Education

Ph.D. in Biological Science, Institute of Biological Research, Mar del Plata University, 1987

Current position

Professor Institute of Biological Research, Mar del Plata University, Argentina
Superior researcher from the Argentinean National Council of Scientific Research (CONICET), Institute of Biological Research, Mar del Plata University, Argentina

Publications (since 2010)

1. Negri, P., Maggi, M., Ramirez, L., De Feudis, L., Szwarski, N., Quintana, S., Eguaras, M. and Lamattina, L. (2015). Abscisic acid enhances the immune response in Apis mellifera and contributes to the colony' fitness. Apiddologie (en prensa).
   
2. Correa-Aragunde, N., Foresi, N. and Lamattina, L. (2015). Nitric oxide is a ubiquitous signal for maintaining redox balance in plant cells: regulation of ascorbate peroxidase as a case study. J Exp Bot 66(10): 2913-2921.
   
3. Corti Monzon, G., Regente, M., Pinedo, M., Lamattina, L. and de la Canal, L. (2015). Effects of nitric oxide on sunflower seedlings: A balance between defense and development. Plant Signal Behav 10(9): e992285.
   
4. Foresi, N., Mayta, M. L., Lodeyro, A. F., Scuffi, D., Correa-Aragunde, N., Garcia-Mata, C., Casalongue, C., Carrillo, N. and Lamattina, L. (2015). Expression of the tetrahydrofolate-dependent nitric oxide synthase from the green alga Ostreococcus tauri increases tolerance to abiotic stresses and influences stomatal development in Arabidopsis. Plant J 82(5): 806-821.
   
5. Correa-Aragunde, N., Cejudo, F. J. and Lamattina, L. (2015). Nitric oxide is required for the auxin-induced activation of NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase and protein denitrosylation during root growth responses in arabidopsis. Ann Bot 116(4): 695-702.
   
6. Tossi, V. E., Acebedo, S. L., Cassia, R. O., Lamattina, L., Galagovsky, L. R. and Ramirez, J. A. (2015). A bioassay for brassinosteroid activity based on the in vitro fluorimetric detection of nitric oxide production. Steroids 102: 46-52.
   
7. Correa-Aragunde, N., Foresi, N. and Lamattina, L. (2015). Auxin and nitric oxide: a counterbalanced partnership that ensures the redox cue control required for determining root growth pattern. Invitación: ADVANCES in BOTANICAL RESEARCH -Special Issue- Editor David Wendehenne (en prensa).
   
8. Negri, P., Maggi, M., Ramirez, L., Szwarski, N., De Feudis, L., Lamattina, L. and Eguaras, M. (2015). CELLULAR IMMUNITY IN APIS MELLIFERA: STUDYING HEMOCYTES BRINGS LIGHT ABOUT BEES SKILLS TO CONFRONT THREATS. Apidologie (en prensa).
   
9. Distefano, A. M., Valinas, M. A., Scuffi, D., Lamattina, L., Ten Have, A., Garcia-Mata, C. and Laxalt, A. M. (2015). Phospholipase D delta knock-out mutants are tolerant to severe drought stress. Plant Signal Behav 10(11): e1089371.
   
10. Tavares, C. P., Vernal, J., Delena, R. A., Lamattina, L., Cassia, R. and Terenzi, H. (2014). S-nitrosylation influences the structure and DNA binding activity of AtMYB30 transcription factor from Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochim Biophys Acta 1844(4): 810-817.
    
11. Negri, P., Quintana, S., Maggi, M., Szawarski, N., Lamattina, L. and Eguaras, M. (2014). Apis mellifera hemocytes generate increased amounts of nitric oxide in response to wounding/encapsulation. Apidologie 45:610-617.
    
12. Gonorazky, G., Ramirez, L., Abd-El-Haliem, A., Vossen, J. H., Lamattina, L., ten Have, A., Joosten, M. H. and Laxalt, A. M. (2014). The tomato phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C2 (SlPLC2) is required for defense gene induction by the fungal elicitor xylanase. J Plant Physiol 171(11): 959-965.
    
13. Tossi, V., Lamattina, L., Jenkins, G. I. and Cassia, R. O. (2014). Ultraviolet-B-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis is regulated by the UV RESISTANCE LOCUS8 photoreceptor in a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. Plant Physiol 164(4): 2220-2230.
    
14. Yu, M., Lamattina, L., Spoel, S. H. and Loake, G. J. (2014). Nitric oxide function in plant biology: a redox cue in deconvolution. New Phytol 202(4): 1142-1156.
    
15. Corti Monzon, G., Pinedo, M., Di Rienzo, J., Novo-Uzal, E., Pomar, F., Lamattina, L. and de la Canal, L. (2014). Nitric oxide is required for determining root architecture and lignin composition in sunflower. Supporting evidence from microarray analyses. Nitric Oxide 39: 20-28.
    
16. Scuffi, D., Alvarez, C., Laspina, N., Gotor, C., Lamattina, L. and Garcia-Mata, C. (2014). Hydrogen sulfide generated by L-cysteine desulfhydrase acts upstream of nitric oxide to modulate abscisic acid-dependent stomatal closure. Plant Physiol 166(4): 2065-2076.
    
17. Negri1, P., Maggi, M., Szawarski, N., Lamattina, L. and Eguaras, M. (2014). Apis mellifera haemocytes in-vitro: What type of cells are they? Functional analysis before and after pupal metamorphosis. J Apic Res 53: 576-589.
    
18. Arruebarrena Di Palma, A., Pereyra, C. M., Moreno Ramirez, L., Xiqui Vazquez, M. L., Baca, B. E., Pereyra, M. A., Lamattina, L. and Creus, C. M. (2013). Denitrification-derived nitric oxide modulates biofilm formation in Azospirillum brasilense. FEMS Microbiol Lett 338(1): 77-85.
    
19. Garcia-Mata, C. and Lamattina, L. (2013). Gasotransmitters are emerging as new guard cell signaling molecules and regulators of leaf gas exchange. Plant Sci 201-202: 66-73.
    
20. Simontacchi, M., Garcia-Mata, C., Bartoli, C. G., Santa-Maria, G. E. and Lamattina, L. (2013). Nitric oxide as a key component in hormone-regulated processes. Plant Cell Rep 32(6): 853-866.
    
21. Negri, P., Maggi, M., Correa-Aragunde, N., Brasesco, C., Eguaras, M. and Lamattina, L. (2013). Nitric oxide participates at the first steps of Apis mellifera cellular immune activation in response to non-self recognition. Apidologie 44:575-585.
    
22. Ramirez, L., Bartoli, C. G. and Lamattina, L. (2013). Glutathione and ascorbic acid protect Arabidopsis plants against detrimental effects of iron deficiency. J Exp Bot 64(11): 3169-3178.
    
23. Tossi, V., Lamattina, L. and Cassia, R. (2013). Pharmacological and genetical evidence supporting nitric oxide requirement for 2,4-epibrassinolide regulation of root architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal Behav 8(7): e24712.
    
24. Correa-Aragunde, N., Foresi, N., Delledonne, M. and Lamattina, L. (2013). Auxin induces redox regulation of ascorbate peroxidase 1 activity by S-nitrosylation/denitrosylation balance resulting in changes of root growth pattern in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 64(11): 3339-3349.
    
25. Correa-Aragunde, N., Foresi, N. and Lamattina, L. (2013). Structure diversity of nitric oxide synthases (NOS): the emergence of new forms in photosynthetic organisms. Front Plant Sci 4: 232.
    
26. Monreal, J. A., Arias-Baldrich, C., Tossi, V., Feria, A. B., Rubio-Casal, A., Garcia-Mata, C., Lamattina, L. and Garcia-Maurino, S. (2013). Nitric oxide regulation of leaf phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase-kinase activity: implication in sorghum responses to salinity. Planta 238(5): 859-869.
    
27. Simontacchi, M., Buet, A., Lamattina, L. and Puntarulo, S. (2012). Exposure to nitric oxide increases the nitrosyl-iron complexes content in sorghum embryonic axes. Plant Sci 183: 159-166.
    
28. Terrile, M. C., Paris, R., Calderon-Villalobos, L. I., Iglesias, M. J., Lamattina, L., Estelle, M. and Casalongue, C. A. (2012). Nitric oxide influences auxin signaling through S-nitrosylation of the Arabidopsis TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE 1 auxin receptor. Plant J 70(3): 492-500.
    
29. Bruzzone, S., Basile, G., Mannino, E., Sturla, L., Magnone, M., Grozio, A., Salis, A., Fresia, C., Vigliarolo, T., Guida, L., De Flora, A., Tossi, V., Cassia, R., Lamattina, L. and Zocchi, E. (2012). Autocrine abscisic acid mediates the UV-B-induced inflammatory response in human granulocytes and keratinocytes. J Cell Physiol 227(6): 2502-2510.
    
30. Zalazar, L., Saez Lancellotti, T. E., Clementi, M., Lombardo, C., Lamattina, L., De Castro, R., Fornes, M. W. and Cesari, A. (2012). SPINK3 modulates mouse sperm physiology through the reduction of nitric oxide level independently of its trypsin inhibitory activity. Reproduction 143(3): 281-295.
    
31. Tossi, V., Cassia, R., Bruzzone, S., Zocchi, E. and Lamattina, L. (2012). ABA says NO to UV-B: a universal response? Trends Plant Sci 17(9): 510-517.
    
32. Lombardo, M. C. and Lamattina, L. (2012). Nitric oxide is essential for vesicle formation and trafficking in Arabidopsis root hair growth. J Exp Bot 63(13): 4875-4885.
    
33. Tossi, V., Lombardo, C., Cassia, R. and Lamattina, L. (2012). Nitric oxide and flavonoids are systemically induced by UV-B in maize leaves. Plant Sci 193-194: 103-109.
    
34. Distefano, A. M., Scuffi, D., Garcia-Mata, C., Lamattina, L. and Laxalt, A. M. (2012). Phospholipase Ddelta is involved in nitric oxide-induced stomatal closure. Planta 236(6): 1899-1907.
    
35. Raho, N., Ramirez, L., Lanteri, M. L., Gonorazky, G., Lamattina, L., ten Have, A. and Laxalt, A. M. (2011). Phosphatidic acid production in chitosan-elicited tomato cells, via both phospholipase D and phospholipase C/diacylglycerol kinase, requires nitric oxide. J Plant Physiol 168(6): 534-539.
    
36. Lanteri, M. L., Lamattina, L. and Laxalt, A. M. (2011). Mechanisms of xylanase-induced nitric oxide and phosphatidic acid production in tomato cells. Planta 234(4): 845-855.
    
37. Tossi, V., Amenta, M., Lamattina, L. and Cassia, R. (2011). Nitric oxide enhances plant ultraviolet-B protection up-regulating gene expression of the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway. Plant Cell Environ 34(6): 909-921.
    
38. Ramirez, L., Simontacchi, M., Murgia, I., Zabaleta, E. and Lamattina, L. (2011). Nitric oxide, nitrosyl iron complexes, ferritin and frataxin: a well equipped team to preserve plant iron homeostasis. Plant Sci 181(5): 582-592.
    
39. Corti Monzón, G., Pinedo, M., Lamattina, L. and de la Canal, L. (2011). Sunflower root growth regulation: the role of jasmonic acid and its relation with auxins. Plant Growth Regul 66:129-136.
    
40. Ramirez, L., Zabaleta, E. J. and Lamattina, L. (2010). Nitric oxide and frataxin: two players contributing to maintain cellular iron homeostasis. Ann Bot 105(5): 801-810.
    
41. Sueldo, D. J., Foresi, N. P., Casalongue, C. A., Lamattina, L. and Laxalt, A. M. (2010). Phosphatidic acid formation is required for extracellular ATP-mediated nitric oxide production in suspension-cultured tomato cells. New Phytol 185(4): 909-916.
    
42. Terrile, M. C., Tonon, C. V., Iglesias, M. J., Lamattina, L. and Casalongue, C. A. (2010). Extracellular ATP and nitric oxide signaling pathways regulate redox-dependent responses associated to root hair growth in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Signal Behav 5(6): 698-701.
    
43. Tonon, C., Cecilia Terrile, M., Jose Iglesias, M., Lamattina, L. and Casalongue, C. (2010). Extracellular ATP, nitric oxide and superoxide act coordinately to regulate hypocotyl growth in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. J Plant Physiol 167(7): 540-546.
    
44. Garcia-Mata, C. and Lamattina, L. (2010). Hydrogen sulphide, a novel gasotransmitter involved in guard cell signalling. New Phytol 188(4): 977-984.
    
45. Foresi, N., Correa-Aragunde, N., Parisi, G., Calo, G., Salerno, G. and Lamattina, L. (2010). Characterization of a nitric oxide synthase from the plant kingdom: NO generation from the green alga Ostreococcus tauri is light irradiance and growth phase dependent. Plant Cell 22(11): 3816-3830.