Ruolo dell’autofagia nelle malattie muscolari
- 2 Anni 2010/2012
- 532.500€ Totale Fondi
L'autofagia è un percorso catabolico evolutivamente conservato negli organismi eucarioti che permette alle cellule di eliminare rapidamente strutture indesiderate che vengono a formarsi al loro interno, quali aggregati proteici tossici, organuli danneggiati ed agenti patogeni, quali virus e batteri. Il meccanismo autofagico procede attraverso la generazione di vescicole a doppia membrana, gli autofagosomi, in grado di trasferire al lisosoma tali porzioni cellulari destinate alla degradazione. L'autofagia è coinvolta nella morte, proliferazione e differenziamento cellulare, e l'attività degradativa sopra descritta è essenziale per la morfogenesi dei tessuti ed, in generale, per la salute umana. Infatti, difetti dell'autofagia sono stati osservati in molte malattie infettive ed autoimmuni, nei tumori ed in disordini neurodegenerative e dell'apparato degradativo cellulare incentrato sul lisosoma. Al contrario, poco è noto sul possibile coinvolgimento dell'autofagia nelle distrofie muscolari e nelle miopatie ereditarie. Risultati recentissimi in modelli animali per la miopatia di Bethlem e la distrofia muscolare congenita di Ullrich, mostrano la persistenza di organuli danneggiati e spontanea morte cellulare (due tipiche caratteristiche di queste patologie muscolari) associata a difetti dell'autofagia. La sua riattivazione mediante una sottoposizione degli animali a dieta ipoproteica è sufficiente a ripristinare la sopravvivenza muscolare e migliorare sensibilmente le manifestazioni patologiche. Mediante questo progetto, caratterizzato da numerosi approcci sperimentali, intendiamo 1) studiare la regolazione dell'autofagia in condizioni fisiologiche e patologiche in modelli cellulari e animali; 2) identificare strategie terapeutiche e molecole innovative che consentano la modulazione dell'autofagia in patologie genetiche muscolari; 3) isolare e caratterizzare difetti dell'autofagia in pazienti di miopatie ereditarie e distrofie muscolari.
Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
- 2015-01-01 ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA
Collagen VI regulates peripheral nerve regeneration by modulating macrophage recruitment and polarization
- 2013-08-01 ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
New Insights into the Link Between DNA Damage and Apoptosis
- 2014-08-01 ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Deficiency-Induced S-Nitrosylation Results in Neuromuscular Dysfunction
- 2011-01-01 AUTOPHAGY
Unleashing the Ambra1-Beclin 1 complex from dynein chains Ulk1 sets Ambra1 free to induce autophagy
- 2011-12-01 AUTOPHAGY
Physical exercise stimulates autophagy in normal skeletal muscles but is detrimental for collagen VI-deficient muscles
- 2012-02-01 AUTOPHAGY
Atg5 and Ambra1 differentially modulate neurogenesis in neural stem cells
- 2012-02-01 AUTOPHAGY
Stimulation of autophagy by rapamycin protects neurons from remote degeneration after acute focal brain damage
- 2013-02-01 AUTOPHAGY
Cathepsin-mediated regulation of autophagy in saposin C deficiency
- 2013-08-15 CELL CYCLE
mTOR, AMBRA1, and autophagy An intricate relationship
- 2014-09-01 CELL DEATH & DISEASE
The autophagy regulators Ambra1 and Beclin 1 are required for adult neurogenesis in the brain subventricular zone
- 2011-03-01 CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
The DNA repair complex Ku70/86 modulates Apaf1 expression upon DNA damage
- 2012-07-01 CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Type 2 transglutaminase is involved in the autophagy-dependent clearance of ubiquitinated proteins
- 2012-09-01 CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Proteolysis of Ambra1 during apoptosis has a role in the inhibition of the autophagic pro-survival response
- 2015-03-01 CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
AMBRA1 is able to induce mitophagy via LC3 binding, regardless of PARKIN and p62/SQSTM1
- 2015-03-01 CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Oxidative stress and autophagy: the clash between damage and metabolic needs
- 2015-03-01 CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
AMBRA1 is able to induce mitophagy via LC3 binding, regardless of PARKIN and p62/SQSTM1 (vol 22, pg 419, 2015)
- 2014-12-22 DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
AMBRA1 Interplay with Cullin E3 Ubiquitin Ligases Regulates Autophagy Dynamics
- 2011-11-16 EMBO JOURNAL
Autophagy regulation by miRNAs: when cleaning goes out of service
- 2015-04-15 EMBO JOURNAL
Unsaturated fatty acids induce non-canonical autophagy
- 2012-05-01 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
The use of muscle biopsy in the diagnosis of undefined ataxia with cerebellar atrophy in children
- 2012-07-01 EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Non-apoptotic roles for death-related molecules: When mitochondria chose cell fate
- 2014-09-15 FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
Cyclosporin A promotes in vivo myogenic response in collagen VI-deficient myopathic mice
- 2012-12-01 HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
Reduced cathepsins B and D cause impaired autophagic degradation that can be almost completely restored by overexpression of these two proteases in Sap C-deficient fibroblasts
- 2015-01-01 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Apaf1 in embryonic development - shaping life by death, and more
- 2010-10-04 JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
The dynamic interaction of AMBRA1 with the dynein motor complex regulates mammalian autophagy
- 2012-04-01 MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Aβ Toxicity in Alzheimer's Disease
- 2013-02-02 MOLECULAR NEURODEGENERATION
Age-dependent roles of peroxisomes in the hippocampus of a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
- 2015-10-01 MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY
Autophagy induction impairs migration and invasion by reversing EMT in glioblastoma cells
- 2012-01-01 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
c-Cbl targets active Src for autophagy
- 2013-04-01 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
mTOR inhibits autophagy by controlling ULK1 ubiquitylation, self-association and function through AMBRA1 and TRAF6
- 2015-01-01 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
AMBRA1 links autophagy to cell proliferation and tumorigenesis by promoting c-Myc dephosphorylation and degradation
- 2013-06-01 NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Collagen VI regulates satellite cell self-renewal and muscle regeneration
- 2014-01-01 NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Expression of Ambra1 in mouse brain during physiological and Alzheimer type aging
- 2013-03-01 NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
Centronuclear myopathy related to dynamin 2 mutations: Clinical, morphological, muscle imaging and genetic features of an Italian cohort
- 2014-01-01 PAIN
Schwann cell autophagy counteracts the onset and chronification of neuropathic pain
- 2012-03-20 PLOS ONE
Altered Trabecular Bone Structure and Delayed Cartilage Degeneration in the Knees of Collagen VI Null Mice
- 2014-06-12 PLOS ONE
Zebrafish ambra1a and ambra1b Knockdown Impairs Skeletal Muscle Development
- 2010-10-01 TRAFFIC
The Role of Autophagy During Development in Higher Eukaryotes
- 2012-11-01 TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
Caspase-3 in the central nervous system: beyond apoptosis