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Search Publications by: Alessandro Tona (Fed)

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Polyethyleneimine/polyethylene glycol-conjugated gold nanoparticles as nanoscale positive/negative controls in nanotoxicology: Testing in frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus and mammalian tissue culture system

March 15, 2023
Author(s)
Vytas Reipa, Alessandro Tona, Feng Yi, Bryant C. Nelson, David A. LaVan, Vincent A. Hackley, Tae Joon Cho
Despite the great potential of using positively charged gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in nanomedicine, no systematic studies have been reported on their synthesis optimization or colloidal stability under physiological conditions until a group at the National

Introduction of nanoscale positive controls for nanotoxicology: A new aspect of utilization of stability-enhanced Gold-Polyethyleneimine conjugates (Au-PEIs)

November 8, 2022
Author(s)
Tae Joon Cho, Vincent A. Hackley, Vytas Reipa, Alessandro Tona, Christopher Sims, Natalia Farkas
Polyethyleneimine (PEI) conjugated gold nanoparticles (Au-PEIs) have potential use as positively charged gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for nanomedical applications, due to their cationic surface that promotes cellular uptake and gene transfection. We report

A Roadmap for LIMS at NIST Material Measurement Laboratory

April 11, 2022
Author(s)
Gretchen Greene, Jared Ragland, Zachary Trautt, June W. Lau, Raymond Plante, Joshua Taillon, Adam Abel Creuziger, Chandler A. Becker, Joe Bennett, Niksa Blonder, Lisa Borsuk, Carelyn E. Campbell, Adam Friss, Lucas Hale, Michael Halter, Robert Hanisch, Gary R. Hardin, Lyle E. Levine, Samantha Maragh, Sierra Miller, Chris Muzny, Marcus William Newrock, John Perkins, Anne L. Plant, Bruce D. Ravel, David J. Ross, John Henry J. Scott, Christopher Szakal, Alessandro Tona, Peter Vallone
Instrumentation generates data faster and in higher quantity than ever before, and interlaboratory research is in historic demand domestically and internationally to stimulate economic innovation. Strategic mission needs of the NIST Material Measurement

Preparation, Characterization, and Biological Activity of Stability-Enhanced Polyethyleneimine-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles (Au-PEI@NIST) for Biological Application

September 16, 2021
Author(s)
Tae Joon Cho, Vincent A. Hackley, Feng Yi, David A. LaVan, Vytas Reipa, Alessandro Tona, Bryant C. Nelson, Christopher Sims, Natalia Farkas
In this special publication, we report on a modified synthetic process that results in a stable suspension of Au-PEI nanoparticles, Au-PEI@NIST. Synthesized materials were characterized using an orthogonal approach that included dynamic light scattering

Measurement of PARP1 in human tissues by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

March 1, 2020
Author(s)
Erdem Coskun, Gamze Tuna, Pawel Jaruga, Alessandro Tona, Onur Erdem, Miral M. Dizdar
Poly(ADP ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is a multifunctional DNA repair protein of the base excision repair pathway and plays a major role in the repair of DNA strand breaks and in replication and transcriptional regulation among other functions. Mounting

Identification and quantification of DNA repair protein poly(ADP ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) in human tissues and cultured cells by liquid chromatography/isotope-dilution tandem mass spectrometry

March 1, 2019
Author(s)
Erdem Coskun, Gamze Tuna, Pawel Jaruga, Alessandro Tona, Onur Erdem, M Miral Dizdar
Poly(ADP ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is a multifunctional DNA repair protein of the base excision repair pathway and plays a major role in the repair of DNA strand breaks and in replication and transcriptional regulation among other functions. Mounting

Measurement of DNA repair protein apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) in human tissues by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry with isotope dilution

June 5, 2016
Author(s)
Pawel Jaruga, Guldal Kirkali, Prasad T. Reddy, Alessandro Tona, Bryant C. Nelson, Li Mengxia, David M. Wilson III, Erdem Coskun, M Miral Dizdar
Introduction DNA repair proteins may be used as biomarkers in disease etiology and therapy. Thus, the accurate determination of DNA repair protein expression and genotype in human tissues is of fundamental importance. Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1

MEASUREMENT OF DNA REPAIR PROTEINS IN RELATION TO DISEASE BIOMARKERS AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT

November 7, 2015
Author(s)
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Leona D. Scanlan, Alessandro Tona, Mark S. Lowenthal, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Ann-Sofie Jemth, Olga Loseva, Thomas Helleday
Introduction: In aerobic organisms, intracellular metabolism and exogenous sources such as ionizing radiation and carcinogenic compounds generate reactive species including free radicals derived from either oxygen or nitrogen. Oxidative stress thereby

Extreme Expressions of DNA Repair Proteins APE1 and MTH1, in Human Breast Cancer as Measured by Liquid Chromatography and Isotope Dilution Tandem Mass Spectrometry

September 15, 2015
Author(s)
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Leona D. Scanlan, Alessandro Tona, Mark S. Lowenthal, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Ann-Sofie Jemth, Olga Loseva, Thomas Helleday
Accurate measurement of DNA repair proteins in cancer tissues is becoming more important due to the individual and origin based expression differences in cancer patients as well as the novel approach of using the repair enzyme inhibitors in cancer

Addiction to MTH1 protein results in intense expression in human breast cancer tissue as measured by liquid chromatography-isotope-dilution tandem mass spectrometry

June 23, 2015
Author(s)
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Ann-Sofie Jemth, Olga Loseva, Leona D. Scanlan, Alessandro Tona, Mark S. Lowenthal, Thomas Helleday, M Miral Dizdar
MTH1 protein sanitizes the nucleotide pool so that modified 2'-deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) cannot be used in DNA replication. Cancer cells require MTH1 to avoid incorporation of modified dNTPs resulting in DNA damage mutations and cell death

High Resolution Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging for Single Cells

December 1, 2014
Author(s)
Alexander W. Peterson, Michael W. Halter, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant
Background Surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) is a label-free technique that can image refractive index changes at an interface. We have previously shown that SPRI can be used to study the dynamics of cell-substratum interactions. However

Identification and Quantification of DNA Repair Protein Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 1 (APE1) in Human Cells by Liquid Chromatography/Isotope-Dilution Tandem Mass Spectrometry

July 29, 2013
Author(s)
Guldal Kirkali, Pawel Jaruga, Prasad T. Reddy, Alessandro Tona, Li Mengxia, David M. Wison III, M Miral Dizdar, Bryant C. Nelson
Unless repaired, DNA damage can drive mutagenesis or cell death. DNA repair proteins may therefore be used as biomarkers in disease detection or therapeutic response estimation. Thus, the accurate measurement of DNA repair protein expression is of

Simple device for rare cell capture from whole blood

September 26, 2012
Author(s)
Jason G. Kralj, Samuel P. Forry, Matt S. Munson, Thomas P. Forbes, Chandamany Arya, Lynn Sorbara, Alessandro Tona, Sudhir Srivastava
We have developed a system to isolate rare cells from whole blood using commercially available components and simple microfluidics that can provide biologists with the capabilities of the monolithic devices. We characterized the capture of MCF-7 cells

Quantitative Methods to Characterize Cell Lines: Comparison of Cells from Marine and Terrestrial Mammals.

July 28, 2012
Author(s)
Tighe Spurlin, John T. Elliott, Michael W. Halter, Kiran Bhadriraju, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant, Annalaura Mancia, Bobby L. Middlebrooks, Gregory W. Warr
Descriptive terms are often used to characterize cells in culture, but the use of nonquantitative and poorly defined terms can lead to ambiguities when comparing data from different laboratories. Although recently there has been a good deal of interest in

A mechanistically relevant cytotoxicity assay based on the detection of cellular GFP

August 1, 2009
Author(s)
Michael W. Halter, Jamie L. Almeida, Alessandro Tona, Kenneth D. Cole, Anne L. Plant, John T. Elliott
Cell-based assays for measuring ribosome inhibition by proteins such as the plant toxin ricin are important for characterizing decontamination strategies and developing detection technologies for field use. We report here an assay for ricin that provides a

Cell volume distributions reveal cell growth rates and division times

March 7, 2009
Author(s)
Michael W. Halter, John T. Elliott, Joseph B. Hubbard, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant
A population of cells in culture displays a range of phenotypic responses, even when those cells are derived from a single cell and are exposed to a homogeneous environment. Phenotypic variability can have a number of sources, including the variable rates

Surface plasmon resonance imaging of cells and surface-associated fibronectin

February 26, 2009
Author(s)
Alexander W. Peterson, Michael W. Halter, Alessandro Tona, Kiran Bhadriraju, Anne L. Plant
Background A critical challenge in cell biology is quantifying the interactions of cells with their extracellular matrix (ECM) environment and the active remodeling by cells of their ECM. Fluorescence microscopy is a commonly employed technique for