Federico Sesti

His research topics include ion channels, potassium channels, aging, oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species (ROS), Srctyrosine kinases, C. Elegans, and cell signaling.^[7][4][8]

Sesti's laboratory has conducted research on the non-conducting functions of ion channels, focusing on the molecular mechanisms of neuronal aging in vertebrates and invertebrates.^[4] Specifically, the lab has studied how excess oxidants affect K+ channels and the role this plays in the decline of neuronal function during aging and in neurodegenerative diseases.^[4]

• Bortolami et al. "Integrin-KCNB1 potassium channel complexes regulate neocortical neuronal development and are implicated in epilepsy" Cell Death & Differentiation. doi:10.1038/s41418-022-01072-2.
• Bortolami et al. "Abnormal cytoskeletal remodeling but normal neuronal excitability in a mouse model of the recurrent developmental and epileptic encephalopathy-susceptibility KCNB1-p.R312H variant" Communications Biology. doi:10.1038/s42003-024-07344-6.
• Vitali et al. "Apoptotic cell death in disease--current understanding of the NCCD 2023" Cell Death & Differentiation. doi:10.1038/s41418-023-01153-w.
• Forzisi et al. "Antagonistic roles of Ras-MAPK and Akt signaling in Integrin-K+ channel Complexes-mediated cellular apoptosis" The FASEB Journal. doi:10.1096/fj.202200180R
• Wei Y. et al. "Oxidation of KCNB1 channels in the human brain and in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease". Cell Death & Differentiation. doi:10.1038/s41419-018-0886-1
• Sesti F. Oxidation of Ion Channels in the Aging Process. ISBN 9781138196971
• Sesti F. "Oxidation of K+ channels in aging and neurodegeneration". Aging and Disease. doi:10.14336/AD.2015.0901.
• Cotella D. et al. "Toxic role of K+ channel oxidation in mammalian brain". The Journal of Neuroscience, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6153-11.2012.
• Sesti F. et al. "Oxidation of K+ channels by ROS: a general mechanism of aging and neurodegeneration?". Trends in Cell Biology, doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2009.09.008
• Cai S. and F. Sesti. "Oxidation of a potassium channel causes progressive sensory function loss during aging". Nature Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/nn.2291
• Park K. and F. Sesti (2007). "An arrhythmia susceptibility gene in Caenorhabditis elegans" Journal of Biological Chemistry. doi:10.1074/jbc.M701625200.
• Cai S. et al. "MPS-1 is a K+ channel β-subunit and a serine/threonine kinase". Nature Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/nn1557
• Park K., et al. "Single-walled carbon nanotubes: A new class of ion-channel blockers". Journal of Biological Chemistry. Dec 12;278(50):50212-6 doi:10.1074/jbc.M310216200
• Sesti F. et al. "A common polymorphism associated with cardiac arrhythmia increases sensitivity to a common antibiotic". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi:10.1073/pnas.180223197
• Abbot G.W. et al. "MiRP1 forms Ikr potassium channels with HERG and is associated with cardiac arrhythmia". Cell, doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80728-x
• Sesti F. and S.A.N. Goldstein "Single-channel characteristics of wildtype Iks channels and channels formed with two MinK mutants that cause long QT syndrome". The Journal of General Physiology, doi:10.1085/jgp.112.6.651.