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Caroleo M, Carbone EA, Arcidiacono B, Greco M, Primerano A, Mirabelli M, Fazia G, Rania M, Hribal ML, Gallelli L, Foti DP, De Fazio P, Segura-Garcia C, Brunetti A. Does NUCB2/Nesfatin-1 Influence Eating Behaviors in Obese Patients with Binge Eating Disorder? Toward a Neurobiological Pathway. Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15020348. [PMID: 36678225 PMCID: PMC9864089 DOI: 10.3390/nu15020348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Nesfatin-1 is a new anorexigenic neuropeptide involved in the regulation of hunger/satiety, eating, and affective disorders. We aimed to investigate nesfatin-1 secretion in vitro, in murine adipose cells, and in human adipose fat samples, as well as to assess the link between circulating nesfatin-1 levels, NUCB2 and Fat Mass and Obesity Gene (FTO) polymorphisms, BMI, Eating Disorders (EDs), and pathological behaviors. Nesfatin-1 secretion was evaluated both in normoxic fully differentiated 3T3-L1 mouse adipocytes and after incubation under hypoxic conditions for 24 h. Omental Visceral Adipose tissue (VAT) specimens of 11 obese subjects, and nesfatin-1 serum levels' evaluation, eating behaviors, NUCB2 rs757081, and FTO rs9939609 polymorphisms of 71 outpatients seeking treatment for EDs with different Body Mass Index (BMI) were studied. Significantly higher levels of nesfatin-1 were detected in hypoxic 3T3-L1 cultured adipocytes compared to normoxic ones. Nesfatin-1 was highly detectable in the VAT of obese compared to normal-weight subjects. Nesfatin-1 serum levels did not vary according to BMI, sex, and EDs diagnosis, but correlations with grazing; emotional, sweet, and binge eating; hyperphagia; social eating; childhood obesity were evident. Obese subjects with CG genotype NUCB2 rs757081 and AT genotype FTO rs9939609 polymorphisms had higher nesfatin-1 levels. It could represent a new biomarker of EDs comorbidity among obese patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mariarita Caroleo
- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- University Hospital Mater Domini of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- University Hospital Mater Domini of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-096-171-2408; Fax: +39-096-171-2393
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Passeri E, Jones-Brando L, Bordón C, Sengupta S, Wilson AM, Primerano A, Rapoport JL, Ishizuka K, Kano SI, Yolken RH, Sawa A. Infection and characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in human induced neurons from patients with brain disorders and healthy controls. Microbes Infect 2015; 18:153-8. [PMID: 26432947 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 08/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of establishing persistent infection within the brain. Serological studies in humans have linked exposure to Toxoplasma to neuropsychiatric disorders. However, serological studies have not elucidated the related molecular mechanisms within neuronal cells. To address this question, we used human induced neuronal cells derived from peripheral fibroblasts of healthy individuals and patients with genetically-defined brain disorders (i.e. childhood-onset schizophrenia with disease-associated copy number variations). Parasite infection was characterized by differential detection of tachyzoites and tissue cysts in induced neuronal cells. This approach may aid study of molecular mechanisms underlying individual predisposition to Toxoplasma infection linked to neuropathology of brain disorders.
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- Eleonora Passeri
- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Magnuson Clinical Center, Room 3N202, MSC 1600, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Passeri E, Wilson AM, Primerano A, Kondo MA, Sengupta S, Srivastava R, Koga M, Obie C, Zandi PP, Goes FS, Valle D, Rapoport JL, Sawa A, Kano SI, Ishizuka K. Enhanced conversion of induced neuronal cells (iN cells) from human fibroblasts: Utility in uncovering cellular deficits in mental illness-associated chromosomal abnormalities. Neurosci Res 2015; 101:57-61. [PMID: 26260244 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The novel technology of induced neuronal cells (iN cells) is promising for translational neuroscience, as it allows the conversion of human fibroblasts into cells with postmitotic neuronal traits. However, a major technical barrier is the low conversion rate. To overcome this problem, we optimized the conversion media. Using our improved formulation, we studied how major mental illness-associated chromosomal abnormalities may impact the characteristics of iN cells. We demonstrated that our new iN cell culture protocol enabled us to obtain more precise measurement of neuronal cellular phenotypes than previous iN cell methods. Thus, this iN cell culture provides a platform to efficiently obtain possible cellular phenotypes caused by genetic differences, which can be more thoroughly studied in research using other human cell models such as induced pluripotent stem cells.
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- Eleonora Passeri
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- NIMH, Branch of Child Psychiatry, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Primerano A, Hutin E, Boutou M, Behnegar A, Gracies JM, Fardjad S. Biomechanical evaluation after a “Light” Functional Restoration Program (FRP) in chronic low back pain. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2011.07.268] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Primerano A, Hutin E, Boutou M, Behnegar A, Gracies JM, Fardjad S. Évaluation biomécanique d’un programme « Mini-RFR » (restauration fonctionnelle du rachis) chez les patients affectés par une lombalgie chronique. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2011.07.257] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Gandolfi L, Colecchia A, Leo P, Caletti G, Rossi A, Primerano A, Torresan F. Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal amyloid deposits: clinical case report. Endoscopy 1995; 27:132-4. [PMID: 7601026 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A case of systemic amyloidosis of the digestive tract is described here, with particular attention to the endoscopic ultrasonography aspects, characterized by a wide-spread thickening of the stomach and rectum walls, with loss of the normal layer structure of the mucosa and submucosa. Endoscopic ultrasonography, especially in pseudotumoral forms, may contribute to the differential diagnosis from neoplastic lesions, in which the wall thickening appears to be localized and accompanied by parietal infiltration.
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- L Gandolfi
- Section of Gastroenterology, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Solmi L, Muratori R, Bacchini P, Primerano A, Gandolfi L. Comparison between echo-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology and microhistology in diagnosing pancreatic masses. Surg Endosc 1992; 6:222-4. [PMID: 1465727 DOI: 10.1007/bf02498807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Echo-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of pancreatic masses is a well-established diagnostic procedure. However, there is no consensus as to the superiority of cytology or microhistology. We compared the results of cytology and microhistology in 50 consecutive patients who underwent fine-needle aspiration biopsy for pancreatic masses. Aspirates were positive for malignant disease in 42 patients; the other eight had chronic focal pancreatitis. In the 42 cases of cancer, cytology provided conclusive results in 40 (95.2%); sampling was inadequate in two. Microhistology proved accurate in 30 cases (71.4%); insufficient tissue was obtained in 12, giving a statistically significant difference in favor of cytology (P < 0.01). In the eight patients with benign disease both techniques ruled out malignancy; in five microhistology gave further indications confirming suspected chronic pancreatitis (fibrosis, lymphocyte and histiocyte-cell infiltrate). Our results show that cytology is the method of choice in diagnosing pancreatic carcinoma. Microhistology can be a useful adjunct in patients with suspected chronic pancreatitis.
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- L Solmi
- Gastroenterology Unit, Malpighi-S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Sbordoni L, Neri Serneri L, Primerano A, Giuliotti T, Valle M, Serafini D, Fiorani S, Visentin PP, Prezioso P. [Tracheostomy: indications, techniques, and complications]. Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1992; 14:253-6. [PMID: 1306001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
The authors report their experience relative to 46 tracheostomies performed over a 10-year period. In 6 cases the indication for a tracheostomy was a post-traumatic respiratory failure; in 20 cases a chronic respiratory insufficiency, in 6 cases a malignant neoplasm of the larynx; in 10 cases a postoperative respiratory insufficiency; in 4 cases for tongue and/or neck wounds. The authors stress the importance of a correct indication, the use of large volume-low pressure cuffs and an appropriate surgical technique to prevent complication of tracheostomy.
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- L Sbordoni
- III Divisione di Chirurgia, Ospedale Policlinico Umberto I, Roma
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Sbordoni L, Chirletti P, Primerano A, Serafini D, Valle M, Volpe M, Gianferro A, Corongiu G, Marcone P, Prezioso P. [Hydatid choleperitoneum: a rare complication of hepatic hydatid disease]. Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1992; 14:159-62. [PMID: 1298969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The authors report their experience relative to hydatid choleperitoneum which is a rare complication of hydatid hepatic disease (one case of 236 operated). They underline how such pathology constitutes a clinic and anatomopathological case, well characterized and different from those offered by other complications of this hepatic disease. They draw attention moreover on how preoperative diagnosis is often difficult and consequently how the surgical therapeutic technique requires a very careful examination of anatomic relations of the lesion and recognize, as a chiefly foundation, a radical treatment of hepatic disease and whenever possible, the removal of the pseudomembrane of encystment.
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- L Sbordoni
- USL RM/2, Ospedale Policlinico Umberto I, III Divisione di Chirurgie
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Pizzarelli F, Sisca S, Monzani G, De Maio F, Delfino C, Primerano A, Mazzitelli R, Sergi I, Cozzupoli P, Maggiore Q. [Reversibility of obstructive kidney disease associated with renal insufficiency]. Minerva Nefrol 1976; 23:11-8. [PMID: 995326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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