Scapigliati Giuseppe


Responsabile dell'U.O.

Cognome e Nome

Scapigliati Giuseppe

Qualifica

PA

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Settore scientifico disciplinare

BIO/05

E-mail

scapigg@unitus.it

Telefono

Personale strutturato

Cognome e Nome

FRANCESCO BUONOCORE

Qualifica

Ricercatore

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ente di appartenenza

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA

Personale non strutturato

Cognome e Nome

DANIELA CASANI

Qualifica

Post-doc

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ente di appartenenza

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA

Cognome e Nome

ELISA RANDELLI

Qualifica

Post-doc

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ente di appartenenza

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA

Cognome e Nome

GIANPAOLO ZARLETTI

Qualifica

Ph.D student

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ente di appartenenza

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA

Cognome e Nome

MARIA LUISA MORO

Qualifica

Ph.D student

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ente di appartenenza

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA

Cognome e Nome

SABRINA MELONI

Qualifica

Post-doc

Dipartimento

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ente di appartenenza

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA

Linee di ricerca

Studies on evolution of immune defence reactions, with special attention to biotechnologically interesting animals (aquacultured teleosts fishes). Cloning of cytokine genes and immunoregulatory molecules of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sea bream (Sparus aurata). Expression of recombinant cytokines and studies of their bioactivity "in vivo" and "in vitro". Production of mono and polyclonal antibodies against cytokines and immunoregulatory molecules. Studies of immune molecules gene expression in treated and/or vaccined animals. EST libraries construction from animals treated with bacterial and viral pathogens. Determination of constitutive and induced gene expression using PCR, Real Time PCR, PCR-ARRAY system, and hybridization "in situ". Determination of leucocytes and lymphocytes activity "in vitro" from control and treated animals, using cell proliferations and activation of intracellular second messenger pathways.

Tecnologie in uso dall'UO

  1. 1.
    Mono and bidimensional electrophoresis, western blotting.
  2. 2.
    Production of monoclonal and policlonal antibodies. Animals manipulation.
  3. 3.
    Primary cell colture and continuous cell lines of omeothermic and eterothermic species.
  4. 4.
    Labelling and use of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, methabolic labelling of cells.
  5. 5.
    Nucleic Acid extraction from cells and tissues.
  6. 6.
    Cloning of genes. cDNA, genomic and expression libraries construction.
  7. 7.
    Expression of recombinant protein in bacterial and eucaryotic cells.
  8. 8.
    PCR and Real time PCR
  9. 9.
    EST construction
  10. 10.
    Microarray screening (in learning)

Strumentazione

Denominazione

REAL TIME PCR
Luminometer Fluorimeter
Cytofluorimeter

Struttura ove la strumentazione è allocata

dept of Environmental Sciences
dept of Environmental Sciences
dept of Environmental Sciences

Responsabile

Francesco Buonocore
Giuseppe Scapigliati
Giuseppe Scapigliati

Pubblicazioni

  1. 1.
    Randelli E., Buonocore F. and Scapigliati G. Cell markers and determinants in fish immunology. Fish Shellfish Immunol., 25: 326-340, 2008.
  2. 2.
    Buonocore F., Forlenza M., Secombes C.J., Zou J., Mazzini M. and Scapigliati G. 2002. Expression in E. coli and purification of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) interleukin-1beta, a possible immuno-adjuvant in aquaculture. Mar. Biotecnol., 6: 53-59, 2004.
  3. 3.
    Benedetti S., Randelli E., Buonocore F., Zou J., Secombes C.J. and Scapigliati G. Evolution of cytokine response: IL-1β directly affects intracellular Ca2+ concentration of teleost fish leukocytes through a receptor-mediated mechanism. Cytokine, 34: 9-16, 2006.
  4. 4.
    Buonocore F., Randelli E., Casani D., Mazzini M., Cappuccio I., Secombes C.J. and Scapigliati G. cDNA cloning and expression analysis of a cyclooxygenase-2 from sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) after vaccination. Aquaculture, 245: 301-310, 2005.
  5. 5.
    Buonocore F., Forlenza M., Randelli E., Benedetti S., Bossù P, Meloni S., Secombes C.J., Mazzini M. and Scapigliati G. Biological activity of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) recombinant interleukin-1. Marine Biotechnology, 7: 609-617, 2005.
  6. 6.
    Scapigliati G., Buonocore F., Mazzini M. Biological activity of cytokines: an evolutionary perspective. Curr. Pharmacol. Design, 12: 3071-3081, 2006.
  7. 7.
    Buonocore F., Libertini A., Prugnoli D., Mazzini M. and Scapigliati G. Production and characterization of a continuous embryonic cell line from sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) Marine Biotechnology, 8: 80-85, 2006.
  8. 8.
    Meloni S, Zarletti G, Benedetti S, Randelli E, Buonocore F, Scapigliati G. Cellular activities during a mixed leucocyte reaction in the teleost sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 20: 739-749, 2006.
  9. 9.
    Buonocore F, Randelli E, Bird S, Secombes CJ, Costantini S, Facchiano A, Mazzini M, Scapigliati G. The CD8alpha from sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.): Cloning, expression and 3D modelling. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 20: 637-646, 2006
  10. 10.
    Scapigliati G., Buonocore F., Randelli E., Casani D., Meloni S., Zarletti G., Tiberi M., Pietretti D., Boschi I., Manchado M., Martin-Antonio B., Jimenez-Cantizano R., Bovo G., Borghesan F., Lorenzen N., Einer-Jensen K., Adams S., Thompson K., Alonso C., Bejar J., Cano I., Borrego J.J., Alvarez M.C. Cellular and molecular immune responses of the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) experimentally infected with betanodavirus. Fish Shellfish Immunol., In press, 2010.
  11. 11.
    E. Randelli, F. Buonocore, D. Casani, A.M. Fausto, G. Scapigliati An “immunome” gene panel for transcriptomic analysis of immune defence activities in the teleost sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.): a review Italian Journal of Zoology (2009), 76(2): 146-157.

Dottorandi di ricerca

Componente UO

Giuseppe Scapigliati
Francesco Buonocore

Dottorato di ricerca

Genetics and Cell Biology
Biological and biochemical evolution

Coordinatore

Giorgio Prantera
Laura Zucconi

Sede

University of Tuscia
University of Tuscia