11 results on '"Bagarolo, Ml"'
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2. Effetto termodinamico dei ponti disolfuro sulla stabilita' termica della metiltioadenosina fosforilasi II dall'archaeon ipertermofilo Sulfolobus solfataricus
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CACCIAPUOTI, Giovanna, Bagarolo ML, Martino E, Ilisso CP, Delle Cave D, Mosca L, PORCELLI, Marina, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Cacciapuoti, Giovanna, Bagarolo, Ml, Martino, E, Ilisso, Cp, Delle Cave, D, Mosca, L, and Porcelli, Marina
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- 2014
3. Estratti polifenolici di mela annurca inducono inibizione della crescita e apoptosi in cellule MCF-7
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Bagarolo ML, Ilisso CP, Martino E, STIUSO, Paola, PORCELLI, Marina, CACCIAPUOTI, Giovanna, D'Angelo S., Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Bagarolo, Ml, Ilisso, Cp, Martino, E, Stiuso, Paola, Porcelli, Marina, Cacciapuoti, Giovanna, and D'Angelo, S.
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- 2014
4. METIONINA ADENOSILTRANSFERASI DALL'ARCHAEON IPERTERMOFILO PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS
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PORCELLI, Marina, Ilisso CP, Malagnino A, Bagarolo ML, CACCIAPUOTI, Giovanna, Porcelli, Marina, Ilisso, Cp, Malagnino, A, Bagarolo, Ml, and Cacciapuoti, Giovanna
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- 2013
5. INSIGHTS INTO STRUCTURAL STABILITY DETERMINANTS OF NUCLEOSIDE HYDROLASES
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Ilisso CP, Bagarolo ML, Minici C, Degano M., PORCELLI, Marina, CACCIAPUOTI, Giovanna, Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ilisso, Cp, Porcelli, Marina, Cacciapuoti, Giovanna, Bagarolo, Ml, Minici, C, and Degano, M.
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protein stability ,Nucleoside hydrolase ,thermophilic enzymes - Abstract
"Thermophilic enzymes face the challenge of maintaining optimal catalytic activity at temperatures nearing the boiling point of water, hence, they can be used as interesting model systems to understand the evolution of enzymes, as well as the molecular strategies developed as defence against thermal denaturation. Several comparisons between the structures of homologous isozymes from mesophilic and thermophilic organisms highlighted specific properties of folded proteins that may contribute to thermal stability. Moreover, the understanding of general strategies that may enhance the stability of enzymes at high temperatures could be beneficial for the engineering of biocatalysts in industrial processes. . Here we report a comparative structure-thermostability analysis of a panel of tetrameric nucleoside hydrolase (NH) enzymes from mesophiles and thermophiles by a combined structural and spectroscopic characterization that utilize principal component analysis (PCA) and differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF). . The availability of high-resolution structures of NH enzymes isolated from both mesophilic and hyperthermophilic organisms belonging to the same structural homology group, emphasizes the elements that lead to enhanced stability and underscores that resistance to thermal denaturation can be achieved using a combination of different structural solutions. Apparently, each organism can employ a different combination of stabilizing structural features to achieve the required level of NH stability. However, the multivariate analysis highlights how the NHs from mesophilic and thermophilic organisms here considered can be clustered according to the type and extent of specific features used for optimization. The results obtained indicate that the inclusion of salt bridges at the intersubunit contact surfaces is the only shared strategy in both mesophilic and thermophilic organisms to modulate the stability of NHs.. "
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- 2013
6. AZIONE PROTETTIVA DI ESTRATTI POLIFENOLICI DI MELA 'ANNURCA' SU ERITROCITI UMANI SOTTOPOSTI A STRESS OSSIDATIVO
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Bagarolo ML, Sammartino D, D’Angelo S., PORCELLI, Marina, CACCIAPUOTI, Giovanna, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Bagarolo, Ml, Sammartino, D, Porcelli, Marina, Cacciapuoti, Giovanna, and D’Angelo, S.
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stress ossidativo ,polifenoli ,mela Annurca - Abstract
"La mela “Annurca”, un prodotto ortofrutticolo presente in Campania da almeno due millenni, oltre alle evidenti e peculiari caratteristiche organolettiche che contribuiscono fortemente a tracciarne ed indicarne la tipicità, contiene una grande quantità di sostanze fitochimiche che esplicano effetti benefici sulla salute. Studi biochimici ed epidemiologici suggeriscono che la presenza costante e regolare nella dieta della mela Annurca e di prodotti ad essa correlati possa ridurre il rischio di malattie croniche e degenerative attraverso una serie di meccanismi che comprendono effetti antiossidanti, antiproliferativi e di modulazione dei processi di trasduzione del segnale (1). Gran parte di questi effetti vengono ascritti alla componente polifenolica di cui la mela è particolarmente ricca. I polifenoli sono una classe eterogenea di composti ampiamente diffusi nel mondo vegetale e rappresentano una delle maggiori classi di antiossidanti della dieta. L’abbondanza di polifenoli nella mela, dove essi rappresentano circa il 22% della quantità totale di polifenoli della dieta, conferisce a questo alimento uno spiccato potere antiossidante che potrebbe giocare un ruolo importante nella prevenzione di patologie associate alla produzione di radicali liberi (2).. In questo lavoro è stato studiato l’effetto protettivo esercitato da estratti polifenolici della mela Annurca su eritrociti umani sottoposti a stress ossidativo. Inizialmente è stato dosato il contenuto in polifenoli di estratti metanolici ottenuti da campioni di mela Annurca e ne è stata valutata la capacità antiossidante mediante test spettrofotometrico che prevede l’utilizzo del radicale 2,2-difenil-1-picrilidrazile (DPPH*). E’ stato poi analizzato il potere antiossidante degli estratti polifenolici nei confronti di danni cellulari indotti da radicali liberi. Eritrociti umani sono stati preincubati con differenti concentrazioni di polifenoli e poi incubati per 1 ora in presenza di terz-butil-idroperossido (t-BHP) 500 M. Il danno cellulare indotto dallo stress ossidativo è stato valutato mediante il metodo TBARS, che misura la formazione delle specie reattive all’acido tiobarbiturico, come la malondialdeide, uno dei principali prodotti della perossidazione lipidica a carico degli acidi grassi insaturi di membrana. . I risultati ottenuti indicano che gli estratti polifenolici della mela Annurca sono in grado di proteggere l’eritrocita dallo stress ossidativo contrastando, mediante una significativa azione antiossidante, la formazione di specie reattive responsabili dei danni cellulari. L’effetto antiossidante è evidenziabile già a concentrazioni 10 M ed è direttamente proporzionale alla concentrazione dei composti polifenolici nei campioni analizzati.. "
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- 2013
7. THERMAL AND CHEMICAL UNFOLDING OF 5’-DEOXY-5’- METHYLTHIOADENOSINE PHOSPHORYLASE FROM THE HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS
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CACCIAPUOTI, Giovanna, Fuccio F, De Leo E, Bagarolo Ml, PORCELLI, Marina, Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cacciapuoti, Giovanna, Fuccio, F, De Leo, E, Bagarolo, Ml, and Porcelli, Marina
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THERMAL AND CHEMICAL UNFOLDING ,METHYLTHIOADENOSINE PHOSPHORYLASE ,HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON - Abstract
""5’-Deoxy-5’-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase II from Sulfolobus solfataricus (SsMTAPII) is a hyperthermophilic and hyperthermostable enzyme belonging to purine nucleoside phosporylases, ubiquitous enzymes that function in the purine salvage pathway. SsMTAPII is a tightly packed hexameric protein organized as a dimer-of-trimers with one active site per monomer. Each subunit is stabilized by two pairs of intrasubunit disulfide bridges and contains in its C-terminal region a CXC motif as a typical feature. To get information on the role played by disulfide bonds in stability and folding, the conformational stability of SsMTAPII and C262S and C259S\\\/C261S mutants was studied by thermal and guanidinium chloride-induced unfolding and analyzed by fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism and SDS-PAGE. No thermal unfolding transition of SsMTAPII can be obtained under nonreducing conditions, while in the presence of reducing agents a Tm of 100°C can be measured demonstrating the involvement of disulfide bridges in enzyme thermostability. Differently from the wild-type, C262S and C259S\\\/C261S show complete thermal denaturation curves with sigmoidal transitions centered at 102°C and 99°C respectively. Under reducing conditions these values decrease by 4°C and 8°C respectively, highlighting the important role exerted by CXC disulfide on enzyme thermostability. Chemical and thermal unfolding of SsMTAPII are irreversible processes. Nevertheless, under reducing conditions we were able to highlight the reversible dissociation of the hexamer to monomers and to detect the reversibly unfolded species by SDS-PAGE. These results provide convincing evidence that disulfide bonds play a key role in the conformational stability of SsMTAPII. In fact, the removal of these covalent links weakening the highly compact structure of the enzyme allows the reversible transition from the native to the denatured state before covalent modifications, induced by high temperatures and chemical denaturants, may cause the irreversible protein degradation. This is the first report on the reversible unfolding of a hyperthermophilic oligomeric protein with disulfide bonds.""
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- 2012
8. Pro-oxidant and pro-apoptotic activity of polyphenol extract from Annurca apple and its underlying mechanisms in human breast cancer cells.
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D'Angelo S, Martino E, Ilisso CP, Bagarolo ML, Porcelli M, and Cacciapuoti G
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- Apoptosis drug effects, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Caspases genetics, Cell Cycle Checkpoints drug effects, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Chlorogenic Acid chemistry, Female, Flavonoids chemistry, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic drug effects, Humans, MAP Kinase Signaling System drug effects, MCF-7 Cells, Malus chemistry, Plant Extracts chemistry, Reactive Oxygen Species chemistry, Tannins chemistry, Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Chlorogenic Acid administration & dosage, Flavonoids administration & dosage, Plant Extracts administration & dosage, Reactive Oxygen Species administration & dosage, Tannins administration & dosage
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Among nutraceuticals, polyphenols represent the most intriguing and studied class of compounds that can be therapeutics for a large spectrum of the most common diseases, including cancer. Although polyphenols are well known as potent antioxidants, a pro-oxidant effect has been associated with a pro-apoptotic function of these compounds in various types of tumor cells. Annurca apple, a southern Italian variety, is characterized by an extremely high content of polyphenols and displays a stronger antioxidant activity compared with other varieties. In the present study we explored the antiproliferative effect of Annurca apple polyphenol extract (APE) in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells and we investigated the underlying mechanisms. Results showed that at 500 µM catechin equivalent (EqC) APE acts as a pro-oxidant increasing thiobarbituric acid-reactive species cell content of approximately 6-fold more than the untreated cells. We found that APE strongly inhibits the proliferation of MCF-7 cells by inducing G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated that APE treatment increases the levels of p53 and p21, downregulates the expression of the cell cycle regulatory protein cyclin D1, and inhibits ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Moreover, APE treatment caused a marked increase of pro-apoptotic Bax/Bcl-2 ratio paralleled by caspase-9, -6, -7, and poly(ADP ribose) polymerase cleavage. Altogether our data indicate that APE, at elevated concentrations, acts as a potent pro-oxidant and antiproliferative agent able to downregulate ERK1/2 pathway leading to cell cycle inhibition and apoptosis and provides a rationale for its potential use in the development of novel therapeutics towards breast cancer.
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- 2017
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9. Efficient Fludarabine-Activating PNP From Archaea as a Guidance for Redesign the Active Site of E. Coli PNP.
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Cacciapuoti G, Bagarolo ML, Martino E, Scafuri B, Marabotti A, and Porcelli M
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- Adenosine chemistry, Adenosine metabolism, Arabinonucleosides chemistry, Arabinonucleosides metabolism, Archaeal Proteins chemistry, Binding, Competitive, Biocatalysis, Catalytic Domain, Crystallography, X-Ray, Escherichia coli Proteins chemistry, Isoenzymes chemistry, Isoenzymes metabolism, Kinetics, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Protein Binding, Protein Domains, Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase chemistry, Substrate Specificity, Vidarabine chemistry, Vidarabine metabolism, Archaeal Proteins metabolism, Escherichia coli Proteins metabolism, Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase metabolism, Sulfolobus solfataricus enzymology, Vidarabine analogs & derivatives
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The combination of the gene of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) from Escherichia coli and fludarabine represents one of the most promising systems in the gene therapy of solid tumors. The use of fludarabine in gene therapy is limited by the lack of an enzyme that is able to efficiently activate this prodrug which, consequently, has to be administered in high doses that cause serious side effects. In an attempt to identify enzymes with a better catalytic efficiency than E. coli PNP towards fludarabine to be used as a guidance on how to improve the activity of the bacterial enzyme, we have selected 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (SsMTAP) and 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase II (SsMTAPII), two PNPs isolated from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Substrate specificity and catalytic efficiency of SsMTAP and SsMTAPII for fludarabine were analyzed by kinetic studies and compared with E. coli PNP. SsMTAP and SsMTAPII share with E. coli PNP a comparable low affinity for the arabinonucleoside but are better catalysts of fludarabine cleavage with k(cat)/K(m) values that are 12.8-fold and 6-fold higher, respectively, than those reported for the bacterial enzyme. A computational analysis of the interactions of fludarabine in the active sites of E. coli PNP, SsMTAP, and SsMTAPII allowed to identify the crucial residues involved in the binding with this substrate, and provided structural information to improve the catalytic efficiency of E. coli PNP by enzyme redesign., (© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2016
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10. Protective Effect of Tyrosol and S-Adenosylmethionine against Ethanol-Induced Oxidative Stress of Hepg2 Cells Involves Sirtuin 1, P53 and Erk1/2 Signaling.
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Stiuso P, Bagarolo ML, Ilisso CP, Vanacore D, Martino E, Caraglia M, Porcelli M, and Cacciapuoti G
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- Apoptosis drug effects, Caspase 3 metabolism, Hep G2 Cells, Humans, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 metabolism, Phenylethyl Alcohol pharmacology, Phosphorylation drug effects, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Sirtuin 1 metabolism, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 metabolism, Ethanol toxicity, Oxidative Stress drug effects, Phenylethyl Alcohol analogs & derivatives, Protective Agents pharmacology, S-Adenosylmethionine pharmacology, Signal Transduction drug effects
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Oxidative stress plays a major role in ethanol-induced liver damage, and agents with antioxidant properties are promising as therapeutic opportunities in alcoholic liver disease. In the present work, we investigated the effect of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), Tyrosol (Tyr), and their combination on HepG2 cells exposed to ethanol exploring the potential molecular mechanisms. We exposed HepG2 cells to 1 M ethanol for 4 and 48 h; thereafter, we recorded a decreased cell viability, increase of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid accumulation, and the release into culture medium of markers of liver disease such as triacylglycerol, cholesterol, transaminases, albumin, ferritin, and homocysteine. On the other hand, AdoMet and Tyrosol were able to attenuate or antagonize these adverse changes induced by acute exposure to ethanol. The protective effects were paralleled by increased Sirtuin 1 protein expression and nuclear translocation and increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation that were both responsible for the protection of cells from apoptosis. Moreover, AdoMet increased p53 and p21 expression, while Tyrosol reduced p21 expression and enhanced the expression of uncleaved caspase 3 and 9, suggesting that its protective effect may be related to the inhibition of the apoptotic machinery. Altogether, our data show that AdoMet and Tyrosol exert beneficial effects in ethanol-induced oxidative stress in HepG2 cells and provide a rationale for their potential use in combination in the prevention of ethanol-induced liver damage.
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- 2016
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11. Multiple disulfide bridges modulate conformational stability and flexibility in hyperthermophilic archaeal purine nucleoside phosphorylase.
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Bagarolo ML, Porcelli M, Martino E, Feller G, and Cacciapuoti G
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- Adenosine chemistry, Adenosine metabolism, Amino Acid Motifs, Archaeal Proteins genetics, Archaeal Proteins metabolism, Enzyme Stability, Escherichia coli genetics, Escherichia coli metabolism, Gene Expression, Hot Temperature, Kinetics, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Mutation, Protein Conformation, Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase genetics, Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase metabolism, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Substrate Specificity, Sulfolobus solfataricus enzymology, Thermodynamics, Thionucleosides metabolism, Adenosine analogs & derivatives, Archaeal Proteins chemistry, Cysteine chemistry, Disulfides chemistry, Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase chemistry, Sulfolobus solfataricus chemistry, Thionucleosides chemistry
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5'-Deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase from Sulfolobus solfataricus is a hexameric hyperthermophilic protein containing in each subunit two pairs of disulfide bridges, a CXC motif, and one free cysteine. The contribution of each disulfide bridge to the protein conformational stability and flexibility has been assessed by comparing the thermal unfolding and the limited proteolysis of the wild-type enzyme and its variants obtained by site-directed mutagenesis of the seven cysteine residues. All variants catalyzed efficiently MTA cleavage with specific activity similar to the wild-type enzyme. The elimination of all cysteine residues caused a substantial decrease of ΔHcal (850 kcal/mol) and Tmax (39°C) with respect to the wild-type indicating that all cysteine pairs and especially the CXC motif significantly contribute to the enzyme thermal stability. Disulfide bond Cys200-Cys262 and the CXC motif weakly affected protein flexibility while the elimination of the disulfide bond Cys138-Cys205 lead to an increased protease susceptibility. Experimental evidence from limited proteolysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under reducing and nonreducing conditions also allowed to propose a stabilizing role for the free Cys164., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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