Le calsequestrine nell’omeostasi del calcio e loro potenziale ruolo in miopatie scheletriche umane ereditarie
- 3 Anni 2008/2011
 - 484.900€ Totale Fondi
 
Molte patologie muscolari sono associate a mutazioni di proteine coinvolte nel controllo dei livelli di calcio (Ca). La calsequestrina (CASQ) è una proteina chiave che modula il rilascio/riassorbimento del Ca dal reticolo sarcoplasmatico (RS). Miopatie come l’ipertermia maligna (MH, reazione agli anestetici caratterizzata da contratture muscolari e aumento incontrollato della temperatura, letale nell’uomo) e le miopatie del core (CCD e MmD, caratterizzate da debolezza muscolare e degenerazione dell’architettura della fibra) risultano da livelli di Ca alterati. Molti casi di MH e CCD, sono legati a mutazioni nel gene RYR, che codifica per il canale di rilascio del Ca del RS. Tuttavia, non tutti i pazienti con MH o CCD, mostrano mutazioni del gene. Interessante è che la MH presenta molte somiglianze (stato ipermetabolico, aumento della temperatura corporea, etc.) con gli episodi di surriscaldamento, noti come colpi da calore (HS), scatenati da esercizio molto pesante o in condizioni ambientali difficili (temperatura e umidità elevate, etc.). Il nostro progetto si basa su: b – una importante scoperta: l’inattivazione del gene della CASQ1 nel topo aumenta la suscettibilità degli animali all’innesco di episodi letali in risposta a stress da calore o anestetici, che sono alquanto simili alle crisi di MH e a HS nell’uomo. b – una ipotesi: dal momento che la CASQ interagisce con il RYR ed è cruciale per il controllo dei livelli di Ca, è plausibile che una mutazione della CASQ sia coinvolta in MH, HS e miopatie del core. Lo scopo del progetto è di collezionare evidenze che avvalorino l’ipotesi, attraverso a) esperimenti su animali; e b) screening genetico su umani con MH e CCD. Cercheremo poi di sviluppare un approccio farmaco/dietetico con lo scopo di prevenire gli episodi di MH/HS e/o di far regredire il fenotipo patologico. I risultati potrebbero avere grande importanza per il trattamento di queste miopatie.
Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
- 2012-02-01 AGE 
Sequential stages in the age-dependent gradual formation and accumulation of tubular aggregates in fast twitch muscle fibers: SERCA and calsequestrin involvement
 - 2011-11-01 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY 
Differential impact of mitochondrial positioning on mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+ spark suppression in skeletal muscle
 - 2012-02-01 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY 
Calsequestrin (CASQ1) rescues function and structure of calcium release units in skeletal muscles of CASQ1-null mice
 - 2023-08-01 BIOLOGY-BASEL 
Structural Adaptation of the Excitation-Contraction Coupling Apparatus in Calsequestrin1-Null Mice during Postnatal Development
 - 2014-06-24 CIRCULATION 
Single Delivery of an Adeno-Associated Viral Construct to Transfer the CASQ2 Gene to Knock-In Mice Affected by Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Is Able to Cure the Disease From Birth to Advanced Age
 - 2013-07-05 CIRCULATION RESEARCH 
Abnormal Propagation of Calcium Waves and Ultrastructural Remodeling in Recessive Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
 - 2013-06-01 EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE 
Defects of Vps15 in skeletal muscles lead to autophagic vacuolar myopathy and lysosomal disease
 - 2009-06-01 FASEB JOURNAL 
Anesthetic- and heat-induced sudden death in calsequestrin-1-knockout mice
 - 2011-09-01 FASEB JOURNAL 
Mitochondrial superoxide flashes: metabolic biomarkers of skeletal muscle activity and disease
 - 2009-03-01 HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY 
Localization of ank1.5 in the sarcoplasmic reticulum precedes that of SERCA and RyR: relationship with the organization of obscurin in developing sarcomeres
 - 2011-08-01 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY 
Sarcoplasmic reticulum: Structural determinants and protein dynamics
 - 2011-03-18 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 
Cyclic Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose Activates Ryanodine Receptors, whereas NAADP Activates Two-pore Domain Channels
 - 2011-12-23 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 
Junctophilin 1 and 2 Proteins Interact with the L-type Ca2+ Channel Dihydropyridine Receptors (DHPRs) in Skeletal Muscle
 - 2012-06-08 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscle of Amyloid Precursor Protein-overexpressing Mice
 - 2011-01-01 JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 
Differential Effect of Calsequestrin Ablation on Structure and Function of Fast and Slow Skeletal Muscle Fibers
 - 2013-02-18 JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 
Obscurin is required for ankyrinB-dependent dystrophin localization and sarcolemma integrity
 - 2010-09-01 JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 
Paradoxical buffering of calcium by calsequestrin demonstrated for the calcium store of skeletal muscle
 - 2011-08-01 JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 
Spatial organization of RYRs and BK channels underlying the activation of STOCs by Ca2+ sparks in airway myocytes
 - 2011-12-01 JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY 
Lessons from calsequestrin-1 ablation in vivo: much more than a Ca2+ buffer after all
 - 2009-07-01 JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON 
Calsequestrin-1: a new candidate gene for malignant hyperthermia and exertional/environmental heat stroke
 - 2009-02-01 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL 
Mitochondria Are Linked to Calcium Stores in Striated Muscle by Developmentally Regulated Tethering Structures
 - 2013-02-01 NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 
Enhanced dihydropyridine receptor calcium channel activity restores muscle strength in JP45/CASQ1 double knockout mice
 - 2010-10-01 NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR 
Home-Based Functional Electrical Stimulation Rescues Permanently Denervated Muscles in Paraplegic Patients With Complete Lower Motor Neuron Lesion
 - 2013-01-07 PLOS ONE 
Growth Associated Protein 43 Is Expressed in Skeletal Muscle Fibers and Is Localized in Proximity of Mitochondria and Calcium Release Units
 - 2013-10-03 PLOS ONE 
Mitochondrial Ca2+-Handling in Fast Skeletal Muscle Fibers from Wild Type and Calsequestrin-Null Mice
 - 2013-10-15 PLOS ONE 
Accelerated Activation of SOCE Current in Myotubes from Two Mouse Models of Anesthetic- and Heat-Induced Sudden Death
 - 2009-03-24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Assembly and dynamics of proteins of the longitudinal and junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum in skeletal muscle cells
 - 2009-12-22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Characterization and temporal development of cores in a mouse model of malignant hyperthermia
 - 2010-12-21 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Massive alterations of sarcoplasmic reticulum free calcium in skeletal muscle fibers lacking calsequestrin revealed by a genetically encoded probe