shaghayegh hasanpour

Dr. shaghayegh hasanpour


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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12 November 2021 in Cells
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LRLudivine Raby
Ludivine Raby
PVPamela VÖLKEL
Pamela VÖLKEL
SHshaghayegh hasanpour
shaghayegh hasanpour
JCJulien Cicero
Julien Cicero
Robert-Alain ToillonRobert-Alain Toillon
Robert-Alain Toillon
PAPierre-Olivier Angrand
Pierre-Olivier Angrand
Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) mediates histone H3K27me3 methylation and the stable transcriptional repression of a number of gene expression programs involved in the control of cellular identity during development and differentiation. Here, we report on the generation and on the characterization of a zebrafish line harboring a null allele of eed, a gene coding for an essential component of the PRC2. Homozygous eed-deficient mutants present a normal body plan development but display strong defects at the level of the digestive organs, such as reduced size of the pancreas, hepatic steatosis, and a loss of the intestinal structures, to die finally at around 10–12 days post fertilization. In addition, we found that PRC2 loss of function impairs neuronal differentiation in very specific and discrete areas of the brain and increases larval activity in locomotor assays. Our work highlights that zebrafish is a suited model to study human pathologies associated with PRC2 loss of function and H3K27me3 decrease.