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Christelle Anaclet PhD

TitleAdjunct Assistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentNeurobiology
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentNeurobiology

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentNeuroNexus Institute

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMD/PhD Program

    InstitutionUMass Chan Programs, Centers and Institutes
    DepartmentBrudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute


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    Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, , FranceBSBiochemistry
    Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, , FranceMSNeuroscience
    Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, , FrancePHDNeuroscience
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAPost-Doc03/2010Neuroscience
    Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, FrancePost-Doc06/2011Neuroscience
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAPost-Doc09/2016Neuroscience
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    2006Merit based travel award, SFRMS (Société Française de Recherche et de Médecine du Sommeil)
    2007Merit based travel award, European Histamine Research Society
    2010Young Investigator Award, 1st prize, European Histamine Research Society European Sleep Research Society
    2013Merit based travel award, Sleep Research Society
    2013Most Notable Publications in Sleep 2012, Sleep Research Society
    2014 - 2019K99/R00 Career Transition Award, National Institute of Mental Health
    2015Young Investigator Award, Sleep Research Society
    2017 - 2019Top 2017 Alzheimer’s research grant, Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust

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    Anaclet Lab focuses on the neurophysiology of sleep, the involvement of slow-wave sleep (SWS) in cognitive functions and the development of new interventional strategies to treat sleep-wake and circadian disorders as well as sleep loss consequences. My research combines an innovative conceptual framework for how the brain sleeps with novel, cutting-edge tools, techniques and animal models to perform this work.


    Significance


    The National Institutes of Health estimates that sleep-related problems affect 50 to 70 million Americans and this transcends age, gender, and socioeconomic groupings. Sleep disruption has been implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, linked with decreased cognitive and psychomotor function and is associated with increased cancer incidence. More recent evidence has strongly implicated sleep disruption in the pathogenesis of several metabolic disorders, heart disease and obesity – all of which represent long-term targets of the Department of Health and Human Services and other public health agencies. Sleep disturbances are also thought to contribute significantly to the disease burden in many neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, by disrupting activity cycles and impairing cognition. Given the tremendous economic and health burden of sleep-wake, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, understanding the “neurocircuit” basis of sleep regulation is not only a major health priority but is central to the development of novel pharmacologic and interventional strategies. The two major ongoing areas of research in my laboratory are:


    Studying the neuronal circuitry regulating the sleep-wake cycle


    The sub-cortical structures regulating sleep-wake cycle and its electroencephalogram (EEG) correlates are incompletely understood. One model of sleep–wake regulation posits a “flip-flop” switching mechanism that involves mutually inhibitory interactions between sleep-promoting neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic area (VLPO) and wake-promoting neurons in the brainstem as well as the forebrain (Saper et al., Neuron 2010). With our recent discovery of the SWS-promoting parafacial zone, the field has not only gained a more accurate picture of the sleep-promoting areas of the flip-flop mechanism but also reconciled earlier findings suggesting the existence of a potent SWS-promoting/EEG synchronizing “center” in the lower brainstem of mammals.


    Investigating the role of sleep in cognition


    It is now generally accepted that sleep is important for normal and/or optimal cognitive function. However, the interrelationship between sleep and cognition remains incompletely understood. There is accumulating evidence suggesting that both deep sleep—otherwise known as slow-wave-sleep (SWS)—and cortical slow-wave-activity (SWA, 0.5-4 Hz) critically subserve cognitive function, in particular learning and memory. For example, SWS deprivation produces cognitive dysfunction and increased local (cortical) SWA is observed following learning tasks that link to these cortical regions. Thus far, however, the role of sleep in cognition has been studied using models of sleep deprivation that either 1) fail to discriminate the respective role of SWS and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep in cognition, or 2) are not designed or otherwise able to determine if increased SWS and SWA might, in fact, reverse or alleviate cognitive dysfunction. By either opto- or chemo-genetically stimulating the PZ, we have been able to exclusively promote SWS particularly enriched in SWA which we believe will permit the unprecedented ability to link (or uncouple) SWS and cortical SWA with cognition function and memory consolidation.


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    The Anaclet lab studies the neuronal circuitry regulating of sleep-wake cycle, using behavioral monitoring, chemogenetics, neuronal circuit tracing and patch-clamp electrophysiology.


    A variety of potential rotation projects centered around the exploration of how and why sleep is necessary for survival. As projects are always evolving, I encourage students to contact the lab directly to discuss your specific interests.



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    K99MH103399     (ANACLET, CHRISTELLE)Jul 9, 2014 - Jun 30, 2016
    NIH
    Medullary Circuitry Regulating Slow-Wave-Sleep
    Role: Principal Investigator

    R00MH103399     (ANACLET, CHRISTELLE)Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019
    NIH
    Medullary Circuitry Regulating Slow-Wave-Sleep
    Role: Principal Investigator

         (Anaclet, Christelle)Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2019
    Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust
    Sleep Enhancement: A Strategy to Improve Cognitive Performance in Adult and Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Models
    Role: PI

         (J. Liu)Dec 1, 2017 - Nov 30, 2020
    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)
    Loss of function of the circadian molecular clock may underlie the sleep/epilepsy relationship
    Role Description: To study how Clock-mediated circadian transcription regulate circuit homeostasis and seizure threshold during sleep and the molecular and electrophysiological signature of Clock-low epilepsy.
    Role: Co-I

    R21NS106345     (A. Strassman)Apr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2020
    NIH
    Characterization of sleep behavior in rodent model of headache
    Role: Collaborator

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    1. Seugnet L, Anaclet C, Perier M, Ghersi-Egea JF, Lin JS. A marked enhancement of a BLOC-1 gene, pallidin, associated with somnolent mouse models deficient in histamine transmission. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2023 01; 29(1):483-486. PMID: 36258293.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    2. Ferrari LL, Ogbeide-Latario OE, Gompf HS, Anaclet C. Validation of DREADD agonists and administration route in a murine model of sleep enhancement. J Neurosci Methods. 2022 10 01; 380:109679. PMID: 35914577.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    3. Feinberg PA, Becker SC, Chung L, Ferrari L, Stellwagen D, Anaclet C, Dur?n-Laforet V, Faust TE, Sumbria RK, Schafer DP. Elevated TNF-a Leads to Neural Circuit Instability in the Absence of Interferon Regulatory Factor 8. J Neurosci. 2022 08 10; 42(32):6171-6185. PMID: 35790400.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    4. Ogbeide-Latario OE, Ferrari LL, Gompf HS, Anaclet C. Two novel mouse models of slow-wave-sleep enhancement in aging and Alzheimer's disease. Sleep Adv. 2022; 3(1):zpac022. PMID: 37193408.
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    5. Todd WD, Venner A, Anaclet C, Broadhurst RY, De Luca R, Bandaru SS, Issokson L, Hablitz LM, Cravetchi O, Arrigoni E, Campbell JN, Allen CN, Olson DP, Fuller PM. Suprachiasmatic VIP neurons are required for normal circadian rhythmicity and comprised of molecularly distinct subpopulations. Nat Commun. 2020 09 02; 11(1):4410. PMID: 32879310.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Gompf HS, Anaclet C. The neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sleep-wake control. Curr Opin Physiol. 2020 Jun; 15:143-151. PMID: 32647777.
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    7. Wang JWJL, Lombardi F, Zhang X, Anaclet C, Ivanov PC. Non-equilibrium critical dynamics of bursts in ? and d rhythms as fundamental characteristic of sleep and wake micro-architecture. PLoS Comput Biol. 2019 11; 15(11):e1007268. PMID: 31725712.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. Venner A, Mochizuki T, De Luca R, Anaclet C, Scammell TE, Saper CB, Arrigoni E, Fuller PM. Reassessing the Role of Histaminergic Tuberomammillary Neurons in Arousal Control. J Neurosci. 2019 11 06; 39(45):8929-8939. PMID: 31548232.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Erickson ETM, Ferrari LL, Gompf HS, Anaclet C. Differential Role of Pontomedullary Glutamatergic Neuronal Populations in Sleep-Wake Control. Front Neurosci. 2019; 13:755. PMID: 31417341.
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    10. Venner A, Todd WD, Fraigne J, Bowrey H, Eban-Rothschild A, Kaur S, Anaclet C. Newly identified sleep-wake and circadian circuits as potential therapeutic targets. Sleep. 2019 05 01; 42(5). PMID: 30722061.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Anaclet C, De Luca R, Venner A, Malyshevskaya O, Lazarus M, Arrigoni E, Fuller PM. Genetic Activation, Inactivation, and Deletion Reveal a Limited And Nuanced Role for Somatostatin-Containing Basal Forebrain Neurons in Behavioral State Control. J Neurosci. 2018 05 30; 38(22):5168-5181. PMID: 29735555.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Weaver DR, van der Vinne V, Giannaris EL, Vajtay TJ, Holloway KL, Anaclet C. Functionally Complete Excision of Conditional Alleles in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus by Vgat-ires-Cre. J Biol Rhythms. 2018 04; 33(2):179-191. PMID: 29671710.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    13. Anaclet C, Griffith K, Fuller PM. Activation of the GABAergic Parafacial Zone Maintains Sleep and Counteracts the Wake-Promoting Action of the Psychostimulants Armodafinil and Caffeine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Jan; 43(2):415-425. PMID: 28722021.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Anaclet C, Fuller PM. Brainstem regulation of slow-wave-sleep. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2017 06; 44:139-143. PMID: 28500870.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Venner A, Anaclet C, Broadhurst RY, Saper CB, Fuller PM. A Novel Population of Wake-Promoting GABAergic Neurons in the Ventral Lateral Hypothalamus. Curr Biol. 2016 08 22; 26(16):2137-43. PMID: 27426511.
      Citations: 71     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Anaclet C, Pedersen NP, Ferrari LL, Venner A, Bass CE, Arrigoni E, Fuller PM. Basal forebrain control of wakefulness and cortical rhythms. Nat Commun. 2015 Nov 03; 6:8744. PMID: 26524973.
      Citations: 113     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Anaclet C, Ferrari L, Arrigoni E, Bass CE, Saper CB, Lu J, Fuller PM. The GABAergic parafacial zone is a medullary slow wave sleep-promoting center. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Sep; 17(9):1217-24. PMID: 25129078.
      Citations: 114     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. Gondard E, Anaclet C, Akaoka H, Guo RX, Zhang M, Buda C, Franco P, Kotani H, Lin JS. Enhanced histaminergic neurotransmission and sleep-wake alterations, a study in histamine H3-receptor knock-out mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 May; 38(6):1015-31. PMID: 23303066.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    19. Anaclet C, Lin JS, Vetrivelan R, Krenzer M, Vong L, Fuller PM, Lu J. Identification and characterization of a sleep-active cell group in the rostral medullary brainstem. J Neurosci. 2012 Dec 12; 32(50):17970-6. PMID: 23238713.
      Citations: 52     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    20. Anaclet C, Zhang M, Zhao C, Buda C, Seugnet L, Lin JS. Effects of GF-015535-00, a novel a1 GABA A receptor ligand, on the sleep-wake cycle in mice, with reference to zolpidem. Sleep. 2012 Jan 01; 35(1):103-11. PMID: 22215924.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    21. Krenzer M, Anaclet C, Vetrivelan R, Wang N, Vong L, Lowell BB, Fuller PM, Lu J. Brainstem and spinal cord circuitry regulating REM sleep and muscle atonia. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e24998. PMID: 22043278.
      Citations: 62     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Lin JS, Anaclet C, Sergeeva OA, Haas HL. The waking brain: an update. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2011 Aug; 68(15):2499-512. PMID: 21318261.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    23. Sakai K, Takahashi K, Anaclet C, Lin JS. Sleep-waking discharge of ventral tuberomammillary neurons in wild-type and histidine decarboxylase knock-out mice. Front Behav Neurosci. 2010; 4:53. PMID: 21060718.
      Citations:    
    24. Anaclet C, Pedersen NP, Fuller PM, Lu J. Brainstem circuitry regulating phasic activation of trigeminal motoneurons during REM sleep. PLoS One. 2010 Jan 20; 5(1):e8788. PMID: 20098748.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Anaclet C, Parmentier R, Ouk K, Guidon G, Buda C, Sastre JP, Akaoka H, Sergeeva OA, Yanagisawa M, Ohtsu H, Franco P, Haas HL, Lin JS. Orexin/hypocretin and histamine: distinct roles in the control of wakefulness demonstrated using knock-out mouse models. J Neurosci. 2009 Nov 18; 29(46):14423-38. PMID: 19923277.
      Citations: 103     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    26. Guo RX, Anaclet C, Roberts JC, Parmentier R, Zhang M, Guidon G, Buda C, Sastre JP, Feng JQ, Franco P, Brown SH, Upton N, Medhurst AD, Lin JS. Differential effects of acute and repeat dosing with the H3 antagonist GSK189254 on the sleep-wake cycle and narcoleptic episodes in Ox-/- mice. Br J Pharmacol. 2009 May; 157(1):104-17. PMID: 19413575.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    27. Lin JS, Dauvilliers Y, Arnulf I, Bastuji H, Anaclet C, Parmentier R, Kocher L, Yanagisawa M, Lehert P, Ligneau X, Perrin D, Robert P, Roux M, Lecomte JM, Schwartz JC. An inverse agonist of the histamine H(3) receptor improves wakefulness in narcolepsy: studies in orexin-/- mice and patients. Neurobiol Dis. 2008 Apr; 30(1):74-83. PMID: 18295497.
      Citations: 75     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCTClinical Trials
    28. Ligneau X, Landais L, Perrin D, Piriou J, Uguen M, Denis E, Robert P, Parmentier R, Anaclet C, Lin JS, Burban A, Arrang JM, Schwartz JC. Brain histamine and schizophrenia: potential therapeutic applications of H3-receptor inverse agonists studied with BF2.649. Biochem Pharmacol. 2007 Apr 15; 73(8):1215-24. PMID: 17343831.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    29. Parmentier R, Anaclet C, Guhennec C, Brousseau E, Bricout D, Giboulot T, Bozyczko-Coyne D, Spiegel K, Ohtsu H, Williams M, Lin JS. The brain H3-receptor as a novel therapeutic target for vigilance and sleep-wake disorders. Biochem Pharmacol. 2007 Apr 15; 73(8):1157-71. PMID: 17288995.
      Citations: 48     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    30. Brabant C, Quertemont E, Anaclet C, Lin JS, Ohtsu H, Tirelli E. The psychostimulant and rewarding effects of cocaine in histidine decarboxylase knockout mice do not support the hypothesis of an inhibitory function of histamine on reward. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 Feb; 190(2):251-63. PMID: 17072589.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    31. Ligneau X, Perrin D, Landais L, Camelin JC, Calmels TP, Berrebi-Bertrand I, Lecomte JM, Parmentier R, Anaclet C, Lin JS, Bertaina-Anglade V, la Rochelle CD, d'Aniello F, Rouleau A, Gbahou F, Arrang JM, Ganellin CR, Stark H, Schunack W, Schwartz JC. BF2.649 [1-{3-[3-(4-Chlorophenyl)propoxy]propyl}piperidine, hydrochloride], a nonimidazole inverse agonist/antagonist at the human histamine H3 receptor: Preclinical pharmacology. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 Jan; 320(1):365-75. PMID: 17005916.
      Citations: 60     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
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