About the Authors

Vanessa Chantreau

Affiliation UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France

Bruck Taddese

Affiliation UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France

Mathilde Munier

Affiliation UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France

Louis Gourdin

Affiliations UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France, Reference Centre for the pathologies of hormonal receptivity, Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Angers, Angers, France

Daniel Henrion

Affiliation UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France

Patrice Rodien

Affiliations UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France, Reference Centre for the pathologies of hormonal receptivity, Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Angers, Angers, France

Marie Chabbert

marie.chabbert@univ-angers.fr

Affiliation UMR CNRS 6214 –INSERM 1083, Laboratory of Integrated Neurovascular and Mitochondrial Biology, University of Angers, Angers, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC VC PR. Performed the experiments: VC MM LG. Analyzed the data: VC PR MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH. Wrote the paper: VC BT MC. Molecular modeling and dynamics simulations: BT MC. Critical reading of the ms: MM PR DH.