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Haas H, Steitz R, Fasano A, Liuzzi GM, Polverini E, Cavatorta P, Riccio P. Laminar order within Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers from phospholipid and myelin basic protein: a neutron reflectivity study. Langmuir 2007; 23:8491-6. [PMID: 17616158 DOI: 10.1021/la700733y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Multilayers consisting of negatively charged phospholipid DMPA and myelin basic protein (MBP) were assembled by Langmuir-Blodgett deposition of floating Langmuir monolayers from the air/water interface to solid substrates. Protein/lipid samples were obtained by binding MBP from the aqueous subphase to the phospholipid monolayers before deposition. The vertical organization of these model membranes (i.e., with organization perpendicular to the substrate surface) was investigated in detail by neutron reflectivity measurements, and the internal distribution of water molecules was determined from the change of contrast after in-situ H2O/D2O exchange. The multilayers were well ordered, with repeating lipid bilayers as fundamental structural unit. MBP was inserted in between adjacent lipid headgroups, such as in the natural myelin membrane. Water molecules in the multilayers were present mainly in the lipid headgroup and protein slab. On exposition of the pure lipid multilayers to a dry atmosphere, a reduction of the bilayer spacing was determined, whereas the global lamellar order was not affected. In contrast, drying of the protein/lipid multilayers induced degradation of the laminar order. The data demonstrate that ordered Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers are versatile model systems for studying how competing interactions between lipid, protein, water, and ions affect the global organization of such multilamellar lipid/protein assemblies. Here, the water molecules were found to be a necessary mediator to maintain the laminar order in a multilayer from DMPA and myelin basic protein.
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- H Haas
- Medigene AG, Martinsried, Germany.
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Rispoli P, Carzino R, Svaldo-Lanero T, Relini A, Cavalleri O, Fasano A, Liuzzi GM, Carlone G, Riccio P, Gliozzi A, Rolandi R. A thermodynamic and structural study of myelin basic protein in lipid membrane models. Biophys J 2007; 93:1999-2010. [PMID: 17513373 PMCID: PMC1959534 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.103820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a major protein of the myelin membrane in the central nervous system. It is believed to play a relevant role in the structure and function of the myelin sheath and is a candidate autoantigen in demyelinating processes such as multiple sclerosis. MBP has many features typical of soluble proteins but is capable of strongly interacting with lipids, probably via a conformation change. Its structure in the lipid membrane as well as the details of its interaction with the lipid membrane are still to be resolved. In this article we study the interaction of MBP with Langmuir films of anionic and neutral phospholipids, used as experimental models of the lipid membrane. By analyzing the equilibrium surface pressure/area isotherms of these films, we measured the protein partition coefficient between the aqueous solution and the lipid membrane, the mixing ratio between protein and lipid, and the area of the protein molecules inserted in the lipid film. The penetration depth of MBP in the lipid monolayer was evaluated by x-ray reflectivity measurements. The mixing ratio and the MBP molecular area decrease as the surface pressure increases, and at high surface pressure the protein is preferentially located at the lipid/water interface for both anionic and neutral lipids. The morphology of MBP adsorbed on lipid films was studied by atomic force microscopy. MBP forms bean-like structures and induces a lateral compaction of the lipid surface. Scattered MBP particles have also been observed. These particles, which are 2.35-nm high, 4.7-nm wide, and 13.3-nm long, could be formed by protein-lipid complexes. On the basis of their size, they could also be either single MBP molecules or pairs of c-shaped interpenetrating molecules.
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- P Rispoli
- Department of Physics, University of Genoa, 16146 Genova, Italy
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Liuzzi GM, Mastroianni CM, Latronico T, Mengoni F, Fasano A, Lichtner M, Vullo V, Riccio P. Anti-HIV drugs decrease the expression of matrix metalloproteinases in astrocytes and microglia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 127:398-407. [PMID: 14662518 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The introduction of potent antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has dramatically reduced the prevalence of HIV-associated neurological disorders. Such diseases can be mediated by proteolytic enzymes, i.e. matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and, in particular gelatinases, released from glial cells. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the antiretroviral drugs commonly used for the treatment of HIV-infected patients modulate the activity of MMPs in astrocyte and microglial cultures. Primary cultures of rat astrocyte and microglia were treated with different doses of zidovudine (AZT) or indinavir (IDV) for 20 h and simultaneously activated by exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Culture supernatants collected from astrocytes and microglia after 24 h incubation were subjected to gelatin zymography and western blot analysis for the assessment of MMP-2 (gelatinase A) and MMP-9 (gelatinase B) protein levels. Total RNA was extracted from glial cells and used for reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for the assessment of mRNA expression. Our results indicate that both astrocyte and microglial cells constitutively express MMP-2 mRNA and protein. LPS treatment increased MMP-2 mRNA and protein expression in astrocytes, but not in microglial cells. The treatment with both AZT and IDV dose-dependently inhibited the expression of MMP-2 in astrocytes, whereas it had no effect on microglial cells. The expression of MMP-9 in both astrocytes and microglia was induced by LPS treatment and was dose-dependently inhibited by AZT and IDV treatment in LPS-stimulated astrocytes and microglia. These results raise the possibility that AZT and IDV interfere directly with MMP production in glial cells and independently from their antiviral activity, thus suggesting the possible therapeutical use in neurological diseases associated with MMPs involvement.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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Avolio C, Giuliani F, Liuzzi GM, Ruggieri M, Paolicelli D, Riccio P, Livrea P, Trojano M. Adhesion molecules and matrix metalloproteinases in Multiple Sclerosis: effects induced by Interferon-beta. Brain Res Bull 2003; 61:357-64. [PMID: 12909305 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(03)00098-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In Multiple Sclerosis (MS) pathology, early inflammation involves leukocyte migration across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) within the central nervous system. In this process, adhesion molecules (AMs), both membrane-bound and soluble-circulating forms, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) certainly play a regulatory role. In MS, recombinant Interferon-beta (rIFNbeta) is effective in reducing gadolinium contrast-enhancing lesions on magnetic resonance imaging and this suggests that it may reduce BBB damage or even restore its integrity by different mechanisms that include interference with both AM and MMP pathways. This review will highlight the effects induced by rIFNbeta, both in vitro and in vivo, on cell-bound and soluble forms of AMs and on MMPs.
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- C Avolio
- Neurology Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
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Rossano R, Ungaro N, D'Ambrosio A, Liuzzi GM, Riccio P. Extracting and purifying R-phycoerythrin from Mediterranean red algae Corallina elongata Ellis & Solander. J Biotechnol 2003; 101:289-93. [PMID: 12615397 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(03)00002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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R-Phycoerythrin (R-PE) is a protein acting as a photosynthetic accessory pigment in red algae (Rodophyta). This protein has gained importance in many biotechnological applications in food science, immunodiagnostic, therapy, cosmetics, protein and cell labelling, and analytical processes. In this paper we report on a new, one step procedure for the extraction and purification of R-PE from a new source: the Mediterranean red algae Corallina elongata Ellis & Solander. This red algae contains mainly R-PE and is suitable for the production in culture. No other contaminating phycobiliproteins could be detected in the extracts. The method we propose for the purification is based on the use of hydroxyapatite, a chromatographic resin that can be produced in the laboratory at very low cost and can be used batch-wise with large amounts of extracts, alternative to chromatography, and therefore can be scaled up. Both the yield and the purity of R-PE are very good.
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- R Rossano
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa e Biotecnologie Agro-Forestali, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85000 Potenza, Italy
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Liuzzi GM, Trojano M, Fanelli M, Avolio C, Fasano A, Livrea P, Riccio P. Intrathecal synthesis of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with multiple sclerosis: implication for pathogenesis. Mult Scler 2002; 8:222-8. [PMID: 12120694 DOI: 10.1191/1352458502ms800oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) was detected by zymography and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in matched serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with neurological diseases. Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS) had serum and CSF MMP-9 levels comparable to those from patients with inflammatory neurological diseases (INDs), but higher than patients with non-inflammatory neurological diseases (NINDs) and healthy donors (HDs). MMP-9 increased in active RR-MS in comparison with inactive RR-MS implying that MMP-9 in MS is related with clinical disease activity. A correlation between the CSF/serum albumin (Q(AIb)) and CSF/serum MMP-9 (Q(MMP-9)) was observed in IND and NIND but not in RR-MS patients, indicating that CSF MMP-9 levels in NIND and IND patents could be influenced by serum MMP-9 and blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability properties. MS patients had higher values of Q(MMP-9):Q(Alb)(MMP-9 index) than IND and NIND patients suggesting that in MS the increase in CSF MMP-9 could be due to intrathecal synthesis of MMP-9. A significant inverse correlation was found between MMP-9 and its endogenous inhibitor TIMP-1 in RR-MS indicating that in MS patients both the increase in MMP-9 and the decrease in TIMP-1 serum levels could contribute to BBB disruption and T-lymphocyte entry into the CNS.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy.
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Cavaletti G, Perseghin P, Buscemi F, Dassi M, Oggioni N, Sala F, Lolli F, Liuzzi GM, Riccio P, Frattola L, Tredici G. Immunomodulating effects of extracorporeal photochemotherapy in rat experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Int J Tissue React 2001; 23:21-31. [PMID: 11392060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a well-established model of human multiple sclerosis that is commonly used to evaluate the possible effectiveness of new treatments in this disease. Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) is an immunomodulating procedure currently used in several non-neurological diseases that, like multiple sclerosis, are likely to be due to T-cell-mediated autoimmunity. In this study we examined the effect of ECP using the EAE paradigm in the Lewis rat. In our model, ECP induced a significant modulation in peripheral blood T-cell distribution, changes which are typical of EAE. Remarkably, this effect was closely correlated with the clinical and pathological results, which showed reduced severity of the disease in the ECP-treated EAE animals vs. the EAE alone rats. We conclude that ECP induces modifications in the immunological events that occur during the course of EAE in rats, thus giving support to the hypothesis that it could be used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/drug therapy
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/physiopathology
- Female
- Lymphocyte Count
- Methoxsalen/therapeutic use
- Photopheresis/methods
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Treatment Outcome
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- G Cavaletti
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Milan Bicocca, Neurologic Unit, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
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Nicchia GP, Frigeri A, Liuzzi GM, Santacroce MP, Nico B, Procino G, Quondamatteo F, Herken R, Roncali L, Svelto M. Aquaporin-4-containing astrocytes sustain a temperature- and mercury-insensitive swelling in vitro. Glia 2000; 31:29-38. [PMID: 10816604 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(200007)31:1<29::aid-glia30>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In order to understand the molecular mechanism underlying astroglial swelling, we studied primary astrocyte cultures from newborn mouse and analyzed them for expression of functional water channels. Immunocytochemical analysis of mouse brain confirms the presence of AQP4 location in astrocytic endfeet with a polarized pattern, as found in rat. Using Southern blot PCR and Western blot analysis, we demonstrate that primary astrocyte cultures from mouse express the AQP4 water channel at both the RNA and protein levels. Two polypeptides, of 30 kDa and 32 kDa, were identified in the astrocytes. Densitometric analysis demonstrates that the 32-kDa form represents 25% of the total AQP4 protein. Moreover, immunofluorescence experiments show strong surface membrane expression of AQP4 protein in cultured cells, even though the polarity of the expression is not maintained. Furthermore, functional studies indicate that cultured astrocytes manifest rapid and temperature-independent volume changes in response to osmotic gradients, in agreement with a channel-mediated water transport. Water movement was found to be HgCl(2) insensitive, suggesting AQP4 and AQP7 as putative water channels. Using Western blot and PCR experiments, we exclude the presence of AQP7 in astrocytes, indicating that only AQP4 is responsible for the rapid water movement. Altogether, the results indicate that primary astrocyte cultures are a valid cell model for further investigation of the molecular mechanism of water movement in the brain and its physiological regulation.
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- G P Nicchia
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
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Liuzzi GM, Mastroianni CM, Santacroce MP, Fanelli M, D'Agostino C, Vullo V, Riccio P. Increased activity of matrix metalloproteinases in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with HIV-associated neurological diseases. J Neurovirol 2000; 6:156-63. [PMID: 10822329 DOI: 10.3109/13550280009013159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been identified as mediators of brain injury in HIV-associated neurological diseases. The activity of the 72 kDa gelatinase A (MMP-2) and 92 kDa gelatinase B (MMP-9) was detected by zymography in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 138 HIV-infected patients (40 with AIDS dementia, 83 with brain opportunistic infections and 15 neurologically asymptomatic), 26 HIV-seronegative individuals with inflammatory neurological diseases (IND) and 12 HIV-seronegative subjects with noninflammatory neurological diseases (NIND). MMP-2 was present in all CSF samples from HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative individuals, including those of subjects with NIND. On the contrary, MMP-9 was absent in the CSF of NIND controls, whereas the activity of this MMP was found in the 77 - 100% of CSF samples from HIV-infected patients, including those with HIV dementia, central nervous system (CNS) opportunistic infections or neurologically asymptomatic subjects. The highest levels of MMP-9 were found in the CSF of patients with cryptococcosis, cytomegalovirus encephalitis and tuberculous meningitis and were comparable with those found in the CSF of HIV-negative patients with multiple sclerosis or meningitis. A significant correlation between CSF MMP-9 activity and CSF cell count was found only in patients with HIV dementia. The increased CSF activity of MMPs capable to degrade components of the extracellular matrix of blood-brain barrier may contribute to the transendothelial migration of virus-infected cells into the CNS and development of HIV-associated neurologic damage.
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MESH Headings
- AIDS Dementia Complex/cerebrospinal fluid
- AIDS Dementia Complex/enzymology
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/cerebrospinal fluid
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/enzymology
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Blood-Brain Barrier
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Cell Count
- Cell Movement
- Cerebrospinal Fluid/cytology
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins/analysis
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/cerebrospinal fluid
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/enzymology
- Disease Progression
- Encephalitis, Viral/cerebrospinal fluid
- Encephalitis, Viral/enzymology
- Female
- HIV Infections/cerebrospinal fluid
- HIV Infections/enzymology
- HIV Seronegativity
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/biosynthesis
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/cerebrospinal fluid
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/genetics
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/biosynthesis
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/cerebrospinal fluid
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/genetics
- Meningitis, Bacterial/cerebrospinal fluid
- Meningitis, Bacterial/enzymology
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal/cerebrospinal fluid
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal/enzymology
- Middle Aged
- Motor Neuron Disease/cerebrospinal fluid
- Motor Neuron Disease/enzymology
- Multiple Sclerosis/cerebrospinal fluid
- Multiple Sclerosis/enzymology
- Nervous System Diseases/cerebrospinal fluid
- Nervous System Diseases/enzymology
- Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/cerebrospinal fluid
- Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/enzymology
- Tuberculosis, Meningeal/cerebrospinal fluid
- Tuberculosis, Meningeal/enzymology
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- G M Liuzzi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Trojano M, Avolio C, Liuzzi GM, Ruggieri M, Defazio G, Liguori M, Santacroce MP, Paolicelli D, Giuliani F, Riccio P, Livrea P. Changes of serum sICAM-1 and MMP-9 induced by rIFNbeta-1b treatment in relapsing-remitting MS. Neurology 1999; 53:1402-8. [PMID: 10534242 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To correlate changes in serum levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) with clinical and MRI evidence of disease activity in MS patients receiving treatment with interferon-beta (rIFNbeta)-1b. BACKGROUND rIFNbeta reduces the frequency of gadolinium-enhancing (Gd+) MRI in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Its mechanism of action on improving the integrity of the blood-brain barrier remains unclear. METHODS sICAM-1 and MMP-9 and MMP-2 serum levels were longitudinally (24 months) investigated (ELISA; zymography) in correlation with the modifications of the integrated area under the curve of Expanded Disability Status Scale scores normalized to entry baseline (deltaEDSS AUC) and of GD+ MRI scans, and with neutralizing antibodies (NAB) to rIFNbeta-1b production (MxA) in 36 RRMS patients. RESULTS During the first 12 months of treatment, levels of sICAM-1 increased and MMP-9 decreased significantly. After 12 months, levels returned toward baseline. Levels of sICAM-1 and MMP-9 were significantly negatively correlated. MMP-2 levels did not change significantly during the same period. During the second semester of the study, deltaEDSS AUC was significantly reduced. The percentage of patients with Gd+ MRI decreased significantly in the first (33%), second (29%), third (20%), and fourth (28%) semesters of treatment compared to baseline (62%). The NAB+ patients (14%) tended to have lower sICAM-1 levels at the ninth month; a higher MMP-9 activity at the sixth, 12th, and 18th months; and a greater deltaEDSS AUC in the third semester of treatment in comparison with the NAB- patients. CONCLUSIONS These results show that rIFNbeta-1b therapy increases sICAM-1 serum levels and reduces serum MMP-9 activity.
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- M Trojano
- Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Bari, Italy.
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The effects of 25 recently discovered plant lectins on cell proliferation and enzyme release were compared to those of previously known lectins on rat microglia and astrocyte cell cultures. A dose-dependent proliferation of microglial cells, but not of astrocytes, was induced by seven lectins, whereas five lectins showed dose-dependent cytotoxicity on both microglia and astrocyte cell cultures. The activity of gelatinase B (MMP-9) was strongly increased in microglial cells by the aforementioned seven lectins, by concanavalin A, and by phytohemagglutinin (PHA-E4), whereas gelatinase A (MMP-2) remained at constitutive levels. The five cytotoxic lectins decreased the activity of gelatinase B in microglia and of gelatinase A in astrocytes, in a dose-dependent manner. The lectin wheat germ agglutinin induced a decrease in gelatinase B activity in microglia, but stimulated gelatinase A and B activity in astrocytes. These results indicate that lectins possess neuromodulatory effects that may motivate the study of their effects on central nervous system (CNS) function in vivo. This, in turn, may lead to better insight into whether lectin or lectin-like molecules can interact with glial cells, and whether they have a role in acute toxicity and in multifactorial diseases in which environmental factors may play a role.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, University of Bari, Italy.
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The P2 protein is a neuritogenic, small basic protein present in PNS myelin. It belongs to the family of the cytoplasmic lipid-binding proteins and can be incorporated in lipidic bilayers. P2 has been purified and crystallized only in the lipid-free form. Here we show that the P2 protein can be purified with bound lipids by applying to PNS myelin the same procedure that as used to purify lipid-bound myelin basic protein from CNS myelin. SDS-PAGE showed a single band of 16.5 kDa, and TLC showed the presence of most of the myelin lipids associated with the protein. Lipid-bound P2 revealed different circular dichroism spectra from the corresponding lipid-free form, indicating that lipids influence P2 conformation.
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- P Riccio
- Dipartimento di Biologia DBAF, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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Liuzzi GM, Tamborra R, Ventola A, Bisaccia F, Quagliariello E, Riccio P. Different recognition by clostripain of myelin basic protein in the lipid-free and lipid-bound forms. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996; 226:566-71. [PMID: 8806674 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Different proteolytic enzymes were tested for their ability to degrade the myelin basic protein of the central nervous system, purified in two different forms, the lipid-free form and the lipid-bound form. As shown by SDS gel electrophoresis only clostripain, a thiol protease, was able to distinguish between the two MBPs since it degraded MBP only in the lipid-free form. The failure to degrade lipid-bound MBP by clostripain could not be ascribed to the presence of lipids, since the other proteolytic enzymes tested degraded both MBPs independently from lipids giving fragments with different size. These results may be related to different conformations of MBPs possibly relevant for the study of myelin structure and antigenic properties of the protein.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy
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Liuzzi GM, Riccio P, Dal Canto MC. Release of myelin basic protein-degrading proteolytic activity from microglia and macrophages after infection with Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus: comparison between susceptible and resistant mice. J Neuroimmunol 1995; 62:91-102. [PMID: 7499498 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(95)00110-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) produces a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease in its natural host, the mouse. A delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to viral antigens generally correlates with susceptibility to the disease and is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of demyelination in this model of human multiple sclerosis (MS). The hallmark of DTH responses is the recruitment by activated Th-1 cells of lymphoid cells and especially macrophages in infected areas. It is believed that soluble factors released by these cells would produce tissue damage, particularly myelin breakdown. In the present study, we compared TMEV-infected macrophages and microglia, isolated from both susceptible SJL/J and resistant C57BL/6 mice, for their ability to secrete proteolytic enzymes capable of degrading myelin basic protein. In addition, we studied whether supernatants from infected microglia/macrophages were also capable of killing oligodendrocytes in the same in vitro system. As detected by SDS-PAGE, MBP-degrading proteolytic activity was found only in supernatants from infected SJL/J microglia and macrophages, but not in supernatants collected from infected C57BL/6 microglia and macrophages, or in supernatants from mock-infected SJL/J and C57BL/6 cells. Similarly, incubation of E20.1 cells, an immortalized line of oligodendrocytes, with infected SJL/J, but not C57BL/6 supernatants, resulted in cytotoxic activity. When cells from resistant C57BL/6 mice were treated with LPS, they became susceptible to infection and also secreted proteolytic enzymes. The proteolytic activity released from infected microglia and macrophages was found to be dose-dependent, was inactivated by heat, and was inhibited by phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF). These results indicate that a serine protease is released from infected microglia and macrophages and suggest a role for proteases in TMEV-induced myelin injury.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Division of Neuropathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Liuzzi GM, Mastroianni CM, Fanelli M, Massetti AP, Vullo V, Delia S, Riccio P. Myelin degrading activity in the CSF of HIV-1-infected patients with neurological diseases. Neuroreport 1994; 6:157-60. [PMID: 7535576 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199412300-00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Degradation of purified myelin basic protein (MBP) was studied by SDS gel electrophoresis after addition of CSF samples obtained from HIV-1-infected patients. An increase in MBP degradation was detected in patients with neurological complications, such as AIDS dementia complex (ADC) or progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), when compared with patients with no neurological symptoms (NA) or with other neurological opportunistic infections (OI). In the ADC and PML patients, in addition to CSF proteolytic activity, an increase in CSF-MBP levels and presence of white matter lesions were also observed by neuroimaging (MRI). In other opportunistic infections of the brain, MBP levels but not anti-MBP proteolytic activity increased. Results suggest the involvement of proteases in the virus-induced demyelination.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy
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Massacesi L, Vergelli M, Zehetbauer B, Liuzzi GM, Olivotto J, Ballerini C, Uccelli A, Mancardi L, Riccio P, Amaducci L. Induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in rats and immune response to myelin basic protein in lipid-bound form. J Neurol Sci 1993; 119:91-8. [PMID: 7504090 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(93)90196-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Encephalitogenic activity of myelin basic protein (MBP) isolated in a form retaining binding to all myelin lipids was tested in Lewis rats. Immunization with this new stable lipid-bound and native-like preparation (LB-MBP), induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) as intensively as the classical lipid free MBP (LF-MBP). During the course of the disease, high affinity specific response to LB-MBP and high frequency of LB-MBP specific precursors was observed in peripheral lymphoid organs, indicating that the disease occurred in presence of anti LB-MBP specific T-cell responsivity. Short term lines, generated from lymphocytes collected at the onset of the disease from LB-MBP immunized rats, showed a strong dose-dependent response to LB-MBP, but not to LF-MBP. The present data indicate that in rat, LB-MBP maintains encephalitogenic activity and induces expansion of a specific T-cell population. These data suggest also that LB-MBP is a new autoantigen that may be relevant in human diseases.
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- L Massacesi
- Department of Neurology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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Mastroianni CM, Liuzzi GM, Vullo V, Delia S, Riccio P. Demyelination and cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients. AIDS 1993; 7:745-6. [PMID: 7686376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Lolli F, Liuzzi GM, Vergelli M, Massacesi L, Ballerini C, Amaducci L, Riccio P. Antibodies specific for the lipid-bound form of myelin basic protein during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 1993; 44:69-75. [PMID: 7684401 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(93)90269-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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On the hypothesis that myelin basic protein isolated with surrounding lipids may constitute an autoantigen in demyelinating diseases, we studied the antibody response to the lipid-free and lipid-bound form of myelin basic protein during the course of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced in rats with either form of protein. Immunization with the lipid-bound form of myelin basic protein induced high titres of antibodies directed to the protein, accompanied by no antibodies to cerebroside 30 days after immunization. Antibodies specifically directed to the lipid-bound form of myelin basic protein were revealed after removal of antibodies recognizing the delipidated myelin basic protein. Anti lipid-bound myelin basic protein antibodies could already be detected at day 10 post-immunization, reaching a maximum at day 20 post-immunization. Demonstrations of antibodies entirely specific for the lipid-bound form of myelin basic protein suggests that this molecule may present epitopes not to be found in its already extensively studied primary structure, possibly the result of conformational changes following lipid binding.
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- F Lolli
- Department of Neurological and Psychiatrical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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Mastroianni CM, Liuzzi GM, Vullo V, Delia S, Riccio P. Cerebrospinal fluid myelin basic protein in AIDS dementia complex: relationship to disease progression and zidovudine treatment. AIDS 1992; 6:1214-5. [PMID: 1281644 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199210000-00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Sodium chloride extracts obtained from purified bovine brain myelin were found to contain proteolytic activity capable of degrading isolated myelin basic protein as assessed by SDS gel electrophoresis. Using gels copolymerized with gelatin as substrate, two bands at about 54 and 117-125 KDa, respectively, were detected. Activity corresponding to the 54 KDa band was inhibited by zinc. Data presented in this article suggest that proteolytic activity can be released from the myelin sheath in water-soluble form and recognize MBP as substrate.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita di Bari, Italy
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Liuzzi GM, Mastroianni CM, Vullo V, Jirillo E, Delia S, Riccio P. Cerebrospinal fluid myelin basic protein as predictive marker of demyelination in AIDS dementia complex. J Neuroimmunol 1992; 36:251-4. [PMID: 1370671 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(92)90058-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Myelin basic protein (MBP) was measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia complex (ADC) in order to investigate the degree of white matter destruction. Results show that increased CSF levels of MBP were detected in all patients with severe ADC (10/10) and, less often, in subjects with mild (2/7) or moderate dementia (7/16). No evidence of MBP-elevated concentration was observed in 14 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive subjects without neurological disorders and in nine HIV-seronegative controls. Our findings suggest that the measurement of CSF MBP concentration may represent a predictive marker of myelin injury and neurologic damage during the course of ADC.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Bari, Italy
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Mastroianni CM, Liuzzi GM, Vullo V, Jirillo E, Delia S, Riccio P. Detection of cerebrospinal fluid antibodies against myelin basic protein in patients with AIDS dementia complex. Mol Chem Neuropathol 1991; 14:227-36. [PMID: 1720316 DOI: 10.1007/bf03159938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We evaluated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) antibody levels against a lipid-free, denatured form of myelin basic protein (LF-MBP) in 11 patients with AIDS dementia complex (ADC) by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In 9 out of 11 patients, anti-LF-MBP antibody levels were significantly higher than those observed both in 15 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients without neurological disorders and in 9 anti-HIV-negative subjects affected by other neurological diseases. Furthermore, we followed up anti-MBP levels in 5 out of the 11 ADC patients and detected a strict relationship with the encephalopathy progression. At the same time, with the aim to detect early demyelinating events we investigated CSF antibody levels against a lipid-bound, native-like form of MBP (LB-MBP). Results did not show any significant difference between LF-MBP and LB-MBP in terms of antibody reactivity. The detection of anti-MBP antibodies in CSF may provide the opportunity to assess a diagnostic tool for discovering demyelinating lesions in ADC patients.
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- C M Mastroianni
- Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Mastroianni CM, Liuzzi GM, Riccio P. Aids dementia complex. On the relationship between HIV-1 infection, immune-mediated response and myelin damage in the brain. Acta Neurol (Napoli) 1991; 13:184-7. [PMID: 1891984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- C M Mastroianni
- Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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Mastroianni CM, Liuzzi GM, Jirillo E, Vullo V, Delia S, Riccio P. Cerebrospinal fluid markers for the monitoring of AIDS dementia complex severity: usefulness of anti-myelin basic protein antibody detection. AIDS 1991; 5:464-5. [PMID: 1711865 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199104000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Liuzzi GM, Rizzo T, Ventola A, Riccio P, Quagliariello E. Purification of lipid-associated basic protein from guinea pig spinal-cord myelin. Acta Neurol (Napoli) 1991; 13:113-20. [PMID: 1716397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Myelin basic protein (MBP) was purified from guinea pig spinal-cord in a native-like form retaining the binding to all the myelin lipids. Since the guinea pig MBP was found to be much more labile than the corresponding MBP from bovine brain, the original procedure based on the use of hydroxyapatite and detergents was slightly modified as reported here. The product of this purification, lipid-bound MBP, may represent an alternative to lipid-free MBP for the induction, the study and the treatment of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Bari, Italy
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Zehetbauer B, Massacesi L, Liuzzi GM, Vergelli M, Olivotto J, Grassi L, Riccio P, Amaducci L. Myelin basic protein in lipid-bound form induces experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and demyelination in Lewis rat. Acta Neurol (Napoli) 1991; 13:121-32. [PMID: 1716398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Myelin basic protein (MBP) was isolated from guinea-pig spinal cord in a form retaining the binding to all the myelin lipids. This new, lipid-bound and native-like preparation was used to immunize Lewis rats in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in order to produce experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). The clinical features were compared with those of Lewis rats immunized with lipid-free MBP (LF-MBP), myelin, LF-MBP + octyl-POE (the non-ionic detergent used for the purification of LB-MBP) and octyl-POE alone. The clinical observation indicate that LB-MBP exerts an encephalitogenic activity on Lewis rats which is more intense than LF-MBP and includes demyelinating lesions in the central nervous system (CNS). The data suggest that LB-MBP is a new encephalitogenic antigen, which may induce more intensive immunization in rats and may be relevant in humans for autoimmune demyelinating diseases of the CNS.
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Liuzzi GM, Ventola A, Rizzo T, Riccio P, Quagliariello E. Zinc as an inhibitor of myelin basic protein proteolytic breakdown in the central nervous system. Acta Neurol (Napoli) 1991; 13:153-61. [PMID: 1716401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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It is known that central nervous system myelin contains proteolytic enzymes which degrade the myelin basic protein (MBP). We have found that zinc acetate is able to inhibit MBP cleavage at concentrations of 1 mM or higher. Furthermore, the Zn-inhibitable MBP-degrading activity was found to be water-soluble and able to recognize MBP also if this protein was protected by its lipidic environment in the native-like, lipid-bound form. Data presented here suggest a Zn-dependent metallo-protease which recognize MBP as a substrate probably even in the myelin sheath, when the protein is not yet released from the membrane.
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- G M Liuzzi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Bari, Italy
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Riccio P, Liuzzi GM, Quagliariello E. Lipid-bound, native-like, myelin basic protein. Batch-wise preparation and perspectives for use in demyelinating diseases. Mol Chem Neuropathol 1990; 13:185-94. [PMID: 1712204 DOI: 10.1007/bf03159921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Batch purification of the myelin basic protein (MBP) in the lipid-bound form was obtained from bovine brain white matter by using the slightly polydisperse nonionic detergent, n-octyl-pentaoxyethylene (octyl-POE) and hydroxyapatite. This large-scale procedure can also be carried out in laboratories without chromatographic equipment, and is applicable to small amounts of myelin. More interestingly, removal and inhibition of the proteolytic activity associated with myelin allowed us to obtain more stable and intact forms of the protein when compared with MBP isolated in the lipid-bound form by our previous method. Since it retains binding to all myelin lipids, this purified MBP may be considered as being in a native-like form. In this article, we suggest why this more intact form of MBP could be used to advantage as an alternative to lipid-free, water-soluble MBP in the study, detection, and treatment of myelin damage in pathology.
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- P Riccio
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Bari, Italy
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Mastroianni CM, Liuzzi GM, Vullo V, Jirilo E, Delia S, Riccio P. Follow-up of myelin damage in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. First evidence of anti-myelin basic protein antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid. Acta Neurol (Napoli) 1990; 12:85-7. [PMID: 1692442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- C M Mastroianni
- Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Universitá La Sapienza, Roma
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