Dr Marco Sciacovelli

University of Cambridge

University departments
MRC Cancer Unit
University institutes
Hutchison MRC Research Centre

Position: Research Associate
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Research description

My research focuses on the role of metabolic reprogramming during transformation and tumour evolution. We are interested in kidney cancer and we study Fumarate hydratase (FH)- deficient tumours as a model to understand the effect of metabolic alterations in tumorigenesis.

Research Programme or Virtual Institute
Fundamental Biology of Cancer
Methods and technologies
Bioinformatics
Cell culture
Fluorescence microscopy
Gene expression profiling
Genomics
Metabolomics
Microarray
Microscopy
PCR
Proteomics
Tumour type interests
Kidney
Keywords
Cancer Metabolism
Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Kidney cancer
Epigenetics
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Key publications

Gonçalves, E., Sciacovelli, M., Costa, A.S.H., Tran, M.G.B. et al. “Post-translational regulation of metabolism in fumarate hydratase deficient cancer cells”. (2018) Metabolic Engineering

Tyrakis, P.A., Yurkovich, M.E., Sciacovelli, M., Papachristou, E.K. et al. “Fumarate Hydratase Loss Causes Combined Respiratory Chain Defects”. (2017) Cell Reports

Connor, T.M., Hoer, S., Mallett, A., Gale, D.P., Gomez-Duran, A., Posse, V., Antrobus, R., Moreno, P., Sciacovelli, M. et al. “Mutations in mitochondrial DNA causing tubulointerstitial kidney disease”. (2017) PLoS Genetics

Sciacovelli M, Gonçalves E, Johnson TI, Zecchini VR, da Costa AS, Gaude E, Drubbel AV, Theobald SJ, Abbo SR, Tran MG, Rajeeve V, Cardaci S, Foster S, Yun H, Cutillas P, Warren A, Gnanapragasam V, Gottlieb E, Franze K, Huntly B, Maher ER, Maxwell PH, Saez-Rodriguez J, Frezza C. Fumarate is an epigenetic modifier that elicits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
Nature. 2016

Zheng L, Cardaci S, Jerby L, MacKenzie ED, Sciacovelli M, Johnson TI, Gaude E, King A, Leach JD, Edrada-Ebel R, Hedley A, Morrice NA, Kalna G, Blyth K, Ruppin E, Frezza C, Gottlieb E. Fumarate induces redox-dependent senescence by modifying glutathione metabolism.
Nat Commun. 2015

Clark GR, Sciacovelli M, Gaude E, Walsh DM, Kirby G, Simpson MA, Trembath RC, Berg JN, Woodward ER, Kinning E, Morrison PJ, Frezza C, Maher ER. Germline FH mutations presenting with pheochromocytoma.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014

Sciacovelli M, Guzzo G, Morello V, Frezza C, Zheng L, Nannini N, Calabrese F, Laudiero G, Esposito F, Landriscina M, Defilippi P, Bernardi P, Rasola A. The mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 promotes neoplastic growth by inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase. Cell Metab. 2013