Tumor lymphangiogenesis promotes lymph node metastasis using two mechanisms consisting of lymphatic vessels proliferation and dilatation to facilitate tumor spread. Lymphangiogenesis is mainly promoted by two growth factors: the vascular endothelial growth factor C and D. My PhD was focused on the molecular regulations inducing a tumoral over-expression of these two factors during stress. I demonstrated that hypoxia reduced VEGF-C transcription and cap-dependent translation while activating an Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES)-dependent mechanism of translation. This upregulation of VEGF-C in hypoxia is independent of HIF-1a; and stimulates lymphangiogenesis in tumors and lymph nodes and contribute to lymphatic metastasis. Then, I have discovered that VEGF-D had an IRES selectively activated by heat shock. VEGF-D IRES is regulated by a subcellular relocalization of an ITAF, the nucleolin. This molecular process is reversed by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) that decrease VEGF-D IRES translation initiation by targeting the nucleolin. Finally, I worked on secondary lymphedema, a pathology that is characterized by a disruption of the lymphatic network where lymphangiogenesis thus need to be restored. In this condition, I have evaluated the impact of hormone therapy, the main treatment for breast cancer, on the regulation of lymphangiogenic factors. I found that estradiol stimulates the expression of VEGF-C and-D contrary to the hormone therapy that inhibits VEGF-C and -D and thus mediates a disruption of the lymphatic endothelium. Taken together, my PhD projects have allowed me to study the regulations of VEGF-C and -D in pathologies mediated either by an excessive or an insufficient lymphangiogenesis.

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