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Venturini E, Giometto S, Tamborino A, Becciolini L, Bosis S, Corsello G, Del Barba P, Garazzino S, Lo Vecchio A, Pugi A, Signa S, Stera G, Trapani S, Castelli Gattinara G, Lucenteforte E, Galli L. Sensitivity of three commercial tests for SARS-CoV-2 serology in children: an Italian multicentre prospective study. Ital J Pediatr 2022; 48:192. [PMID: 36461032 PMCID: PMC9716520 DOI: 10.1186/s13052-022-01381-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND US Food and Drug Administration has issued Emergency Use Authorizations for hundreds of serological assays to support Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate, for the first time in children, the performance of three widely utilized SARS-CoV-2 serology commercial assays, Diesse Diagnostics (IgG, IgA, IgM) and Roche Diagnostics, both Roche Nucleocapsid (N) IgG and Roche Spike (S) IgG assays. METHODS Sensitivity and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated for each of the three different serological tests and mixed and direct comparison were performed. Univariate and multivariate Poisson regression models were fitted to calculate incidence rate ratios and 95% CIs as estimate of the effects of age, gender, time on the serology title. A p-value < 0.05 indicated statistical significance. RESULTS Overall, 149 children were enrolled in the study. A low sensitivity was found for Diesse IgA, IgM and IgG. Compare to Diesse, Roche S had a higher sensitivity at 15-28 days from infection (0.94, 95%CI: 0.73-1.0) and Roche N at 28-84 days (0.78, 95%CI: 0.58-0.91). When a direct comparison of IgG tests sensitivity was feasible for patients with pairwise information, Roche S and Roche N showed a statistically significant higher sensitivity compared to Diesse in all the study periods, whereas there was no difference between the two Roche tests. CONCLUSION Roche S and Roche N serology tests seem to better perform in children. Large prospective studies are needed to better define the characteristics of those tests.
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- Elisabetta Venturini
- grid.413181.e0000 0004 1757 8562Infectious Disease Unit, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- grid.5395.a0000 0004 1757 3729Unit of Medical Statistics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- grid.413181.e0000 0004 1757 8562Infectious Disease Unit, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- grid.413181.e0000 0004 1757 8562Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratory, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- grid.414818.00000 0004 1757 8749Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- grid.10776.370000 0004 1762 5517Unit of Pediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Therapy, Department of Promotion of Maternal and Infantile and Internal Medicine Health, and Specialist Excellence “G. D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- grid.7605.40000 0001 2336 6580Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XSection of Paediatrics, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- grid.413181.e0000 0004 1757 8562Clinical Trial Office, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.6292.f0000 0004 1757 1758Postgraduate School of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- grid.414603.4Vaccination Unit, University Hospital Paediatric Department, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- grid.5395.a0000 0004 1757 3729Unit of Medical Statistics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- grid.413181.e0000 0004 1757 8562Infectious Disease Unit, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy ,grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Azzari C, Indolfi G, Betti L, Moriondo M, Massai C, Becciolini L, Bertelli L, Poggi G, De Martino M, Resti M. Vertical Hepatitis C Virus Transmission is not Related to Mother-Child Class-1 HLA Concordance. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2016; 20:827-31. [DOI: 10.1177/039463200702000419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mother-child human leukocyte antigen (HLA) diversity is protective for vertical transmission of some viruses. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of mother-child HLA diversity on hepatitis C virus (HCV) vertical transmission. Forty consecutive HCV infected and 46 consecutive control uninfected children born to HCV-RNA positive mothers were evaluated for HLA class-1 type concordance with their mothers. No significant difference in the degree of HLA concordance was found between HCV infected and uninfected children both when A, B, C ( p=0.30) and when only A and B alleles were evaluated ( p=0.59). Mother-infant HLA concordance does not affect HCV vertical transmission.
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- Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Transfusional Unit, Florence, Italy
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Azzari C, Cortimiglia M, Moriondo M, Canessa C, Lippi F, Ghiori F, Becciolini L, de Martino M, Resti M. Pneumococcal DNA is not detectable in the blood of healthy carrier children by real-time PCR targeting the lytA gene. J Med Microbiol 2011; 60:710-714. [PMID: 21349984 PMCID: PMC3167920 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028357-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is currently based on culture methods, which lack sensitivity, especially after antibiotic therapy. Molecular methods have improved sensitivity and do not require viable bacteria; however, their use is complicated by reports of low specificity with some assays. The present study investigated the specificity of a real-time PCR targeting lytA for the detection of IPD. A group of 147 healthy children, aged 6 months to 16 years (mean 6.4 years, median 4.9 years, interquartile range 6.4 years), who were in hospital for routine examinations, were tested for pneumococcal carrier status and for the presence of detectable pneumococcal DNA in their blood by real-time PCR targeting the pneumococcal lytA gene. In addition, 35 culture-positive biological samples were analysed. Urine was examined for the presence of pneumococcal DNA and C-polysaccharide antigen. Carriage was detected in 77 of the 147 subjects (52.4 %); however, regardless of carrier status, none of the subjects had a positive result from blood. Analysis of the culture-positive biological samples yielded positive results in 100 % (15/15) of cerebrospinal fluid samples and 95 % (19/20) of blood samples. All urine samples from healthy carriers were negative for DNA, whilst antigenuria was detected in 44/77 carriers (57.1 %). In conclusion, real-time PCR is both sensitive and specific and can be a useful tool in the routine diagnosis of IPD. Its sensitivity, which surpasses that of other methods for this purpose, does not come at the cost of reduced specificity.
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- Chiara Azzari
- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Resti M, Moriondo M, Cortimiglia M, Indolfi G, Canessa C, Becciolini L, Bartolini E, de Benedictis FM, de Martino M, Azzari C. Community‐acquired bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in children: diagnosis and serotyping by real‐time polymerase chain reaction using blood samples. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 51:1042-9. [PMID: 20883110 DOI: 10.1086/656579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on blood samples to diagnose and serotype pneumococcal infection in a large cohort of Italian children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. METHODS We conducted an observational study from April 2007 through June 2009 of children aged 0-16 years with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia admitted to 83 pediatric hospitals in Italy. RESULTS Seven hundred fifty-three children were studied. RT-PCR found pneumococcal infection in 80 (10.6%) of 753 patients. In 292 patients, culture and RT-PCR were simultaneously performed. Streptococcus pneumoniae was identified in 47 of 292 patients; 45 (15.4%) tested positive by RT-PCR and 11 (3.8%) tested positive by culture. RT-PCR was significantly more sensitive than culture in revealing bacteremic pneumonia (odds ratio, 30.6; 95% confidence interval, 5.8-97.5; P<.001). Complicated pneumonia was found in 162 (21.5%) of 753 children; 152 (93.8%) of these 162 had parapneumonic effusion, and 51 (33.6%) had empyema. Children with complicated pneumonia were significantly older. Pneumococcal bacteremia was found by RT-PCR to occur significantly more frequently in children with complications (38 [23.5%] of 162) than in children with uncomplicated pneumonia (44 [7.4%] of 591; odds ratio, 3.8; 95% confidence interval, 2.30-6.30; P<.001). RT-PCR allowed serotyping from blood in 92.5% of patients. More than two-thirds of the pneumonia cases were due to nonpneumococcal conjugate vaccine 7 serotypes. Serotype 1 was the most frequent serotype (26 [32.5%] of 80) and was significantly associated with complications (50.0% in patients with complicated pneumonia vs 18.2% in patients with uncomplicated pneumonia; odds ratio, 4.5, 95% confidence interval, 1.48-14.03; P=.005) and older age. Serotype 19A was second in frequency (15.0%) and was significantly associated with younger age. CONCLUSIONS RT-PCR allows diagnosis and serotyping of pneumococcal bacteremic community-acquired pneumonia in children and is an important tool for evaluating serotype distribution in culture-negative samples.
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- Massimo Resti
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florence, and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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Resti M, Micheli A, Moriondo M, Becciolini L, Cortimiglia M, Canessa C, Indolfi G, Bartolini E, de Martino M, Azzari C. Comparison of the effect of antibiotic treatment on the possibility of diagnosing invasive pneumococcal disease by culture or molecular methods: a prospective, observational study of children and adolescents with proven pneumococcal infection. Clin Ther 2009; 31:1266-73. [PMID: 19695393 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in culture specimens in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) may be hampered by antibiotic treatment administered before hospital admission. Realtime polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays do not require viable bacteria and are therefore less influenced by antimicrobial therapy. It is not known how long results of culture or molecular tests remain positive after antibiotic therapy is begun. OBJECTIVE The goal of the current study was to assess, in a pediatric population with a diagnosis of IPD confirmed by laboratory tests (culture and/or RT-PCR assay), the relationship between use of antibiotic therapy before hospital admission and the result of diagnostic methods (culture or molecular techniques) after admission. METHODS This prospective, observational study was conducted from April 2006 through March 2009. All children and adolescents aged 0 to 16 years, admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of IPD confirmed by culture and/or molecular methods, were included in the study. Previous antibiotic treatment (drug, duration of therapy) was recorded. Primers and probes designed from the pneumococcal autolysin gene (lytA) were used in an RT-PCR assay for detection of S pneumoniae. Antibiotic tolerability, permanent sequelae (after a 6-month follow-up), and deaths were recorded. RESULTS Eighty-three patients (50 males, 33 females; 80 white, 3 Asian; mean age, 4.6 years; median age, 4.0 years; age range, 10 days-16 years) were included in the study. Fifty-four patients presented with pneumonia, 26 with meningitis/sepsis (meningitis, 19; sepsis, 7), and 3 with arthritis. Results of RT-PCR assays were positive in all 83 patients (100.0%), and 28 of the 83 patients (33.7%) also had culture-positive findings. Forty-two of the 83 patients (50.6%) had received antibiotic treatment before hospital admission, and 41 (49.4%) had not received antibiotics. Results of cultures were positive in 9 of the 42 patients with IPD (21.4%) who had received antibiotic treatment and in 19 of the 41 patients with IPD (46.3%) who had not received antibiotics (odds ratio, 3.2; 95% CI, 1.1-9.3; P = 0.03). Molecular methods appeared more sensitive than culture in any type of disease studied but particularly in patients with pneumonia, in whom the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.043). The mean length of antibiotic therapy was 1.4 days (median, 1 day; SD, 0.53 day; range, 1-2 days) for culture-confirmed cases and 4.5 days (median, 4 days; SD, 3.08 days; range, 1-15 days) for cases confirmed by RT-PCR assay (P = 0.002). No adverse reactions to the antibiotics used during home or hospital treatment were found. Two patients with meningitis suffered permanent, severe neurologic sequelae, and 1 girl died of sepsis 3 days after hospital admission. No permanent sequelae were recorded in patients with pneumonia or arthritis. CONCLUSION In these children and adolescents with IPD, the molecular methods used appeared to be more sensitive than culture in any IPD patient, with a higher statistical significance in patients previously treated with antibiotics and in patients with pneumonia.
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- Massimo Resti
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florence, and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Indolfi G, Bartolini E, Azzari C, Becciolini L, Moriondo M, de Martino M, Resti M. Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C virus: Infection of the father predicts the risk of perinatal transmission. J Med Virol 2008; 80:1907-11. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Azzari C, Moriondo M, Indolfi G, Massai C, Becciolini L, de Martino M, Resti M. Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children. J Med Microbiol 2008; 57:1205-1212. [PMID: 18809546 PMCID: PMC2884936 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000935-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aims of this study were to evaluate the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Italian children and perform serotyping by PCR-based assays directly on clinical samples. A 1-year paediatric (0-14 years) population-based surveillance study was designed to evaluate the incidence of IPD in the province of Florence, Italy, by cultural and molecular methods. Among 92 children (80 with pneumonia, 8 with meningitis/sepsis, 4 with arthritis), 4 cases of IPD were diagnosed both by culture and real-time PCR and 18 cases exclusively by molecular methods. The sensitivity of molecular methods was significantly higher than that of cultural methods (Cohen's kappa 0.41; McNemar P=0.000008). The incidence of IPD in children below 2 years of age was 11.5/100,000 and 51.8/100,000 by cultural and molecular methods, respectively. Pneumococcal serotyping by multiplex sequential PCR was obtained in 19/22 samples. Real-time PCR and multiplex sequential PCR can be used directly on biological samples, improving the ability to diagnose IPD. The incidence of IPD appears 5-10 times higher by PCR than by cultural methods.
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- Chiara Azzari
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, Florence I-50139, Italy
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Becciolini L, Meacci E, Donati C, Cencetti F, Rapizzi E, Bruni P. Sphingosine 1-phosphate inhibits cell migration in C2C12 myoblasts. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1761:43-51. [PMID: 16510307 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Revised: 01/11/2006] [Accepted: 01/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study shows that sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) exerts an anti-migratory action in C2C12 myoblasts by reducing directional cell motility and fully abrogating the chemotactic response to insulin-like growth factor-1. The anti-migratory response to S1P required ligation to S1P(2), being attenuated in myoblasts where the receptor was down-regulated by specific antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides or small interfering RNA (siRNA) and conversely potentiated in S1P(2)-overexpressing myoblasts. The investigation of RhoA and Rac GTPases, critically implicated in cell motility regulation, demonstrated that RhoA was rapidly activated by S1P, while Rac1 was unaffected within the first 5 min but stimulated thereafter. RhoA, but not Rac activation, was identified as a S1P(2)-dependent pathway in experiments in which receptor expression was attenuated by siRNA treatment or up-regulated by S1P(2)-encoding plasmid transfection. Finally, by expression of the dominant negative mutant of RhoA, the GTPase was found implicated in the anti-migratory action of S1P, whereas modulation of Rac1 functionality unaffected the anti-chemotactic effect of S1P, ruling out a role for this protein in the biological response. Since S1P was previously shown to inhibit myoblast proliferation and stimulate myogenesis, the here identified novel biological activity is in favour of a complex physiological role of the sphingolipid in the process of muscle repair.
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- Laura Becciolini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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Donati C, Meacci E, Nuti F, Becciolini L, Farnararo M, Bruni P. Sphingosine 1-phosphate regulates myogenic differentiation: a major role for S1P2 receptor. FASEB J 2004; 19:449-51. [PMID: 15625079 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-1780fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 01/12/2023]
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In this study a novel biological activity of sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) in C2C12 myoblasts was identified. In these cells the bioactive lipid profoundly regulated myogenesis exerting an antimitogenic activity, by reducing serum-induced cell proliferation, and acting as powerful prodifferentiating agent by enhancing the expression of myogenic differentiation markers such as myogenin, myosin heavy chain, and caveolin-3. The S1P-dependent diminution of serum-induced labeled thymidine incorporation was abrogated by antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODN) to S1P2, but not to S1P1 or S1P3 receptor, also expressed in C2C12 cells, implicating S1P2 in the biological response. Using antisense ODN and short interfering RNA treatment, we highlighted the key role played by S1P2 in the S1P-dependent induction of muscle-specific gene products. Notably, S1P2 overexpression increased the content of myogenic markers and hastened the onset of differentiated muscle phenotype in comparison with control cells. Cell treatment with pertussis toxin did not affect the biological responses to S1P, ruling out the involvement of Gi-mediated events in the signaling promoted by the sphingolipid. Among the various signaling pathways activated by S1P, the activation of ERK1/ERK2 and p38 MAPK, both identified as downstream effectors of S1P2, was required for the inhibition of cell proliferation and the stimulation of myogenic differentiation, respectively.
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- Chiara Donati
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Meacci E, Cencetti F, Donati C, Nuti F, Becciolini L, Bruni P. Sphingosine kinase activity is required for sphingosine-mediated phospholipase D activation in C2C12 myoblasts. Biochem J 2004; 381:655-63. [PMID: 15109308 PMCID: PMC1133874 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2003] [Revised: 04/22/2004] [Accepted: 04/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sphingosine (Sph) has been implicated as a modulator of membrane signal transduction systems and as a regulatory element of cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology, but little information is presently available on its precise mechanism of action. Recent studies have shown that sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), generated by the action of sphingosine kinase (SphK) on Sph, also possesses biological activity, acting as an intracellular messenger, as well as an extracellular ligand for specific membrane receptors. At present, however, it is not clear whether the biological effects elicited by Sph are attributable to its conversion into S1P. In the present study, we show that Sph significantly stimulated phospholipase D (PLD) activity in mouse C2C12 myoblasts via a previously unrecognized mechanism that requires the conversion of Sph into S1P and its subsequent action as extracellular ligand. Indeed, Sph-induced activation of PLD was inhibited by N,N-dimethyl-D-erythro-sphingosine (DMS), at concentrations capable of specifically inhibiting SphK. Moreover, the crucial role of SphK-derived S1P in the activation of PLD by Sph was confirmed by the observed potentiated effect of Sph in myoblasts where SphK1 was overexpressed, and the attenuated response in cells transfected with the dominant negative form of SphK1. Notably, the measurement of S1P formation in vivo by employing labelled ATP revealed that cell-associated SphK activity in the extracellular compartment largely contributed to the transformation of Sph into S1P, with the amount of SphK released into the medium being negligible. It will be important to establish whether the mechanism of action identified in the present study is implicated in the multiple biological effects elicited by Sph in muscle cells.
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- Elisabetta Meacci
- *Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
- †Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia (IIM), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
- †Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia (IIM), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
- †Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia (IIM), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B.Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail )
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Meacci E, Becciolini L, Nuti F, Donati C, Cencetti F, Farnararo M, Bruni P. A role for calcium in sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced phospholipase D activity in C2C12 myoblasts. FEBS Lett 2002; 521:200-4. [PMID: 12067705 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02866-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Receptor-regulated phospholipase D (PLD) is a key signaling pathway implicated in the control of fundamental biological processes. Here evidence is presented that in addition to protein kinase C (PKC) and Rho GTPases, Ca(2+) response evoked by sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) also participates to the enzyme regulation. Ca(2+) was found critical for PKC(alpha)-mediated PLD activation. Moreover, S1P-induced PLD activity resulted diminished by calmodulin inhibitors such as W-7 and CGS9343B implicating its involvement in the process. A plausible candidate for Ca(2+)-dependent PLD regulation by S1P was represented by calcineurin, in view of the observed reduction of the stimulatory effect by cyclosporin A. In contrast, monomeric GTP-binding protein Ral was translocated to membranes by S1P in a Ca(2+)-independent manner, ruling out its possible role in agonist-mediated regulation of PLD.
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- Elisabetta Meacci
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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Romiti E, Meacci E, Tanzi G, Becciolini L, Mitsutake S, Farnararo M, Ito M, Bruni P. Localization of neutral ceramidase in caveolin-enriched light membranes of murine endothelial cells. FEBS Lett 2001; 506:163-8. [PMID: 11591392 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02878-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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]
Abstract
Sphingomyelinase (SMase) and ceramidase (CDase) activities participate in sphingomyelin (SM) metabolism and have a role in the signal transduction of a variety of ligands. In this study evidence is presented that caveolin-enriched light membranes (CELMs) of murine endothelial cells, characterized by high SM, ceramide (Cer) and cholesterol content, bear acid and neutral SMase as well as neutral CDase activities. Localization of neutral CDase in CELMs was confirmed by Western analysis. Notably, cell treatment with cyclodextrin, which depleted cell cholesterol, did not affect acid or neutral SMase activities but significantly enhanced neutral CDase activity in CELMs, indicating a negative role for cholesterol in CDase regulation. These findings suggest that neutral CDase is implicated, together with SMase activities, in the control of caveolar Cer content that may be critical for caveola dynamics.
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- E Romiti
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Viale G.B. Morgagni 50, Florence, Italy
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