Department of Biomedicine
Dr. Susan Treves is a Research group leader in the Neuromuscular Research group of the Department of Biomedicine, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. A native Italian-mixed US, she, received her B.Sc (1981) and M.Sc (1983) in Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University. She then headed back to Italy, joined the group of Dr. Tullio Pozzan and started her PhD. During this time she acquired first hand knowledge on the uses, misuses and pitfalls of the newly developed calcium indicators. She then followed her husband Dr. Francesco Zorzato for 2 years in Dr. David MacLennan’s lab at the University of Toronto, where she acquired skills in biochemistry, cell and molecular biology. She returned to Italy and obtained her PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology & Pathology from the University of Padova in 1990.
Her husband and her joined forces and started to work together on various aspects of skeletal muscle physiology, including the identification of novel proteins in the sarcoplasmic reticulum and on the elucidation of how mutations in the gene encoding the ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) affect its function.
Dr. Treves’s current research focuses on the functional effect of mutations in the RYR1 gene associated with malignant hyperthermia and core myopathies due to dominant and recessive mutations. A unique aspect of her research is the fact that functional studies are carried out on myotubes established from biopsies of affected patients or by exploiting the ectopic expression of skeletal muscle RyR1 in B-lymphocytes. Her group has developed the latter experimental approach which is now exploited in several laboratories worldwide.
In addition, she is interested in characterizing the biochemical changes occurring in muscle biopsies from patients with various forms of congenital myopathies. This has brought her current research to focus on epigenetic pathways that are activated in muscles from affected patients. For these studies she collaborates with several neuromuscular research centres and paediatric neurologists worldwide.
Dr. Susan Treves is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the RYR1 Foundation and is an Editorial Board member of Journal of General Physiology and Frontiers in Physiology.
Functional properties of EGFP-tagged skeletal muscle calcium-release channel (ryanodine receptor) expressed in COS-7 cells: sensitivity to caffeine and 4-chloro-m-cresol.
Cell calcium Jan, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11990295
Functional properties of ryanodine receptors carrying three amino acid substitutions identified in patients affected by multi-minicore disease and central core disease, expressed in immortalized lymphocytes.
The Biochemical journal Apr, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16372898
The junctional SR protein JP-45 affects the functional expression of the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel Cav1.1.
Journal of cell science May, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16638807
Ca2+ signaling through ryanodine receptor 1 enhances maturation and activation of human dendritic cells.
Journal of cell science Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17567682
Loss of skeletal muscle strength by ablation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum protein JP45.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Dec, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 18077436
Ryanodine receptor activation by Ca v 1.2 is involved in dendritic cell major histocompatibility complex class II surface expression.
The Journal of biological chemistry Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18927079
A recessive ryanodine receptor 1 mutation in a CCD patient increases channel activity.
Cell calcium Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19027160
Upstream stimulatory factors are involved in the P1 promoter directed transcription of the A beta H-J-J locus.
BMC molecular biology Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 19087304
Minor sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane components that modulate excitation-contraction coupling in striated muscles.
The Journal of physiology Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19403606
Multi-minicore disease and atypical periodic paralysis associated with novel mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20080402
Functional properties of RYR1 mutations identified in Swedish patients with malignant hyperthermia and central core disease.
Anesthesia and analgesia Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20142353
Frequent calcium oscillations lead to NFAT activation in human immature dendritic cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20348098
Ectosomes released by polymorphonuclear neutrophils induce a MerTK-dependent anti-inflammatory pathway in macrophages.
The Journal of biological chemistry Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20959443
Agonist-activated Ca2+ influx occurs at stable plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum junctions.
Journal of cell science Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21062895
Enhanced excitation-coupled Ca(2+) entry induces nuclear translocation of NFAT and contributes to IL-6 release from myotubes from patients with central core disease.
Human molecular genetics Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21088110
Alterations of excitation-contraction coupling and excitation coupled Ca(2+) entry in human myotubes carrying CAV3 mutations linked to rippling muscle.
Human mutation Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21294223
SRP-35, a newly identified protein of the skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum, is a retinol dehydrogenase.
The Biochemical journal Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 21995425
Endogenously determined restriction of food intake overcomes excitation-contraction uncoupling in JP45KO mice with aging.
Experimental gerontology Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22297108
Hic-5 promotes invadopodia formation and invasion during TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
The Journal of cell biology Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22529104
Agrin regulates CLASP2-mediated capture of microtubules at the neuromuscular junction synaptic membrane.
The Journal of cell biology Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22851317
JP-45/JSRP1 variants affect skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling by decreasing the sensitivity of the dihydropyridine receptor.
Human mutation Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 22927026
Enhanced dihydropyridine receptor calcium channel activity restores muscle strength in JP45/CASQ1 double knockout mice.
Nature communications , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23443569
Gain of function in the immune system caused by a ryanodine receptor 1 mutation.
Journal of cell science Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23704352
Variable myopathic presentation in a single family with novel skeletal RYR1 mutation.
PloS one , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23894444
Characterization of excitation-contraction coupling components in human extraocular muscles.
The Biochemical journal Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25387602
Raptor ablation in skeletal muscle decreases Cav1.1 expression and affects the function of the excitation-contraction coupling supramolecular complex.
The Biochemical journal Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25431931
Epigenetic changes as a common trigger of muscle weakness in congenital myopathies.
Human molecular genetics Aug, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26019235
Functional characterization of orbicularis oculi and extraocular muscles.
The Journal of general physiology 05, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27069119
Role of the JP45-Calsequestrin Complex on Calcium Entry in Slow Twitch Skeletal Muscles.
The Journal of biological chemistry Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27189940
An RYR1 mutation associated with malignant hyperthermia is also associated with bleeding abnormalities.
Science signaling 07, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27382027
Ca handling abnormalities in early-onset muscle diseases: Novel concepts and perspectives.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology 04, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27427513
Current and future therapeutic approaches to the congenital myopathies.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology 04, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27515125
Exertional rhabdomyolysis: physiological response or manifestation of an underlying myopathy?
BMJ open sport & exercise medicine , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27900193
Cellular, biochemical and molecular changes in muscles from patients with X-linked myotubular myopathy due to MTM1 mutations.
Human molecular genetics 01, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28007904
Atypical periodic paralysis and myalgia: A novel phenotype.
Neurology 01, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29298851
Over-expression of a retinol dehydrogenase (SRP35/DHRS7C) in skeletal muscle activates mTORC2, enhances glucose metabolism and muscle performance.
Scientific reports 01, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29330505
Congenital myopathies: disorders of excitation-contraction coupling and muscle contraction.
Nature reviews. Neurology 03, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29391587
STIM1 over-activation generates a multi-systemic phenotype affecting the skeletal muscle, spleen, eye, skin, bones and immune system in mice.
Human molecular genetics 05, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30576443
Quantitative reduction of RyR1 protein caused by a single-allele frameshift mutation in RYR1 ex36 impairs the strength of adult skeletal muscle fibres.
Human molecular genetics 06, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30689883
Aberrant regulation of epigenetic modifiers contributes to the pathogenesis in patients with selenoprotein N-related myopathies.
Human mutation 07, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30932294
Quantitative RyR1 reduction and loss of calcium sensitivity of RyR1Q1970fsX16+A4329D cause cores and loss of muscle strength.
Human molecular genetics 09, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31044239
Extraocular muscle function is impaired in mice.
The Journal of general physiology 07, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31085573
Clinical, morphological and genetic characterization of Brody disease: an international study of 40 patients.
Brain : a journal of neurology 02, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32040565
Molecular basis of impaired extraocular muscle function in a mouse model of congenital myopathy due to compound heterozygous Ryr1 mutations.
Human molecular genetics 05, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32242214
Bi-allelic expression of the RyR1 p.A4329D mutation decreases muscle strength in slow-twitch muscles in mice.
The Journal of biological chemistry 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32499372
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