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Acta Psychiatr Scand ; 117(2): 118-26, 2008 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18028250

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The follow-up since 1989 of a large sample of multigenerational families of eastern Québec that are densely affected by schizophrenia (SZ) or bipolar disorder (BP) has permitted to look at the rates of DSM diagnoses in the young offspring of a SZ parent (HRSZ) and of a BP parent (HRBP) who had an extremely loaded family history. METHOD: The sample (average age of 17.5, SD 4.5) consisted of 54 high-risk offspring (HR) having one parent affected by a DSM-IV SZ or BP. The parents descended from 21 multigenerational families that constitute a quasi-total sample of such kindred in eastern Québec. The HRs were administered a lifetime best estimate DSM-IV diagnosis. RESULTS: We observed that the rates, the diversity of diagnoses, the high comorbidity, the severity and the age of onset of the clinical diagnoses tended to be similar with those already reported in the offspring of affected parents with a low familial loading. Although the sample size was small, HRSZ and HRBP also tended to show similarities in their clinical status. CONCLUSION: Overall, taking into account methodological limitations, the observation early in life of some shared characteristics among HRSZ and HRBP in terms of non-psychotic diagnosis may be congruent with the accumulating evidence that several phenotypic features are shared in adulthood by the two major psychoses.


Subject(s)
Bipolar Disorder/epidemiology , Bipolar Disorder/genetics , Child of Impaired Parents/statistics & numerical data , Schizophrenia/epidemiology , Schizophrenia/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Canada/epidemiology , Catchment Area, Health , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Pedigree
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Biochem Soc Trans ; 28(4): 401-5, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10961928

ABSTRACT

Androgen receptor (AR) belongs to the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors that employ complex molecular mechanisms to guide the development and physiological functions of their target tissues. Our recent work has led to the identification of four novel proteins that recognize AR zinc-finger region (ZFR) both in vivo and in vitro. One is a small nuclear RING-finger protein that possesses separate interaction interfaces for AR and for other transcription activators such as Sp1. The second is a nuclear serine/threonine protein kinase (androgen-receptor-interacting nuclear protein kinase; ANPK); however, the receptor itself does not seem to be a substrate for this kinase. The third one is dubbed androgen-receptor-interacting protein 3 (ARIP3) and is a novel member of the PIAS (protein inhibitor of activated STAT) protein family. The fourth protein, termed ARIP4, is a nuclear ATPase that belongs to the SNF2-like family of chromatin remodelling proteins. All four proteins exhibit a punctate nuclear pattern when expressed in cultured cells. Each protein modulates AR-dependent transactivation in co-transfection experiments; their activating functions are not restricted to AR. Current work is aimed at elucidating the biochemical and functional properties of these AR-interacting proteins and at finding the partner proteins that form complexes with them in vivo.


Subject(s)
Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Receptors, Androgen/genetics , Receptors, Androgen/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism , Animals , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Chromatin/metabolism , DNA Helicases , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Down-Regulation , Gene Expression Regulation , Humans , Male , Nuclear Proteins/metabolism , Prostatic Neoplasms/metabolism , Protein Inhibitors of Activated STAT , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism , Proteins/metabolism , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Transcription, Genetic , Transfection , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases , X Chromosome , Zinc Fingers
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Mem Cognit ; 26(3): 572-83, 1998 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9610125

ABSTRACT

The goal of this study is to examine the central executive of working memory in normal aging, specifically focusing on its capacities to manipulate or modify the format of the to-be-recalled material. The central executive was measured with the alphabetical span procedure, during which subjects were asked to recall a random series of words in their alphabetical order. The storage demand was equalized across subjects by adjusting the list lengths according to individual span. Experiments 1, 2, and 3 showed that elderly subjects were not impaired in manipulating information, relative to young controls, even when the difficulty of the task was increased. In Experiment 4, validity was tested by asking young subjects to perform the task under the conditions of full or divided attention. Alphabetical recall was more impaired than direct recall during the divided attention condition, which suggests a larger involvement of the central executive component in the former. These results are discussed in relation to the hypothesis of a central executive impairment being associated with normal aging.


Subject(s)
Aging/psychology , Mental Recall , Serial Learning , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values
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Int J Radiat Biol ; 72(1): 63-70, 1997 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9246195

ABSTRACT

Irradiation of lysozyme in frozen states in the absence of oxygen induces specific fragmentation at defined sites along the backbone chain. This paper localizes radio-fragmentation sites by two methods. First, N-terminal sequencing of radiolysis fragments after separation by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and estimation of their molecular masses. Secondly, after purification of radiolysis fragments by reverse phase-HPLC and determination of their molecular mass by electro-spray-ionization mass-spectrometric analysis, combined to N-terminal sequencing and total amino acid analysis. Evidence for the breakage of the peptide bond itself (CO-NH) is given, with radio-fragmentation sites mostly found at the surface of irradiated lysozyme in solvent exposed loops and turns.


Subject(s)
Egg Proteins/chemistry , Egg Proteins/radiation effects , Muramidase/chemistry , Muramidase/radiation effects , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Egg Proteins/metabolism , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Freezing , Gamma Rays , Muramidase/metabolism , Protein Structure, Secondary , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Solutions
5.
FEBS Lett ; 412(2): 355-8, 1997 Jul 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9256251

ABSTRACT

To assess the importance of various regions of the androgen receptor (AR) in transcriptional regulation, we have compared its activation functions (AFs) in yeast and mammalian cells. The receptor's amino-terminal region contains a major transcriptional activator (AF-1) in both cell types, whereas AF-2 in the ligand-binding domain (LBD) is very weak in mammalian cells but clearly functional in the yeast. Hormone-binding ability of LBD is mandatory for AF-2 to operate, as illustrated by mutated LBD constructs. The activity of AF-2 in yeast is severely attenuated when the hinge region is attached to LBD, suggesting that the former region modulates AF-2 in vivo, probably by presenting an interface for interacting proteins.


Subject(s)
Androgens/metabolism , Receptors, Androgen/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Trans-Activators/pharmacology , Animals , Binding Sites , Receptors, Androgen/genetics
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J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci ; 51(6): P356-63, 1996 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8931623

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to assess whether older adults can inhibit irrelevant auditory information while performing a span task. In Experiment 1, young and older participants recalled seven visually presented digits while subject to three types of irrelevant noise; white noise (nonverbal), and familiar and nonfamiliar language (verbal). A baseline measure was obtained in silence. The effect of each noise was also assessed under articulatory suppression (AS). In Experiment 2, the number of digits to recall was adjusted to participants' individual span. Results show a clear irrelevant speech effect (ISE), that is, recall declines in the presence of familiar and nonfamiliar verbal noise, but is unaffected by white noise. AS negates ISE. Most important, ISE does not interact with age: older adults have no more difficulty inhibiting irrelevant auditory information than do young adults. These results are discussed relative to current theories of inhibition in aging.


Subject(s)
Aging/physiology , Memory/physiology , Mental Recall , Speech/physiology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neuropsychological Tests
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