Le cancer épithélial de l’ovaire (CEO) est le cancer gynécologique le plus létal. Plus de 70% des patientes diagnostiquées avec une tumeur de stade avancé rechutent suite aux traitements chimiothérapeutiques de première ligne, la survie à cinq ans étant ainsi très faible. Afin de mieux comprendre l’évolution de la maladie, nous avons recherché de nouveaux gènes, responsables de l’initiation et de la progression du CEO. Précédemment, des lignées cellulaires ont été dérivées à partir de la tumeur primaire et récurrente et/ou d’ascites de trois patientes. Le séquençage de l’ARN de ces lignées par la technologie de séquençage de nouvelle génération (TSNG) nous a permis d’identifier des mutations ponctuelles qui pourraient nous indiquer des gènes dérégulés dans le CEO. La TSNG est un bon outil qui permet d’identifier et de cribler à grande échelle des mutations. Nous avons sélectionné PLEC1, SCRIB, NCOR2, SEMA6C, IKBKB, GLCE et ITGAE comme gènes candidats présentant des mutations dans nos lignées et ayant une relation fonctionnelle avérée avec le cancer. Étant donné que la TSNG est une technique à taux de fiabilité limité, nous avons validé ces mutations par séquençage Sanger. Ensuite, nous avons étudié l’effet de ces mutations sur la structure protéique et l’expression de PLEC1, de SCRIB et de SEMA6C. Seules certaines mutations dans les gènes PLEC1, SCRIB et SEMA6C ont pu être confirmées. PLEC1 et SCRIB sont deux protéines d’échafaudage dont la mutation, rapportée dans plusieurs cancers, pourrait induire des changements de leurs conformations et affecter leurs interactions et leurs fonctions. Les conséquences de ces mutations sur la tumorigenèse de l’ovaire devront être étudiées. / Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecological cancer. Over 70% of the patients diagnosed with advanced stage of cancer relapse following first-line chemotherapy treatments; consequently the five-year survival is very low. To better understand the evolution of the disease, our aim was to identify new genes responsible for the initiation and progression of EOC. Previously, cell lines derived from solid tumors or ascites were developed from the primary and recurrent tumor or ascites of three patients. RNA sequencing of these cell lines by next-generation sequencing technology (NGST) allowed us to identify mutations that might point to genes whose deregulation is important in EOC. Mutations were detected in PLEC1, SCRIB, NCOR2, SEMA6C, IKBKB, GLCE and ITGAE. We selected these genes for further studies as they have previously been identified as being associated with cancer. First, we validated these mutations by Sanger sequencing in order to determine the concordance with NGST data. Secondly, we studied the impact of the validated mutations on protein structure and gene expression. Only certain mutations in PLEC1, SCRIB and SEMA6C were confirmed. Of interest, PLEC1 and SCRIB are two scaffold proteins, where mutations have been reported in several cancers and, possibly leading to changes in their conformation and thereby affecting their interactions and functions. The consequences of these mutations on ovarian tumorigenesis remain to be determined.

Les systèmes toxine-antitoxine (TA) sont de petits modules génétiques largement présents dans les génomes bactériens. Ils codent pour une petite protéine toxique et une antitoxine. Ils sont classés en six types en fonction de la nature et du mode d'action de l'antitoxine. Ce travail a porté sur l'étude du type I, pour lequel l'antitoxine est un ARN antisens qui cible l'ARNm de la toxine afin de réprimer son expression. Au cours de cette thèse, nous avons étudié le système aapA3/IsoA3, codé sur le chromosome du pathogène gastrique humain Helicobacter pylori. À ce jour, la plupart des systèmes TA ont été étudiés à l'aide de systèmes d'expression artificiels, qui ne permettent pas de caractériser la régulation transcriptionnelle ou post-transcriptionnelle. En utilisant la létalité induite par l’expression chromosomique de la toxine obtenue en absence d’antitoxine, nous avons développé une sélection génétique de mutants suppresseurs révélés par séquençage haut-débit. Cette approche, appelée FASTBAC-Seq, nous a permis de cartographier une myriade de déterminants de toxicité localisés dans les régions codantes et non codantes du gène de la toxine AapA3. En particulier, certaines de ces mutations ont révélé l'existence de tige-boucles ARN transitoires qui agissent de manière co-transcriptionnelle pour empêcher l'initiation de la traduction pendant la synthèse de l'ARNm codant pour la toxine. Ces structures ARN métastables fonctionnelles sont nécessaires pour découpler les processus de transcription et de traduction et permettent la présence de ces gènes toxiques sur le chromosome bactérien. Bien que les ARNm non traduits deviennent rapidement instables, nos travaux ont également révélé l'existence de deux tige-boucles protectrices situées aux deux extrémités de l'ARNm. Ces structures secondaires empêchent des activités exonucléolytiques agissant en 5' et 3'. Dans l’ensemble, notre travail met en évidence les conséquences de la forte pression de sélection pour limiter l'expression des toxines sous laquelle évoluent les systèmes TA. Cela nous a permis de mieux comprendre l’influence du repliement secondaire des ARNm, non seulement lors de la régulation posttranscriptionnelle, mais aussi co-transcriptionnelle de l’expression de cette famille particulière de gènes. Ces caractéristiques de régulation basées sur l'ARN peuvent être exploitées à l'avenir pour des applications biotechnologiques (p. ex., production accrue de protéines par stabilisation d'ARNm) ou biomédicales (p.ex., développement de stratégies antimicrobiennes alternatives pour l'activation de la synthèse de toxines). / Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic modules widely present in bacterial genomes. They usually code for a small toxic protein and its cognate antitoxin and can be classified into six types depending on the nature and mode of action of the antitoxin. This work focuses on the study of type I, for which the antitoxin is an antisense RNA that targets the toxin mRNA to inhibit its expression. We characterized the aapA3/IsoA3 system, encoded on the chromosome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. To date, most TAs have been studied using artificial expression systems, which do not allow the characterization of transcriptional or post-transcriptional regulation. Taking advantage of the lethality induced by the toxin chromosomal expression in the absence of antitoxin, we developed a high-throughput genetic selection of suppressor mutations revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing. This approach, named FASTBAC-Seq, allowed us to map a myriad of toxicity determinants located in both, coding and noncoding regions, of the aapA3 toxic gene. More precisely, some suppressor mutations revealed the existence of transient RNA hairpins that act co-transcriptionally to prevent translation initiation while the toxinencoding mRNA is being made. Such functional RNA metastable structures are essential to uncouple the transcription and translation processes and allow the presence of these toxic genes on bacterial chromosomes. Although untranslated mRNAs become rapidly unstable, our work also revealed the presence of two protective stem-loops located at both mRNA ends that prevent from both, 5’ and 3’ exonucleolytic activity. Altogether, our work evidenced the consequences of the strong selection pressure to silence toxin expression under which the TAs evolve, and highlighted the key role of mRNA folding in the co- and post-transcriptional regulation of this family of genes. These RNA-based regulatory mechanisms may be exploited in the future for biotechnological (e.g., increased protein production through mRNA stabilization) or biomedical (e.g., development of alternative antimicrobial strategies aiming at the activation of toxin synthesis) applications.

ASR, est une protéine photo réceptrice qui lie la base protonée de la rétine de Schiff dans deux conformations de l'état fondamental. La protéine particulière consiste en un système modèle dans lequel I'effet de l'environnement protéique sur la dynamique d'isomérisation des deux isomères peut être étudié. Dans cette thèse, une étude approfondie sur les protéines mutées ponctuellement est présentée, où la variable est l'environnement protéique. Les résultats montrent des différences significatives entre les durées de vie des états excités des deux isomères et les durées de vie plus courtes ou plus longues commentées en termes de mélange électronique Sl/S2. En complément, le développement expérimental d'un spectromètre à absorption transitoire (T.A) et d'un dispositif de spectroscopie électronique bidimensionnelle (2DES) fonctionnant respectivement dans les domaines spectral NIR et UV-Vis. Avec cette configuration, deux impulsions colinéaires à verrouillage de phase d'une durée inférieure à 10fs sont générées, où. la précision interférométrique sur le contrôle du retard entre les deux impulsions de pompe permet d'effectuer des mesures 2DES. / ASR, is a photoreceptor protein that binds the protonated Schiff base of retinal in two ground state conformations. The particular protein consists a model system where the effect of the protein environment on the isomerization dynamics of the two isomers can be investigated. In this thesis an extended study on point mutated proteins is presented where the variable is the protein environment. The results show significant differences between the two isomers excited state lifetimes with the shorter or longer lifetimes commented in terms of Sl/S2 electronic mixing. Supplementary, the experimental development of a Transient absorption spectrometer (T.A) and a Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy setup (2DES) operating in the NIR and UV-Vis spectral range respectively are described. The 2DES spectrometer is based on translating wedges made out of birefringent material producing two collinear phase-locked pulses with sub-I Ofs duration. The interferometric precision on controlling the delay between the two pump pulses allows to perform 2DES measurements on systems absorbing in the 360-430 nm range allowing to resolve the excitation process spectrally.

L'inflation sémantique qui existe aujourd'hui en France autour de la notion de territoire n'aura pas échappé au plus fin des observateurs. Érigé par le politique en une notion incontournable dont il ne semble plus pouvoir se passer, objet de nombreuses disciplines scientifiques, notion au cœur de multiples controverses : annoncé mort, sur le retour, épuisé, dépassé, l'actualité du territoire est telle qu'on en perdrait presque le sens. Pourtant la question du sens, bien souvent évacuée par ceux qui y ont intérêt, est absolument centrale car à force d'être (trop) utilisée la notion questionne : qui parle du territoire et pourquoi ? Quelles réalités désigne-t-on lorsque l'on parle du territoire en France aujourd'hui ? Faut-il se séparer d'une notion qui semble désigner à peu près tout et son contraire ? L'objet de la présente recherche ne consiste pas en une mise à mort du territoire, ni en son exaltation, mais choisit la voie de la reconceptualisation de la notion, voie qui semble être la plus raisonnable à suivre dans une France qui ne peut, et n'a de toute façon pas intérêt, à se passer du territoire. Afin de reconceptualiser la notion, ce travail se penche sur les principales dimensions à partir desquelles territoire est communément défini, à savoir une dimension politique, le territoire est un espace approprié par le pouvoir politique, qui le gère, le découpe et l'organise ; une dimension sociale, le territoire a été érigé par le politique comme lieu de la solidarité, de l'égalité ; une dimension identitaire, l'espace devient territoire à mesure qu'il est approprié par des individus et des groupes qui s'y sentent appartenir. Afin de continuer à faire sens, ces trois grandes acceptions du territoire doivent êtres reconsidérées au prisme des mutations qui ont transformé notre société depuis le milieu des années soixante-dix et qui sont pour une large part de l'ordre du registre réticulaire : mobilité, fonctionnement selon le modèle du réseau, réticularité, interdépendances. Si ces mutations ont souvent été perçues comme contraires au territoire, car aux antipodes de la manière dont la notion avait été jusque-là construite et pensée en France, cette recherche souhaite prendre le contre-pied de cette idée, en démontrant qu'il s'avère nécessaire de repartir de ces diverses mutations, afin de redéfinir la notion de territoire aujourd'hui au regard de cette réticularité. Car si territoire est apparu à un moment donné pour traduire une certaine réalité, ce n'est parce que cette réalité a changé, que la notion doit être considérée comme obsolète. On peut travailler à sa reconceptualisation et c'est tout le sens de cette recherche. / The semantic inflammation regarding the notion of territory that exists nowadays in France will not escape from the most careful observers. Politics set this notion up as an inescapable concept that cannot be overlooked. The question of territory is the subject of many scientific disciplines, debates as well as controversies. The actuality of this notion, announced dead, on the return, exhausted or out-dated, is such complex, that one can almost lose its meaning. Yet the question of meaning, which is often dismissed by those who are interested in the territory phenomenon, is absolutely central. Consequently, the notion of territory being (over) used in common debates raises many questions such as who speaks of territory and why? What realities do we mean when we talk about territory in France today? Is it necessary to get rid of concepts applied on many fronts and designating all or nothing? This research purpose is not to delete or to exalt the notion of territory. The aim is to find a way of reconceptualization of this notion. This approach seems to be the most reasonable to follow in France that currently does not have any interest in doing without the concept of territory. This research focus is on the main dimensions from which territory is commonly defined, namely a political dimension that defines a space appropriated by the political power managing, organising or cutting the territory out, a social dimension removed as a place of solidarity or equality by politics, and the dimension of identity regarding a space becoming territory as individuals and groups belonging to this territory appropriate it. Those three major concepts of territory have to be rethought in the context of changes such as mobility, networking or functioning according to the network model and interdependency, that our society is facing since the mid-1970s. As those transformations have often been perceived in France as contrary to the territory notion, this research aim is to study the territory from the opposite point of view. So it is necessary to start from these various mutations' analyses in order to rethink the current notion of territory. The concept of territory has appeared at any one time to translate certain reality, however this notion shouldn't be considered as obsolete once this reality has changed. Its reconceptualization can be done and this is the main purpose of this research.

O complexo de sinalização kisspeptina-GPR54 é um regulador chave para ativação dos neurônios de GnRH e do eixo reprodutivo. Mutações inativadoras no GPR54 foram identificadas em pacientes com hipogonadismo hipogonadotrófico normósmico isolado (HHIn). A partir desse achado, hipotetizamos que mutações ativadoras no GPR54 resultariam na liberação prematura de GnRH e, conseqüentemente, no aparecimento de puberdade precoce, dependente de gonadotrofinas (PPDG). No presente estudo, investigamos a presença de mutações ativadoras e/ou polimorfismos em pacientes com PPDG, assim como a presença de mutações inativadoras e/ou polimorfismos em pacientes HHIn ou retardo constitucional do crescimento e desenvolvimento puberal (RCCP). Cento e catorze pacientes com distúrbios puberais centrais idiopáticos foram selecionados, sendo 53 com PPDG, 33 com HHIn e 28 com RCCP. Cento e cinqüenta controles brasileiros que relatavam desenvolvimento puberal normal foram estudados. A região codificadora do GPR54 de todos os pacientes foi amplificada utilizando-se oligonucleotídeos intrônicos específicos, seguida de purificação enzimática e seqüenciamento automático. No grupo de puberdade precoce, identificamos uma nova variante em heterozigose no exon 5 do GPR54, que se caracterizou pela troca do aminoácido arginina por prolina na posição 386 (R386P) do receptor. Esta substituição foi encontrada em uma menina adotada com PPDG e estava ausente nos controles normais. Estudos in vitro demonstraram que as quantidades de fosfatidil-inositol (IP) e o grau de fosforilação da quinase regulada por sinal extracelular (pERK) em condições basais não foram significativamente diferentes entre as células transfectadas com o receptor selvagem ou com o receptor contendo a mutação R386P, indicando que não havia ativação constitutiva do receptor. No entanto, estudos por tempos mais prolongados demonstraram que a quantidade de IP e o grau de pERK permaneceram significativamente mais altos nas células transfectadas com o receptor mutante quando comparadas ao selvagem, indicando ativação da sinalização intracelular, porém por um mecanismo não-constitutivo. No grupo de hipogonadismo, duas novas variantes foram identificadas em três pacientes. Uma mutação do tipo inserção/deleção (indel) em homozigoze no sítio aceptor de splicing no intron 2 (IVS2-4_-2delGCAinsACCGGCT) do GPR54 foi identificada em dois irmãos com HHIn. Uma troca em heterozigose, E252Q, foi identificada em um paciente com HHIn esporádico. As duas alterações estavam ausentes no grupo controle. Polimorfismos foram encontrados nos pacientes com RCCP. Em conclusão, descrevemos a primeira mutação ativadora do GPR54 associada ao fenótipo de PPDG. Descrevemos uma nova mutação inativadora em sítio de splicing em pacientes com HHIn, entretanto mutações inativadoras do GPR54 são uma causa rara de HHIn. / The kisspeptin-GPR54 signaling complex is a gatekeeper of pubertal activation of GnRH neurons and of the reproductive axis. Inactivating mutations in the GPR54 receptor were identified in patients with normosmic isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (nIHH). Based on this observation, we hypothesized that gain-of-function mutations of the human GPR54 receptor might be associated with premature activation of GnRH release, leading to gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty (GDPP). In the present study, we investigated the presence of GPR54 activating mutations or polymorphisms in patients with GDPP and inactivating mutations or polymorphisms in patients with nIHH or constitucional delay of puberty (CDP). A hundred fourteen patients were selected; 53 with GDPP, 33 with nIHH and 28 with CDP. A hundred and fifty Brazilian controls who reported normal pubertal development were also studied. The entire coding region of GPR54 of all patients was amplified using specific intronic oligonucleotides followed by enzymatic purification and automated sequencing. We have identified a novel variant in heterozygous state in exon 5 of GPR54, R386P, in an adopted girl with GDPP. This substitution was absent in all controls. Basal inositol phosphate (IP) and phosphorilated extracellular signalregulated kinase (pERK) levels in cells transfected with WT or R386P GPR54 were not significantly different indicating that there was not a constitutive activation of the receptor. However, studies performed in more prolonged times demonstrated that the IP and the pERK levels were significantly higher in cells transfected with the mutant receptor when compared to the wild type, indicating that the signaling pathway was still activated although by a non-constitutive mechanism. In the nIHH cohort, we have identified two novel variants in three patients. The first variant was an insertion/deletion (indel) in homozygous state within the constitutive acceptor splice site of intron 2 of GPR54 (IVS2-4_-2delGCAinsACCGGCT) identified in two male siblings with nIHH. The second variant was the change E252Q in heterozygous state in a patient with sporadic nIHH. Both alterations were absent in the control population. We have found only polymorphisms in patients with CDP. In conclusion, we have described the first activating mutation in GPR54 associated with the GDPP phenotype. We have also described a novel splice site inactivating mutation in patients with nIHH however, inactivating mutations of GPR54 represent a rare cause of nIHH.

A exposição contínua ao ruído de alta intensidade é o fator ambiental mais importante como causa de problemas auditivos em adultos. Esses tipos de perdas crônicas e irreversíveis causadas pelo ruído são chamados de Perdas Auditivas Induzidas por Ruído (PAIR). O objetivo desse estudo foi estudar a influência de fatores genéticos na susceptibilidade à PAIR. Para atingir esse objetivo comparamos uma amostra de indivíduos com PAIR e de indivíduos sem PAIR que trabalharam expostos ao ruído em relação à etnia, à história familial de perda auditiva, idade, tempo de exposição ao ruído, tabagismo e alcoolismo social. Para verificar a possível contribuição de fatores genéticos, testamos a presença de mutações conhecidas como causas freqüentes de surdez. As mutações testadas foram 35delG e 167delT no gene GJB2, as deleções Δ(GJB6-D13S1830) e Δ(GJB6-D13S1854) no gene GJB6 e A1555G (RFLP) no gene MT-RNR1. Determinamos as freqüências alélicas e genotípicas de um polimorfismo no gene GJB2 (SNP RS877098) e dos polimorfismos do tipo presença/deleção dos genes GSTM1 e GSTT1. Também verificamos a ocorrência e a freqüência de variações nas seqüências dos genes mitocondriais MT-RNR1 e MT-TS1, dois genes mitocondriais importantes como causa de surdez de herança materna. Nossa amostra constituiu-se de 107 indivíduos que apresentavam audiometrias sugestivas de PAIR (grupo PAIR), 44 indivíduos afetados por perdas de audição com curvas audiométricas que não eram sugestivas de PAIR (grupo PANO) e 104 indivíduos com audição normal (grupo NORMAL). Nossos resultados apontaram aumento significativo no número de parentes afetados por problemas de audição no grupo PAIR. O tabagismo, a idade e o tempo de exposição ao ruído também influenciaram significativamente na manifestação da PAIR. Aparentemente, não houve contribuição das mutações associadas à manifestação de surdez, 35delG e 167delT no gene GJB2, Δ(GJB6-D13S1830) e Δ(GJB6-D13S1854) no gene GJB6 e A1555G no gene MT-RNR1. Não houve diferença significativa nas freqüências dos alelos do SNP RS87098 (gene GJB2) entre os afetados e os não afetados. Observamos um aumento significativo do genótipo que corresponde a presença dos dois genes das enzimas GSTM1 e GSTT1 entre os indivíduos do grupo PAIR, sugerindo possível papel dessas enzimas relacionadas a proteção contra espécies reativas de oxigênio na etiologia da PAIR. Não observamos associação significativa entre nenhuma das 54 variantes de seqüências do DNA mitocondrial averiguadas nos genes MT-RNR1 e MT-TS1 (32 já previamente descritas e 22 detectadas nesse estudo) e a ocorrência de PAIR. Não observamos associação significativa da PAIR com o número total de variantes de seqüência do DNA mitocondrial observado em cada indivíduo. Não foi detectada associação significativa com os haplótipos constituídos por pares de variantes de seqüência do DNA mitocondrial. A comparação entre a concentração de peróxidos e de grupos sulfidril no soro de 15 indivíduos com PAIR com amostras de 15 indivíduos sem PAIR não revelou diferenças significativas. Em resumo, nosso estudo evidenciou a influência da história familial de perda auditiva na probabilidade de manifestação da PAIR e o possível papel das enzimas GSTT1 e GSTM1 na susceptibilidade a essa condição. Nossos achados reforçam a idéia de que a susceptibilidade à PAIR possa ser determinada por fatores genéticos. / Chronic exposure to loud noise is the most important environmental cause of hearing impairment among adults. Chronic and irreversible hearing loss due to exposure to noise is named Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of genetic factors in the susceptibility to NIHL. We compared individuals with and without NIHL regarding ethnic origin, familial history of hearing loss, age, noise exposure time, alcohol consumption and smoking habits. In order to investigate genetic factors associated to NIHL we screened frequent deafness causative mutations. The investigated mutations were 35delG and 167delT in the GJB2 gene, Δ(GJB6- D13S1830) and Δ(GJB6- D13S1854) in the GJB6 gene and A1555G in the MT-RNR1 gene. Allelic and genotypic frequencies were determined for the SNP RS877098 in the GJB2 gene, and for the polymorphic deletions of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes. We also investigated the frequency of variants in the mitochondrial genes MT-RNR1 and MT-TS1, which are known to harbor many hearing loss causative mutations. Our sample comprised 107 individuals with suggestive NIHL audiograms, 44 individuals with hearing impairment and non-suggestive NIHL audiograms, and 104 normal hearing individuals. A significant increase in the number of relatives affected by hearing impairment was detected in the NIHL group, when compared to the normal hearing group. Smoking habits, age and noise exposure time significantly affected the probability of NIHL. We did not detected any effect of the deafness-causing mutations 35delG and 167delT in the GJB2 gene, Δ (GJB6- D13S1830) and Δ (GJB6- D13S1854) in the GJB6 gene, and A1555G in the MT-RNR1 gene. There was no significant difference in allelic and genotypic frequencies of SNP RS87098 (gene GJB2), but the presence of the two genes encoding GSTM1 and GSTT1 enzymes was increased in the NIHL group. We did not detect any significant association of any of the 54 sequence variants in the mitochondrial genes MT-RNR1 and MT-TS1 (32 previously described and 22 novel) with the occurrence of NIHL. No significant associations were observed between NIHL and either the total number of sequence variants detected in each individual or haplotypes (combinations of two variants). The comparison of peroxides and sulfhydryl groups concentrations in serum from 15 individuals with NIHL and 15 individuals without NIHL did not show significant differences. In conclusion, our study demonstrated a significant effect of family history of hearing loss on the probability of presenting NIHL and pointed to a possible role of GSTT1 and GSTM1 enzymes on the susceptibility to this condition. These findings reinforce the idea that susceptibility to NIHL has a genetic basis.

Les néoplasmes myéloprolifératifs (NMP) sont des maladies acquises touchant la cellule souche hématopoïétique et qui aboutissent à une hyperproduction de cellules sanguines dont le phénotype dépend du type du NMP. La mutation la plus proéminente des NMP est JAK2V617F. Elle peut être associée à différents NMP sporadiques et familiaux.Une des problématiques, non résolue, des NMP est de comprendre comment une même mutation JAK2V617F peut donner plusieurs maladies. Notre hypothèse est que le phénotype observé pourrait dépendre du nombre de copies de JAK2V617F. Une autre inconnue concerne la cause génétique des formes familiales.Pour ces raisons, nous avons modélisé des NMP sporadiques et un cas familial par les iPS. Cette approche devrait nous permettre d’une part, de comparer les effets de JAK2V617F à l’état hétérozygote et homozygote sur l’hématopoïèse et d’autre part, d’avancer dans la compréhension des effets d’une duplication de 5 gènes que nous avons identifiée, par une approche de génétique, comme un facteur de susceptibilité chez 2 familles.Dans la première partie du travail, concernant la modélisation des NMP sporadiques, nous avons montré que JAK2V617F augmente la prolifération des cellules myéloïdes obtenues à partir des iPS. D’autre part, nous avons pu mettre en évidence une différence marquée dans l’hypersensibilité à la TPO et à l’EPO entre les lignées hétérozygotes et homozygotes pour JAK2V617F permettant d’expliquer le phénotype des PV et des TE. Dans la deuxième partie concernant les NMP familiaux, nous avons pu mettre en évidence un phénotype spécifique attribuable à la seule duplication. Grace à ce modèle, nous allons pouvoir identifier le(s) gène(s) responsable(s) du phénotype. Ce travail apporte la preuve de concept que les iPS sont un bon outil pour modéliser les NMP sporadiques et familiaux et qu’elles peuvent servir comme outils de criblage de petites molécules développées à des fins thérapeutiques. / Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are clonal hematologic diseases which lead to an overproduction of blood cells. The affected myeloid lineage depends on the type of MPN. JAK2V617F is the most predominant mutation in MPN and can be associated with various sporadic and familial cases.One main issue to address in MPN is to understand how a single mutation JAK2V617F can give rise to several diseases. Our hypothesis is that this phenotypic heterogeneity might be due to the JAK2V617F gene dosage. Another goal is to identify the genetic cause of familial MPN.For these reasons, we modeled sporadic and familial MPN cases with iPS technology. This approach allowed us i) to compare the impact of heterozygous and homozygous JAK2V617F mutation on hematopoiesis and ii) to get insight into the effects of a 5 genes duplication that we identified as a susceptibility locus uncovered by a genetic approach in 2 families.In the first part of the work concerning sporadic MPN modeling, we showed that JAK2V617F increases iPS myeloid potential. Furthermore, we showed a marked difference in the TPO and EPO hypersensitivity between heterozygous and homozygous JAK2V617F iPS cell lines that could be linked to the difference between PV and ET. In the second part of the work, we demonstrated a specific phenotype due to the sole duplication. This model will allow us to identify the gene(s) responsible of the phenotype. This study brings the proof of concept that iPS can be used for sporadic and familial MPN modeling and drug screening.

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Cette thèse est principalement consacrée à l’étude de quelques caractéristiques d’une population à plusieurs types d’individus qui évolue selon un modèle de branchement multi-type au cours du temps. Autrement dit,chaque individu vit un certain temps et donne naissance, à la fin de sa vie, à un nombre aléatoire d’individus, suivant une loi de probabilité qui ne dépend que de son type, indépendamment des autres individus. Plus précisément, nous nous intéressons aux aspects statistiques des mutations et des individus ayant une progéniture donnée dans la population en question.Les problèmes d’énumération de forêts multi-types constituent également une motivation de ce travail de thèse. / This thesis is devoted to the study of some characteristics of a population consisting of individuals of several types which evolve according to a multitype branching model. In other words, each individual lives a certain time and gives birth to a random number of individuals at the end of its life, following a probability law which depends only on the individual’s type, independently of the others individuals. More precisely, we are interested in in the statistical aspects of mutations and the individuals having a given offspring in the population of interest. The problems of enumeration of multitype forests also form a motivation of this thesis’s work.

Le cancer épithélial de l’ovaire (CEO) est le cancer gynécologique le plus létal. Plus de 70% des patientes diagnostiquées avec une tumeur de stade avancé rechutent suite aux traitements chimiothérapeutiques de première ligne, la survie à cinq ans étant ainsi très faible. Afin de mieux comprendre l’évolution de la maladie, nous avons recherché de nouveaux gènes, responsables de l’initiation et de la progression du CEO. Précédemment, des lignées cellulaires ont été dérivées à partir de la tumeur primaire et récurrente et/ou d’ascites de trois patientes. Le séquençage de l’ARN de ces lignées par la technologie de séquençage de nouvelle génération (TSNG) nous a permis d’identifier des mutations ponctuelles qui pourraient nous indiquer des gènes dérégulés dans le CEO. La TSNG est un bon outil qui permet d’identifier et de cribler à grande échelle des mutations. Nous avons sélectionné PLEC1, SCRIB, NCOR2, SEMA6C, IKBKB, GLCE et ITGAE comme gènes candidats présentant des mutations dans nos lignées et ayant une relation fonctionnelle avérée avec le cancer. Étant donné que la TSNG est une technique à taux de fiabilité limité, nous avons validé ces mutations par séquençage Sanger. Ensuite, nous avons étudié l’effet de ces mutations sur la structure protéique et l’expression de PLEC1, de SCRIB et de SEMA6C. Seules certaines mutations dans les gènes PLEC1, SCRIB et SEMA6C ont pu être confirmées. PLEC1 et SCRIB sont deux protéines d’échafaudage dont la mutation, rapportée dans plusieurs cancers, pourrait induire des changements de leurs conformations et affecter leurs interactions et leurs fonctions. Les conséquences de ces mutations sur la tumorigenèse de l’ovaire devront être étudiées. / Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecological cancer. Over 70% of the patients diagnosed with advanced stage of cancer relapse following first-line chemotherapy treatments; consequently the five-year survival is very low. To better understand the evolution of the disease, our aim was to identify new genes responsible for the initiation and progression of EOC. Previously, cell lines derived from solid tumors or ascites were developed from the primary and recurrent tumor or ascites of three patients. RNA sequencing of these cell lines by next-generation sequencing technology (NGST) allowed us to identify mutations that might point to genes whose deregulation is important in EOC. Mutations were detected in PLEC1, SCRIB, NCOR2, SEMA6C, IKBKB, GLCE and ITGAE. We selected these genes for further studies as they have previously been identified as being associated with cancer. First, we validated these mutations by Sanger sequencing in order to determine the concordance with NGST data. Secondly, we studied the impact of the validated mutations on protein structure and gene expression. Only certain mutations in PLEC1, SCRIB and SEMA6C were confirmed. Of interest, PLEC1 and SCRIB are two scaffold proteins, where mutations have been reported in several cancers and, possibly leading to changes in their conformation and thereby affecting their interactions and functions. The consequences of these mutations on ovarian tumorigenesis remain to be determined.