Des prospections réalisées en Equateur (Amazonie et côte pacifique) ont permis la collecte d'un matériel entomologique abondant et diversifié, notamment chez les Psychodopygina. Nos travaux ont permis de réaliser plusieurs travaux de systématique, essentiellement moléculaire. Afin de tester les hypothèses phylogénétiques développées par Galati (2010), nous avons conduit une étude de phylogénie moléculaire chez les Psychodopygina. Basée sur les séquences des domaines D1, C2 et D2 de l'ADNr 28S et sur celles d'une partie du cytochrome b de l'ADNmt, elle inclut 49 espèces représentant les sept genres de la sous tribu et la majorité des sous-genres et séries. Les marqueurs ribosomiques sont mieux adaptés à la problématique que le marqueur mitochondrial. Le genre Psychodopygus est monophylétique. En raison du positionnement de Ny. richardwardi parmi les Trichophoromyia, nous concluons à la paraphylie des genres Nyssomyia et Trichophoromyia. Le genre Psathyromyia est également paraphylétique, tout comme le genre Martinsmyia. Le genre Bichromomyia serait le groupe frère du genre Psychodopygus et la validité du genre Vianniamyia, inclus dans le genre Psathyromyia doit être discutée. Des phylogénies moléculaires plus terminales ont été réalisées par comparaison de séquences de l'ITS2, de l'EF-1α et du cytochrome b.Chez les Psychodopygus de la série Guyanensis, une étude moléculaire couplée à une étude morphologique et morphométrique de morphotypes différents chez Ps. geniculatus, en sympatrie avec Ps. corossoniensis et Ps. luisleoni nous a conduit à décrire une espèce nouvelle pour la science : Ps. francoisleponti.Chez Pa. aragaoi, notre étude pilote basée sur l'analyse de morphotypes différents allopatriques et sympatriques renforce l'hypothèse de l'existence probable d'un complexe d'espèces chez ce taxon. Chez Ny. trapidoi, les analyses moléculaires et enzymatiques conduites sur des exemplaires clairs et foncés ne supportent pas la mise en évidence de deux populations comme cela avait été auparavant démontré. Nos approches épidémiologiques ont permis de mettre en évidence l'ADN d'Endotrypanum monterogeii chez plusieurs exemplaires de Ny. trapidoi. Si aucun phlebovirus n'a été détecté dans les échantillons étudiés, nous rapportons la présence d'un flavivirus chez Pa. abonnenci. Mots-clés: Psychodopygina, Equateur, ADN ribosomique, ADN mitochondrial, phylogénie, Endotrypanum. / Most Ecuadorian sand flies studied so far belong to Psychodopygina sub tribe and the present research uses morphometric and modern molecular techniques to answer many some questions regarding this taxon in Ecuador. We present phenetic and phylogenetic analyses based on the sequences of the domains D1, C2 and D2 of the 28S rDNA and cytochrome b mtDNA were used to test the classification of Psychodopygina sub tribe proposed by Galati (2010). Our study includes 49 species representing the seven genera included in the sub tribe and its main subgenera and series. The results support the monophyly of the genus Psychodopygus. The genera Psathyromyia, Nyssomyia and Trichophoromyia are paraphyletic. Bichromomyia is the sister group of Psychodopygus and the validity of the genus Viannamyia is doubtful because it is included inside the Psathyromyia genus. Our data strongly suggest the presence of two populations within Ps. geniculatus and the lack of intermediate forms between these two morphotypes incited us to describe a new sympatric species, Psychodopygus francoisleponti.We also carried out a pilot study based on the analysis of different allopatric and sympatric morphotypes of Pa. aragaoi which suggested the existence of a possible complex of species in this taxa.Finally, we analyzed of mitochondrial gene sequences and isoenzymes from Ny. trapidoi collecte from Ecuador and our result did not support the existence of two sibling species within as previously reported in the literature. From an epidemiological point of view, we emphasize the probable vectorial role of Nyssomyia trapidoi for Endotrypanum monterogeii. Moreover, no phlebovirus was detected in the processed sand flies whereas a flavivirus has been found in a pool of Psathyromyia. abonnenci females.Key words: Psychodopygina, Ecuador, ribosomal DNA, mitochondrial DNA, phylogeny, Endotrypanum.

L’hypothalamus participe au contrôle de l’homéostasie énergétique en détectant les signaux circulants tels que le glucose. L’hypothalamus médiobasal (MBH) en particulier, est capable de détecter l’hyperglycémie afin d’initier des réponses physiologiques adaptées, comme par exemple la sécrétion d’insuline via le système nerveux autonome (par un contrôle vagal). Notre équipe a récemment montré que la détection du glucose nécessite la production d’espèces actives de l’oxygène d’origine mitochondriale (mROS), fortement dépendante de la dynamique mitochondriale (fusion et fission). Récemment, l’étude de modèles génétiques ont permis de faire un lien entre ces évènements dynamiques dans le MBH et le développement de pathologies métaboliques. L’objectif de ma thèse a été tout d’abord été de mettre en place un modèle expérimental présentant uniquement une altération de la détection hypothalamique du glucose induite par l’exposition à un régime gras enrichi en saccharose (HFHS) chez le rat. Après avoir caractérisé ce modèle, nos objectifs ont été de déterminer si l’exposition à ce régime hypercalorique avait un impact sur la dynamique mitochondriale ainsi que la signalisation mROS, via la fonction respiratoire de la mitochondrie dans l’hypothalamus. Nous avons finallement réversé quelques acteurs métaboliques dérégulés, potentiellement impliqués dans la dynamique mitochondriale, dans le but de réverser le phénotype observé chez les rats HFHS. Nos résultats montrent qu’après 3 semaines d’exposition au régime HFHS, les rats ont un poids corporel normal malgré l’augmentation de leur masse grasse, comparés aux rats contrôles. Les rats HFHS présentent aussi une intolérance au glucose et une augmentation de la glycémie basale sans modification de leur insulinémie. La sécrétion d’insuline en réponse à la détection hypothalamique du glucose, mesurée après une injection intra-carotidienne de glucose en direction du cerveau qui induit une hyperglycémie uniquement cérébrale, a été fortement diminuée. Cependant, la capacité sécrétoire des îlots pancréatiques est normale chez les rats HFHS. Ces défauts sont associés à une diminution de la production de ROS dans le MBH en réponse au glucose, sans modification du status redox. L’efficacité de la respiration mitochondriale hypothalamique a été mesurée par oxygraphie, et les résultats montrent une déficience de la respiration mitochondriale chez les rats HFHS. La translocation de la protéine de fission DRP1 à la mitochondrie est diminuée en réponse au glucose, suggérant une diminution de la fission mitochondriale. L’augmentation de l’activation de l’AMPK dans l’hypothalamus n’est pas responsable de l’altération de la détection hypothalamique du glucose car sa réversion avec une injection intracérébroventriculaire (ICV) de composé C, n’a pas permis de restaurer la sécrétion d’insuline en réponse à l’hyperglycémie cérébrale. De même, une injection ICV de leptine induisant l’activation de STAT3 n’a pas permis de restaurer la sécrétion d’insuline en réponse à l’hyperglycémie cérébrale. Enfin, la diminution de l’activation d’AKT suggère une résistance centrale à l’insuline. Ces résultats démontrent pour la première fois que l’altération hypothalamique de la signalisation ROS, de la fission et de la respiration mitochondriale, sont présent chez les rats exposés pendant 3 semaines à un régime HFHS. Ces défauts précoces hypothalamiques pourraient ainsi participer à un défaut primaire du contrôle de la sécrétion d’insuline, et finallement, à l’installation d’un phénotype diabétique. / The hypothalamus participates in the control of energy homeostasis by detecting circulating nutrients, such as glucose. The mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH), in particular, senses hyperglycemia and initiates physiological responses, e.g., insulin secretion via the autonomous (vagal) nervous system. We have recently demonstrated that glucose sensing requires mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) signaling heavily dependant on mitochondrial fusion and fission (dynamics). Recently, genetic models have associated some of these dynamics within the MBH to their obesogenic susceptibility. The aims of my thesis were first to establish a model that only presents a hypothalamic glucose sensing defect induced by a high fat high sucrose (HFHS) feeding in rats. After caracterizing this model, our objectives were to determine whether modulating the diet affects mitochondrial dynamics, and thus, mROS signaling, through the mitochondrial respiratory function in the hypothalamus. We finally reversed some dysregulated metabolic signalings potentially involved in mitochondrial dynamics in order to reverse the phenotype observed in HFHS fed rats. Our results demonstrate that after 3 weeks of HFHS feeding, rats had a normal body weight despite an increase in the fat mass compared to control rats. HFHS fed rats displayed also a glucose intolerance, increased fasting glycemia but no modification of fasting insulinemia. Hypothalamic glucose sensing induced insulin secretion, measured after an intra-carotid glucose injection towards the brain that only increases brain glycemia without alteration in peripheral glycemia, was drastically decreased. However, glucose stimulated insulin secretion in isolated islets was not different compared to controls. These defects correlate with a decrease of MBH ROS production in response to glucose, with no modification in the redox status. Efficiency of hypothalamic mitochondrial respiration was evaluated using oxygraphy, and results showed mitochondrial respiratory deficiencies in HFHS fed rats. The fission protein DRP1 exhibited decreased mitochondrial translocation in the MBH in response to glucose, suggesting decreased mitochondrial fission. The increase of AMPK activation in the hypothalamus was not responsible for the alteration of hypothalamic glucose sensing since its reversal with an intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of compound C failed to restore brain hyperglycemia induced insulin secretion. Likewise, an ICV injection of leptin that induced STAT3 activation also failed to restore brain hyperglycemia induced insulin secretion. Finally, the decrease in AKT activation suggested a central insulin resistance. These results demonstrate for the first time that hypothalamic alteration of mitochondrial ROS signaling, fission and respiration were present in rats exposed to a 3 weeks HFHS diet. Such hypothalamic glucose sensing defects are early events preceding those in islets. These early but drastic hypothalamic modifications could participate in a primary nervous defect of the control of insulin secretion, and finally, the etablishment of a diabetic phenotype.

Les îles du Sud-Ouest de l'océan Indien (SOOI) abritent une faune et une flore exceptionnelle et constituent l'un des cinq hotspot de biodiversité les plus importants au monde. L'abeille domestique Apis mellifera occupe divers habitats dans la majorité de ces îles et interagit avec une flore indigène et endémique. Elle est également exploitée par l'Homme pour l'apiculture. A. mellifera a divergé en plusieurs lignées évolutives et sous-espèces dans son aire d'origine. Parmi-elles, A. m. unicolor a été décrite comme endémique de Madagascar et appartient à la lignée africaine A. Les objectifs de cette thèse étaient de caractériser l'abeille dans les archipels des Mascareignes, Comores et Seychelles en identifiant les lignées évolutives et sous-espèces présentes avec des marqueurs mitochondriaux (région intergénique COI-COII, gène ND2). Dans un second temps, une étude de la diversité et de la structure génétique a été réalisée sur ces mêmes populations insulaires (15 microsatellites). Un total de 4095 colonies ont été échantillonnées dans le SOOI et 238 dans l'aire naturelle continentale. Trois des quatre lignées évolutives (A, C et M) ont été détectées dans les 10 îles étudiées et ce en différentes proportions. La lignée africaine A et A. m. unicolor sont prépondérantes dans le SOOI excepté à Rodrigues (100% lignée européenne C). Dans toutes les îles de l'archipel des Comores et des Seychelles, 100% des colonies échantillonnées appartiennent à la lignée A, 95,2% à La Réunion et seulement 54,2% à Maurice. Les îles de l'archipel des Comores constitueraient une zone de contact entre la lignée africaine continentale et les populations d'A. m. unicolor. La diversité génétique nucléaire est forte dans les archipels du SOOI et est structurée par îles et archipels. En outre, les populations du SOOI se différencient fortement des populations continentales africaines et européennes. La combinaison des différents marqueurs privilégie l'hypothèse d'une colonisation ancienne et naturelle d'A. m. unicolor depuis Madagascar à La Réunion, Maurice et aux Seychelles. / The South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) islands are home to an exceptional flora and fauna and are considered as one the five most important biodiversity hotspots in the world. In most islands of this region, the honeybee Apis mellifera occupies diverse habitats. Regarding its ability as a generalist pollinator, honeybee interacts with native and highly endemic flora. Furthermore, this species is used by human for beekeeping as it is able to produce honey, pollen and other hive products. Within the large group of bees (Apidae), A. mellifera is a model of diversity that has diverged into several lineages and subspecies in its native range. Among the 28 recognized subspecies, A. m. unicolor has been described as endemic to Madagascar and belongs to the African A lineage. The Mascarenes, Comoros and Seychelles archipelagos surround this continental island but the A. mellifera populations present have been little or never studied. The aims of this thesis were to characterize the honeybee from the Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Comoros (Anjouan, Mohéli, Grande Comore, Mayotte) and Seychelles (Mahé, Praslin, La Digue) archipelagos by determining the evolutionary lineages and subspecies present. Secondly, a study of genetic diversity and structure were conducted on these same insular populations. For that, a large sampling was carried (n = 4095 colonies from the SWIO, and 238 from native continental areas) and was combined to molecular analyzes using mitochondrial markers (sequencing of the COI-COII intergenic region and ND2 gene) and nuclear markers (15 microsatellite loci). Three of the four evolutionary lineages (A, C and M) were detected in different proportions in the 10 studied islands. The African A lineage and A. m. unicolor subspecies were predominant in the SWIO excepted for Rodrigues exclusively from the European C lineage. All sampled colonies from the Seychelles and Comoros archipelagos belong to the African lineage while in La Réunion the proportion reach 95.2% and only 54.2% in Mauritius. The presence of the Z African sub-lineage has been described for the first time out of Africa in two Seychelles islands. Moreover, Comoros islands may constitute a contact area between the continental African lineage and A. m. unicolor populations (insular African lineage). The SWIO populations show high levels of nuclear genetic diversity and a structuration by island and archipelago. In addition, SWIO populations strongly differentiated from African and European continental populations. The combined results from different molecular markers favor the hypothesis of an ancient and natural colonization from Madagascar to La Réunion, Mauritius and Seychelles islands. Therefore, the previous referenced interactions between the honeybee and the endemic fauna and flora in the SWIO might be explained by a long cohabitation in addition to its generalist pollinator ability.

A fibrose hepática é uma patologia que acompanha outras doenças crônicas do fígado como a cirrose e o hepatocarcinoma. As células estreladas hepáticas (HSC, do inglês hepatic stellate cells) compõem uma população celular heterogênea que se caracteriza por transitar entre dois fenótipos. As células com fenótipo quiescente possuem a capacidade de armazenar vitamina A em gotas lipídicas. Os insultos ao fígado desencadeiam uma resposta inflamatória que gera estímulos parácrinos e autócrinos mediados por citocinas e espécies reativas. Neste contexto, as HSC assumem um fenótipo ativado fibrogênico e tornam-se responsáveis pela cicatrização hepática. Danos crônicos ao fígado levam a uma deposição de matriz extracelular exagerada que configura o estado patológico da fibrose. O resveratrol (RSV – 3,4’,5-tri-hidroxi-trans-estilbeno) é uma fitoalexina produzida por algumas espécies de plantas. Inúmeros efeitos benéficos à saúde são atribuídos ao RSV por causa do seu potencial antioxidante, antiinflamatório e pró-apoptótico. Estudos anteriores mostraram que tratamento da GRX, uma linhagem murina de HSC ativadas, com concentrações de RSV próximas as biodisponíveis (0,1 a 1 μM) resultou em parada do ciclo na fase S com consequente inibição de proliferação celular, um efeito associado à citotoxicidade e que pode favorecer a resolução da fibrose hepática. Neste estudo, por técnicas espectrofotométricas, foi demonstrado que tratamento da GRX por 24 horas com concentrações entre 0,1 a 50 μM de RSV promoveu um efeito pró-oxidante que causa uma citotoxicidade dependente da dose, bastante aumentada no grupo tratado com a concentração mais alta. Os efeitos citotóxicos atenuados encontrados nas células tratadas por 120 horas sugerem que a GRX pode se tornar resistente a estes efeitos. O potencial pró-oxidante do RSV foi o ponto de partida para investigar a possibilidade de que esta fitoalexina provocasse uma alteração no metabolismo mitocondrial da GRX. Para isso, os efeitos do RSV (1 a 50 μM) na função mitocondrial, na indução de morte mediada por estas organelas e na autofagia/mitofagia foram investigados por técnicas de espectrofotometria, de imunocitoquímica, de citometria de fluxo, de microscopia confocal e de microscopia eletrônica de transmissão em GRX tratadas por 24 e 120 horas. Foi demonstrado que todas as concentrações de RSV promovem apoptose por meio da ativação de caspases, alteram a dinâmica/função mitocondrial e induzem o aumento de autofagia/mitofagia na GRX. No entanto, o RSV provocou biogênese de mitocôndrias nos grupos tratados com 1 e 10 μM, enquanto que o tratamento com 50 μM causou dano celular evidente na GRX, sem induzir biogênese de mitocôndrias. Desta forma, é possível que a citotoxicidade “dose-dependente” do RSV, que causa a morte celular e dano oxidativo em 24 horas de tratamento, esteja relacionada com o desequilíbrio entre a indução concomitante de apoptose mediada por dano mitocondrial, autofagia/mitofagia e biogênese de mitocôndrias. Por fim, foi investigada a liberação de TNF-α, Interleucina-6 e Interleucina-10 pela GRX tratada por 24 e 120 horas com RSV (0,1 a 50 μM), considerando o papel antiinflamatório do RSV e o papel das HSC ativadas na sinalização autócrina que contribui para a modulação fenotípica destas células. Foi demonstrado que o tratamento da GRX com RSV por 24 e 120 horas induziu a redução da liberação de Interleucina-6; enquanto que a liberação de TNF-α e Interleucina-10 foi aumentada. Estes resultados confirmam um efeito antiinflamatório do RSV que deve contribuir na prevenção da ativação ou da perpetuação do estado ativado das HSC por meio de sinalização autócrina. Ainda que a concentração do RSV seja importante para efetivamente induzir a morte das HSC ativadas, o tratamento com esta fitoalexina pode ser promissor para a resolução da fibrose hepática por diminuir a população de células ativadas e, possivelmente, prevenir a perpetuação do estado fenotípico ativado. Estudos avaliando indicadores de quiescência em células tratadas são ainda necessários para desvendar completamente os efeitos do RSV quanto às possibilidades de inibição da perpetuação ou reversão fenotípica das HSC ativadas. / Liver fibrosis is a disease that accompanies other hepatic chronic diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are a heterogeneous cell population characterized by transiting between two phenotypes. Cells with a quiescent phenotype are able to store vitamin A into lipid droplets. Damage to the liver trigger an inflammatory response that generates paracrine and autocrine stimulation mediated by cytokines and reactive species. In this context, HSC assume an activated and fibrogenic phenotype responsive for hepatic wound-healing. Chronic insults to the liver lead to an excessive deposition of extracellular matrix that configures the pathological state of fibrosis. Resveratrol (RSV – 3,4’,5-tri-hidroxi-trans-stilbeno) is a phytoalexin produced by some species of plants. Several beneficial effects are attributed to this molecule due to its antioxidant, antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic potential. Previous studies showed that treatment with bioavailable concentrations of RSV (0.1 to 1 μM) promoted an arrest cycle at the S phase in GRX, a murine activated HSC model, leading to cell proliferation inhibition, a cytotoxic effect that contributes to the liver fibrosis resolution. In this study, it was shown by spectrophotometric techniques that GRX treatment for 24 hours at concentrations between 0.1 to 50 μM of RSV promoted a fairly clear pro-oxidant effect that causes a dose-dependent cytotoxicity that was higher in the group treated with 50 μM. The attenuated cytotoxicity found after 120 hours of GRX treatment suggest that these cells became resistant to this effect. The pro-oxidant potential of RSV was the starting point for investigating the possibility that this phytoalexin would cause a change in the GRX mitochondrial metabolism. Thus, the effects of RSV (1 to 50 μM) on altering the mitochondrial function, on inducing mitochondrial-mediated cell death, and autophagy/mitofagia were investigated in GRX treated for 24 and 120 hours by spectrophotometric techniques, immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. All the RSV concentrations promote cell apoptosis through caspases activation, alter the mitochondrial dynamics and function, and induce an increase of autophagy/mitofagia. Curiously, only 1 and 10 μM of RSV induced mitochondrial biogenesis in GRX, while the highest concentration caused an evident cell damage without inducing mitochondrial biogenesis. Thus, it is possible that the "dose-dependent" cytotoxicity of RSV, which causes cell death and oxidative damage in 24 hours of treatment, is related to an imbalance between the concomitant induction of mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis, autophagy/mitofagia, and mitochondrial biogenesis. Finally, it was investigated the release of TNF-α, Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 by GRX treated for 24 and 120 hours with RSV (0.1 to 50 μM), considering the anti-inflammatory role of RSV and the autocrine signalling role of HSC that contributes to the perpetuation of its activated phenotype. It was demonstrated that GRX treatment with RSV for 24 and 120 hours reduced the release of Interleukin-6 in the culture medium; whereas the release of TNF-α and Interleukin-10 was increased. These results confirm the anti-inflammatory properties of RSV and may contribute to the prevention of HSC activation through autocrine signalling. Although RSV concentration is important to effectively induce activated HSC death, cells treatment with this phytoalexin may be promising for liver fibrosis resolution through decreasing the population of activated cells or through preventing the perpetuation of activated state of HSC. Future studies evaluating the quiescence indicators of GRX under RSV treatment are still needed to fully unravel the effects of this phytoalexin on inhibiting the perpetuation of activated HSC or reversing its activated phenotype.

Il est estimé aujourd’hui que plus de 350 médicaments peuvent induire des lésions hépatiques entraînant différentes manifestations cliniques telles qu’une hépatite cytolytique, une stéatose voire une cirrhose. Bon nombre de médicaments hépatotoxiques induisent un dysfonctionnement mitochondrial. Cependant, les mécanismes induisant de tels effets délétères ne sont pas tous élucidés, en particulier ceux concernant l’ADN mitochondrial (ADNmt) et son homéostasie, qui ne sont pas souvent explorés. De plus, il existe peu d’informations concernant l’hépatotoxicité médicamenteuse dans un contexte de stéatose induite par l’obésité. Ainsi, l’objectif de ce travail a été tout d’abord de mettre au point un modèle de stéatose dans les cellules de la lignée hépatocytaire humaine HepaRG afin d’étudier ensuite, les effets de neuf médicaments hépatotoxiques et vraisemblablement mitochondriotoxiques – l’amiodarone, l’atorvastatine, la carbamazépine, l’imipramine, la lovastatine, la perhexiline, le ritonavir, la terbinafine et la troglitazone – sur l’homéostasie de l’ADNmt dans un contexte ou non de stéatose. En utilisant des concentrations peu ou non cytotoxiques, nous avons trouvé que parmi les neuf médicaments étudiés, le ritonavir et l’imipramine ont induit des effets mitochondriaux suggérant une altération de la traduction mitochondriale. De façon notable, la toxicité du ritonavir était plus importante dans les cellules non-stéatosées. De plus, aucun des neuf médicaments n’a induit de diminution des quantités d’ADNmt. Cependant, les quantités accrues d’ADNmt ont été retrouvées avec six des neuf médicaments, et notamment dans les cellules non-stéatosées. Cela était par ailleurs accompagné d’une modulation de l’expression des différents facteurs impliqués dans la biogenèse mitochondriale (PGC-1α, PGC-1β, AMPK, etc.). Ainsi, ces données laissent supposer qu’une altération de la traduction mitochondriale peut ne pas être une événement rare et que l’augmentation des quantités d’ADNmt et la modulation de la biogenèse mitochondriale pourraient être une réponse adaptative fréquente à des altérations mitochondriales pouvant être amoindrie par la stéatose. / It is currently estimated that more than 350 drugs can induce liver injury with different clinical presentations such as hepatic cytolysis, steatosis, even cirrhosis. Many hepatotoxic drugs can induce mitochondrial damage and dysfunction. However, not all mechanisms that lead to such deleterious effects are clarified, especially those concerning mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and its homeostasis, which are not often investigated. Moreover, there is little information regarding the impact of non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on drug-induced liver injury. Thus, the aim of this work was, first of all, to develop a model of NAFLD in the hepatic cell line HepaRG in order to study further effects of nine hepatotoxic and presumably mitochondriotoxic drugs – amiodarone, atorvastatin, carbamazepine, imipramine, lovastatin, perhexiline, ritonavir, terbinafine and troglitazone –, on mtDNA homeostasis in the context of NAFLD or not. By using drug concentrations that did not induce major cytotoxicity, we found that, among the nine drugs, studied, ritonavir and imipramine induced mitochondrial effects suggesting alteration of mtDNA translation. Notably, ritonavir toxicity was stronger in non-steatotic cells. Furthermore, none of the nine drugs decreased mtDNA levels. However, increased mtDNA was observed with six drugs, especially in non-steatotic cells. This result was also accompanied by a modulation of the expression of various factors involved in mitochondrial biogenesis (e.g. PGC-1α, PGC-1β, AMPK).Therefore, this data suggests that drug-induced impairment of mtDNA translation may not be a rare event and increased mtDNA levels and modulation of mitochondrial biogenesis could be a frequent adaptive response to mitochondrial impairments, which could be dampened by steatosis.

L’anorexie mentale (AN), un trouble du comportement alimentaire multifactoriel, se traduit par une perte de poids. La sévère dénutrition retrouvée dans l’AN est associée à des altérations métaboliques induisant une dérégulation de l’axe intestin cerveau. Les mécanismes physiopathologiques sont encore mal connus. Le travail de cette thèse était de mieux appréhender les dysfonctions de l’axe intestin cerveau en évaluant le métabolisme protéique de divers tissus (hypothalamus, côlon et estomac) dans un modèle murin d’anorexie par une approche protéomique. Le premier travail a permis de mieux caractériser le modèle d’anorexie nommé activity-based anorexia (ABA) en fonction du sexe. Puis les différentes analyses protéomiques ont permis de constater une adaptation tissu dépendant des mécanismes régulant l’équilibre énergétique, avec une activité cérébrale potentiellement augmentée au détriment des fonctions digestives. Chez les souris femelles ABA, il a été constaté une augmentation d’expression de protéines mitochondriales au niveau de l’hypothalamus et à l’inverse, une diminution du métabolisme protéino-énergétique au niveau colique avec un rôle de la voie de signalisation mTOR. L’autophagie était augmentée dans ces deux tissus. Ensuite, nous avons démontré un ralentissement de la vidange gastrique secondaire à la dénutrition, et l’analyse protéomique a permis de constater une augmentation du stress oxydant au niveau de l’antre des souris ABA femelles. Ces altérations peuvent contribuer aux troubles fonctionnels gastro intestinaux. En conclusion, nos études soulignent des mécanismes d’adaptation tissu dépendants dans l’anorexie, qui devront être ultérieurement approfondis. / Anorexia nervosa, a multifactorial eating disorder, is a major public health problem and results in a severe body weight loss. The severe malnutrition observed in anorectic patients is associated with metabolic alterations inducing disturbance of the gut-brain axis. However, involved mechanisms remained poorly understood. The aim of the present thesis was to better understand the alterations of the gut-brain axis in the activity-based anorexia (ABA) model by evaluating the protein metabolism of various tissues (hypothalamus, colon and stomach) by proteomic approach. Firstly, we have better characterized the response to ABA model according to sex. Then, different proteomic analyses were performed using female C57BL/6 mice. Our results revealed a tissue-dependent adaptation of protein and energy metabolism with an increased hypothalamic activity and a decrease in the gastrointestinal tract. Indeed, ABA mice exhibited an increased expression of proteins involved in mitochondrial metabolism at the level of the hypothalamus, and conversely a decrease of proteins involved in protein and energy metabolism in colonic mucosa with a key role of the mTOR signaling pathway. Both in hypothalamus and colon, autophagy was increased. We were also able to show that gastric emptying was delayed in ABA mice that is mainly due to malnutrition. In addition, proteomic analysis revealed an increase in gastric oxidative stress in female ABA mice. These alterations may contribute to the gastrointestinal functional disorders frequently described in anorexia nervosa. In conclusions, our study underlined tissue-dependent adaptive metabolic process during anorexia that should be further explored.

1 Abstract It has been estimated that the mammalian mitochondrial proteome consists of ~1500 distinct proteins and approximately one quarter of them is still not fully characterized. One of these proteins is TMEM70, protein involved in the biogenesis of the eukaryotic F1Fo-ATP synthase. TMEM70 mutations cause isolated deficiency of ATP synthase often resulting in a fatal neonatal mitochondrial encephalocardiomyopathies in patients. To understand the molecular mechanism of TMEM70 action, we generated constitutive Tmem70 knockout mice, which led to embryonic lethal phenotype with disturbed ATP synthase biogenesis. Subsequently generated inducible Tmem70 mouse knockout was lethal by the week 8 post induction. It exhibited primarily impaired liver function, which contrasts with the predominantly cardiologic phenotype at disease onset in humans. Liver mitochondria revealed formation of labile ATP synthase subcomplexes lacking subunit c. Thus, in case of TMEM70 deficiency c-oligomer was not incorporated into ATP synthase, which led to critical impairment of mitochondrial energy provision, analogous to TMEM70 dysfunction in humans. In TMEM70 deficient models, the ATP synthase deficiency reached the 'threshold' for its pathologic presentation, which we quantified at 30 %. We observed compensatory increases in the...

The complexes of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system in the inner mitochondrial membrane are organised into structural and functional super-assemblies, so-called supercomplexes. This type of organisation enables substrate channelling and hence improves the overall OXPHOS efficiency. ATP synthase associates into dimers and higher oligomers. Within the supercomplex of ATP synthasome, it interacts with ADP/ATP translocase (ANT), which exchanges synthesised ATP for cytosolic ADP, and inorganic phosphate carrier (PiC), which imports phosphate into the mitochondrial matrix. The existence of this supercomplex is generally accepted. Experimental evidence is however still lacking. In this thesis, structural interactions between ATP synthase, ANT and PiC were studied in detail. In addition, the interdependence of their expression was examined either under physiological conditions in rat tissues or using model cell lines with ATP synthase deficiencies of different origin. Specifically, they included mutations in the nuclear genes ATP5E and TMEM70 that code for subunit ε and the ancillary factor of ATP synthase biogenesis TMEM70, respectively, and a microdeletion at the interface of genes MT-ATP6 and MT-COX3 that impairs the mitochondrial translation of both subunit a of ATP synthase and subunit Cox3...

ATP synthase represents the key enzyme of cellular energy provision and ATP synthase disorders belong to the most deleterious mitochondrial diseases affecting pediatric population. The aim of this thesis was to identify nuclear genetic defects and describe the pathogenic mechanism of altered biosynthesis of ATP synthase that leads to isolated deficiency of this enzyme manifesting as an early onset mitochondrial encephalo-cardiomyopathy. Studies in the group of 25 patients enabled identification of two new disease-causing nuclear genes responsible for ATP synthase deficiency. The first affected gene was TMEM70 that encodes an unknown mitochondrial protein. This protein was identified as a novel assembly factor of ATP synthase, first one specific for higher eukaryotes. TMEM70 protein of 21 kDa is located in mitochondrial inner membrane and it is absent in patient tissues. TMEM70 mutation was found in 23 patients and turned to be the most frequent cause of ATP synthase deficiency. Cell culture studies also revealed that enzyme defect leads to compensatory-adaptive upregulation of respiratory chain complexes III and IV due to posttranscriptional events. The second affected gene was ATP5E that encodes small structural epsilon subunit of ATP synthase. Replacement of conserved Tyr12 with Cys caused...

The complexes of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system in the inner mitochondrial membrane are organised into structural and functional super-assemblies, so-called supercomplexes. This type of organisation enables substrate channelling and hence improves the overall OXPHOS efficiency. ATP synthase associates into dimers and higher oligomers. Within the supercomplex of ATP synthasome, it interacts with ADP/ATP translocase (ANT), which exchanges synthesised ATP for cytosolic ADP, and inorganic phosphate carrier (PiC), which imports phosphate into the mitochondrial matrix. The existence of this supercomplex is generally accepted. Experimental evidence is however still lacking. In this thesis, structural interactions between ATP synthase, ANT and PiC were studied in detail. In addition, the interdependence of their expression was examined either under physiological conditions in rat tissues or using model cell lines with ATP synthase deficiencies of different origin. Specifically, they included mutations in the nuclear genes ATP5E and TMEM70 that code for subunit ε and the ancillary factor of ATP synthase biogenesis TMEM70, respectively, and a microdeletion at the interface of genes MT-ATP6 and MT-COX3 that impairs the mitochondrial translation of both subunit a of ATP synthase and subunit Cox3...