Elodie Villa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Elodie obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis where she studied cell death escaping mechanisms developed by cancer cells, which consist in the selective elimination of damaged mitochondria by autophagy, identifiying a new ubiquitin ligase as a key player in this process. She also studied the molecular characterization of the Caspase Independent Cell Death (CICD). In the Ben-Sahra laboratory, Elodie is interested in understanding how TSC loss of functions and oncogenes regulate metabolic pathways in human cells. Elodie is supported by the TS Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Education:
Ph.D., Dec 2017, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Sahu U*, Villa E*, Reczek CR, Zhao Z, O'Hara BP, Torno MD, Mishra R, Shannon WD, Asara JM, Gao P, Shilatifard A, Chandel NS, Ben-Sahra I. Pyrimidines maintain mitochondrial pyruvate oxidation to support de novo lipogenesis. Science. 2024 Mar 29;383(6690):1484-1492. doi: 10.1126/science.adh2771.* Equal contribution.
Villa E, Sahu U, O'Hara BP, Ali ES, Helmin KA, Asara JM, Gao P, Singer BD, Ben-Sahra I. mTORC1 stimulates cell growth through SAM synthesis and m6A mRNA-dependent control of protein synthesis. Molecular Cell. 2021 Mar 17:S1097-2765(21)00177-5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.009.
Rozier R, Paul R, Madji Hounoum B, Villa E, Mhaidly R, Chiche J, Verhoeyen E, Marchetti S, Vandenberghe A, Raucoules M, Carles M, Ricci JE. Pharmacological preconditioning protects from ischemia/reperfusion-induced apoptosis by modulating Bcl-xL expression through a ROS-dependent mechanism. FEBS J. 2020 Dec 19. doi: 10.1111/febs.15675.
Villa E, Paul R, Meynet O, Volturo S, Pinna G, Ricci JE. The E3 ligase UBR2 regulates cell death under caspase deficiency via Erk/MAPK pathway. Cell Death Dis. 2020 Dec 8;11(12):1041.
Ali ES*, Sahu U*, Villa E, O’Hara BP, Gao P, Beaudet P, Wood AW, Asara JM, Ben-Sahra I. ERK2 Phosphorylates PFAS to Mediate Posttranslational Control of De Novo Purine Synthesis. Molecular Cell. 2020 May 28:S1097-2765(20)30302-6. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2020.05.001.* Equal contribution.
Villa E*, Ali ES*, Sahu U*, Ben-Sahra I. Cancer Cells Tune the Signaling Pathways to Empower de Novo Synthesis of Nucleotides. Cancers (Basel). 2019 May 17;11(5). pii: E688. doi: 10.3390/cancers11050688.* Equal contribution.
Mondragón L, Mhaidly R, De Donatis GM, Tosolini M, Dao P, Martin AR, Pons C, Chiche J, Jacquin M, Imbert V, Proïcs E, Boyer L, Doye A, Luciano F, Neels JG, Coutant F, Fabien N, Sormani L, Rubio-Patiño C, Bossowski JP, Muller F, Marchetti S, Villa E, Peyron JF, Gaulard P, Lemonnier F, Asnafi V, Genestier L, Benhida R, Fournié JJ, Passeron T, Ricci JE, Verhoeyen E. GAPDH Overexpression in the T Cell Lineage Promotes Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma through an NF-κB-Dependent Mechanism. Cancer Cell. 2019 Sep 16;36(3):268-287.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.07.008.
Chiche J, Reverso-Meinietti J, Mouchotte A, Rubio-Patiño C, Mhaidly R, Villa E, Bossowski JP, Proics E, Grima-Reyes M, Paquet A, Fragaki K, Marchetti S, Briere J, Ambrosetti D, Michiels JF, Molina TJ, Copie-Bergman C, Lehmann-Che J, Peyrottes I, Peyrade F, de Kerviler E, Taillan B, Garnier G, Verhoeyen E, Paquis-Flucklinger V, Shintu L, Delwail V, Delpech-Debiais C, Delarue R, Bosly A, Petrella T, Brisou G, Nadel B, Barbry P, Mounier N, Thieblemont C, Ricci JE. GAPDH Expression Predicts the Response to R-CHOP, the Tumor Metabolic Status, and the Response of DLBCL Patients to Metabolic Inhibitors. Cell Metab. 2019 Jun 4;29(6):1243-1257.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.02.002.
Villa E, Marchetti S, Ricci JE. No Parkin Zone: Mitophagy without Parkin. Trends Cell Biol. 2018 Nov;28(11):882-895. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2018.07.004. Epub 2018 Aug 13.
Genin EC, Bannwarth S, Lespinasse F, Ortega-Vila B, Fragaki K, Itoh K, Villa E, Lacas-Gervais S, Jokela M, Auranen M, Ylikallio E, Mauri-Crouzet A, Tyynismaa H, Vihola A, Augé G, Cochaud C, Sesaki H, Ricci JE, Udd B, Vives-Bauza C, Paquis-Flucklinger V. Loss of MICOS complex integrity and mitochondrial damage, but not TDP-43 mitochondrial localisation, are likely associated with severity of CHCHD10-related diseases. Neurobiol Dis. 2018 Nov;119:159-171. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.07.027.
Rubio-Patiño C, Bossowski JP, De Donatis GM, Mondragón L, Villa E, Aira LE, Chiche J, Mhaidly R, Lebeaupin C, Marchetti S, Voutetakis K, Chatziioannou A, Castelli FA, Lamourette P, Chu-Van E, Fenaille F, Avril T, Passeron T, Patterson JB, Verhoeyen E, Bailly-Maitre B, Chevet E, Ricci JE. Low-Protein Diet Induces IRE1α-Dependent Anticancer Immunosurveillance. Cell Metab. 2018 Apr 3;27(4):828-842.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.02.009.
Aira LE, Villa E, Colosetti P, Gamas P, Signetti L, Obba S, Proics E, Gautier F, Bailly-Maitre B, Jacquel A, Robert G, Luciano F, Juin PP, Ricci JE, Auberger P, Marchetti S.The oncogenic tyrosine kinase Lyn impairs the pro-apoptotic function of Bim. Oncogene. 2018 Apr;37(16):2122-2136. doi: 10.1038/s41388-017-0112-0.
Villa E, Proïcs E, Rubio-Patiño C, Obba S, Zunino B, Bossowski JP, Rozier RM, Chiche J, Mondragón L, Riley JS, Marchetti S, Verhoeyen E, Tait SWG, Ricci JE.Parkin-Independent Mitophagy Controls Chemotherapeutic Response in Cancer Cells. Cell Rep. 2017 Sep 19;20(12):2846-2859. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.087.
Rubio-Patiño C, Bossowski JP, Villa E, Mondragón L, Zunino B, Proïcs E, Chiche J, Bost F, Verhoeyen E, Ricci JE. Low carbohydrate diet prevents Mcl-1-mediated resistance to BH3-mimetics. Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 8;7(45):73270-73279. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12309.
Bannwarth S, Berg-Alonso L, Augé G, Fragaki K, Kolesar JE, Lespinasse F, Lacas-Gervais S, Burel-Vandenbos F, Villa E, Belmonte F, Michiels JF, Ricci JE, Gherardi R, Harrington L, Kaufman BA, Paquis-Flucklinger V. Inactivation of Pif1 helicase causes a mitochondrial myopathy in mice. Mitochondrion. 2016 Sep;30:126-37. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2016.02.005. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
Genin EC, Plutino M, Bannwarth S, Villa E, Cisneros-Barroso E, Roy M, Ortega-Vila B, Fragaki K, Lespinasse F, Pinero-Martos E, Augé G, Moore D, Burté F, Lacas-Gervais S, Kageyama Y, Itoh K, Yu-Wai-Man P, Sesaki H, Ricci JE, Vives-Bauza C, Paquis-Flucklinger V. CHCHD10 mutations promote loss of mitochondrial cristae junctions with impaired mitochondrial genome maintenance and inhibition of apoptosis. EMBO Mol Med. 2016 Jan 1;8(1):58-72. doi: 10.15252/emmm.201505496.
Villa E, Ricci JE. How does metabolism affect cell death in cancer? FEBS J. 2016 Jul;283(14):2653-60. doi: 10.1111/febs.13570.
Zunino B, Rubio-Patiño C, Villa E, Meynet O, Proics E, Cornille A, Pommier S, Mondragón L, Chiche J, Bereder JM, Carles M, Ricci JE. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy leads to an anticancer immune response via exposure of cell surface heat shock protein 90. Oncogene. 2016 Jan 14;35(2):261-8. doi: 10.1038/onc.2015.82.
Pradelli LA, Villa E, Zunino B, Marchetti S, Ricci JE. Glucose metabolism is inhibited by caspases upon the induction of apoptosis. Cell Death Dis. 2014 Sep 4;5(9):e1406. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2014.371.