Zara Vincenzo

Responsabile dell'U.O.

Cognome e Nome

Zara Vincenzo

Qualifica

PO

Dipartimento

Medicina Sperimentale (DiMeS)

Settore scientifico disciplinare

BIO/10

E-mail

vincenzo.zara@unisalento.it

Telefono

0832 298705

Personale strutturato

Cognome e Nome

Capobianco Loredana

Qualifica

PA

Dipartimento

Scienze e tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali

Ente di appartenenza

Università del Salento

Cognome e Nome

Ferramosca Alessandra

Qualifica

PA

Dipartimento

Medicina Sperimentale (DiMeS)

Ente di appartenenza

Università del Salento

Cognome e Nome

Lunetti Paola

Qualifica

PA

Dipartimento

Medicina Sperimentale (DiMeS)

Ente di appartenenza

Università del Salento

Personale non strutturato

Cognome e Nome

Assalve Graziana

Qualifica

Assegnista

Dipartimento

Medicina Sperimentale (DiMeS)

Ente di appartenenza

Università del Salento

Linee di ricerca

- Functional characterization of mitochondrial carrier proteins and their role in cellular bioenergetics - Analysis of mitochondrial metabolism and protein biogenesis in cellular models - Investigation of the interplay between metabolism, diet, and mitochondrial function in physiological and pathological conditions, including reproductive pathophysiology

Tecnologie in uso dall'UO

  1. 1.
    Cell cultures
  2. 2.
    Cell cultures and microbial fermentation
  3. 3.
    Cloning, expression, purification, and functional characterization of membrane proteins
  4. 4.
    Electrophoretic techniques
  5. 5.
    Chromatographic techniques
  6. 6.
    Polarographic techniques
  7. 7.
    Microscopic techniques

Strumentazione

Denominazione

Struttura ove la strumentazione è allocata

Responsabile

Pubblicazioni

  1. 1.
    Assalve G, Lunetti P, Fai A, Terlizzi A, Zara V, Ferramosca A. Marine algal metabolites as cellular antioxidants: a study of caulerpin and caulerpinic acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Marine Drugs. 2025; 23:338.
  2. 2.
    Assalve G, Lunetti P, Di Cagno A, De Luca EW, Aldegheri S, Zara V, Ferramosca A. Advanced wearable devices for monitoring sweat biochemical markers in athletic performance: a comprehensive review. Biosensors. 2024; 14:574.
  3. 3.
    Assalve G, Lunetti P, Zara V, Ferramosca A. In vivo antioxidant activity of common dietary flavonoids: insights from the yeast model Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Antioxidants. 2024; 13:1103.
  4. 4.
    De Blasi G, Lunetti P, Zara V, Ferramosca A. Mitochondrial citrate transporters Ctp1-Yhm2 and respiratory chain: a coordinated functional connection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2024; 270:132364.
  5. 5.
    Lunetti P, Marsano RM, Curcio R, Dolce V, Fiermonte G, Cappello AR, Marra F, Moschetti R, Li Y, Aiello D, del Arco Martínez A, Lauria G, De Leonardis F, Ferramosca A, Zara V, Capobianco L. The mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier (AGC or Aralar1) isoforms in D. melanogaster: biochemical characterization, gene structure, and evolutionary analysis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – General Subjects. 2021; 1865:129854.
  6. 6.
    Marzano G, Chiriacò MS, Primiceri E, Dell’Aquila ME, Ramalho-Santos J, Zara V, Ferramosca A, Maruccio G. Sperm selection in assisted reproduction: a review of established methods and cutting-edge possibilities. Biotechnology Advances. 2020; 40:107498.
  7. 7.
    Lunetti P, Di Giacomo M, Vergara D, De Domenico S, Maffia M, Zara V, Capobianco L, Ferramosca A. Metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer results in distinct mitochondrial bioenergetics between luminal and basal subtypes. FEBS Journal. 2019; 286:688–709.
  8. 8.
    Zara V, Ferramosca A, Günnewig K, Kreimendahl S, Schwichtenberg J, Sträter D, Çakar M, Emmrich K, Guidato P, Palmieri F, Rassow J. Mimivirus-encoded nucleotide translocator VMC1 targets the mitochondrial inner membrane. Journal of Molecular Biology. 2018; 430:5233–5245.
  9. 9.
    Moscatelli N, Spagnolo B, Pisanello M, Lemma ED, De Vittorio M, Zara V, Pisanello F, Ferramosca A. Single-cell based evaluation of sperm progressive motility via fluorescent assessment of mitochondrial membrane potential. Scientific Reports. 2017; 7:17931.
  10. 10.
    Lunetti P, Damiano F, De Benedetto G, Siculella L, Pennetta A, Muto L, Paradies E, Marobbio CM, Dolce V, Capobianco L. Characterization of human and yeast mitochondrial glycine carriers with implications for heme biosynthesis and anemia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2016; 291:19746–19759.

Dottorati di ricerca

Componente UO

Zara Vincenzo

Dottorato di ricerca

Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali

Coordinatore

Marsigliante Santo

Sede

Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali