Molecular profiling of hepatocellular carcinoma in mice with a chronic deficiency of hepatic s-adenosylmethionine: relevance in human liver diseases

S-adenosylmethionine arises as a central molecule in the preservation of liver homeostasis as a chronic hepatic deficiency results in spontaneous development of steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In the present work, we have attempted a comprehensive analysis of proteins associated with hepatocarcinogenesis in MAT1A knock out mice using a combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, to then apply the resulting information to identify hallmarks of human HCC. Our results suggest the existence of individual-specific factors that might condition the development of preneoplastic lesions. Proteomic analysis allowed the identification of 151 differential proteins in MAT1A-/- mice tumors. Among all differential proteins, 27 changed in at least 50% of the analyzed tumors, and some of these alterations were already detected months before the development of HCC in the KO liver. The expression level of genes coding for 13 of these proteins was markedly decreased in human HCC. Interestingly, seven of these genes were also found to be down-regulated in a pretumoral condition such as cirrhosis, while depletion of only one marker was assessed in less severe liver disorders

Gaia Early Data Release 3: acceleration of the solar system from Gaia astrometry

Stars and planetary system

Gaia early data release 3: summary of the contents and survey properties (Corrigendum)

ERRATUMThis article is an erratum for:[https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039657]​​​​​​​Instrumentatio

Gaia Early Data Release 3: the Gaia catalogue of nearby stars

Stars and planetary system

Gaia early data release 3: structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

Galaxie

Gaia Early Data Release 3: the Galactic anticentre

Stars and planetary system

The molecular basis of hereditary fructose intolerance in italian children

Summary: We investigated the molecular defects of the aldolase B gene in five unrelated patients affected by hereditary fructose intolerance. The techniques used were DNA amplification, direct sequencing and allele-specific oligonucleotide (ASO) hybridization. The most frequent substitutions found in the hereditary fructose intolerance alleles analysed were the A174D and the A149P mutations, which account for 50 % and 30 % of the alleles, respectively. In two unrelated families, we found a rare mutation, the MDA4 previously described only ih one British family, which may be an important cause of the disease in Italy

Composition and analysis of colloidal matter along wine-making. Exploitation of its antioxidant activity in final stabilisation residues

Colloidal matter formed along vinification has been characterized for two consecutive vintages in order to a better understanding of the final solid residues obtained by freezing stabilisation. The polyphenolic content, metal concentrations and antioxidant activity of these residues have been determined. Vintage 2003 of a Vitis vinifera (Tempranillo variety) yielded a concentration of 19.018 ± 0.226 mg g− 1 of total anthocyanins (TA) and 13.258 ± 0.158 mg g− 1 of total flavonoids (TF) in fresh deposits. It has been found that ca. 50% of initially present Fe is eliminated along wine-making, only 6% of Cu ends up in final wine and all Mn present at the beginning of the process remains in commercial wine. Antioxidant activity in the residues is found to be related to total polyphenol concentration irrespective of polymerisation degree. An EC50 of 0.130 ± 0.007 g L− 1 (g of lyophilised dreg per L of buffered solution) was obtained for vintage 2004. Antioxidant capacity of different fractions of wine was not seen to depend upon addition of metals

Significance of CIELAB parameters in the routine analysis of red wines

Correlations have been sought among different parameters (total polyphenols, anthocyanins and flavonoids, monomeric anthocyanins, Zn, Cu, Mn, and Fe) analyzed in two consecutive vintages of a Tempranillo wine. A comparative study of those parameters with color characteristics (both CIELAB and Glories parameters) is presented for these wines. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has showed the existence of a close relationship between CIELAB parameters and polyphenol concentrations, whereas no correlation could be found with classic color parameters but in the expected case of Color Intensity (CI). An equation is proposed that allows the concentration of total polyphenols to be estimated as a function of total anthocyanins, cyanidin-3-glucoside (Cy-3-gluc), and petunidin-3-glucoside (Pt-3-gluc) concentrations. Chromatographic fractioning of wine samples evidenced the specific interaction of both Pt-3-gluc and Cy-3-gluc with Fe, Zn, and Cu