FFC#19/2014

Mitochondrial Ca2+-dependent inflammasome activation exacerbates the P. aeruginosa-driven inflammatory response

FFC#19/2014

Mitochondrial Ca2+-dependent inflammasome activation exacerbates the P. aeruginosa-driven inflammatory response

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Paolo Pinton (Dip. di Morfologia, Chirurgia e Medicina Sperimentale, Lab. Trasduzione del Segnale, Università di Ferrara )

RESEARCHERS

7

CATEGORY

AREA 4 Lung inflammation

DURATION

2 years

GOAL

€ 62.000

RESULTS

In the previous project researchers demonstrated that mislocalized CFTR is associated with an increase in intracellular Ca2+ content and this mechanism favoures the mithocondrial Ca2+ uptake, predisposing the organelle to a major stress responsivity . In this project they demonstrated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa affects mithocondrial Ca2+ signalling and physiology. The Pseudomonas protein Flagellin is an inducer of mithocondrial dysfunction favouring the Ca2+ increase in mithocondrial matrix. Finally, Ca2 + dependent disfunctioning mithocondria activate inflammosome response. An alternative strategy for treating exacerbated Pseudomonas aeruginosa-triggered inflammation in CF have to take in account the possibility to rescue mithocondrial physiology.

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