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2.
Br J Psychiatry ; 193(5): 383-8, 2008 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18978318

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Polymorphic variations in the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) moderate the depressogenic effects of tryptophan depletion. After childbirth there is a sharp reduction in brain tryptophan availability, thus polymorphic variations in 5-HTT may play a similar role in the post-partum period. AIMS: To study the role of 5-HTT polymorphic variations in mood changes after delivery. METHOD: One thousand, eight hundred and four depression-free Spanish women were studied post-partum. We evaluated depressive symptoms at 2-3 days, 8 weeks and 32 weeks post-partum. We used diagnostic interview to confirm major depression for all probable cases. Based on two polymorphisms of 5-HTT (5-HTTLPR and STin2 VNTR), three genotype combinations were created to reflect different levels of 5-HTT expression. RESULTS: One hundred and seventy-three women (12.7%) experienced major depression during the 32-week post-partum period. Depressive symptoms were associated with the high-expression 5-HTT genotypes in a dose-response fashion at 8 weeks post-partum, but not at 32 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: High-expression 5-HTT genotypes may render women more vulnerable to depressive symptoms after childbirth.


Assuntos
Depressão Pós-Parto/genética , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Proteínas da Membrana Plasmática de Transporte de Serotonina/genética , Triptofano/deficiência , Feminino , Seguimentos , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Gravidez , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Espanha
5.
Eur Psychiatry ; 19(6): 349-53, 2004 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15363473

RESUMO

Recent studies have suggested that DNA variations in the CCK-AR gene might predispose individuals to schizophrenia and particularly to auditory hallucinations (AH). The aim of this study is to assess the association between AH, using a specific scale for AH in schizophrenia (PSYRATS), and the CCK-AR polymorphism at 779 in a Spanish sample. A total of 105 DSM-IV schizophrenic patients with AH and 93 unrelated controls were studied. Twenty-two patients were considered as persistent auditory hallucinators, which showed similar clinical and demographic characteristic than patients with episodic AH, but with the exception of the PSYRATS values. The persistent AH group showed an excess of the A1 allele when was compared with episodic or control groups. Our data support the possible role of the CCK-AR gene in the development of persistent AH in schizophrenic patients.


Assuntos
Alucinações/epidemiologia , Alucinações/etiologia , Periodicidade , Receptor de Colecistocinina A/genética , Esquizofrenia/complicações , Esquizofrenia/genética , Adulto , Primers do DNA/genética , Demografia , Manual Diagnóstico e Estatístico de Transtornos Mentais , Feminino , Frequência do Gene , Genótipo , Alucinações/diagnóstico , Humanos , Íntrons/genética , Desequilíbrio de Ligação/genética , Masculino , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Distribuição por Sexo , Inquéritos e Questionários
6.
Mol Biol Evol ; 18(5): 882-92, 2001 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11319272

RESUMO

The analysis of 460 kb of genomic sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome III allowed us to identify two new transposable elements named AtC1 and AtC2. AtC1 shows identical long terminal repeats (LTRs) and all the structural features characteristic of the copia-like active elements. AtC2 is also a full copia-like element, but a putative stop codon in the open reading frame (ORF) would produce a truncated protein. In order to identify the copia-like fraction of the A. thaliana genome, a careful computer-based analysis of the available sequences (which correspond to 92% of the genome) was performed. Approximately 300 nonredundant copia-like sequences homologous to AtC1 and AtC2 were detected, which showed an extreme heterogeneity in size and degree of conservation. This number of copies would correspond to approximately 1% of the A. thaliana genome. Seventy-one sequences were selected for further analysis, with 23 of them being full complete elements. Five corresponded to previously described ones, and the remaining ones, named AtC3 to AtC18 are new elements described in this work. Most of these elements presented a putative functional ORF, nearly identical LTRs, and the other elements necessary for retrotransposon activity. Phylogenetic trees, supported by high bootstrap values, indicated that these 23 elements could be considered separate families. In turn, these 23 families could be clustered into six major lineages, named copia I-VI. Most of the 71 analyzed sequences clustered into these six main clades. The widespread presence of these copia-like superfamilies throughout plant genomes is discussed.


Assuntos
Arabidopsis/genética , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis/genética , Evolução Molecular , Genes , Modelos Genéticos , Modelos Teóricos , Fases de Leitura Aberta/genética , Sequências Repetidas Terminais/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Bases de Dados Factuais , Etiquetas de Sequências Expressas , Genoma de Planta , Magnoliopsida , Filogenia , Alinhamento de Sequência , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Homologia de Sequência , Software
7.
Mol Biol Evol ; 17(8): 1185-93, 2000 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10908638

RESUMO

The Ty3/gypsy family of retroelements is closely related to retroviruses, and some of their members have an open reading frame resembling the retroviral gene env. Sequences homologous to the gypsy element from Drosophila melanogaster are widely distributed among Drosophila species. In this work, we report a phylogenetic study based mainly on the analysis of the 5' region of the env gene from several species of the obscura group, and also from sequences already reported of D. melanogaster, Drosophila virilis, and Drosophila hydei. Our results indicate that the gypsy elements from species of the obscura group constitute a monophyletic group which has strongly diverged from the prototypic D. melanogaster gypsy element. Phylogenetic relationships between gypsy sequences from the obscura group are consistent with those of their hosts, indicating vertical transmission. However, D. hydei and D. virilis gypsy sequences are closely related to those of the affinis subgroup, which could be indicative of horizontal transmission.


Assuntos
Drosophila/genética , Evolução Molecular , Retroelementos/genética , Retroviridae/genética , Animais , DNA/química , DNA/genética , Drosophila/classificação , Genes env/genética , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Especificidade da Espécie
8.
Genetica ; 109(3): 275-82, 2000.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11430491

RESUMO

Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are trans-acting factors involved in maturation of rRNA and have been classified into Box C/D and Box H/ACA families. Most of the snoRNAs occur as ribonucleoprotein complexes with snoRNA-associated proteins (snoRNPs). All Box C/D snoRNAs in yeast form complexes with Nop1p, Nop56p and Nop58p. Similarly, it has been reported that Box H/ACA-containing snoRNAs form complexes with yeast Gar1p. Nop56p and Nop58p homologs have been described in several species. Here we report the isolation and molecular characterization of the Dnop56 genes from D. melanogaster and D. subobscura which show a very similar structure. Drosophila Nop56p proteins contain lysine-rich regions at their carboxy-terminus, and show a high degree of similarity to other Nop56p proteins from different organisms. Phylogenetic relationships among these proteins and other snoRNPs have been established.


Assuntos
Nucléolo Celular/genética , Proteínas de Drosophila , Drosophila/genética , Proteínas de Insetos/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleolares Pequenas/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Expressão Gênica , Genes de Insetos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
10.
Gene ; 229(1-2): 47-57, 1999 Mar 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10095103

RESUMO

GEM is a new family of repetitive sequences detected in the D. subobscura genome. Two of the four described GEM elements encompass a heterogeneous central module, with no detectable ORF, flanked by two long inverted repeats. These elements are composed of a set of repetitive modules, which are inverted repeat (IR), direct repeat (DR), palindromic sequence (PS), long sequence (LS) and short sequence (SS). These five modules can be found either clustered or dispersed as single modules in the D. subobscura genome, in euchromatic and heterochromatic regions. In addition to the 3' region of Adh retrosequences, single IR and LS blocks were found associated with the promoter region of different genes, in particular, LS-like blocks have also been found associated with functional genes in D. melanogaster and D. virilis. Conversely, the DR block is highly similar to satellite DNAs from some other species of the obscura group. In addition, GEM elements share some structural features with IS elements described in different Drosophila species. It is likely that both GEM and IS sequences would be vestiges of an ancestral transposable element.


Assuntos
Drosophila/genética , Genes de Insetos , Sequências Repetitivas de Ácido Nucleico/genética , Álcool Desidrogenase/genética , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Clonagem Molecular , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis/genética , Evolução Molecular , Genoma , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Alinhamento de Sequência , TATA Box/genética
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J Mol Evol ; 47(3): 282-91, 1998 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9732455

RESUMO

A phylogenetic analysis of P transposable elements in the Drosophila obscura species group is described. Multiple P sequences from each of 10 species were obtained using PCR primers that flank a conserved region of exon 2 of the transposase gene. In general, the P element phylogeny is congruent with the species phylogeny, indicating that the dominant mode of transmission has been vertical, from generation to generation. One manifestation of this is the distinction of P elements from the Old World obscura and subobscura subgroups from those of the New World affinis subgroup. However, the overall distribution of elements within the obscura species group is not congruent with the phylogenetic relationships of the species themselves. There are at least four distinct subfamilies of P elements, which differ in sequence from each other by as much as 34%, and some individual species carry sequences belonging to different subfamilies. P sequences from D. bifasciata are particularly interesting. These sequences belong to two subfamilies and both are distinct from all other P elements identified in this survey. Several mechanisms are postulated to be involved in determining phylogenetic relationships among P elements in the obscura group. In addition to vertical transmission, these include retention of ancestral polymorphisms and horizontal transfer by an unknown mating-independent mechanism.


Assuntos
Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Drosophila/genética , Evolução Molecular , Animais , Drosophila/classificação , Genes de Insetos , Filogenia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
12.
Chromosoma ; 107(2): 113-26, 1998 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9601980

RESUMO

We have used a new approach involving in situ hybridisation and electron microscopy to establish ultrastructural homologies between polytene chromosome regions of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila subobscura. Twelve probes were chosen to cover all the chromosomal elements: the myospheroid gene, the collagen type IV gene, the collagen-like gene, the w26 homeobox gene, the beta3 tubulin gene, the kinesin heavy chain gene, the tryptophan hydrolase gene, the Hsp82, Hsp22-26 and Hsp23-28, Hsp68, Hsp70 genes and the beta unit of the F0-F1 ATPase gene. Most of these loci were previously undescribed in D. subobscura and imprecisely located in D. melanogaster. We have demonstrated here, by an ultrastructural analysis of each chromosomal region, that homologous genetic loci tend to show a similar ultrastructure in the two species. With a few exceptions, the structural homology extends to the chromosomal regions surrounding the loci. In some cases, however, no structurally recognisable homology can be seen either in the locus or in its flanking regions.


Assuntos
Cromossomos/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Drosophila , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Genes de Insetos , Proteínas Musculares , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico , Animais , Bandeamento Cromossômico , Colágeno/genética , Sondas de DNA , Drosophila melanogaster/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP20 , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP30 , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/genética , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/genética , Cadeias alfa de Integrinas , Integrinas/genética , Cinesinas/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , ATPases Translocadoras de Prótons/genética , Triptofano Hidroxilase/genética , Tubulina (Proteína)/genética
13.
Am J Hum Genet ; 61(1): 101-10, 1997 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9245990

RESUMO

The Friedreich ataxia (FA) mutation has recently been identified as an unstable trinucleotide GAA repeat present 7-22 times in the normal population but amplified as many as > 1,000 times in FA. Since it is an autosomal recessive disease, FA does not show typical features observed in other dynamic mutation disorders, such as genetic anticipation. We have analyzed the GAA repeat in 104 FA patients and 163 carrier relatives previously defined by linkage analysis. The GAA expansion was detected in all patients, most (94%) of them being homozygous for the mutation. We have demonstrated that clinical variability in FA is related to the size of the expanded alleles: milder forms of the disease-late-onset FA and FA with retained reflexes-are associated with shorter expansions, especially with the smaller of the two expanded alleles. Absence of cardiomyopathy is also associated with shorter alleles. Dynamics of the GAA repeat has been investigated in 212 parent-offspring pairs. Meiotic instability showed a sex bias: paternally transmitted alleles tend to decrease in a linear way that depends on the paternal expansion size, whereas maternal alleles can either increase or decrease. A different pattern of intergenerational variation was also observed, depending on the genetic status of the sib: patients had shorter expansions than were seen in heterozygous carriers. This finding has been interpreted as a postzygotic event. Finally, we have observed that the size of the expansion remains constant in the population through carriers.


Assuntos
Ataxia de Friedreich/genética , Mutação , Repetições de Trinucleotídeos/genética , Adolescente , Criança , Ataxia de Friedreich/fisiopatologia , Amplificação de Genes , Ligação Genética , Humanos , Fenótipo
15.
Genetica ; 100(1-3): 39-48, 1997.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9440257

RESUMO

The study of gypsy elements in Drosophila subobscura (gypsyDs) indicated that they are transcriptionally active and mobile. From the comparative analysis of a complete gypsyDs element with the canonical gypsy sequence from D. melanogaster (gypsyDm) it can be deduced that while the whole structure is maintained, the gypsyDs ORF3 encodes a non-functional Env protein. The PCR amplification and sequencing of the ORF3 from different laboratory strains and H271 clones show that all gypsyDs sequences studied have frame-shifting mutations in this region. These results support that gypsyDs elements lack functional Env proteins and consequently they lack infective ability. In this way, it can be proposed that gypsyDs elements are degenerate forms of insect retroviruses. Heterogeneous results have been obtained in the study of the presence of gypsyDm sequences in different D. subobscura strains indicating that these sequences are unstable in this species.


Assuntos
Drosophila/genética , Retroelementos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Retroviridae/genética , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico
16.
Genome ; 39(5): 823-9, 1996 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8890514

RESUMO

The P element homologous sequences of the two closely related species Drosophila guanche and Drosophila subobscura represent a very special case of transposable-element derivatives. Although they have lost the regions known to be essential for P transposition by random mutations, all of them have selectively conserved the coding capacity for "P-repressor-like" proteins during the past few millions years. In both species, they are tandemly amplified in a single euchromatic gene cluster at equivalent chromosomal positions. In contrast, Drosophila madeirensis, an endemic species that is very closely related to both D. subobscura and D. guanche, harbours an additional P homologous site. Several mechanisms can be invoked to explain the generation of the new site in this species. In this work we present several molecular and cytological data in order to elucidate the possible evolutionary origin of the P derivatives of D. madeirensis.


Assuntos
Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Genes de Insetos , Proteínas de Insetos/genética , Sequências Repetitivas de Ácido Nucleico , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Evolução Biológica , Mapeamento Cromossômico , DNA/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular
17.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 24(5): 914-23, 1996 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8600460

RESUMO

We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a 7.5 kb full-size gypsy element from Drosophila subobscura strain H-271. Comparative analyses were carried out on the sequence and molecular structure of gypsy elements of D.subobscura (gypsyDs), D.melanogaster (gypsyDm) and D.virilis (gypsyDv). The three elements show a structure that maintains a common mechanism of expression. ORF1 and ORF2 show typical motifs of gag and pol genes respectively in the three gypsy elements and could encode functional proteins necessary for intracellular expansion. In the three ORF1 proteins an arginine-rich region was found which could constitute a RNA binding motif. The main differences among the gypsy elements are found in ORF3 (env-like gene); gypsyDm encodes functional env proteins, whereas gypsyDs and gypsyDv ORF3s lack some motifs essential for functionality of this protein. On the basis of these results, while gypsyDm is the first insect retrovirus described, gypsyDs and gypsyDv could constitute degenerate forms of these retroviruses. In this context, we have found some evidence that gypsyDm could have recently infected some D.subobscura strains. Comparative analyses of divergence and phylogenetic relationships of gypsy elements indicate that the gypsy elements belonging to species of different subgenera (gypsyDs and gypsyDv) are closer than gypsy elements of species belonging to the same subgenus (gypsyDs and gypsyDm). These data are congruent with horizontal transfer of gypsy elements among different Drosophila spp.


Assuntos
Drosophila/genética , Retroelementos/genética , Retroviridae/genética , Proteínas Virais/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Clonagem Molecular , Drosophila/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Retroviridae/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência , Análise de Sequência
18.
Science ; 271(5254): 1423-7, 1996 Mar 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8596916

RESUMO

Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive, degenerative disease that involves the central and peripheral nervous systems and the heart. A gene, X25, was identified in the critical region for the FRDA locus on chromosome 9q13. This gene encodes a 210-amino acid protein, frataxin, that has homologs in distant species such as Caenorhabditis elegans and yeast. A few FRDA patients were found to have point mutations in X25, but the majority were homozygous for an unstable GAA trinucleotide expansion in the first X25 intron.


Assuntos
Cromossomos Humanos Par 9/genética , Ataxia de Friedreich/genética , Íntrons , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro , Proteínas/genética , Repetições de Trinucleotídeos , Alelos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Bases , Primers do DNA , Feminino , Genes Recessivos , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Linhagem , Mutação Puntual , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Proteínas/química , Alinhamento de Sequência , Frataxina
19.
Eur J Hum Genet ; 4(4): 191-8, 1996.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8875184

RESUMO

Haplotype analysis is a powerful approach to understand the spectrum of mutations accounting for a disease in a homogeneous population. We show that haplotype variation for 10 markers linked to the Friedreich ataxia locus (FRDA) argues in favor of an important mutation homogeneity in the Spanish population, and positions the FRDA locus in the region where it has been recently isolated. We also report the finding of a new single nucleotide polymorphism called FAD1. The new marker shows a very strong linkage disequilibrium with Friedreich ataxia (FA) in both the Spanish and French populations. suggesting the existence of an ancient and widespread FRDA mutations. Inclusion of FAD1 in the extended haplotype analysis has allowed to postulate that this main FRDA mutation could account for 50-90% of the disease chromosomes. The results indicate that FA, despite clinical heterogeneity, could have originated from a few initial mutations.


Assuntos
Ataxia de Friedreich/etiologia , Ataxia de Friedreich/genética , Mutação , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Sequência de Bases , Mapeamento Cromossômico , França , Marcadores Genéticos , Haplótipos , Humanos , Íntrons , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Polimorfismo Genético , Espanha , Repetições de Trinucleotídeos
20.
Chromosoma ; 103(9): 613-24, 1995 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7587584

RESUMO

We have characterized at the molecular level the zerknüllt (zen) region of the Drosophila subobscura Antennapedia complex. The sequence comparison between D. subobscura and D. melanogaster shows an irregular distribution of the conserved and diverged regions, with the homeobox and a putative activating domain completely conserved. Comparisons of the promoter sequence and pattern of expression of the gene during development suggest that the regulation of zen has been conserved during evolution. The conservation of zen expression in a subpopulation of the polar cells indicates the existence of an important role in such cells. We describe a transitory segmented pattern of expression of zen in both species, suggesting the existence of interactions with a pair rule gene. Some indirect clues indicate that the z2 gene might be absent from the D. subobscura genome. A chromosome walk initiated to reach the proboscipedia gene of D. subobscura reveals that the distance between pb and zen is at least four times the one described for D. melanogaster and for D. pseudoobscura. Finally, we present cytological evidence showing that the ANT-C is inverted in D. subobscura as compared to D. melanogaster.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Drosophila , Drosophila/genética , Genes Homeobox , Genes de Insetos , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Proteína do Homeodomínio de Antennapedia , Sequência de Bases , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos/genética , Clonagem Molecular , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Drosophila/embriologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/genética , Hibridização In Situ , Hormônios de Inseto/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , RNA Mensageiro/análise , Proteínas Repressoras/biossíntese , Alinhamento de Sequência , Fatores de Transcrição/genética
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