Publications de Laurent Mouchiroud

High-content phenotypic analysis of a C. elegans recombinant inbred population identifies genetic and molecular regulators of lifespan

Elena Katsyuba, Johan Auwerx, Laurent Mouchiroud, Maroun Bou Sleiman, Yang Li, Gaby El Alam, Wen Gao, Jean-David Horacio Morel, Xiaoxu Li, Amélia Lalou

Lifespan is influenced by complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Studying those factors in model organisms of a single genetic background limits their translational value for humans. Here, we mapped lifespan determinants in 85 C. e ...

2024

TBK1 phosphorylates mutant Huntingtin and suppresses its aggregation and toxicity in Huntington's disease models

Hilal Lashuel, Anass Chiki, Johan Auwerx, Ramanath Narayana Hegde, Laurent Mouchiroud, Lara Petricca

Phosphorylation of the N‐terminal domain of the huntingtin (HTT ) protein has emerged as an important regulator of its localization, structure, aggregation, clearance and toxicity. However, validation of the effect of bona fide phosphorylation in vivo and ...

2020

Automated Platform for Long-Term Culture and High-Content Phenotyping of Single C. elegans Worms

Martinus Gijs, Elena Katsyuba, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hüseyin Baris Atakan, Rongrong Xiang

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a suitable model organism in drug screening. Traditionally worms are grown on agar plates, posing many challenges for long-term culture and phenotyping of animals under identical conditions. Microfluidics allows for ' ...

Nature Research2019

Automated High-Content Phenotyping Of The Nematode C. Elegans At Single Animal Resolution With A Microfluidic Platform

Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hüseyin Baris Atakan, Rongrong Xiang

In this work, we present a novel microfluidic approach to culture the nematode C. elegans from the onset of embryogenesis to the adult stage at single animal resolution. Our device allows high-throughput experimentation, high-resolution imaging, thereby pr ...

IEEE2019

Automated high-content phenotyping from the first larval stage till the onset of adulthood of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hüseyin Baris Atakan

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is increasingly used as a model for human biology. However, in vivo culturing platforms for C. elegans allowing high-content phenotyping during their life cycle in an automated fashion are lacking so far. Here, a multipl ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2019

Multimodal imaging and high-throughput image-processing for drug screening on living organisms on-chip

Martinus Gijs, Michaël Unser, Virginie Sophie Uhlmann, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Daniel Migliozzi

A major step for the validation of medical drugs is the screening on whole organisms, which gives the systemic information that is missing when using cellular models. Caenorhabditis elegans is a soil worm that catches the interest of researchers who study ...

SPIE Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers2019

Microfluidics-enabled phenotyping of a whole population of C. elegans worms over their embryonic and post-embryonic development at single-organism resolution

Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Raphaël Etienne Jean Trouillon, Maria Cristina Letizia, Vincenzo Sorrentino

2018

Reversible and long-term immobilization in a hydrogel-microbead matrix for high-resolution imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans and other small organisms

Thomas Lehnert, Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Li Dong, Govindan Narayanan Krishnamani, Jingwei Zhang

2018

A microfluidic array for high-content screening at whole-organism resolution

Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Daniel Migliozzi

A main step for the development and the validation of medical drugs is the screening on whole organisms, which gives the systemic information that is missing when using cellular models. Among the organisms of choice, Caenorhabditis elegans is a soil worm w ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2018

Methods of treating amyloid-beta peptide diseases

Johan Auwerx, Laurent Mouchiroud, Vincenzo Sorrentino

The present invention is directed to a method of treating an amyloid-3 peptide disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that enhances mitochondrial proteostasi ...

2018

Label-free three-dimensional imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans with visible optical coherence microscopy

Theo Lasser, Paul James Marchand, Séverine Coquoz, Johan Auwerx, Arno Pino Bouwens, Laurent Mouchiroud, Daniel Pawel Szlag, Vincenzo Sorrentino

Fast, label-free, high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging platforms are crucial for high-throughput in vivo time-lapse studies of the anatomy of Caenorhabditis elegans, one of the most commonly used model organisms in biomedical research. Despite the ne ...

Public Library of Science2017

A multiscale study of the role of dynamin in the regulation of glucose uptake

Martinus Gijs, Kristina Schoonjans, Johan Auwerx, Laurent Mouchiroud, Keir Joe Menzies, Raphaël Etienne Jean Trouillon, Maria Cristina Letizia

Glucose uptake in muscle cells in response to insulin is a fundamental mechanism for metabolism. The inability of cells to mobilize the specific glucose transporter GLUT4 is believed to be at least partially accountable for diseases, like diabetes, where c ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2017

A microfluidic platform for automated phenotyping during full lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans at high-throughput

Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hüseyin Baris Atakan

We present a multiplexed and automated microfluidic platform for phenotyping of C. elegans during their full lifespan and at high-throughput. We used the fluorescent hsp-6::gfp strain of worms and performed experiments to observe the effect of four differe ...

2017

Urolithin A induces mitophagy and prolongs lifespan in C. elegans and increases muscle function in rodents

Patrick Aebischer, Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Elena Katsyuba, Johan Auwerx, Damien Sébastien Huzard, Norman Lionel Moullan, Pénélope Andreux, Evan Graehl Williams, Dongryeol Ryu, Laurent Mouchiroud, Giuseppe Lo Sasso, Pooja Jha

The biological effects of urolithins remain poorly characterized, despite wide-spread human exposure via the dietary consumption of their metabolic precursors, the ellagitannins, which are found in the pomegranate fruit, as well as in nuts and berries. We ...

2016

Track C. Biomedical Instrumentation & Micro and Nano Systems

Thomas Lehnert, Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Shreya Narasimhan, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Alexis Pierre Henri Marette, Virginija Jovaisaite, Govindan Narayanan Krishnamani, Vincenzo Sorrentino

De Gruyter2016

Two Conserved Histone Demethylases Regulate Mitochondrial Stress-Induced Longevity

Johan Auwerx, Evan Graehl Williams, Laurent Mouchiroud, Virginija Jovaisaite

Across eukaryotic species, mild mitochondrial stress can have beneficial effects on the lifespan of organisms. Mitochondrial dysfunction activates an unfolded protein response (UPR(mt)), a stress signaling mechanism designed to ensure mitochondrial homeost ...

Cell Press2016

NAD(+) repletion improves muscle function in muscular dystrophy and counters global PARylation

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Dongryeol Ryu, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hongbo Zhang, Keir Joe Menzies, Karim Laurent Gariani, Xu Wang, Vincenzo Sorrentino

Neuromuscular diseases are often caused by inherited mutations that lead to progressive skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration. In diverse populations of normal healthy mice, we observed correlations between the abundance of mRNA transcripts related to ...

Amer Assoc Advancement Science2016

Automated longitudinal monitoring of in vivo protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease C. elegans models

Thomas Lehnert, Martinus Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Govindan Narayanan Krishnamani, Vincenzo Sorrentino

Background: While many biological studies can be performed on cell-based systems, the investigation of molecular pathways related to complex human dysfunctions - e.g. neurodegenerative diseases - often requires long-term studies in animal models. The nemat ...

BioMed Central2016

Tetracyclines Disturb Mitochondrial Function across Eukaryotic Models: A Call for Caution in Biomedical Research

Michael Vincent Frochaux, Bart Deplancke, Johan Auwerx, Richardus Houtkooper, Norman Lionel Moullan, Evan Graehl Williams, Dongryeol Ryu, Adrienne Joëlle Laurence Mottis, Laurent Mouchiroud, Virginija Jovaisaite, Xu Wang

In recent years, tetracyclines, such as doxycycline, have become broadly used to control gene expression by virtue of the Tet-on/Tet-off systems. However, the wide range of direct effects of tetracycline use has not been fully appreciated. We show here tha ...

Elsevier2015

Type 5 adenylyl cyclase disruption leads to enhanced exercise performance

Johan Auwerx, Richardus Houtkooper, Laurent Mouchiroud, Jie Zhang

The most important physiological mechanism mediating enhanced exercise performance is increased sympathetic, beta adrenergic receptor (beta-AR), and adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity. This is the first report of decreased AC activity mediating increased exerc ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015