Daniela Giordano
Role: Researcher
Section: Researchers and Technologists
Division: Naples
Tel: (39) 081-6132541-081-6132574
E-mail: daniela-giordano[at]cnr.it
URL: http://ibbr.cnr.it
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-6245
CURRENT POSITION
-From January 2023. Senior Researcher, IBBR-CNR, Naples
-From September 2011. Researcher, CNR, Naples
EDUCATION
-February 2007- May 2011. Post-doc CNR
-2004-2007. PhD, Univ Sacro Cuore, Rome
-July 2003. Member of the National Registry of Pharmacists
-2002. Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry cum laude, Univ Federico II, Naples
-1997. Classical High School Degree with maximum rating
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our overall aim is to compare the evolutionary globin adaptations to cold environment in a range of organisms (fish and bacteria) and provide the most robust assessment of structure/function relationships in cold-adapted hemoproteins, identifying their involvement in the oxidative and nitrosative stress. In the study of cold adaptation, the oxygen-transport system is a source of invaluable information. The traditional view of the exclusive role of hemoglobin as oxygen carrier in vertebrates is now overcome. The globin superfamily is exceptionally flexible in terms of biological roles. Globins are ancestral and have been found in bacteria, fungi, plants, etc, and serve many roles.
In new research lines we are taking advantage of biodiversity of marine polar organisms for the development of novel bioactive compounds as valuable industrial products (nutraceutics, cosmeticeuticals). This is in view of the recent expansion in the diagnosis of genetic and life-style related diseases, and the increased interest in finding new products aimed at improving human well-being by treating these diseases.
Main projects are:
- Structure, function, evolution of hemoglobins in polar fish and bacteria by biochemical, spectroscopic, kinetic and thermodynamic characterization. Cloning, expression, purification and structural/functional characterization of globins of polar bacteria and fish.
- Identification of novel bioactive compounds as valuable industrial products (pharmacy, nutraceutics, cosmeticeuticals) from marine polar organisms: culturing of marine Antarctic and Arctic bacteria from sediments, water samples and sponges, antioxidant and anti-UV in vivo assays, isolation and structural characterization of bioactive fractions/molecules. Functional and structural characterization of cold-adapted enzymes of the biosynthesis of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (PUFAs) for biotechnological applications. Identification and characterization of bioactive molecules from fishery and aquaculture byproducts.
My research group participates in the international initiative TUNU-MAFIG/TEAM-Fish, University of Tromsø, Norway for the collection of Arctic samples and in the National Programme of Research in Antarctica (PNRA) for the collection of Antarctic samples.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
-2022. Fully qualified for the position of Associate Professor in General Biochemistry 05/E1 (Abilitazione scientifica nazionale 2021/2023, DD n. 553/2021, 589/2021) from 30/06/2022 to 30/06/2032.
-Associated Researcher to Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples since 2016
-Recipient of a Short-Term Mobility 2014, scholarship of CNR, as proponent of Dr Coppola, beneficiary of the scholarship, Univ of Sheffield, UK (October 26-November 16, 2014). Project: Study of Antarctic bacterial globins and their role in the nitrosative stress
-Visiting Scientist, Univ of Buenos Aires (November 6-21, 2011), Researcher Exchange Programme Italia-Argentina, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). Project: The role of hemoglobins in the scavenging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species
-Invited participant in TUNU-IV expedition (TUNU = East Greenland in Inuit language), an Arctic cruise (August 6-17, 2010)
-Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France, [January 13-29, 2010; October 22-November 6, 2008: Transfer of Knowledge Grants-2008, CAREX (Coordination Action for Research Activities on life in Extreme Environments); June 10-July 1, 2008: Short-Term Mobility 2008 (CNR); March 2007]. Project: Kinetic properties of heme proteins of the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
-Visiting Scientist, Univ of Antwerp, Belgium (October 21-November 11, 2009). Recipient of a Short-Term Mobility 2009 (CNR). Project: Expression and purification of neuroglobin from Antarctic fish
-Visiting Scientist, Northeastern Univ, Boston, USA (November 2005-May 2006). Projects: Cloning of globin genes of the non-Antarctic notothenioid Bovichtus diacanthus; Bloodthirsty, a tripartite motif gene required for erythropoiesis
GRANTS
-Coordinator of the project PNRA19_00105-PolyUnsaturated Fatty acids in Antarctic diatoms: metabolic biodiversity and impact of Global WARming (PUFA-WAR), PNRA (National Programme of Research in Antarctica), 2024-2026
-Research Unit leader of project PNRA18_00025-Peptides and Enzymes from cold-adapted microorganisms foR melanoma and leukemia TREATment (PERTREAT), PNRA (National Programme of Research in Antarctica), 2024-2026
-Coordinator of the project “Cosmeceuticals And Nutraceuticals From Antarctic Biological REsources (CAN FARE)”, approved by PNRA (National Programme of Research in Antarctica), 2017-2019
-Research Unit leader of the project “Response of Antarctic notothenioids to thermal stress: an integrated molecular approach to investigate the effects of increasing temperatures in Trematomus bernacchii and Chionodraco hamatus” approved by PNRA, 2013-2015
-Coordinator of the project “PROP09_102” (for young researchers), 2009-2010 “Structural and functional characterisation of neuroglobin of Antarctic fish”, funded by PNRA
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
-Co-Guest Editor: Special Issue of Antioxidants 2025 “Antioxidants from the Sea and Their Application” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants/special_issues/33F40QY39Y)
-Co-Guest Editor: Special Issue of Frontiers in Marine Sciences 2025 “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Extreme Environments” (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/68480/adaptation-and-evolution-in-...)
- 2022-up to now: Member of Topical Advisory Panel of Antioxidants https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants, (Certificate Nr. 482882)
-Co-Guest Editor: Marine Genomics-Methods and Protocols in Methods in Molecular Biology 2022 (Springer Nature)
-Co-Guest Editor: Special Issue of Antioxidants 2021/2022 “NO Role in Evolution: Significance and Signaling” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants), (Certificate N. 288314)
-2021-up to now: Review Editor in Marine Biotechnology of Frontiers in Marine Sciences (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science)
-2020-up to now: Member of Editorial Board of Marine Drugs Journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs), (Certificate N 159716)
-Guest Editor: Special Issues of Marine Drugs 2023/2024 “Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments III” still ongoing, 2020/2021 “Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments II”, (Certificate N 171800) and 2019/2020 “Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments”, (Certificate N 64023)
-Co-Guest Editor: Special Issue of Biodiversity 2016 “Evolution and Biodiversity in Polar Regions-Molecular and Genetic Advances” Vol 17, n 1-2, 2016
REVIEWING
- Evaluator as independent expert
-2024. SFI FRONTIERS FOR THE FUTURE 2024
-2023. INACH (Instituto Antártico Chileno), (https://www.inach.cl/inach/)
-2022. Frontiers for Partnerships Awards 2021, Science Foundation of Ireland
-2020. COVID-19 projects (MIUR-REPRISE)
-2020. Univ Research Fellowships of the Royal Society, UK
-2019. Joint Projects 2019, Univ of Verona (CINECA-MIUR)
-2019. Junior post-doc positions, Univ of Insubria (MIUR-REPRISE)
-2018-2024. Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science grants
-2017-2023. PON projects (Sustainable Industry-Biotechnology) for the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) in the Programme 2014-2020 FESR
- Reviewer for many international journals
INVITED LECTURES
-May 2023 and 2024: Lectures “Molecular adaptation in cold-adapted proteins: from the function to the structural properties” for the course “Biochemistry and Molecular Adaptation to Extreme Environments” for the Master degree “Biology of Extreme Environments”, curriculum “Biological Resources” (Prof. Giuseppe Peugino) and curriculum Astrobiology (Prof. Marco Moracci), Università Federico II di Napoli
SUPERVISOR of 9 students (Master Degree in Biology, Univ Federico II, Naples) and 1 Post-Doc fellowship (IBBR-CNR); External Advisor of PhD in Scienze del Farmaco - XXXVII Ciclo (Action IV.5 - PhDs on Green action IV.4 - PhDs on innovation themes), University of Parma. Project: “Sustainable production of polyunsaturated fatty acids by expression of enzymes of Antarctic organisms in a temperate diatom”.
SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION for schools; FUTURO REMOTO 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023; European Biotech Week 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024; Festival della Scienza, Genova 2010, 2021
Useful links:
PNRA, Italian National Programme for Antarctic Research, www.pnra.it
SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, www.scar.org
AnT-ERA, Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation www.scar.org/antera/
Publications
- de Armiño DJA, Di Lella S, Montepietra D, Delcanale P, Bruno S, Giordano D, Verde C, Estrin DA, Cristiano Viappiani, Abbruzzetti S (2024) Kinetic and dynamical properties of truncated hemoglobins of the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis Protein Science 33(7):e5064.
- Coppola D, Lauritano C, Zazo G, Nuzzo G, Fontana A, Ianora A, Costantini M, Verde C, Giordano D (2023) Biodiversity of UV-resistant bacteria in Antarctic aquatic environments. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(5):968.
- Verde C, Giordano D, Bruno S. NO and Heme Proteins: Cross-Talk between Heme and Cysteine Residues. Antioxidants (Basel). 2023 Jan 30;12(2):321.
- Shepherd M, Giordano D, Verde C, Poole RK (2022) The Evolution of Nitric Oxide Function: From Reactivity in the Prebiotic Earth to Examples of Biological Roles and Therapeutic Applications. Antioxidants (Basel), 11(7):1222.
- Giordano D, Verde C, Corti P. Nitric Oxide Production and Regulation in the Teleost Cardiovascular System (2022) Antioxidants (Basel), 11(5):957.
- Giordano D, Corti P, Coppola D, Altomonte G, Xue J, Russo R, di Prisco G, Verde C (2021) Regulation of globin expression in Antarctic fish under thermal and hypoxic stress. Mar Genomics 26, 100831.
- Ruocco N, Esposito R, Bertolino M, Zazo G, Sonnessa M, Andreani F, Coppola D, Giordano D, Nuzzo G, Lauritano C, Fontana A, Ianora A, Verde C, Costantini M (2021). A Metataxonomic Approach Reveals Diversified Bacterial Communities in Antarctic Sponges. Mar Drugs, vol. 19(3).
- Riccio G, Nuzzo G, Zazo G, Coppola D, Senese G, Romano L, Costantini M, Ruocco N, Bertolino M, Fontana A, Ianora A, Verde C, Giordano D, Lauritano C (2021). Bioactivity Screening of Antarctic Sponges Reveals Anticancer Activity and Potential Cell Death via Ferroptosis by Mycalols. Mar Drugs, vol. 19(8).
- Giordano D, Pesce A, Vermeylen S, Abbruzzetti S, Nardini M, Marchesani F, Berghmans H, Seira C, Bruno S, Javier Luque F, di Prisco G, Ascenzi P, Dewilde S, Bolognesi M, Viappiani C, Verde C (2020) Structural and functional properties of Antarctic fish cytoglobins-1: Cold-reactivity in multi-ligand reactions. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 18, 2132-2144.
- Núñez-Pons L, Shilling A, Verde C, Baker BJ, Giordano D (2020) Marine terpenoids from polar latitudes and their potential applications in biotechnology. Mar Drugs, 18, 401
- Giordano D, Pesce A, Vermeylen S, Abbruzzetti S, Nardini M, Marchesani F, Berghmans H, Seira C, Bruno S, Javier Luque F, di Prisco G, Ascenzi P, Dewilde S, Bolognesi M, Viappiani C, Verde C (2020) Structural and functional properties of Antarctic fish cytoglobins-1: Cold-reactivity in multi-ligand reactions. Comput Struct Biotechnol J, 18:2132-2144
- Giordano D, Boubeta FM, di Prisco G, Estrin DA, Smulevich G, Viappiani C, Verde C (2019) Conformational flexibility drives cold adaptation in Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 globins. Antioxid Redox Signal 32(6), 396-411
- Daane JM, Giordano D, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Detrich HW 3rd, Verde C (2019) Adaptations to environmental change: Globin superfamily evolution in Antarctic fishes. Mar Genomics 49:100724
- Bruno S, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Giordano D, Verde C (2019) Enzymes from marine polar regions and their biotechnological applications. Mar Drugs 17(10), 544
- Núñez-Pons L, Avila C, Romano G, Verde C, Giordano D (2018) UV-protective compounds in marine organisms from the Southern Ocean. Mar Drugs 16(9), E336.
- Boubeta FM, Boechi L, Estrin D, Patrizi B, Di Donato M, Iagatti A, Giordano D, Verde C, Bruno S, Abbruzzetti S, Viappiani C (2018) Cold-adaptation signatures in the ligand rebinding kinetics to the truncated hemoglobin of the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis J Phys Chem B in press
- Giordano D, Costantini M, Coppola D, Lauritano C, Núñez Pons L, Ruocco N, di Prisco G, Ianora A, Verde C (2018) Biotechnological applications of bioactive peptides from marine sources. Adv Microb Physiol 73, 171-220
- Coppola D, Giordano D, Milazzo L, Howes BD, Ascenzi P, di Prisco G, Smulevich G, Poole RK, Verde C (2018) Coexistence of multiple globin genes conferring protection against nitrosative stress to the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis Nitric Oxide 73, 39-51
- Russo R, Giordano D, Paredi G, Marchesani F, Milazzo L, Altomonte G, Del Canale P, Abbruzzetti S, Ascenzi P, di Prisco G, Viappiani C, Fago A, Bruno S, Smulevich G, Verde C (2017) The Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus-Hemoglobins and ligand-binding properties. PLoS One 12(10), e0186181.
- Cuypers B, Vermeylen S, Hammerschmid D, Trashin S, Rahemi V, Konijnenberg A, De Schutter A, Cheng CC, Giordano D, Verde C, De Wael K, Sobott F, Dewilde S, Van Doorslaer S (2017) Antarctic fish versus human cytoglobins - The same but yet so different. J Inorg Biochem 173, 66-78
- Fiocchetti M, Cipolletti M, Leone S, Naldini A, Carraro F, Giordano D, Verde C, Ascenzi P, Marino M (2016) Neuroglobin in breast cancer cells: effect of hypoxia and oxidative stress on protein level, localization, and anti-apoptotic function. PLoS One 11(5), e0154959
- Verde C, Giordano D, Gutt J, di Prisco G (2016) Editor’s corner Molecular-genetic studies of polar biodiversity - Preface. Biodiversity 17, 1-3
- Verde C, Giordano D, Bellas CM, di Prisco G, Anesio AM (2016) Polar marine microorganisms and climate change. Adv Microb Physiol 69, 187-215
- Giordano D, Coppola D, Russo R, di Prisco G, Denaro R, Giuliano L, Lauro F, Verde C (2015) Marine microbial secondary metabolites: pathways, evolution and physiological roles. Adv Microb Physiol, 66, 357-428
- Giordano D, Pesce A, Boechi L, Bustamante JP, Caldelli E, Howes BD, Riccio A, di Prisco G, Nardini M, Estrin D, Smulevich G, Bolognesi M, Verde C (2015) Structural flexibility of the heme cavity in the cold-adapted truncated hemoglobin from the Antarctic marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis FEBS J, 282, 2948-2965
- Giordano D, Russo R, Coppola D, Altomonte G, di Prisco G, Bruno S, Verde C (2015) “Cool” adaptations to cold environments: globins in Notothenioidei. Hydrobiologia, Biology of the Ross Sea, 761, 293-312
- Coppola D, Giordano D, Abbruzzetti S, Marchesani F, Balestrieri M, di Prisco G, Viappiani C, Bruno S, Verde C (2015) Functional characterisation of the haemoglobins of the migratory notothenioid fish Dissostichus eleginoides. Hydrobiologia, Biology of the Ross Sea, 761, 315-333
- Giordano D, Coppola D, Russo R, Tinajero-Trejo M, di Prisco G, Lauro F, Ascenzi P, Verde C (2013) The globins of cold-adapted Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125: from the structure to the physiological functions. Adv Microb Physiol 63, 329-89
- Van Leuven W, Cuypers B, Desmet F, Giordano D, Verde C, Moens L, Van Doorslaer S, Dewilde S (2013) Is the heme pocket region modulated by disulfide-bridge formation in fish and amphibian neuroglobins as in humans? Biochim Biophys Acta, 1834(9), 1757-63
- Russo R, Giordano D, di Prisco G, Hui Bon Hoa G, Marden MC, Verde C, Kiger L (2013) Ligand-rebinding kinetics of 2/2 hemoglobin from the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis Biochim Biophys Acta 1834(9), 1932-8
- Coppola D, Giordano D, Tinajero-Trejo M, di Prisco G, Ascenzi P, Poole RK, Verde C (2013) Antarctic bacterial haemoglobin and its role in the protection against nitrogen reactive species. Biochim Biophys Acta 1834(9), 1923-31
- Verde C, di Prisco G, Giordano D, Russo R, Anderson D, Cowan D (2012) Antarctic psychrophiles: models for understanding the molecular basis of survival at low temperature and responses to climate change. Biodiversity 13, 249-256
- Verde C, Giordano D, di Prisco G, Andersen Ø (2012) The hemoglobins of polar fish: evolutionary and physiological significance of multiplicity in Arctic fish. Biodiversity 13, 228-233
- Giordano D, Boron I, Abbruzzetti S, Van Leuven W, Nicoletti FP, Forti F, Bruno S, Cheng CH, Moens L, di Prisco G, Nadra AD, Estrin D, Smulevich G, Dewilde S, Viappiani C, Verde C (2012) Biophysical characterisation of neuroglobin of the icefish, a natural knockout for hemoglobin and myoglobin. Comparison with human neuroglobin. PLoS One 7(12), e44508
- Coppola D, Abbruzzetti S, Nicoletti F, Merlino A, Gambacurta A, Giordano D, Howes BD, De Sanctis G, Vitagliano L, Bruno S, di Prisco G, Mazzarella L, Smulevich G, Coletta M, Viappiani C, Vergara A, Verde C (2012) ATP regulation of the ligand-binding properties in temperate and cold-adapted haemoglobins. X-ray structure and ligand-binding kinetics in the sub-Antarctic fish Eleginops maclovinus. Mol Biosyst 8(12), 3295-304
- Giordano D, Russo R, di Prisco G, Verde C (2012) Molecular adaptations in Antarctic fish and marine microorganisms. Mar Genomics 6, 1-6
- Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Riccio A, Coppola D, di Prisco G (2011) Evolutionary adaptations in Antarctic fish: the oxygen-transport system. Oecologia Australis 15, 40-50
- Giordano D, Russo R, Ciaccio C, Howes BD, di Prisco G, Marden MC, Hui Bon Hoa G, Smulevich G, Coletta M, Verde C (2011) Ligand- and proton-linked conformational changes of the ferrous 2/2 hemoglobin of Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis IUBMBLife 63, 566-73
- Riccio A, Mangiapia G, Giordano D, Flagiello A, Tedesco R, Bruno S, Vergara A, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G, Pucci P, Paduano L, Verde C (2011) Polymerization of hemoglobins in Arctic fish: Lycodes reticulatus and Gadus morhua. IUBMBLife 63, 346-54
- Howes BD, Giordano D, Boechi L, Russo R, Mucciacciaro S, Ciaccio C, Sinibaldi F, Fittipaldi M, Martí MA, Estrin DA, di Prisco G, Coletta M, Verde C, Smulevich G (2011) The peculiar heme pocket of the 2/2 hemoglobin of Antarctic cold-adapted Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis J Biol Inorg Chem 16, 299-311
- Russo R, Giordano D, Riccio A, di Prisco G, Verde C (2010) Cold-adapted bacteria and the globin case study in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis Mar Gen 3; 125-131
- Merlino A, Vitagliano L, Balsamo A, Nicoletti F, Howes B, Giordano D, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Verde C, Smulevich G, Mazzarella L, Vergara A (2010) Crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction studies and Raman microscopy of the major hemoglobin from the sub-Antarctic fish Eleginops maclovinus in the carbomonoxy form. Acta Crystallogr Section F 66, 1536-1540
- Parrilli E, Giuliani M, Giordano D, Russo R, Marino G, Verde C, Tutino ML (2010) The role of a 2-on-2 haemoglobin in oxidative and nitrosative stress resistance of Antarctic Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis Biochimie 92, 1003-1009
- Russo R, Riccio A, di Prisco G, Verde C, Giordano D (2010) Molecular adaptations in Antarctic fish and bacteria. Polar Science 4, 245-256
- Coppola D, Giordano D, Vergara A, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G, Verde, C Russo R (2010) The hemoglobins of sub-Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Polar Science 4, 295-308, ISSN: 1873-9652
- Giordano D, Russo R, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Verde C (2010) Molecular adaptations in hemoglobins of notothenioid fishes. J Fish Biol 76, 301-318
- Vergara A, Franzese M, Merlino A, Bonomi G, Verde C, Giordano D, di Prisco G, Lee HC, Peisach J, Mazzarella L (2009) Correlation between hemichrome stability and Root effect in tetrameric hemoglobins. Biophys J 97, 866-874
- Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Riccio A, Vergara A, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G (2009) Hemoproteins in the cold. Mar Gen 2, 67-73
- Giordano D, Boechi L, Vergara A, Martí MA, Samuni U, Dantsker D, Grassi L, Estrin DA, Friedman JM, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G, Verde C (2009) The hemoglobins of the sub-Antarctic fish Cottoperca gobio, a phyletically basal species. Oxygen-binding equilibria, kinetics and molecular dynamics. FEBS J 276, 2266-2277
- Verde C, Giordano D, di Prisco G (2008) The adaptation of polar fishes to climatic changes: structure, function and phylogeny of haemoglobin. IUBMB Life 60, 29-40
- Giordano D, Vergara A, Lee HC, Peisach J, Balestrieri M, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G, Verde C (2007) Hemoglobin structure/function and globin-gene evolution in the Arctic fish Liparis tunicatus. Gene 406, 58-68
- Giordano D, Parrilli E, Dettai A, Russo R, Barbiero G, Marino G, Lecointre G, di Prisco G Tutino ML, Verde C (2007) Truncated hemoglobins in the Antarctic psychrophilic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis Gene 398, 69-77
- di Prisco G, Eastman JT, Giordano D, Parisi E, Verde C (2007) Biogeography and adaptation of Notothenioid fish: hemoglobin function and globin-gene evolution. Gene 398, 143-155
- Verde C, Vergara A, Giordano D, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G (2007) The Root effect - a structural and evolutionary perspective. Antarctic Sci 19, 271-278
- Verde C, Giordano D, di Prisco G (2006) Molecular evolution of hemoglobins of polar fishes. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol 5, 297-308
- Giordano D, Grassi L, Parisi E, Bargelloni L, di Prisco G, Verde C (2006) Embryonic β-globin in the non-Antarctic notothenioid fish Cottoperca gobio (Bovichtidae). Polar Biol 30:75-82
- Verde C, De Rosa MC, Giordano D, Mosca D, de Pascale D, Raiola L, Cocca E, Carratore V, Giardina B, di Prisco G (2005) Structure, function and molecular adaptations of haemoglobins of the polar cartilaginous fish Bathyraja eatonii and Raja hyperborea. Biochem J 389, 297-306.
Selected Publications
(full list available at CNR People)
Biodiversity of UV-Resistant Bacteria in Antarctic Aquatic Environments
Coppola D, Lauritano C, Zazo G, Nuzzo G, Fontana A, Ianora A, Costantini M, Verde C, Giordano D
Year: 2023
Sirtuin Inhibitor Cambinol Induces Cell Differentiation and Differently Interferes with SIRT1 and 2 at the Substrate Binding Site
Giordano D, Scafuri B, De Masi L, Capasso L, Maresca V, Altucci L, Nebbioso A, Facchiano A, Bontempo P
Year: 2023
NO and Heme Proteins: Cross-Talk between Heme and Cysteine Residues
Verde C, Giordano D, Bruno S
Year: 2023
Isolation of UV-Resistant Marine Bacteria by UV-C Assays
Coppola D, Verde C, Giordano D
Year: 2022
Nitric Oxide Production and Regulation in the Teleost Cardiovascular System
Giordano D, Verde C, Corti P
Year: 2022
Expression of Recombinant Cold-Adapted (Hemo)Globins from Marine Bacteria
Giordano D, Verde V
Year: 2022
The Evolution of Nitric Oxide Function: From Reactivity in the Prebiotic Earth to Examples of Biological Roles and Therapeutic Applications
Shepherd M, Giordano D, Verde C, Poole RK
Year: 2022
Bioactivity Screening of Antarctic Sponges Reveals Anticancer Activity and Potential Cell Death via Ferroptosis by Mycalols
Riccio G, Nuzzo G, Zazo G, Coppola D, Senese G, Romano L, Costantini M, Ruocco N, Bertolino M, Fontana A, Ianora A, Verde C, Giordano D, Lauritano C
Year: 2021
A Metataxonomic Approach Reveals Diversified Bacterial Communities in Antarctic Sponges
Ruocco N, Esposito R, Bertolino M, Zazo G, Sonnessa M, Andreani F, Coppola D, Giordano D, Nuzzo G, Lauritano C, Fontana A, Ianora A, Verde C, Costantini M
Year: 2021
Regulation of globin expression in Antarctic fish under thermal and hypoxic stress
Giordano D, Corti P, Coppola D, Altomonte G, Xue J, Russo R, di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2020
Structural and functional properties of Antarctic fish cytoglobins-1: Cold-reactivity in multi-ligand reactions
Giordano D, Pesce A, Vermeylen S, Abbruzzetti S, Nardini M, Marchesani F, Berghmans H, Seira C, Bruno S, Javier Luque F, di Prisco G, Ascenzi P, Dewilde S, Bolognesi M, Viappiani C, Verde C
Year: 2020
Marine terpenoids from polar latitudes and their potential applications in biotechnology
Núñez-Pons L, Shilling A, Verde C, Baker BJ, Giordano D
Year: 2020
Enzymes from marine polar regions and their biotechnological applications
Bruno S, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Giordano D, Verde C
Year: 2019
Adaptations to environmental change: globin superfamily evolution in Antarctic fishes
Daane JM, Giordano D, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Detrich HW, Verde C
Year: 2019
Conformational flexibility drives cold adaptation in Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 globins
Giordano D, Boubeta FM, di Prisco G, Estrin DA, Smulevich G, Viappiani C, Verde C
Year: 2019
Cold-Adaptation Signatures in the Ligand Rebinding Kinetics to the Truncated Hemoglobin of the Antarctic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
Boubeta FM, Boechi L, Estrin D, Patrizi B, Di Donato M, Iagatti A, Giordano D, Verde C, Bruno S, Abbruzzetti S, Viappiani C
Year: 2018
Coexistence of multiple globin genes conferring protection against nitrosative stress to the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
Coppola D, Giordano D, Milazzo L, Howes BD, Ascenzi P, Di Prisco G, Smulevich G, Poole RK, Verde C
Year: 2018
Biotechnological Applications of Bioactive Peptides From Marine Sources
Giordano D, Costantini M, Coppola D, Lauritano C, Núñez Pons L, Ruocco N, di Prisco G, Ianora A, Verde C
Year: 2018
UV-Protective Compounds in Marine Organisms from the Southern Ocean
Núñez-Pons L, Avila C, Romano G, Verde C, Giordano D
Year: 2018
Antarctic fish versus human cytoglobins - The same but yet so different
Cuypers B, Vermeylen S, Hammerschmid D, Trashin S, Rahemi V, Konijnenberg A, De Schutter A, Cheng CC, Giordano D, Verde C, De Wael K, Sobott F, Dewilde S, Van Doorslaer S
Year: 2017
The Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus hemoglobins and ligand-binding properties
Russo R, Giordano D, Paredi G, Marchesani F, Milazzo L, Altomonte G, Del Canale P, Abbruzzetti S, Ascenzi P, di Prisco G, Viappiani C, Fago A, Bruno S, Smulevich G, Verde C
Year: 2017
Neuroglobin in Breast Cancer Cells: Effect of Hypoxia and Oxidative Stress on Protein Level, Localization, and Anti-Apoptotic Function
Fiocchetti M, Cipolletti M, Leone S, Naldini A, Carraro F, Giordano D, Verde C, Ascenzi P, Marino M
Year: 2016
Polar Marine Microorganisms and Climate Change
Verde C, Giordano D, Bellas C, di Prisco G, Anesio A
Year: 2016
Functional characterisation of the haemoglobins of the migratory notothenioid fish Dissostichus eleginoides
Coppola D, Giordano D, Abbruzzetti S, Marchesani F, Balestrieri M, di Prisco G, Viappiani C, Bruno S, Verde C
Year: 2015
Marine Microbial Secondary Metabolites: Pathways, Evolution and Physiological Roles
Giordano D, Coppola D, Russo R, Denaro R, Giuliano L, Lauro FM, di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2015
Structural flexibility of the heme cavity in the cold-adapted truncated hemoglobin from the Antarctic marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
Giordano D, Pesce A, Boechi L, Bustamante JP, Caldelli E, Howes BD, Riccio A, di Prisco G, Nardini M, Estrin D, Smulevich G, Bolognesi M, Verde C
Year: 2015
’Cool’ adaptations to cold environments: globins in Notothenioidei (Actynopterygii, Perciformes)
Giordano D, Russo R, Coppola D, Altomonte G, di Prisco G, Bruno S, Verde C
Year: 2015
Erratum to: ’Cool’ adaptations to cold environments: globins in Notothenioidei (Actynopterygii, Perciformes) [Hydrobiologia, DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2306-1]
Giordano D, Russo R, Coppola D, Altomonte G, di Prisco G, Bruno S, Verde C
Year: 2015
Antarctic bacterial haemoglobin and its role in the protection against nitrogen reactive species
Coppola D, Giordano D, Tinajero-Trejo M, Di Prisco G, Ascenzi P, Poole RK, Verde C
Year: 2013
The globins of cold-adapted Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125: from the structure to the physiological functions
Giordano D, Coppola D, Russo R, Tinajero-Trejo M, Di Prisco G, Lauro F, Ascenzi P, Verde C
Year: 2013
Ligand-rebinding kinetics of 2/2 hemoglobin from the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC12
Russo R, Giordano D, Di Prisco G, Hui Bon Hoa G, Marden MC, Verde C, Kiger L
Year: 2013
Is the heme pocket region modulated by disulfide-bridge formation in fish and amphibian neuroglobins as in humans?
Van Leuven W, Cuypers B, Desmet F, Giordano D, Verde C, Moens L, Van Doorslaer S, Dewilde S
Year: 2013
ATP regulation of the ligand-binding properties in temperate and cold-adapted haemoglobins. X-ray structure and ligand-binding kinetics in the sub-Antarctic fish Eleginops maclovinus
Coppola D, Abbruzzetti S, Nicoletti F, Merlino A, Gambacurta A, Giordano D, Howes BD, De Sanctis G, Vitagliano L, Bruno S, di Prisco G, Mazzarella L, Smulevich G, Coletta M, Viappiani C, Vergara A, Verde C
Year: 2012
The challenges of low temperature in the evolution of bacteria
Di Prisco G, Giordano D, Russo R, Verde C
Year: 2012
Biophysical Characterisation of Neuroglobin of the Icefish, a Natural Knockout for Hemoglobin and Myoglobin. Comparison with Human Neuroglobin
Giordano D, Boron I, Abbruzzetti S, Van Leuven W, Nicoletti FP, Forti F, Bruno S, Cheng CC, Moens L, di Prisco G, Nadra AD, Estrin D, Smulevich G, Dewilde S, Viappiani C, Verde C
Year: 2012
Molecular adaptations in Antarctic fish and marine microorganisms
Giordano D, Russo R, Di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2012
Antarctic psychrophiles: models for understanding the molecular basis of survival at low temperature and responses to climate change
Verde C, Di Prisco G, Giordano D, Russo R, Anderson D, Cowan D
Year: 2012
The hemoglobins of polar fish: evolutionary and physiological significance of multiplicity in Arctic fish
Verde C, Giordano D, Di Prisco G, Andersen Ø
Year: 2012
The adaptive evolution of polar fishes. Lesson from the function of hemoproteins
Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Di Prisco G
Year: 2012
Haemoproteins in cold environments - an evolutionary view
Di Prisco G, Giordano D, Russo R, Verde C
Year: 2011
Ligand- and proton-linked conformational changes of the ferrous 2/2 hemoglobin of Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
Giordano D, Russo R, Ciaccio C, Howes BD, di Prisco G, Marden MC, Hui Bon Hoa G, Smulevich G, Coletta M, Verde C
Year: 2011
The peculiar heme pocket of the 2/2 hemoglobin of cold-adapted Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC12
Howes BD, Giordano D, Boechi L, Russo R, Mucciacciaro S, Ciaccio C, Sinibaldi F, Fittipaldi M, Martí MA, Estrin DA, Di Prisco G, Coletta M, Verde C, Smulevich G
Year: 2011
Polymerization of hemoglobins in Arctic fish: Lycodes reticulatus and Gadus morhua
Riccio A, Mangiapia G, Giordano D, Flagiello A, Tedesco R, Bruno S, Vergara A, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G, Pucci P, Paduano L, Verde C
Year: 2011
Erythropoiesis in Fishes
Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Di Prisco, G
Year: 2011
Hemoglobin Differentiation in Fishes
Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Di Prisco, G
Year: 2011
Evolutionary adaptations in Antarctic fish:the oxygen-transport system
Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Riccio A, Coppola D, Di Prisco G
Year: 2011
Molecular adaptations in hemoglobins of notothenioid fishes
Giordano D, Russo R, Coppola D, Di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2010
Crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction studies and Raman microscopy of the major hemoglobin from the sub-Antarctic fish Eleginops maclovinus in the carbomonoxy form
Merlino A, Vitagliano L, Balsamo A, Nicoletti F, Howes B, Giordano D, Coppola D, Di Prisco G, Verde C, Smulevich G, Mazzarella L, Vergara A
Year: 2010
The role of a 2-on-2 haemoglobin in oxidative and nitrosative stress resistance of Antarctic Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
Parrilli E, Giuliani M, Giordano D, Russo R, Marino G, Verde C, Tutino ML
Year: 2010
Cold-adapted bacteria and the globin case study in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
Russo R, Giordano D, Riccio A, Di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2010
Molecular adaptations in Antarctic fish and bacteria
Russo R, Riccio A, Di Prisco G, Verde C, Giordano D
Year: 2010
The hemoglobins of the sub-Antarctic fish Cottoperca gobio, a phyletically basal species - oxygen-binding equilibria, kinetics and molecular dynamics
Giordano D, Boechi L, Vergara A, Martì MA, Samuni U, Dantsker D, Grassi L, Estrin DA, Friedman JM, Mazzarella L, Di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2009
Hemoproteins in the cold
Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Riccio A, Vergara A, Mazzarella L, Di Prisco G
Year: 2009
Correlation between hemichrome stability and Root effect in tetrameric hemoglobins
Vergara A, Franzese M, Merlino A, Bonomi G, Verde C, Giordano D, Di Prisco G, Lee HC, Peisach J, Mazzarella L
Year: 2009
The adaptation of Polar fishes to climatic changes: structure, function and phylogeny of hemoglobin
Verde C, Giordano D, Di Prisco G
Year: 2008
Biogeography and adaptation of Notothenioid fish: hemoglobin function and globin-gene evolution
Di Prisco G, Eastman JT, Giordano D, Parisi E, Verde C
Year: 2007
The truncated hemoglobins in the Antarctic psychrophilic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC12
Giordano D, Parrilli E, Dettaï A, Russo R, Barbiero G, Marino G, Lecointre G, Di Prisco G, Tutino L, Verde C
Year: 2007
Hemoglobin structure/function and globin-gene evolution in the Arctic fish Liparis tunicatus
Giordano D, Vergara A, Lee HC, Peisach J, Balestrieri M, Mazzarella L, Parisi E, Di Prisco G, Verde C
Year: 2007
Molecular evolution of haemoglobins of polar fishes
Verde C, Giordano D, Di Prisco G
Year: 2007
The Root effect - a structural and evolutionary perspective
Verde C, Vergara A, Giordano D, Mazzarella L, Di Prisco G
Year: 2007



