ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-000428-7
Beltrame, Monica
Email: monica.beltrame@unimi.it
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Affiliation: Beltrame Lab
Address: Dip. Bioscienze Universita' degli Studi di Milano Via Celoria 26 Milano, 20133 Italy
Country: Italy
Phone: 39-0250315025
Fax: 39-0250315044
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS


PUBLICATIONS
Moleri, S., Mercurio, S., Pezzotta, A., D'Angelo, D., Brix, A., Plebani, A., Lini, G., Di Fuorti, M., Beltrame, M. (2023) Lymphatic Defects in Zebrafish sox18 Mutants Are Exacerbated by Perturbed VEGFC Signaling, While Masked by Elevated sox7 Expression. Cells. 12(18):
Fittipaldi, R., Floris, P., Proserpio, V., Cotelli, F., Beltrame, M., Caretti, G. (2021) The Lysine Methylase SMYD3 Modulates Mesendodermal Commitment during Development. Cells. 10(5):
Bragato, C., Carra, S., Blasevich, F., Salerno, F., Brix, A., Bassi, A., Beltrame, M., Cotelli, F., Maggi, L., Mantegazza, R., Mora, M. (2020) Glycogen storage in a zebrafish Pompe disease model is reduced by 3-BrPA treatment. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease. 1866(5):165662
Santoro, M.M., Beltrame, M., Panáková, D., Siekmann, A.F., Tiso, N., Venero Galanternik, M., Jung, H.M., Weinstein, B.M. (2019) Advantages and Challenges of Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Studies in Zebrafish Research. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 7:89
Alberio, L., Locarno, A., Saponaro, A., Romano, E., Bercier, V., Albadri, S., Simeoni, F., Moleri, S., Pelucchi, S., Porro, A., Marcello, E., Barsotti, N., Kukovetz, K., Boender, A.J., Contestabile, A., Luo, S., Moutal, A., Ji, Y., Romani, G., Beltrame, M., Del Bene, F., Di Luca, M., Khanna, R., Colecraft, H.M., Pasqualetti, M., Thiel, G., Tonini, R., Moroni, A. (2018) A light-gated potassium channel for sustained neuronal inhibition. Nature Methods. 15(11):969-976
Carra, S., Sangiorgio, L., Pelucchi, P., Cermenati, S., Mezzelani, A., Martino, V., Palizban, M., Albertini, A., Götte, M., Kehler, J., Deflorian, G., Beltrame, M., Giordano, A., Reinbold, R., Cotelli, F., Bellipanni, G., Zucchi, I. (2018) Zebrafish Tmem230a cooperates with the Delta/Notch signaling pathway to modulate endothelial cell number in angiogenic vessels. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 233(2):1455-1467
Chiang, I.K., Fritzsche, M., Pichol-Thievend, C., Neal, A., Holmes, K., Lagendijk, A., Overman, J., D'Angelo, D., Omini, A., Hermkens, D., Lesieur, E., Liu, K., Ratnayaka, I., Corada, M., Bou-Gharios, G., Carroll, J., Dejana, E., Schulte-Merker, S., Hogan, B., Beltrame, M., De Val, S., Francois, M. (2017) SoxF factors induce Notch1 expression via direct transcriptional regulation during early arterial development. Development (Cambridge, England). 144(14):2629-2639
Taglietti, V., Maroli, G., Cermenati, S., Monteverde, S., Ferrante, A., Rossi, G., Cossu, G., Beltrame, M., Messina, G. (2016) Nfix Induces a Switch in Sox6 Transcriptional Activity to Regulate MyHC-I Expression in Fetal Muscle. Cell Reports. 17:2354-2366
Cosentino, C., Alberio, L., Gazzarrini, S., Aquila, M., Romano, E., Cermenati, S., Zuccolini, P., Petersen, J., Beltrame, M., Van Etten, J.L., Christie, J.M., Thiel, G., Moroni, A. (2015) Engineering of a light-gated potassium channel. Science (New York, N.Y.). 348:707-10
Cermenati, S., Moleri, S., Neyt, C., Bresciani, E., Carra, S., Grassini, D.R., Omini, A., Goi, M., Cotelli, F., François, M., Hogan, B.M., and Beltrame, M. (2013) Sox18 Genetically Interacts With VegfC to Regulate Lymphangiogenesis in Zebrafish. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 33(6):1238-47
Benini, A., Bozzato, A., Mantovanelli, S., Calvarini, L., Giacopuzzi, E., Bresciani, R., Moleri, S., Zizioli, D., Beltrame, M., and Borsani, G. (2013) Characterization and expression analysis of mcoln1.1 and mcoln1.2, the putative zebrafish co-orthologs of the gene responsible for human mucolipidosis type IV. The International journal of developmental biology. 57(1):85-93
Rissone, A., Foglia, E., Sangiorgio, L., Cermenati, S., Nicoli, S., Cimbro, S., Beltrame, M., Bussolino, F., Cotelli, F., and Arese, M. (2012) The Synaptic Proteins beta-Neurexin and Neuroligin Synergize With Extracellular Matrix-Binding Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A During Zebrafish Vascular Development. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 32(7):1563-1572
Carra, S., Foglia, E., Cermenati, S., Bresciani, E., Giampietro, C., Lora Lamia, C., Dejana, E., Beltrame, M., and Cotelli, F. (2012) Ve-ptp Modulates Vascular Integrity by Promoting Adherens Junction Maturation. PLoS One. 7(12):e51245
Samant, G.V., Schupp, M., Francois, M., Moleri, S., Kothinti, R.K., Chun, C.Z., Sinha, I., Sellars, S., Leigh, N., Pramanik, K., Horswill, M.A., Remadevi, I., Li, K., Wilkinson, G.A., Tabatabai, N.M., Beltrame, M., Koopman, P., and Ramchandran, R. (2011) Sox factors transcriptionally regulate ROBO4 expression in developing vasculature in Zebrafish. The Journal of biological chemistry. 286(35):30740-7
Moleri, S., Cappellano, G., Gaudenzi, G., Cermenati, S., Cotelli, F., Horner, D.S., and Beltrame, M. (2011) The HMGB protein gene family in zebrafish: Evolution and embryonic expression patterns. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 11(1-2):3-11
Bresciani, E., Confalonieri, S., Cermenati, S., Cimbro, S., Foglia, E., Beltrame, M., Di Fiore, P.P., and Cotelli, F. (2010) Zebrafish numb and numblike are involved in primitive erythrocyte differentiation. PLoS One. 5(12):e14296
Donnini, S., Solito, R., Cetti, E., Corti, F., Giachetti, A., Carra, S., Beltrame, M., Cotelli, F., and Ziche, M. (2010) A{beta} peptides accelerate the senescence of endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo, impairing angiogenesis. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 24(7):2385-2395
Rissone, A., Sangiorgio, L., Monopoli, M., Beltrame, M., Zucchi, I., Bussolino, F., Arese, M., and Cotelli, F. (2010) Characterization of the neuroligin gene family expression and evolution in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 239(2):688-702
Cermenati, S., Moleri, S., Cimbro, S., Corti, P., Del Giacco, L., Amodeo, R., Dejana, E., Koopman, P., Cotelli, F., and Beltrame, M. (2008) Sox18 and Sox7 play redundant roles in vascular development. Blood. 111(5):2657-2666
Rissone, A., Monopoli, M., Beltrame, M., Bussolino, F., Cotelli, F., and Arese, M. (2007) Comparative Genome Analysis of the Neurexin Gene Family in Danio rerio: Insights into Their Functions and Evolution. Mol. Biol. Evol.. 24(1):236-252
Argenton, F., Giudici, S., Deflorian, G., Cimbro, S., Cotelli, F., and Beltrame, M. (2004) Ectopic expression and knockdown of a zebrafish sox21 reveal its role as a transcriptional repressor in early development. Mechanisms of Development. 121(2):131-142
Boggetti, B., Argenton, F., Haffter, P., Bianchi, M.E., Cotelli, F., and Beltrame, M. (2000) Cloning and expression pattern of a zebrafish homolog of forkhead activin signal transducer (FAST), a transcription factor mediating Nodal-related signals. Mechanisms of Development. 99(1-2):187-190
Rimini, R., Beltrame, M., Argenton, F., Szymczak, D., Cotelli, F., and Bianchi, M.E. (1999) Expression patterns of zebrafish sox11A, sox11B and sox21. Mechanisms of Development. 89(1-2):167-171

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Beltrame, M. and Bianchi, M.E. (1987) Sequence of the cDNA for one acidic ribosomal protein of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Nucleic Acids Res., 15: 9089.

Bianchi, M.E., Beltrame, M., Paonessa, G. (1989) Specific Recognition of Cruciform DNA by Nuclear Protein HMG1. Science, 243: 1056-1059.

Beltrame, M. and Bianchi, M.E. (1990) A gene family for acidic ribosomal proteins in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: two essential and two nonessential genes. Mol. Cell. Biol., 10: 2341-2348.

Mosrin, C., Riva, M., Cassar, E., Beltrame, M., Sentenac, A., Thuriaux, P. (1990) The RPC31 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes an acidic subunit of RNA polymerase C (III) required for the in vivo synthesis of transfer RNAs. Mol. Cell. Biol., 10: 4737-4743.

Bianchi, M.E., Beltrame, M. and Falciola, L. (1992) The HMG box motif. in "Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology" (Eckstein, F. and Lilley, D.M.J. eds.), Berlin: Springer Verlag, 6: 112-128.

Beltrame, M. and Tollervey, D. (1992) Identification and functional analysis of two U3 binding sites on yeast pre-ribosomal RNA. EMBO J., 11: 1531-1542.

Pontiggia, A., Negri, A., Beltrame, M. and Bianchi, M.E. (1993) Protein HU binds specifically to kinked DNA. Mol. Microbiol., 7: 343-350.

Beltrame, M., Henry, Y. and Tollervey, D. (1994) Mutational analysis of an essential binding site for the U3 snoRNA in the 5' external transcribed spacer of yeast pre-rRNA. Nucleic Acids Res., 22: 5139-5147.

Beltrame, M. and Tollervey, D. (1995) Base pairing between U3 and the pre-ribosomal RNA is required for 18S rRNA synthesis. EMBO J., 14: 4350-4356.

Vaccari, T., Beltrame, M., Ferrari, S. and Bianchi, M.E. (1998) Hmg4, a new member of the Hmg1/2 gene family. Genomics, 49: 247-252.

Bianchi, M.E. and Beltrame, M. (1998) Flexing DNA: HMG-box proteins and their partners. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 63: 1573-1577.

Vaccari, T., Moroni, A., Rocchi, M., Gorza, L., Bianchi, M.E., Beltrame, M. and DiFrancesco, D. (1999) The human gene coding for HCN2, a pacemaker channel of the heart. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1446/3: 419-425.

Aidinis, V., Bonaldi, T., Beltrame, M., Santagata, S., Bianchi, M.E. and Spanopoulou, E. (1999) The RAG1 homeodomain recruits HMG1,2 to facilitate RSS binding and to enhance the intrinsic DNA bending activity of RAG1/2. Mol. Cell. Biol., 19: 6532-6542.

Bianchi, M.E. and Beltrame, M. (2000) Upwardly mobile proteins. The role of HMG proteins in chromatin structure, gene expression and neoplasia. EMBO Reports, 1: 109-119.

Moroni, A., Gorza, L., Beltrame, M., Gravante, B., Vaccari, T., Bianchi, M.E., Altomare, C., Longhi, R., Heurteaux, C., Vitadello, M., Malgaroli, A. and DiFrancesco, D. (2001) Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 1 is a molecular determinant of the cardiac pacemaker current If. J. Biol. Chem., 276: 29233-29241.

Müller, S., Scaffidi, P., Degryse, B., Bonaldi, T., Ronfani, L., Agresti, A., Beltrame, M. and Bianchi, M.E. (2001) The double life of HMGB1 chromatin protein: architectural factor and extracellular signal. EMBO J., 20: 4337-4340.