Homéostasie du tissu ovarien : Etude du mécanisme moléculaire de la dormance folliculaire de la drosophile à l'humain // Ovarian homeostasis : Study of the molecular mechanism of follicular dormancy from Drosophila to human
ABG-130629
ADUM-63239 |
Thesis topic | |
2025-04-08 | Public funding alone (i.e. government, region, European, international organization research grant) |
Université Clermont Auvergne
CLERMONT-FERRAND - France
Homéostasie du tissu ovarien : Etude du mécanisme moléculaire de la dormance folliculaire de la drosophile à l'humain // Ovarian homeostasis : Study of the molecular mechanism of follicular dormancy from Drosophila to human
- Biology
ovogenèse , physiologie
oogenesis , physiology
oogenesis , physiology
Topic description
L'ovogenèse mammifère est un exemple spectaculaire de contrôle homéostatique dans le monde du vivant. Après la définition d'un stock important de follicules primordiaux tôt au cours du développement, ceux-ci peuvent être maintenus dormants pendant des décennies alors que certains échappent à cette dormance pour entrer dans la phase stéroïdienne pour générer un seul ovocyte mature par cycle chez la femme. Les mécanismes conduisant à cette dormance et son échappement, restent très mal connus. La drosophile est considérée comme ayant une stratégie différente avec la production continue de nombreux follicules. Cependant nous avons défini des conditions physiologiques dans lesquelles les femelles accumulent les stades matures stéroïdiens. Cette accumulation provoque une dormance des follicules précoces similaire aux mammifères. Nous avons identifié un facteur paracrine produit par les stades matures et qui inhiberait la croissance des stades jeunes. L'objet de cette thèse sera donc d'étudier 1) le contrôle de l'expression de ce facteur 2) de confirmer son impact sur la dormance des follicules 3) de définir la voie de signalisation de la dormance. Ce facteur est conservé chez les mammifères où il est également exprimé dans les cellules folliculaires des stades matures. Nous aurons accès, grâce à une collaboration locale, à des tissus ovariens humains contenant des follicules primordiaux qui seront cultivés en absence ou présence de ce facteur, pour tester la conservation fonctionnelle de ce facteur et du mécanisme de la dormance.
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Mammalian oogenesis represents one of the most spectacular examples of homeostatic control in the living world. After the definition of a large stock of primordial follicles early in development, these can be kept dormant for decades while a few escape this dormancy to enter the steroid phase to generate only one mature oocyte per cycle. The mechanisms leading to this dormancy and its escape remain poorly understood. Drosophila is considered to have a different strategy with the continuous production of many follicles. However, we have defined physiological conditions under which females accumulate the mature steroid stages. This accumulation causes early follicle dormancy similar to mammals. We have identified a paracrine factor produced by the mature stages and which would inhibit the growth of the young stages. The purpose of this thesis will therefore be to study 1) the control of the expression of this factor 2) to confirm its impact on follicle dormancy 3) to define the signaling pathway explaining dormancy. Moreover, this factor is conserved in mammals where it is also expressed in follicular cells of mature stages. We will have access, thanks to a local collaboration, to human ovarian tissue containing primordial follicles which will be cultured in the absence or presence of this factor, to test the functional conservation of this factor and of the mechanism of dormancy.
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Début de la thèse : 01/10/2025
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Mammalian oogenesis represents one of the most spectacular examples of homeostatic control in the living world. After the definition of a large stock of primordial follicles early in development, these can be kept dormant for decades while a few escape this dormancy to enter the steroid phase to generate only one mature oocyte per cycle. The mechanisms leading to this dormancy and its escape remain poorly understood. Drosophila is considered to have a different strategy with the continuous production of many follicles. However, we have defined physiological conditions under which females accumulate the mature steroid stages. This accumulation causes early follicle dormancy similar to mammals. We have identified a paracrine factor produced by the mature stages and which would inhibit the growth of the young stages. The purpose of this thesis will therefore be to study 1) the control of the expression of this factor 2) to confirm its impact on follicle dormancy 3) to define the signaling pathway explaining dormancy. Moreover, this factor is conserved in mammals where it is also expressed in follicular cells of mature stages. We will have access, thanks to a local collaboration, to human ovarian tissue containing primordial follicles which will be cultured in the absence or presence of this factor, to test the functional conservation of this factor and of the mechanism of dormancy.
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Début de la thèse : 01/10/2025
Funding category
Public funding alone (i.e. government, region, European, international organization research grant)
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Université Clermont Auvergne
Institution awarding doctoral degree
Université Clermont Auvergne
Graduate school
65 Sciences de la Vie, Santé, Agronomie, Environnement
Candidate's profile
master en biologie, connaissances en reproduction et développement
biology Master, knowledges in reproduction and development
biology Master, knowledges in reproduction and development
2205-06-22
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