Publications by Umberto De Marchi

The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) activates mitochondrial respiration and enhances mobility by regulating mitochondrial redox state

Umberto De Marchi, Sonia Karaz, Federico Sizzano, Vincenzo Sorrentino

Regulation of mitochondrial redox balance is emerging as a key event for cell signaling in both physiological and pathological conditions. However, the link between the mitochondrial redox state and the modulation of these conditions remains poorly defined ...

ELSEVIER2023

Acute RyR1 Ca2+ leak enhances NADH-linked mitochondrial respiratory capacity

Johan Auwerx, Umberto De Marchi, Tanes Imamura de Lima

Sustained ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2+ leak is associated with pathological conditions such as heart failure or skeletal muscle weakness. We report that a single session of sprint interval training (SIT), but not of moderate intensity continuous training ...

Nature Portfolio2021

Targeting Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake with the Natural Flavonol Kaempferol, to Promote Metabolism/Secretion Coupling in Pancreatic beta-cells

Guillaume Jacot, Umberto De Marchi

Pancreatic beta-cells secrete insulin to lower blood glucose, following a meal. Maintenance of beta-cell function is essential to preventing type 2 diabetes. In pancreatic beta-cells, mitochondrial matrix calcium is an activating signal for insulin secreti ...

2020

Pancreatic beta cell based optical biosensor and system for continuous glucose monitoring

Catherine Dehollain, Nicolas Bouche, Christophe Boss, Umberto De Marchi, Bakul Jitendra Vinchhi, Ninad Dilip Agashe

A bio-electronics system that measures cytosolic [Ca2+] in vitro in the INS-1E pancreatic beta-cells using a 430 nm excitation light with the excitation wavelength of the probe being at 435 nm was successfully implemented and tested. We transfected the INS ...

IEEE2019

Optical pancreatic beta cell based biosensor, applications and glucose monitoring

Catherine Dehollain, Nicolas Bouche, Christophe Boss, Umberto De Marchi, Bakul Jitendra Vinchhi

An optical pancreatic beta-cell based biosensor for measuring cytosolic [Ca2+] is presented in this work. An in vitro bio-electronic system is built for testing various applications and characterizing features of the biosensor. A panoply of applications su ...

IEEE2019

Encapsulation of Insulin-Secreting Cells Expressing a Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Calcium Indicator for Cell-Based Sensing In Vivo

Nicolas Bouche, Christophe Boss, Andreas Wiederkehr, Mouna Conrad, Umberto De Marchi, Federico Sizzano

The development of cell-based biosensors that give insight into cell and tissue function in vivo is an attractive technology for biomedical research. Here, the development of a cell line expressing a fluorescent calcium sensor for the study of beta-cell fu ...

Wiley2017