74th SIF National Congress
74th SIF National Congress
The Italian Society of Physiology
The Italian Society of Physiology
Rome, Italy • 11-13 September 2024
Rome, Italy • 11-13 September 2024
74th SIF National Congress
The Italian Society of Physiology
Rome, Italy • 11-13 September 2024
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12:00-19:00
Registration
15:00-17:30
Council of Physiology Professors [Auditorium]
15:00-17:30
Young Physiologists meeting [Aula San Francesco]
17:30-18:00
Opening Ceremony [Auditorium]
18:00-19:00
Opening Lecture [Auditorium]
Andrea Volterra (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Astrocytes in hippocampal memory and memory impairment
19:00
Welcome cocktail
20:00
Concert "UNE PETITE BARQUE"
viaggio per voce e pianoforte tra musica classica, contaminazioni etniche e jazz [Auditorium]
Programme
08:30-09:50
Parallel Symposia
S1 • Active sensing: attention and motor planning [Auditorium]
Chair: Rossella Breveglieri (Bologna, Italy)
Rossella Breveglieri (Bologna, Italy)
The medial posterior parietal cortex is a key node of attention for reaching
Paola Binda (Pisa, Italy)
Pupillometry gives a signature of implicit learning
Alessandro Benedetto (Florence, Italy)
The speed of visual processing changes with eccentricity: a combined EEG and behavioral investigation
Simona Monaco (Trento, Italy)
Possible role of attention in the early visual cortex during haptic exploration and motor planning
S2 • Environmental Stressors and Barriers dysfunction: assessing the impact on human health and diseases [Aula A]
Chairs: Giulio Sancini (Monza, Italy) & Leonardo Ermini (Siena, Italy)
Giulia Terribile (Monza, Italy)
The impact of pollution on the neurovascular unit physiology
Cinzia Del Gaudio (Siena, Italy)
The effect of environmental stressors on the placenta barrier
Maria Chiara Valerii (Bologna, Italy)
Effect of microplastic exposure on intestinal homeostasis
Daniela Gaglio (Segrate, Italy)
Micro and nano plastics induce metabolic rewiring and signal transduction alteration in normal human colon cells: a risk factor for human health
S3 • Structure and function of ion channels from experiments and simulations [Aula San Francesco]
Chair: Luca Maragliano (Ancona, Italy)
Anna Stary-Weinzinger (Vienna, Austria)
Allosteric mechanisms of inward rectifier K+ channel gating probed by disease mutants and ethosuximide
Arin Marchesi (Ancona, Italy)
Structural dynamics of membrane proteins by high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM)
Simone Furini (Cesena, Italy)
Atomistic simulations of C-type inactivation in potassium channels
Luigi Catacuzzeno (Perugia, Italy)
Building predictive Markov State Models of ion channel permeation from Molecular Dynamics
09:50-11:00
Parallel Oral Communications
Neurophysiology 1 [Auditorium]
Chairs: Anna Maria Aloisi (Siena, Italy) & Maria Vittoria Podda (Rome, Italy)
Giuseppe Aceto (Rome, Italy)
GPR158 activation decreases Kv7.2/KCNQ/M channel activity and increases intrinsic excitability in medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens
Anna Maria Aloisi (Siena, Italy)
Establishment of a cellular model to investigate the role of the pain-insensitive ZFHX2 gene
Roberto Colangeli (Ancona, Italy)
"Tune the tone": The endocannabinoid system gates plasticity of tonic GABA inhibition
Laura Maggi (Rome, Italy)
Female mice exhibit similar long-term plasticity and microglial function at the ventral and dorsal hippocampal poles
Sara Martini (Rome, Italy)
Exploring the role of a chemogenetic LIMK1 analog in dendritic spine dynamics
Stefano Masoli (Pavia, Italy)
Filtering properties of a multicompartmental model of the cerebellar basket cell
Francesco Pastore (Rome, Italy)
Developing an inducible cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) to control synaptic plasticity
Maria Vittoria Podda (Rome, Italy)
Brain complexity in stroke recovery after bihemispheric transcranial direct current stimulation in mice
Cellular Molecular and Muscle Physiology [Aula A]
Chairs: Stefania Fulle (Chieti, Italy) & Andrea Marcantoni (Turin, Italy)
Martina Arici (Milan, Italy)
YAP1 plays a key role in human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived cardiomyocytes maturation
Elena Battirossi (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)
Impact of β- and γ-actin Mutations Leading to Non-Muscle Actinopathies on Cell Cortex mechanics in Neurons
Matteo Moschetta (Milan, Italy)
Membrane-targeted photo-actuators for the light-dependent modulation of cell physiology
Luca Palloni (Milan, Italy)
AMPK is involved in the long-term regulation of the pacemaker current (If) by phosphorylating Ser1157 of HCN4 channels
Giuseppe Petito (Caserta, Italy)
Cannabinoid receptor type 1 deficiency triggers a complex adaptative response to improve gastrocnemius muscle function
Anna De Bartolo (Arcavacata di Rende, Italy)
Critical implications of the Fc region and FcγRIIA receptor in the side effects of Trastuzumab in human cardiomyocytes
Andrea Marcantoni (Turin, Italy)
Defining the effect of calcium released from ryanodine receptors on synaptic function
Physiology of Metabolism [Aula San Francesco]
Chairs: Luisa Cigliano (Naples, Italy) & Sebastiano Banni (Monserrato, Italy)
Antonella Cano (Sassari, Italy)
Extracellular mass to body cell mass ratio (ECM/BCM) as predictor of nutritional, cognitive and functional status in elderly
Gianfranca Carta (Monserrato, Italy)
Novel nutritional insights on metabolic flexibility
Luisa Cigliano (Naples, Italy)
Modulation of gut-brain axis as a strategy to prevent western diet-induced cognitive dysfunction and stress response in rat hippocampus
Manuela Cipolletti (Rome, Italy)
A new link between metabolism and E2 signaling: involvement of PMM2
Anna Patrizia Gena (Bari, Italy)
Aquaporin-9 plays a role in the severe metabolic disorder and inflammation in a murine model of lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D)
Giulia Querio (Orbassano, Italy)
GLUT4 membrane translocation in insulin-stimulated hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
Marianna Ranieri (Bari, Italy)
p-Coumaric acid prevented the vasopressin-induced water reabsorption through the activation of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor
Concetta Sozio (Naples, Italy)
Nutrient excess impairs osteoblast function through increased oxidative stress and impairment of DPP3/Nrf2 pathway
11:00-12:00
Poster Session 1 and Coffee break
12:00-13:00
Plenary Lecture [Auditorium]
Inge Depoortere (Leuven, Belgium)
Tick-Tock: significance of circadian clocks in the gut
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:50
Parallel Symposia
S4 • New insights into the role of protein post-translational modifications in brain plasticity and neurological diseases [Auditorium]
Chairs: Salvatore Fusco (Rome, Italy) & Paul Fraser (Toronto, Canada)
Salvatore Fusco (Rome, Italy)
The role of aberrant protein S-palmitoylation in diet- and age-related cognitive decline
Laura Civiero (Padua, Italy)
Exploring 14-3-3 interactome perturbations in brain disorders
Claudia Colussi (Rome, Italy)
Histone deacetylase 4 regulates the balance of synaptic protein SUMOylation in health and disease
Paul Fraser (Toronto, Canada)
Small ubiquitin modifiers as therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
S5 • New and old mechanisms of bidirectional communication between the brain and other organs [Aula A]
Chair: Giuseppina D'Alessandro (Rome, Italy)
Chiara Zurzolo (Paris, France)
α-Synuclein-induced autophagy dysfunction in neuronal cells contributes to tunneling nanotube (TNT)-mediated interaction with microglia
Diego Centonze (Rome, Italy)
High-fat diet drives glutamatergic synaptic damage by shaping the gut microbiota and T cell dynamics in multiple sclerosis
Stefano Garofalo (Rome, Italy)
Platelets-derived serotonin tunes fear memory in mice
Nunzio Iraci (Catania, Italy)
Cell-to-cell communication and neuroprotection: insights from astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles in Parkinson's disease
S6 • Advances in the physiology of breath holding [Aula San Francesco]
Chair: Anna Taboni (Brescia, Italy)
Matteo Paganini (Padua, Italy)
Effects of breath-hold diving on gas exchange and the respiratory system
Giovanni Vinetti (Bolzano, Italy)
Energy metabolism and energy cost of dynamic apnoea
Antonis Elia (Stockholm, Sweden)
Dietary manipulations and their effect on breath-holding
Anna Taboni (Brescia, Italy)
Blood pressure control during breath holding
15:50-17:00
Parallel Oral Communications
Cellular and Molecular Physiology 1 [Auditorium]
Chairs: Marco Fiocchetti (Rome, Italy) & Myriam Catalano (Rome, Italy)
Rosario Amato (Pisa, Italy)
Retinal cell resilience to metabolic stress: a putative role of thyroid hormone system
Valentina Brunetti (Pavia, Italy)
The mechano-sensitive Piezo1 channel promotes the release of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide by triggering global Ca2+ signals in the human cerebrovascular endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3 cells
Antonio Cibelli (Bari, Italy)
Astrocytes mechanosensitivity to fluid stress is mediated by Piezo1 channel
Marco Fiocchetti (Rome, Italy)
Functional role of secreted neuroglobin (NGB) in counteracting neurodegenerative-related cellular stress
Antonio Michelucci (Perugia, Italy)
Piezo1 is an essential player in the regulation of cell volume in human glioblastoma cells
Daniele Pensabene (Pesche, Italy)
BET proteins inhibition by JQ1 restores redox dyshomeostasis in a cellular model of Parkinson’s Disease
Andrea Saponaro (Milan, Italy)
Targeting the facilitatory effect of cAMP on HCN2 channel opening promote analgesic actions
Teresa Soda (Catanzaro, Italy)
Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) mediates hydrogen sulfide-induced Ca2+ entry and nitric oxide release in human cerebrovascular endothelium
Neurophysiology 2 [Aula A]
Chairs: Marcello D'Amelio (Rome, Italy) & Roberto Piacentini (Rome, Italy)
Maria Conforti (Pavia, Italy)
Altered excitatory/inhibitory balance in the prefrontal cortex of the IB2 KO mouse model of autism: from neuronal excitability to cerebellar modulation in vivo
Marcello D'Amelio (Rome, Italy)
Disentangling dopaminergic deficits along Alzheimer's disease: from experimental models to patients
Antonio De iure (Rome, Italy)
Observation of levo-dopa-induced dyskinesias mediated by a wave of depolarization in the striatum
Mattia Lorenzo Di Francesco (Genoa, Italy)
Light-dependent inhibition of epileptic-like neuronal hyperexcitability by a photo-activated molecular switch
Paraskevi Krashia (Rome, Italy)
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) at gamma frequency: an up-and-coming tool to slow-down Alzheimer’s Disease
Livia La Barbera (Rome, Italy)
Midbrain lesion drives hippocampal monoamine drop causing NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s disease-like deficits
Ada Ledonne (Rome, Italy)
Targeting ErbB receptors to rescue nigral dopamine neuron hyperactivity and repetitive behaviors in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome
Gilda Loffredo (Rome, Italy)
Prefrontal-tDCS activates ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons and ameliorates hippocampal-related cellular, functional and behavioural deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Neurophysiology & Environmental Physiology [Aula San Francesco]
Chairs: Darin Zerti (L'Aquila, Italy) & Elena Fabbri (Bologna, Italy)
Danilo Bondi (Chieti, Italy)
Network physiology of hypoxia during rest and isometric exercise
Giulio Sancini (Monza, Italy)
Danger in the air: how air pollution can affect brain’s physiology
Daniele Borzelli (Messina, Italy)
An explicit strategy affects muscle synergy recruitment during adaptation to virtual surgeries
Valentina Ferretti (Rome, Italy)
Control of Nesting behavior by PVN-CA2 oxytocin signaling
Jose Fernando Maya Vetencourt (Pisa, Italy)
Enriched environment enhances visual responses of the inner retina in early-stage retinitis pigmentosa
Marco Morrone (Sassari, Italy)
Anatomo-physiological basis of the cross-education effect: a preliminary study
Umberto Quartetti (Palermo, Italy)
The semantics of space: exploring semantic grounding in the right posterior parietal cortex
Darin Zerti (L'Aquila, Italy)
Mitochondrial involvement in retinal degeneration and the role of nanoceria in rescuing mitochondrial function
17:00-18:00
Poster Session 2 and Coffee break
18:00-19:00
Herlitzka Lecture [Auditorium]
Michael Caplan (New Haven, CT, USA)
Renal epithelial cell structure: form, function and malfunction
08:30-09:50
Parallel Symposia
S7 • Computational methods and models for motor control [Auditorium]
Chair: Antonella Maselli (Rome, Italy)
Mostafa Safaie (London, United Kingdom)
Preserved neural dynamics across animals performing similar behaviour
Francesca Sylos Labini (Rome, Italy)
Investigating the emergence of modular neuromuscular control of stepping in infants
Emmanuel Guigon (Paris, France)
An optimal control framework for the production of limb movements
Marta Russo (Rome, Italy)
Which model for interceptive actions?
S8 • Mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction in epilepsies [Aula A]
Chairs: Gabriele Ruffolo (Rome, Italy) & Miriam Sciaccaluga (Perugia, Italy)
Mirte Scheper (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Impaired migration and maturation of SST+ GABAergic interneurons in tuberous sclerosis complex
Gabriele Ruffolo (Rome, Italy)
Dysregulation of GABAergic function linked to SST and SST+ interneurons in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Miriam Sciaccaluga (Perugia, Italy)
Striatal synaptic dysfunctions in a mouse model of Lafora disease
Barbara Bettegazzi (Milan, Italy)
Gene therapy strategies to rescue synaptic dysfunction in epilepsy
S9 • Modulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory [Aula San Francesco]
Chair: Maria Rosaria Tropea (Catania, Italy)
Stefano Guglielmo (Pisa, Italy)
Episodic memory: from the hippocampal-entorhinal circuit to a distributed network
Maria Rosaria Tropea (Catania, Italy)
The cross-talk between Amyloid-β, α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and cyclic nucleotides at the synapse: from physiology to Alzheimer’s Disease
Elisa Calcagno (New York, NY, USA)
Enhancing memory and synaptic plasticity through histone acetylation modulation: implications for Alzheimer's disease therapy
Domenica Donatella Li Puma (Rome, Italy)
A vicious circle among Interleukin-1β, Aβ and Tau affects synaptic function and memory
09:50-11:00
Parallel Oral Communications
Neurophysiology & Physiology of Organs and Systems [Auditorium]
Chairs: Fabiola Paciello (Rome, Italy) & Francesca Grassi (Rome, Italy)
Germana Cappellini (Rome, Italy)
Development of adaptive locomotion in children with Cerebral Palsy
Edoardo Lecce (Rome, Italy)
The greater force exerted by dominant muscles is driven by a higher excitatory input to motoneurons at various contraction intensities
Francesca Montarolo (Orbassano, Italy)
Atm deficiency is associated with motor impairment and dysfunction of cerebellar circuitry in mice
Lala Chaimae Naciri (Milan, Italy)
Artificial intelligence allows for the automatic identification of taste fungiform papillae
Fabiola Paciello (Rome, Italy)
Altered brain networks and auditory dysfunctions in 3×Tg-AD mice underlying early noise-induced memory deficits
Mohammed Zeroual (Sassari, Italy)
Sensory afferents from the face modulate cortical sensorimotor integration with topographic specificity and influence face expressions recognition
Mariangela Centrone (Bari, Italy)
Tamoxifen impaired the lithium-induced increased cilium length and necroptosis reduction
Sergio Delle Monache (Rome, Italy)
Do visual and vestibular perceptual biases mutually compensate during the execution of a self-motion visuo-vestibular task?
Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2 [Aula A]
Chairs: Vincenzo Migliaccio (Fisciano, Italy) & Giuseppina D'Alessandro (Rome, Italy)
Amilcare Barca (Lecce, Italy)
Ab initio definition of a functional network involving transthyretin, carnosine and copper with (patho)physiological implications in the familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) rare disease
Giovanna Bastari (Rome, Italy)
Function role of Neuroglobin trafficking in mitigating ER-stress response in human neuron derived-cells
Alessio Canovai (Pisa, Italy)
Targeting the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor system to improve visual function in the rd10 mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa
Angela Ferrulli (Bari, Italy)
Downregulation of vasopressin-AQP2 pathway explains the secondary NDI associated with cystinosis: in vivo and in vitro evidence
Vincenzo Migliaccio (Fisciano, Italy)
Protective effects of the extra virgin olive oil phenol compound hydroxytyrosol against palmitate-induced organelle stress and insulin resistance
Agnese Roscioni (Ancona, Italy)
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy-associated mutations cause constitutive opening of the Kv7.2 channel inner pore gate
Simona Scorza (Bari, Italy)
Unveiling the role of primary cilia: insights into cAMP signaling dynamics and GPCR functionality using advanced imaging techniques
Grazia Tamma (Bari, Italy)
AI-based prospective repurposing investigations for the identification of new promising vasopressin V2 receptor ligands
Neurophysiology 3 [Aula San Francesco]
Chairs: Davide Ragozzino (Rome, Italy) & Cristian Ripoli (Rome, Italy)
Francesca Natale (Rome, Italy)
Neural stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles preserve brain plasticity in experimental models of metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders
Davide Ragozzino (Rome, Italy)
Time-dependent phenotypical changes of microglia drive alterations in synaptic transmission in acute hippocampal slices
Matteo Spinelli (Sassari, Italy)
High fat diet reduces hippocampal dendritic spine density by altering S-palmitoylation of synaptic proteins
Giulia Tomagra (Turin, Italy)
Patch-clamp and diamond micro-electrode arrays (μ-D-MEA) recordings to monitor the action of exogenous α-synuclein on dopaminergic neurons’ electrical activity and dopamine release
Alessandro Tozzi (Perugia, Italy)
Evaluating early synaptic changes in a model of synucleinopathy before overt behavioral alterations
Giulia Urone (Palermo, Italy)
New strategies to counteract dopaminergic degeneration: in vitro and in vivo neurotrophic properties of the first positive allosteric modulator for metabotropic glutamate receptor 3
Valeria Vacanti (Catania, Italy)
Blocking dopamine D3 receptors enhances hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory via post-synaptic mechanisms
Francesca Vacca (Genoa, Italy)
A pH-sensitive closed-loop nanomachine to control hyperexcitability at the single neuron level
11:00-12:00
Poster Session 3 and Coffee break
12:00-13:00
Ruzzier Lecture [Auditorium]
Britta Engelhardt (Bern, Switzerland)
The Brain Barriers maintain CNS Immune Privilege
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:30
pH Lecture [Auditorium]
David Sulzer (New York, NY, USA)
Music math and mind
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-19:00
SIF General Assembly [Auditorium]
YRP 2024 Prizes
Gaia Giuriato (Verona, Italy)
Mitochondrial influence on performance fatigability: considering sex variability
Eleonora Pali (Pavia, Italy)
Coincidence detection between apical and basal dendrites drives STDP in cerebellar Golgi cells
Serena Canzolino (Milan, Italy)
NOD-1 activation increases the spontaneous activity and the I(f) current of murine sinoatrial node cells and alters their response to sympathetic stimulation
20:00
Musei Capitolini private tour & cocktail at Terrazza Caffarelli
Logistic info
The three poster sessions are scheduled for Thursday, 12 September, from 11:00 to 12:00 (PS1) and from 17:00 to 18:00 (PS2) and for Friday, 13 September, from 11:00-12:00 (PS3).
Poster presenters are required to be available for discussion during their assigned session.
When preparing your poster please remember that the poster's maximum size is 90 x 120 cm, width x height.
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The scheduled times for placement, presentation and removal of posters are:
PS1 (12/09/24): placement 8:30-11:00 am, presentation, 11:00-12:00, removal until 13:00.
PS2 (12/09/24): placement 13:30-17:00, presentation 17:00- 18:00, removal until 19:00.
PS3 (13/09/24): placement 8:30-11:00, presentation 11:00 - 12:00, removal until 13:00.
Please note the following last-minute changes.
Posters
P2.9 Arianna Ioni (Rome)
BTK inhibitors modulate remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis
P2.18 Francesco Marrocco (Rome)
The gut-brain axis: the role of the microbiota as a mediator of the enriched environment
will be presented in Poster Session 1 while posters
P1.61 Maria Carmela Cerra (Arcavacata di Rende)
Exploring the functional effects of the ACE inhibitor Enalapril and its metabolite Enalaprilat on Mytilus galloprovincialis
P1.63 Maria Assunta Iovine (Naples)
Physiological response to seasonal variation in gills and digestive gland of Mytilus galloprovincialis
will be presented in Poster Session 2.
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