Publications by Samuel Rommelaere

An updated proteomic analysis of Drosophila haemolymph after bacterial infection

Bruno Lemaitre, Samuel Rommelaere, Fanny Schüpfer

Using an in-depth Mass Spectrometry-based proteomics approach, we provide a comprehensive characterization of the hemolymphatic proteome of adult flies upon bacterial infection. We detected and quantified changes in abundance of several known immune regula ...

2025

The secreted Nimrod protein NimB1 negatively regulates early steps of apoptotic cell phagocytosis in Drosophila

Bruno Lemaitre, Samuel Rommelaere, Bianca Marie Petrignani

Efferocytosis, the efficient clearance of apoptotic cells (ACs) by phagocytes, is vital for maintaining tissue homeostasis. Here, we reveal the role of the secreted protein NimB1 in reducing apoptotic cell recognition and binding in the early stages of eff ...

2025

A humoral stress response protects Drosophila tissues from antimicrobial peptides

Bruno Lemaitre, Matteo Dal Peraro, Jean Philippe Boquete, Chan Cao, Samuel Rommelaere, Fernando Augusto Teixeira Pinto Meireles, Alexia Laurie Carboni

An efficient immune system must provide protection against a broad range of pathogens without causing excessive collateral tissue damage. While immune effectors have been well characterized, we know less about the resilience mechanisms protecting the host ...

Elsevier BV2024

Protein target highlights in CASP15: Analysis of models by structure providers

Bruno Lemaitre, Luciano Andres Abriata, Samuel Rommelaere, Kuan-Lin Wu, Han Xiao

We present an in-depth analysis of selected CASP15 targets, focusing on their biological and functional significance. The authors of the structures identify and discuss key protein features and evaluate how effectively these aspects were captured in the su ...

WILEY2023

CERT1 mutations perturb human development by disrupting sphingolipid homeostasis

Bruno Lemaitre, Paolo De Los Rios, Giovanni D'Angelo, Evelyne Ruchti, Sylvia Ho, Samuel Rommelaere, Charlotte Julie Caroline Gehin, Laura Capolupo, Greta Limoni, Huixin Guo

Neural differentiation, synaptic transmission, and action potential propagation depend on membrane sphingolipids, whose metabolism is tightly regulated. Mutations in the ceramide transporter CERT (CERT1), which is involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis, are ...

American Society for Clinical Investigation2023

Disproportionate investment in Spiralin B production limits in-host growth and favors the vertical transmission of Spiroplasma insect endosymbionts

Bruno Lemaitre, Jean Philippe Boquete, Samuel Rommelaere, Fanny Schüpfer, Florent François Masson

Insects frequently harbor endosymbionts, which are bacteria housed within host tissues. These associations are stably maintained over evolutionary timescales through vertical transmission of endosymbionts from host mothers to their offspring. Some endosymb ...

National Academy of Sciences2022

A secreted factor NimrodB4 promotes the elimination of apoptotic corpses by phagocytes in Drosophila

Bruno Lemaitre, Samuel Rommelaere, Florent François Masson, Elodie Julie Virginie Ramond, Bianca Marie Petrignani

Programmed cell death plays a fundamental role in development and tissue homeostasis. Professional and non-professional phagocytes achieve the proper recognition, uptake, and degradation of apoptotic cells, a process called efferocytosis. Failure in effero ...

2021

Dual proteomics of Drosophila melanogaster hemolymph infected with the heritable endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

Bruno Lemaitre, Samuel Rommelaere, Fanny Schüpfer, Florent François Masson, Alice Marra

Insects are frequently infected with heritable bacterial endosymbionts. Endosymbionts have a dramatic impact on their host physiology and evolution. Their tissue distribution is variable with some species being housed intracellularly, some extracellularly ...

2021

Renal Purge of Hemolymphatic Lipids Prevents the Accumulation of ROS-Induced Inflammatory Oxidized Lipids and Protects Drosophila from Tissue Damage

Bruno Lemaitre, Samuel Rommelaere, Xiaoxue Li

Animals require complex metabolic and physiological adaptations to maintain the function of vital organs in response to environmental stresses and infection. Here, we found that infection or injury in Drosophila induced the excretion of hemolymphatic lipid ...

2020

Blind killing of both male and female Drosophila embryos by a natural variant of the endosymbiotic bacterium Spiroplasma poulsonii

Bruno Lemaitre, Samuel Rommelaere, Florent François Masson, Juan Camilo Paredes Escobar, Mario Gonzalo Garcia Arraez

Spiroplasma poulsonii is a vertically transmitted endosymbiont of Drosophila melanogaster that causes male-killing, that is the death of infected male embryos during embryogenesis. Here, we report a natural variant of S. poulsonii that is efficiently verti ...

WILEY2020