Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-08-20Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:04:33Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 boschiero_c_dr_botfmvz.pdf: 635473 bytes, checksum: feca4297f6abf36be6a9c8cf72ce1eb6 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / A partir de resultados de um estudo anterior, no qual foram mapeados QTLs para características de peso vivo, peso do coração e pulmões no GGA1, foi definida uma região no intervalo entre os marcadores ADL0234 e LEI0071, abrangendo 82,3 cM. Foram avaliadas três famílias de meios-irmãos paternos que compreendiam sete famílias de irmãos completos, num total de 652 F2 para as características: peso vivo aos 35 e 41 dias de idade, pesos do coração e pulmões e rendimentos de coração e pulmões. Os genótipos de seis marcadores microssatélites foram adicionados aos dez utilizados anteriormente. O mapa de ligação obtido da região compreendeu 110,8 cM com espaçamento médio entre os marcadores de 7,4 cM. Na análise de F2, em um único intervalo (LEI0146-LEI0174), compreendendo 28,8 cM, foram mapeados QTLs para todas as características estudadas, com exceção dos rendimentos de coração e pulmões. Neste intervalo estão localizados o gene IGF1 e o centrômero do cromossomo. A adição de seis marcadores confirmou os QTLs mapeados anteriormente, porém alguns em diferentes posições. A análise de meios-irmãos paternos indicou que os principais QTLs estavam segregando em apenas uma das famílias (7716), na qual cinco QTLs foram mapeados. Na análise de meios-irmãos maternos, duas famílias segregaram QTLs tanto na análise Individual como na Conjunta (7810 e 7971). As diferentes análises permitiram selecionar dois casais F1, que devem ser o alvo dos próximos estudos. Este estudo restringiu a busca por genes candidatos responsáveis pelas características de interesse a uma região de 28,8 cM (9,82 Mb) no GGA1. / Based on the results from a previous study, in which QTL for body weight, heart and lungs weights and heart and lungs percentages were mapped to GGA1, a region was defined between markers ADL0234 and LEI0071, spanning 82.3 cM. Three paternal half-sib families, comprising seven full-sib families, totaling 652 F2 were evaluated for body weight at 35 and 41 days of age, heart and lungs weights and heart and lungs yields. Genotypes of six microsatellite markers were added to those of ten previously used. The linkage map of this region spanned 110.8 cM, with average spacing of 7.4 cM between markers. In a single interval (LEI0146-LEI0174), comprising 28.8 cM, QTLs for all traits, except for heart and lungs yields were mapped in the F2 analysis. In this same interval the IGF1 gene, and the chromosome centromere, are located. The use of six additional markers confirmed the same QTLs mapped previously, but some of them, in different positions. The paternal half-sib analysis indicated that the main QTLs were segregating in one of the families only (7716), in which five QTLs were mapped. In the maternal half-sib analysis, two families segregated QTLs both, in the across and within families analyses (7810 and 7971). These analyses allowed the selection of two F1 couples to be the target for future studies. This study restricted the search for candidate genes responsible for the traits of interest to a region of 28.8 cM (9.82 Mb) in GGA1.

As alterações cromossômicas estruturais associadas a fenótipos clínicos oferecem a oportunidade de identificação e localização de genes cujas mutações possam estar determinando essas patologias, tendo em vista a possibilidade de que esses genes podem ter sido alterados pelas quebras ou ter o número de cópias modificado. Um número cada vez maior de evidências aponta para a participação de certas seqüências do genoma na formação de rearranjos cromossômicos recorrentes e não recorrentes. Este trabalho compreendeu o estudo de duas translocações cromossômicas aparentemente equilibradas e uma duplicação do braço curto do cromossomo 20 em decorrência de mosaicismo materno. O objetivo foi determinar os pontos de quebra por hibridação in situ fluorescente (FISH) e identificar genes candidatos, alterados pelas quebras dos rearranjos e que pudessem explicar o quadro clínico dos portadores. A caracterização das seqüências nos pontos de quebra e a junção desses rearranjos é fundamental para a compreensão dos mecanismos de formação das alterações cromossômicas. A delimitação precisa dos segmentos deletados é necessária para a correlação com o quadro clínico. / Two apparently \"de novo\" balanced translocations and one duplication of the short arm of chromosome 20 were studied. Our aim was to determine the breakpoints by chromosomal analysis through fluorescentin situ hybridization (FISH) and identify candidate genes and how they were involved with the clinical phenotypes of the patients. Patient 1 carried a duplication of the short arm of chromosome 20 (p11.22p13), inherited from the mother that showed normal and dup(20) lymphocytes. The duplication was determined by FISH using BAC and PAC clones, and nine clones were duplicated except one (20p11.21). The patient shared many of the common characteristics of trisomy 20p including delay in motor development, hypertelorism, poor coordination, round face with prominent cheeks, vertebral and dental abnormalities and cranial asymmetry with high and large forehead. She also had learning difficulties, behavioral disorders and pubertal growth spurt at 12 years. As our patient is an example of pure trisomy 20p, the features are of particular importance to delineate the syndrome. Three genes were mapped on the segment that contain the duplication (20p11.2-13), one of these genes is the SSTR4 (Somatostatin receptor 4). The somatostatin is widely distributed throughout the body and is important regulator of endocrine and nervous system function. It is an inhibitor of growth hormone secretion. The second gene is the BMP2 that produce bone morphogenetic proteins and it has a direct function with the nervous system. The third gene is the GHRH that produce proteins connected with the growth hormone. These genes might have been over expressed and thus contributing to the patient\'s clinical features. Patient 2, carried a 46,XY,t(5;14)(q14.1;q31.3)de novo translocation. On chromosome 14 the breakpoint was mapped to a segment contained in BAC RP11-315O17 (14q31.3). On the chromosome 5 the breakpoint was mapped to a segment contained in BAC RP11-30D15 (5q14.1). Although the breakpoint, on the chromosome 14, has been mapped in 14q31.3, our patient shared many of the common characteristics of terminal 14q32 deletion: mental retardation, dolicocephaly, prominent ears, hypertelorism, strabismus, upturned palpebral fissures, highly arched palate, simian crease, severe myopia, coloboma and palpebral ptosis. As mental retardation and ocular abnormalities were the main patient\'s clinical features, we are suggesting that: 1) a region of segment 14q31.3 was deleted. 2) A gene inside this segment (14q31.3) could be responsible for ocular development and 3) a disrupted gene could interfere on the expression of other genes. On chromosome 5 eleven genes were localized and four of them are expressed in nervous system (AP3B1; SCAMP1; BHMT2 e CMYA5). One of these genes might have been disrupted and is contributing to the patient\'s clinical features. Patient 3 was the carrier of a 46,XY,t(1;15)(p13.2;q25.2)de novo translocation. The breakpoint on chromosome 15 was mapped to the segment contained in clone RP11-152F13 (15q25.2). The breakpoint on chromosome 1 was mapped to the segment contained in clone RP5-1037B23 (1p13.2). The genes mapped at the breakpoint regions of chromosome 1 and chromosome 15 are expressed in nervous system and muscles. Our patient shows few clinical features: speech delay, stutter and learning difficulties, probably because one or more of these genes, mapped at the breakpoint region, could be disrupted.

Orientador: Louis Bernard Klaczko / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T11:40:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rocha_FelipeBastos_M.pdf: 1521732 bytes, checksum: 2e105d0f1d7044bc42e2f93125f6ac49 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Drosophila mediopunctata é uma espécie pertencente ao grupo tripunctata, que tem como traço marcante um padrão de pigmentação abdominal, sob a forma de três pintas na região mediana dos últimos tergitos. Nesta espécie, este padrão é variável, havendo indivíduos com quatro fenótipos, que vão de zero a três pintas. Já se observou que esta variação tem determinação genética, com marcada influência do cromossomo II, e alta plasticidade fenotípica em resposta à temperatura de desenvolvimento. Neste trabalho, buscou-se caracterizar parte destas duas fontes de variação. Por um lado, foram estudadas as normas de reação da pigmentação a um gradiente térmico, investigando-se classes fenotípicas contrastantes. Devido ao desenho experimental, que buscou separar os efeitos desta variável de um possível papel das inversões do cromossomo II, foi possível evidenciar um forte efeito das classes fenotípicas utilizadas sobre a resposta das estirpes ao gradiente térmico, independente do cariótipo. Foram descritos, por polinômios, dois tipos de norma de reação relacionados ao fenótipo, ambos com forma de parábola, mas diferindo em relação ao coeficiente de curvatura. O grupo de estirpes de pigmentação clara apresentou uma curva côncava e o grupo escuro uma curva convexa. A norma de reação da taxa de desenvolvimento de ovo a adulto foi caracterizada a partir do mesmo procedimento. Entretanto, apesar dos efeitos significativos do cariótipo e da classe fenotípica, a homogeneidade das normas de reação descritas por regressões lineares não possibilitou uma interpretação clara destes efeitos. A plasticidade do caráter também foi investigada quanto ao período de desenvolvimento termo-sensível. Assim, foi possível determinar a porção final da fase de pupa como o período no qual ocorre a influência da temperatura sobre o fenótipo de pintas do adulto. Por outro lado, em relação à determinação genética do caráter, foram obtidas estimativas de herdabilidade para o número de pintas abdominais, em condições quase naturais. Visando estabelecer um parâmetro de comparação com outros trabalhos, foi estimada a herdabilidade do tamanho do tórax a partir do mesmo material. Os resultados deste experimento, apresentaram grande contraste entre os dois traços: as estimativas foram baixas ou não significativas para o tamanho do tórax e, em geral, altas e significativas para o número de pintas / Abstract: Drosophila mediopunctata belongs to the tripunctata species group, which has a typical abdomen pigmentation pattern, consisting of three dark spots in the last tergites. In this species, this pattern is variable, with the phenotypes ranging from zero to three spots. It has been noted that this variation has genetical determination, with strong influence from the second chromosome, and high phenotypic plasticity in response to the developmental temperature. In this work, we attempted to describe part of these two variation sources. On one side, the pigmentation reaction norm to a thermal gradient was studied, by investigating the influence of contrasting phenotypical classes. Given the experimental design, which was planned to separate the effects of this variable from a possible influence of the second chromosome inversions, it was possible to detect a strong effect of the phenotypical classes on the lineages response to the thermal gradient, independent of the kariotype. Two types of reaction norms, related to the phenotype, were detected and described by polynomial adjustment. Both had a parabolic shape, but with different curvature coefficients. The light pigmentation lineage group showed a concave curve, and the dark group had a convex curve. The reaction norm of development rate from egg to adult was described according to the same procedure. However, despite the significant effects of the karyotype and phenotypical classes, the homogeneity of reaction norms, described by linear regression, hindered a clear interpretation of these effects. The character plasticity was also investigated in respect to the developmental thermosensitive period. Thus, it was possible to determine that the period in which the temperature influence on the adult phenotype occurs is the last portion of the pupal phase. On another side, relative to the character genetic determination, heritability estimates for the number of abdominal spots were obtained, in nearly natural conditions. Aiming to establish a comparison parameter with other studies, the heritability of thorax length was estimated based on the same material. The results of this experiment reveal a great contrast between these trait estimates: for the thorax they were low or non-significant, and, in general, for the abdominal spot number, they were high and significant / Mestrado / Genetica Animal e Evolução / Mestre em Genética e Biologia Molecular

Orientadores: Andréa Trevas Maciel Guerra, Maricilda Palandi de Mello / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T00:38:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos_AnaPaulados_M.pdf: 2717833 bytes, checksum: 8a3a2ff5cccd42ca60c0bc51ba3b0067 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: As disgenesias gonadais parcial (DGP) e mista (DGM) caracterizam-se por ambiguidade genital e presença de gônada disgenética associada a testículo disgenético ou dois testículos disgenéticos. Na DGP o cariótipo é 46,XY; na DGM, há mosaico 45,X/46,XY ou suas variantes (mais de duas linhagens e (ou) anomalias estruturais do cromossomo Y). Esses mosaicos podem determinar, ainda, fenótipo feminino com síndrome de Turner (ST), distúrbio da diferenciação do sexo ovotesticular (DDS OT) e esterilidade em homens com genitais normais. Independentemente do fenótipo gonadal e genital, esses indivíduos apresentam outros sinais clínicos decorrentes da linhagem 45,X, como baixa estatura, dismorfismos, anomalias cardíacas e renais e diversas afecções adquiridas. Nos últimos anos surgiram evidências de ligação entre microdeleções do Y e o mosaicismo com linhagem 45,X. Há, ainda, indicações de que a instabilidade cromossômica trazida por essas deleções possa ser mais pronunciada nas gônadas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar a presença de microdeleções do Y em indivíduos com DGP e naqueles com mosaico 45,X/46,XY ou suas variantes e diferentes fenótipos. A casuística constou de 15 indivíduos com DGP e 15 com mosaicismo, dos quais a maioria apresentava DGM (11 casos). Foram analisados 38 sequence tagged sites (STS) cobrindo a região específica masculina (MSY, male specific region) em Yp, centrômero e Yq por meio da técnica de reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) multiplex e individual. Todos os STS investigados nos indivíduos com DGP tiveram amplificação positiva, porém havia STS de Yq ausentes em seis indivíduos com mosaicismo e DGM, dos quais dois sem alterações estruturais de Y evidentes ao cariótipo. Essas deleções se localizavam em regiões contendo genes relacionados à espermatogênese (AZFb e AZFc - azoospermia factor). A ausência de deleções nos indivíduos com DGP não confirma a hipótese de que a instabilidade desse cromossomo nas gônadas seja uma das causas dessa afecção. Por outro lado, as deleções encontradas no segundo grupo indicam, em alguns casos, associação entre alterações estruturais do Y detectáveis somente a nível molecular e o surgimento de mosaicismo. Caso sejam criados no sexo masculino e busquem procedimentos de fertilização in vitro, há risco de que esses indivíduos transmitam cromossomos Y instáveis na divisão celular / Abstract: Partial and mixed gonadal dysgenesis (PGD and MGD) are characterized by genital ambiguity and the finding of either a streak gonad and a dysgenetic testis or two dysgenetic testes. In PGD there is a 46,XY karyotype, whereas in MGD there is a 45,X/46,XY mosaic or its variants (more than two lineages and/or structural abnormalities of the Y chromosome). These mosaics are also compatible with a female phenotype and Turner syndrome, ovotesticular disorder of sex development, and infertility in men with normal external genitalia. Regardless of the gonadal and genital phenotypes, these individuals present other clinical features associated with the 45,X cell line, including short stature, dysmorphisms, cardiovascular and renal anomalies and various acquired diseases. During the last few years, evidences of a link between Y microdeletions and 45,X mosaicism have been reported. There are also indications that the instability caused by such deletions might be more significant in germ cells. The aim of this work was to investigate the presence of Y chromosome microdeletions in individuals with PGD and in those with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism or its variants and variable phenotypes. Our sample comprised 15 individuals with PGD and 15 with mosaicism, most of them with a MGD phenotype (n=11). Thirty-eight sequence tagged sites (STS) spanning the male specific region (MSY) on the Y chromosome (Yp, centromere and Yq) where analyzed by multiplex PCR and some individual reactions. All STS showed positive amplifications in the PGD group. Conversely, in the group with mosaicism, six individuals with MGD had been identified with Yq microdeletions, two of them did not have structural abnormalities of the Y chromosome recognized by routine cytogenetic analysis. The deleted STSs were located within AZFb and AZFc (Azoospermia Factor) regions, which harbor several genes responsible for spermatogenesis. Absence of deletions in individuals with PGD does not confirm the hypothesis that instability of the Y chromosome in the gonads could be one of the causes of such condition. However, deletions identified in the second group indicate that mosaicism may be associated with Y chromosome abnormalities detectable only at the molecular level. If patients with mosaicism and Y microdeletions reared as males decide to undergo in vitro fertilization, Y chromosomes which tend to be unstable during cell division may be transmitted to offspring / Mestrado / Ciencias Biomedicas / Mestra em Ciências Médicas

Chez la femme, le risque de concevoir un embryon aneuploïde augmente de façon exponentielle dès 35 ans. La majorité de ces aneuploïdies sont dues à de mauvaises ségrégations des chromosomes lors des deux divisions de méiose dans l'ovocyte. Afin de limiter les erreurs de ségrégation, les divisions méiotiques doivent impérativement se dérouler en deux temps et de manière contrôlée. Un premier aspect de ma thèse a consisté à étudier les mécanismes qui régulent la séparation des chromosomes dans l'ovocyte de souris. J'ai montré que la Cycline A2 joue un rôle essentiel pour la séparation des chromatides s¿urs en méiose II. Au contraire, cette protéine doit impérativement être absente des régions centromériques en méiose I afin d'éviter une séparation précoce des chromatides s¿urs qui conduirait à la formation d'un ovocyte aneuploïde. Dans un seconde temps, mes travaux de thèse ont visé à étudier le mécanisme de surveillance de la première transition métaphase-anaphase appelé SAC (Spindle Assembly Checkpoint). Il a été montré que l'expression d'une protéine du SAC appelée BubR1 décroît naturellement dans les ovocytes avec l'âge maternel. Afin d'analyser les conséquences de cette diminution, j'ai utilisé une lignée de souris totalement délétée pour la protéine BubR1 spécifiquement dans les ovocytes. J'ai montré que la perte totale de BubR1 entraîne plus de 80% d'aneuploïdies dans l'ovocyte dès la première division de méiose. La méiose I est accélérée et les chromosomes homologues se séparent de façon anarchique. De plus, le fuseau méiotique devient instable. La diminution naturelle de BubR1 pourrait ainsi expliquer l'augmentation du nombre d'aneuploïdie avec l'âge maternel. / Women in industrialized countries tend to postpone childbearing, leading to a 70% increase intrisomic pregnancies over 20 years. Meiosis in females is error prone, with rates of meiotic chromosome missegregations strongly increasing towards the end of the reproductive lifespan. A strong reduction of BubR1 has been observed in oocytes of women approaching menopause and in ovaries of aged mice, which led to the hypothesis that deterioration of spindle assembly checkpoint fidelity contributes to age-related aneuploidization. However, this idea has remained controversial since transient knock-down of BubR1 was found to prevent meiotic prophase arrest and chromosome segregation in a checkpoint independent manner. We employed a conditional knockout approach in mouse oocytes to dissect the meiotic roles of BubR1. We show that BubR1 is required for diverse meiotic functions, including persistent spindle assembly checkpoint activity, timing of meiosis I, and establishment of robust kinetochore-microtubule attachments in a meiosis specific manner, but not prophase I arrest. These data reveal that BubR1 plays a multi-faceted role in chromosome segregation during the first meiotic division and suggest that age-related loss of BubR1 is a key determinant of formation of aneuploid oocytes as women approach menopause. Using mouse oocytes, a second aspect of my thesis reveals that cyclin A2 promotes entry into meiosis, as well as an additional unexpected role, namely, its requirement for separase- dependent sister chromatid separation in meiosis II.

A form of familial sex-linked mental retardation has been associated with the expression of a fragile site near the terminal end of the long arm of the X chromosome. Previous reports on the fragile X chromosome showed expression of the fragile site to be limited to chromosome preparations from peripheral blood lymphocytes of mentally retarded males and their female relatives in families in which the disorder was segregating. Fragile site expression has also been shown to be a function of the medium employed in cell culture. The fragile X chromosome could only be demonstrated in lymphocytes cultured in medium 199 or media deprived of folic acid. This study was undertaken to develop a method for demonstrating the fragile X chromosome in cultured skin fibroblasts. Fibroblast cell lines from five patients (two mentally retarded males, two obligate carrier females, and a potential carrier female) from a family in which familial sex-linked mental retardation was known to be segregating were established and routinely maintained in a complete culture medium. Forty-three hours prior to chromosome harvest, cells from each patient were transferred to media deficient in folic acid. Under conditions of folic acid deprivation, it was possible to elicit expression of the fragile X chromosome in skin fibroblasts from all five patients studied. No fragile X chromosomes were detected in fibroblasts from three normal control subjects. In a preliminary assessment of the reliability of the fibroblast method, three patients (two mentally retarded males and a potential carrier female) from a second unrelated family in which the disorder is known to be segregating were studied with this method. The fragile X chromosome could be demonstrated in fibroblasts from both of the retarded male patients but could not be. demonstrated in fibroblast chromosome preparations from the potential carrier female. Lymphocytes for all patients studied were grown under similar folate deprived conditions for the purpose of comparing the effectiveness of fibroblast culture with lymphocyte culture in demonstrating the expression of the fragile X chromosome. Neither tissue was shown to consistently provide a higher frequency of expression of the fragile X chromosome. In addition to folate deprivation, it was shown that two other features of the fibroblast method influenced the frequency of expression of the fragile X chromosome. The fragile site was expressed at a significantly higher frequency in chromosome preparations in which the chromosomes were not severely contracted. The frequency of expression in fibroblasts was also shown to be significantly higher with a hypotonic treatment at chromosome harvest using 1% NaCitrate rather than 0.075M KC1. Because fragile site expression was shown to be a function of the degree of chromosome condensation, two agents, 5-BrdU and actinomycin-D, were studied to examine their decondensation effects on the frequency of expression. Neither BrdU nor actinomycin D proved effective in accentuating the frequency of expression. Since fibroblasts behave much like amniocytes in terms of cell culture and chromosome harvest, the development of a method for demonstrating the fragile X chromosome in cultured skin fibroblasts is a step toward the prospect of reliable antenatal diagnosis of familial sex-linked mental retardation associated with a fragile X chromosome. / Medicine, Faculty of / Medical Genetics, Department of / Graduate

La molécule d’ADN d’un chromosome décondensé a toujours une taille supérieure au volume de la cellule. Elle doit donc être compactée tout en restant fonctionnelle pour les grandes fonctions cellulaires telles que l’expression des gènes, la réplication et la ségrégation fidèle des chromosomes. Cette compaction fait appel à une structuration finement régulée à différentes échelles chez la bactérie Escherichia coli. A l’échelle moléculaire, le chromosome est maintenu sous une forme surenroulée négative par deux types de surenroulement, l’un « contraint » par la fixation de protéines à l’ADN formant le nucléoïde, et l’autre « libre », diffusible le long du chromosome. A l’échelle sub-cellulaire, le chromosome d'E. coli est composé de quatre régions chromosomiques appelées Macro-Domaines (MD) (Ori, Right, Left, Ter), isolées spatialement et génétiquement, ainsi que de deux régions non structurées (NSR, NSL). La structuration du MD Ter résulte de la liaison de dimères de la protéine MatP sur 22 séquences palindromiques matS de 13 pb. L’absence de MatP entraînant une décondensation relative de l’ADN dans cette région, il est supposé qu’un tétramère de MatP ponte deux sites matS. Mon projet de thèse a consisté à étudier le contrôle de la topologie de l’ADN chromosomique chez la bactérie E. coli et à montrer sa relation avec l’organisation en MD et la formation de la chromatine. J’ai adapté un système rapporteur basé sur la réaction de résolution du transposon gamma delta (Tn1000) qui implique la formation d’une structure d’ADN surenroulée. Ce test a permis de mesurer à la fois le niveau de surenroulement de la molécule d’ADN mais également sa capacité à coulisser, révélant la présence de barrières topologiques. Ces travaux montrent que le niveau de surenroulement diffusible varie localement et suivant les conditions de croissance, impliquant un rôle prépondérant de la réplication, de la transcription et des protéines de fixation à l’ADN. Cependant, le système Res ne suffit pas à déterminer le mécanisme précis par lequel l’ADN est contraint par un déterminant comme MatP ; un système optimal devra combiner les résultats de capture de conformation de chromosome, de Microscopie à Super Resolution et de mesure du surenroulement. / Decondensed DNA molecule of a chromosome is always larger than the volume of the cell. It must therefore be compacted while remaining functional for the major cellular functions such as gene expression, replication and faithful segregation of chromosomes. This compaction uses a tightly regulated structure at different scales in the bacterium Escherichia coli. At the molecular level, the chromosome is maintained under a negative supercoiled form by two types of supercoiling, one "constrained" by the DNA binding protein forming the nucleoid and the other "free" and diffusible along the chromosome. At the subcellular level, the chromosome of E. coli is composed of four chromosomal regions called Macro-Areas (R) (Ori, Right, Left, Ter), spatially and genetically isolated, and two unstructured regions (NSR NSL) .The structure of the MD results from the Ter dimer protein binding of MatP palindromic sequences of 22 bp 13 masts. As the absence of MatP causes relative decondensation of DNA in this region, it is assumed that a tetramer of two MatP bounds two matS sites. My thesis project was to study the control of the chromosomal DNA topology in E. coli and to show its relationship with the organization in MD and chromatin. I’ve adapted a suitable reporter system based on the reaction of resolution of the gamma delta (Tn1000) transposon which involves the formation of a supercoiled DNA structure. This test was used to measure both the level of DNA supercoiling molecule but also its ability to slide, revealing the presence of topological barriers. This work shows that the level of free supercoiling varies locally according to the conditions of growth, implying a major role in the replication, transcription and protein binding to DNA. However, Res system is not sufficient to determine the precise mechanism by which DNA is constrained by a determinant as MatP; an optimal system will combine the results of capture of chromosome conformation of Microscopy Super Resolution and measurement of supercoiling.

Au moment de la division cellulaire, l’ADN contenu dans les chromosomes doit être transmis de la cellule mère à chacune des cellules filles. Pour cela l’ADN est d’abord copié (réplication de l’ADN) puis séparé (ségrégation des chromosomes) dans chacune des cellules filles. Chez les eucaryotes, cette séparation se fait au moment de la mitose c’est à dire après que les chromosomes soient complètement répliqués. Chez les bactéries qui en général possède un unique chromosome circulaire, cette ségrégation des chromosome se fait au fur et à mesure de la réplication et deux grands types d’acteurs sont souvent impliqués dans ce processus : Les condensines bactériennes (de type SMC) et les systèmes de partition (ParABS).Les systèmes de partitions sont composés de deux protéines ParA et ParB et de séquences spécifiquement reconnues par ParB nommées parS. Ces séquences sont en nombres variables selon les espèces et sont souvent localisées proche de l’origine de réplication (oriC) sur le chromosome. Pendant ma thèse, je me suis interessée à l’importance de ces séquences et à l’importance de leur positionnement sur le chromosome chez Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J’ai pu montrer qu’un seul site parS suffit pour une ségrégation correcte des chromosomes s’il est situé dans une région s’étendant de -200 à + 450 kb autour d’oriC. Les limites de cette région appelée « zone de compétence » serait liées à la distance oriC-parS et son asymétrie serait due à la présence de l’opéron ribosomique rrnD à 220 kb à gauche d’oriC. En plus de donner une meilleur compréhension de la ségrégation chez P. aeruginosa, cette partie du projet à permis de mettre en evidence un lien entre oriC et sites parS qui pourrait expliquer leurs localisation proches sur le chromosome.Je me suis également interéssée au complexe SMC-ScpAB et à son rôle dans la ségrégtion du chromosome chez P. aeruginosa. J’ai montré que si SMC n’a pas un rôle majeur dans la ségrégation des chromosomes, il est important pour le positionnement du chromosome dans la cellule. J’ai aussi mis en evidence un lien entre SMC et le système ParABS en étudiant l’effet du déplacement d’un site parS sur l’organisation et la ségrégation des chromosomes. / When a mother cell is dividing, DNA inside chromosomes needs to be transmitted to daughter cells. For that, the DNA is copied (replication) and the two copies are separated in each daughter cell (segregation). In eukaryotes this separation occurs during mitosis after complete replication of DNA. In a bacterium, which in general has a unique and circular chromosome, segregation occurs concomitantly with replication and two mains actors are often involved in this segregation: SMC complexes and partition systems (ParABS).A partition system contains 3 elements: two proteins ParA and ParB and DNA sequences named parS. These sequences are highly conserved and are found in variable numbers depending on bacteria. Their chromosomal localization is almost always close to oriC. During my thesis I worked on the importance of these sequences and on the importance of their chromosomal localization for the functioning of ParABS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.I have shown that one parS site is enough for correct chromosome segregation if it is located between -200 and +450 kb around oriC. Limits of this region called “zone de competence” are probably linked with the distance between oriC-parS. The asymmetry of the “competence zone” is probably due to the presence of a ribosomal operon (rrnD) at -220kb. This part of the project allow us to understand better chromosome segregation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa but also to highlight a fonctionnal link between oriC and parS which can explain why this sequences are located close from each other on the chromosome in lots of bacteria.I also studied the SMC-ScpAB complex and its role in chromosome segregation. For that I analyzed the conformation and segregation of a ∆smc mutant. I highlighted a link between SMC-ScpAB and ParABS system by characterization of mutants with parS displaced on the chromosome.

La distorsion de ségrégation méiotique est une entorse à la loi de ségrégation équilibrée des allèles via les gamètes. Les gènes ou éléments génétiques causaux (distorteurs de ségrégation) empêchent, chez les hétérozygotes, la production de gamètes qui ne les contiennent pas. Ils peuvent ainsi se répandre dans les populations même s’ils sont délétères pour les individus porteurs.Parce qu'ils induisent un biais du sexe ratio, les distorteurs liés au sexe et s'exprimant dans le sexe hétérogamétique sont générateurs de conflits intragénomiques, caractérisés par l'évolution de suppresseurs qui tendent à rétablir l'équilibre des sexes. Ce processus peut conduire à l’émergence de nouvelles espèces, à l’évolution du comportement reproducteur ou du déterminisme du sexe.Dans l'espèce Drosophila simulans, des distorteurs liés au chromosome X, perturbent la ségrégation du chromosome Y lors de la méiose mâle. La descendance des mâles porteurs est alors très majoritairement femelle. Un de ces éléments distorteurs, le gène HP1D2, code une protéine qui se lie au chromosome Y avant la méiose. La distorsion est le fait d'allèles dysfonctionnels de HP1D2 (qui ont un faible niveau de transcrits testiculaires et/ou ont une délétion du domaine d’interaction protéine-protéine). Dans les populations naturelles envahies par les distorteurs, ceux-ci se trouvent neutralisés par des suppresseurs autosomaux et des chromosomes Y résistants.Le premier volet de ma thèse a été consacré au déterminisme génétique de la suppression autosomale. Par cartographie de QTL, utilisant des lignées recombinantes consanguines, j'ai révélé la complexité de ce déterminisme : 5 QTLs avec de nombreuses relation d’épistasie.Le deuxième volet est consacré au chromosome Y, qui présente, d’importante variations phénotypiques pour la résistance aux distorteurs. Nous avons étudié ses variations moléculaires et structurales et la dynamique des Y résistants dans les populations naturelles. Le séquençage de différents chromosomes Y, résistants ou sensibles, a permis de retracer l’histoire évolutive du chromosome Y en relation avec celle des distorteurs.Le dernier volet est une étude cytologique pour comparer le comportement des formes sauvages et distortrices de la protéine HP1D2 dans les spermatogonies.Dans l’ensemble ces travaux apportent un éclairage sur les bases génétiques et moléculaires du système Paris et sur son évolution. / Meiotic drive is an infringement of the law of allele segregation into the gametes. In heterozygote individuals, the causal genes or genetic elements (meiotic drivers), prevent the production of gamete which does not contain it. Thus, they can spread through populations even if they are deleterious for the carriers.Because they induce sex-ratio bias, sex-linked drivers that are expressed in the heterogametic sex, are an important source of genetic conflict, characterized by the evolution of suppressor which tends to restore a balanced sex ratio. This process can lead to the emergence of new species, evolution of reproductive behavior or sex determination.In Drosophila simulans, X-linked meiotic drivers disturb the segregation of the Y chromosome during male meiosis. The progeny of carrier male is mainly composed of females. One of the drivers is the HP1D2 gene, which encodes a protein that binds to the heterochromatic Y chromosome. The distortion is due to dysfunctional alleles of HP1D2 (low level of expression and/or a deletion of its protein-protein interaction domain). In natural populations where the drivers have spread, they are neutralized by autosomal suppressors and resistant Y chromosomes.The first part of my thesis was focus on the genetic determinism of autosomal suppression. I performed a QTL mapping using recombinant inbreed lines which highlighted the complexity of the genetic determinism of suppression: 5 QTLs and multiple epistatic interaction.The second part is about the Y chromosome, which show important phenotypic variation in the resistance of Y chromosomes to the driver. We studied its molecular and structural variation and the dynamic of resistant Y chromosomes in natural population. The sequencing of different Y chromosomes, sensitive and resistant, allowed us to retrace the evolutionary history of the Y chromosome related to the one of the driver.The last part is a cytological study to compare the localization of the functional and the driver form of HP1D2 in spermatogonia.Generally, results presented here give a better insight regarding the genetic bases and the evolution of the multiple actors of the Paris sex ratio system.

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