Isoflavonoid-based bone-sparing treatments exert a low activity on reproductive organs and on hepatic metabolism of estradiol in ovariectomized rats

International audience; The use of soy isoflavones is a potential alternative to hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal bone-loss prevention. Nevertheless, phytoestrogens can target other organs and may disrupt cell proliferation, or could modify endogenous steroid hormone metabolism. These mechanisms could be linked to an increased risk of developing cancer. We therefore studied the possible side effects of such treatments in an experimental model of menopause. Forty adult female Wistar rats were ovariectomized and fed with a genistein-, daidzein- or equol-supplemented diet at bone-sparing levels (10 mg/kg BW/day) for 3 months. The estrogenic effects were assessed by histological a…

LAGoPEDE, a French breeding project to develop frost tolerant and FEVITA® faba bean varieties

National audience; The INRA Plant Biology and Breeding division works together with the breeding company Agri Obtentions under the LAGoPEDE project to develop performant grain legume varieties for tomorrow’s agriculture. Grain legumes represent an important source of proteins for food and feed. One of the main targets of LAGoPEDE is to increase the area of cultivation and improve the seed quality of faba bean (Vicia faba) in France, by developing performant winter varieties well adapted to the North-East of the country. A frost tolerance screening of a diverse germplasm collection of 1,500 faba bean accessions available at INRA, Dijon was first conducted. Eleven frost-tolerant accessions we…

Are taste preferences related to submandibular endocrine or exocrine secretions? A rodent study

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High-density genotyping of pea and faba bean diversity panels using exome capture

International audience; Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) represent a powerful tool to decipher the geneticdeterminism of complex traits in crop plants and to identify responsible genes. As GWAS require large diversitypanels segregating for the traits of interest, one faba bean and three pea collections were constituted toaddress different questions in the PeaMUST project. The faba bean panel comprises 248 accessions comingfrom five continents and displaying the phenotypic diversity of the species. The first pea collection includes239 accessions that represent the species diversity for aerial and root architecture and for biotic and abioticstress responses. The second and third pea pan…

CIME: An integrative and multidisciplinary PNR-PE project on Chronic Impact of ED Mixture Exposure at environmental low doses on Reproduction, Development and Behavior

CIME: An integrative and multidisciplinary PNR-PE project on Chronic Impact of ED Mixture Exposure at environmental low doses on Reproduction, Development and Behavior. Colloque PNR-PE

The pan-transcriptome of Vicia faba

Vicia faba (faba bean) is a nitrogen-fixing protein crop that, in contrast to soya bean, yields well in temperate climates. It is diploid but has a very large genome of ~13 Gb, and genomic resources are currently limited. To provide a high-quality reference gene set and expression atlas, we have carried out RNA-seq of multiple tissues from five faba bean accessions. For each tissue, an assembly was produced using the Trinity software package using both Illumina and PacBio reads. For each accession, the assemblies were then merged to create a more complete reference gene set. The assemblies were of high quality, with more than 95% complete BUSCOs [1] and read mapping rates of ~90%. The assem…

Submandibular salivary glands as an endocrine disruptor target: impact of the period of gensitein/vinclozolin exposure in the Rat

Submandibular salivary glands as an endocrine disruptor target: impact of the period of gensitein/vinclozolin exposure in the Rat. Colloque PNR-PE

Post-weaning xenohormone intake affects adult rat submandibular gland in a sex-dependent manner

International audience; OBJECTIVES: We previously reported that maternal exposure to genistein, vinclozolin, ingested alone or in combination, affects submandibular salivary glands of rats' offspring's. Here, we investigated the responsiveness of submandibular gland when such xenohormone exposure occurs later in life. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Chemicals were given orally to male and female Wistar rats (1mg/kg body weight per day), from weaning to adulthood. Submandibular glands and plasma were collected at postnatal day 100 for histological and molecular analysis. RESULTS: Whereas no effect was observed in females, increases in granular convoluted tubules area coupled with a modification of sa…

Towards bruchid resistance in pulses

Prod 2019-88ff BAP GEAPSI INRA; National audience; Seed weevils (Bruchus spp.) are major pests of pulses, causing yield losses and affecting marketability 1,2 . Available insecticides have low efficiency and important negative impacts on the environment, humans and non-target organisms. Therefore, breeding resistant varieties represent the most promising strategy to overcome seed weevils. The pyramiding of several resistance genes in cultivars is an important objective because this will make the resistance more durable and suitable for sustainable agriculture. The PeaMUST project (ANR-11-BTBR0002) aims at discovering the mechanisms of tolerance and resistance to bruchids in pea (Pisum sativ…

Development of new plant resources (genetic resources and ril populations) in [i]Vicia faba[/i] L. for genetic studies

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Bruchid resistance in pulses

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Purification and characterization of recombinant brazzein secreted by the yeast Pichia pastoris

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Evidence of interactions between aroma compounds and the CB1 receptor opens new routes for regulation of food intake

Modification des préférences gustatives et de la plasticité structurale des glandes salivaires par une exposition chronique au bisphenol A chez le rat male adulte

Modification des préférences gustatives et de la plasticité structurale des glandes salivaires par une exposition chronique au bisphenol A chez le rat male adulte. colloque de la SFORL

Identification of aroma compounds as novel CB1 receptor ligands via in silico approaches

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Optimization of the production of recombinant brazzein secreted by the yeast pichia pastoris

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The faba bean pan-transcriptome

Faba bean (Vicia faba) is a widely adapted nitrogen fixing grain legume that produces seeds with high protein content. It is an agriculturally attractive crop with a good disease resistance profile, but targeted breeding is hampered by the lack of a reference genome and gene set. Here we develop a faba bean gene expression atlas and pan-transcriptome. The pan-transcriptome was generated using data from four different accessions (Hedin, Hiverna, 153b, 2378), including data from both aerial and root tissues. The quality and utility of the pan-transcriptome was assessed by mapping reads from accessions that had not contributed data to the pan-transcriptome. Here, the high mapping rates suggest…

Are taste preferences related to submandibular endocrine or exocrine secretions? A rodent study

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