Sebastiano La Maestra

Prof. Sebastiano La Maestra

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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 January 2019 in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
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AFAlessio Facciolà
Alessio Facciolà
GVGiuseppa Visalli
Giuseppa Visalli
SMSebastiano La Maestra
Sebastiano La Maestra
Manuela CeccarelliManuela Ceccarelli
Manuela Ceccarelli
FDFrancesco D’aLeo
Francesco D’aLeo
APAngela Di Pietro
Angela Di Pietro

1 January 2015 in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
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SMSebastiano La Maestra
Sebastiano La Maestra
SFSilvio De Flora
Silvio De Flora
RMRosanna T. Micale
Rosanna T. Micale

1 February 2008 in Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
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APAngela Di Pietro
Angela Di Pietro
GVGiuseppa Visalli
Giuseppa Visalli
SMSebastiano La Maestra
Sebastiano La Maestra
RMRosanna Micale
Rosanna Micale
BBBarbara Baluce
Barbara Baluce
MSMaria Elena Scoglio
Maria Elena Scoglio

2 May 2011 in Toxicological Sciences
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SFSilvio De Flora
Silvio De Flora
RMRosanna T. Micale
Rosanna T. Micale
SMSebastiano La Maestra
Sebastiano La Maestra
Alberto IzzottiAlberto Izzotti
Alberto Izzotti
FDFrancesco D’aGostini
Francesco D’aGostini
Saverio BettuzziSaverio Bettuzzi
Saverio Bettuzzi
Among endocrine disruptors, the xenoestrogen bisphenol A (BPA) deserves particular attention due to widespread human exposure. Besides hormonal effects, BPA has been suspected to be involved in breast and prostate carcinogenesis, which share similar estrogen-related mechanisms. We previously demonstrated that administration of BPA to female mice results in the formation of DNA adducts and proteome alterations in the mammary tissue. Here, we evaluated the ability of BPA, given with drinking water, to induce a variety of biomarker alterations in male Sprague-Dawley rats. In addition, we investigated the formation of DNA adducts in human prostate cell lines. In BPA-treated rats, no DNA damage occurred in surrogate cells including peripheral blood lymphocytes and bone marrow erythrocytes, where no increase of single-strand DNA breaks was detectable by comet assay and the frequency of micronucleated cells was unaffected by BPA. Liver cells were positive at transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay, which detects both single-strand and double-strand breaks and early stage apoptosis. BPA upregulated clusterin expression in atrophic prostate epithelial cells and induced lipid peroxidation and DNA fragmentation in spermatozoa. Significant levels of DNA adducts were formed in prostate cell lines treated either with high-dose BPA for 24 h or low-dose BPA for 2 months. The BPA-related increase of DNA adducts was more pronounced in PNT1a nontumorigenic epithelial cells than in PC3 metastatic carcinoma cells. On the whole, these experimental findings support mechanistically the hypothesis that BPA may play a role in prostate carcinogenesis and may, potentially, affect the quality of sperm.

1 March 2009 in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
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APAngela Di Pietro
Angela Di Pietro
GVGiuseppa Visalli
Giuseppa Visalli
FMFortunato Munaò
Fortunato Munaò
BBBarbara Baluce
Barbara Baluce
SMSebastiano La Maestra
Sebastiano La Maestra
SFSilvio De Flora
Silvio De Flora

1 March 2011 in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
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Journal Article
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APAngela Di Pietro
Angela Di Pietro
GVGiuseppa Visalli
Giuseppa Visalli
BBBarbara Baluce
Barbara Baluce
RMRosanna T. Micale
Rosanna T. Micale
SMSebastiano La Maestra
Sebastiano La Maestra
SFSilvio De Flora
Silvio De Flora