9 results on '"Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa"'
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2. PGC1A regulates the IRS1 : IRS2 ratio during fasting to influence hepatic metabolism downstream of insulin
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Besse-Patin, Aurèle, Jeromson, Stewart, Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa, Secco, Blandine, Laplante, Mathieu, and Estall, Jennifer L.
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- 2019
3. Standardised quantitative assays for anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response used in vaccine clinical trials by the CEPI Centralized Laboratory Network: a qualification analysis
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Manak, Mark, primary, Gagnon, Luc, additional, Phay-Tran, Steven, additional, Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa, additional, Fabie, Aymeric, additional, Daugan, Matthieu, additional, Khan, Sarwat Tahsin, additional, Proud, Pamela, additional, Hussey, Bethan, additional, Knott, Daniel, additional, Charlton, Sue, additional, Hallis, Bassam, additional, Medigeshi, Guruprasad K, additional, Garg, Neha, additional, Anantharaj, Anbalagan, additional, Raqib, Rubhana, additional, Sarker, Protim, additional, Alam, Mohammad Mamun, additional, Rahman, Mustafizur, additional, Murreddu, Marta, additional, Balgobind, Angela, additional, Hofman, Rick, additional, Grappi, Silvia, additional, Coluccio, Rosa, additional, Calandro, Pierpaolo, additional, Montomoli, Emanuele, additional, Mattiuzzo, Giada, additional, Prior, Sandra, additional, Le Duff, Yann, additional, Page, Mark, additional, Mitchell, Jane, additional, Schwartz, Lauren M, additional, Bartsch, Yannic C, additional, Azizi, Ali, additional, Bernasconi, Valentina, additional, Zala, Vijay, additional, De Almeida, Ana Paula, additional, Fassoulas, Helen, additional, Agrawal, Tanvi, additional, Singh, Janmejay, additional, Roy, Anjan Kumar, additional, Berndsen, Saskia, additional, de Mooij, Marina, additional, Buitendijk, Hester, additional, Stalpers, Coen, additional, Jarju, Modou, additional, Battistella, Filippo, additional, Jeeninga, Rienk, additional, Duijsings, Danny, additional, Razzano, Ilaria, additional, Molesti, Eleonora, additional, Mazzini, Livia, additional, Boccuto, Adele, additional, Holder, Angela, additional, Mee, Edward, additional, Hurley, Matthew, additional, Padley, Jennifer, additional, Rose, Nicola, additional, Gorman, Trina, additional, Vila-Belda, Jose, additional, James, Hannah, additional, and Carless, Jerome, additional
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- 2024
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4. Parvalbumin gates chronic pain through the modulation of firing patterns in inhibitory neurons.
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Haoyi Qiu, Miraucourt, Loïs S., Petitjean, Hugues, Mengyi Xu, Theriault, Catherine, Davidova, Albena, Soubeyre, Vanessa, Poulen, Gaetan, Lonjon, Nicolas, Vachiery-Lahaye, Florence, Bauchet, Luc, Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa, Estall, Jennifer L., Bourinet, Emmanuel, and Sharif-Naeini, Reza
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CHRONIC pain ,CALCIUM-binding proteins ,NEURONS ,NERVOUS system injuries ,SPINAL cord - Abstract
Spinal cord dorsal horn inhibition is critical to the processing of sensory inputs, and its impairment leads to mechanical allodynia. How this decreased inhibition occurs and whether its restoration alleviates allodynic pain are poorly understood. Here, we show that a critical step in the loss of inhibitory tone is the change in the firing pattern of inhibitory parvalbumin (PV)-expressing neurons (PVNs). Our results show that PV, a calcium-binding protein, controls the firing activity of PVNs by enabling them to sustain high-frequency tonic firing patterns. Upon nerve injury, PVNs transition to adaptive firing and decrease their PV expression. Interestingly, decreased PV is necessary and sufficient for the development of mechanical allodynia and the transition of PVNs to adaptive firing. This transition of the firing pattern is due to the recruitment of calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels, and blocking them during chronic pain restores normal tonic firing and alleviates chronic pain. Our findings indicate that PV is essential for controlling the firing pattern of PVNs and for preventing allodynia. Developing approaches to manipulate these mechanisms may lead to different strategies for chronic pain relief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Parvalbumin protein controls inhibitory tone in the spinal cord
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Qiu, Haoyi, primary, Miraucourt, Lois, additional, Petitjean, Hugues, additional, Davidova, Albena, additional, Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa, additional, Estall, Jennifer L., additional, and Sharif-Naeini, Reza, additional
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- 2022
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6. Driving consistency: CEPI-Centralized Laboratory Network’s conversion factor initiative for SARS-CoV-2 clinical assays used for efficacy assessment of COVID vaccines
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Azizi, Ali, Kamuyu, Gathoni, Ogbeni, Deborah, Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa, Knott, Daniel, Gagnon, Luc, Phay-Tran, Steven, Hussey, Bethan, Proud, Pamela, Charlton, Sue, Clark, Carolyn, and Bernasconi, Valentina
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ABSTRACTTo date, thousands of SARS-CoV-2 samples from many vaccine developers have been tested within the CEPI-Centralized Laboratory Network. To convert data from each clinical assay to international standard units, the WHO international standard and the CEPI standard generated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency were run in multiple facilities to determine the conversion factor for each assay. Reporting results in international units advances global understanding of SARS-CoV-2 immunity and vaccine efficacy, enhancing the quality, reliability, and utility of clinical assay data.
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- 2024
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7. Identifying PGC-1α-dependent hepatokines in a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease murine model
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Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa and Estall, Jennifer L.
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Ppargc1a ,Liver ,Stéatose hépatique non alcoolique ,Hépatokine ,SerpinA3N ,PGC-1a ,Foie ,Protéines circulatoires ,Circulating proteins ,Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - Abstract
La stéatose hépatique non alcoolique (SHNA) est maintenant une des principales causes de cancer du foie. Cependant, les mécanismes physiopathologiques contribuant à son développement ou à la progression de la maladie sont peu connus. Il a été démontré que le niveau d’expression du coactivateur transcriptionnel PGC-1α est inversement proportionnel avec la sévérité de la stéatose hépatique le stress oxydatif et la résistance à l’insuline dans les foies de souris. Chez l’humain, on observe aussi une diminution de PGC-1α dans les foies de patients atteints de SHNA. De plus, il a été démontré que les souris avec une réduction de 50% des niveaux hépatique de PGC-1α mène à une sensibilité à l’insuline et à une tolérance au glucose altérée dans les tissus périphériques. Ces découvertes suggèrent qu’en plus d’être associés au développement de la SHNA, les niveaux hépatiques de PGC-1α altèrent l’expression de facteurs sécrétoires du foie afin d’influencer la régulation métabolique de tout le corps. Nous proposons qu’une réduction de l’expression de PGC-1α dans le foie influence les protéines sécrétées par le foie en situation de stress métabolique, révélant l’importance de PGC-1α dans la réponse adaptative du foie. L’analyse du sécrétome hépatique effectuée par spectrométrie de masse sur le milieu conditionné d’hépatocytes primaires a identifié SERPINA3N, une protéine sécrétée, dont les niveaux corrèlent avec les niveaux hépatiques de PGC-1α et sont influencés par la diète obésogène. Dans ce projet, les niveaux sanguins de cette protéine ont été quantifiés par western blot chez des souris mâles et femelles, sauvages ou hétérozygotes pour PGC-1α dans le foie et nourris avec une diète control ou riche en gras et en fructose. Nos résultats démontrent que les niveaux circulatoires de SERPINA3N augmentent avec la diète et corrèlent avec les niveaux hépatiques de PGC-1α de manière dépendante à la diète et le sexe. De plus, les niveaux sanguins de SERPINA3N diminuent avec la progression de la maladie. L’expression hépatique de SERPINA3N est grandement influencée par les niveaux de PGC-1α, mais indépendamment du facteur transcriptionnel NF-κB. Nous avons montré que les glucocorticoïdes augmentent les niveaux protéiques et circulatoires de SERPINA3N dans les hépatocytes primaires. De plus, cette augmentation par les glucocorticoïdes est influencée par les niveaux de PGC-1α. Ces résultats révèlent une nouvelle interaction entre PGC-1α et le récepteur des glucocorticoïdes sur l’expression hépatique et la sécrétion de SERPINA3N. Pour conclure, l’identification de protéines circulatoires régulées par PGC-1α nous aidera à mieux comprendre comment la perte d’expression de PGC-1α dans le foie affecte le métabolisme de tout le corps dans le contexte de la SHNA., Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming a serious public health problem and is now one of the leading causes of liver cancer. Although NAFLD is known to be associated with obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes, the mechanisms contributing to its development are not fully understood. It is shown that hepatic PGC-1α levels correlate negatively with NAFLD development, oxidative liver damage and hepatic insulin resistance in murine models. In humans, decrease PGC-1α expression in NAFLD and NASH patients. Moreover, liver-specific PGC-1α reduction in mice also disrupts glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in muscle and adipose tissue, likely due to altered secretion of hepatic hormones. These findings suggest that in addition to contributing to NAFLD development, the hepatic disruption of PGC-1α alters the liver secretome, thereby influencing the whole-body energy metabolism. We hypothesize that decreased expression of PGC-1α in the liver alters the expression of hepatokines under metabolic challenges, revealing a potential novel role for PGC-1α in the adaptive response of the liver. The hepatocyte-specific secretome was analyzed by mass spectrometry (iTRAQ) in conditioned media from primary hepatocytes. We identified SERPINA3N, a secreted protein whose secreted levels correlated with hepatic PGC-1α levels in a diet-dependent manner. This hepatokine was measured in serum from male, female, wildtype and liver-specific PGC-1α heterozygote mice fed chow or high-fat, high-fructose diet using western blot. SERPINA3N circulating levels increased with the western diet and correlated with hepatic PGC-1α levels in a diet and sex-dependent manner. Its serum levels decreased with the progression of the disease. The hepatic SERPINA3N expression was greatly influenced by PGC-1α levels independently of NF-κB transcription factor. We showed that glucocorticoids increased SERPINA3N protein and secreted levels in primary hepatocytes. This increase was influenced by PGC-1α levels, revealing a novel interaction of PGC-1α and the glucocorticoid receptor on SERPINA3N expression and secretion. In conclusion, this project reveals a novel impact of hepatic PGC-1α levels on the liver secretome during NAFLD development. This work will provide insights on the role of hepatic PGC-1α levels on the regulation of hepatokines and how it influences the whole-body energy homeostasis in a context of NAFLD.
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- 2020
8. PGC1A regulates the IRS1:IRS2 ratio during fasting to influence hepatic metabolism downstream of insulin
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Besse-Patin, Aurèle, primary, Jeromson, Stewart, additional, Levesque-Damphousse, Philipa, additional, Secco, Blandine, additional, Laplante, Mathieu, additional, and Estall, Jennifer L., additional
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- 2019
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9. Parvalbumin gates chronic pain through the modulation of firing patterns in inhibitory neurons.
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Qiu H, Miraucourt LS, Petitjean H, Xu M, Theriault C, Davidova A, Soubeyre V, Poulen G, Lonjon N, Vachiery-Lahaye F, Bauchet L, Levesque-Damphousse P, Estall JL, Bourinet E, and Sharif-Naeini R
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- Animals, Mice, Neurons metabolism, Neurons physiology, Hyperalgesia metabolism, Hyperalgesia physiopathology, Male, Action Potentials physiology, Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels metabolism, Parvalbumins metabolism, Chronic Pain metabolism, Chronic Pain physiopathology
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Spinal cord dorsal horn inhibition is critical to the processing of sensory inputs, and its impairment leads to mechanical allodynia. How this decreased inhibition occurs and whether its restoration alleviates allodynic pain are poorly understood. Here, we show that a critical step in the loss of inhibitory tone is the change in the firing pattern of inhibitory parvalbumin (PV)-expressing neurons (PVNs). Our results show that PV, a calcium-binding protein, controls the firing activity of PVNs by enabling them to sustain high-frequency tonic firing patterns. Upon nerve injury, PVNs transition to adaptive firing and decrease their PV expression. Interestingly, decreased PV is necessary and sufficient for the development of mechanical allodynia and the transition of PVNs to adaptive firing. This transition of the firing pattern is due to the recruitment of calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels, and blocking them during chronic pain restores normal tonic firing and alleviates chronic pain. Our findings indicate that PV is essential for controlling the firing pattern of PVNs and for preventing allodynia. Developing approaches to manipulate these mechanisms may lead to different strategies for chronic pain relief., Competing Interests: Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.
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- 2024
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