Bioanalytical and Proteomic Approaches in the Study of Pathologic Ecs Dysfunctionality, Oxidative Stress and the Effects of PFKFB3 Modulators
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Bioanalytical and proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality, oxidative stress and the effects of PFKFB3 modulators Sarath Babu Nukala ADVERTIMENT. La consulta d’aquesta tesi queda condicionada a l’acceptació de les següents condicions d'ús: La difusió d’aquesta tesi per mitjà del servei TDX (www.tdx.cat) i a través del Dipòsit Digital de la UB (diposit.ub.edu) ha estat autoritzada pels titulars dels drets de propietat intel·lectual únicament per a usos privats emmarcats en activitats d’investigació i docència. No s’autoritza la seva reproducció amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva difusió i posada a disposició des d’un lloc aliè al servei TDX ni al Dipòsit Digital de la UB. No s’autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX o al Dipòsit Digital de la UB (framing). Aquesta reserva de drets afecta tant al resum de presentació de la tesi com als seus continguts. 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Double Degree Doctorate between UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO FACOLTA’ DI SCIENZE DEL FARMACO Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences (XXXI Cycle) and UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Doctoral Program in Biotechnology Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine Faculty of Farmacy Bioanalytical and proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality, oxidative stress and the effects of PFKFB3 modulators Doctorate Coordinator at Universita’ degli Studi di Milano: Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Aldini Prof. Dr. Marina Carini Prof. Dr. Marta Cascante Serratosa Co-Supervisor Co-Supervisor and Tutor Nukala Sarath Babu PhD candidate R11494 Academic years 2016-2019 This PhD programme was founded in the frame of HORIZON 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN-European Joint Doctorate MOGLYNET-programme “MOGLYNet: “Modulation of glycolytic flux as a new approach for treatment of atherosclerosis and plaque stabilization: a multidisciplinary study” The project leading to this application has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 67552. ii Declaration of Originality I declare that all the work presented in this thesis is my own, and that all else, figures, images, ideas, quotations, data, results, published or unpublished, have been acknowledged and referenced. This thesis contains some modified material from my PhD progress reports. Nukala Sarath Babu April 2019 Scientific Contributions Publications: 1. Nukala, S.B., Baron, G., Aldini, G., Carini, M. and D’Amato, A., 2019. Mass spectrometry- based label free quantitative proteomics to study the effect of 3PO drug at cellular level. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. DOI:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00593 2. Quantitative Proteomic Profiling of Pulmonary Endothelial Cells in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Sarath Babu Nukala*, Alfonsina D’Amato, Olga Tura-Ceide, Regazzoni Luca, Aldini Gincarlo, Joan Albert Barbera, Marta Cascante, Marina Carini. Journal: Journal of Hypertension (Manuscript under preparation) 3. Differentially regulated proteins associated with endothelial dysfunctionality in patients undergoing treatment for acute myocardial infarction. Sarath Babu Nukala*, Alfonsina D’Amato, Regazzoni Luca, Aldini Gincarlo, Marta Cascante, Marina Carini. Journal: Journal of Hypertension (Manuscript under preparation) Oral Presentations: • “Bioanalytical and proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality, oxidative stress and the effects of PFKFB3 modulators”, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Feb 2016 3 • “Proteomics research work in MoGlyNet project”, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany, July 2016 • “Proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality”, University of Leiden, Netherlands, September 2016. • “Proteomic profiling of pathological ECs of acute myocardial infarction and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension”, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, May 2017 • “Bioanalytical and proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality, oxidative stress and the effects of PFKFB3 modulators”, Mid-term review meeting, University of Milan, Italy, September 2017. • “Oxidative stress in the dysfunctional ECs of acute myocardial infarction and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension”, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, April 2018. • “Mass-spectrometry based label-free quantitative proteomics approach to study the effect of 3PO at cellular level”, University of Milan, Italy, September 2018. • “Bioanalytical and proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality, oxidative stress and the effects of PFKFB3 modulators, SSPA 2018, Italy, September 2018. • “Bioanalytical and proteomic approaches in the study of pathologic ECs dysfunctionality, oxidative stress and the effects of PFKFB3 modulators”, University of Barcelona, Spain, January 2019. Poster Presentations: • Nukala Sarath Babu, Alfonsina D’Amato, Luca Regazzoni, Giancarlo Aldini, Mass Spectrometry-Based Label Free Quantitative Proteomics to study the effect of 3-PO in endothelial cells; Italian-Spanish-Portuguese Joint Meeting in Medicinal Chemistry,MedChemSicily2018, abstract page 214 http://www.medchemsicily2018.it/documenti/book_of_abstracts.pdf • Nukala Sarath Babu, O. Tura , L. Regazzoni , C. Marinello , A. Abdali , G. Aldini, V.F.Smolders, I. Blanco , J.A. Barbera , M. Cascante , M. Carini “Differentially Expressed Proteins in Pulmonary Endothelial Cells in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2018; 197:A3738ATS International conference, 18-23 May 2018, San Diego, CA. https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm conference.2018.197.1 4 • Alfonsina D'Amato, Nukala Sarath Babu, Giancarlo Aldini, Marina Carini. “nLC-MS/MS based Label Free Quantitative Proteomics to study the effects of bioactive compounds” HPLC 2019 Milan. 5 Acknowledgements With honesty and immense pleasure, I express my sincere gratitude to my beloved research guide and mentor Prof. Marina Carini, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy for the great supervision, patience, highly valuable and crucial discussions and constant encouragement with respect to the fascinating topic of my research work. I’m very thankful to her for the protection throughout my research period and endless support. Words are not enough to express my feeling towards her for arranging the foundation and ornamentation of my research career. I express my profound sense of gratitude to my beloved second supervisor Prof. Marta Cascante, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain for the great guidance, support and laboratory facilities provided during the advancement and successful completion of my six months secondment. I express my heartfelt thanks to Prof. Aldini Giancarlo, Ph.D. coordinator, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy for giving a great motivation, good lab environment and support for the successful completion of my research work. I’m glad to work under the co-supervision of Dr. Luca Regazzoni, Research Scientist, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Milan for the extraordinary support and suggestions not only in the research work but also crucial helps provided during my entire stay in Italy. There are no other words to express my great feelings for his entire assistance. I’m extremely grateful to Dr. Alfonsina D’Amato, Research Scientist, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan for the valuable assistance, motivation and suggestions provided in the entire project. I express my sincere thanks to Dr. Olga Tura, Research Scientist, Department