Biologia della cromatina ed epigenetica

MLL4-associated condensates counterbalance Polycomb-mediated nuclear mechanical stress in Kabuki syndrome. Fasciani A, D'Annunzio S, Poli V, Fagnocchi L, Beyes S, Michelatti D, Corazza F, Antonelli L, Gregoretti F, Oliva G, Belli R, Peroni D, Domenici E, Zambrano S, Intartaglia D, Settembre C, Conte I, Testi C, Vergyris P, Ruocco G, Zippo A.
Nat Genet. 2020 Dec;52(12):1397-1411

GADD34 is a modulator of autophagy during starvation. Gambardella G, Staiano L, Moretti MN, De Cegli R, Fagnocchi L, Di Tullio G, Polletti S, Braccia C, Armirotti A, Zippo A, Ballabio A, De Matteis MA, di Bernardo D.
Sci Adv. 2020 Sep 25;6(39):eabb0205.

High-throughput 3D imaging of single cells with light-sheet fluorescence microscopy on chip. Sala F, Castriotta M, Paiè P, Farina A, D'Annunzio S, Zippo A, Osellame R, Bragheri F, Bassi A.
Biomed Opt Express. 2020 Jul 17;11(8):4397-4407.

Truncated BRPF1 cooperates with Smoothened to promote adult Shh medulloblastoma. Aiello G, Ballabio C, Ruggeri R, Fagnocchi L, Morassut I, Caron D, Francesca Garilli, Gianno F, Giangaspero F, Piazza S, Romanel A, Zippo A and Tiberi L.
Cell Rep. 2019 Dec 17;29(12):4036-4052.e10

SETD5 regulates chromatin methylation state and preserves global transcriptional fidelity during brain development and neuronal wiring Sessa A, Fagnocchi L, Mastrototaro G, Massimino L, Zaghi M, Indrigo M, Cattaneo S, Martini D, Gabellini C, Pucci C, Fasciani A, Belli R, Taverna S, Andreazzoli M, Zippo A*, Broccoli V*.
Neuron 2019 Oct 23;104(2):271-289.e13 * Co-senior Authors.

The proneural gene ASCL1 governs the transcriptional subgroup affiliation in glioblastoma stem cells by directly repressing the mesenchymal gene NDRG1. Narayanan A, Gagliardi F, Gallotti AL, Mazzoleni S, Cominelli M, Fagnocchi L, Pala M, Piras IS, Zordan P, Moretta N, Tratta E, Brugnara G, Altabella L, Bozzuto G, Gorombei P, Molinari A, Padua RA, Bulfone A, Politi LS, Falini A, Castellano A, Mortini P, Zippo A, Poliani PL, Galli R.
Cell Death Differ. 2018 Dec 11.

Tumorigenic Cell Reprogramming and Cancer Plasticity: Interplay between Signaling, Microenvironment, and Epigenetics. Vittoria Poli, Luca Fagnocchi and Alessio Zippo.
Stem Cell Int. 2018 May 2;2018:4598195.

Enhancer reprogramming in tumor progression: a new route towards cancer cell plasticity. Fagnocchi L, Poli V, Zippo A.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2018 Apr 24

MYC-driven epigenetic reprogramming favors the onset of tumorigenesis by inducing a stem cell-like state. Poli V, Fagnocchi L, Fasciani A, Cherubini A, Mazzoleni S, Ferrillo S, Miluzio A, Gaudioso G, Vaira V, Turdo A, Giaggianesi M, Chinnici A, Lipari E, Bicciato S, Bosari S, Todaro M, Zippo A.
Nat Commun. 2018 Mar 9;9(1):1024

A cytosolic Ezh1 isoform modulates a PRC2-Ezh1 epigenetic adaptive response in potmitotic cells. Bodega B, Marasca F, Ranzani V, Cherubini A, Della Valle F, Neguembor MV, Wassef M, Zippo A, Lanzuolo C, Pagani M, Orlando V.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2017 May; 24(5):444-452

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer microscopy for measuring chromatin complex structure and dynamics. Alessandro Cherubini and Alessio Zippo.
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2016

Integration of Signalling pathways with the epigenetic machinery in the maintenance of stem cells. Luca Fagnocchi, Mazzoleni Stefania and Alessio Zippo.
Stem Cell International, March 2016.

Lamin A/C sustains PcG proteins architecture maintaining repression of target genes. Cesarini E, Mozzetta C, Marullo F, Gregoretti F, Gargiulo A, Columbaro M, Cortesi A, Antonelli L, Di Pelino S, Squarzoni S, Palacios D, Zippo A, Bodega B, Oliva G, Lanzuolo C.
Journal of Cell Biology 2015 Nov 9;211(3):533-51

FOSL1 controls the assembly of endothelial cells into capillary tubes by direct repression of v and 3 integrin transcription. Evellin S, Galvagni F, Zippo A, Neri F, Orlandini M, Incarnato D, Dettori D, Neubauer S, Kessler H, Wagner EF, Oliviero S.
Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Mar;33(6):1198-209.

MYC regulates the transcription of PRC2 to control the expression of developmental genes in embryonic stem cells. Francesco Neri, Alessio Zippo, Anna Krepelova, Alessandro Cherubini, Marina Rocchigiani, and Salvatore Oliviero.
Mol Cell Biol. 2012 Feb;32(4):840-5

Histone crosstalk between H3S10ph and H4K16ac generates a histone code that mediates transcription elongation. Zippo A, Serafini R, Rocchigiani M, Pennacchini S, Krepelova A, Oliviero S.
Cell. 2009 Sep 18; 138(6):1122-36.

PIM1-dependent phosphorylation of Histone H3 at Serine 10 is required for the transcriptional activation of MYC-target genes. Zippo A, De Robertis A, Serafini R, Oliviero S.
Nat Cell Biol. 2007 Aug; 9(8):932-44.

  • Alessio Zippo, PI
  • Sven Beyes, assegnista di ricerca
  • Silvia Scalisi, assegnista di ricerca
  • Sara Lago, assegnista di ricerca
  • Daniela Michelatti, responsabile laboratorio
  • Sarah D’Annunzio, dottoranda
  • Chiara Bernardis, dottoranda
  • Maria Luce Negri, dottoranda
  • Leonardo Norelli, dottorando
  • Lisa Fol, studentessa universitaria
  • Nicole Cona, studente universitario
  • Antonio Timpone, studente universitario

Stiamo attualmente cercando candidati altamente motivati per una posizione di dottorando e di assegnista di ricerca interessati a studiare il ruolo della compartimentalizzazione della cromatina nelle malattie.

  • Alvaro Rada Iglesias (IBBTEC, Spain)
  • Giorgio Stassi (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy)
  • Matilde Todaro (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy)
  • Mark Neil (Imperial College, UK)
  • Vania Broccoli (San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy)
  • Andrea Bassi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
  • Ruocco Giancarlo (University of Rome, Italy)
  • Giangaetano Tartaglia (University of Rome, Italy)
  • Paolo Maiuri (IFOM Institute, Italy)

Bando: PRIN 2022 (D.D. 104/22)
Dissecting the interplay between chromatin-associated condensates and nuclear mechanical properties in Kabuki Syndrome
Alessio Zippo, Coordinatore
Codice Protocollo: 2022H79275     CUP: E53D23009880001