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2024
Bruno D, Orlando M, Testa E, Carnevale Miino M, Pesaro G, Miceli M, Pollegioni L, Barbera V, Fasoli E, Draghi L, Baltrocchi APD, Ferronato N, Seri R, Maggi E, Caccia S, Casartelli M, Molla G, Galimberti MS, Torretta V, Vezzulli A, Tettamanti G. Valorization of organic waste through black soldier fly: On the way of a real circular bioeconomy process. Waste Manag. 2025 Jan 1;191:123-134. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2024.10.030. Epub 2024 Nov 11.
Citarella A, Cavinato M, Rosini E, Shehi H, Ballabio F, Camilloni C, Fasano V, Silvani A, Passarella D, Pollegioni L, Nardini M. Nicotinic acid derivatives as novel noncompetitive α-amylase and α-glucosidase Inhibitors for type 2 diabetes treatment. ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2024, doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00190.
Molinari F, Salini A, Vittore A, Santoro O, Izzo L, Fusco S, Pollegioni L, Rosini E. Bio-based production of cis,cis-muconic acid as platform for a sustainable polymers production. Bioresour Technol. 2024, 31:131190. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131190.
Garofalo M, De Simone G, Motta Z, Nuzzo T, De Grandis E, Bruno C, Boeri S, Riccio MP, Pastore L, Bravaccio C, Iasevoli F, Salvatore F, Pollegioni L, Errico F, de Bartolomeis A, Usiello A. Decreased free D-aspartate levels in the blood serum of patients with schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2024,15:1408175. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1408175.
Riva D, Orlando M, Rabattoni V, Pollegioni L. On the quaternary structure of human D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase. Protein Sci. 2024, 33(8):e5089. doi: 10.1002/pro.5089.
Domingo G, Marsoni M, Davide E, Fortunato S, de Pinto MC, Bracale M, Molla G, Gehring C, Vannini C. The cAMP-dependent phosphorylation footprint in response to heat stress. Plant Cell Rep. 2024 May 7;43(6):137. doi: 10.1007/s00299-024-03213-y.
Diana D, Pirone L, Russo L, D’Abrosca G, Madheswaran M, Benfante R, Di Lascio S, Caldinelli L, Fornasari D, Acconcia C, Corvino A, Ventserova N, Pollegioni L, Isernia C, Di Gaetano S, Malgieri G, Pedone EM, Fattorusso R. Structural characterization of PHOX2B and its DNA interaction shed light on the molecular basis of the +7Ala variant pathogenicity in CCHS. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 8858-8872. doi: 10.1039/D3SC06427A.
Ringlet S, Motta Z, Vandries L, Seutin V, Jehasse K, Caldinelli L, Pollegioni L, Engel D. Co-agonist glycine controls the occurrence of bursts by activating extrasynaptic NMDARs in nigral dopamine neurons. bioRxiv; 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.06.597701.
Pollegioni L, Campanini B, Good JM, Motta Z, Murtas G, Buoli Comani V, Pavlidou DC, Mercier N, Mittaz-Crettol L, Sacchi S, Marchesani F. L-serine deficiency: on the properties of the Asn133Ser variant of human phosphoserine phosphatase. Sci Rep. 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63164-y.
Errichiello E, Lecca M, Vantaggiato C, Motta Z, Zanotta N, Zucca C, Bertuzzo S, Piubelli L, Pollegioni L, Bonaglia MC. Further evidence supporting the role of GTDC1 in glycine metabolism and neurodevelopmental disorders. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41431-024-01603-0.
Pennone V, Rosini E, Mascheroni E, Gianola S, Castellini G, Bargeri S, Lovati AB. Revolutionizing orthopedic healthcare: a systematic review unveiling recombinant antimicrobial peptides. Front. Microbiol. 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1370826. Review
Marchesani F, Buoli Comani V, Bruno S, Mozzarelli A, Carcelli M, Pollegioni L, Caldinelli L, Peracchi A, Campanini B. Effect of L-serine and magnesium ions on the functional properties of human phosphoserine phosphatase and its pathogenetic variants. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2024,167034, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167034.
Bernardini R, Tengattini S, Li Z, Piubelli L, Bavaro T, Modolea AB, Mattei M, Conti P, Marini S, Zhang Y, Pollegioni L, Temporini C, Terreni M. Effect of glycosylation on the affinity of the MTB protein Ag85B for specific antibodies: towards the design of a dual-acting vaccine against tuberculosis. Biol Direct. 2024,19(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13062-024-00454-5.
Mangini V, Rosini E, Caliandro R, Mangiatordi GF, Delre P, Sciancalepore AG, Pollegioni L, Haidukowski M, Mazzorana M, Sumarah MW, Renaud JB, Flaig R, Mulè G, Belviso BD, Loi M. DypB peroxidase for aflatoxin removal: New insights into the toxin degradation process. Chemosphere 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140826.
2023
Rabattoni V, Motta Z, Miceli M, Molla G, Fissore A, Adinolfi S, Pollegioni L, Sacchi S. On the regulation of human D-aspartate oxidase. Protein Sci. 2023 Oct 8:e4802. doi: 10.1002/pro.4802.
Murtas G, Zerbini E, Rabattoni V, Motta Z, Caldinelli L, Orlando M, Marchesani F, Campanini B, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L. Biochemical and cellular studies of three human 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase variants responsible for pathological reduced L-serine levels. Biofactors. 2023 Aug 31. doi: 10.1002/biof.2002.
Marchesani F, Michielon A, Viale E, Bianchera A, Cavazzini D, Pollegioni L, Murtas G, Mozzarelli A, Bettati S, Peracchi A, Campanini B, Bruno S. Phosphoserine Aminotransferase Pathogenetic Variants in Serine Deficiency Disorders: A Functional Characterization. Biomolecules. 2023 Aug 4;13(8):1219. doi: 10.3390/biom13081219.
Rosini E, Boreggio M, Verga M, Caldinelli L, Pollegioni L, Fasoli E. The D-amino acid oxidase-carbon nanotubes: evaluation of cytotoxicity and biocompatibility of a potential anticancer nanosystem. 3 Biotech. 2023 Jul;13(7):243. doi: 10.1007/s13205-023-03568-1.
Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Molla G. The Symmetric Active Site of Enantiospecific Enzymes. Symmetry 2023. 15(5), 1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15051017. Review
Tengattini S, Rubes D, Serra M, Piubelli L, Pollegioni L, Calleri E, Bavaro T, Massolini G, Terreni M, Temporini C. Glycovaccine Design: Optimization of Model and Antitubercular Carrier Glycosylation via Disuccinimidyl Homobifunctional Linker. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Apr 23;15(5):1321. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15051321.
Tripodi F, Motta Z, Murtas G, Rabattoni V, Nonnis S, Scalvini FG, Rinaldi AM, Rizzi R, Bearzi C, Badone B, Sacchi S, Tedeschi G, Maffioli E, Coccetti P, Pollegioni L. Serine metabolism during differentiation of human iPSC-derived astrocytes. FEBS J. 2023 May 11. doi: 10.1111/febs.16816.
Rabattoni V, Marchesani F, Murtas G, Sacchi S, Mozzarelli A, Bruno S, Peracchi A, Pollegioni L, Campanini B. The human phosphorylated pathway: a multienzyme metabolic assembly for L-serine biosynthesis. FEBS J. 2023 doi: 10.1111/febs.16787.
Rosini E, Molinari F, Miani D, Pollegioni L. Lignin valorization: production of high value-added compounds by engineered microorganisms. Catalysts. 2023; 13(3):555. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13030555. Review
Marchesani F, Zangelmi E, Murtas G, Costanzi E, Ullah R, Peracchi A, Bruno S, Pollegioni L, Mozzarelli A, Storici P, Campanini B. L-Serine biosynthesis in the human central nervous system: structure and function of phosphoserine aminotransferase. Protein Sci. 2023 Feb 27:e4609. doi: 10.1002/pro.4609.
Orlando M, Molla G, Castellani P, Pirillo V, Torretta V, Ferronato N. Microbial enzyme biotechnology to reach plastic waste circularity: current status, problems and perspectives. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 15;24(4):3877. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043877.
Bisaccia M, Binda E, Rosini E, Caruso G, Dell'Acqua O, Azzaro M, Laganà P, Tedeschi G, Maffioli EM, Pollegioni L, Marinelli F. A novel promising laccase from the psychrotolerant and halotolerant Antarctic marine Halomonas sp. M68 strain. Front Microbiol. 2023 Feb 10;14:1078382. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1078382.
Murtas G, Pollegioni L. D-Amino acids and cancer: friends or foes? Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 3274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043274. Review
Świętochowska D, Łochowicz A, Ocal N, Pollegioni L, Charmantray F, Hecquet L, Szymańska K. Co-Immobilization of D-Amino Acid Oxidase, Catalase, and Transketolase for One-Pot, Two-Step Synthesis of L-Erythrulose. Catalysts 2023, 13, 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13010095.
Molinari F, Pollegioni L, Rosini E. Whole-cell bioconversion of renewable biomasses-related aromatics to cis,cis-muconic acid. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023 Feb 1. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06534.
Pirillo V, Orlando M, Battaglia C, Pollegioni L, Molla G. Efficient polyethylene terephthalate degradation at moderate temperature: a protein engineering study of LC-cutinase highlights the key role of residue 243. FEBS J. 2023 Jan 24. doi: 10.1111/febs.16736.
2022
Bono N, Saroglia G, Marcuzzo S, Giagnorio E, Lauria G, Rosini E, De Nardo L, Athanassiou A, Candiani G, Perotto G. Silk fibroin microgels as a platform for cell microencapsulation. J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2022 Dec 31;34(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s10856-022-06706-y.
Rosini E, Pollegioni L. Optimized rapid production of recombinant secreted proteins in CHO cells grown in suspension: The case of RBD. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 2022 Oct 3. doi: 10.1002/bab.2409.
Maffioli E, Murtas G, Rabattoni V, Badone B, Tripodi F, Iannuzzi F, Licastro D, Nonnis S, Rinaldi AM, Motta Z, Sacchi S, Canu N, Tedeschi G, Coccetti P, Pollegioni L. Insulin and serine metabolism as sex-specific hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in the human hippocampus. Cell Reports 2022, Volume 40, Issue 10, 111271, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111271.
Murtas G, Pollegioni L. D-amino Acids as Novel Blood-based Biomarkers. Curr Med Chem. 2022, 29(24):4202-4215. doi: 10.2174/0929867328666211125092438. Review
Vignali E, Gigli M, Cailotto S, Pollegioni L, Rosini E, Crestini C. The laccase-Lig multienzymatic multistep system in lignin valorization. Chem. Sus. Chem. 2022 Aug 2:e202201147. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202201147.
Giangeri G, Morlino MS, De Bernardini N, Ji M, Bosaro M, Pirillo V, Antoniali P, Molla G, Raga R, Treu L, Campanaro S. Preliminary investigation of microorganisms potentially involved in microplastics degradation using an integrated metagenomic and biochemical approach. Sci. Total Environ. 2022 Jun 28;843:157017. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157017.
Murtas G, Pollegioni L, Molla G, Sacchi S. Biochemical properties and physiological functions of pLG72: Twenty years of investigations. Biomolecules 2022 Jun 20;12(6):858. doi: 10.3390/biom12060858. Review
Pollegioni L, Molla G. The conundrum in enzymatic reactions related to biosynthesis of D-amino acids in bacteria. FEBS J. 2022 May 19. doi: 10.1111/febs.16475.
Boreggio M, Rosini E, Gambarotti C, Pollegioni L, Fasoli E. Unveiling the bio-corona fingerprinting of potential anticancer carbon nanotubes coupled with D-amino acid oxidase. Mol. Biotechnol. 2022, Oct;64(10):1164-1176. doi: 10.1007/s12033-022-00488-y. Epub 2022 Apr 25.
Pirillo V, Orlando M, Tessaro D, Pollegioni L, Molla G. An efficient protein evolution workflow for the improvement of bacterial PET hydrolyzing enzymes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(1), 264. doi: 10.3390/ijms23010264.
2021
Moussa S, Rosini E, Chitsaz D, Pollegioni L, Kennedy TE, Mauzeroll J. High-throughput strategy for glycine oxidase biosensor development reveals glycine release from cultured cells. Anal Chem. 2021. Dec 14;93(49):16504-16511. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03620. Epub 2021 Nov 29.
Rosini E, Pollegioni L. Reactive oxygen species as a double-edged sword: the role of oxidative enzymes in antitumor therapy. Biofactors. 2022. Mar;48(2):384-399. doi: 10.1002/biof.1789. Epub 2021 Oct 4. Review
Vignali E, Pollegioni L, Di Nardo G, Valetti F, Gazzola S, Gilardi G, Rosini E. Multi-enzymatic cascade reactions for the synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid. Adv. Synth.Catal. 2021. doi: 10.1002/adsc.202100849.
Moussa S, Murtas G, Pollegioni L, Mauzeroll J. Enhancing electrochemical biosensor selectivity with engineered D-amino acid oxidase enzymes for D-serine and D-alanine quantification. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2021. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00409.
Pollegioni L, Molla G, Sacchi S, Murtas G. Human D-aspartate oxidase: a key player in D-aspartate metabolism. Front Mol Biosci. 2021, 8:689719. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.689719. Review
Rosini E, Volpi NA, Ziffels B, Grimaldi A, Sacchi S, Neri D, Pollegioni L. An antibody-based enzymatic therapy for cancer treatment: The selective localization of D-amino acid oxidase to EDA fibronectin. Nanomedicine. 2021 Aug;36:102424. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102424. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
Dallérac G, Li X, Lecouflet P, Morisot N, Sacchi S, Asselot R, Pham TH, Potier B, Watson DJG, Schmidt S, Levasseur G, Fossat P, Besedin A, Rivet JM, Coyle JT, Collo G, Pollegioni L, Kehr J, Galante M, Fone KC, Gardier AM, Freret T, Contarino A, Millan MJ, Mothet JP. Dopaminergic neuromodulation of prefrontal cortex activity requires the NMDA receptor coagonist D-serine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021, 118(23):e2023750118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023750118.
Sacchi S, Rabattoni V, Miceli M, Pollegioni L. Yin and Yang in post-translational modifications of human D-amino acid oxidase. Front Mol Biosci. 2021 May 10;8:684934. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.684934.
Murtas G, Marcone GL, Peracchi A, Zangelmi E, Pollegioni, L. Biochemical and biophysical characterization of recombinant human 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 4231. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22084231.
Pirillo V, Pollegioni L, Molla G. Analytical methods for the investigation of enzyme-catalyzed degradation of polyethylene terephthalate. FEBS J. 2021 Aug;288(16):4730-4745. doi: 10.1111/febs.15850. Epub 2021 May 14.
Moussa S, Chhin D, Pollegioni L, Mauzeroll J. Quantitative measurements of free and immobilized RgDAAO Michaelis-Menten constant using an electrochemical assay reveal the impact of covalent cross-linking on substrate specificity. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2021 Nov;413(27):6793-6802. doi: 10.1007/s00216-021-03273-z. Epub 2021 Apr 1.
Rabattoni V, Pollegioni L, Tedeschi G, Maffioli E, Sacchi S. Cellular studies of the two main isoforms of human D-aspartate oxidase. FEBS J. 2021 Aug;288(16):4939-4954. doi: 10.1111/febs.15797. Epub 2021 Mar 30.
Moussa S, Van Horn M R, Shah A, Pollegioni L, Thibodeaux C J, Ruthazer E S, Mauzeroll J. Editors' Choice—A Miniaturized Enzymatic Biosensor for Detection of Sensory-Evoked D-serine Release in the Brain. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2021,168, 025502.
Piubelli L, Murtas G, Rabattoni V, Pollegioni L. The role of D-amino acids in Alzheimer’s disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021, 80:475-492. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201217. Review
Piubelli L, Pollegioni L, Rabattoni V, Mauri M, Princiotta-Cariddi L, Versino M, Sacchi S. Serum D-serine levels are altered in early phases of Alzheimer's desease: towards a precocious biomarker. Transl Psych. 2021, 11:77. doi: org/10.1038/s41398-021-01202-3.
Murtas G, Sacchi S, Tedeschi G, Maffioli E, Notomista E, Cafaro V, Abbondi M, Mothet JP, Pollegioni L. Antimicrobial D-amino acid oxidase-derived peptides specify gut microbiota. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021, 78:3607-3620. doi: 10.1007/s00018-020-03755-w.
2020
Brennenstuhl H, Didiasova M, Assmann B, Bertoldi M, Molla G, Jung-Klawitter S, Kuseyri Hübschmann O, Schröter J, Opladen T, Tikkanen R. Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency: in vitro and in silico characterization of a novel pathogenic missense variant and analysis of the mutational spectrum of ALDH5A1. Int J Mol Sci. 2020, 21: 8578. doi: 10.3390/ijms21228578.
Marcone GL, Rosini E, Crespi E, Pollegioni L. D-amino acids in foods. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2020, 104:555-574. doi: 10.1007/s00253-019-10264-9.Review
Pollegioni L, Rosini E, Molla G. Advances in enzymatic synthesis of D-amino acids. Int J Mol Sci. 2020, 21: 3206. doi: 10.3390/ijms21093206. Review
Rosini E, Pollegioni L. PEG-DAAO conjugate: a promising tool for cancer therapy optimized by protein engineering. Nanomedicine. 2020, 24:102122. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2019.102122.
Molla G, Chaves-Sanjuan A, Savinelli A, Nardini M, Pollegioni L. Structure and kinetic properties of human D-aspartate oxidase, the enzyme-controlling D-aspartate levels in brain. FASEB J. 2020, 34:1182-1197. doi: 10.1096/fj.201901703R.
Rosini E, D'Antona P, Pollegioni L. Biosensors for D-amino acids: detection methods and applications. Int J Mol Sci. 2020, 21: 4574. doi: 10.3390/ijms21134574. Review
Carenzi G, Sacchi S, Abbondi M, Pollegioni L. Direct chromatographic methods for enantioresolution of amino acids: recent developments. Amino Acids. 2020, 52: 849-862. doi: 10.1007/s00726-020-02873-w. Review
Murtas G, Marcone GL, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L. L-serine synthesis via the phosphorylated pathway in humans. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020. Dec;77(24):5131-5148. doi: 10.1007/s00018-020-03574-z. Epub 2020 Jun 27. Review
Puggioni V, Savinelli A, Miceli M, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Sacchi S. Biochemical characterization of mouse D-aspartate oxidase. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2020, 1868:140472. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140472.
Tomasello G, Armenia I, Molla G. The Protein Imager: a full-featured online molecular viewer interface with server-side HQ-rendering capabilities. Bioinformatics. 2020, 36:2909-2911. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa009.
Rosini E, De Vito A, Ponti F, Scaldaferri D, Pollegioni L, Acquati F. Expression and purification of the human tumor suppressor protein RNASET2 in CHO-S cells. Protein Expr Purif. 2020, 174: 105675. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105675.
La Vitola P, Balducci C, Baroni M, Artioli L, Santamaria G, Castiglioni M, Cerovic M, Colombo L, Caldinelli L, Pollegioni L, Forloni G. Peripheral inflammation exacerbates α-synuclein toxicity and neuropathology in Parkinson's models. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2020. Feb;47(1):43-60. doi: 10.1111/nan.12644. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
Murtas G, Sacchi S, Kumar MS, Bosco DA, Pollegioni L. Is the primate-specific protein pLG72 affecting SOD1 functionality and superoxide formation? Free Radic Res. 2020, 54: 419-430. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2020.1791335.
Loi M, Renaud JB, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Vignali E, Haidukowski M, Sumarah MW, Logrieco AF, Mulè G. Enzymatic transformation of aflatoxin B1 by Rh_DypB peroxidase and characterization of the reaction products. Chemosphere. 2020, 250: 126296. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126296.
Deng X, Zhang Y, Chen Z, Kumata K, Van R, Rong J, Shao T, Hatori A, Mori W, Yu Q, Hu K, Fujinaga M, Wey HY, Shao Y, Josephson L, Murtas G, Pollegioni L, Zhang MR, Liang S. Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of 4-hydroxy-6-(3-[11C]methoxyphenethyl)pyridazin-3(2H)-one, a 11C-labeled d-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) inhibitor for PET imaging. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2020, 30: 127326. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127326.
Baranzini N, De Vito A, Orlandi VT, Reguzzoni M, Monti L, de Eguileor M, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Tettamanti G, Acquati F, Grimaldi A. Antimicrobial role of RNASET2 protein during innate immune response in the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Front Immunol. 2020, 11: 370. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00370.
2019
Mothet JP, Billard JM, Pollegioni L, Coyle JT, Sweedler JV. Investigating brain D-serine: advocacy for good practices. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2019, 226: e13257. doi: 10.1111/apha.13257. Review.
Nuzzo T, Punzo D, Devoto P, Rosini E, Paciotti S, Sacchi S, Li Q, Thiolat ML, Véga C, Carella M, Carta M, Gardoni F, Calabresi P, Pollegioni L, Bezard E, Parnetti L, Errico F, Usiello A. The levels of the NMDA receptor co-agonist D-serine are reduced in the substantia nigra of MPTP-lesioned macaques and in the cerebrospinal fluid of Parkinson's disease patients. Sci Rep. 2019, 9: 8898. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45419-1.
Motta P, Pollegioni L, Molla G. Properties of L-amino acid deaminase: en route to optimize bioconversion reactions. Biochimie. 2019, 158:199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.01.010.
Nuzzo T, Feligioni M, Cristino L, Pagano I, Marcelli S, Iannuzzi F, Imperatore R, D'Angelo L, Petrella C, Carella M, Pollegioni L, Sacchi S, Punzo D, De Girolamo P, Errico F, Canu N, Usiello A. Free D-aspartate triggers NMDA receptor-dependent cell death in primary cortical neurons and perturbs JNK activation, Tau phosphorylation, and protein SUMOylation in the cerebral cortex of mice lacking D-aspartate oxidase activity. Exp Neurol. 2019, 317: 51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2019.02.014.
Marcone GL, Binda E, Rosini E, Abbondi M, Pollegioni L. Antibacterial properties of D-amino acid oxidase: impact on the food industry. Front Microbiol. 2019, 10: 2786. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02786.
Rinaldi F, Lupu L, Rusche H, Kukačka Z, Tengattini S, Bernardini R, Piubelli L, Bavaro T, Maeser S, Pollegioni L, Calleri E, Przybylski M, Temporini C. Epitope and affinity determination of recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B antigen towards anti-Ag85 antibodies using proteolytic affinity-mass spectrometry and biosensor analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019, 411: 439-448. doi: 10.1007/s00216-018-1466-z.
Elfgen A, Hupert M, Bochinsky K, Tusche M, González de San Román Martin E, Gering I, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L, Huesgen PF, Hartmann R, Santiago-Schübel B, Kutzsche J, Willbold D. Metabolic resistance of the D-peptide RD2 developed for direct elimination of amyloid-β oligomers. Sci Rep. 2019, 9: 5715. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41993-6.
Pirone L, Caldinelli L, Di Lascio S, Di Girolamo R, Di Gaetano S, Fornasari D, Pollegioni L, Benfante R, Pedone E. Molecular insights into the role of the polyalanine region in mediating PHOX2B aggregation. FEBS J. 2019, 286: 2505-2521. doi: 10.1111/febs.14841.
La Vitola P, Beeg M, Balducci C, Santamaria G, Restelli E, Colombo L, Caldinelli L, Pollegioni L, Gobbi M, Chiesa R, Forloni G. Cellular prion protein neither binds to alpha-synuclein oligomers nor mediates their detrimental effects. Brain. 2019, 142: 249-254. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy318.
Murtas G, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L. Substitution of arginine 120 in human D-amino acid oxidase favors FAD-binding and nuclear mistargeting. Front Mol Biosci. 2019, 6: 125. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00125.
Vismara E, Bernardi A, Bongio C, Farè S, Pappalardo S, Serafini A, Pollegioni L, Rosini E, Torri G. Bacterial nanocellulose and its surface modification by glycidyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Incorporation of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019, 9: 1668. doi: 10.3390/nano9121668.
Rosini E, Pollegioni L. PEG-DAAO conjugate: A promising tool for cancer therapy optimized by protein engineering. Nanomedicine 2020, 24:102122. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2019.102122.
Rosini E, Pollegioni L. A comprehensive practical laboratory course on protein engineering: evolution of a glycine oxidase variant active on the herbicide glyphosate. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2019, 47: 689-699. doi: 10.1002/bmb.21291.
2018
Pollegioni L, Sacchi S, Murtas G. Human D-amino acid oxidase: structure, function, and regulation. Front Mol Biosci. 2018, 5:107. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00107. Review.
Pollegioni L, Sasabe J. Editorial: Bioscience of D-amino acid oxidase from biochemistry to pathophysiology. Front Mol Biosci. 2018, 5: 108. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00108.
La Vitola P, Balducci C, Cerovic M, Santamaria G, Brandi E, Grandi F, Caldinelli L, Colombo L, Morgese MG, Trabace L, Pollegioni L, Albani D, Forloni G. Alpha-synuclein oligomers impair memory through glial cell activation and via Toll-like receptor 2. Brain Behav Immun. 2018, 69: 591-602. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.02.012.
Cappelletti P, Tallarita E, Rabattoni V, Campomenosi P, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L. Proline oxidase controls proline, glutamate, and glutamine cellular concentrations in a U87 glioblastoma cell line. PLoS One. 2018, 13: e0196283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196283.
Pollegioni L, Piubelli L, Molla G, Rosini E. D-amino acid oxidase-pLG72 interaction and D-serine modulation. Front Mol Biosci. 2018, 5: 3. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00003. Review.
Melis R, Rosini E, Pirillo V, Pollegioni L, Molla G. In vitro evolution of an L-amino acid deaminase active on L-1-naphthylalanine. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8: 5359-5367. doi: 10.1039/c8cy01380b.
Rosini E, Caldinelli L, Piubelli L. Assays of D-amino acid oxidase activity. Front Mol Biosci. 2018, 4:102. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00102.
Tengattini S, Rinaldi F, Piubelli L, Kupfer T, Peters B, Bavaro T, Calleri E, Massolini G, Temporini C. Enterokinase monolithic bioreactor as an efficient tool for biopharmaceuticals preparation: on-line cleavage of fusion proteins and analytical characterization of released products. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2018, 157: 10-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.05.005.
Sacchi S, Cappelletti P, Murtas G. Biochemical properties of human D-amino acid oxidase variants and their potential significance in pathologies. Front Mol Biosci. 2018, 5: 55. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00055. Review.
Keller S, Punzo D, Cuomo M, Affinito O, Coretti L, Sacchi S, Florio E, Lembo F, Carella M, Copetti M, Cocozza S, Balu DT, Errico F, Usiello A, Chiariotti L. DNA methylation landscape of the genes regulating D-serine and D-aspartate metabolism in post-mortem brain from controls and subjects with schizophrenia. Sci Rep. 2018, 8: 10163. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28332-x.
Pollegioni L, Mothet JP, Molla G. Special issue on "D-amino acids: biology in the mirror". Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2018, 1866: 741-742. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.04.009.
Raboni S, Revtovich S, Demitri N, Giabbai B, Storici P, Cocconcelli C, Faggiano S, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Galati S, Buschini A, Morozova E, Kulikova V, Nikulin A, Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Demidkina T, Mozzarelli A. Engineering methionine γ-lyase from Citrobacter freundii for anticancer activity. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2018, 1866:1260-1270. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.09.011.
Bernetti M, Rosini E, Mollica L, Masetti M, Pollegioni L, Recanatini M, Cavalli A. Binding residence time through scaled molecular dynamics: a prospective application to hDAAO inhibitors. J Chem Inf Model. 2018, 58: 2255-2265. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00518.
Vignali E, Tonin F, Pollegioni L, Rosini E. Characterization and use of a bacterial lignin peroxidase with an improved manganese-oxidative activity. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018, 102: 10579-10588. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9409-3.
Berini F, Verce M, Ausec L, Rosini E, Tonin F, Pollegioni L, Mandić-Mulec I. Isolation and characterization of a heterologously expressed bacterial laccase from the anaerobe Geobacter metallireducens. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018, 102: 2425-2439. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-8785-z.
Murtas G, Caldinelli L, Cappelletti P, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L. Human D-amino acid oxidase: the inactive G183R variant. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2018, 1866:822-830. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.12.007.
Saviane A, Romoli O, Bozzato A, Freddi G, Cappelletti C, Rosini E, Cappellozza S, Tettamanti G, Sandrelli F. Intrinsic antimicrobial properties of silk spun by genetically modified silkworm strains. Transgenic Res. 2018, 27: 87-101. doi: 10.1007/s11248-018-0059-0.
2017
Ferreira JS, Papouin T, Ladépêche L, Yao A, Langlais VC, Bouchet D, Dulong J, Mothet JP, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L, Paoletti P, Oliet SHR, Groc L. Co-agonists differentially tune GluN2B-NMDA receptor trafficking at hippocampal synapses. Elife. 2017 Jun 9;6:e25492. doi: 10.7554/eLife.25492. PMID: 28598327; PMCID: PMC5466419.
Molla G, Melis R, Pollegioni L. Breaking the mirror: L-amino acid deaminase, a novel stereoselective biocatalyst. Biotechnol Adv. 2017, 35: 657-668. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.07.011. Review.
Murtas G, Sacchi S, Valentino M, Pollegioni L. Biochemical properties of human D-amino acid oxidase. Front Mol Biosci. 2017, 4: 88. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00088.
Rinaldi F, Tengattini S, Calleri E, Bavaro T, Piubelli L, Pollegioni L, Massolini G, Temporini C. Application of a rapid HILIC-UV method for synthesis optimization and stability studies of immunogenic neo-glycoconjugates. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2017, 144: 252-262. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.03.052.
Cappelletti P, Binda E, Tunesi M, Albani D, Giordano C, Molla G, Pollegioni L. Recombinant human Tat-Hsp70-2: A tool for neuroprotection. Protein Expr Purif. 2017, 138: 18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.07.005.
Sacchi S, Cappelletti P, Pirone L, Smaldone G, Pedone E, Pollegioni L. Elucidating the role of the pLG72 R30K substitution in schizophrenia susceptibility. FEBS Lett. 2017, 591: 646-655. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12585.
Cassidy J, Bruen L, Rosini E, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Paradisi F. Engineering substrate promiscuity in halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase (HvADH2) by in silico design. PLoS One. 2017, 12: e0187482. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187482.
Rosini E, Melis R, Molla G, Tessaro D, Pollegioni L. Deracemization and stereoinversion of α-amino acids by L-amino acid deaminase. Adv Synth Catal. 2017, 359: 3773-3781. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201700806.
Van Horn MR, Strasser A, Miraucourt LS, Pollegioni L, Ruthazer ES. The gliotransmitter D-serine promotes synapse maturation and axonal stabilization in vivo. J Neurosci. 2017, 37: 6277-6288. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3158-16.2017.
Casciello C, Tonin F, Berini F, Fasoli E, Marinelli F, Pollegioni L, Rosini E. A valuable peroxidase activity from the novel species Nonomuraea gerenzanensis growing on alkali lignin. Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2017, 13: 49-57. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2016.12.005.
Berini F, Presti I, Beltrametti F, Pedroli M, Vårum KM, Pollegioni L, Sjöling S, Marinelli F. Production and characterization of a novel antifungal chitinase identified by functional screening of a suppressive-soil metagenome. Microb Cell Fact. 2017, 16: 16. doi: 10.1186/s12934-017-0634-8.
Luks L, Maier MY, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L, Dietrich DR. Understanding renal nuclear protein accumulation: an in vitro approach to explain an in vivo phenomenon. Arch Toxicol. 2017, 91: 3599-3611. doi: 10.1007/s00204-017-1970-5.
Tengattini S, Domínguez-Vega E, Temporini C, Bavaro T, Rinaldi F, Piubelli L, Pollegioni L, Massolini G, Somsen GW. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as a new tool for the characterization of intact semi-synthetic glycoproteins. Anal Chim Acta. 2017, 981: 94-105. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.05.020.
Tonin F, Vignali E, Pollegioni L, D'Arrigo P, Rosini E. A novel, simple screening method for investigating the properties of lignin oxidative activity. Enzyme Microb Technol. 2017, 96: 143-150. doi: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2016.10.013.
Nuzzo T, Sacchi S, Errico F, Keller S, Palumbo O, Florio E, Punzo D, Napolitano F, Copetti M, Carella M, Chiariotti L, Bertolino A, Pollegioni L, Usiello A. Decreased free D-aspartate levels are linked to enhanced D-aspartate oxidase activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of schizophrenia patients. NPJ Schizophr. 2017, 3:16. doi: 10.1038/s41537-017-0015-7.
Sacchi S, Novellis V, Paolone G, Nuzzo T, Iannotta M, Belardo C, Squillace M, Bolognesi P, Rosini E, Motta Z, Frassineti M, Bertolino A, Pollegioni L, Morari M, Maione S, Errico F, Usiello A. Olanzapine, but not clozapine, increases glutamate release in the prefrontal cortex of freely moving mice by inhibiting D-aspartate oxidase activity. Sci Rep. 2017, 7: 46288. doi: 10.1038/srep46288.
Luks L, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L, Dietrich DR. Novel insights into renal D-amino acid oxidase accumulation: propiverine changes DAAO localization and peroxisomal size in vivo. Arch Toxicol. 2017, 91: 427-437. doi: 10.1007/s00204-016-1685-z.
Bavaro T, Tengattini S, Piubelli L, Mangione F, Bernardini R, Monzillo V, Calarota S, Marone P, Amicosante M, Pollegioni L, Temporini C, Terreni M. Glycosylation of recombinant antigenic proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: in silico prediction of protein epitopes and ex vivo biological evaluation of new semi-synthetic glycoconjugates. Molecules. 2017, 22: 1081. doi: 10.3390/molecules22071081.
Molla G. Competitive inhibitors unveil structure/function relationships in human D-amino acid oxidase. Front Mol Biosci. 2017, 4: 80. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00080. Review.
2016
Sacchi S, Binelli G, Pollegioni L. G72 primate-specific gene: a still enigmatic element in psychiatric disorders. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2016, 73: 2029-2039. doi: 10.1007/s00018-016-2165-6. Review.
Tonin F, Melis R, Cordes A, Sanchez-Amat A, Pollegioni L, Rosini E. Comparison of different microbial laccases as tools for industrial uses. N Biotechnol. 2016, 33: 387-398. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2016.01.007.
Meunier CN, Dallérac G, Le Roux N, Sacchi S, Levasseur G, Amar M, Pollegioni L, Mothet JP, Fossier P. D-serine and glycine differentially control neurotransmission during visual cortex critical period. PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0151233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151233.
Tonin F, Rosini E, Piubelli L, Sanchez-Amat A, Pollegioni L. Different recombinant forms of polyphenol oxidase A, a laccase from Marinomonas mediterranea. Protein Expr Purif. 2016,123: 60-69. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.03.011.
Rosini E, D'Arrigo P, Pollegioni L. Demethylation of vanillic acid by recombinant LigM in a one-pot cofactor regeneration system. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2016, 6:7729-7737. doi: 10.1039/c6cy01402j.
Rosini E, Allegretti C, Melis R, Cerioli L, Conti G, Pollegioni L, D'Arrigo P. Cascade enzymatic cleavage of the β-O-4 linkage in a lignin model compound. Catal. Sci. Technol., 6:2195-2205. doi:10.1039/C5CY01591J.
Motta P, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Nardini M. Structure-Function Relationships in L-Amino Acid Deaminase, a Flavoprotein Belonging to a Novel Class of Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes. J Biol Chem. 2016, 291:10457-10475. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.703819.
Birolo L, Sacchi S, Smaldone G, Molla G, Leo G, Caldinelli L, Pirone L, Eliometri P, Di Gaetano S, Orefice I, Pedone E, Pucci P, Pollegioni L. Regulating levels of the neuromodulator D-serine in human brain: structural insight into pLG72 and D-amino acid oxidase interaction. FEBS J. 2016, 283: 3353-3370. doi: 10.1111/febs.13809.
Punzo D, Errico F, Cristino L, Sacchi S, Keller S, Belardo C, Luongo L, Nuzzo T, Imperatore R, Florio E, De Novellis V, Affinito O, Migliarini S, Maddaloni G, Sisalli MJ, Pasqualetti M, Pollegioni L, Maione S, Chiariotti L, Usiello A. Age-related changes in D-aspartate oxidase promoter methylation control extracellular D-aspartate levels and prevent precocious cell death during brain aging. J Neurosci. 2016, 36: 3064-3078. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3881-15.2016.
Pezzoli D, Tallarita E, Rosini E, Candiani G. Characterization and investigation of redox-sensitive liposomes for gene delivery. Methods Mol Biol. 2016,1445: 217-233. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3718-9_14.