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Boretto C, Actis C, Faris P, Cordero F, Beccuti M, Ferrero G, Muzio G, Moccia F, Autelli R. Tamoxifen Activates Transcription Factor EB and Triggers Protective Autophagy in Breast Cancer Cells by Inducing Lysosomal Calcium Release: A Gateway to the Onset of Endocrine Resistance. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:458. [PMID: 38203629 PMCID: PMC10779225 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Among the several mechanisms accounting for endocrine resistance in breast cancer, autophagy has emerged as an important player. Previous reports have evidenced that tamoxifen (Tam) induces autophagy and activates transcription factor EB (TFEB), which regulates the expression of genes controlling autophagy and lysosomal biogenesis. However, the mechanisms by which this occurs have not been elucidated as yet. This investigation aims at dissecting how TFEB is activated and contributes to Tam resistance in luminal A breast cancer cells. TFEB was overexpressed and prominently nuclear in Tam-resistant MCF7 cells (MCF7-TamR) compared with their parental counterpart, and this was not dependent on alterations of its nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling. Tam promoted the release of lysosomal Ca2+ through the major transient receptor potential cation channel mucolipin subfamily member 1 (TRPML1) and two-pore channels (TPCs), which caused the nuclear translocation and activation of TFEB. Consistently, inhibiting lysosomal calcium release restored the susceptibility of MCF7-TamR cells to Tam. Our findings demonstrate that Tam drives the nuclear relocation and transcriptional activation of TFEB by triggering the release of Ca2+ from the acidic compartment, and they suggest that lysosomal Ca2+ channels may represent new druggable targets to counteract the onset of autophagy-mediated endocrine resistance in luminal A breast cancer cells.
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- Cecilia Boretto
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy; (C.B.); (C.A.); (G.F.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy; (C.B.); (C.A.); (G.F.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, 10149 Turin, Italy; (F.C.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, 10149 Turin, Italy; (F.C.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy; (C.B.); (C.A.); (G.F.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy; (C.B.); (C.A.); (G.F.); (G.M.)
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- Laboratory of General Physiology, Department of Biology and Biotechnology “L. Spallanzani”, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy; (C.B.); (C.A.); (G.F.); (G.M.)
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Giuntoli G, Muzio G, Actis C, Ganora A, Calzone S, Bruno M, Ciardelli G, Carmagnola I, Tonda-Turo C. In-vitro Characterization of a Hernia Mesh Featuring a Nanostructured Coating. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 8:589223. [PMID: 33553112 PMCID: PMC7856147 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.589223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abdominal hernia repair is a frequently performed surgical procedure worldwide. Currently, the use of polypropylene (PP) surgical meshes for the repair of abdominal hernias constitutes the primary surgical approach, being widely accepted as superior to primary suture repair. Surgical meshes act as a reinforcement for the weakened or damaged tissues and support tissue restoration. However, implanted meshes could suffer from poor integration with the surrounding tissues. In this context, the present study describes the preliminary evaluation of a PCL-Gel-based nanofibrous coating as an element to develop a multicomponent hernia mesh device (meshPCL-Gel) that could overcome this limitation thanks to the presence of a nanostructured biomimetic substrate for enhanced cell attachment and new tissue formation. Through the electrospinning technique, a commercial PP hernia mesh was coated with a nanofibrous membrane from a polycaprolactone (PCL) and gelatin (Gel) blend (PCL-Gel). Resulting PCL-Gel nanofibers were homogeneous and defect-free, with an average diameter of 0.15 ± 0.04 μm. The presence of Gel decreased PCL hydrophobicity, so that membranes average water contact angle dropped from 138.9 ± 1.1° (PCL) to 99.9 ± 21.6°, while it slightly influenced mechanical properties, which remained comparable to those of PCL (E = 15.7 ± 2.7 MPa, σ R = 7.7 ± 0.6 ε R = 118.8 ± 13.2%). Hydrolytic and enzymatic degradation was conducted on PCL-Gel up to 28 days, with maximum weight losses around 20 and 40%, respectively. The meshPCL-Gel device was obtained with few simple steps, with no influences on the original mechanical properties of the bare mesh, and good stability under physiological conditions. The biocompatibility of meshPCL-Gel was assessed by culturing BJ human fibroblasts on the device, up to 7 days. After 24 h, cells adhered to the nanofibrous substrate, and after 72 h their metabolic activity was about 70% with respect to control cells. The absence of detectable lactate dehydrogenase in the culture medium indicated that no necrosis induction occurred. Hence, the developed nanostructured coating provided the meshPCL-Gel device with chemical and topographical cues similar to the native extracellular matrix ones, that could be exploited for enhancing the biological response and, consequently, mesh integration, in abdominal wall hernia repair.
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- Giulia Giuntoli
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
- POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
- POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Department for Materials and Devices of the National Research Council, Institute for the Chemical and Physical Processes (CNR-IPCF UOS), Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
- POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
- POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
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Aspesi A, Betti M, Sculco M, Actis C, Olgasi C, Wlodarski MW, Vlachos A, Lipton JM, Ramenghi U, Santoro C, Follenzi A, Ellis SR, Dianzani I. A functional assay for the clinical annotation of genetic variants of uncertain significance in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:1102-1111. [PMID: 29766597 PMCID: PMC6055729 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare genetic hypoplasia of erythroid progenitors characterized by mild to severe anemia and associated with congenital malformations. Clinical manifestations in DBA patients are quite variable and genetic testing has become a critical factor in establishing a diagnosis of DBA. The majority of DBA cases are due to heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in ribosomal protein (RP) genes. Causative mutations are fairly straightforward to identify in the case of large deletions and frameshift and nonsense mutations found early in a protein coding sequence, but diagnosis becomes more challenging in the case of missense mutations and small in-frame indels. Our group recently characterized the phenotype of lymphoblastoid cell lines established from DBA patients with pathogenic lesions in RPS19 and observed that defective pre-rRNA processing, a hallmark of the disease, was rescued by lentiviral vectors expressing wild-type RPS19. Here, we use this complementation assay to determine whether RPS19 variants of unknown significance are capable of rescuing pre-rRNA processing defects in these lymphoblastoid cells as a means of assessing the effects of these sequence changes on the function of the RPS19 protein. This approach will be useful in differentiating pathogenic mutations from benign polymorphisms in identifying causative genes in DBA patients.
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- Anna Aspesi
- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Feinstein Institute for Medical ResearchManhassetNew York
- Division of Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell TransplantationCohen Children's Medical Center of New YorkNew Hyde ParkNew York
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- Feinstein Institute for Medical ResearchManhassetNew York
- Division of Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell TransplantationCohen Children's Medical Center of New YorkNew Hyde ParkNew York
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric SciencesUniversity of TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsUniversity of LouisvilleLouisvilleKentucky
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- Department of Health SciencesUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleNovaraItaly
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Aspesi A, Monteleone V, Betti M, Actis C, Morleo G, Sculco M, Guarrera S, Wlodarski MW, Ramenghi U, Santoro C, Ellis SR, Loreni F, Follenzi A, Dianzani I. Lymphoblastoid cell lines from Diamond Blackfan anaemia patients exhibit a full ribosomal stress phenotype that is rescued by gene therapy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12010. [PMID: 28931864 PMCID: PMC5607337 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12307-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Diamond Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is a congenital bone marrow failure syndrome characterised by selective red cell hypoplasia. DBA is most often due to heterozygous mutations in ribosomal protein (RP) genes that lead to defects in ribosome biogenesis and function and result in ribosomal stress and p53 activation. The molecular mechanisms underlying this pathology are still poorly understood and studies on patient erythroid cells are hampered by their paucity. Here we report that RP-mutated lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) established from DBA patients show defective rRNA processing and ribosomal stress features such as reduced proliferation, decreased protein synthesis, and activation of p53 and its target p21. These phenotypic alterations were corrected by gene complementation. Our data indicate that DBA LCLs could be a useful model for molecular and pharmacological investigations.
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- Anna Aspesi
- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, and Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Torino, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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Capalbo M, Actis C, Maurizia R, Brunetto R, Poli G, Baldi M, Palmisano L, Verme G, Bonino F. Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with beta interferon given intramuscularly: a pilot study. Ital J Gastroenterol 1992; 24:203-5. [PMID: 1600196] [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: 12/27/2022]
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In a pilot study aimed to test the therapeutic potential of beta interferon (IFN) given intramuscularly we treated 4 patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B with a progressively increased dosage of beta IFN (from 5 to 9 million units daily) for 1 month and with 9 million units for 5 additional months, thrice weekly. In 3 of the 4 patients, serum HBV-DNA decreased during therapy and remained undetectable in 2 who seroconverted from HBeAg to anti-HBe while in 1 patient viraemia rebounded to pretreatment levels during the follow-up. In the remaining patient serum HBV-DNA fluctuated during treatment. These results suggest that beta IFN given intramuscularly has a potential therapeutic efficacy in patients with chronic hepatitis B and prompt further clinical trials in a larger number of patients.
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- M Capalbo
- Servizio di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale Molinette, Torino, Italy
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