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Vallelunga A, Iannitti T, Capece S, Somma G, Russillo MC, Foubert-Samier A, Laurens B, Sibon I, Meissner WG, Barone P, Pellecchia MT. Serum miR-96-5P and miR-339-5P Are Potential Biomarkers for Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson's Disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:632891. [PMID: 34381349 PMCID: PMC8350521 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.632891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) are progressive neurodegenerative diseases with overlap of symptoms in early stages of disease. No reliable biomarker exists and the diagnosis is mainly based on clinical features. Several studies suggest that miRNAs are involved in PD and MSA pathogenesis. Our goal was to study two serum circulating microRNAs (miR-96-5p and miR-339-5p) as novel biomarkers for the differential diagnosis between PD and MSA. Serum samples were obtained from 51 PD patients, 52 MSA patients and 56 healthy controls (HC). We measured levels of miRNAs using quantitative PCR and compared the levels of miR-96-5p and miR-339-5p among PD, MSA and HC groups using a one-way analysis of variance. Correlations between miRNA expression and clinical data were calculated using Pearson's rho test. We used the miRTarBase to detect miRNA targets and STRING to evaluate co-expression relationship among target genes. MiR-96-5p was significantly increased in MSA patients compared with HC (Fold change (fc): 3.6; p = 0.0001) while it was decreased in PD patients compared with HC (Fold change: 4; p = 0.0002). Higher miR-96-5P levels were directly related to longer disease duration in MSA patients. We observed a significant increase of miR-339-5p in MSA patients compared with PD patients (fc: 2.5; p = 0.00013). miR-339-5p was increased in MSA patients compared with HC (fc: 2.4; p = 0.002). We identified 32 target genes of miR-96-5p and miR-339-5p, some of which are involved in neurodegenerative diseases. The study of those miRNAs could be useful to identify non-invasive biomarkers for early differential diagnosis between PD and MSA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Annamaria Vallelunga
- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitarie, Service de Neurologie, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitarie, Service de Neurologie, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitarie, Service de Neurologie, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Universitè de Bordeaux, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France.,CNRS, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France.,Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Vallelunga A, Iannitti T, Dati G, Capece S, Maugeri M, Tocci E, Picillo M, Volpe G, Cozzolino A, Squillante M, Cicarelli G, Barone P, Pellecchia MT. Serum miR-30c-5p is a potential biomarker for multiple system atrophy. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:1661-1666. [PMID: 30810945 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04614-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disease that belongs to the α synucleinopathies. Clinically, there is an overlap between MSA and Parkinson's disease (PD), especially at the early disease stage. However, these two pathologies differ in terms of disease progression. Currently, no biomarker exists to differentiate MSA from PD. MicroRNAs are non-coding RNAs implicated in gene expression regulation. MiRNAs modulate cellular activity and they control a range of physiological and pathological functions. miRNAs are found in biofluids, such as blood, serum, plasma, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid. Many groups, including ours, found that circulating miRNAs are differently expressed in blood, plasma, serum and cerebrospinal fluid of PD and MSA patients. In the present study, our primary aim was to determine if serum mir-30-5p and mir-148b-5p can be used as biomarkers for early diagnosis of PD and/or MSA. Our secondary goal was to determine if serum levels of those miRNAs can be correlated with the patients' clinical profile. Using quantitative PCR (qPCR), we evaluated expression levels of miR-30c-5p and miR148b-5p in serum samples from PD (n = 56), MSA (n = 49), and healthy control (n = 50) subjects. We have found that miR-30c-5p is significantly upregulated in MSA if compared with PD and healthy control subjects. Moreover, serum miR-30c-5p levels correlate with disease duration in both MSA and PD. No significant difference was found in miR-148b-5p among MSA, PD and healthy control subjects. Our results suggest a possible role of serum miR-30-5p as a biomarker for diagnosis and progression of MSA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Annamaria Vallelunga
- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
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- KWS BioTest, Marine View Office Park, Portishead, Somerset, BS20 7AW, UK
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Laboratorio Analisi PO Serra San Bruno, ASP Vibo Valentia, Vibo Valentia, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Capece S, Domenici F, Brasili F, Oddo L, Cerroni B, Bedini A, Bordi F, Chiessi E, Paradossi G. Complex interfaces in "phase-change" contrast agents. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 18:8378-88. [PMID: 26931337 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07538f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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]
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In this paper we report on the study of the interface of hybrid shell droplets encapsulating decafluoropentane (DFP), which exhibit interesting potentialities for ultrasound (US) imaging. The fabrication of the droplets is based on the deposition of a dextran methacrylate layer onto the surface of surfactants. The droplets have been stabilized against coalescence by UV curing, introducing crosslinks in the polymer layer and transforming the shell into an elastomeric membrane with a thickness of about 300 nm with viscoelastic behaviour. US irradiation induces the evaporation of the DFP core of the droplets transforming the particles into microbubbles (MBs). The presence of a robust crosslinked polymer shell introduces an unusual stability of the droplets also during the core phase transition and allows the recovery of the initial droplet state after a few minutes from switching off US. The interfacial tension of the droplets has been investigated by two approaches, the pendant drop method and an indirect method, based on the determination of the liquid ↔ gas transition point of DFP confined in the droplet core. The re-condensation process has been followed by capturing images of single MBs by confocal microscopy. The time evolution of MB relaxation to droplets was analysed in terms of a modified Church model to account for the structural complexity of the MB shell, i.e. a crosslinked polymer layer over a layer of surfactants. In this way the microrheology parameters of the shell were determined. In a previous paper (Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5763-5765) we showed that these systems could be used as ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs). In this work we substantiate this view assessing some key features offered by the viscoelastic nature of the droplet shell.
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- Sabrina Capece
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy. and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- INAIL - Settore Ricerca Certificazione e Verifica - DITSIPIA, Via Fontana Candida, 1 Monteporzio Catone, 00040 Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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Montanari E, Capece S, Di Meo C, Meringolo M, Coviello T, Agostinelli E, Matricardi P. Macromol. Biosci. 9/2013. Macromol Biosci 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201370029] [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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- Elita Montanari
- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies; “Sapienza” University of Rome, P. le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies; “Sapienza” University of Rome, P. le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies; “Sapienza” University of Rome, P. le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”; “Sapienza” University of Rome and CNR, Institute of Biology and Molecular Pathology, P.le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies; “Sapienza” University of Rome, P. le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”; “Sapienza” University of Rome and CNR, Institute of Biology and Molecular Pathology, P.le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies; “Sapienza” University of Rome, P. le Aldo Moro 5; 00185 Rome Italy
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Montanari E, Capece S, Di Meo C, Meringolo M, Coviello T, Agostinelli E, Matricardi P. Hyaluronic acid nanohydrogels as a useful tool for BSAO immobilization in the treatment of melanoma cancer cells. Macromol Biosci 2013; 13:1185-94. [PMID: 23836462 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201300114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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An alternative anticancer therapy based on the use of bovine serum amine oxidase (BSAO), an enzyme that converts polyamines over-expressed in malignant cells, into hydrogen peroxide and aldehyde(s), thus inducing high cytotoxicity in cancer cells, was recently proposed. With the aim of improving the system efficacy by exploiting a nanotechnology approach, BSAO is covalently immobilized onto injectable nanohydrogels (NHs) based on cholesterol-graft-hyaluronic acid (HA-CH), a biocompatible conjugate that spontaneously leads to self-assembled structures in aqueous solutions. In this study, the physicochemical properties of the HA-CH-based NHs and the NHs cytocompatibility are reported. The properties of the NHs-BSAO system are also studied in terms of protein residual activity, both in vitro and on a model melanoma cell line.
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- Elita Montanari
- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Capece S, Chiessi E, Cavalli R, Giustetto P, Grishenkov D, Paradossi G. A general strategy for obtaining biodegradable polymer shelled microbubbles as theranostic devices. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:5763-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42037j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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