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Role of nitric oxide in tumor development. Role of HSF1 in development of zebrafish embryos in non heat-shocked conditions

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The use of animal models has led to the discovery of important mechanisms of biology development in general, and tumor development in particular, to establish and develop new treatments. The Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is increasingly used nowadays as part of this research because of its many advantages such as the transparency of the larvae, and the high homology with human. Several approaches have been developed in this fish, as the gene-knockdown in order to identify the role of a protein in the development, or the tumor transplantation of mammalian cells to study anti-tumor treatments response.It is in one of these two contexts that we studied the role of nitric oxide in tumor development in zebrafish. We used a fluorescent probe and were able to detect in vivo the production of nitric oxide associated with xenograft tumor cells. The use of an NO scanvenger, the cPTIO resulted in a loss of tumor cells and a decrease in the expression of an angiogenic factor VEGF, showing a potential in the use of cPTIO as antitumor molecule.We used also the transitory invalidation of hsf1 gene, in order to explore a potential new role in the development and red blood cells differentiation in zebrafish as an experimental model, in non heat-shocked conditions. We found that HSF1 was important for the differentiation of erythrocytes, and its inactivation also reflected defects in development.