2017
Ezrin links CFTR to TLR4 signaling to orchestrate anti-bacterial immune response in macrophages
Di Pietro C, Zhang PX, O’Rourke T, Murray TS, Wang L, Britto CJ, Koff JL, Krause DS, Egan ME, Bruscia EM. Ezrin links CFTR to TLR4 signaling to orchestrate anti-bacterial immune response in macrophages. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 10882. PMID: 28883468, PMCID: PMC5589856, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11012-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorCytoskeletal ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 4ConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorPI3K/AktFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorTransmembrane conductance regulatorPI3K/Akt signalingConductance regulatorAnti-bacterial immune responseAkt signalingAltered localizationEzrinCystic fibrosis diseaseMφ activationAktProtein levelsFibrosis diseaseActivationImmune regulationPhagocytosisInductionDirect linkSignalingRegulatorImmune responseMΦMacrophages
2013
Disease-relevant proteostasis regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Villella VR, Esposito S, Bruscia EM, Vicinanza M, Cenci S, Guido S, Pettoello-Mantovani M, Carnuccio R, De Matteis MA, Luini A, Maiuri MC, Raia V, Kroemer G, Maiuri L. Disease-relevant proteostasis regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Cell Death & Differentiation 2013, 20: 1101-1115. PMID: 23686137, PMCID: PMC3705602, DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2013.46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBeclin-1BronchiCell LineCell MembraneCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorEpithelial CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsMutationPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProteostasis DeficienciesRab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, TransferrinSequestosome-1 ProteinConceptsCFTR proteinBronchial epithelial cellsCFTR surface expressionSmall GTPase Rab5Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorWild-type CFTRFunctional CFTR proteinSQSTM1/p62Transmembrane conductance regulatorPositive feed-forward loopPlasma membrane stabilityFeed-forward loopEpithelial cellsProteostasis regulationProtein traffickingProteostasis networkGTPase Rab5Rab5 effectorProteostasis regulatorsConformational diseasesCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) potentiatorRecycling defectsSQSTM1 accumulationUnexpected link
2012
Nebulized Hyaluronan Ameliorates lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis mice
Gavina M, Luciani A, Villella VR, Esposito S, Ferrari E, Bressani I, Casale A, Bruscia EM, Maiuri L, Raia V. Nebulized Hyaluronan Ameliorates lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis mice. Pediatric Pulmonology 2012, 48: 761-771. PMID: 22825912, DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung inflammationCystic fibrosisLung tissueReactive oxygen speciesScnn1b-Tg miceHuman airway epithelial cellsSaline-treated miceChronic lung inflammationInflammatory protein-2Chronic respiratory diseasesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor GammaPotential anti-inflammatory drugsAnti-inflammatory drugsAirway epithelial cellsCystic fibrosis miceIB3-1Myeloperoxidase levelsMIP-2MPO activityMacrophage infiltrationFibrosis miceTumor necrosisExogenous administrationTNFα expressionCF airways
2002
Isolation of CF cell lines corrected at ΔF508-CFTR locus by SFHR-mediated targeting
Bruscia E, Sangiuolo F, Sinibaldi P, Goncz KK, Novelli G, Gruenert DC. Isolation of CF cell lines corrected at ΔF508-CFTR locus by SFHR-mediated targeting. Gene Therapy 2002, 9: 683-685. PMID: 12032687, DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall fragment homologous replacementAllele-specific PCRPrimer extension productsCell linesCFTR mRNAHuman airway epithelial cellsAllele-specific PCR amplificationΔF508 mutationCF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) proteinExon 10CF cell lineMutant cell linesPCR amplificationAirway epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsGenomic DNA fingerprintingEndogenous CFTRHomologous replacementRegulator proteinDNA fingerprint analysisGenomic DNAWT mRNADNA fragmentsΔF508 alleleSequence analysis