Patrizia Cioni

Degree in Biological Science, University of Pisa (1982); PhD in Biochemistry, University of Pisa (1988); Post doctoral fellowship Department of Biochemistry, Univ. of Berkeley, San Francisco, USA (1988-1990); Post doctoral fellowship Max Planck Institute fur Biophysikalische Chemie, Gottingen, Germany (1996)

orcid://0000-0002-2243-6716,

Research interests:

- Trp phosphorescence spectroscopy applied to the study of protein structure and dynamics. (Principal investigator)

Key publications:

Morozova EA, Kulikova VV, Faggiano S, Raboni S, Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Anufrieva NV, Revtovich SV, Demidkina TV, Mozzarelli A (2018). Soluble and nanoporous silica gel-entrapped C.freundii methionine gamma-lyase. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 18:2210-2219

Kulikova VV, Morozova EA, Revtovich SV, Kotlov MI, Anufrieva NV, Bazhulina NP, Raboni S, Faggiano S, Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Belyi YF, Mozzarelli A, Demidkina TV (2017). Gene cloning, characterization and cytotoxic activity of methionine gamma-lyase from Clostridium novyi. IUBMB Life 69:668-676

Jacchetti E, Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Bizzarri R, Nifosì R (2016). Temperature and pressure effects on GFP mutants: explaining spectral changes by molecular dynamics simulation and TD-DFT calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18:12828-12838

Cioni P, Gabellieri E, Marchal S, Lange R (2014). Temperature and pressure effects on C112S azurin: Volume, expansivity, and flexibility changes. Proteins 82:1787–1798

Cioni P, Gabellieri E (2011). Protein dynamics and pressure: what can high pressure tell us about protein structural flexibility? Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1814:934-941

Publications (25):

Conjugation to gold nanoparticles of methionine gamma-lyase, a cancer-starving enzyme. Physicochemical characterization of the nanocomplex for prospective nanomedicine applications
Raboni, S.; Fumagalli, F.; Ceccone, G.; La Spina, R.; Ponti, J.; Mehn, D.; Guerrini, G.; Bettati, S.; Mozzarelli, A.; D'Acunto, M.; Presciuttini, G.; Cristallini, C.; Gabellieri, E.; Cioni, P.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS, 653, 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123882

Heat and cold denaturation of yeast frataxin: The effect of pressure
Puglisi, Rita; Cioni, Patrizia; Gabellieri, Edi; Presciuttini, Gianluca; Pastore, Annalisa; Temussi Piero, Andrea
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (PRINT), 121, 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.03.010

Use of Exogenous in Human Therapy: Approved Drugs and Potential Applications
Cioni, Patrizia and Gabellieri, Edi and Campanini, Barbara and Bettati, Stefano and Raboni, Samanta
current medicinal chemistryissn: 0929-8673bentham science publishers, 29, 2022
DOI: 10.2174/0929867328666210713094722

Interplay between extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from a marine diatom and model nanoplastic through eco-corona formation
Grassi, Giacomo; Gabellieri, Edi; Cioni, Patrizia; Paccagnini, Eugenio; Faleri, Claudia; Lupetti, Pietro; Corsi, Ilaria; Morelli, Elisabetta
Science Of The Total Environment, 725, 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138457

Engineering methionine ?-lyase from Citrobacter freundii for anticancer activity
Raboni S, Revtovich S, Demitri N, Giabbai B, Storici P, Cocconcelli C, Faggiano S, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Galati S, Buschini A, Morozova E, Kulikova V, Nikulin A, Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Demidkina T, Mozzarelli A
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics, 1866, 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.09.011

Soluble and Nanoporous Silica Gel-Entrapped C-freundii Methionine gamma-Lyase
Morozova EA, Kulikova VV, Faggiano S, Raboni S, Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Anufrieva NV, Revtovich SV, Demidkina T, Mozzarelli A
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 18, 2018
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2018.14333

Gene cloning, characterization, and cytotoxic activity of methionine ?-lyase from Clostridium novyi
Kulikova; V V;Morozova; E A;Revtovich; S V;Kotlov; M I;Anufrieva; N V;Bazhulina; N P;Raboni S;Faggiano S;Gabellieri E;Cioni P;Belyi; Y F;Mozzarelli A;Demidkina; T V
IUBMB LIFE (PRINT), 69, 2017
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1649

Temperature and pressure effects on GFP mutants: Explaining spectral changes by molecular dynamics simulations and TD-DFT calculations
Jacchetti E.; Gabellieri E.; Cioni P.; Bizzarri R.; Nifosi R.
PCCP. Physical chemistry chemical physics, 18, 2016
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01274d

A SELDI-TOF approach to ecotoxicology: Comparative profiling of low molecular weight proteins from a marine diatom exposed to CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
Scebba F.; Tognotti D.; Presciuttini G.; Gabellieri E.; Cioni P.; Angeloni D.; Basso B.; Morelli E.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety , 123, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.08.024

The response of Phaeodactylum tricornutum to quantum dot exposure: Acclimation and changes in protein expression.
Morelli E., Salvadori E., Basso B., Tognotti D., Cioni P., Gabellieri E.
Marine environmental research , 111, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.018

Temperature and pressure effects on C112S azurin: Volume, expansivity, and flexibility changes
Cioni P.; Gabellieri E.; Marchal S.; Lange R.
Proteins (online), 82, 2014
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24532

Interaction of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots with the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum and the green alga Dunaliella tertiolecta: A biophysical approach
Morelli E, Salvadori E, Bizzarri R, Cioni P, Gabellieri E
Biophysical chemistry, 182, 2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2013.06.007

Temperature and pressure dependence of azurin stability as monitored by tryptophan fluorescence and phosphorescence. The case of F29A mutant
Tognotti D, Gabellieri E, Morelli E, Cioni P
Biophysical chemistry, 182, 2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2013.06.005

Chemical stability of CdSe quantum dots in seawater and their effects on a marine microalga
Morelli, E ; Cioni, P ; Posarelli, M; Gabellieri, E
Aquatic toxicology , 122-123, 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.06.012

Does azurin bind to the transactivation domain of p53? A Trp phosphorescence study
Gabellieri E, Bucciantini M, Stefani M, Cioni P
Biophysical chemistry, 159, 2011

Protein dynamics and pressure: what can high pressure tell us about protein structural flexibility?
Cioni P, Gabellieri E
Biochimica et biophysica acta-proteins and proteomics, 1814, 2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.09.017

Protein structural changes induced by glutathione-coated CdS quantum dots as revealed by Trp phosphorescence
Gabellieri E, Cioni P, Balestreri E, Morelli E
European biophysics journal with biophysics letters, 40, 2011
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-011-0736-x

Cavity-Creating Mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Azurin: Effects on Protein Dynamics and Stability.
Gabellieri E, Balestreri E, Galli A., and P Cioni.
Biophysical journal, 95, 2008

Role of protein cavities on unfolding volume change and on internal dynamics under pressure.
Cioni P.
Biophysical journal, 91, 2006

Effects of sucrose on the internal dynamics of azurin.
Cioni, P; Bramanti, E; Strambini, Gb
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (PRINT), 88, 2005

Experimental and simulative dissociation of dimeric Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase doubly mutated at the intersubunit surface.
Maragliano, L; Falconi, M; Sergi, A; Cioni, P; Castelli, S; Lania, A; Stroppolo, Me; Strambini, G; Ferrario, M; Desideri, A
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (PRINT), 88, 2005

Effects of cavity-forming mutations on the internal dynamics of azurin
Cioni, Patrizia; de Waal, Ellen; W Canters, y Gerard; Y, ; B Strambini, Giovanni
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (PRINT), 86, 2004

Active-site copper and zinc ions modulate the quaternari structure of prokaryotic Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase
Cioni P.; Pesce A.; Della Rocca B.M.; Castelli S.; Falconi M.; Parrilli L.; Bolognesi M.; Strambini G.; Desideri A.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 326, 2003

Effect of heavy water on protein flexibility
Cioni, P; Strambini, Gb
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (PRINT), 82, 2002
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.07.008

Tryptophan phosphorescence and pressure effects on protein structure
Cioni, P; Strambini, Gb