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ANALISI DEI MECCANISMI ATTRAVERSO CUI RAS REGOLA LA PROLIFERAZIONE E L’APOPTOSI IN CELLULE DI ADENOCARCINOMA COLORETTALE HT-29
2014
RAS is a family of small proteins with GTPase activity that regulate proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis in all cell types. The three major isoforms of RAS (H-, K- and N-RAS) differ only in the last 25 amino acids which are the site of different post-translational modifications that lead to diverse subcellular localization and efficiency of activation of alternative pathways of signal transduction. This might explain, at least in part, the different biological effects of the RAS isoforms in the cells. RAS mutations are a common event in tumorigenesis and in colorectal carcinomas the mutations in K-RAS are more frequent than mutations in H-RAS. In almost all cases, the genetic alter…
Cytogenetic characterization of HB2 epithelial cells from the human breast.
2014
HB2 is a cell line originated by subcloning of MTSV1-7 mammary luminal epithelial cells isolated from human milk and immortalization via introduction of the gene encoding simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen. Despite its wide utilization as non-neoplastic counterpart in assays aimed to elucidating various biochemical and genetical aspects of normal and tumoral breast cells, to our knowledge no literature data have so far appeared concerning the chromosomal characterization of the HB2 cells. Here, we report the cytogenetic characterization of the karyotype of HB2 cells, which puts in evidence the occurrence of changes in chromosomal number and structure and the presence of unidentified chr…
PMA E BIOLOGIA FORENSE IN AUSILIO DEL PUBBLICO MINISTERO
2012
PMA E BIOLOGIA FORENSE IN AUSILIO DEL PUBBLICO MINISTERO Carra E., Di Natale M.V. Dipartimento di Scienze Tecnologie Molecolari Biomolecolari (STEMBIO)– Università di Palermo Edifio 16, viale delle Scienze.– elena.carra@unipa.it Nell’ambito di attività svolta su incarico dell’Autorità Giudiziaria si è proceduto all’inventario del contenuto di fusti per la crioconservazione di gameti ed embrioni sottoposti a sequestro e custoditi presso i locali di quattro centri di biologia della riproduzione per “verificarne la rispondenza alle registrazioni cartacee ed informatiche acquisite agli atti”. Si rendeva, altresì, necessaria analisi genetica su materiale biologico, costituito da embrione umano d…
Transcriptomic and Bioinformatic Analyses Identifying a Central Mif-Cop9-Nf-kB Signaling Network in Innate Immunity Response of Ciona robusta
2023
The Ascidian C. robusta is a powerful model for studying innate immunity. LPS induction activates inflammatory-like reactions in the pharynx and the expression of several innate immune genes in granulocyte hemocytes such as cytokines, for instance, macrophage migration inhibitory factors (CrMifs). This leads to intracellular signaling involving the Nf-kB signaling cascade that triggers downstream pro-inflammatory gene expression. In mammals, the COP9 (Constitutive photomorphogenesis 9) signalosome (CSN) complex also results in the activation of the NF-kB pathway. It is a highly conserved complex in vertebrates, mainly engaged in proteasome degradation which is essential for maintaining proc…
IL LINGUAGGIO UMANO. ASPETTI EVOLUTIVI, FISIOLOGICI E PATOLOGICI.
2009
Manganese overload affects p38 MAPK phosphorylation and metalloproteinase activity during sea urchin embryonic development.
2014
Abstract In the marine environment, manganese represents a potential emerging contaminant, resulting from an increased production of manganese-containing compounds. In earlier reports we found that the exposure of Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin embryos to manganese produced phenotypes with no skeleton. In addition, manganese interfered with calcium uptake, perturbed extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling, affected the expression of skeletogenic genes, and caused an increase of the hsc70 and hsc60 protein levels. Here, we extended our studies focusing on the temporal activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and the proteolytic activity of metalloprot…
CIRCULATING AND TISSUE FORMS OF MMP2 AND MMP9 IN BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION
2010
Tumor progression and metastasis represent the leading causes of cancer related death. One of the major features that may contribute to neoplastic cell dissemination is the progressive and local degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding the primary tumour. Degradation of the ECM requires the coordinated action of a number of enzymes produced locally by neoplastic cells and/or stromal cells. Five categories of proteinases have been implicated in the invasive process: serine, cysteine, aspartic, threonine proteinases and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), also known as matrixins, which play a key role as terminal effectors of the proteolytic cascade. At present 23 members of th…
Meccanismo di rilascio di Hsp70 tramite vescicole di membrana e suo ruolo nella migrazione di cellule staminali di topo
2014
Mouse mesoangioblast are vessel-derived stem cells which are able to differentiate in most mesodermal tissues, and have also the ability to migrate and cross the endothelial barrier. In our previous work we have demonstrated that these cells release in the extracellular medium membrane vesicles containing matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9. We have also demonstrated that they express Hsp70 under basal growth condition. According to literature data, the aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of Hsp70 on MMPs regulation. To do this we compared mesoangioblasts A6 cell clone with two other cell clones: NM3, partially knockdown for Hsp70 expression and a cell clone overexp…