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  1. Artikel ; Online: Detection of Transposable Element Insertions in Arabidopsis Using Sequence Capture.

    Quadrana, Leandro / Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Caillieux, Erwann / Colot, Vincent

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2021  Band 2250, Seite(n) 141–155

    Abstract: Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences that have the ability to mobilize in the genome and create major effect mutations. Despite the importance of transposition as a source of genetic novelty, we still know little about the rate, ... ...

    Abstract Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences that have the ability to mobilize in the genome and create major effect mutations. Despite the importance of transposition as a source of genetic novelty, we still know little about the rate, landscape, and consequences of TE mobilization. This situation stems in large part from the repetitive nature of TEs, which complicates their analysis. Moreover, TE mobilization is typically rare and therefore new TE (i.e., non-reference) insertions tend to be missed in small-scale population studies. This chapter describes a TE-sequence capture approach designed to identify transposition events for most of the TE families that are potentially active in Arabidopsis thaliana. We show that our TE-sequence capture design provides an efficient means to detect with high sensitivity and specificity insertions that are present at a frequency as low as 1/1000 within a DNA sample.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Arabidopsis/genetics ; DNA Transposable Elements ; DNA, Plant/analysis ; Evolution, Molecular ; Mutagenesis, Insertional ; Selection, Genetic ; Sequence Analysis, DNA/methods
    Chemische Substanzen DNA Transposable Elements ; DNA, Plant
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2021-04-26
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-0716-1134-0_14
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  2. Artikel ; Online: Mild drought in the vegetative stage induces phenotypic, gene expression, and DNA methylation plasticity in Arabidopsis but no transgenerational effects.

    Van Dooren, Tom J M / Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Gilbault, Elodie / Jiménez-Gómez, José M / Martin, Antoine / Bach, Liên / Tisné, Sébastien / Quadrana, Leandro / Loudet, Olivier / Colot, Vincent

    Journal of experimental botany

    2020  Band 71, Heft 12, Seite(n) 3588–3602

    Abstract: There is renewed interest in whether environmentally induced changes in phenotypes can be heritable. In plants, heritable trait variation can occur without DNA sequence mutations through epigenetic mechanisms involving DNA methylation. However, it ... ...

    Abstract There is renewed interest in whether environmentally induced changes in phenotypes can be heritable. In plants, heritable trait variation can occur without DNA sequence mutations through epigenetic mechanisms involving DNA methylation. However, it remains unknown whether this alternative system of inheritance responds to environmental changes and if it can provide a rapid way for plants to generate adaptive heritable phenotypic variation. To assess potential transgenerational effects induced by the environment, we subjected four natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana together with the reference accession Col-0 to mild drought in a multi-generational experiment. As expected, plastic responses to drought were observed in each accession, as well as a number of intergenerational effects of the parental environments. However, after an intervening generation without stress, except for a very few trait-based parental effects, descendants of stressed and non-stressed plants were phenotypically indistinguishable irrespective of whether they were grown in control conditions or under water deficit. In addition, genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression in Col-0 demonstrated that, while mild drought induced changes in the DNA methylome of exposed plants, these variants were not inherited. We conclude that mild drought stress does not induce transgenerational epigenetic effects.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Arabidopsis/genetics ; DNA Methylation ; Droughts ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Gene Expression ; Phenotype
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-03-09
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2976-2
    ISSN 1460-2431 ; 0022-0957
    ISSN (online) 1460-2431
    ISSN 0022-0957
    DOI 10.1093/jxb/eraa132
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  3. Artikel ; Online: High-Accuracy Determination of Microsatellite Instability Compatible with Liquid Biopsies.

    Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Bidard, François-Clément / Kasperek, Amélie / Melaabi, Samia / Tanguy, Marie-Laure / Rodrigues, Manuel / Bataillon, Guillaume / Cabel, Luc / Buecher, Bruno / Pierga, Jean-Yves / Proudhon, Charlotte / Stern, Marc-Henri

    Clinical chemistry

    2020  Band 66, Heft 4, Seite(n) 606–613

    Abstract: Background: Microsatellite instability (MSI) has recently emerged as a predictive pan-tumor biomarker of immunotherapy efficacy, stimulating the development of diagnostic tools compatible with large-scale screening of patients. In this context, ... ...

    Abstract Background: Microsatellite instability (MSI) has recently emerged as a predictive pan-tumor biomarker of immunotherapy efficacy, stimulating the development of diagnostic tools compatible with large-scale screening of patients. In this context, noninvasive detection of MSI from circulating tumor DNA stands as a promising diagnostic and posttreatment monitoring tool.
    Methods: We developed drop-off droplet-digital PCR (ddPCR) assays targeting BAT-26, activin A receptor type 2A (ACVR2A), and defensin beta 105A/B (DEFB105A/B) microsatellite markers. Performances of the assays were measured on reconstitution experiments of various mutant allelic fractions, on 185 tumor samples with known MSI status, and on 72 blood samples collected from 42 patients with advanced colorectal or endometrial cancers before and/or during therapy.
    Results: The 3 ddPCR assays reached analytical sensitivity <0.1% variant allelic frequency and could reliably detect and quantify MSI in both tumor and body fluid samples. High concordance between MSI status determination by the three-marker ddPCR test and the reference pentaplex method were observed (100% for colorectal tumors and 93% for other tumor types). Moreover, the 3 assays showed correlations with r ≥ 0.99 with other circulating tumor DNA markers and their dynamic during treatment correlated well with clinical response.
    Conclusions: This innovative approach for MSI detection provides a noninvasive, cost-effective, and fast diagnostic tool, well suited for large-scale screening of patients that may benefit from immunotherapy agents, as well as for monitoring treatment responses.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Activin Receptors, Type II/genetics ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Circulating Tumor DNA/blood ; Colorectal Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics ; Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology ; Endometrial Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Endometrial Neoplasms/genetics ; Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology ; False Positive Reactions ; Female ; Genetic Markers ; Humans ; Limit of Detection ; Liquid Biopsy ; Microsatellite Instability ; Microsatellite Repeats ; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods ; beta-Defensins/genetics
    Chemische Substanzen BAT26 microsatellite DNA ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; Circulating Tumor DNA ; DEFB105A protein, human ; Genetic Markers ; beta-Defensins ; Activin Receptors, Type II (EC 2.7.11.30) ; activin receptor type II-A (EC 2.7.11.30)
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-03-16
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80102-1
    ISSN 1530-8561 ; 0009-9147
    ISSN (online) 1530-8561
    ISSN 0009-9147
    DOI 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa013
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  4. Artikel ; Online: Microsatellite instability detection in breast cancer using drop-off droplet digital PCR.

    Klouch, Khadidja Zeyneb / Stern, Marc-Henri / Trabelsi-Grati, Olfa / Kiavue, Nicolas / Cabel, Luc / Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Hego, Caroline / Rampanou, Aurore / Popova, Tatiana / Bataillon, Guillaume / Nasr, Sarah / Proudhon, Charlotte / Michel, Marc / Renault, Victor / Masliah Planchon, Julien / Vincent-Salomon, Anne / Pierga, Jean-Yves / Bieche, Ivan / Renault, Shufang /
    Bidard, François-Clément

    Oncogene

    2022  Band 41, Heft 49, Seite(n) 5289–5297

    Abstract: The use of conventional methods (immunohistochemistry, pentaplex PCR) for detecting microsatellite instability (MSI), a predictive biomarker of immunotherapy efficacy, is debated for cancers with low MSI prevalence, such as breast cancer (BC). We ... ...

    Abstract The use of conventional methods (immunohistochemistry, pentaplex PCR) for detecting microsatellite instability (MSI), a predictive biomarker of immunotherapy efficacy, is debated for cancers with low MSI prevalence, such as breast cancer (BC). We developed two multiplex drop-off droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assays targeting four microsatellites, initially identified from public BC whole-genome sequencing dataset. Performances of the assays were investigated and 352 tumor DNA and 28 circulating cell-free DNA from BC patients, with unknown MSI status were blindly screened. Cross-validation of ddPCR MSI status with other MSI detection methods was performed. We then monitored circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) dynamics before and during pembrolizumab immunotherapy in one patient with MSI-high (MSI-H) metastatic BC. The assays showed high analytical specificity and sensitivity (limit of detection = 0.16%). Among N = 380 samples, seven (1.8%) were found as MSI-H by ddPCR with six of them confirmed by next-generation sequencing (NGS). Specificity was 100% in N = 133 microsatellite stable BC submitted to NGS. In the patient with MSI-H metastatic BC, ctDNA monitoring revealed an early decrease of microsatellite mutant allelic frequencies during immunotherapy. These results demonstrated MSI detection by ddPCR, a non-invasive, fast and cost-effective approach, allowing for large pre-screening of BC patients who may benefit from immunotherapy.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Humans ; Female ; Microsatellite Instability ; Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Breast Neoplasms/genetics ; Circulating Tumor DNA/genetics ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics
    Chemische Substanzen Circulating Tumor DNA
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2022-11-03
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 639046-8
    ISSN 1476-5594 ; 0950-9232
    ISSN (online) 1476-5594
    ISSN 0950-9232
    DOI 10.1038/s41388-022-02504-6
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  5. Artikel ; Online: Extensive natural epigenetic variation at a de novo originated gene.

    Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Trontin, Charlotte / Cortijo, Sandra / Barau, Joan / Del Bem, Luiz Eduardo Vieira / Loudet, Olivier / Colot, Vincent / Vincentz, Michel

    PLoS genetics

    2013  Band 9, Heft 4, Seite(n) e1003437

    Abstract: Epigenetic variation, such as heritable changes of DNA methylation, can affect gene expression and thus phenotypes, but examples of natural epimutations are few and little is known about their stability and frequency in nature. Here, we report that the ... ...

    Abstract Epigenetic variation, such as heritable changes of DNA methylation, can affect gene expression and thus phenotypes, but examples of natural epimutations are few and little is known about their stability and frequency in nature. Here, we report that the gene Qua-Quine Starch (QQS) of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is involved in starch metabolism and that originated de novo recently, is subject to frequent epigenetic variation in nature. Specifically, we show that expression of this gene varies considerably among natural accessions as well as within populations directly sampled from the wild, and we demonstrate that this variation correlates negatively with the DNA methylation level of repeated sequences located within the 5'end of the gene. Furthermore, we provide extensive evidence that DNA methylation and expression variants can be inherited for several generations and are not linked to DNA sequence changes. Taken together, these observations provide a first indication that de novo originated genes might be particularly prone to epigenetic variation in their initial stages of formation.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) 5' Untranslated Regions ; Arabidopsis/genetics ; Arabidopsis/metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics ; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism ; Base Sequence ; DNA Methylation/genetics ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genetic Variation ; Phenotype ; Starch/metabolism
    Chemische Substanzen 5' Untranslated Regions ; Arabidopsis Proteins ; Starch (9005-25-8)
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2013-04-11
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2186725-2
    ISSN 1553-7404 ; 1553-7390
    ISSN (online) 1553-7404
    ISSN 1553-7390
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003437
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  6. Artikel ; Online: The Arabidopsis bZIP gene AtbZIP63 is a sensitive integrator of transient abscisic acid and glucose signals.

    Matiolli, Cleverson Carlos / Tomaz, Juarez Pires / Duarte, Gustavo Turqueto / Prado, Fernanda Manso / Del Bem, Luiz Eduardo Vieira / Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Gauer, Luciane / Corrêa, Luiz Gustavo Guedes / Drumond, Rodrigo Duarte / Viana, Américo José Carvalho / Di Mascio, Paolo / Meyer, Christian / Vincentz, Michel

    Plant physiology

    2011  Band 157, Heft 2, Seite(n) 692–705

    Abstract: Glucose modulates plant metabolism, growth, and development. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), Hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a glucose sensor that may trigger abscisic acid (ABA) synthesis and sensitivity to mediate glucose-induced inhibition of seedling ... ...

    Abstract Glucose modulates plant metabolism, growth, and development. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), Hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a glucose sensor that may trigger abscisic acid (ABA) synthesis and sensitivity to mediate glucose-induced inhibition of seedling development. Here, we show that the intensity of short-term responses to glucose can vary with ABA activity. We report that the transient (2 h/4 h) repression by 2% glucose of AtbZIP63, a gene encoding a basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor partially involved in the Snf1-related kinase KIN10-induced responses to energy limitation, is independent of HXK1 and is not mediated by changes in ABA levels. However, high-concentration (6%) glucose-mediated repression appears to be modulated by ABA, since full repression of AtbZIP63 requires a functional ABA biosynthetic pathway. Furthermore, the combination of glucose and ABA was able to trigger a synergistic repression of AtbZIP63 and its homologue AtbZIP3, revealing a shared regulatory feature consisting of the modulation of glucose sensitivity by ABA. The synergistic regulation of AtbZIP63 was not reproduced by an AtbZIP63 promoter-5'-untranslated region::β-glucuronidase fusion, thus suggesting possible posttranscriptional control. A transcriptional inhibition assay with cordycepin provided further evidence for the regulation of mRNA decay in response to glucose plus ABA. Overall, these results indicate that AtbZIP63 is an important node of the glucose-ABA interaction network. The mechanisms by which AtbZIP63 may participate in the fine-tuning of ABA-mediated abiotic stress responses according to sugar availability (i.e., energy status) are discussed.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) 5' Untranslated Regions ; Abscisic Acid/biosynthesis ; Abscisic Acid/metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics ; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/genetics ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Biosynthetic Pathways ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Glucose/metabolism ; Glucuronidase/genetics ; Glucuronidase/metabolism ; Hexokinase/metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; RNA Stability ; Signal Transduction ; Trans-Activators/metabolism
    Chemische Substanzen 5' Untranslated Regions ; Arabidopsis Proteins ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; Sen1 protein, Arabidopsis ; Trans-Activators ; bZIP34 protein, Arabidopsis ; bZIP63 protein, Arabidopsis ; Abscisic Acid (72S9A8J5GW) ; SNF1-related protein kinases (EC 2.7.1.-) ; Hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1) ; ATHXK1 protein, Arabidopsis (EC 2.7.1.1.) ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31) ; Glucose (IY9XDZ35W2)
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2011-08-15
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 208914-2
    ISSN 1532-2548 ; 0032-0889
    ISSN (online) 1532-2548
    ISSN 0032-0889
    DOI 10.1104/pp.111.181743
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  7. Artikel: The Arabidopsis bZIP Gene AtbZIP63 Is a Sensitive Integrator of Transient Abscisic Acid and Glucose Signals

    Matiolli, Cleverson Carlos / Tomaz, Juarez Pires / Duarte, Gustavo Turqueto / Prado, Fernanda Manso / Del Bem, Luiz Eduardo Vieira / Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Gauer, Luciane / Corrêa, Luiz Gustavo Guedes / Drumond, Rodrigo Duarte / Viana, Américo José Carvalho / Di Mascio, Paolo / Meyer, Christian / Vincentz, Michel

    Plant physiology. 2011 Oct., v. 157, no. 2

    2011  

    Abstract: Glucose modulates plant metabolism, growth, and development. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), Hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a glucose sensor that may trigger abscisic acid (ABA) synthesis and sensitivity to mediate glucose-induced inhibition of seedling ... ...

    Abstract Glucose modulates plant metabolism, growth, and development. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), Hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a glucose sensor that may trigger abscisic acid (ABA) synthesis and sensitivity to mediate glucose-induced inhibition of seedling development. Here, we show that the intensity of short-term responses to glucose can vary with ABA activity. We report that the transient (2 h/4 h) repression by 2% glucose of AtbZIP63, a gene encoding a basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor partially involved in the Snf1-related kinase KIN10-induced responses to energy limitation, is independent of HXK1 and is not mediated by changes in ABA levels. However, high-concentration (6%) glucose-mediated repression appears to be modulated by ABA, since full repression of AtbZIP63 requires a functional ABA biosynthetic pathway. Furthermore, the combination of glucose and ABA was able to trigger a synergistic repression of AtbZIP63 and its homologue AtbZIP3, revealing a shared regulatory feature consisting of the modulation of glucose sensitivity by ABA. The synergistic regulation of AtbZIP63 was not reproduced by an AtbZIP63 promoter-5'-untranslated region::β-glucuronidase fusion, thus suggesting possible posttranscriptional control. A transcriptional inhibition assay with cordycepin provided further evidence for the regulation of mRNA decay in response to glucose plus ABA. Overall, these results indicate that AtbZIP63 is an important node of the glucose-ABA interaction network. The mechanisms by which AtbZIP63 may participate in the fine-tuning of ABA-mediated abiotic stress responses according to sugar availability (i.e., energy status) are discussed.
    Schlagwörter Arabidopsis thaliana ; abiotic stress ; abscisic acid ; biochemical pathways ; energy ; genes ; glucose ; messenger RNA ; metabolism ; seedlings ; stress response ; transcription factors
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsverlauf 2011-10
    Umfang p. 692-705.
    Erscheinungsort American Society of Plant Biologists
    Dokumenttyp Artikel
    ZDB-ID 208914-2
    ISSN 1532-2548 ; 0032-0889
    ISSN (online) 1532-2548
    ISSN 0032-0889
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  8. Artikel: Extensive natural epigenetic variation at a De Novo originated gene

    Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Trontin, Charlotte / Cortijo, Sandra / Barau, Joan / Vieira Del Bem, Luiz Eduardo / Loudet, Olivier / Colot, Vincent / Vincentz, Michel

    Plos Genetics 4 (9), . (2013)

    Abstract: Epigenetic variation, such as heritable changes of DNA methylation, can affect gene expression and thus phenotypes, but examples of natural epimutations are few and little is known about their stability and frequency in nature. Here, we report that the ... ...

    Abstract Epigenetic variation, such as heritable changes of DNA methylation, can affect gene expression and thus phenotypes, but examples of natural epimutations are few and little is known about their stability and frequency in nature. Here, we report that the gene Qua-Quine Starch (QQS) of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is involved in starch metabolism and that originated de novo recently, is subject to frequent epigenetic variation in nature. Specifically, we show that expression of this gene varies considerably among natural accessions as well as within populations directly sampled from the wild, and we demonstrate that this variation correlates negatively with the DNA methylation level of repeated sequences located within the 5'end of the gene. Furthermore, we provide extensive evidence that DNA methylation and expression variants can be inherited for several generations and are not linked to DNA sequence changes. Taken together, these observations provide a first indication that de novo originated genes might be particularly prone to epigenetic variation in their initial stages of formation.
    Sprache Englisch
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    Datenquelle AGRIS - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology

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  9. Artikel: Extensive natural epigenetic variation at a De Novo originated gene

    Silveira, Amanda Bortolini / Trontin, Charlotte / Cortijo, Sandra / Barau, Joan / Vieira Del Bem, Luiz Eduardo / Loudet, Olivier / Colot, Vincent / Vincentz, Michel

    Plos Genetics 4 (9), . (2013)

    Abstract: Epigenetic variation, such as heritable changes of DNA methylation, can affect gene expression and thus phenotypes, but examples of natural epimutations are few and little is known about their stability and frequency in nature. Here, we report that the ... ...

    Abstract Epigenetic variation, such as heritable changes of DNA methylation, can affect gene expression and thus phenotypes, but examples of natural epimutations are few and little is known about their stability and frequency in nature. Here, we report that the gene Qua-Quine Starch (QQS) of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is involved in starch metabolism and that originated de novo recently, is subject to frequent epigenetic variation in nature. Specifically, we show that expression of this gene varies considerably among natural accessions as well as within populations directly sampled from the wild, and we demonstrate that this variation correlates negatively with the DNA methylation level of repeated sequences located within the 5'end of the gene. Furthermore, we provide extensive evidence that DNA methylation and expression variants can be inherited for several generations and are not linked to DNA sequence changes. Taken together, these observations provide a first indication that de novo originated genes might be particularly prone to epigenetic variation in their initial stages of formation.
    Sprache Englisch
    Dokumenttyp Artikel
    Datenquelle AGRIS - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology

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