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22/06/1968
Qualification: PhD
Team : Physiology / Biochemistry
Status/Rank : Team Leader. In charge of the Physiology-Biochemistry team
   



Cnidaria physiology: tropical corals, Mediterranean red coral, sea anemones.
Mechanisms of coral biomineralization; symbiotic relations.
Study of non electrolytes and ion transport in endosymbioses Cnidaria Anthozoa/Dinoflagellates; cell physiology.
Role of ions and macromolecules in the control of biomineralization.

Staff


PUBLICATIONS

2012
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Impact of seawater acidification on pH at the tissue-skeleton interface and calcification in reef corals
Venn AA, Tambutté E, Holcomb M, Laurent J, Allemand D, Tambutté S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 31. - Supporting information

The influence of photosynthesis on host intracellular pH in scleractinian corals.
Laurent J, Tambutté S, Tambutté E, Allemand D, Venn AA.
J Exp Biol 2012 Dec 21.

Molecular cloning and characterization of first organic matrix protein from sclerites of red coral, Corallium rubrum
Debreuil J, Tambutté E, Zoccola D, Deleury E, Guigonis JM, Samson M, Allemand D, Tambutté S
J Biol Chem. Free PMC Article

Carbonic anhydrases in anthozoan corals-A review
Bertucci A, Moya A, Tambutté S, Allemand D, Supuran CT, Zoccola D.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2012 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print]


2011
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Specific organic matrix characteristics in skeletons of Corallium species
Debreuil, J., Tambutté, S., Zoccola, D., Segonds, N., Techer, N., Marschal, C., Allemand, D., Kosuge, S., Tambutté E.
Mar Biol On line

Coral biomineralization: From the gene to the environment

Tambutte S., Holcomb M., Ferrier-Pages C., Reynaud S., Tambutte E., Zoccola D., & Allemand D.
J Exp Mar Biol Ecol. On line

Live tissue imaging shows reef corals elevate pH under their calcifying tissue relative to seawater
Venn AA, Tambutte E, Holcomb M, Allemand D, Tambutte S.
PLoS ONE 6(5): e20013

Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
Tambutte E, Tambutte S, Segonds N, Zoccola D, Venn AA, Erez J, Allemand D.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences (On line)

Innate immune responses of a scleractinian coral to vibriosis
Vidal-Dupiol J, Ladrière O, Destoumieux-Garzon D, Sautière P E, Meistertzheim A-L, Tambutté E, Tambutté S, Duval D, Fouré L, Adjeroud M, Guillaume M
The Journal of Biological Chemistry

Comparative analysis of the soluble organic matrix of axial skeleton and sclerites of Corallium rubrum:
Insights for biomineralization

Debreuil J., Tambutte S, Zoccola D, Segonds N, Techer N, Allemand D, Tambutte E.
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol, 159, 40-8

A New Coral Carbonic Anhydrase in Stylophora pistillata
Bertucci A, Tambutte S, Supuran C T, Allemand D, Zoccola D.
Mar Biotechnol (On line)

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
Inhibition studies with anions and sulfonamides of a new cytosolic enzyme from the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

Bertucci A, Innocenti A, Scozzafava A, Tambutte S, Zoccola D, Supuran C T
Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 21, 710-4


 
2010
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Symbiosis-dependent gene expression in coral-dinoflagellate association: cloning and characterization of
a P-type H+-ATPase gene.

Bertucci A, Tambutté E, Tambutté S, Allemand D & Zoccola D.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 277(1678): 87-95

Carbonic anhydrase activators. The first activation study of a coral secretory isoform with amino acids and amines.
Bertucci, A, Zoccola D, Tambutté S, Vullo, D, & Supuran, C.
Bioorg. Med. Chem. 18(6): 2300-2303



2009
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: Inhibition studies of a coral secretory isoform with inorganic anions.
Bertucci A., Innocenti A., Zoccola D., Scozzafava A., Allemand D., Tambutté S. & Supuran C. T.
Biorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(3): 650-653

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. 2009 Inhibition studies of a coral secretory isoform by sulfonamides.
Bertucci A, Innocenti A., Zoccola D., Scozzafava A., Tambutté S. & Supuran CT.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Jul 15: 17(14):5054-8

Coral bleaching under thermal stress: putative involvement of host/symbiont recognition mechanisms.
Vidal-Dupiol J., Adjeroud M., Roger E., Foure L., Duval D., Mone Y., Ferrier-Pages C., Tambutté E., Tambutté S.,
Zoccola D., Allemand D. & Mitta G.
BMC Physiol. 9-14

Imaging intracellular pH in a reef coral and symbiotic anemone.
Venn A. A, Tambutté E., Lotto S., Zoccola D., Allemand D. & Tambutté S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 29;106(39):16574-9.

Physiological response of the symbiotic gorgonian Eunicella singularis to a long-term temperature increase.
Ferrier-Pagès C., Tambutté E., Zamoum, T., Segonds N., Merle P.L., Bensoussan, N., Allemand D., Garrabou, J. & Tambutté S.
J. Exp. Biol. 212: 3007-3015

Specific expression of BMP2/4 ortholog in biomineralizing tissues of corals and action on mouse BMP receptor.
Zoccola D., Moya A, Béranger GE, Tambutté E, Allemand D, Carle GF & Tambutté S.,
Mar Biotechnol (NY). 11(2): 260-269


2008
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Carbonic anhydrase in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata: characterization, localization,
and role in biomineralization.

Moya A., Tambutté S., Bertucci A., Tambutté E., Lotto S., Vullo D., Supuran C. T., Allemand D. & Zoccola D.
J Biol Chem. 283(37): 25475-84.

Calcification and associated physiological parameters during a stress event in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata.

Moya A., Ferrier-Pagès C., Furla P., Richier S., Tambutté E., Allemand D. & Tambutté S.
Comp.Biochem. & Physiol. - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1): 29-36

Cloning and use of a coral 36B4 gene to study the differentiel expression of coral genes between light and dark conditions.
Moya A., Tambutté S., Béranger G., Gaume B., Scimeca J.-C,Allemand D. & Zoccola D.
Mar. Biotech. 10(6): 1436-2236

Carbonic anhydrase in the Scleractinian Coral Stylophora pistillata. Characterization and role in biomineralization.
Moya A., Tambutté S., Bertucci A., Tambutté E., Lotto S., Vullo D., Supuran C., Allemand D, & Zoccola D.
J. Biol. Chem.. 283(37): 25475-25484


2007
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Determination of canthaxanthin in the red coral (Corallium rubrum) from Marseille by HPLC combined with UV and MS detection.
Cvejic J., Tambutté S., Lotto S., Mikov M., Slacanin I. & Allemand D.
Mar Biol. 152(4) : 855-862
Abstract

Evidence of low molecular weight components in the organic matrix of the reef building coral, Stylophora pistillata.
Puverel S., Houlbreque F., Tambutté E., Zoccola D., Payan P. Caminiti N., Tambutté S. & Allemand D.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 147: 850-856.
Abstract

Characterization and role of carbonic anhydrase in the calcification process of the azooxanthellate coral Tubastrea aurea.
Tambutté S., Tambutté E., Zoccola D. , Caminiti N., Lotto, S. Moya, A. Allemand D. & Adkins J.
Marine Biology 151: 71-83.
Abstract

Observations of the tissue-skeleton interface in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata
Tambutté É., Allemand D., Zoccola D., Meibom A., Lotto S., Caminiti N. & Tambutté S.
Coral Reefs. 26 : 517-529.
Abstract



2006
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Meibom A., Yurimoto H., Cuif J.-P., Domart-Coulon I., Houlbreque F., Constantz B., Dauphin Y., Tambutté S., Tambutte E., Allemand D., Wooden J. & Dunbar R.
Vital effects in coral skeletal composition display strict threedimensional Control.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L11608 - Abstract

Moya, A., Tambutté, S., Tambutté, E., Zoccola, D., Caminiti, N. & Allemand, D.
Study of calcification during a daily cycle of the coral Stylophora pistillata: implications for light-enhanced calcification.
J Exp Biol 209, 3413-9. Abstract


2005
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Allemand D., Furla P., Merle P.-L., Plantivaux A., Richier S. & Tambutté S.
Adaptation à la vie en symbiose des Cnidaires à zooxanthelles.
Océanis 29 (3-4)

Furla P., Allemand D., Shick J.M., Ferrier-Pagès C., Richier S., Plantivaux A., Merle P.-L. & Tambutté S.
The Symbiotic Anthozoan: a Physiological Chimera between Alga and Animal.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 45 (4) : 595–604

Puverel S, Tambutté E, Zoccola D, Domart-Coulon I, Bouchot A, Lotto S, Allemand D. & Tambutté S.
Antibodies against the organic matrix in scleractinians: a new tool to study coral biomineralization.
Coral Reefs 24: 149-156

Puverel S., Tambutté E., Pereira-Mouries L., Zoccola D., Allemand D. & Tambutté S.
Soluble organic matrix of two Scleractinian corals: Partial and comparative analysis.
CPB Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 141:487



2004
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Allemand, D., Ferrier-Pagès, C. Furla, P. Houlbrèque F. Puverel S., Reynaud, S. Tambutté, E., Tambutté, S. & Zoccola D.
Biomineralization in reef-building corals : from molecular mechanisms to environmental control.
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Palévol 3. 453-467

Domart-Coulon I., Sinclair C. S, Hill R. T., Tambutté S., Puverel S. & Ostrander G. K.
A basidiomycete isolated from the skeleton of Pocillopora damicornis (Scleractinia) selectively stimulates short-term survival of coral skeletogenic cells
Mar Biol 144: 583-592

Domart-Coulon I., Tambutté S., Tambutté E. & Allemand D.
Short term viability of soft tissue detached from the skeleton of reef-building corals
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 309: 199-217

Plantivaux A., Furla P., Zoccola D., Garello G., Forcioli D., Richier S., Merle P.-L,
Tambutté E., Tambutté S. & Allemand D.

Molecular characterization of two Cu Zn-superoxide dismutases in a sea anemone.
Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 37 (8). 1170-1181

Zoccola D., Tambutté E., Kulhanek E., Puverel S., Scimeca J.-C,
Allemand D & Tambutté S.

Molecular cloning and localization of a PMCA P-type calcium ATPase from the coral Stylophora pistillata.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1663: 117-126



1998
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Allemand D., Furla P., Bénazet-Tambutté S.
M echanisms of carbon acquisition for endosymbiont photosynthesis in Anthozoa.
Can. J. Bot. 76, 925-941

Furla P., Bénazet-Tambutté S., Jaubert J. & Allemand D.

Functional polarity of the tentacle of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis: role in inorganic carbon acquisition.
Amer. J. Physiol. 274, R303-R310

Furla P., Bénazet-Tambutté S., Jaubert J. & Allemand D.
Diffusional permeability of dissolved inorganic carbon through the isolated oral epithelial layers of the sea anemone, Anemonia viridis.
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 221, 71-88



1997
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Bénazet-Tambutté S. & Allemand D.
Water permeability of the oral epithelial layers of the sea anemone, Anemonia viridis.
J. Exp. Zool. 279, 1-8


1996
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Allemand D. & Bénazet-Tambutté S.
Dynamics of calcification in the Mediterranean red coral, Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia).
J. Exp. Zool. 276, 270-278


Bénazet-Tambutté S.
Le tissu oral des Anthozoaires : fonctionnement et rôle dans l'association symbiotique.
Thèse de l'Université de la Méditerranée, Université d'Aix-Marseille II. 241 pp


Bénazet-Tambutté S., Allemand D. & Jaubert J.
Permeability of the oral epithelial layers in cnidarians.
Mar. Biol. 126, 43-53


Bénazet-Tambutté S., Allemand D.& Jaubert J.
Inorganic carbon supply to symbiont photosynthesis of the sea anemone, Anemonia viridis: role of the oral epithelial layers.
Symbiosis. 20, 199-217.


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