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Molecular Ecology | 2012

Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population

Marie J. E. Charpentier; Michael Fontaine; E. Cherel; Julien P. Renoult; T. Jenkins; Laure Benoit; Nicolas Barthes; Susan C. Alberts; Jenny Tung

Behaviour and genetic structure are intimately related: mating patterns and patterns of movement between groups or populations influence the movement of genetic variation across the landscape and from one generation to the next. In hybrid zones, the behaviour of the hybridizing taxa can also impact the incidence and outcome of hybridization events. Hybridization between yellow baboons and anubis baboons has been well documented in the Amboseli basin of Kenya, where more anubis‐like individuals tend to experience maturational and reproductive advantages. However, it is unknown whether these advantages are reflected in the genetic structure of populations surrounding this area. Here, we used microsatellite genotype data to evaluate the structure and composition of baboon populations in southern Kenya. Our results indicate that, unlike for mitochondrial DNA, microsatellite‐based measures of genetic structure concord with phenotypically based taxonomic distinctions and that the currently active hybrid zone is relatively narrow. Isolation with migration analysis revealed asymmetric gene flow in this region from anubis populations into yellow populations, in support of the anubis‐biased phenotypic advantages observed in Amboseli. Populations that are primarily yellow but that receive anubis gene flow exhibit higher levels of genetic diversity than yellow populations far from the introgression front. Our results support previous work that indicates a long history of hybridization and introgression among East African baboons. Specifically, it suggests that anubis baboons are in the process of gradual range expansion into the range of yellow baboons, a pattern potentially explained by behavioural and life history advantages that correlate with anubis ancestry.


Phytochemistry | 2011

Colour-scent associations in a tropical orchid: Three colours but two odours

Roxane Delle-Vedove; Nicolas Juillet; Jean-Marie Bessière; Claude Grison; Nicolas Barthes; Thierry Pailler; Laurent Dormont; Bertrand Schatz

Colour and scent are the major pollinator attractants to flowers, and their production may be linked by shared biosynthetic pathways. Species with polymorphic floral traits are particularly relevant to study the joint evolution of floral traits. We used in this study the tropical orchid Calanthe sylvatica from Réunion Island. Three distinct colour varieties are observed, presenting lilac, white or purple flowers, and named respectively C. sylvaticavar.lilacina (hereafter referred as var. lilacina), C. sylvaticavar. alba (var. alba) and C. sylvatica var. purpurea (var. purpurea). We investigated the composition of the floral scent produced by these colour varieties using the non-invasive SPME technique in the wild. Scent emissions are dominated by aromatic compounds. Nevertheless, the presence of the terpenoid (E)-4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triène (DMNT) is diagnostic of var. purpurea, with the volatile organic compounds (VOC) produced by some individuals containing up to 60% of DMNT. We evidence specific colour-scent associations in C. sylvatica, with two distinct scent profiles in the three colour varieties: the lilacina-like profile containing no or very little DMNT (<2%) and the purpurea-like profile containing DMNT (>2%). Calanthe sylvatica var. alba individuals group with one or the other scent profile independently of their population of origin. We suggest that white-flowered individuals have evolved at least twice, once from var. lilacina and at least once from var. purpurea after the colonisation of la Réunion. White-flowered individuals may have been favoured by the particular pollinator fauna characterising the island. These flowering varieties of C. sylvatica, which display three colours but two scents profiles prove that colour is not always a good indicator of odour and that colour-scent associations may be complex, depending on pollination ecology of the populations concerned.


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2017

Dynamics of Methylated Cytosine Flipping by UHRF1

Vasyl Kilin; Krishna Gavvala; Nicolas Barthes; Benoît Y. Michel; Dongwon Shin; Christian Boudier; Olivier Mauffret; Valeriy Yashchuk; Marc Mousli; Marc Ruff; Florence Granger; Sylvia Eiler; Christian Bronner; Yitzhak Tor; Alain Burger; Yves Mély

DNA methylation patterns, which are critical for gene expression, are replicated by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) and ubiquitin-like containing PHD and RING finger domains 1 (UHRF1) proteins. This replication is initiated by the recognition of hemimethylated CpG sites and further flipping of methylated cytosines (mC) by the Set and Ring Associated (SRA) domain of UHRF1. Although crystallography has shed light on the mechanism of mC flipping by SRA, tools are required to monitor in real time how SRA reads DNA and flips the modified nucleobase. To accomplish this aim, we have utilized two distinct fluorescent nucleobase surrogates, 2-thienyl-3-hydroxychromone nucleoside (3HCnt) and thienoguanosine (thG), incorporated at different positions into hemimethylated (HM) and nonmethylated (NM) DNA duplexes. Large fluorescence changes were associated with mC flipping in HM duplexes, showing the outstanding sensitivity of both nucleobase surrogates to the small structural changes accompanying base flipping. Importantly, the nucleobase surrogates marginally affected the structure of the duplex and its affinity for SRA at positions where they were responsive to base flipping, illustrating their promise as nonperturbing probes for monitoring such events. Stopped-flow studies using these two distinct tools revealed the fast kinetics of SRA binding and sliding to NM duplexes, consistent with its reader role. In contrast, the kinetics of mC flipping was found to be much slower in HM duplexes, substantially increasing the lifetime of CpG-bound UHRF1, and thus the probability of recruiting DNMT1 to faithfully duplicate the DNA methylation profile. The fluorescence-based approach using these two different fluorescent nucleoside surrogates advances the mechanistic understanding of the UHRF1/DNMT1 tandem and the development of assays for the identification of base flipping inhibitors.


Bioorganic Chemistry | 2010

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel enolphosphate derivatives.

Claude Grison; Nicolas Barthes; Chantal Finance; Raphaël E. Duval

A new class of enolphosphates derivatives, the 1-alkenyldiphosphates, was designed and a rapid and efficient synthesis for these compounds was developed. These new molecules showed interesting in vitro antibacterial activities (MIC) against Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative pathogens including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli.


Bioorganic Chemistry | 2012

First general methods toward aldehyde enolphosphates.

Nicolas Barthes; Claude Grison

We herein report two innovative methods toward aldehyde enolphosphates and the first saccharidic aldehyde enolphosphates. Aldehyde enolphosphate function is worthwhile to be considered as a good phosphoenolpyruvate analogue.


Journal of Physical Chemistry B | 2017

Structural and Dynamical Impact of a Universal Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogue Inserted Into a DNA Duplex

Loussiné Zargarian; Akli Ben Imeddourene; Krishna Gavvala; Nicolas Barthes; Benoît Y. Michel; Cyril A. Kenfack; Nelly Morellet; Brigitte René; Philippe Fossé; Alain Burger; Yves Mély; Olivier Mauffret

Recently, a 3-hydroxychromone based nucleoside 3HCnt has been developed as a highly environment-sensitive nucleoside surrogate to investigate protein-DNA interactions. When it is incorporated in DNA, the probe is up to 50-fold brighter than 2-aminopurine, the reference fluorescent nucleoside. Although the insertion of 3HCnt in DNA was previously shown to not alter the overall DNA structure, the possibility of the probe inducing local effects cannot be ruled out. Hence, a systematic structural and dynamic study is required to unveil the 3HCnts limitations and to properly interpret the data obtained with this universal probe. Here, we investigated by NMR a 12-mer duplex, in which a central adenine was replaced by 3HCnt. The chemical shifts variations and nOe contacts revealed that the 3HCnt is well inserted in the DNA double helix with extensive stacking interactions with the neighbor base pairs. These observations are in excellent agreement with the steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence properties indicating that the 3HCnt fluorophore is protected from the solvent and does not exhibit rotational motion. The 3HCnt insertion in DNA is accompanied by the extrusion of the opposite nucleobase from the double helix. Molecular dynamics simulations using NMR-restraints demonstrated that 3HCnt fluorophore exhibits only translational dynamics. Taken together, our data showed an excellent intercalation of 3HCnt in the DNA double helix, which is accompanied by localized perturbations. This confirms 3HCnt as a highly promising tool for nucleic acid labeling and sensing.


Chemistry: A European Journal | 2018

Environmentally Sensitive Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogues for Surveying Dynamic Interconversions of Nucleic Acid Structures

Marianna Sholokh; Rajhans Sharma; Natalia Grytsyk; Lyes Zaghzi; Viktoriia Postupalenko; Dmytro Dziuba; Nicolas Barthes; Benoît Y. Michel; Christian Boudier; Olga A. Zaporozhets; Yitzhak Tor; Alain Burger; Yves Mély

Nucleic acids are characterized by a variety of dynamically interconverting structures that play a major role in transcriptional and translational regulation as well as recombination and repair. To monitor these interconversions, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based techniques can be used, but require two fluorophores that are typically large and can alter the DNA/RNA structure and protein binding. Additionally, events that do not alter the donor/acceptor distance and/or angular relationship are frequently left undetected. A more benign approach relies on fluorescent nucleobases that can substitute their native counterparts with minimal perturbation, such as the recently developed 2-thienyl-3-hydroxychromone (3HCnt) and thienoguanosine (th G). To demonstrate the potency of 3HCnt and th G in deciphering interconversion mechanisms, we used the conversion of the (-)DNA copy of the HIV-1 primer binding site (-)PBS stem-loop into (+)/(-)PBS duplex, as a model system. When incorporated into the (-)PBS loop, the two probes were found to be highly sensitive to the individual steps both in the absence and the presence of a nucleic acid chaperone, providing the first complete mechanistic description of this critical process in HIV-1 replication. The combination of the two distinct probes appears to be instrumental for characterizing structural transitions of nucleic acids under various stimuli.


Functional Ecology | 2012

Critical thinking in the chemical ecology of mammalian communication: roadmap for future studies

Marie J. E. Charpentier; Nicolas Barthes; Magali Proffit; Jean-Marie Bessière; Claude Grison


Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2005

Asymmetric Baylis–Hillman reactions using (R)-4-(3-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl) benzoic acid acrylate derivatives in solution and on solid support

Monique Calmes; Rhalid Akkari; Nicolas Barthes; Françoise Escale; Jean Martinez


Journal of Organic Chemistry | 2006

One-pot carbanionic synthesis of P1,P2-diglycosyl, P1,P1,P2-triglycosyl, and P1,P1,P2,P2-tetraribosyl methylenediphosphonates.

Claude Grison; Hicham Chibli; Nicolas Barthes; Philippe Coutrot

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Alain Burger

University of Nice Sophia Antipolis

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Benoît Y. Michel

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Claude Grison

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Yves Mély

University of Strasbourg

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Jean-Marie Bessière

École nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier

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Marie J. E. Charpentier

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Yitzhak Tor

University of California

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