Céline Charon

Publications (12)93.97 Total impact

• Article: Gene duplication within the Green Lineage: the case of TEL genes.

  Céline Charon, Quentin Bruggeman, Vincent Thareau, Yves Henry
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  ABSTRACT: Recent years have witnessed a breathtaking increase in the availability of genome sequence data, providing evidence of the highly duplicate nature of eukaryotic genomes. Plants are exceptional among eukaryotic organisms in that duplicate loci compose a large fraction of their genomes, partly because of the frequent occurrence of polyploidy (or whole-genome duplication) events. Tandem gene duplication and transposition have also contributed to the large number of duplicated genes in plant genomes. Evolutionary analyses allowed the dynamics of duplicate gene evolution to be studied and several models were proposed. It seems that, over time, many duplicated genes were lost and some of those that were retained gained new functions and/or expression patterns (neofunctionalization) or subdivided their functions and/or expression patterns between them (subfunctionalization). Recent studies have provided examples of genes that originated by duplication with successive diversification within plants. In this review, we focused on the TEL (TERMINAL EAR1-like) genes to illustrate such mechanisms. Emerged from the mei2 gene family, these TEL genes are likely to be land plant-specific. Phylogenetic analyses revealed one or two TEL copies per diploid genome. TEL gene degeneration and loss in several Angiosperm species such as in poplar and maize seem to have occurred. In Arabidopsis thaliana, whose genome experienced at least three polyploidy events followed by massive gene loss and genomic reorganization, two TEL genes were retained and two new shorter TEL-like (MCT) genes emerged. Molecular and expression analyses suggest for these genes sub- and neofunctionalization events, but confirmation will come from their functional characterization.
  Journal of Experimental Botany 08/2012; 63(14):5061-77. · 5.36 Impact Factor
• Article: The function of the RNA-binding protein TEL1 in moss reveals ancient regulatory mechanisms of shoot development.

  Julien Vivancos, Lara Spinner, Christelle Mazubert, Florence Charlot, Nicolas Paquet, Vincent Thareau, Michel Dron, Fabien Nogué, Céline Charon
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  ABSTRACT: The shoot represents the basic body plan in land plants. It consists of a repeated structure composed of stems and leaves. Whereas vascular plants generate a shoot in their diploid phase, non-vascular plants such as mosses form a shoot (called the gametophore) in their haploid generation. The evolution of regulatory mechanisms or genetic networks used in the development of these two kinds of shoots is unclear. TERMINAL EAR1-like genes have been involved in diploid shoot development in vascular plants. Here, we show that disruption of PpTEL1 from the moss Physcomitrella patens, causes reduced protonema growth and gametophore initiation, as well as defects in gametophore development. Leafy shoots formed on ΔTEL1 mutants exhibit shorter stems with more leaves per shoot, suggesting an accelerated leaf initiation (shortened plastochron), a phenotype shared with the Poaceae vascular plants TE1 and PLA2/LHD2 mutants. Moreover, the positive correlation between plastochron length and leaf size observed in ΔTEL1 mutants suggests a conserved compensatory mechanism correlating leaf growth and leaf initiation rate that would minimize overall changes in plant biomass. The RNA-binding protein encoded by PpTEL1 contains two N-terminus RNA-recognition motifs, and a third C-terminus non-canonical RRM, specific to TEL proteins. Removal of the PpTEL1 C-terminus (including this third RRM) or only 16-18 amino acids within it seriously impairs PpTEL1 function, suggesting a critical role for this third RRM. These results show a conserved function of the RNA-binding PpTEL1 protein in the regulation of shoot development, from early ancestors to vascular plants, that depends on the third TEL-specific RRM.
  Plant Molecular Biology 12/2011; 78(4-5):323-36. · 4.15 Impact Factor
• Article: Structure and vascular tissue expression of duplicated TERMINAL EAR1-like paralogues in poplar.

  Céline Charon, Julien Vivancos, Christelle Mazubert, Nicolas Paquet, Gilles Pilate, Michel Dron
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  ABSTRACT: TERMINAL EAR1-like (TEL) genes encode putative RNA-binding proteins only found in land plants. Previous studies suggested that they may regulate tissue and organ initiation in Poaceae. Two TEL genes were identified in both Populus trichocarpa and the hybrid aspen Populus tremula x P. alba, named, respectively, PoptrTEL1-2 and PtaTEL1-2. The analysis of the organisation around the PoptrTEL genes in the P. trichocarpa genome and the estimation of the synonymous substitution rate for PtaTEL1-2 genes indicate that the paralogous link between these two Populus TEL genes probably results from the Salicoid large-scale gene-duplication event. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed their orthology link with the other TEL genes. The expression pattern of both PtaTEL genes appeared to be restricted to the mother cells of the plant body: leaf founder cells, leaf primordia, axillary buds and root differentiating tissues, as well as to mother cells of vascular tissues. Most interestingly, PtaTEL1-2 transcripts were found in differentiating cells of secondary xylem and phloem, but probably not in the cambium itself. Taken together, these results indicate specific expression of the TEL genes in differentiating cells controlling tissue and organ development in Populus (and other Angiosperm species).
  Planta 11/2009; 231(3):525-35. · 3.00 Impact Factor
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  Article: Comprehensive linkage and association analyses identify haplotype, near to the TNFSF15 gene, significantly associated with spondyloarthritis.

  Elena Zinovieva, Catherine Bourgain, Amir Kadi, Franck Letourneur, Brigitte Izac, Roula Said-Nahal, Nicolas Lebrun, Nicolas Cagnard, Agathe Vigier, Sébastien Jacques, Corinne Miceli-Richard, Henri-Jean Garchon, Simon Heath, Céline Charon, Delphine Bacq, Anne Boland, Diana Zelenika, Gilles Chiocchia, Maxime Breban
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  ABSTRACT: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with a strong genetic predisposition dominated by the role of HLA-B27. However, the contribution of other genes to the disease susceptibility has been clearly demonstrated. We previously reported significant evidence of linkage of SpA to chromosome 9q31-34. The current study aimed to characterize this locus, named SPA2. First, we performed a fine linkage mapping of SPA2 (24 cM) with 28 microsatellite markers in 149 multiplex families, which allowed us to reduce the area of investigation to an 18 cM (13 Mb) locus delimited by the markers D9S279 and D9S112. Second, we constructed a linkage disequilibrium (LD) map of this region with 1,536 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 136 families (263 patients). The association was assessed using a transmission disequilibrium test. One tag SNP, rs4979459, yielded a significant P-value (4.9 x 10(-5)). Third, we performed an extension association study with rs4979459 and 30 surrounding SNPs in LD with it, in 287 families (668 patients), and in a sample of 139 cases and 163 controls. Strong association was observed in both familial and case/control datasets for several SNPs. In the replication study, carried with 8 SNPs in an independent sample of 232 cases and 149 controls, one SNP, rs6478105, yielded a nominal P-value<3 x 10(-2). Pooled case/control study (371 cases and 312 controls) as well as combined analysis of extension and replication data showed very significant association (P<5 x 10(-4)) for 6 of the 8 latter markers (rs7849556, rs10817669, rs10759734, rs6478105, rs10982396, and rs10733612). Finally, haplotype association investigations identified a strongly associated haplotype (P<8.8 x 10(-5)) consisting of these 6 SNPs and located in the direct vicinity of the TNFSF15 gene. In conclusion, we have identified within the SPA2 locus a haplotype strongly associated with predisposition to SpA which is located near to TNFSF15, one of the major candidate genes in this region.
  PLoS Genetics 06/2009; 5(6):e1000528. · 8.69 Impact Factor
• Article: Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting female fertility in dairy cattle on BTA03 using a dense single-nucleotide polymorphism map.

  Tom Druet, Sébastien Fritz, Mekki Boussaha, Slim Ben-Jemaa, François Guillaume, David Derbala, Diana Zelenika, Doris Lechner, Céline Charon, Didier Boichard, Ivo G Gut, André Eggen, Mathieu Gautier
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  ABSTRACT: Fertility quantitative trait loci (QTL) are of high interest in dairy cattle since insemination failure has dramatically increased in some breeds such as Holstein. High-throughput SNP analysis and SNP microarrays give the opportunity to genotype many animals for hundreds SNPs per chromosome. In this study, due to these techniques a dense SNP marker map was used to fine map a QTL underlying nonreturn rate measured 90 days after artificial insemination previously detected with a low-density microsatellite marker map. A granddaughter design with 17 Holstein half-sib families (926 offspring) was genotyped for a set of 437 SNPs mapping to BTA3. Linkage analysis was performed by both regression and variance components analysis. An additional analysis combining both linkage analysis and linkage-disequilibrium information was applied. This method first estimated identity-by-descent probabilities among base haplotypes. These probabilities were then used to group the base haplotypes in different clusters. A QTL explaining 14% of the genetic variance was found with high significance (P < 0.001) at position 19 cM with the linkage analysis and four sires were estimated to be heterozygous (P < 0.05). Addition of linkage-disequilibrium information refined the QTL position to a set of narrow peaks. The use of the haplotypes of heterozygous sires offered the possibility to give confidence in some peaks while others could be discarded. Two peaks with high likelihood-ratio test values in the region of which heterozygous sires shared a common haplotype appeared particularly interesting. Despite the fact that the analysis did not fine map the QTL in a unique narrow region, the method proved to be able to handle efficiently and automatically a large amount of information and to refine the QTL position to a small set of narrow intervals. In addition, the QTL identified was confirmed to have a large effect (explaining 13.8% of the genetic variance) on dairy cow fertility as estimated by nonreturn rate at 90 days.
  Genetics 04/2008; 178(4):2227-35. · 4.01 Impact Factor
• Article: Refinement of the 2p11.1-q12.2 locus responsible for cortical tremor associated with epilepsy and exclusion of candidate genes.

  Cécile Saint-Martin, Delphine Bouteiller, Giovanni Stevanin, Cyprian Popescu, Céline Charon, Merle Ruberg, Stéphanie Baulac, Eric LeGuern, Pierre Labauge, Christel Depienne
  Neurogenetics 03/2008; 9(1):69-71. · 3.35 Impact Factor
• Article: A novel locus for autosomal dominant "uncomplicated" hereditary spastic paraplegia maps to chromosome 8p21.1-q13.3.

  Sylvain Hanein, Alexandra Dürr, Pascale Ribai, Sylvie Forlani, Anne-Louise Leutenegger, Isabelle Nelson, Marie-Claude Babron, Nizar Elleuch, Christel Depienne, Céline Charon, Alexis Brice, Giovanni Stevanin
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  ABSTRACT: Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous. Both "uncomplicated" and "complicated" forms have been described, with autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked inheritance. Hitherto, ten autosomal dominant "uncomplicated" HSP (ADHSP) loci have been mapped. Here, we report linkage of ADHSP with markers of the 8p21.1-q13.3 chromosomal region in a large French family, including 29 examined at-risk individuals. The age at onset varied from 8 to 60 years with a mean of 31.6 +/- 16.4 years. Multipoint and two-point LOD-score calculations as well as haplotype reconstruction in this region gave support to the location of this novel ADHSP locus (SPG37) in a 43.5 cM genetic interval flanked by loci D8S1839 and D8S1795. The region was shared by all definitely (n = 13), probably (n = 3) and possibly (n = 2) affected patients with a maximum LOD score of 4.20 at the D8S601 locus. Two candidate genes, encoding the kinesin family member 13B and neuregulin 1 (isoforms SMDF and GFF2), were screened for mutations, but no disease-causing alterations were identified. Interestingly, another region, on chromosome 10q22.3-23.31, was found to segregate in all affected patients (but not in probably or possibly affected subjects) and in a high proportion of healthy at risk individuals, suggesting that this locus might act as a modifier of the phenotype.
  Human Genetics 12/2007; 122(3-4):261-73. · 5.07 Impact Factor
• Article: Spastic paraplegia 5: Locus refinement, candidate gene analysis and clinical description.

  Stephan Klebe, Alexandra Durr, Naima Bouslam, Djamel Grid, Caroline Paternotte, Christel Depienne, Sylvain Hanein, Ahmed Bouhouche, Nizar Elleuch, Hamid Azzedine, Sandrine Poea-Guyon, Sylvie Forlani, Elodie Denis, Céline Charon, Jamile Hazan, Alexis Brice, Giovanni Stevanin
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  ABSTRACT: Thirty-three different loci for hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) have been mapped, and 15 responsible genes have been identified. Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegias (ARHSPs) usually have clinically complex phenotypes but the SPG5, SPG24, and SPG28 loci are considered to be associated with pure forms of the disease. We performed a genome-wide scan in a large French family. Fine mapping of the refined SPG5 region on chromosome 8q12 was performed in another 17 ARHSP families with additional microsatellite markers. After exclusion of known ARHSP loci, the genome-wide screen provided evidence of linkage with a maximal multipoint lod score of 2.6 in the D8S1113-D8S1699 interval. This interval partially overlapped SPG5 and reduced it to a 5.9 megabase (Mb)-region between D8S1113 and D8S544. In a family of Algerian origin from a series of 17 other ARHSP kindreds, linkage to the SPG5 locus was supported by a multipoint lod score of 2.3. The direct sequencing of the coding exons of seven candidate genes did not detect mutations/polymorphisms in the index cases of both linked families. The phenotype of the two SPG5-linked families consisted of spastic paraparesis associated with deep sensory loss. In several patients with long disease durations, there were also mild cerebellar signs. The frequency of SPG5 was approximately 10% (2/18) in our series of ARHSP families with pure or complex forms. We have refined the SPG5 locus to a 3.8 cM interval and extended the phenotype of this form of ARHSP to include slight cerebellar signs.
  American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 11/2007; 144B(7):854-61. · 3.70 Impact Factor
• Article: Diversity and evolution of CYCLOIDEA-like TCP genes in relation to flower development in Papaveraceae.

  Catherine Damerval, Martine Le Guilloux, Muriel Jager, Céline Charon
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  ABSTRACT: Monosymmetry evolved several times independently during flower evolution. In snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), a key gene for monosymmetry is CYCLOIDEA (CYC), which belongs to the class II TCP gene family encoding transcriptional activators. We address the questions of the evolutionary history of this gene family and of possible recruitment of genes homologous to CYC in floral development and symmetry in the Papaveraceae. Two to three members of the class II TCP family were found in each species analyzed, two of which were CYC-like genes, on the basis of the presence of both the TCP and R conserved domains. The duplication that gave rise to these two paralogous lineages (named PAPACYL1 and PAPACYL2) probably predates the divergence of the two main clades within the Papaveraceae. Phylogenetic relationships among angiosperm class II TCP genes indicated that (1) PAPACYL genes were closest to Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) AtTCP18, and a duplication at the base of the core eudicot would have given rise to two supplementary CYC-like lineages; and (2) at least three class II TCP genes were present in the ancestor of monocots and eudicots. Semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization approaches in three species with different floral symmetry indicated that both PAPACYL paralogs were expressed during floral development. A pattern common to all three species was observed at organ junctions in inflorescences and flowers. Expression in the outer petals was specifically observed in the two species with nonactinomorphic flowers. Hypotheses concerning the ancestral pattern of expression and function of CYC-like genes and their possible role in floral development of Papaveraceae species leading to bisymmetric buds are discussed.
  Plant physiology 03/2007; 143(2):759-72. · 6.53 Impact Factor
• Article: A new phenotype linked to SPG27 and refinement of the critical region on chromosome.

  Pascale Ribai, Giovanni Stevanin, Naima Bouslam, Bénédicte Pontier, Isabelle Nelson, Bertrand Fontaine, Christel Dussert, Céline Charon, Alexandra Durr, Alexis Brice
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  ABSTRACT: Hereditary spastic paraplegias are genetically and clinically heterogeneous. Twenty-six loci have been identified to date. SPG27 was recently mapped to chromosome 10 in a single family with autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia (AR-HSP) and a pure phenotype. We describe a Tunisian family with a complicated form of AR-HSP also linked to SPG27. The parents are first cousins and 3 out of their 4 children manifest early onset progressive spastic paraparesis associated with sensorimotor polyneuropathy. In addition, the eldest girl had facial dysmorphism and short stature (-3SD). Two of the three patients were mentally retarded, and one of these also had cerebellar signs. Their ages at onset were 2, 5 and 7 years. A genome-wide scan suggested linkage to SPG27 on the long arm of chromosome 10 with a multipoint lod score of 2.54. In addition, a recombination detected in this family by haplotype reconstruction reduced the SPG27 locus from 25 to 19.6 cM. This is the first clinical description of a complicated form of spastic paraplegia, characterized by great phenotypic variability among the sibs, associated with the SPG27 locus.
  Journal of Neurology 07/2006; 253(6):714-9. · 3.47 Impact Factor
• Article: Mutations in GLIS3 are responsible for a rare syndrome with neonatal diabetes mellitus and congenital hypothyroidism.

  Valérie Senée, Claude Chelala, Sabine Duchatelet, Daorong Feng, Hervé Blanc, Jack-Christophe Cossec, Céline Charon, Marc Nicolino, Pascal Boileau, Douglas R Cavener, Pierre Bougnères, Doris Taha, Cécile Julier
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  ABSTRACT: We recently described a new neonatal diabetes syndrome associated with congenital hypothyroidism, congenital glaucoma, hepatic fibrosis and polycystic kidneys. Here, we show that this syndrome results from mutations in GLIS3, encoding GLI similar 3, a recently identified transcription factor. In the original family, we identified a frameshift mutation predicted to result in a truncated protein. In two other families with an incomplete syndrome, we found that affected individuals harbor deletions affecting the 11 or 12 5'-most exons of the gene. The absence of a major transcript in the pancreas and thyroid (deletions from both families) and an eye-specific transcript (deletion from one family), together with residual expression of some GLIS3 transcripts, seems to explain the incomplete clinical manifestations in these individuals. GLIS3 is expressed in the pancreas from early developmental stages, with greater expression in beta cells than in other pancreatic tissues. These results demonstrate a major role for GLIS3 in the development of pancreatic beta cells and the thyroid, eye, liver and kidney.
  Nature Genetics 07/2006; 38(6):682-7. · 35.53 Impact Factor
• Article: Mapping of a new form of pure autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia (SPG28).

  Naima Bouslam, Ali Benomar, Hamid Azzedine, Ahmed Bouhouche, Michito Namekawa, Stephan Klebe, Céline Charon, Alexandra Durr, Merle Ruberg, Alexis Brice, Mohamed Yahyaoui, Giovanni Stevanin
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  ABSTRACT: Pure hereditary spastic paraplegias are characterized by isolated and progressive spasticity in the lower limbs. We mapped the spastic paraplegia 28 (SPG28) locus to chromosome 14q21.3-q22.3 in a Moroccan family with autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia. Affected patients experienced development of progressive spastic gait during childhood and required help walking in their early 40s. Nine additional hereditary spastic paraplegia families were not linked to this locus, demonstrating further genetic heterogeneity. No mutations were found in exons of GCH1 and SPG3A, two genes from the candidate region involved in movement disorders.
  Annals of Neurology 05/2005; 57(4):567-71. · 11.09 Impact Factor