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Papers by Ariane Chapgier

The Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 (STAT1) is activated in response to interf... more The Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 (STAT1) is activated in response to interferons (IFNs) stimulations. In response to IFN-γ, STAT1 homodimerizes to form the gamma activating factor (GAF). In response to IFN-α, STAT1 heterotrimerizes with STAT2 and ISGF3-γ to form the interferon sequence gene factor 3 (ISGF3). This work clearly demonstrates the distinct roles of the IFN-γ-induced-GAF complexes in anti-mycobacterial immunity and of IFN-α induced- ISGF3 complexes in the anti-viral immunity in humans at the cellular and clinical levels by different molecular mechanisms. It also highlights the fact that a phenotype depends of the mutation and not only of the affected gene; and moreover the importance of the homozygosis or heterozygosis state of the mutation in human genetic diseases.

... Ariane Chapgier. ... En effet, certains malades présentent une vulnérabilité héréditaire spéc... more ... Ariane Chapgier. ... En effet, certains malades présentent une vulnérabilité héréditaire spécifique vis-à-vis des infections mycobactériennes [1-3]. Des études moléculaires ont montré qu'ils sont porteurs de mutations germinales dans cinq gènes participant aux voies d'activation ...

Patients presenting with genetic deficiencies in IFNGR1, IFNGR2, IL-12B, and IL-12RB1 display inc... more Patients presenting with genetic deficiencies in IFNGR1, IFNGR2, IL-12B, and IL-12RB1 display increased susceptibility to mycobacterial infections. We analyzed in this group of patients the cross-talk between human CD4+ T lymphocytes and dendritic cells (DCs) that leads to maturation of DC into producers of bioactive IL-12 and to activation of T cells into IFN-gamma producers. We found that this cross-talk is defective in all patients from this group. Unraveling the mechanisms underlying this deficiency, we showed that IL-12 signaling in T cells is required to induce expression of costimulatory molecules and secretion of IL-12 by DCs and that IFNGR expression is required on both DCs and CD4+ T cells to induce IL-12 secretion by DCs. These data suggest that CD4+ T cell-mediated activation of DCs plays a critical role in the defense against mycobacterial infections in humans.

Molecular biology reports, Jan 20, 2018

HIRA is a histone chaperone known to modulate gene expression through the deposition of H3.3. Con... more HIRA is a histone chaperone known to modulate gene expression through the deposition of H3.3. Conditional knockout of Hira in embryonic mouse hearts leads to cardiac septal defects. Loss of function mutation in HIRA, together with other chromatin modifiers, was found in patients with congenital heart diseases. However, the effects of HIRA on gene expression at earlier stages of cardiogenic mesoderm differentiation have not yet been studied. Differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) towards cardiomyocytes mimics some of these early events and is an accepted model of these early stages. We performed RNA-Seq and H3.3-HA ChIP-seq on both WT and Hira-null mESCs and early cardiomyocyte progenitors of both genotypes. Analysis of RNA-seq data showed differential down regulation of cardiovascular development-related genes in Hira-null cardiomyocytes compared to WT cardiomyocytes. We found HIRA-dependent H3.3 deposition at these genes. In particular, we observed that HIRA influenc...

PloS one, 2016

Chromatin remodelling is essential for cardiac development. Interestingly, the role of histone ch... more Chromatin remodelling is essential for cardiac development. Interestingly, the role of histone chaperones has not been investigated in this regard. HIRA is a member of the HUCA (HIRA/UBN1/CABIN1/ASF1a) complex that deposits the variant histone H3.3 on chromatin independently of replication. Lack of HIRA has general effects on chromatin and gene expression dynamics in embryonic stem cells and mouse oocytes. Here we describe the conditional ablation of Hira in the cardiogenic mesoderm of mice. We observed surface oedema, ventricular and atrial septal defects and embryonic lethality. We identified dysregulation of a subset of cardiac genes, notably upregulation of troponins Tnni2 and Tnnt3, involved in cardiac contractility and decreased expression of Epha3, a gene necessary for the fusion of the muscular ventricular septum and the atrioventricular cushions. We found that HIRA binds GAGA rich DNA loci in the embryonic heart, and in particular a previously described enhancer of Tnni2/Tn...

M S Medecine Sciences, 2006

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Journal of medical genetics, Jan 6, 2015

Mutations in microtubule-regulating genes are associated with disorders of neuronal migration and... more Mutations in microtubule-regulating genes are associated with disorders of neuronal migration and microcephaly. Regulation of centriole length has been shown to underlie the pathogenesis of certain ciliopathy phenotypes. Using a next-generation sequencing approach, we identified mutations in a novel centriolar disease gene in a kindred with an embryonic lethal ciliopathy phenotype and in a patient with primary microcephaly. Whole exome sequencing data from a non-consanguineous Caucasian kindred exhibiting mid-gestation lethality and ciliopathic malformations revealed two novel non-synonymous variants in CENPF, a microtubule-regulating gene. All four affected fetuses showed segregation for two mutated alleles [IVS5-2A>C, predicted to abolish the consensus splice-acceptor site from exon 6;…

médecine/sciences, 2006

Seminars in Immunology, 2006

Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases confers predisposition to clinical disease cau... more Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases confers predisposition to clinical disease caused by weakly virulent mycobacterial species in otherwise healthy individuals. Since 1996, disease-causing mutations have been found in five autosomal genes (IFNGR1, IFNGR2, STAT1, IL12B, IL12BR1) and one X-linked gene (NEMO). These genes display a high degree of allelic heterogeneity, defining at least 13 disorders. Although genetically different, these conditions are immunologically related, as all result in impaired IL-12/23-IFN-␥-mediated immunity. These disorders were initially thought to be rare, but have now been diagnosed in over 220 patients from over 43 countries worldwide. We review here the molecular, cellular, and clinical features of patients with inborn errors of the IL-12/23-IFN-␥ circuit.

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Seminars in Immunology, 2007

Respiration, 2006

We report the case of a 20-year-old female with disseminated Mycobacterium avium disease involvin... more We report the case of a 20-year-old female with disseminated Mycobacterium avium disease involving bones, lungs and brain. She was completely healthy up until the present illness and had been vaccinated with BCG in infancy without complications. Mycobacteriosis progressed in spite of treatment with antituberculous drugs and was controlled only after addition of interferon-gamma subcutaneously. A homozygous hypomorphic I87T mutation was found in the gene encoding the ligand-binding chain of the IFN-gamma receptor (IFNgammaR1). This mutation is the only known recessive hypomorphic lesion in IFNGR1 and had been reported before in only 1 child with curable BCG infection and his sibling with primary tuberculosis. Our report illustrates the clinical heterogeneity of patients sharing exactly the same form of partial recessive IFNgammaR1 deficiency. A diagnosis of partial recessive IFNgammaR1 deficiency should be contemplated in adults with unexplained environmental mycobacterial diseases.

PLoS Genetics, 2006

The transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) plays a key r... more The transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) plays a key role in immunity against mycobacterial and viral infections. Here, we characterize three human STAT1 germline alleles from otherwise healthy patients with mycobacterial disease. The previously reported L706S, like the novel Q463H and E320Q alleles, are intrinsically deleterious for both interferon gamma (IFNG)-induced gamma-activating factor-mediated immunity and interferon alpha (IFNA)-induced interferon-stimulated genes factor 3-mediated immunity, as shown in STAT1-deficient cells transfected with the corresponding alleles. Their phenotypic effects are however mediated by different molecular mechanisms, L706S affecting STAT1 phosphorylation and Q463H and E320Q affecting STAT1 DNA-binding activity. Heterozygous patients display specifically impaired IFNG-induced gamma-activating factor-mediated immunity, resulting in susceptibility to mycobacteria. Indeed, IFNA-induced interferon-stimulated genes factor 3-mediated immunity is not affected, and these patients are not particularly susceptible to viral disease, unlike patients homozygous for other, equally deleterious STAT1 mutations recessive for both phenotypes. The three STAT1 alleles are therefore dominant for IFNG-mediated antimycobacterial immunity but recessive for IFNA-mediated antiviral immunity at the cellular and clinical levels. These STAT1 alleles define two forms of dominant STAT1 deficiency, depending on whether the mutations impair STAT1 phosphorylation or DNA binding.

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2011

STAT-1 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-1) is a key signaling component of inter... more STAT-1 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-1) is a key signaling component of interferon gamma responses. We present long-term manifestations in siblings with a mutation in the STAT1 gene, which include invasive salmonellosis, recurrent severe respiratory syncytial virus pneumonitis, and hepatosplenic mycobacterial disease, and we summarize all other reported cases with STAT-1 deficiency.

Nature Immunology, 2011

C. designed the study and contributed intellectually to the experimental process; J.B. did most o... more C. designed the study and contributed intellectually to the experimental process; J.B. did most of the experiments under the supervision of J.-L.C.; A.A.A., C.C.M., E.V. and M.C.D. did the experiments with retroviral transduction of gp91 phox into EBV-B, CHO and PLB-985 cells; G.V. made the nonretroviral CYBB vectors, infected macrophages with BCG and made intellectual contributions to various experiments; C. Picard contributed to the recruitment of patients and initiated the clinical investigation; L.B.

Nature Genetics, 2003

The receptors for interferon-α/β (IFN-α/β) and IFN-γ activate components of the Janus kinase-sign... more The receptors for interferon-α/β (IFN-α/β) and IFN-γ activate components of the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling pathway, leading to the formation of at least two transcription factor complexes 1. STAT1 interacts with STAT2 and p48/IRF-9 to form the transcription factor IFN-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3). STAT1 dimers form γ-activated factor (GAF). ISGF3 is induced mainly by IFN-α/β, and GAF by IFN-γ, although both factors can be activated by both types of IFN. Individuals with mutations in either chain of the IFN-γ receptor (IFN-γR) are susceptible to infection with mycobacteria 2-5. A heterozygous STAT1 mutation that impairs GAF but not ISGF3 activation has been found in other individuals with mycobacterial disease 6. No individuals with deleterious mutations in the IFN-α/β signaling pathway have been described. We report here two unrelated infants homozygous with respect to mutated STAT1 alleles. Neither IFN-α/β nor IFN-γ activated STAT1-containing transcription factors. Like individuals with IFN-γR deficiency, both infants suffered from mycobacterial disease, but unlike individuals with IFN-γR deficiency, both died of viral disease. Viral multiplication was not inhibited by recombinant IFN-α/β in cell lines from the two individuals. Inherited impairment of the STAT1-dependent response to human IFN-α/β thus results in susceptibility to viral disease.

Journal of Medical Genetics, 2006