range of PAA reactivity by RBA.ResultsThe study of ROC curves allowed choosing a cut-off value of 3.0 SDs and the AUC was 0.705, indicating that FloCMIA has fair ability to distinguish between samples from each group. A prevalence of 50% for PAA was obtained in the population of diabetic patients studied. The specificity was 96% and the analytical sensitivity (percentage of patients RBA positive, also positive by FloCMIA) was 69%. There was a substantial agreement between methods (kappa statistic=0.700).ConclusionsA novel immunoassay based on flow cytometry that uses easy-to produce recombinant PI was developed. This assay constitutes an innovative and cost-effective alternative to RBA for the determination of PAA in patients’ sera. The method developed here, presents good performance and a wide dynamic range together with a small required sample volume. Furthermore, these results make it possible to develop multiplex immunoassays that allow the combined detection of autoantibodies present in T1DM and other related autoimmune diseases.

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2021
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3. O2 Screening of anti-tissue transglutaminase autoantibodies in pediatric patients recently diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus, employing a novel immunoassay

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Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Adriana Victoria Sabljic, Juan Ignacio Marfía, Liliana Trifone, Adriana Roussos, Aldana Trabucchi, Edgardo Poskus, and Silvina Valdez

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screening, diabetes, inmunoensayo., Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, RC648-665
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Introduction: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM1) and Celiac Disease (CD) are chronic, polygenic and multifactorial diseases associated to an immune system dysfunction. They are simultaneously presented in 10% of the patients, thus it is recommended the routine screening of CD in DM1 recently diagnosed patients. Objectives: Screening pediatric patients diagnosed with DM1 in order to evaluate the presence of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTgA), using a method based in flow cytometry (FloCMIA: Flow Cytometric Microsphere based Immunoassay). Materials and Methods: The presence of tTgA in serum samples of 253 pediatric patients, recently diagnosed with DM1, was evaluated by FloCMIA. A "double paratope" model was used incubating the samples with polystyrene microspheres (5m) adsorbed with recombinant tissue transglutaminase (His6-tTg), ON at 4 ºC. The mixture was then incubated with biotinylated His6-tTg and the immunocomplexes formed were detected with streptavidin-Phycoerythrin and acquired in a Flow Cytometer. The results were expressed as Standard Deviation scores (SDs), considering as positive the samples with SDs > 1.7. Samples that were tTgA positive by FloCMIA were then contrasted using a commercial ELISA kit

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2020
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4. Novel bridge multi-species ELISA for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

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Aldana, Trabucchi, Silvina Sonia, Bombicino, Juan Ignacio, Marfía, Adriana Victoria, Sabljic, Rubén Francisco, Iacono, Ignacio, Smith, Gregorio Juan, Mc Callum, Alexandra Marisa, Targovnik, Federico Javier, Wolman, Matías, Fingermann, Leonardo Gabriel, Alonso, María Victoria, Miranda, and Silvina Noemí, Valdez

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Dogs, SARS-CoV-2, Immunoglobulin G, Immunology, Humans, Animals, COVID-19, Immunology and Allergy, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Horses, Rats
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Considering the course of the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it is important to have serological tests for monitoring humoral immune response against SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination. Herein we describe a novel bridge enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (b-ELISA) for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detection in human and other species, employing recombinant Spike protein as a unique antigen, which is produced at high scale in insect larvae.Eighty two human control sera/plasmas and 169 COVID-19 patients' sera/plasmas, confirmed by rRT-PCR, were analyzed by the b-ELISA assay. In addition, a total of 27 animal sera (5 horses, 13 rats, 2 cats and 7 dogs) were employed in order to evaluate the b-ELISA in other animal species.Out of the 169 patient samples, 129 were positive for IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 and 40 were negative when they were tested by ELISA COVIDAR® IgG. When a cut-off value of 5.0 SDs was established, 124 out of the 129 COVID-19 positive samples were also positive by our developed b-ELISA (sensitivity: 96.12%). Moreover, the test was able to evaluate the humoral immune response in animal models and also detected as positive a naturally infected cat and two dogs with symptoms, whose owners had suffered the COVID-19 disease.The obtained results demonstrate that the method developed herein is versatile, as it is able to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in different animal species without the need to perform and optimize a new assay for each species.

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2022
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5. Rapid and cost-effective process based on insect larvae for scale-up production of SARS-COV-2 spike protein for serological COVID-19 testing

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Aldana Trabucchi, Matías Fingermann, Silvina Noemi Valdez, Osvaldo Cascone, María Gabriela López, Ruben F. Iacono, Susana Vázquez, Leonardo G. Alonso, Federico Javier Wolman, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Joaquín Manuel Birenbaum, Juan Ignacio Marfía, Gregorio Juan Mc Callum, Juan Mauricio Minoia, María Victoria Miranda, Alexandra Marisa Targovnik, Oscar Taboga, Adriana Victoria Sabljic, and Ignacio Smith

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Insect Larvae, Testing, Bioengineering, insect larvae, Larvas de Insectos, Spodoptera, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Virus, Article, law.invention, Serology, COVID-19 Serological Testing, Rachiplusia nu, Antigen, law, Immunity, Protein biosynthesis, Sf9 Cells, SPIKE, Animals, antibodies, purl.org/becyt/ford/3.4 [https], biology, SARS-CoV-2, SEROLOGY, fungi, Proteins, COVID-19, Articles, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Nucleopolyhedroviruses, Recombinant Proteins, Ensayo, Larva, Proteínas, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus, Recombinant DNA, biology.protein, SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus, purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https], ELISA, trimeric spike, Antibody, Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave 2, Biotechnology
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Serology testing for COVID‐19 is important in evaluating active immune response against SARS‐CoV‐2, studying the antibody kinetics, and monitoring reinfections with genetic variants and new virus strains, in particular, the duration of antibodies in virus‐exposed individuals and vaccine‐mediated immunity. In this study, recombinant S protein of SARS‐CoV‐2 was expressed in Rachiplusia nu, an important agronomic plague. One gram of insect larvae produces an amount of S protein sufficient for 150 determinations in the ELISA method herein developed. We established a rapid production process for SARS‐CoV‐2 S protein that showed immunoreactivity for anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies and was used as a single antigen for developing the ELISA method with high sensitivity (96.2%) and specificity (98.8%). Our findings provide an efficient and cost‐effective platform for large‐scale S protein production, and the scale‐up is linear, thus avoiding the use of complex equipment like bioreactors., A rapid and cost‐effective process for scale‐up the production of SARS‐CoV‐2 Spike protein was developed in this study. The authors obtained high‐quality protein (trimeric and glycosylated state) after one step of purification from Rachiplusia nu larvae. Our results demonstrate that the Spike protein produced in insect larvae is immunoreactive against the sera from COVID‐19 patients and can be used as a single antigen in immunoassays for the detection of anti‐SARS‐Cov‐2 antibodies

Published
2021

6. Expression of recombinant glutamic acid decarboxylase in insect larvae and its application in an immunoassay for the diagnosis of autoimmune diabetes mellitus

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Luciano Lucas Guerra, María Victoria Miranda, Adriana Victoria Sabljic, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Silvina Noemi Valdez, Alexandra Marisa Targovnik, Natalia Ines Faccinetti, Juan Ignacio Marfía, Ruben F. Iacono, and Aldana Trabucchi

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0301 basic medicine, endocrine system, endocrine system diseases, medicine.medical_treatment, BACULOVIRUS, Glutamate decarboxylase, INSECT LARVAE, lcsh:Medicine, Biology, Spodoptera, Autoantigens, Article, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Antigen, law, AUTOINMUNE DIABETES MELLITUS, medicine, Animals, Humans, lcsh:Science, Autoantibodies, chemistry.chemical_classification, Immunoassay, Multidisciplinary, medicine.diagnostic_test, Glutamate Decarboxylase, Insulin, lcsh:R, fungi, Autoantibody, nutritional and metabolic diseases, purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1 [https], biology.organism_classification, Molecular biology, Recombinant Proteins, 030104 developmental biology, Enzyme, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, chemistry, Recombinant DNA, lcsh:Q, ELISA, purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https], Baculoviridae, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease caused by the selective destruction of insulin producing beta cells in human pancreas. DM is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies that bind a variety of islet-cell antigens. The 65 kDa isoform of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) is a major autoantigen recognized by these autoantibodies. Autoantibodies to GAD65 (GADA) are considered predictive markers of the disease when tested in combination with other specific autoantibodies. In order to produce reliable immunochemical tests for large scale screening of autoimmune DM, large amounts of properly folded GAD65 are needed. Herein, we report the production of human GAD65 using the baculovirus expression system in two species of larvae, Rachiplusia nu and Spodoptera frugiperda. GAD65 was identified at the expected molecular weight, properly expressed with high yield and purity in both larvae species and presenting appropriate enzymatic activity. The immunochemical ability of recombinant GAD65 obtained from both larvae to compete with [35S]GAD65 was assessed qualitatively by incubating GADA-positive patients’ sera in the presence of 1 μM of the recombinant enzyme. All sera tested became virtually negative after incubation with antigen excess. Besides, radiometric quantitative competition assays with GADA-positive patients’ sera were performed by adding recombinant GAD65 (0.62 nM–1.4 µM). All dose response curves showed immunochemical identity between proteins. In addition, a bridge-ELISA for the detection of GADA was developed using S. frugiperda-GAD65. This assay proved to have 77.3% sensitivity and 98.2% of specificity. GAD65 could be expressed in insect larvae, being S. frugiperda the best choice due to its high yield and purity. The development of a cost effective immunoassay for the detection of GADA was also afforded. Fil: Trabucchi, Aldana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Targovnik, Alexandra Marisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; Argentina Fil: Marfía, Juan Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Sabljic, Adriana Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Faccinetti, Natalia Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Guerra, Luciano Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Iacono, Ruben Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Miranda, Maria Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; Argentina Fil: Valdez, Silvina Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina

Published
2019

7. Mitochondrial nitric oxide production supported by reverse electron transfer

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Alberto Boveris, Laura B. Valdez, Tamara Zaobornyj, Darío E. Iglesias, and Silvina Sonia Bombicino

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0301 basic medicine, REVERSE ELECTRON TRANSFER, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, Protein subunit, Submitochondrial Particles, Succinic Acid, Biophysics, Electrons, Mitochondrion, Nitric Oxide, Biochemistry, Catalysis, Mitochondria, Heart, Nitric oxide, Ciencias Biológicas, 03 medical and health sciences, Electron transfer, chemistry.chemical_compound, Adenosine Triphosphate, Oxygen Consumption, NAD (+) and NADP (+) Dependent Alcohol Oxidoreductases, Rotenone, Animals, Submitochondrial particle, Molecular Biology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology, Chemistry, Chemiosmosis, Myocardium, Recombinant Proteins, Mitochondria, Rats, 030104 developmental biology, ETPH PARTICLES, Cattle, NAD+ kinase, Adenosine triphosphate, NITRIC OXIDE, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, NADP
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Heart phosphorylating electron transfer particles (ETPH) produced NO at 1.2 ± 0.1 nmol NO. min−1 mg protein−1 by the mtNOS catalyzed reaction. These particles showed a NAD+ reductase activity of 64 ± 3 nmol min−1 mg protein−1 sustained by reverse electron transfer (RET) at expenses of ATP and succinate. The same particles, without NADPH and in conditions of RET produced 0.97 ± 0.07 nmol NO. min−1 mg protein−1. Rotenone inhibited NO production supported by RET measured in ETPH and in coupled mitochondria, but did not reduce the activity of recombinant nNOS, indicating that the inhibitory effect of rotenone on NO production is due to an electron flow inhibition and not to a direct action on mtNOS structure. NO production sustained by RET corresponds to 20% of the total amount of NO released from heart coupled mitochondria. A mitochondrial fraction enriched in complex I produced 1.7 ± 0.2 nmol NO. min−1 mg protein−1 and reacted with anti-75 kDa complex I subunit and anti-nNOS antibodies, suggesting that complex I and mtNOS are located contiguously. These data show that mitochondrial NO production can be supported by RET, and suggest that mtNOS is next to complex I, reaffirming the idea of a functional association between these proteins. Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Iglesias, Dario Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Zaobornyj, Tamara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Boveris, Alberto Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Valdez, Laura Batriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina

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2016
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8. Heart mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic rats

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Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Darío E. Iglesias, Laura Beatriz Valdez, I.A. Rukavina Mikusic, and Alberto Boveris

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0301 basic medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, 030104 developmental biology, business.industry, Medicine, General Medicine, business
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2016
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9. Superoxide and hydrogen peroxide productions by NO-inhibited complex III

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Laura B. Valdez, Darío E. Iglesias, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, and Alberto Boveris

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0301 basic medicine, Superoxide, General Medicine, Medicinal chemistry, law.invention, S-Nitrosoglutathione, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 030104 developmental biology, Spermine NONOate, chemistry, law, Coenzyme Q – cytochrome c reductase, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Hydrogen peroxide
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Fil: Iglesias, Dario E.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica. Departamento de Quimica Analitica y Fisicoquimica; Argentina

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2016
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11. O2 Screening de autoanticuerpos anti-transglutaminasa tisular en pacientes pediátricos con diagnóstico reciente de diabetes mellitus, empleando un novedoso inmunoensayo

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Aldana Trabucchi, Liliana Trifone, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Juan Ignacio Marfía, Silvina Noemi Valdez, Edgardo Poskus, Adriana Roussos, and Adriana Victoria Sabljic

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medicine.medical_specialty, Type 1 diabetes, Routine screening, medicine.diagnostic_test, biology, Tissue transglutaminase, business.industry, medicine.disease, Gastroenterology, Flow cytometry, Immune system, Internal medicine, Immunoassay, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, biology.protein, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Antibody, business, General Environmental Science
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Introducción: la diabetes mellitus tipo 1 (DM1) y la enfermedad celíaca (EC) son enfermedades crónicas, poligénicas y multifactoriales vinculadas con una disfunción del sistema inmune. Se presentan en simultaneidad en un 10% de los pacientes, por lo cual se recomienda el screening de rutina para EC en pacientes con reciente diagnóstico de DM1.Objetivos: realizar un screening en pacientes pediátricos con diagnóstico de DM1 para evaluar la presencia de autoanticuerpos anti-transglutaminasa tisular (tTgA), utilizando un método basado en citometría de flujo (FloCMIA: Flow Cytometric Microsphere based Immunoassay).Materiales y métodos: se ensayaron sueros de 253 pacientes pediátricos con diagnóstico reciente de DM1 y se evaluó la presencia de tTgA mediante FloCMIA. Se empleó un modelo de doble paratope incubando los sueros con microesferas de poliestireno de 5 µm adsorbidas con la transglutaminasa tisular recombinante (His6tTg), ON a 4 ºC. La mezcla se incubó con His6tTg marcada con biotina y los inmunocomplejos formados se detectaron empleando estreptavidina-ficoeritrina y se adquirió en un citómetro de flujo. Los resultados fueron expresados en Standard Deviation scores (SDs), considerando positivas las muestras con SDs>1,7. Las muestras tTgA positivas por FloCMIA se contrastaron con un kit de ELISA comercial.

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2020
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12. INMUNOENSAYO MULTIPLEX PARA EL DIAGNÓSTICO SIMULTÁNEO DE DIABETES MELLITUS AUTOINMUNE Y ENFERMEDAD CELÍACA

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Juan Ignacio Marfía, Aldana Trabucchi, Adriana Victoria Sabljic, Ivana Masci, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Silvina Noemi Valdez, Natalia Ines Faccinetti, Edgardo Poskus, and Luciano Lucas Guerra

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education.field_of_study, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Population, Enfermedad Celíaca, Autoanticuerpos, Disease, Inmunoensayo Multiplex, medicine.disease_cause, Diabetes Mellitus Autoinmune, Autoimmunity, Flow cytometry, purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 [https], Immune system, Immunoassay, Autoimmune diabetes, Immunology, medicine, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https], Multiplex, education, business, General Environmental Science
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Introducción: la diabetes mellitus autoinmune (DMA) y la enfermedad celíaca (EC) son enfermedades crónicas, poligénicas y multifactoriales vinculadas con la disfunción del sistema inmune. Dado que es frecuente que un mismo paciente presente ambas patologías, la detección simultánea de los marcadores de autoinmunidad de DMA y EC sería una estrategia racional para mejorar el diagnóstico. Objetivos: desarrollar un inmunoensayo basado en citometría de flujo (FloCMIA multiplex) para la detección simultánea y discriminativa de marcadores de DMA (GADA e IA-2A) y de EC (tTgA). Materiales y métodos: las muestras analizadas consistieron en sueros provenientes de 35 individuos controles normales y 21 pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1 (DM1). Se empleó un modelo de ?doble paratope? incubando los sueros con una mezcla de microesferas de diferente fluorescencia interna, cada una adsorbida con un autoantígeno: TrxGAD, TrxIA-2 o H6-tTg, y una mezcla de dichos autoantígenos biotinilados. Los inmunocomplejos se detectaron con estreptavidina-ficoeritrina y se adquirió en un citómetro de flujo. Resultados: FloCMIA multiplex detectó GADA en el 76,2% de los pacientes e IA-2A en el 52,38% (sensibilidad analítica: 88,24 y 56,25% respectivamente,y especificidad: 85,71%) y tTgA en el 42,86% (sensibilidad analítica: 50,0%, y especificidad: 80,0%). Estos resultados se contrastaron con el ensayo de unión de radioligando para GADA e IA-2A y se detectaron 80,95 y 76,19% de los sueros respectivamente (especificidad: 100%), y con un ELISA para tTgA se detectó un 38,1% (especificidad: 97,1%). Conclusiones: FloCMIA multiplex permitió detectar y discriminar GADA, IA-2A y/o tTgA, -en un único acto analítico- en sueros de pacientes con DMA y/o EC. El novedoso inmunoensayo desarrollado simplifica el screening de la población a gran escala. ntroduction: autoimmune diabetes mellitus (ADM) and celiac disease (CD) are chronic, polygenic and multifactorial diseases associated with immune system dysfunction. As it is frequent that a patient presents both pathologies, the simultaneous detection of autoimmunity markers of ADM and CD would be a rational strategy to improve the diagnosis. Objectives: to develop an immunoassay based on Flow Cytometry (FloCMIA multiplex) for the simultaneous and discriminative detection of markers for ADM (GADA and IA-2A) and CD (tTgA). Materials and methods: thirty five serum samples of control individuals and 21 type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients were assayed. A “double bridge” model was used for the assay, incubating the serum samples with a mixture of microspheres containing different amount of internal fluorescence, each one adsorbed with an autoantigen: TrxGAD, TrxIA-2 or H6 -tTg, and a mixture of the same biotinilated autoantigens. The immunocomplexes were detected using streptavidinphycoerytrin and then acquired in a flow cytometer. Results: FloCMIA multiplex detected GADA in 76.2% of the patients; IA-2A in 52.38% (analytical sensitivity: 88.24% and 56.25% respectively, and specificity: 85.71%) and tTgA in 42.86% (analytical sensitivity: 50.0%, and specificity: 80.0%). These results were compared with the radioligand binding assay for GADA and IA-2A, detecting 80.95% and 76.19% of the serum samples respectively (100% specificity), and with an ELISA for tTgA detecting 38.1% (97.1% specificity). Conclusions: FloCMIA multiplex allowed detecting and discriminating GADA, IA-2A and/or tTgA, -in a single assay- in serum samples of ADM and/or CD. The novel developed immunoassay simplifies the screening of the large scale population. Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Sabljic, Adriana Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Faccinetti, Natalia Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Guerra, Luciano Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Marfía, Juan Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Masci, Ivana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Trabucchi, Aldana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Poskus, Edgardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina Fil: Valdez, Silvina Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina

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2020
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13. Mitochondrial peroxynitrite generation is mainly driven by superoxide steady-state concentration rather than by nitric oxide steady-state concentration

Author

Laura B. Valdez, Darío E. Iglesias, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Alberto Boveris, and Ivana Rukavina Mikusic A

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, PEROXINITRITE, Bioenergetics, Radical, Mitochondrion, 010402 general chemistry, 01 natural sciences, Nitric oxide, Ciencias Biológicas, SUPEROXIDE, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, MITOCHONDRIA, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Autoxidation, Superoxide, STEADY-STATES, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Biofísica, 0104 chemical sciences, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, Biophysics, Steady state (chemistry), Peroxynitrite, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, NITRIC OXIDE
Abstract

In biological systems, ONOO- production depends on production rates of NO and O2-, and on the reactions of these two free radicals with other biological components, which limit the local concentrations of NO and O2-. In mitochondria, O2- is generated through the autoxidation of semiquinones at Complexes I and III, and it may suffer the SOD-catalysed dismutation reaction to produce H2O2 or react with NO in a classical termination reaction between free radicals. These diffusion-controlled reactions kinetically compete for O2- degradation. Results from our laboratory have shown that even in physiopathological situations in which NO production is reduced, such as the mitochondrial dysfunction associated to stunned heart, mitochondrial ONOO- production rate may be slightly increased if the steady-state concentration of O2- is augmented. The enhancement in O2- concentration leads to an increase in its degradation by reaction with NO, decreasing NO bioavailability and increasing ONOO- production rate. Therefore, mitochondrial ONOO- generation is mainly driven by O2- rather than by NO steady-state concentrations. In this scenario, the switch from signalling pathways of NO to oxidative damage takes place and oxidation reactions of biomolecules or modification of proteins by nitration may occur. Fil: Valdez, Laura Batriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Iglesias, Dario Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Rukavina Mikusic, Ivana Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Boveris, Alberto Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina

Published
2018

14. Nitric oxide interacts with mitochondrial complex III producing antimycin-like effects

Author

Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Laura B. Valdez, Alberto Boveris, and Darío E. Iglesias

Subjects
Cytochrome, Submitochondrial Particles, Antimycin A, Reductase, Nitric Oxide, Biochemistry, Mitochondria, Heart, Cofactor, Nitric oxide, Electron Transport Complex III, chemistry.chemical_compound, Physiology (medical), Animals, Submitochondrial particle, biology, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Hydrogen Peroxide, Rats, Mitochondrial respiratory chain, chemistry, Coenzyme Q – cytochrome c reductase, biology.protein, Cattle, Oxidation-Reduction, Nuclear chemistry
Abstract

The effect of NO between cytochromes b and c of the mitochondrial respiratory chain were studied using submitochondrial particles (SMP) from bovine heart and GSNO and SPER-NO as NO sources. Succinate-cytochrome c reductase (complex II-III) activity (222 ± 4 nmol/min. mg protein) was inhibited by 51% in the presence of 500 μM GSNO and by 48% in the presence of 30 μM SPER-NO, in both cases at ~1.25 μM NO. Neither GSNO nor SPER-NO were able to inhibit succinate-Q reductase activity (complex II; 220 ± 9 nmol/min. mg protein), showing that NO affects complex III. Complex II-III activity was decreased (36%) when SMP were incubated with l-arginine and mtNOS cofactors, indicating that this effect is also produced by endogenous NO. GSNO (500 μM) reduced cytochrome b562 by 71%, in an [O2] independent manner. Hyperbolic increases in O2(•-) (up to 1.3 ± 0.1 nmol/min. mg protein) and H2O2 (up to 0.64 ± 0.05 nmol/min. mg protein) productions were observed with a maximal effect at 500 μM GSNO. The O2(•-)/H2O2 ratio was 1.98 in accordance with the stoichiometry of the O2(•-) disproportionation. Moreover, H2O2 production was increased by 72-74% when heart coupled mitochondria were exposed to 500 μM GSNO or 30 μM SPER-NO. SMP incubated in the presence of succinate showed an EPR signal (g=1.99) compatible with a stable semiquinone. This EPR signal was increased not only by antimycin but also by GSNO and SPER-NO. These signals were not modified under N2 atmosphere, indicating that they are not a consequence to the effect of NOx species on complex III area. These results show that NO interacts with ubiquinone-cytochrome b area producing antimycin-like effects. This behaviour comprises the inhibition of electron transfer, the interruption of the oxidation of cytochromes b, and the enhancement of [UQH(•)]ss which, in turn, leads to an increase in O2(•-) and H2O2 mitochondrial production rates.

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2015
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15. Hydrogen peroxide, nitric oxide and ATP are molecules involved in cardiac mitochondrial biogenesis in Diabetes

Author

Darío E. Iglesias, Ricardo J. Gelpi, Laura B. Valdez, Bruno Buchholz, Alberto Boveris, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, and Ivana A. Rukavina-Mikusic

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cell signaling, CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD, Inmunología, Gene Expression, Mitochondrion, Biology, Nitric Oxide, Biochemistry, Mitochondria, Heart, Streptozocin, HEART MITOCHONDRIA, Nitric oxide, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Adenosine Triphosphate, Physiology (medical), Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, medicine, Animals, DIABETES, Rats, Wistar, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, MITOCHONDRIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (MTNOS), Organelle Biogenesis, Myocardium, Hydrogen Peroxide, MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS, medicine.disease, Streptozotocin, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha, Rats, Cytosol, Oxidative Stress, Medicina Básica, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, chemistry, Mitochondrial biogenesis, Organelle Size, Signal transduction, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, medicine.drug
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This study, in an experimental model of type I Diabetes Mellitus in rats, deals with the mitochondrial production rates and steady-state concentrations of H2O2 and NO, and ATP levels as part of a network of signaling molecules involved in heart mitochondrial biogenesis. Sustained hyperglycemia leads to a cardiac compromise against a work overload, in the absence of changes in resting cardiac performance and of heart hypertrophy. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by a single dose of Streptozotocin (STZ, 60 mg × kg-1, ip.). After 28 days of STZ-injection, rats were sacrificed and hearts were isolated. The mitochondrial mass (mg mitochondrial protein × g heart-1), determined through cytochrome oxidase activity ratio, was 47% higher in heart from diabetic than from control animals. Stereological analysis of cardiac tissue microphotographs showed an increase in the cytosolic volume occupied by mitochondria (30%) and in the number of mitochondria per unit area (52%), and a decrease in the mean area of each mitochondrion (23%) in diabetic respect to control rats. Additionally, an enhancement (76%) in PGC-1α expression was observed in cardiac tissue of diabetic animals. Moreover, heart mitochondrial H2O2 (127%) and NO (23%) productions and mtNOS expression (132%) were higher, while mitochondrial ATP production rate was lower (~ 40%), concomitantly with a partial-mitochondrial depolarization, in diabetic than in control rats. Changes in mitochondrial H2O2 and NO steady-state concentrations and an imbalance between cellular energy demand and mitochondrial energy transduction could be involved in the signaling pathways that lead to the novo synthesis of mitochondria. However, this compensatory mechanism triggered to restore the mitochondrial and tissue normal activities, did not lead to competent mitochondria capable of supplying the energetic demands in diabetic pathological conditions. Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Iglesias, Dario Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Rukavina Mikusic, Ivana Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Buchholz, Bruno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Patología; Argentina Fil: Gelpi, Ricardo Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Patología; Argentina Fil: Boveris, Alberto Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Valdez, Laura Batriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina

Published
2017

16. Prokaryotic expression and characterization of the heterodimeric construction of ZnT8 and its application for autoantibodies detection in diabetes mellitus

Author

Bruno David Rovitto, Ruben F. Iacono, Silvina Noemi Valdez, Natalia Ines Faccinetti, Edgardo Poskus, Aldana Trabucchi, Luciano Lucas Guerra, Adriana Victoria Sabljic, and Silvina Sonia Bombicino

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, lcsh:QR1-502, medicine.disease_cause, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Inclusion bodies, lcsh:Microbiology, law.invention, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], 0302 clinical medicine, Thioredoxins, Diabetes mellitus, Autoantibody, Reticulocyte, law, AUTOANTIBODY, ZNT8, medicine.diagnostic_test, IMMUNOASSAYS, medicine.anatomical_structure, Biochemistry, Recombinant DNA, Rabbits, Thioredoxin, ZnT8, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Biotechnology, DIABETES MELLITUS, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Bioengineering, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Zinc Transporter 8, Biology, Recombinant protein expression, Ciencias Biológicas, 03 medical and health sciences, Affinity chromatography, medicine, Escherichia coli, Animals, Humans, RECOMBINANT PROTEIN EXPRESSION, Antigens, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Immunoassays, Autoantibodies, Research, Fusion protein, Molecular biology, 030104 developmental biology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Immunoassay, ESCHERICHIA COLI
Abstract

Background: In the present work we described the recombinant production and characterization of heterodimeric construction ZnT8-Arg-Trp325 fused to thioredoxin using a high-performance expression system such as Escherichia coli. In addition, we apply this novel recombinant antigen in a non-radiometric method, with high sensitivity, low operational complexity and lower costs. Results: ZnT8 was expressed in E. coli as a fusion protein with thioredoxin (TrxZnT8). After 3 h for induction, recombinant protein was obtained from the intracellular soluble fraction and from inclusion bodies and purified by affinity chromatography. The expression and purification steps, analyzed by SDS-PAGE and western blot, revealed a band compatible with TrxZnT8 expected theoretical molecular weight (≈ 36.8 kDa). The immunochemical ability of TrxZnT8 to compete with [35S]ZnT8 (synthesized with rabbit reticulocyte lysate system) was assessed qualitatively by incubating ZnT8A positive patient sera in the presence of 0.2-0.3 μM TrxZnT8. Results were expressed as standard deviation scores (SDs). All sera became virtually negative under antigen excess (19.26-1.29 for TrxZnT8). Also, radiometric quantitative competition assays with ZnT8A positive patient sera were performed by adding TrxZnT8 (37.0 pM-2.2 μM), using [35S]ZnT8. All dose-response curves showed similar protein concentration that caused 50% inhibition (14.9-0.15 nM for TrxZnT8). On the other hand, preincubated bridge ELISA for ZnT8A detection was developed. This assay showed 51.7% of sensitivity and 97.1% of specificity. Conclusions: It was possible to obtain with high-yield purified heterodimeric construction of ZnT8 in E. coli and it was applied in cost-effective immunoassay for ZnT8A detection. Fil: Faccinetti, Natalia Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Guerra, Luciano Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Sabljic, Adriana Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Rovitto, Bruno David. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Iacono, Ruben Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Poskus, Edgardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Trabucchi, Aldana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Valdez, Silvina Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología; Argentina

Published
2017

17. Interaction of NO with mitochondrial Complex III: functional consequences and mechanism

Author

Laura Beatriz Valdez, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Darío E. Iglesias, and Alberto Boveris

Subjects
ATP synthase, biology, Chemistry, Mitochondrial complex III, Mitochondrion, Biochemistry, law.invention, Electron transfer, law, Physiology (medical), Coenzyme Q – cytochrome c reductase, Respiration, biology.protein, Biophysics, Electron paramagnetic resonance, IC50
Abstract

Previous results from our laboratory showed that NO inhibits complex III producing antimycin-like effects regarding to the enhancements of [UQH•]ss, [cyt. b2+], and O2•- and H2O2 productions. In this work, the effects of NO solution (obtained by bubbling NO gas; 10% in N2), on complex III enriched fraction -isolated from bovine heart- were studied. Complex III activity was hyperbolic inhibited by NO (IC50=225 nM). The absorbance spectra of complex III exposed to NO showed the characteristic peak of cyt. bH2+ (562 nm). In coupled mitochondria, 1 µM NO inhibited succinate-sustained state 3 O2 consumption (50%). Addition of HbO2 recovered O2 consumption by 90%; the remaining 10% was insensitive to NO scavenging, suggesting the blockage of complex III by NO. Moreover, mitochondria exposed to NO showed a less change in ΔΨ (30%) in the transition from state 4 to state 3 respiration, lowering ATP synthesis capacity. According to [UQH•]ss enhancement detected by EPR, H2O2 production rate was augmented (55%). Altogether, these results could be explained through a kinetic model which considers the interaction of NO with cyt. bH and, consequently, the inhibition of electron transfer between cytochromes b, the formation of UQH•, and the increase of O2•- and H2O2 production rates.

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2018
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18. Diabetes impairs heart mitochondrial function without changes in resting cardiac performance

Author

Ricardo J. Gelpi, Laura B. Valdez, Verónica D'Annunzio, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Darío E. Iglesias, Ivana Agustina Rukavina Mikusic, and Alberto Boveris

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Inotrope, medicine.medical_specialty, Lusitropy, Diabetic Cardiomyopathies, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, STREPTOZOTOCIN, ISOPROTERENOL, MITOCHONDRIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE, Oxidative phosphorylation, medicine.disease_cause, Nitric Oxide, Biochemistry, Mitochondria, Heart, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, Ciencias Biológicas, Coronary artery disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Adenosine Triphosphate, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Diabetic cardiomyopathy, medicine, Animals, OXIDATIVE STRESS, TYPE I DIABETES, business.industry, Cell Biology, Hydrogen Peroxide, medicine.disease, Streptozotocin, Rats, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, CARDIAC AND MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION, business, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Oxidative stress, medicine.drug
Abstract

Diabetes is a chronic disease associated to a cardiac contractile dysfunction that is not attributable to underlying coronaryartery disease or hypertension, and could be consequence of a progressive deterioration of mitochondrial function. Wehypothesized that impaired mitochondrial function precedes Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Thus, the aim of this work was tostudy the cardiac performance and heart mitochondrial function of diabetic rats, using an experimental model of type I Diabetes.Rats were sacrificed after 28 days of Streptozotocin injection (STZ, 60 mg kg−1, ip.). Heart O2 consumption wasdeclined, mainly due to the impairment of mitochondrial O2 uptake. The mitochondrial dysfunction observed in diabeticanimals included the reduction of state 3 respiration (22%), the decline of ADP/O ratio (∼15%) and the decrease of therespiratory complexes activities (22?26%). An enhancement in mitochondrial H2O2 (127%) and NO (23%) productionrates and in tyrosine nitration (58%) were observed in heart of diabetic rats, with a decrease in Mn-SOD activity (∼50%).Moreover, a decrease in contractile response (38%), inotropic (37%) and lusitropic (58%) reserves were observed in diabeticrats only after a β‐adrenergic stimulus. Therefore, in conditions of sustained hyperglycemia, heart mitochondrialO2 consumption and oxidative phosphorylation efficiency are decreased, and H2O2 and NO productions are increased,leading to a cardiac compromise against a work overload. This mitochondrial impairment was detected in the absence ofheart hypertrophy and of resting cardiac performance changes, suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction could precedethe onset of diabetic cardiac failure, being H2O2, NO and ATP the molecules probably involved in mitochondrion-cytosolsignalling. Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Iglesias, Dario Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Rukavina Mikusic, Ivana Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: D'Anunzio, Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Gelpi, Ricardo Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Boveris, Alberto Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina Fil: Valdez, Laura Batriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentina

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2016

19. Mitochondrial Complex I Inactivation After Ischemia-Reperfusion in the Stunned Heart

Author

Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Verónica D'Annunzio, Ivana A. Rukavina-Mikusic, Darío E. Iglesias, and Laura B. Valdez

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Myocardial stunning, biology, Superoxide, Flavin mononucleotide, Oxidative phosphorylation, medicine.disease, Protein oxidation, Nitric oxide, Nitric oxide synthase, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 030104 developmental biology, 0302 clinical medicine, chemistry, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, biology.protein, medicine, Biophysics, Peroxynitrite
Abstract

Mitochondrial complex I (NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase) catalyzes the transfer of two electrons from NADH via flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and a series of iron-sulfur centers (Fe-S) to ubiquinone (UQ) in a reaction associated with proton translocation across the inner membrane, contributing to the proton-motive force. Complex I produces superoxide anion (O2−) through the autoxidation reaction of the flavin-semiquinone (FMNH•) with molecular oxygen. Superoxide reacts with nitric oxide (NO) to yield peroxynitrite (ONOO−), a strong oxidant and nitrating compound. When the steady-state concentration of ONOO− is enhanced, tyrosine nitration, protein oxidation and damage to Fe-S centers take place, leading to a sustained complex I inhibition. Dysfunction of complex I was found in a number of clinical conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, ischemia-reperfusion, endotoxic shock, and aging. We have shown that the ventricular dysfunction observed in myocardial stunning is associated with a mitochondrial dysfunction that includes partial inactivation of complex I and mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) activities, oxidative and nitrosative damages and increased H2O2 and ONOO− production rates. Moreover, adenosine proved to be effective in attenuating ventricular dysfunction and also in protecting from mitochondrial dysfunction and complex I syndrome.

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2016
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20. Biochemistry and Physiology of Heart Mitochondrial Nitric Oxide Synthase

Author

Tamara Zaobornyj, Darío E. Iglesias, Laura B. Valdez, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, and Ivana A. Rukavina-Mikusic

Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification, Membrane potential, biology, Effector, Respiratory chain, Mitochondrion, Nitric oxide, Nitric oxide synthase, chemistry.chemical_compound, Enzyme, Biochemistry, chemistry, Oxidoreductase, biology.protein
Abstract

Heart mitochondria are the major source of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and play a central role in cell energy provision and signaling. The NO produced by cardiac mtNOS is allowed to interact restrictedly with the co-localized effectors. NO exerts a high affinity, reversible and physiological inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase activity. A second effect of NO on the respiratory chain is accomplished through its interaction with ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase. The ability of mtNOS to regulate mitochondrial O2 uptake and O2− and H2O2 productions is named mtNOS functional activity. Several situations, including chronic hypoxia and ischemia-reperfusion, modify heart mtNOS activity or expression. The regulation of heart mtNOS by distinctive mitochondrial environments includes the effects of Ca2+, O2, L-arginine, NADPH, mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψ) and the metabolic states. Together, this enzyme seems to be critical during the adaptation of heart mitochondria to changes in cellular bioenergetics.

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2016
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21. Complex I syndrome in myocardial stunning and the effect of adenosine

Author

Laura B. Valdez, Alberto Boveris, Martín Donato, Darío E. Iglesias, Ricardo J. Gelpi, Silvina Sonia Bombicino, Verónica D'Annunzio, Bruno Buchholz, and Tamara Zaobornyj

Subjects
Adenosine, Mitochondrion, Protein oxidation, Biochemistry, Mitochondria, Heart, MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION, chemistry.chemical_compound, MITOCHONDRIA, FREE RADICALS, Heart metabolism, Myocardial Stunning, biology, ADENOSINE, PEROXYNITRITE, Nitric oxide synthase, Mitochondrial matrix, Reperfusion Injury, Rabbits, COMPLEX I, NITRIC OXIDE, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, MYOCARDIAL STUNNING, medicine.drug, NITROTYROSINE, medicine.medical_specialty, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, Heart Ventricles, Cell Respiration, TBARS, Nitric oxide, MTNOS, Ciencias Biológicas, Oxygen Consumption, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, medicine, MN-SOD, Animals, Myocardial stunning, Electron Transport Complex I, Superoxide Dismutase, PROTEIN CARBONYLS, medicine.disease, Disease Models, Animal, Endocrinology, chemistry, biology.protein, Lipid Peroxidation, Nitric Oxide Synthase
Abstract

Isolated rabbit hearts were exposed to ischemia (I; 15 min) and reperfusion (R; 5-30 min) in a model of stunned myocardium. I/R decreased left-ventricle O 2 consumption (46%) and malate-glutamate-supported mitochondrial state 3 respiration (32%). Activity of complex I was 28% lower after I/R. The pattern observed for the decline in complex I activity was also observed for the reduction in mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) biochemical (28%) and functional (50%) activities, in accordance with the reported physical and functional interactions between complex I and mtNOS. Malate-glutamate-supported state 4 H 2O 2 production was increased by 78% after I/R. Rabbit heart Mn-SOD concentration in the mitochondrial matrix (7.4 ± 0.7 μM) was not modified by I/R. Mitochondrial phospholipid oxidation products were increased by 42%, whereas protein oxidation was only slightly increased. I/R produced a marked (70%) enhancement in tyrosine nitration of the mitochondrial proteins. Adenosine attenuated postischemic ventricular dysfunction and protected the heart from the declines in O 2 consumption and in complex I and mtNOS activities and from the enhancement of mitochondrial phospholipid oxidation. Rabbit myocardial stunning is associated with a condition of dysfunctional mitochondria named "complex I syndrome." The beneficial effect of adenosine could be attributed to a better regulation of intracellular cardiomyocyte Ca 2+ concentration. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Fil: Valdez, Laura Batriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Zaobornyj, Tamara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Bombicino, Silvina Sonia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Iglesias, Dario Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Boveris, Alberto Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina Fil: Donato, Pablo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; Argentina Fil: D'Anunzio, Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; Argentina Fil: Buchholz, Bruno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; Argentina Fil: Gelpi, Ricardo Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; Argentina

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2011

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