5 results on '"Armant, Olivier"'
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2. Zebrafish exposure to environmentally relevant concentration of depleted uranium impairs progeny development at the molecular and histological levels.
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Armant, Olivier, Gombeau, Kewin, Murat El Houdigui, Sophia, Floriani, Magali, Camilleri, Virginie, Cavalie, Isabelle, and Adam-Guillermin, Christelle
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ZEBRA danio , *ENVIRONMENTAL exposure , *DEPLETED uranium , *HISTOLOGY , *ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature - Abstract
Uranium is an actinide naturally found in the environment. Anthropogenic activities lead to the release of increasing amounts of uranium and depleted uranium (DU) in the environment, posing potential risks to aquatic organisms due to radiological and chemical toxicity of this radionucleide. Although environmental contaminations with high levels of uranium have already been observed, chronic exposures of non-human species to levels close to the environmental quality standards remain scarcely characterized. The present study focused on the identification of the molecular pathways impacted by a chronic exposure of zebrafish to 20 μg/L of DU during 10 days. The transcriptomic effects were evaluated by the use of the mRNAseq analysis in three organs of adult zebrafish, the brain the testis and the ovaries, and two developmental stages of the adult fish progeny, two-cells embryo and four-days larvae. The results highlight generic effects on the cell adhesion process, but also specific transcriptomic responses depending on the organ or the developmental stage investigated. The analysis of the transgenerational effects of DU-exposure on the four-day zebrafish larvae demonstrate an induction of genes involved in oxidative response (cat, mpx, sod1 and sod2), a decrease of expression of the two hatching enzymes (he1a and he1b), the deregulation of the expression of gene coding for the ATPase complex and the induction of cellular stress. Electron microscopy analysis of skeletal muscles on the four-days larvae highlights significant histological impacts on the ultrastructure of both the mitochondria and the myofibres. In addition, the comparison with the transcriptomic data obtained for the acetylcholine esterase mutant reveals the induction of protein-chaperons in the skeletal muscles of the progeny of fish chronically exposed to DU, pointing towards long lasting effects of this chemical in the muscles. The results presented in this study support the hypothesis that a chronic parental exposure to an environmentally relevant concentration of DU could impair the progeny development with significant effects observed both at the molecular level and on the histological ultrastructure of organs. This study provides a comprehensive transcriptomic dataset useful for ecotoxicological studies on other fish species at the molecular level. It also provides a key DU responsive gene, egr1, which may be a candidate biomarker for monitoring aquatic pollution by heavy metals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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3. Sequential phases of cortical specification involve Neurogenin-dependent and -independent pathways.
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Schuurmans, Carol, Armant, Olivier, Nieto, Marta, Stenman, Jan M., Britz, Olivier, Klenin, Natalia, Brown, Craig, Langevin, Lisa-Marie, Seibt, Julie, Tang, Hua, Cunningham, James M., Dyck, Richard, Walsh, Christopher, Campbell, Kenny, Polleux, Franck, and Guillemot, François
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NEURONS , *CELL morphology , *MORPHOLOGY , *PHENOTYPES , *GENETICS , *MOLECULAR biology - Abstract
Neocortical projection neurons, which segregate into six cortical layers according to their birthdate, have diverse morphologies, axonal projections and molecular profiles, yet they share a common cortical regional identity and glutamatergic neurotransmission phenotype. Here we demonstrate that distinct genetic programs operate at different stages of corticogenesis to specify the properties shared by all neocortical neurons. Ngn1 and Ngn2 are required to specify the cortical (regional), glutamatergic (neurotransmitter) and laminar (temporal) characters of early-born (lower-layer) neurons, while simultaneously repressing an alternative subcortical, GABAergic neuronal phenotype. Subsequently, later-born (upper-layer) cortical neurons are specified in an Ngn-independent manner, requiring instead the synergistic activities of Pax6 and Tlx, which also control a binary choice between cortical/glutamatergic and subcortical/GABAergic fates. Our study thus reveals an unanticipated heterogeneity in the genetic mechanisms specifying the identity of neocortical projection neurons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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4. Whole transcriptome data analysis of zebrafish mutants affecting muscle development
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Armant, Olivier, Gourain, Victor, Etard, Christelle, and Strähle, Uwe
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Life sciences ,biology ,animal structures ,Development ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,mRNASeq ,ddc:570 ,FOS: Biological sciences ,Genetics ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,lcsh:Science (General) ,Zebrafish ,Muscle mutant ,lcsh:Q1-390 ,Data Article - Abstract
Formation of the contractile myofibril of the skeletal muscle is a complex process which when perturbed leads to muscular dystrophy. Herein, we provide a mRNAseq dataset on three different zebrafish mutants affecting muscle organization during embryogenesis. These comprise the myosin folding chaperone unc45b (unc45b−/−), heat shock protein 90aa1.1 (hsp90aa1.1−/−) and the acetylcholine esterase (ache−/−) gene. The transcriptome analysis was performed in duplicate experiments at 72 h post-fertilization (hpf) for all three mutants, with two additional times of development (24 hpf and 48 hpf) for unc45b−/−. A total of 20 samples were analyzed by hierarchical clustering for differential gene expression. The data from this study support the observation made in Etard et al. (2015) [1] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0825-8) that a failure to fold myosin activates a unique transcriptional program in the skeletal muscles that is different from that induced in stressed muscle cells. Keywords: Genetics, mRNASeq, Zebrafish, Muscle mutant, Development
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5. Gene Responses in the Central Nervous System of Zebrafish Embryos Exposed to the Neurotoxicant Methyl Mercury.
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Nga Yu Ho, Lixin Yang, Legradi, Jessica, Armant, Olivier, Takamiya, Masanari, Rastegar, Sepand, and Strähle, Uwe
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METHYLMERCURY , *NEUROTOXICOLOGY , *CENTRAL nervous system physiology , *GENETIC regulation , *ZEBRA danio embryos , *NEURAL development , *HOMEOSTASIS , *OXIDATIVE stress , *BIOLOGICAL transport , *CYTOPROTECTION , *GENETICS , *PHYSIOLOGY , *FISHES - Abstract
Methyl mercury (MeHg) is a neurotoxicant with adverse effects on the development of the nervous system from fish to man. Despite a detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which MeHg affects cellular homeostasis, it is still not clear how MeHg causes developmental neurotoxicity. We performed here a genome-wide transcriptional analysis of MeHg-exposed zebrafish embryos and combined this with a whole-mount in situ expression analysis of 88 MeHg-affected genes. The majority of the analyzed genes showed tissue- and region-restricted responses in various organs and tissues. The genes were linked to gene ontology terms like oxidative stress, transport and cell protection. Areas even within the central nervous system (CNS) are affected differently resulting in distinct cellular stress responses. Our study revealed an unexpected heterogeneity in gene responses to MeHg exposure in different tissues and neuronal subregions, even though the known molecular action of MeHg would predict a similar burden of exposed cells. The overall structure of the developing brain of MeHg-exposed embryos appeared normal, suggesting that the mechanism leading to differentiation of the CNS is not overtly affected by exposure to MeHg. We propose that MeHg disturbs the function of the CNS by disturbing the cellular homeostasis. As these cellular stress responses comprise genes that are also involved in normal neuronal activity and learning, MeHg may affect the developing CNS in a subtle manner that manifests itself in behavioral deficits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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