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Vasseur C, Serra L, El Balkhi S, Lefort G, Ramé C, Froment P, Dupont J. Glyphosate presence in human sperm: First report and positive correlation with oxidative stress in an infertile French population. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2024; 278:116410. [PMID: 38696871 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
Abstract
Environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors, such as pesticides, could contribute to a decline of human fertility. Glyphosate (GLY) is the main component of Glyphosate Based Herbicides (GBHs), which are the most commonly herbicides used in the world. Various animal model studies demonstrated its reprotoxicity. In Europe, GLY authorization in agriculture has been extended until 2034. Meanwhile the toxicity of GLY in humans is still in debate. The aims of our study were firstly to analyse the concentration of GLY and its main metabolite, amino-methyl-phosphonic acid (AMPA) by LC/MS-MS in the seminal and blood plasma in an infertile French men population (n=128). We secondly determined Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) and Total Oxidant Status (TOS) using commercial colorimetric kits and some oxidative stress biomarkers including malondialdehyde (MDA) and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) by ELISA assays. We next analysed potential correlations between GLY and oxidative stress biomarkers concentration and sperm parameters (sperm concentration, progressive speed, anormal forms). Here, we detected for the first time GLY in the human seminal plasma in significant proportions and we showed that its concentration was four times higher than those observed in blood plasma. At the opposite, AMPA was undetectable. We also observed a strong positive correlation between plasma blood GLY concentrations and plasma seminal GLY and 8-OHdG concentrations, the latter reflecting DNA impact. In addition, TOS, Oxidative Stress Index (OSI) (TOS/TAS), MDA blood and seminal plasma concentrations were significantly higher in men with glyphosate in blood and seminal plasma, respectively. Taken together, our results suggest a negative impact of GLY on the human reproductive health and possibly on his progeny. A precaution principle should be applied at the time of the actual discussion of GLY and GBHs formulants uses in Europe by the authorities.
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- Claudine Vasseur
- Centre de fertilité, Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci, Chambray-lès-Tours, France.
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly F-37380, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, Toxicologie et Pharmacovigilance, Limoges, CHU F-87042, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly F-37380, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly F-37380, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly F-37380, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly F-37380, France.
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Bourdon G, Estienne A, Chevaleyre C, Ramé C, Guérif F, Brun JS, Vasseur C, Fromont G, Plotton I, Dufour-Rainfray D, Caldas-Silveira E, Dupont J, Froment P, Ducluzeau PH. The Hepatokine FGF21 Increases the Human Spermatozoa Motility. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:775650. [PMID: 35282437 PMCID: PMC8908098 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.775650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Lifestyle, environment and excess body weight are not only associated with an increased risk of metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, but also to other pathological processes, such as infertility. A hormone produced mainly by the liver called fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is closely linked to the energy status and is increased in patients suffering from obesity or insulin resistance. Recently, FGF21 has been shown to be associated with female fertility disorders, but no or few data about the role of FGF21 on human male fertility has been described. In the present study, FGF21 was measured in the seminal fluid at a lower level in comparison to the blood level. Thus, in the present in vitro study, we aimed to decipher the FGF21 system in human semen. To evaluate the putative role of FGF21 on spermatozoa function, we incubated human spermatozoa with increasing concentrations of recombinant human FGF21. The FGF21 in seminal fluid is potentially produced by male reproductive tract tissues. In spermatozoa, the FGF21 signal was transduced by the two main receptors FGFR1-c and FGFR3 and the cofactor β-klotho, which are colocalized in the middle piece of spermatozoa and stimulated the PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways. Finally, in vitro treatment by FGF21 significantly increased sperm motility and ATP levels. Concomitantly, exposure to FGF21 improved the oxidative stress, as a lower ROS level was observed. Overall, these results seem to indicate that the metabolic factor, FGF21, positively modifies the activity and quality of the parameters of human spermatozoa.
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- Guillaume Bourdon
- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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- Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Centre de fertilité, Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci, Chambray-lès-Tours, France
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- Centre de fertilité, Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci, Chambray-lès-Tours, France
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- Service d’Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Molecular Endocrinology and Rare Diseases, University Hospital, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Bron, France
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- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
- Unité d’endocrinologie-diabétologie-nutrition, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
- *Correspondence: Pierre-Henri Ducluzeau,
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Serra L, Estienne A, Vasseur C, Froment P, Dupont J. Review: Mechanisms of Glyphosate and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Action in Female and Male Fertility in Humans and Animal Models. Cells 2021; 10:3079. [PMID: 34831302 PMCID: PMC8622223 DOI: 10.3390/cells10113079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glyphosate (G), also known as N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine is the declared active ingredient of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) such as Roundup largely used in conventional agriculture. It is always used mixed with formulants. G acts in particular on the shikimate pathway, which exists in bacteria, for aromatic amino acids synthesis, but this pathway does not exist in vertebrates. In recent decades, researchers have shown by using various animal models that GBHs are endocrine disruptors that might alter reproductive functions. Our review describes the effects of exposure to G or GBHs on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis in males and females in terms of endocrine disruption, cell viability, and proliferation. Most of the main regulators of the reproductive axis (GPR54, GnRH, LH, FSH, estradiol, testosterone) are altered at all levels of the HPG axis (hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, testis, placenta, uterus) by exposure to GBHs which are considered more toxic than G alone due to the presence of formulants such as polyoxyethylene tallow amine (POEA)." In addition, we report intergenerational impacts of exposure to G or GBHs and, finally, we discuss different strategies to reduce the negative effects of GBHs on fertility.
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- Loïse Serra
- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, F-37380 Nouzilly, France; (L.S.); (A.E.); (P.F.)
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, F-37380 Nouzilly, France; (L.S.); (A.E.); (P.F.)
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- Assisted Medical Procreation, Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci, F-37380 Chambray-lès-Tours, France;
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, F-37380 Nouzilly, France; (L.S.); (A.E.); (P.F.)
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, F-37380 Nouzilly, France; (L.S.); (A.E.); (P.F.)
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Guntz E, Vasseur C, Ifrim D, Louvard A, Fils JF, Kapessidou Y. Intrathecal chloroprocaine or hyperbaric prilocaine for ambulatory knee surgery? A prospective randomized study. J Exp Orthop 2021; 8:15. [PMID: 33629206 PMCID: PMC7905001 DOI: 10.1186/s40634-021-00332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Purpose The aim of this study was to compare intrathecal 1% chloroprocaine with 2% hyperbaric prilocaine in the setting of ambulatory knee arthroscopy. We hypothesized that complete resolution of the sensory block was faster with chloroprocaine. Methods Eighty patients scheduled for knee arthroscopy were included in this prospective randomized double-blind study. Spinal anesthesia was performed with either chloroprocaine (50 mg) or hyperbaric prilocaine (50 mg). Characteristics of sensory and motor blocks and side effects were recorded. Results Mean time to full sensory block recovery was shorter with chloroprocaine (169 (56.1) min vs 248 (59.4)). The characteristics of the sensory blocks were similar at the T12 dermatome level between the two groups. Differences appeared at T10: the percentage of patients with a sensory block was higher, onset quicker and duration longer with hyperbaric prilocaine. The number of patients with a sensory block at T4 dermatome level in both groups was minimal. Times to full motor recovery were identical in both groups (85 (70–99) vs 86 (76–111) min). Time to spontaneous voiding was shorter with chloroprocaine (203 (57.6) min vs 287.3 (47.2) min). Incidence of side effects was low in both groups. Conclusions When considering the characteristics of the sensory block, the use of chloroprocaine may allow an earlier discharge of patients. Cephalic extension was to a higher dermatomal level and the sensory block at T10 level was of prolonged duration with hyperbaric prilocaine, suggesting that the choice between the two drugs should also be performed based on the level of the sensory block requested by the surgery. This study is registered in the US National Clinical Trials Registry, registration number: NCT030389, the first of February 2017, Retrospectively registered.
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- E Guntz
- Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Braine L'Alleud Waterloo, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 35 rue Wayez, 1420, Braine l'Alleud-Waterloo, Belgium.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Braine L'Alleud Waterloo, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 35 rue Wayez, 1420, Braine l'Alleud-Waterloo, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Braine L'Alleud Waterloo, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 35 rue Wayez, 1420, Braine l'Alleud-Waterloo, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Braine L'Alleud Waterloo, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 35 rue Wayez, 1420, Braine l'Alleud-Waterloo, Belgium
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- Independant Biostatistician - Ars Statistica, Nivelles, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology, CHU St Pierre, ULB, 322 rue Haute, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Bongrani A, Elfassy Y, Brun JS, Ramé C, Mellouk N, Fellahi S, Bastard JP, Levy R, Vasseur C, Froment P, Dupont J. Expression of adipokines in seminal fluid of men of normal weight. Asian J Androl 2020; 21:528-530. [PMID: 31115360 PMCID: PMC6732888 DOI: 10.4103/aja.aja_25_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- Alice Bongrani
- UMR 85 Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Behaviors, INRA Val de Loire Center, Nouzilly 37380, France
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- Unit of Biology of Reproduction and Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers, Hôpital Tenon, Research Center Saint Antoine, IHU ICAN, Inserm UMRS 938, AP-HP, UPMC University of Paris 06, Paris 75005, France
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- Assisted Medical Procreation Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci, Chambray-lès-Tours 37170, France
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- UMR 85 Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Behaviors, INRA Val de Loire Center, Nouzilly 37380, France
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- UMR 85 Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Behaviors, INRA Val de Loire Center, Nouzilly 37380, France
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- Unit of Biology of Reproduction and Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers, Hôpital Tenon, Research Center Saint Antoine, IHU ICAN, Inserm UMRS 938, AP-HP, UPMC University of Paris 06, Paris 75005, France
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- Unit of Biology of Reproduction and Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers, Hôpital Tenon, Research Center Saint Antoine, IHU ICAN, Inserm UMRS 938, AP-HP, UPMC University of Paris 06, Paris 75005, France
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- Unit of Biology of Reproduction and Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers, Hôpital Tenon, Research Center Saint Antoine, IHU ICAN, Inserm UMRS 938, AP-HP, UPMC University of Paris 06, Paris 75005, France
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- Assisted Medical Procreation Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci, Chambray-lès-Tours 37170, France
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- UMR 85 Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Behaviors, INRA Val de Loire Center, Nouzilly 37380, France
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- UMR 85 Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Behaviors, INRA Val de Loire Center, Nouzilly 37380, France
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Lédée N, Vasseur C, Petitbarat M, Chevrier L, Vezmar K, Dray G, Chenière S, Lobersztajn A, Vitoux D, Cassuto GN, Chaouat G. Intralipid® may represent a new hope for patients with reproductive failures and simultaneously an over-immune endometrial activation. J Reprod Immunol 2018; 130:18-22. [PMID: 30286362 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2018.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
PROBLEM Continuous failures to achieve a pregnancy despite effective embryo transfers is extremely distressing for couples. In consequence, many adjuvant therapies to IVF have been proposed to achieve an "ideal" immune environment. We here focus on Intralipid® therapy (IL) reported to have immunosuppressive properties on NK cells. METHOD OF STUDY 94 patients exhibited an immune profile of endometrial over-immune activation and an history of repeated implantation failures despite multiple embryos transfers (RIF). They received a slow perfusion of Intralipid®. We here report the live birth rate following the procedure at the next embryo transfer. To get new insight on its mechanism of action, a second immune profiling had been performed under Intralipid® before the embryo transfer. RESULTS The live birth rate of the RIF cohort treated with Intralipid® reached 54% (51/94) at the next embryo transfer. In patients successfully pregnant under Intralipid® who benefitted of a test of sensibility before the embryo transfer, we observed a significant decrease of the three biomarkers used to diagnose the over-immune endometrial activation (CD56 cells; IL-18/TWEAK, IL-14/FN-14). CONCLUSIONS Double blind placebo versus Intralipid® studies should be conducted. Intralipid® may be an option to explore in RIF patients who exhibit an over-immune activation of uNK cells.
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- Nathalie Lédée
- MatriceLAB Innove, Pépinière Paris Santé Cochin, 29 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France; Centre d'assistance médical à la procréation Bluets-Drouot, Hospital Les Bluets, 4 rue Lasson 75012 Paris, France.
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- Pole Sante Vinci 1 Avenue Du Pr Alexandre Minkowski, 37170 Chambray Les Tours, France
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- MatriceLAB Innove, Pépinière Paris Santé Cochin, 29 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- MatriceLAB Innove, Pépinière Paris Santé Cochin, 29 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- MatriceLAB Innove, Pépinière Paris Santé Cochin, 29 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France; Centre d'assistance médical à la procréation Bluets-Drouot, Hospital Les Bluets, 4 rue Lasson 75012 Paris, France; Pole Sante Vinci 1 Avenue Du Pr Alexandre Minkowski, 37170 Chambray Les Tours, France; Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale, INSERM UMR-976, Saint-Louis Hospital, Research Center, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France
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- Centre d'assistance médical à la procréation Bluets-Drouot, Hospital Les Bluets, 4 rue Lasson 75012 Paris, France
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- Centre d'assistance médical à la procréation Bluets-Drouot, Hospital Les Bluets, 4 rue Lasson 75012 Paris, France
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- Centre d'assistance médical à la procréation Bluets-Drouot, Hospital Les Bluets, 4 rue Lasson 75012 Paris, France
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- MatriceLAB Innove, Pépinière Paris Santé Cochin, 29 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- Centre d'assistance médical à la procréation Bluets-Drouot, Hospital Les Bluets, 4 rue Lasson 75012 Paris, France
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- Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale, INSERM UMR-976, Saint-Louis Hospital, Research Center, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France
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Fouilland E, Trottet A, Alves-de-Souza C, Bonnet D, Bouvier T, Bouvy M, Boyer S, Guillou L, Hatey E, Jing H, Leboulanger C, Le Floc'h E, Liu H, Mas S, Mostajir B, Nouguier J, Pecqueur D, Rochelle-Newall E, Roques C, Salles C, Tournoud MG, Vasseur C, Vidussi F. Significant Change in Marine Plankton Structure and Carbon Production After the Addition of River Water in a Mesocosm Experiment. Microb Ecol 2017; 74:289-301. [PMID: 28303313 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-0962-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Rivers are known to be major contributors to eutrophication in marine coastal waters, but little is known on the short-term impact of freshwater surges on the structure and functioning of the marine plankton community. The effect of adding river water, reducing the salinity by 15 and 30%, on an autumn plankton community in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Thau Lagoon, France) was determined during a 6-day mesocosm experiment. Adding river water brought not only nutrients but also chlorophyceans that did not survive in the brackish mesocosm waters. The addition of water led to initial increases (days 1-2) in bacterial production as well as increases in the abundances of bacterioplankton and picoeukaryotes. After day 3, the increases were more significant for diatoms and dinoflagellates that were already present in the Thau Lagoon water (mainly Pseudo-nitzschia spp. group delicatissima and Prorocentrum triestinum) and other larger organisms (tintinnids, rotifers). At the same time, the abundances of bacterioplankton, cyanobacteria, and picoeukaryote fell, some nutrients (NH4+, SiO43-) returned to pre-input levels, and the plankton structure moved from a trophic food web based on secondary production to the accumulation of primary producers in the mesocosms with added river water. Our results also show that, after freshwater inputs, there is rapid emergence of plankton species that are potentially harmful to living organisms. This suggests that flash flood events may lead to sanitary issues, other than pathogens, in exploited marine areas.
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- E Fouilland
- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France.
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
- DHI Water & Environment (S) Pte Ltd, 1 Cleantech loop #03-05 Clean Tech One, Singapore, 637141, Singapore
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, CS90074, 29688, Roscoff cedex, France
- Laboratório de Ficologia, Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, São Cristovão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20940-040, Brazil
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, CS90074, 29688, Roscoff cedex, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- UMS 3301Centre d'écologie marine expérimentale MEDIMEER, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Station Marine, 2 rue des Chantiers, 34200, Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 7618 iEES-Paris (IRD-UPMC-CNRS-INRA-UDD-UPEC), UPMC, case 237, 4 place Jussieu, 75252, Paris cedex, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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- UMR 5569 Laboratoire HydroSciences (CNRS, IRD, UM), Université de Montpellier, case courrier 057, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- UMR 5569 Laboratoire HydroSciences (CNRS, IRD, UM), Université de Montpellier, case courrier 057, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
- LOV-UPMC-CNRS, UMR 7093, Station zoologique, BP 28 06234, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- UMR 9190 MARBEC Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier & Sète, France
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Fromont G, Vasseur C, Guibon R, Bruyere F, Haillot O. Marqueurs de la transition épithélio-mésenchymateuse et marques épigénétiques associées dans le développement et la progression du cancer de la prostate. Prog Urol 2015; 25:734-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2015.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Udintsev V, Maquet P, Alexandrov E, Casal N, Cuenca D, Drevon JM, Feder R, Friconneau J, Giacomin T, Guirao J, Iglesias S, Josseaume F, Levesy B, Loesser D, Ordieres J, Quinn E, Pak S, Penot C, Pitcher C, Portalès M, Proust M, Suarez A, Seyvet F, Tanchuk V, Utin Y, Vacas C, Vasseur C, Walsh M. Final design of the generic equatorial port plug structure for ITER diagnostic systems. Fusion Engineering and Design 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Vasseur C, Baudin-Creuza V. [Role of alpha-hemoglobin molecular chaperone in the hemoglobin formation and clinical expression of some hemoglobinopathies]. Transfus Clin Biol 2015; 22:49-57. [PMID: 25724329 DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Alpha-hemoglobin stabilizing protein (AHSP), described as a chaperone of alpha-hemoglobin (α-Hb), is synthesized at a high concentration in the erythroid precursors. AHSP specifically recognizes the G and H helices of α-Hb and forms a stable complex with free α-Hb until its association with the partner β-subunits. Unlike the free β-Hb which are soluble and form homologous tetramers, freshly synthesized α-Hb chains are highly unstable molecular species which precipitate and generate reactive oxygen species within the erythrocyte precursors of the bone marrow leading to apoptosis and ineffective erythropoiesis. AHSP protects the free α-Hb chains in maintaining it in the soluble state. In this review, we report data from the literature and our laboratory concerning the key role of AHSP in the biosynthesis of Hb and its possible involvement in some disorders of the red blood cell as well as the hemoglobinopathies and we discuss its use as a prognostic tool in thalassemia syndromes.
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- C Vasseur
- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U955, équipe 2, université Paris Est Créteil, 5, avenue Gustave-Eiffel, 94000 Créteil, France; Laboratoire d'excellence des globules rouges (GR-EX), 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U955, équipe 2, université Paris Est Créteil, 5, avenue Gustave-Eiffel, 94000 Créteil, France; Laboratoire d'excellence des globules rouges (GR-EX), 75015 Paris, France.
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Di Fiore F, Armengol-Debeir L, Blanchard F, Chapusot C, Tournier B, Sesboué R, Sefrioui D, Basile P, Gangloff A, Hebbar M, Copin M, Vasseur C, Tuech J, Vermeulin T, Houivet E, Frebourg T, Sabourin J, Lepage C, Michel P. A Bar Code of Selected Gene Copy Number Alterations is Associated with Disease-Free Survival in Stage Ii-Iii Microsatellite Stable (Mss) Colon Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu333.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sefrioui D, Vasseur C, Sesboué R, Blanchard F, Gangloff A, Baretti M, Beaussire L, Clatot F, Dolfus C, Sabourin J, Michel P, Frebourg T, Di Fiore F. Clinical Interest of Digital Pcr for Routine Detection of Circulating Dna in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu358.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Giovannelli J, Coevoet V, Vasseur C, Gheysens A, Basse B, Houyengah F. Un système d’alerte e-mail automatisé lors de la réadmission de patientsprécédemment dénutris, Dunkerque, 2012. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2014.06.228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Giovannelli J, Coevoet V, Vasseur C, Gheysens A, Basse B, Houyengah F. O48 Un système d’alerte Email automatisé lors de la réadmission de patients ayant présenté une dénutrition antérieure au Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque, France, 2012. NUTR CLIN METAB 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0985-0562(13)70320-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Giovannelli J, Vasseur C, Gheysens A, Basse B, Houyengah F. Mise en place et évaluation d’un système d’alertes par e-mail lors de la réadmission de patients ayant présenté un état antérieur de malnutrition au centre hospitalier de Dunkerque, France. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2013.01.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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De Jonckheere J, Logier R, Dassonneville A, Delmar G, Vasseur C. PhysioTrace: An efficient toolkit for biomedical signal processing. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2012; 2005:6739-41. [PMID: 17281820 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Healthcare monitoring applications requires the measurement and the analysis of multiple physiological data. In the field of biomedical research, these data are issued from different devices involving data centralization and synchronization difficulties. On the other hand, the analysis of the acquired data requires high level digital signal processing tools. In this paper we describe a real time toolkit for biomedical data acquisition, centralization, processing and visualization. This toolkit, composed of both hardware and software modules, allows users to model, test and perform all kind of digital signal processing algorithms for all kind of biomedical signals. These highly efficient hardware and software modules have been developed and tested especially for biomedical studies and used in a large number of clinical investigations. So, for developers, using such a toolkit will reduce the development time while increasing the application performances.
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- J De Jonckheere
- Lab. d'Automatique Genie Informatique et Signal, CNRS UMR, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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Vasseur C, LeFloch A, Costes B, de Becdelièvre A, Casals T, Costa C, Goossens M, Girodon E. 4 Simple and accurate assays for targeting CFTR mutations of specific geographic/ethnic origins by PCR allelic discrimination. J Cyst Fibros 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(11)60026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Watanabe A, Jinno M, Hirohama J, Hatakeyama N, Hiura R, Sterrenburg M, Blockeel C, Eijkemans MJ, Broer SL, Macklon NS, Broekmans FJ, Devroey P, Fauser BCJM, Al-Karaki R, Irzouqi R, Khalifa F, Taher M, Sarraf M, Cedrin - Durnerin I, Guivarch A, Hugues JN, Bstandig B, Parneix I, Vasseur C, Dubourdieu S, Colombel A, Marszalek A, Gayet V, Blanchet V, Streuli I, Chalas Boissonnas C, Chapron C, de Ziegler D, Banga FR, Lambalk CB, Huirne JA, van Wely M, van der Veen F. SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATION SESSION, SESSION 33: AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS, Tuesday 5 July 2011 10:00 - 11:30. Hum Reprod 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/26.s1.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vialatte A, Bailey RI, Vasseur C, Matocq A, Gossner MM, Everhart D, Vitrac X, Belhadj A, Ernoult A, Prinzing A. Phylogenetic isolation of host trees affects assembly of local Heteroptera communities. Proc Biol Sci 2010; 277:2227-36. [PMID: 20335208 PMCID: PMC2880160 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A host may be physically isolated in space and then may correspond to a geographical island, but it may also be separated from its local neighbours by hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary history, and may form in this case an evolutionarily distinct island. We test how this affects the assembly processes of the host's colonizers, this question being until now only invoked at the scale of physically distinct islands or patches. We studied the assembly of true bugs in crowns of oaks surrounded by phylogenetically more or less closely related trees. Despite the short distances (less than 150 m) between phylogenetically isolated and non-isolated trees, we found major differences between their Heteroptera faunas. We show that phylogenetically isolated trees support smaller numbers and fewer species of Heteroptera, an increasing proportion of phytophages and a decreasing proportion of omnivores, and proportionally more non-host-specialists. These differences were not due to changes in the nutritional quality of the trees, i.e. species sorting, which we accounted for. Comparison with predictions from meta-community theories suggests that the assembly of local Heteroptera communities may be strongly driven by independent metapopulation processes at the level of the individual species. We conclude that the assembly of communities on hosts separated from their neighbours by long periods of evolutionary history is qualitatively and quantitatively different from that on hosts established surrounded by closely related trees. Potentially, the biotic selection pressure on a host might thus change with the evolutionary proximity of the surrounding hosts.
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- A Vialatte
- UMR Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
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Meduri G, Bachelot A, Cocca MP, Vasseur C, Rodien P, Kuttenn F, Touraine P, Misrahi M. Molecular pathology of the FSH receptor: new insights into FSH physiology. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2008; 282:130-42. [PMID: 18248882 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Manipulations of mouse genome have helped to elucidate gonadotrophin function but important differences subsist between rodent and human reproduction. Studies of patients with mutations of gonadotrophins or gonadotrophin receptors genes allow understanding their physiological effects in humans. The correlation of the clinical phenotypes of patients with in vitro studies of the mutated receptor residual function and histological and immunohistological studies of the ovarian biopsies permits to understand which stages of follicular development are under FSH control. Total FSH receptor (FSHR) inactivation causes infertility with an early block of follicular maturation remarkably associated with abundant small follicles as in prepubertal ovaries and demonstrates the absolute requirement of FSH for follicular development starting from the primary stage. Partial FSHR inactivation, characterized by normal-sized ovaries, can sustain follicular development up to the early antral stages but incremental levels of FSH stimulation seem to be required for antral follicular growth before selection. These findings contrast with the traditional view of an initial gonadotrophin-independent follicular growth prior to the preantral-early antral stages. The presence of numerous reserve follicles in the ovaries of these patients may permit a future treatment of their infertility. The study of reduced FSHbeta or FSHR activity in genetically modified male mice models and in men suggests a minor impact of the FSHR on masculine fertility. Further studies on patients with a demonstrated total FSHbeta or FSHR inactivation are required to elucidate reported differences in spermatogenesis impairment. Finally, the studies of mutations of gonadotrophins and their receptors demonstrate differences in gonadotrophin function between genetically modified rodents and humans which suggest prudence in extrapolating observations in rodents to human reproduction. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) can infrequently arise spontaneously during pregnancy, but most often it is an iatrogenic complication of ovarian stimulation treatments with ovulation drugs for in vitro fertilization. The first genetic cause of familial recurrent spontaneous OHSS was identified as a broadening specificity of the FSHR for hCG due to naturally occurring heterozygous mutations located unexpectedly in the transmembrane domain of the FSHR. Broadening specificity of a G protein-coupled receptor is extremely rare. These observations led to the identification of the etiology of this previously unexplained syndrome and permitted to conceive novel models of FSHR activation. Susceptibility to iatrogenic OHSS or its clinical severity may be associated with FSHR polymorphisms with slightly different activities in vivo as suggested by several studies. The study of larger cohorts is needed to evaluate the clinical impact of these observations in the management of patients undergoing IVF protocols.
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- G Meduri
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology and Hormonology, AP-HP, University Paris Sud 11, Le Kremlin Bicêtre F-94275, France
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Vermandel M, Betrouni N, Pasquier D, Gauvrit J, Vasseur C, Rousseau J. A 2D/3D matching based on a hybrid approach: improvement to the imaging flow for AVM radiosurgery. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007; 2005:3071-3. [PMID: 17282892 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1617123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A new approach of registration in multimodal imaging has been developed. Modalities involved are Digital Subtracted Angiography (DSA, 2D) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA, 3D). Our approach is an hybrid one, mixing feature and intensity based approaches. This approach is based on the extraction of a anatomical referential common to both MRA and DSA. The results obtained prove the methods efficiency in a clinical context. This paper present the validation methodology to make it possible the replacement of the localization DSA examination by the diagnosis one, thus avoiding supplementary costs, lost time and medical hazards for the patient and for the medical staff.
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Dewalle AS, Betrouni N, Steinling M, Vermandel M, Rousseau J, Vasseur C. Comparison between shifted Spearman rank correlation test and SPM in fMRI. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007; 2007:3400-3403. [PMID: 18002727 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2007.4353061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A new improving method to compute Spearman rank correlation test has been developed. This method is based on the use of a response to stimulation delay referred by many authors. Visual results tend to prove the method efficiency which is confirmed by obtained overlap rates; moreover this method can easily be adapted in a clinical context.
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- A S Dewalle
- Inserm, U703, EA 1049, Lille 2 University, France.
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Delaporte T, Sinna R, Perol D, Garson S, Vasseur C, Delay E. Reconstruction mammaire bilatérale par lambeau myocutanéograisseux de grand dorsal (31 cas consécutifs). ANN CHIR PLAST ESTH 2006; 51:482-93. [PMID: 16630683 DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this study was to analyse the advantages, disadvantages and results of bilateral breast reconstruction by autologous latissimus dorsi flap. MATERIAL AND METHOD Thirty-one two-stage consecutive bilateral breast reconstructions were performed by the same operator between 1993 and 2001. All the reconstructions, in immediate or delayed manner, were indicated after radical or skin sparing mastectomy for breast cancer. We used the autologous latissimus dorsi flap for all cases. The reconstruction of the second breast was always delayed of a few months to avoid back's complications. We reviewed the charts of these patients retrospectively. Preoperative data, postoperative complications, dorsal seroma occurrence, morphological results and patient's satisfaction were evaluated. Median follow-up was 22 months. RESULTS The results confirm the procedure's reliability. Comparative rates of postoperative complications are not significantly different between first and contralateral breast reconstruction. Functional after-effects of bilateral latissimus dorsi harvesting are moderate. The aesthetics results have been judged as very good in 84% of cases and good in 16%. The satisfaction rate of the patients is high: 90,3% are pleased, 6,5% are satisfied and 3,2% are moderately satisfied. CONCLUSION The autologous latissimus dorsi flap allows a two-stage bilateral breast reconstruction. This procedure is not indicated for simultaneous bilateral breast reconstruction; it is the main drawback of this technique. So we believe that this procedure is an excellent alternative in all the indications of sequential bilateral breast reconstructions.
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- T Delaporte
- Unité de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructrice, Département de Chirurgie, centre Léon-Bérard, 28, rue Laënnec, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France.
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Gin H, Vambergue A, Vasseur C, Rigalleau V, Dufour P, Roques A, Romon M, Millet D, Hincker P, Fontaine P. Blood ketone monitoring: a comparison between gestational diabetes and non-diabetic pregnant women. Diabetes & Metabolism 2006; 32:592-7. [PMID: 17296512 DOI: 10.1016/s1262-3636(07)70313-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIM To measure ketonemia in a control population of pregnant women and in a population of women with gestational diabetes (GDM). To define a normal ketonemia threshold for the controls and to determine whether or not this value could play a role in the clinical management of women with GDM. METHOD Fifty-six women with a normal OGTT and 49 women with GDM were included and monitored from the 25th to the 37th week of pregnancy. Control subjects agreed to perform glycaemia and ketonemia self-monitoring 3 times a day. In addition, women with GDM were asked to measure their postprandial glycaemia. Glycaemia and ketonemia measurements were performed using Optium meters. Subjects kept a 24-hour food record twice a week. RESULTS The mean ketonemia was lower in the control group than in the GDM group (0.01+/-0.10 vs. 0.04+/-0.009 mmol/l; P<0.001). Ketonemia values measured before the midday meal and prior to the evening meal were lower for control subjects than for GDM patients (P=0.002 and P=0.005). Fasting ketonemia was unrelated to ketonuria in the GDM group, whereas there was a correlation in the control group (P=0.006). At least one chronic increase in ketonemia levels was observed in 47% of the women with GDM, compared with only 12% of controls. The lowest levels of evening glycaemia correlated with the highest levels of ketonemia; women with GDM reported lower food and carbohydrate intakes than controls (P<0.001). CONCLUSION This work has enabled the establishment of ketonemia reference standards in non-diabetic pregnant women. If ketonemia does indeed indicate overly restrictive dietary behavior, this parameter could be employed for monitoring adherence to the nutritional recommendations for GDM.
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- H Gin
- Bordeaux, University Medical Center.
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- Henri Gin
- Hôpital du Haut Lèveêque, F-33604 Pessac, France.
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Dewalle AS, Betrounil N, Vermandel M, Ivanova P, Steinling M, Rousseau J, Vasseur C. New time-shifted Z-score and Student's test in fMRI. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2006; 2006:1010-1013. [PMID: 17945616 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2006.260456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A new approach to compute z-score and Student's test in functional MRI has been developed. This approach tends to involve standard z-score and Student's test computation. This approach is based on the delay of the response compared to the stimulation introduced by many authors. The results obtained prove the methods efficiency; moreover these methods can be easily adapted in a clinical context. This paper presents the new computation and the validation.
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- A S Dewalle
- INSERM U703, Lille II University, Lille, France
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Rodien P, Coutant R, Vasseur C, Bourdelot A, Laboureau S, Rohmer V. [Thyroid dysfunction and pregnancy]. Rev Prat 2005; 55:174-9. [PMID: 15825998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The pregnancy is a state of thyroid hyperstimulation, therefore of changes of thyroid hormone values. Results of thyroid hormone measurement have to be analysed in the context of gestation age. Hyperthyroidism, mostly represented by Graves' disease, requires a multidisciplinary management, owing to possible maternal, foetal and neonatal complications. Treatment with antithyroid drugs, is a compromise between the risk of uncontrolled maternal hyperthyroidism and the risk of iatrogenic foetal hypothyroidism. Evaluation of foetal thyroid function considers the titre of thyrotropin receptor antibodies in the mother's blood, the dose of antithyroid drugs to maintain euthyroidism in the mother, and the signs of foetal hyperthyroidism on ultrasound. Maternal hypothyroidism is associated with foetal and maternal morbidity. Untreated or inappropriately treated, it is associated with poorer performances of offspring in intelligence tests. Thyroid autoimmunity is associated with hypofertility, particularly with spontaneous abortion. Screening for thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy, although not systematic, should have broad indications.
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BACKGROUND Mitochondrial biogenesis and bioenergetics play an important role in oocyte maturation and embryo development. We have investigated the relationship between defective mitochondrial biogenesis and the lack of oocyte maturity observed during IVF procedures with patients suffering from ovarian dystrophy and ovarian insufficiency. METHODS We used real-time quantitative PCR to quantify mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in 116 oocytes obtained from 47 women undergoing the ICSI procedure. We compared the mtDNA content of oocytes from women with a normal ovarian profile with that of oocytes from women with ovarian dystrophy and ovarian insufficiency. RESULTS We found an average of 256,000 +/- 213,000 mitochondrial genomes per cell. The mean mtDNA copy number was not significantly different in ovarian dystrophy compared with controls, but it was significantly lower in oocytes from women with ovarian insufficiency (100,000 +/- 99,000, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that low mtDNA content is associated with the impaired oocyte quality observed in ovarian insufficiency.
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- P May-Panloup
- Biologie de la Reproduction--Laboratoire FIV, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, F-49033 Angers cedex 01, France.
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Rodien P, Jordan N, Lefèvre A, Royer J, Vasseur C, Savagner F, Bourdelot A, Rohmer V. Abnormal stimulation of the thyrotrophin receptor during gestation. Hum Reprod Update 2004; 10:95-105. [PMID: 15073140 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmh008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pregnancy induces physiological alterations in thyroid function which may make difficult the interpretation of results of thyroid hormone measurement. A state of hyperstimulation of the thyroid gland is common in early pregnancy. In a few cases, thyroid hormone values will deviate from the normal range, which corresponds to the gestational transient thyrotoxicosis. This syndrome is closely associated with hyperemesis gravidarum. The relationship between the two syndromes, demonstrated by epidemiological studies, has been illustrated by an exceptional case of familial recurrent gestational thyrotoxicosis presenting as hyperemesis gravidarum due to hypersensitivity of the thyrotrophin receptor to hCG. However, the exact mechanisms of hyperemesis gravidarum have not yet been identified. Gestational transient thyrotoxicosis has to be distinguished from Graves' disease, because the latter is associated with potential maternal and fetal complications when thyrotoxicosis is not controlled, whereas the former has usually a favourable outcome. The existence of other cases of thyroid hypersensitivity or hCG endowed with abnormal thyrotrophic activity is suspected. They may be identified only by assessment of the thyroid function in cases of hyperemesis gravidarum. The identification of these cases would be helpful to understand the mechanisms of specificity of glycoprotein hormone receptors.
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- Patrice Rodien
- Service d'Endocrinologie, INSERM EMI U0018, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France.
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Vasseur C, Rodien P, Beau I, Desroches A, Gérard C, de Poncheville L, Chaplot S, Savagner F, Croué A, Mathieu E, Lahlou N, Descamps P, Misrahi M. A chorionic gonadotropin-sensitive mutation in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor as a cause of familial gestational spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:753-9. [PMID: 12930927 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa030065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Claudine Vasseur
- Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France
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May-Panloup P, Chrétien MF, Savagner F, Vasseur C, Jean M, Malthièry Y, Reynier P. Increased sperm mitochondrial DNA content in male infertility. Hum Reprod 2003; 18:550-6. [PMID: 12615823 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) anomalies in sperm may lead to infertility. Point mutations, deletions and the presence of a specific mtDNA haplogroup have been associated with poor sperm quality, but little attention has been paid to the role of mtDNA content. METHODS Using density gradient separation and swim-up methods, we selected motile sperm from 32 normal and 35 abnormal sperm samples. The mtDNA/beta-globin gene ratio was determined by real-time quantitative PCR. RESULTS The average mtDNA/beta-globin ratio of sperm collected from 100% density layers was 1.4 for normal sperm, 6.1 for sperm samples presenting at least one abnormal criterion [among the three criteria established by World Health Organization (1999), i.e. sperm count, motility and morphology], and 9.1 for sperm samples presenting two or more of these abnormal criteria. These differences are very highly significant (P < 0.0001). The mtDNA numbers were also much greater in sperm collected from the 40% density gradient layers (mean: 17.1, P < 0.001), known to contain the most abnormal sperm of the sperm samples, than in those collected from the 100% layers known to contain sperm with the best fertilizing ability. CONCLUSION Our results showed significant mtDNA amplification in sperm collected from abnormal sperm samples.
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- P May-Panloup
- INSERM EMI-U 00-18, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Laboratoire d'Histologie-Embryologie-Cytologie, UF de Biologie de la Reproduction, CHU d'Angers, F-49033 Angers, France
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Fournié A, Le Digabel JF, Biquard F, Vasseur C, Gillard P, Descamps P. [Induce or not induce labor in gestational diabetes]. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 2002; 31:4S21-4S9. [PMID: 12451355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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The most serious hazard of gestational diabetes is shoulder dystocia, which sometimes is complicated by Erb's palsy and maternal lacerations. This risk is linked to fetal weight, and is more frequent in cases of diabetes. So, a caesarean section performed when macrosomia is present is required and an induction of labor before severe macrosomia is proposed. Unfortunately, estimation of fetal weight is imprecise in spite of formulas from fetal parameters. Abdomen circumference (AC) alone is as effective as complex formulas. So, it is proposed to perform an elective section when AC is equal or above 38 cm, and to induce labor, after 38 weeks of gestation, for limiting the risk of macrosomia when AC is between 35 and 38 cm. Induction is also proposed when pregnancy is complicated by hypertension or when fetal heart septal hypertrophy occurs. The management of gestational diabetes means a strict control of glycemia, which can reduce macrosomia and the need for cesarean section or induction of labor.
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- A Fournié
- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, CHU, 4, rue Larrey, 49033 Angers Cedex 01, France
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Vial S, Gibon D, Vasseur C, Rousseau J. Volume delineation by fusion of fuzzy sets obtained from multiplanar tomographic images. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2001; 20:1362-1372. [PMID: 11811836 DOI: 10.1109/42.974931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Techniques of three-dimensional (3-D) volume delineation from tomographic medical imaging are usually based on 2-D contour definition. For a given structure, several different contours can be obtained depending on the segmentation method used or the user's choice. The goal of this work is to develop a new method that reduces the inaccuracies generally observed. A minimum volume that is certain to be included in the volume concerned (membership degree mu = 1), and a maximum volume outside which no part of the volume is expected to be found (membership degree mu = 0), are defined semi-automatically. The intermediate fuzziness region (0 < mu < 1) is processed using the theory of possibility. The resulting fuzzy volume is obtained after data fusion from multiplanar slices. The influence of the contrast-to-noise ratio was tested on simulated images. The influence of slice thickness as well as the accuracy of the method were studied on phantoms. The absolute volume error was less than 2% for phantom volumes of 2-8 cm3, whereas the values obtained with conventional methods were much larger than the actual volumes. Clinical experiments were conducted, and the fuzzy logic method gave a volume lower than that obtained with the conventional method. Our fuzzy logic method allows volumes to be determined with better accuracy and reproducibility.
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- S Vial
- Laboratoire de Biophysique (UPRES EA 1049), ITM, Hôpital Universitaire, and Université des Sciences et Technologies, Lille, France
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Pho DB, Vasseur C, Desbruyeres E, Olomucki A. Evidence for the presence of tropomyosin in the cytoskeletons of ADP- and thrombin-stimulated blood platelets. FEBS Lett 2001; 173:164-8. [PMID: 6540206 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(84)81039-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Stimulation of porcine platelets with ADP or thrombin and subsequent analyses of their cytoskeletons by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis have shown the presence of a 30.5-kDa polypeptide in the cytoskeletons of activated as well as aggregated platelets. This polypeptide comigrates with pure porcine platelet tropomyosin in SDS gels, their mobilities being similarly and markedly decreased in the presence of 6 M urea. One-dimensional peptide mapping after limited proteolysis by Staphylococcus aureus protease gives the same pattern for pure tropomyosin and the 30.5-kDa polypeptide. This latter may thus be identified as the porcine platelet tropomyosin subunit, the role of which may not be solely structural.
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Vasseur C, Rigaud N, Hébraud M, Labadie J. Combined effects of NaCl, NaOH, and biocides (monolaurin or lauric acid) on inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas spp. J Food Prot 2001; 64:1442-5. [PMID: 11563526 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-64.9.1442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This study highlighted combinations of chemical stresses that could decrease or eliminate Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas spp. surviving in food processing plants. Strains of L. monocytogenes, Pseudomonas fragi, and Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from processing environments (meat and milk) were grown at 20 degrees C up to the early stationary phase. The strains were then subjected to 30 min of physicochemical treatments. These treatments included individual or combined acid (acetic acid), alkaline (NaOH), osmotic (NaCl), and biocides (fatty acids) challenges. Survival of the strains was studied after individual or combined acid (acetic acid), alkaline (NaOH), osmotic (NaCl), and biocides (monolaurin, lauric acid) challenges. Individual pH shocks had lower efficiencies than those used in combinations with other parameters. The treatment pH 5.4 followed by pH 10.5 had a low efficiency against L. monocytogenes. The opposite combination, pH 10.5 followed by pH 5.4, led to a 3-log reduction of the L. monocytogenes population. Pseudomonas spp. strains were much more sensitive than L. monocytogenes, and population reductions of 5 and 8 log (total destruction), respectively, were observed after the same treatments. As for L. monocytogenes, the combination pH 10.5 followed by pH 5.4 is more deleterious than the opposite. Whatever the bacterial species, the most efficient treatments were combinations of alkaline, osmotic, and biocide shocks. For instance, the combination pH 10.5 and 10% NaCl plus biocides showed reductions of 5 to 8 log for both bacteria. The origins of the observed lethal effects are discussed.
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- C Vasseur
- Unité de Recherches sur la Viande, Equipe Microbiologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Theix-63122, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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Coste E, Gibon D, Leclercq X, Verdonck B, Vasseur C, Rousseau J. 3D reconstruction of the encapsulating contour of arteriovenous malformations for radiosurgery using digital subtraction angiography. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2001; 50:247-55. [PMID: 11316570 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(01)01441-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Treatment planning for radiosurgery depends on the precise definition of radiation target volumes. For vascular pathologies such as arteriovenous malformations (AVM), the most usual technique remains standard X-ray projection imaging, most often carried out under stereotactic conditions. To further benefit from the advantages of two-dimensional digital subtraction angiography (DSA), the authors have developed a method for determining the three-dimensional shape of arteriovenous malformations from two views. METHODS AND MATERIALS After correction of image intensifier distortion and calibration of both views, the 3D shape of the AVM was determined from two DSA projections using epipolarity geometry. The AVM-encapsulating contour was modeled by triangulation of a stack of almost parallel ellipses. The method was technically validated using artificial targets in a skull phantom. Clinical validation was carried out on 10 patients who were examined using both conventional angiography under stereotactic conditions (SX-ray) and DSA. RESULTS There was excellent agreement between the artificial target volumes measured with SX-ray and with DSA. The correspondence between AVM volumes found for patients was not as good as with the phantom. CONCLUSIONS The different image characteristics of the two modalities lead to some differences in AVM estimations. However, the results were sufficiently satisfactory to justify routine use of this AVM modeling technique for radiosurgery planning.
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- E Coste
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille, France
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In interventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the systems designed to help the surgeon during biopsy must provide accurate knowledge of the positions of the target and also the entry point of the needle on the skin of the patient. In some cases, this needle entry point can be outside the B(0) homogeneity area, where the distortions may be larger than a few millimeters. In that case, major correction for geometric deformation must be performed. Moreover, the use of markers to highlight the needle entry point is inaccurate. The aim of this study was to establish a three-dimensional coordinate correction according to the position of the entry point of the needle. We also describe a 2-degree of freedom electromechanical device that is used to determine the needle entry point on the patient's skin with a laser spot.
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- V Daanen
- ITM, University Hospital, 59037 Lille, France
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Tellier P, Aquilanti S, Lecouffe P, Vasseur C. Comparison between exercise whole body thallium imaging and ankle-brachial index in the detection of peripheral arterial disease. INT ANGIOL 2000; 19:212-9. [PMID: 11201588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exercise whole body thallium imaging and rest/exercise ankle-brachial index can provide evidence of peripheral artery disease at the stage of intermittent claudication. The aim of this study was to compare both methods in the detection of asymptomatic peripheral artery disease. METHODS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN prospective non-randomised study. SETTING AND PATIENTS general community, private practice, ambulatory patients referred in a Nuclear Medicine Department for exercise myocardial scintigraphy. Intermittent claudication was present in 8% of the whole study population. Coronary artery disease and diabetes were respectively present in 70% and 16% of the same population. MEASURES rest/exercise ankle-brachial index and exercise whole body thallium imaging were measured in 105 patients (76 men and 29 women, mean age +/- 1 SD= 61 +/- 10 year) who performed a near-maximal or maximal treadmill test. Normal values of regional blood supply and indices of asymmetry at different levels of legs were determined in 14 patients with a very low probability of peripheral artery disease. RESULTS The probability of peripheral artery disease was very high in 19 patients (group 1), because of abnormal rest and/or exercise ankle-brachial index, whereas in the 86 remaining patients, the index at rest and exercise was quite normal (group 2).With respect to rest and/or exercise ankle-brachial index, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and predictive negative value of exercise scintigraphy abnormalities were respectively 89%, 62%, 34% and 96%. The false positive scan group differed from the true positive group only by sex and redistribution of thallium 201. The proportion of diabetic patients was the same (15%) in both groups. CONCLUSIONS Exercise whole body thallium imaging might contribute without additional cost to the detection, functional evaluation and/or risk stratification of peripheral artery disease in patients who perform exercise myocardial scintigraphy.
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- P Tellier
- Centre of Nuclear Medicine of Artois, Clinique Sainte Catherine, Arras, France
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Kerjean A, Dupont JM, Vasseur C, Le Tessier D, Cuisset L, Pàldi A, Jouannet P, Jeanpierre M. Establishment of the paternal methylation imprint of the human H19 and MEST/PEG1 genes during spermatogenesis. Hum Mol Genet 2000; 9:2183-7. [PMID: 10958657 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.14.2183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Parental-specific epigenetic modifications are imprinted on a subset of genes in the mammalian genome during germ cell maturation. However, the precise timing of their establishment remains to be determined. Methylation of CpG dinucleotides has been shown to be a part of the parental imprint. We have examined how the methylation pattern characteristic of the paternal allele in germ cells are established during human spermatogenesis. Two representative imprinted genes, H19 and MEST/PEG1, were studied. The experiments were performed using the bisulphite sequencing method on microdissected individual cells at different stages of male germ cell differentiation. We show that both genes are unmethylated in fetal spermatogonia, suggesting that all pre-existing methylation imprints are already erased by this stage. The MEST/PEG1 gene remains unmethylated at all subsequent post-pubertal stages of spermatogenesis, including mature spermatozoa. The methylation of H19 typical of the paternal allele first appears in a subset of adult spermatogonia and then is maintained in spermatocytes, spermatids and mature spermatozoa. Our results suggest that the methylation imprint inherited from the parents is first erased in the male germ line at an early fetal stage. The paternal-specific imprint is re-established only later, during spermatogonial differentiation in the adult testis.
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- A Kerjean
- Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Université Paris V, Hôpital Cochin-Port-Royal, Pavillon Cassini, 123 Boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France
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Bioassays constitute a unique approach to determine the functional aspects of gonadotropins. Indeed, these highly complex glycoprotein hormones, including pituitary lutropin (LH) and follitropin (FSH), are heterogeneous in terms of both peptidic and carbohydrate moieties, and, as a consequence, the bioactivity of the different molecular forms often does not match their immunoreactivity. In this article, we review the different types of LH and FSH bioassays. Conventional methods for measuring FSH bioactivity are first described and include the in vivo Steelman and Pohley bioassay, the radioligand receptor assays (RRAs), the in vitro Sertoli cell bioassay, the in vitro granulosa cell bioassay, and the inhibin immunoassay. Recent methods based on cell lines transfected with cloned receptors, particularly the human FSH receptor, are then described. Methods for developing these assays are presented, and the advantages and disadvantages of the different bioassays are discussed.
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- S Christin-Maitre
- Service d'Endocrinologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, 75012, France
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Vasseur C, Legré R, Leps P, Schoofs M. [Qualitative retrospective study comparing 43 advanced-rotated flaps to 19 island type Venkataswami-Subramanian flaps]. Chir Main 2000; 19:44-55. [PMID: 10777428 DOI: 10.1016/s1297-3203(00)73459-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In case of a fingertip trauma, the surgeon'aim is to give the finger a good function, that means a fingertip with good sensibility and trophicity. The purpose of this study was to follow-up three different types of flaps used for fingertip reconstruction, and to analyse their sensibility and functional results. METHOD 62 fingertip-flaps performed in 60 patients were included in this series. Patients were mainly males (45-60), adults (42-60), middle age (mean age = 40), right-handed (55-60) and home-injured (32-60). The dominant side was injured more often (43-60), by section (27-60) or crush (25-60). Patients were reviewed by the same investigator. Various types of flaps were used: 31 Atasoy flaps, 19 neurovascular island unipedicled flaps and 12 Hueston flaps. Sensory results were evaluated using static and moving two-point discrimination tests, and pain and hot-cold discrimination. Esthetic and functional results were also evaluated. RESULTS The tactile sensibility was good or excellent in 63% of flaps and the nail looked good in 70% of flaps. Among all flaps, the Atasoy flap obtained the best results. DISCUSSION This study showed the good quality of Atasoy and Hueston flaps in fingertip reconstruction. Neurovascular island flaps gave poor results without taking in account the severity of initial trauma.
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- C Vasseur
- Service de chirurgie plastique, CH Saint-Luc-Saint-Joseph, Lyon, France
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The authors present an automatic algorithm for 3D reconstruction of cerebral blood vessels by digital subtracted angiography. The patient is localized by a stereotactic method. The reconstruction algorithm includes two steps: first vessel extraction then 2D matching and reconstruction. Accurate vessel skeletons are generated by a combination of mathematical morphological algorithms and adaptive filters. The 3D reconstruction algorithm is based on the reconstruction of vessels center lines. For that purpose, three different projections of the vascular network are used. Reconstruction is computed segment by segment (a curved line between two nodes). For each segment point, the algorithm defines all epipolar solutions on the other views. These epipolar solutions are sorted and pooled by 2D continuity and 3D proximity criteria resulting in a 3D graph. Optimal 3D segment is defined by a recursive algorithm that looks up the better path in the 3D graph. The algorithms have been implemented on a Compatible-PC computer in C language. More than 95% of static copper phantom was reconstructed in 5 min and with 1 mm 3D accuracy. 70% of arteries (from carotid to the seventh node) of a true patient arterial network were reconstructed is less than 30 min.
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- E Coste
- ITM, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire, Lille, France
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We have analyzed the impact of various stressing conditions on the physiological and molecular responses of the main psychrotrophic spoilage bacterium of refrigerated meat and meat products, Pseudomonas fragi. A survival study using conventional plating was first performed to select the stressing agents and parameters. Some of these mimicked cleaning-disinfection processes but with less drastic conditions in order to keep alive enough bacterial cells for the protein expression characterization. Cultures of P. fragi, at the beginning of the stationary phase of growth, were submitted to individual pH (5.4, 10.5), osmotic (8% Na2SO4, pH 7.0), biocide (fatty amine) shocks or combined treatments (8% Na2SO4, pH 10.5; 8% Na2SO4, pH 10.5 + biocide; pH 5.4 + pH 10.5 and pH 10.5 + pH 5.4) and the molecular responses were investigated by comparing autoradiograms of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) patterns of proteins radiolabeled with L-[35S]methionine. The observation of qualitative and relative quantitative variations in protein expression, determined with Melanie II image analysis software (Bio-Rad), revealed the overexpression of a total of 91 proteins for the eight challenges by comparison with the nonshocked controls. Some proteins appeared to be more or less general stress proteins whereas others were specific for one chemical treatment. The appraisal of the type of molecular response according to the type of treatment was analyzed statistically.
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- C Vasseur
- Unité de Recherches sur la Viande, Equipe Microbiologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Theix, Saint-Genès Champanelle, France
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Dupont JM, Le Tessier D, Rabineau D, Cuisset L, Vasseur C, Jeanpierre M, Delpech M, Pinton F, Ponsot G, Denavit MF. Unexpected Angelman syndrome molecular defect in a girl displaying clinical features of Prader-Willi syndrome. J Med Genet 1999; 36:652-4. [PMID: 10465123 PMCID: PMC1762962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Drenth JP, Cuisset L, Grateau G, Vasseur C, van de Velde-Visser SD, de Jong JG, Beckmann JS, van der Meer JW, Delpech M. Mutations in the gene encoding mevalonate kinase cause hyper-IgD and periodic fever syndrome. International Hyper-IgD Study Group. Nat Genet 1999; 22:178-81. [PMID: 10369262 DOI: 10.1038/9696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 348] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome (HIDS; MIM 260920) is a rare, apparently monogenic, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied with lymphadenopathy, abdominal distress, joint involvement and skin lesions. All patients have high serum IgD values (>100 U/ml) and HIDS 'attacks' are associated with an intense acute phase reaction whose exact pathophysiology remains obscure. Two other hereditary febrile disorders have been described. Familial Mediterranean fever (MIM 249100) is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting mostly populations from the Mediterranean basin and is caused by mutations in the gene MEFV (refs 5,6). Familial Hibernian fever (MIM 142680), also known as autosomal dominant familial recurrent fever, is caused by missense mutations in the gene encoding type I tumour necrosis factor receptor. Here we perform a genome-wide search to map the HIDS gene. Haplotype analysis placed the gene at 12q24 between D12S330 and D12S79. We identified the gene MVK, encoding mevalonate kinase (MK, ATP:mevalonate 5-phosphotransferase; EC 2.7.1.36), as a candidate gene. We characterized 3 missense mutations, a 92-bp loss stemming from a deletion or from exon skipping, and the absence of expression of one allele. Functional analysis demonstrated diminished MK activity in fibroblasts from HIDS patients. Our data establish MVK as the gene responsible for HIDS.
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- J P Drenth
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire and Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, France
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Vasseur C, Baverel L, Hébraud M, Labadie J. Effect of osmotic, alkaline, acid or thermal stresses on the growth and inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes. J Appl Microbiol 1999; 86:469-76. [PMID: 10196752 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00686.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Five strains of Listeria monocytogenes (a, b, c, d and e) isolated from industrial plants have been subjected to different osmotic, alkaline, acid or thermal stresses. The effects of these treatments on lag-phase (L) and growth rate (mu) of cells in mid-log phase have been followed using an automated optical density monitoring system. Increasing the osmotic pressure by the addition of different amounts of NaCl increased the lag phase and decreased the growth rate. The same phenomena were observed after decreasing the pH of the medium to 5.8, 5.6 or 5.4 by addition of acetic, lactic or hydrochloric acids. The inhibitory effect was: acetic acid > lactic acid > hydrochloric acid. The addition of NaOH to attain pH values of 9.5, 10.0, 10.5 or 11.0 in the medium produced a dramatic increase of the lag phase at pH 10.5 and 11. Growth rates were also decreased while the maximal population increased with high pH values. These effects varied according to strains. Strains d and e were the most resistant to acidic and alkaline stresses, and e was the most affected by the addition of NaCl. A cold shock of 30 min at 0 degree C had limited effects on growth parameters. On the other hand, hyperthermal shocks (55 or 63 degrees C, 30 min) led to similar increased lag phases and to significant increases of the maximal population in all five strains.
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- C Vasseur
- Station de Recherches sur la Viande, Unité de Recherches de Microbiologie, INRA de Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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Vial S, Gibon D, Coste E, Bourel P, Caudrelier J, Vasseur C, Castelain B, Rousseau J. 76 Definition of target volumes for three-dimensional radiotherapy using fuzzy logic method. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(99)90094-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vasseur C, Christin-Maître S, Bouchard P. Physiopathologie de l'insuffisance ovarienne prématurée : faits et perspectives. Med Sci (Paris) 1999. [DOI: 10.4267/10608/1312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cuisset L, Vasseur C, Jeanpierre M, Delpech M, Noséda G, Ponsot G. Potential pitfall in Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome molecular diagnosis. Am J Med Genet 1998; 80:543-5. [PMID: 9880230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Premature ovarian failure (POF) is an heterogeneous syndrome. Among genetic causes, X monosomy as in Turner syndrome or X deletions and translocations are known to be responsible for POF. The genes involved in ovarian function, located on the X chromosome are still unknown. On the other hand, autosomal abnormalities have been identified in POF patients such as mutations of the FSH gene, the LH and FSH receptor genes, chromosome 3q containing the blepharophimosis gene, the ATM gene (Ataxia-telangiectasia gene). Mutations in the AIRE gene (responsible for APECED syndrome) can involve ovarian insufficiency. It is likely that studies on the function of the protein AIRE might improve our knowledge on follicular development. Furthermore, different mouse models of ovarian failure such as mouse lacking connexins or mice lacking GDF9 (growth derived factor 9), might increase our knowledge of ovarian failure. In the future, a better knowledge of the cellular and biochemical components involved in folliculogenesis and apoptosis should elucidate the mechanisms of POF.
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