SORRENTINO VINCENZO

Vincenzo
Sorrentino
Professore Ordinario

Presentation

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 1980:           MD, School of Medicine, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy, summa cum laude

1980-1983:   Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome Italy

1983-1984:   Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Inst., NIH, Bethesda, MD and Frederick Cancer Research Facility, Frederick, MD

1985-1987:   Research Associate, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.

 

EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1988-1993:   Staff Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

1993-2000:   Associate Professor of Histology, School of Medicine, University of Siena.

1993-2002:   Director, Growth Factors Unit, DIBIT, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano

1994-2000:   Director International PhD Programme, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano

2000-date:    Professor of Histology, School of Medicine, University of Siena.

1997-2002:   Director, Medical Genetics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese

2002-2019:    Director, Molecular Medicine & Genetic Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese

2019-date     Director, "Programme in Molecular diagnosis and pathogenetic mechanisms of rare genetic diseases", Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese.

2004-2010:   Director, Center for Stem Cell Research, University of Siena

2009-2011:   Director PhD Programme in Molecular Medicine, University of Siena

2010-2012:   Chairman, Department of Neuroscience, University of Siena

2010-2016:   Vice-Rector for Research, University of Siena

2018-date:    Director, Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena

 

HONORS

26.11.2016:   Doctor Honoris Causa, (D.H.C.), University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, 2016

 

BIBLIOMETRIC DATA according to Scopus

Total Articles in international peer reviewed journals:    189

Sum of the Times Cited:                                                8303

H-index:                                                                        50

total Impact Factor February 2019:                                 970.368

 

Research Experience

Vincenzo Sorrentino is an internationally recognized scholar mostly known for his work in the field of molecular cell biology and genetics of skeletal muscle cells. In the last years, his research activity has mainly focused on three main topics.

1) Molecular basis of the assembly of the junctional protein complex at triads.

Following the discovery by his team of the third ryanodine receptors gene (RYR3), Prof. Sorrentino has been interested in the characterization and the assembly of proteins of the excitation-contraction coupling mechanism, like ryanodine receptors, triadin, junction, junctophilins and calsequestrin in skeletal muscle. These studies show how protein-protein interactions mediate the assembly and the stability of a large multiprotein complex around the RYR1 at triads. In recent studies, Prof. Sorrentino and his team identified the molecular determinants by which junctophilins mediate the formation and stability of triads in skeletal muscle.

2) Molecular basis of sarcoplasmic reticulum organization.

In 2003 his team provided the first evidence that an interaction between two proteins, sAnk1.5 and obscurin, stabilizes the sarcoplasmic reticulum around the myofibrils. Additional studies, mainly based on the characterization of knock-out mouse lines lacking either AnkB, sAnk1 or obscurin confirmed the role of muscle-specific ankyrins and obscurin in sarcoplasmic reticulum architecture and the stabilization of the M band and of dystrophin at costamers.

3) molecular genetics of human neuromuscular diseases.

Many of Prof. Sorrentino’s studies have been dedicated to genetic studies aimed to identify the pathogenetic role and the mechanisms altered by mutations in genes encoding proteins of the excitation-contraction coupling in human diseases like Malignant Hyperthermia and Central Core Diseases. In the recent years, Sorrentino provided the first evidence that mutations in the CASQ1 gene are found in patients with Vacuolar Aggregate Myopathy and in patients with Tubular Aggregate Myopathy. More recently, his group identified the first causative mutation in the obscurin (OBSCN) gene in a family with a form of distal myopathy.

 

Contacts

0577232456 [int.2456],0577232969 [int.2969] (Laboratorio 20 10),0577232978 [int.2978] (Laboratorio 20 09),0577232981 [int.2981] (Lab Microscopia 10 02)

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching activities

Completion accademic year: 2025/2026

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) BIOTECHNOLOGIES OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION A.Y. 2025/2026

Completion accademic year: 2024/2025

Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) BIOTECHNOLOGIES OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION A.Y. 2024/2025

Completion accademic year: 2023/2024

Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA A.Y. 2023/2024

Completion accademic year: 2022/2023

Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINE AND SURGERY A.Y. 2022/2023
Course year: 1 Full cicle (6 years) MEDICINE AND SURGERY A.Y. 2022/2023

Research

Ultime pubblicazioni:

  • Chen, Y.S., Garcia-Castaneda, M., Charalambous, M., Rossi, D., Sorrentino, V., Van Petegem, F. (2024). Cryo-EM investigation of ryanodine receptor type 3. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 15(1) [10.1038/s41467-024-52998-9]. - view more
  • Gamberucci, A., Nanni, C., Pierantozzi, E., Serano, M., Protasi, F., Rossi, D., et al. (2024). TAM-associated CASQ1 mutants diminish intracellular Ca2+ content and interfere with regulation of SOCE. JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY, 45(4), 275-284 [10.1007/s10974-024-09681-9]. - view more
  • Vantaggiato, L., Landi, C., Shaba, E., Rossi, D., Sorrentino, V., Bini, L. (2024). Protein Extraction Methods Suitable for Muscle Tissue Proteomic Analysis. PROTEOMES, 12(4) [10.3390/proteomes12040027]. - view more
  • Lopergolo, D., Gallus, G.N., Pieraccini, G., Boscaro, F., Berti, G., Serni, G., et al. (2024). CCDC78: Unveiling the Function of a Novel Gene Associated with Hereditary Myopathy. CELLS, 13(17) [10.3390/cells13171504]. - view more
  • Lopergolo, D., Salvatore, S., Sorrentino, V., Malandrini, A., Santorelli, F.M., Battisti, C. (2023). Early-onset motor polyneuropathy associated with a novel dominant NAGLU mutation. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 44(4), 1415-1418 [10.1007/s10072-023-06607-0]. - view more