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Orazio Cantoni

Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Sezione …
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Calorie restriction promotes mitochondrial biogenesis by inducing the expression of eNOS

…, L Tedesco, S Falcone, A Valerio, O Cantoni… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Calorie restriction extends life span in organisms ranging from yeast to mammals. Here, we
report that calorie restriction for either 3 or 12 months induced endothelial nitric oxide …

Mitochondrial biogenesis by NO yields functionally active mitochondria in mammals

…, A Cardile, M Francolini, O Cantoni… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
We recently found that long-term exposure to nitric oxide (NO) triggers mitochondrial
biogenesis in mammalian cells and tissues by activation of guanylate cyclase and generation of …

[HTML][HTML] TNF-α downregulates eNOS expression and mitochondrial biogenesis in fat and muscle of obese rodents

…, A Pisconti, L Palomba, O Cantoni… - The Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. Thus, at metabolically relevant
sites, including adipose tissue and muscle, there is abnormal production of proinflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial ROS, ER stress, and Nrf2 crosstalk in the regulation of mitochondrial apoptosis induced by arsenite

O Cantoni, E Zito, A Guidarelli, M Fiorani, P Ghezzi - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
… SOD2-dependent conversion to H 2 O 2 , it can also interact … derived H 2 O 2 escaping
metabolism by H 2 O 2 -detoxifying … [26], in which conversion to H 2 O 2 is mediated by SOD1 [26]…

Quercetin prevents DNA single strand breakage and cytotoxicity caused by tert-butylhydroperoxide: free radical scavenging versus iron chelating mechanism

P Sestili, A Guidarelli, M Dachà, O Cantoni - Free Radical Biology and …, 1998 - Elsevier
… , H 2 O 2 and quercetin were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Milan, Italy). Desferroxamine
was from Ciba-Geigy (Origgio, Italy). Stock solutions of tB-OOH, H 2 O 2 and desferroxamine …

Mitochondria accumulate large amounts of quercetin: prevention of mitochondrial damage and release upon oxidation of the extramitochondrial fraction of the …

…, C Azzolini, M Candiracci, E Piatti, O Cantoni - The Journal of nutritional …, 2010 - Elsevier
… MnO 2 (1 mg/ml) was added to the mixture for 30 min at 4C to eliminate the excess of H 2 O
2 . MnO 2 was removed by centrifugation and filtration through 0.45-μm-pore microfilters. The …

Arsenite impinges on endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria crosstalk to elicit mitochondrial ROS formation and downstream toxicity

O Cantoni, E Zito, M Fiorani, A Guidarelli - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenite is an important carcinogen and toxic compound, causing various deleterious
effects through multiple mechanisms. In this review, we focused on mitochondrial ROS (mitoROS) …

Cross-talk between constitutive and inducible NO synthase: an update

T Persichini, O Cantoni, H Suzuki… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2006 - liebertpub.com
… Palomba L, Bianchi M, Persichini T, Magnani M, Colasanti M, and Cantoni O. Downregulation
of nitric oxide formation by cytosolic phospholipase A2-released arachidonic acid. Free …

Plant-derived phenolic compounds prevent the DNA single-strand breakage and cytotoxicity induced by tert-butylhydroperoxide via an iron-chelating mechanism

…, L Cerioni, I Tommasini, G Tarzia, O Cantoni - Biochemical …, 2002 - portlandpress.com
… should be addressed (e-mail cantoni!uniurb.it). … and Cantoni, O. (1999) Osmotically driven
radial diffusion of single… and Cantoni, O. (1995) Evidence for dissimilar mechanisms of …

Human red blood cells as a natural flavonoid reservoir

M Fiorani, A Accorsi, O Cantoni - Free radical research, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Quercetin is rapidly and avidly taken up by human red blood cells (RBC) via a passive
diffusion mechanism, driven by flavonoid binding to haemoglobin and resulting in an almost …