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Laboratoire de recherche vasculaire translationnelle

LVTS

Tutelles >

Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7

UFR de rattachement >

UFR Médecine

Label unité >

UMRS

Partenaires >

INSERM, Université Paris 13

Présentation

Le Laboratoire de Recherche Vasculaire Translationnelle (Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science - LVTS) est associé à l’Inserm, à l’Université Paris Diderot, et l’Université Paris 13. Il est identifié comme UMRS 1148.

Avec 5 équipes, le laboratoire d’environ 150 personnes a une approche transdisciplinaire avec les objectifs de lutte contre les pathologies vasculaires. Les équipes sont affiliées à 3 ITMO (CMN, TS, IHP), à plusieurs Ecoles doctorales du PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, et à 2 sections scientifiques de l'Inserm (CSS4 et CSS8).

Pour mener à bien ces projets, les compétences humaines et technologiques comprennent les bases de données cliniques, enquêtes cliniques translationnelles (sténose carotidienne, anévrisme et dissections de l'aorte ascendante, Biocore ), bases de données de tissus humains et de cellules, de nombreux modèles expérimentaux de la maladie (souris transgéniques, rats , lapins), des méthodes de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (génétique et épigénétique, protéomique, ingénierie des protéines, cytométrie en flux), la chimie des biopolymères, l’élaboration de biomatériaux et nanosystèmes, et les technologies d'imagerie chez les petits animaux et chez l'homme (imagerie nucléaire, ultrasons et IRM).

Equipes de recherche

Le projet est structuré en 5 équipes. Les objectifs mettent en évidence la complémentarité des équipes et des interfaces existantes autour d'un thème structurant sur le coeur et les vaisseaux.

Equipe 1 : " Biologie de l'athérothrombose" (chef d'équipe : A Nicoletti) - voir aussi l'UFR Sciences du Vivant
Equipe 2 : "Maladies structurelles cardiovasculaires" (chef d'équipe : C Boileau & G Jondeau)
Equipe 3 : "Bio-ingénierie cardiovasculaire" (chef d'équipe : D Letourneur)
Equipe 4 : " Imagerie cardiovasculaire" (chef d'équipe : D Le Guludec)
Equipe 5 : "Maladies athérothrombotiques du coeur et du cerveau" (chef d'équipe : G Steg)

[inserm-02438278] Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) deficiency predisposes to depression and resistance to treatments

Date: 27 juin 2022 - 04:48

Desc: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most frequent psychiatric illnesses, leading to reduced quality of life, ability to work and sociability, thus ranking among the major causes of disability and morbidity worldwide. To date, genetic and environmental determinants of MDD remain mostly unknown. Here, we investigated whether and how the Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) may contribute to MDD. We first examined the phenotype of PAI-1 knockout (PAI-1-/-) and wild-type (PAI-1+/+) male mice with a range of behavioral tests assessing depressive-like behaviors (n = 276). We next investigated the mechanisms relating PAI-1 to MDD using molecular, biochemical and pharmacological analyzes. We demonstrate here that PAI-1 plays a key role in depression by a mechanism independent of the tissue-type Plasminogen Activator (tPA) - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) axis, but associated with impaired metabolisms of serotonin and dopamine. Our data also reveal that PAI-1 interferes with therapeutic responses to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (escitalopram, fluoxetine). We thus highlight a new genetic preclinical model of depression, with the lack of PAI-1 as a factor of predisposition to MDD. Altogether, these original data reveal that PAI-1 should be now considered as a key player of MDD and as a potential target for the development of new drugs to cure depressive patients resistant to current treatments.

[hal-02388696] THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: G protein‐coupled receptors

Date: 27 juin 2022 - 04:48

Desc: The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20 is the fourth in this series of biennial publications. The Concise Guide provides concise overviews of the key properties of nearly 1800 human drug targets with an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to the open access knowledgebase source of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. Although the Concise Guide represents approximately 400 pages, the material presented is substantially reduced compared to information and links presented on the website. It provides a permanent, citable, point-in-time record that will survive database updates. The full contents of this section can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.14748. G protein-coupled receptors are one of the six major pharmacological targets into which the Guide is divided, with the others being: ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside key references and suggestions for further reading. The landscape format of the Concise Guide is designed to facilitate comparison of related targets from material contemporary to mid-2019, and supersedes data presented in the 2017/18, 2015/16 and 2013/14 Concise Guides and previous Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in close conjunction with the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification (NC-IUPHAR), therefore, providing official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate.