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Torre M, Mameli L, Bonfiglio R, Guerriero V, Derosas L, Palomba L, Disma N. A New Device for Thoracoscopic Cryoanalgesia in Pectus Excavatum Repair: Preliminary Single Center Experience. Front Pediatr 2020; 8:614097. [PMID: 33585365 PMCID: PMC7874221 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.614097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Introduction: Cryoanalgesia has been recently described as alternative technique for immediate and persistent pain treatment after pectus excavatum repair. Cryoanalgesia has the potentiality to reduce analgesic consumption and length of hospitalization. However, cryoanalgesia has not been standardized yet: the previous reports describe different techniques and systems and include only small series. In Europe, no reports on cryoanalgesia for pectus repair have been published so far. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective single center pilot study performed in adolescents undergoing minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair with a new cryoanalgesia system, using a probe designed specifically for thoracoscopy. This new double lumen probe has the theoretical advantage of freezing only in its tip, so reducing the risk of complications. Results: Seven patients undergoing pectus excavatum repair were treated with cryoanalgesia performed with the new probe. No complications of cryoanalgesia were reported. Total consumption of morphine during hospital stay was between 0.1 and 0.35 mg/kg, with no side effects reported. Mean time to discharge was 2.4 days. All patients reported a good pain control with a fair need of rescue medications for pain relief during the first week after discharge, and a very good pain control without need of rescue medications during following weeks. Conclusions: Our pilot study showed that the new cryoanalgesia device is efficacious in terms of pain control, hospital stay and resumption of post-operative activities. The cryoprobe designed allowed an easy and safe maneuver. A prospective trial is needed to better define the risks and benefits of this technique.
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- Michele Torre
- Pediatric Thoracic and Airway Surgery Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.,Pediatric Surgery Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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Treon S, Meid K, Gustine J, Yang G, Xu L, Patterson C, Ghobrial I, Laubach J, Hunter Z, Dubeau T, Palomba L, Advani R, Castillo J. IBRUTINIB MONOTHERAPY PRODUCES LONG-TERM DISEASE CONTROL IN PREVIOUSLY TREATED WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA. FINAL REPORT OF THE PIVOTAL TRIAL (NCT01614821). Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.141_2629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- S.P. Treon
- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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- Hematology Oncology; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Hematology Oncology; Stanford University Medical Center; Stanford CA United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA United States
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Castillo J, Itchaki G, Paludo J, Varettoni M, Buske C, Eyre T, Chavez J, Shain K, Issa S, Palomba L, Pasvolsky O, Simpson D, Talaulikar D, Tam C, Tedeschi A, Ansell S, Nayak L, Treon S. IBRUTINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF BING-NEEL SYNDROME: A RETROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER STUDY. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.140_2629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- J. Castillo
- Bing Center for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Boston United States
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- Hematology; Rabin Medical Center; Petah Tikva Israel
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- Hematology and Oncology; Mayo Clinic; Rochester United States
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- Hematology; Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo; Pavia Italy
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center; University Hospital Ulm; Ulm Germany
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- Hematology; Churchill Hospital; Oxford United Kingdom
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- Malignant Hematology; Moffitt Cancer Institute; Tampa United States
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- Malignant Hematology; Moffitt Cancer Institute; Tampa United States
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- Hematology; Middlemore Hospital; Auckland New Zealand
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- Hematology and Oncology; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York United States
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- Hematology; Rabin Medical Center; Petah Tikva Israel
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- Hematology; North Shore Hospital; Auckland New Zealand
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- Hematology; Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Melbourne Australia
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- Hematology and Oncology; Mayo Clinic; Rochester United States
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- Center for CNS Lymphoma; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Boston United States
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- Bing Center for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Boston United States
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Bobillo S, Joffe E, Lavery J, Noy A, Palomba L, Straus D, Kumar A, Batlevi C, Horwitz S, Moskowitz A, Hamlin P, Zelenetz A, Matasar M, von Keudell G, Sermer D, Yahalom J, Dogan A, Seshan V, Younes A. CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF STAGE I DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL) IN THE RITUXIMAB-ERA. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.60_2630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- S. Bobillo
- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Memorian Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Radiation Oncology; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Pathology; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Memorian Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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- Department of Medicine; Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY United States
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Falanga A, Lombardi L, Tarallo R, Franci G, Perillo E, Palomba L, Galdiero M, Pontoni D, Fragneto G, Weck M, Galdiero S. The intriguing journey of gH625-dendrimers. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra28405a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The knowledge of the mechanism used by vectors to gain access to cell interiors is key to the development of effective drug delivery tools for different pathologies.
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Cristino L, Palomba L, Di Marzo V. New horizons on the role of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in palatable food intake, obesity and related dysmetabolism. Int J Obes Suppl 2014; 4:S26-30. [PMID: 27152162 DOI: 10.1038/ijosup.2014.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Excessive consumption of high-energy, palatable food contributes to obesity, which results in the metabolic syndrome, heart disease, type-2 diabetes and death. Current knowledge on the function of the hypothalamus as the brain 'feeding centre' recognizes this region as the main regulator of body weight in the central nervous system. Because of their intrinsically fast and adaptive activities, feeding-controlling neural circuitries are endowed with synaptic plasticity modulated by neurotransmitters and hormones that act at different hierarchical levels of integration. In the hypothalamus, among the chemical mediators involved in this integration, endocannabinoids (eCBs) are ideal candidates for the fast (that is, non-genomic), stress-related fine-tuning of neuronal functions. In this article, we overview the role of the eCB system (ECS) in the control of energy intake, and particularly in the consumption of high-energy, palatable food, and discuss how such a role is affected in the brain by changes in the levels of feeding-regulated hormones, such as the adipose tissue-derived anorexigenic mediator leptin, as well as by high-fat diets. The understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the neuronal control of feeding behaviours by eCBs offers many potential opportunities for novel therapeutic approaches against obesity. Highlights of the latest advances in the development of strategies that minimize central ECS overactivity in 'western diet'-driven obesity are discussed.
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- L Cristino
- Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University 'Carlo Bo' , Urbino, Italy
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- Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Pozzuoli, Italy
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Venneria E, Intorre F, Foddai MS, Azzini E, Palomba L, Raguzzini A, Polito A, Ciarapica D, Zaccaria M, Toti E, Catasta G, Maiani G. Antioxidant effect of zinc supplementation on both plasma and cellular red-ox status markers in a group of elderly Italian population. J Nutr Health Aging 2014; 18:345-50. [PMID: 24676313 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of long term supplementation with two moderate dose of Zn on plasma and cellular red-ox status markers in elderly volunteers. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS In a double blind study 108 healthy volunteers, aged 70-85 years, were enrolled. They were randomly divided in 3 groups of treatment, receiving placebo, 15 mg/day and 30 mg/day of Zn for 6 months. Red-ox status markers were assessed at baseline and after 6 months evaluating carotenoids, vitamin A and E in plasma; glutathione (GSH), thiol groups (RSH), malondialdehyde (MDA), percentage of haemolysis and methemoglobin in erythrocytes. RESULTS Zn supplementation had no significant effects on red-ox status markers except for vitamin A levels (from 1.94±0.44 to 2.18±0.48 μM in volunteers receiving 15 mg of Zn and from 1.95±0.46 to 2.26±0.56 μM in volunteers receiving 30 mg of Zn), which increased proportionally to zinc dose. CONCLUSIONS It appears that, differently from unhealthy populations, long-term supplementation with two moderate doses of Zn in a healthy elderly population, with an adequate Zn nutritive status and macro and micronutrients intakes in the range of normality, is an inefficient way to increase antioxidant defences.
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- E Venneria
- E. Venneria, Agricultural Research Council - Research Centre on Food and Nutrition (CRA-NUT), Rome, Italy. Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy, phone number: 0039 06 51494553,
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Galano E, Fidani M, Baia F, Palomba L, Marino G, Amoresano A. Qualitative screening in doping control by MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry: A proof-of-evidence. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2012; 71:193-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Intorre F, Donini LM, Catasta G, Neri B, Hagedorn T, Toti E, Foddai MS, Venneria E, Palomba L, Azzini E, Rossi L, Pinto A, Giusti AM, Maiani G. Effect of acute consumption of strawberry jam on glycaemic status in both non-complicated and type 2 diabetic obese volunteers: a pilot study. Mediterr J Nutr Metab 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s12349-011-0075-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Intorre F, Donini LM, Catasta G, Neri B, Hagedorn T, Toti E, Foddai MS, Venneria E, Palomba L, Azzini E, Rossi L, Pinto A, Giusti AM, Maiani G. Effect of acute consumption of strawberry jam on glycaemic status in both non-complicated and type 2 diabetic obese volunteers: a pilot study. Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism 2011. [DOI: 10.3233/s12349-011-0075-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Federica Intorre
- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- Experimental Medicine Department, Medical Physiopathology and Endocrinology Section, Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- Villa delle Querce Clinical Rehabilitation Institute, Nemi, Rome, Italy
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- Villa delle Querce Clinical Rehabilitation Institute, Nemi, Rome, Italy
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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- Experimental Medicine Department, Medical Physiopathology and Endocrinology Section, Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Experimental Medicine Department, Medical Physiopathology and Endocrinology Section, Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. e-mail:
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Ellingson BM, Pope WB, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Cloughesy TF, Juhasz C, Mittal S, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chakraborty PK, Bahl G, Barger GR, Carrillo JA, Lai A, Nghiemphu P, Tran A, Moftakhar P, Cloughesy TF, Pope WB, Bruggers C, Moore K, Khatua S, Gumerlock MK, Stolzenberg E, Fung KM, Smith ML, Kedzierska K, Chacko G, Epstein RB, Holter J, Parvataneni R, Kadambi A, Park I, Elkhaled A, Essock-Burns E, Khayal I, Butowski N, Lamborn K, Chang S, Nelson S, Sanverdi E, Ozgen B, Oguz KK, Soylemezoglu F, Mut M, Zhu JJ, Pfannl R, Do-Dai D, Yao K, Mignano J, Wu JK, Linendoll N, Beal K, Chan T, Yamamda Y, Holodny A, Gutin PH, Zhang Z, Young RJ, Lupo JM, Essock-Burns E, Cha S, Chang SM, Butowski N, Nelson SJ, Laperriere N, Perry J, Macdonald D, Mason W, Easaw J, Del Maestro R, Kucharczyk W, Hussey D, Greaves K, Moore S, Pouliot JF, Rauschkolb PK, Smith SD, Belden CJ, Lallana EC, Fadul CE, Bosscher L, Slot M, Sanchez E, Uitdehaag BM, Vandertop WP, Peerdeman SM, Blumenthal DT, Bokstein F, Artzi M, Palmon M, Aizenstein O, Sitt R, Gurevich K, Kanner A, Ram Z, Corn B, Ben Bashat D, Slot M, Bosscher L, Sanchez E, Uitdehaag BM, Vandertop WP, Peerdeman SM, Martinez N, Gorniak R, Tartaglino L, Scanlan M, Glass J, Kleijn A, Chen JW, Sun PZ, Buhrman J, Rabkin SD, Weissleder R, Martuza RL, Lamfers ML, Fulci G, Lallana EC, Brong KA, Hekmatyar K, Jerome N, Wilson M, Fadul CE, Kauppinen RA, Mok K, Valenca MM, Sherafat E, Olivier A, Pentsova E, Rosenblum M, Holodny A, Palomba L, Omuro A, Murad GJ, Yachnis AT, Dunbar EM, Essock-Burns E, Li Y, Lupo J, Polley MY, Butowski N, Cha S, Chang S, Nelson S, Kohler N, Quisling R, Dunbar EM, Swanson KR, Gu S, Chakraborty G, Alessio A, Claridge J, Rockne RC, Muzi M, Krohn KA, Spence AM, Alvord EC, Anderson AR, Kinahan P, Boone AE, Rockne RC, Mrugala MM, Swanson KR, Gutova M, Khankaldyyan V, Herrmann KA, Harutyunyan I, Abramyants Y, Annala AJ, Najbauer J, Moats RA, Shackleford GM, Barish ME, Aboody KS. Radiology. Neuro Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noq116.s17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mattioli G, Palomba L, Avanzini S, Rapuzzi G, Guida E, Costanzo S, Rossi V, Basile A, Tamburini S, Callegari M, DellaRocca M, Disma N, Mameli L, Montobbio G, Jasonni V. Fast-track surgery of the colon in children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2009; 19 Suppl 1:S7-9. [PMID: 19260794 DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0121.supp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to present the "fast-track" experience in children who underwent colon resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-six children who underwent laparoscopic colon resection were prospectively included in the study. Anomalies of colon innervation and inflammatory bowel disease represented the main surgical indications. RESULTS Left colon/sigmoid resection was performed in 37, total colon resection was done in 5, and right colon resection in 4 children. Total colon resection was always associated to ileostomy. Anastomosis was performed in 41 cases. Patients were postoperatively monitored for pain, return to normal activity, feeding, bowel movements, and complications. Stool passage and oral feeding were started on postoperative day 1, and all patients were discharged before postoperative day 4. One child was readmitted the day after discharge because of an anastomotic leak. No other major complications were recorded. DISCUSSION Minimally invasive surgery is safe and effective in pediatric colonic surgery and allows a fast recovery time (fast-track).
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- Girolamo Mattioli
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Gaslini Research Institute, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
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Portlock CS, Hamlin P, Noy A, Chey W, Gaydos CA, Palomba L, Schwartz I, Corcoran S, Rosenzweig L, Walker D, Papanicolaou G, Markowitz A. Infectious disease associations in advanced stage, indolent lymphoma (follicular and nonfollicular): developing a lymphoma prevention strategy. Ann Oncol 2007; 19:254-8. [PMID: 17965114 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tumor can result in lymphoma remission. We prospectively identified/treated infections in nonbulky, advanced stage indolent lymphoma (follicular; nonfollicular lymphoma) eligible for observation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Stool H. pylori, hepatitis C and Borrelia serologies, Borrelia and Chlamydia fixed tissue PCR, Chlamydia peripheral blood mononuclear cell PCR and hydrogen breath test for small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBBO) were obtained. RESULTS Fifty-six patients were enrolled. Positive infections: H. pylori (13); hepatitis C (3); SBBO (11). Negative: Borrelia (13); Chlamydophila psittaci (12, except one PCR). Lymphoma responses to antimicrobial therapy: H. pylori [one complete response (CR), 24+ months; one transient near CR]; hepatitis C [two CRs, 18+ and 30+ months; one partial response (PR) but hepatitis C virus persistent]; SBBO (one PR, 30+ months). Patients with associated infections, but without lymphoma CR, have required lymphoma treatment sooner than those without initial infections (treatment-free survival at 23.4 months median follow-up, 40.5% versus 74.7%, P = 0.01), indicating a different biology. CONCLUSION Infections are common in advanced stage indolent lymphoma (37.5% in our series). Anecdotal lymphoma responses have been seen and three have been durable CRs (18 to 30+ months) with infection eradication alone. The identification and treatment of associated infections may be a first step towards developing a lymphoma prevention strategy.
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- C S Portlock
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10021, USA.
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Intorre F, Maiani G, Cuzzolaro M, Simpson EEA, Catasta G, Ciarapica D, Mauro B, Toti E, Zaccaria M, Coudray C, Corelli S, Palomba L, Polito A. Descriptive data on lifestyle, anthropometric status and mental health in italian elderly people. J Nutr Health Aging 2007; 11:165-74. [PMID: 17435958] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to provide descriptive information on anthropometric status, pathological conditions, cognitive impairment and lifestyle in apparently healthy elderly Italian people. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS In order to recruit the volunteers for the ZENITH study, 359 Italian participants (167 men and 192 women), aged between 70 and 85 years, free living in Rome, were selected. Volunteers underwent a full clinical examination, anthropometric measurements (height, weight), a lifestyle questionnaire and mental health assessment (cognitive impairment and depression). RESULTS The prevalence of overweight and obesity was high (57% and 22% in men; 43% and 27% in women). Obesity was associated with low socio-economic profile in about 40% of participants. Although the sample was selected by family doctors and was apparently healthy, after medical screening the presence of several pathologies, particularly diabetes in 21% of participants was observed. There was a low prevalence of cognitive impairment in 4% of men and 7% of women and possible depression in 9% of men and 19% of women. The lifestyle questionnaire showed that most of their time was spent in light activities such as reading, watching TV or playing cards and significant differences between sex and BMI categories were observed (P=0.000). CONCLUSION The results confirm the increasingly sedentary lifestyle of modern populations and demonstrate the need for sensitive and individualised strategies to design appropriate health promotion and disease prevention programs for older adults.
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- F Intorre
- National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, Human Nutrition Unit, Rome, Italy.
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Valerio A, Cardile A, Cozzi V, Bracale R, Tedesco L, Pisconti A, Palomba L, Cantoni O, Clementi E, Moncada S, Carruba MO, Nisoli E. TNF- downregulates eNOS expression and mitochondrial biogenesis in fat and muscle of obese rodents. J Clin Invest 2006. [DOI: 10.1172/jci28570.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Palomba L, Guidarelli A, Scovassi AI, Cantoni O. Different effects of tert-butylhydroperoxide-induced peroxynitrite-dependent and -independent DNA single-strand breakage on PC12 cell poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity. Eur J Biochem 2001; 268:5223-8. [PMID: 11606183 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02431.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The short-chain lipid hydroperoxide analogue tert-butylhydroperoxide induces peroxynitrite-dependent and -independent DNA single strand breakage in PC12 cells. U937 cells that do not express constitutive nitric oxide synthase respond to tert-butylhydroperoxide treatment with peroxynitrite-independent DNA cleavage. Under experimental conditions leading to equivalent strand break frequencies, the analysis of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity showed an increase in PC12 cells but not in U937 cells. The enhanced poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity observed in PC12 cells was paralleled by a significant decline in NAD+ content and both events were prevented by treatments suppressing formation of peroxynitrite. Although DNA breaks were rejoined at similar rates in the two cell lines, an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase delayed DNA repair in PC12 cells but had hardly any effect in U937 cells. The results obtained using the latter cell type were confirmed with an additional cell line (Chinese hamster ovary cells) that does not express nitric oxide synthase. Collectively, our data suggest that tert-butylhydroperoxide-induced peroxynitrite-independent DNA strand scission is far less effective than the DNA cleavage generated by endogenous peroxynitrite in stimulating the activity of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
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- L Palomba
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università di Urbino, Italy
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Palomba L, Sestili P, Cantoni O. tert-Butylhydroperoxide induces peroxynitrite-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition leading PC12 cells to necrosis. J Neurosci Res 2001; 65:387-95. [PMID: 11536321 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 02/02/2023]
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A short-term exposure of PC12 cells to tert-butylhydroperoxide, followed by recovery in fresh culture medium, causes cell death and the extent of this response progressively increases during the 120 min of post-treatment incubation. Morphological and biochemical analyses of these cells revealed that the mode of cell death was necrosis. Cell killing induced by the hydroperoxide seems to be in part mediated by peroxynitrite because the lethal response was markedly and similarly reduced by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N omega-nitro-L-arginine methylester and by scavengers of nitric oxide or peroxynitrite. This peroxynitrite-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity was blunted by antioxidants and inhibitors of mitochondrial permeability transition and the onset of cell death was preceded by mitochondrial depolarization and loss of cellular ATP. We conclude that tert-butylhydroperoxide promotes peroxynitrite-dependent PC12 cell necrosis causally linked to peroxidation of membrane lipids and mitochondrial permeability transition.
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- L Palomba
- Institute of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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Palomba L, Sestili P, Guidarelli A, Sciorati C, Clementi E, Fiorani M, Cantoni O. Products of the phospholipase A(2) pathway mediate the dihydrorhodamine fluorescence response evoked by endogenous and exogenous peroxynitrite in PC12 cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 29:783-9. [PMID: 11053780 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00381-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A short-term exposure of PC12 cells to tert-butylhydroperoxide promotes a rapid oxidation of dihydrorhodamine sensitive to nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and peroxynitrite scavengers. This response was not directly caused by peroxynitrite, but rather appeared to be mediated by peroxynitrite-dependent activation of phospholipase A(2). The following lines of evidence support this inference: (i) the peroxynitrite-dependent dihydrorhodamine fluorescence response was blunted by low concentrations of two structurally unrelated phospholipase A(2) inhibitors; (ii) under similar conditions, the phospholipase A(2) inhibitors prevented release of arachidonic acid; (iii) low levels of arachidonic acid restored the dihydrorhodamine fluorescence response in nitric oxide synthase- as well as phospholipase A(2)-inhibited cells; (iv) the dihydrorhodamine fluorescence response induced by authentic peroxynitrite was also blunted by phospholipase A(2) inhibitors and restored upon addition of reagent arachidonic acid. We conclude that endogenous, or exogenous, peroxynitrite does not directly oxidize dihydrorhodamine in intact cells. Rather, peroxynitrite appears to act as a signalling molecule promoting release of arachidonic acid, which in turn leads to formation of species causing the dihydrorhodamine fluorescence response.
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- L Palomba
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università di Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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A short term exposure of PC12 cells to a concentration of tert-butylhydroperoxide (tB-OOH) causing peroxynitrite-dependent DNA damage and cytotoxiticity promoted a release of arachidonic acid (AA) that was sensitive to phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) inhibitors and insensitive to phospholipase C or diacylglycerol lipase inhibitors. The extent of AA release was also mitigated by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors and peroxynitrite scavengers. Low levels (10 microM) of authentic peroxynitrite restored the release of AA mediated by tB-OOH in NOS-inhibited cells whereas concentrations of peroxynitrite of 20 microM, or higher, effectively stimulated a PLA(2) inhibitor-sensitive release of AA also in the absence of additional treatments. These results are consistent with the possibility that endogenous as well as exogenous peroxynitrite promotes activation of PLA(2).
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- A Guidarelli
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università di Urbino, Via S. Chiara, 27, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy
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Palomba L, Sestili P, Columbaro M, Falcieri E, Cantoni O. Apoptosis and necrosis following exposure of U937 cells to increasing concentrations of hydrogen peroxide: the effect of the poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide. Biochem Pharmacol 1999; 58:1743-50. [PMID: 10571248 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00271-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/30/2022]
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A 3-hr exposure of U937 cells to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) followed by a 6-hr posttreatment incubation in fresh culture medium promotes apoptosis or necrosis, depending on the oxidant concentration. Addition of 3-aminobenzamide (3AB) during the recovery phase prevented necrosis and caused apoptosis. 3AB did not, however, affect the apoptotic response of cells treated with apogenic concentrations of H2O2. Cells exposed for 3 hr to 1.5 mM H2O2, while showing some signs of suffering, maintained a normal nuclear organization and good organelle morphology. At the biochemical level, the oxidant promoted the formation of Mb-sized DNA fragments and rapidly depleted both the adenine nucleotide and non-protein sulphydryl pools, which did not recover during posttreatment incubation in the absence or presence of 3AB. These results allow a novel interpretation of the concentration-dependent switch from apoptosis to necrosis. We propose that H2O2 activates the apoptotic response at the early times of peroxide exposure and that this process can be completed, or inhibited, during the posttreatment incubation phase. Inhibition of apoptosis leads to necrosis and can be prevented by 3AB via a mechanism independent of inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase. As a corollary, the necrotic response promoted by high concentrations of H2O2 in U937 cells appears to be the result of specific inhibition of the late steps of apoptosis.
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- L Palomba
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia and Centro di Farmacologia Oncologica Sperimentale, Universita di Urbino, Italy
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Palomba L, Sestili P, Cantoni O. The antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene induces apoptosis in human U937 cells: the role of hydrogen peroxide and altered redox state. Free Radic Res 1999; 31:93-101. [PMID: 10490238 DOI: 10.1080/10715769900301601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Exposure of U937 cells to the antioxidant 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT), unlike exposure to other antioxidants such as N,N'-diphenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine, Trolox or alpha-tocopherol, promotes a time- and concentration-dependent induction of apoptosis. This response was prevented by the iron chelator o-phenanthroline and by the thiol reagent N-acetylcysteine but was increased remarkably in cells pre-exposed to the catalase inhibitor 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole or to L-buthionine-[S,R]-sulfoximine, a specific inhibitor of glutathione synthesis. Furthermore, the BHT-induced apoptotic response was markedly enhanced by cytochrome P450 inhibitors. Taken together, the experimental results presented in this study indicate that BHT efficiently induces apoptosis in U937 cells and that this response is not caused by products of cytochrome P450 metabolism. Instead, apoptosis appeared to be causally linked to an altered cellular redox state in which hydrogen peroxide plays a pivotal role.
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- L Palomba
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università di Urbino, Italy
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3-Aminobenzamide, a known inhibitor of poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase has been found in the cell line U-937 to inhibit protein kinase C at the same concentration as poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase. 3-Aminobenzamide was not able, however, to inhibit the isolated enzyme. An indirect mechanism of protein kinase C inhibition is proposed.
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- R Ricciarelli
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Bern, Switzerland
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Brambilla L, Sestili P, Guidarelli A, Palomba L, Cantoni O. Electron transport-mediated wasteful consumption of NADH promotes the lethal response of U937 cells to tert-butylhydroperoxide. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1998; 284:1112-21. [PMID: 9495873] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The toxicity of a short-term exposure to tert-butylhydroperoxide in U937 cells was markedly reduced by chemically or experimentally induced respiratory deficiency. Rotenone mitigated the lethal effects of the hydroperoxide over the same concentration-range in which the complex I inhibitor inhibited oxygen utilization. U937 cells that were made respiration deficient by growing them in the presence of either chloramphenicol or ethidium bromide, were in both circumstances highly resistant to tert-butylhydroperoxide. The improved survival was not a direct consequence of the absence of electron transport, but rather was attributable to the large amounts of NADH which accumulate in the mitochondria of chemically hypoxic or respiration-deficient cells. Indeed, the toxicity elicited by tert-butylhydroperoxide was also abolished by supplementation with either of two different NADH-linked substrates, namely pyruvate or beta-hydroxybutyrate. Accumulation of intramitochondrial NADH, and the resulting cytoprotective effects, was associated with prevention of the loss of nonprotein sulphydryls and mitochondrial membrane potential. Neither rotenone nor pyruvate reduced the toxicity of tert-butylhydroperoxide in thiol-depleted cells. Taken together, these results indicate that depletion of mitochondrial NADH is a critical event in the cytotoxic response to tert-butylhydroperoxide since this pyridine nucleotide prevents mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death caused by the hydroperoxide. As a consequence, in hydroperoxide-treated cells electron transport is highly detrimental since it consumes mitochondrial NADH.
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- L Brambilla
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università di Urbino, Italy
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-nonenal (HNE) treatment of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (A7r5) caused induction of aldose reductase mRNA. Induction was dose (10-100 microM H2O2, 1-10 microM HNE) and time dependent, reaching a maximum (three- to fourfold) after 7-12 h. Treatment of cells with actinomycin D confirmed de novo synthesis of aldose reductase mRNA. H2O2-induced expression was prevented by catalase but unaffected by Desferal, indicating that metal catalyzed degradation of peroxide was not involved. Induction of enzymatically active aldose reductase by H2O2 and HNE was confirmed using Western blotting and enzyme assays. Aldose reductase can metabolize several aldehyde compounds including HNE, a major toxic product of lipid peroxidation. Inclusion of Sorbinil, an aldose reductase inhibitor, in toxicity assays resulted in a significant (twofold) enhancement of HNE-mediated killing of A7r5 cells, suggesting a protective role of aldose reductase against HNE-induced cell death. These data indicate that the induction of aldose reductase during oxidative stress might represent an important cellular antioxidant defense mechanism.
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- S E Spycher
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Bern, Switzerland
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Palomba L, Brambilla L, Brandi G, Sestili P, Cattabeni F, Cantoni O. Low levels of hydrogen peroxide and L-histidine induce DNA double-strand breakage and apoptosis. Eur J Pharmacol 1996; 318:167-73. [PMID: 9007529 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(96)00763-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 02/03/2023]
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The results presented in this study demonstrate that L-histidine triggers a lethal response in U937 cells exposed to nontoxic, albeit growth-inhibitory, levels of H2O2. Treatment for 1 h with the cocktail H2O2/L-histidine promotes the formation of a low level of DNA double-strand breaks that are rapidly rejoined, and this process is followed by secondary DNA fragmentation at about 7 h of post-treatment incubation, at which time cells are still viable. The appearance of oligonucleosomal DNA fragments associated with the detection of morphological changes typical of apoptosis strongly suggests that a portion of the cells was undergoing an apoptotic process. The relative level of cells with fragmented chromatin never exceeded 15-20% throughout the 20 h post-treatment incubation. Treatment with high concentrations of H2O2 in the presence of L-histidine was found to trigger necrotic cell death. The results presented in this paper provide further experimental evidence in support of the notion that DNA double-strand breaks mediate the lethal effects of the cocktail H2O2/L-histidine and suggest that this type of DNA lesion can promote both apoptotic and necrotic cell death, depending on the concentration of the oxidant.
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- L Palomba
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università di Urbino, Italy
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Spycher S, Tabataba-Vakili S, O'Donnell VB, Palomba L, Azzi A. 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-nonenal induces transcription and expression of aldose reductase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996; 226:512-6. [PMID: 8806665 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Treatment of A7r5 rat vascular smooth muscle cells with 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-nonenal (HNE) resulted in increased aldose reductase mRNA transcription. Induction was time dependent, reaching a maximum (2,3-fold) after 7 hours. An enzymatically active aldose reductase analysed by Western blotting and enzyme assays was expressed. Sorbinil, an aldose reductase inhibitor, induced a significant enhancement of HNE cytotoxicity, indicating a protective role of aldose reductase against HNE-induced A7r5 cell death. These data indicate that induction of aldose reductase by HNE may represent an important cellular defence mechanism against oxidative injury.
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- S Spycher
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie der Universität Bern, Switzerland
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Palomba L, Sestili P, Cattabeni F, Azzi A, Cantoni O. Prevention of necrosis and activation of apoptosis in oxidatively injured human myeloid leukemia U937 cells. FEBS Lett 1996; 390:91-4. [PMID: 8706837 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00634-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [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: 02/01/2023]
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A 3 h exposure to 1 mM H2O2 followed by 6 h post-challenge growth in peroxide-free medium induces necrosis in U937 cells. Addition of the poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide during recovery prevents necrosis and triggers apoptosis, as shown by the appearance of apoptotic bodies, extensive blebbing and formation of multimeric DNA fragments as well as 50 kb double stranded DNA fragments. Thus, the same initial damage can be a triggering event for both apoptotic and necrotic cell death. Furthermore, necrosis does not appear to be a passive response to overwhelming damage.
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- L Palomba
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia and Centro di Farmacologia Oncologica Sperimentale, Università di Urbino, Italy
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Cantoni O, Sestili P, Palomba L, Guidarelli A, Cattabeni F, Murray D. Isolation and preliminary characterization of a Chinese hamster ovary cell line with high-degree resistance to hydrogen peroxide. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:1021-9. [PMID: 8866824 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02436-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 02/02/2023]
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We have isolated and conducted preliminary characterization of a cell line derived from the Chinese hamster ovary cell line AA8, which we have designated AG8 and which is highly resistant to the cytotoxic effects of H2O2 (approximately 17-fold when the H2O2 treatment was at 37 degrees; approximately 11-fold when the H2O2 treatment was at 4 degrees). AG8 cells were moderately (but significantly; P < 0.05) cross-resistant to CdCl2 (approximately 4-fold), NaAsO2 (approximately 2.3-fold), t-butyl hydroperoxide (approximately 2.9-fold), cumene hydroperoxide (approximately 3-fold), menadione (approximately 1.7-fold) and HgCl2 (approximately 1.5-fold), but were not significantly cross-resistant to hyperthermia (43 degrees), 254 nm UV light, 137Cs gamma-rays, and 42-MeV (p-->Be+) fast neutrons. As regards their biochemical status, AG8 and AA8 cells contain similar non-protein sulfhydryl levels per milligram of protein. Catalase activity (assessed by both spectrophotometry and polarography) was significantly higher in AG8 than in AA8 cells irrespective of whether enzyme activity was expressed per 10(6) cells (approximately 3.6-fold increase) or per milligram of protein (approximately 1.6-fold increase). AG8 cells also exhibited significantly greater glutathione reductase activity than wild-type cells when the data were expressed per 10(6) cells (approximately 2.9-fold) or per milligram of protein (approximately 1.3-fold). Glutathione peroxidase activity was immeasurably low in both cell lines. The susceptibility of the two cell lines to H2O2-mediated generation of DNA single-strand breaks (as measured by alkaline elution) indicated a slightly (approximately 1.5-fold) decreased yield in the resistant AG8 cell line. The two cell lines repaired these breaks with similar kinetics. In contrast, no measurable induction of DNA double-strand breaks (as measured by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) was apparent in either cell line after survival-curve range concentrations of H2O2. On the basis of these data, it appears that the AG8 phenotype involves two previously identified resistance mechanisms, namely an adaptive component that may or may not involve increased antioxidant capacity, and a second component that does involve increased antioxidant (primarily catalase) capacity.
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- O Cantoni
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Italy
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Cantoni O, Sestili P, Guidarelli A, Palomba L, Brambilla L, Cattabeni F. Cytotoxic impact of DNA single vs double strand breaks in oxidatively injured cells. Arch Toxicol Suppl 1996; 18:223-35. [PMID: 8678799 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-61105-6_23] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide is a potent inducer of DNA single strand breaks (SSBs) in cultured mammalian cells. These lesions, however, are efficiently repaired and do not appear to mediate the cytotoxic response. This inference is based on the observations that a) inhibiting the rate of SSB-removal does not result in an increased cytotoxicity; b) using different experimental conditions it is possible to dissociate the formation of DNA SSBs from the cytotoxic response; c) the induction/loss of the oxidant-resistant phenotype in cell variants characterized by different levels of resistance to the lethal effect of the oxidant does not correlate with resistance to DNA SSB-induction; d) a much larger accumulation of DNA SSBs can be observed following treatment with H2O2 at 4 degrees C, as compared to 37 degrees C, although the opposite is true in terms of cytotoxicity. In the presence of micromolar levels of L-Histidine, H2O2 also induces DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), a type of lesion which we suggest may mediate the lethal event. This conclusion finds experimental support in the following observations: a) DNA DSBs are generated at survival-range concentrations, and a linear correlation exists between the level of this lesion and cytotoxicity; b) this correlation curve overlaps with the curves generated under similar experimental conditions using different cell lines with different sensitivity to the oxidant alone, or different clones derived from the same cell line, some of which showed a high degree of resistance to H2O2. Finally, the formation of DNA DSBs appears to enhance both apoptotic and necrotic cell death.
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- O Cantoni
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Italy
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Palomba L, Guidarelli A, Cattabeni F, Cantoni O. The effect of hydrogen peroxide/L-histidine-induced DNA single- vs. double-strand breaks on poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase. Eur J Pharmacol 1995; 291:167-73. [PMID: 8566167 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(95)90139-6] [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: 01/31/2023]
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L-Histidine markedly increases the ability of hydrogen peroxide to induce DNA cleavage and this effect is associated with a 3-aminobenzamide-inhibitable decline in NAD+ levels, an event which very likely reflects an enhanced stimulation of the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase. 3-Aminobenzamide slowed down the removal of alkaline elution-detected strand breaks induced by either H2O2 alone (producing only DNA single-strand breaks) or associated with L-histidine (resulting in the formation of both single-strand breaks and DNA double-strand breaks), and the extent of inhibition was similar under the two experimental conditions. 3-Aminobenzamide did not affect the rate of rejoining of DNA double-strand breaks generated by the cocktail H2O2/L-histidine. The above results suggest that these double-strand breaks have hardly any effect on the induction of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity, a conclusion that is consistent with the observation that the activity of this enzyme appears to be basically identical under conditions that abolish the formation of DNA double-strand breaks, in the absence of measurable variations in the level of induction of DNA single-strand breaks (e.g. in the presence of an excess of L-glutamine, a competitive inhibitor of L-histidine uptake). Finally, 3-aminobenzamide did not affect the toxicity of the oxidant, both in the absence and presence of L-histidine.
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- L Palomba
- Institute of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University of Urbino, Italy
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Guidarelli A, Palomba L, Sestilli P, Cattabeni F, Cantoni O. Evidence for a dissimilar mechanism of enhancement of inorganic or organic hydroperoxide cytotoxicity by L-histidine. Pharmacol Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/1043-6618(95)86819-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Faraone-Mennella MR, De Lucia F, Palomba L, Quesada P, Farina B. Effect of ADP-ribosylation reaction on bull testis chromatin. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1993; 31:373-380. [PMID: 8275026] [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: 05/22/2023]
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Polynucleosomes prepared from bull testis nuclei were characterized: DNA length, by agarose gel electrophoresis, and distribution of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity, by incubation with 0.64mM NAD were determined. Maximal activity was found in nucleosome fractions of 3-5 units. Chromatin fragments (5-2 kbp polynucleosomes) were analysed by circular dichroism in both native and ADP-ribosylated forms. The spectrum of the endogenously ADP-ribosylated polynucleosomes, compared to the native fraction, exhibited a higher ellipticity value and a shift of the cross-over point towards the lowest wavelengths, behaving like an H1-depleted chromatin.
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- M R Faraone-Mennella
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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Bacciocchi G, Gibelli N, Zibera C, Pedrazzoli P, Bergamaschi G, De Piceis Polver P, Danova M, Mazzini G, Palomba L, Tupler R. Establishment and characterization of two cell lines derived from human glioblastoma multiforme. Anticancer Res 1992; 12:853-61. [PMID: 1320358] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We established and characterized two cell lines derived from glioblastoma multiforme. Both cell lines exhibited tumor cell morphology and growth kinetics and showed variable expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), S-100, fibronectin and vimentin. Cytofluorimetrical analysis of tumor samples showed a diploid DNA distribution, whereas permanent culture cells evolved to the hyperdiploid DNA content. Karyotype studies revealed cytogenetical abnormalities described in glial tumors including gain of chromosome 7, loss of chromosome 10 and presence of double minutes (DMs). Enhanced expression of Ha-ras and c-myc genes resulted from high p-21 and p-62 levels. The contemporary presence of TGF-alpha and EGF-Rc transcripts suggested an autocrine mechanism in the cell lines growth.
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- G Bacciocchi
- Divisione di Oncologia, IRCCS Fondazione Clinica del Lavoro, Pavia, Italy
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Saito R, Palomba L, Rao KN, Lombardi B. Resistance of female Fischer-344 rats to the hepatonecrogenic and hepatocarcinogenic actions of a choline-devoid diet. Carcinogenesis 1991; 12:1451-7. [PMID: 1860166 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/12.8.1451] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
A series of experiments was performed to investigate the response of female Fischer-344 rats to a choline-devoid (CD) diet. In contrast to findings previously made in male Fischer-344 rats, hepatocellular carcinomas did not develop in females chronically fed the diet. Their liver actually showed only minimal histopathological changes. For these reasons, the steatogenic and hepatonecrogenic actions of a CD diet were compared in male and female Fischer-344 rats. Young adult females were found to be largely resistant to both. The results were taken as further evidence of the primary and essential role played by an enhanced cell turnover in the pathogenesis of the carcinomas induced in male Fischer-344 rats by this non-chemical, nutritional model of hepatocarcinogenesis. A high incidence of preneoplastic and benign lesions developed in breast, pancreas or stomach of females chronically fed the CD diet. However, a similar spectrum and high incidence of lesions was observed in control rats fed a choline-supplemented diet. These findings were attributed to an enhanced occurrence of spontaneous lesions, most likely due to the high fat content (15%) of the two diets used.
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- R Saito
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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Markus PM, van den Brink M, Cai X, Harnaha J, Palomba L, Hiserodt JC, Cramer DV. Effect of selective depletion of natural killer cells on allograft rejection. Transplant Proc 1991; 23:178-9. [PMID: 1990508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- P M Markus
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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