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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(7)2023 Apr 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37047762

RESUMO

The clusterin (CLU) rs11136000 CC genotype is a probable risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). CLU, also known as the apolipoprotein J gene, shares certain properties with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene with a well-established relationship with AD. This study aimed to determine whether the electrophysiological patterns of brain activation during the letter fluency task (LFT) depend on CLU genotypes in adults without dementia. Previous studies have shown that LFT performance involves activation of the frontal cortex. We examined EEG alpha1 and alpha2 band desynchronization in the frontal regions during the LFT in 94 nondemented individuals stratified by CLU (rs11136000) genotype. Starting at 30 years of age, CLU CC carriers exhibited more pronounced task-related alpha2 desynchronization than CLU CT&TT carriers in the absence of any differences in LFT performance. In CLU CC carriers, alpha2 desynchronization was significantly correlated with age. Increased task-related activation in individuals at genetic risk for AD may reflect greater "effort" to perform the task and/or neuronal hyperexcitability. The results show that the CLU genotype is associated with neuronal hyperactivation in the frontal cortex during cognitive tasks performances in nondemented individuals, suggesting systematic vulnerability of LFT related cognitive networks in people carrying unfavorable CLU alleles.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer , Clusterina , Adulto , Humanos , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Encéfalo , Clusterina/genética , Cognição , Eletroencefalografia , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único
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Biochemistry (Mosc) ; 87(3): 242-258, 2022 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35526849

RESUMO

Paleogenomics is one of the urgent and promising areas of interdisciplinary research in the today's world science. New genomic methods of ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis, such as next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, make it possible not only to obtain detailed genetic information about historical and prehistoric human populations, but also to study individual microbial and viral pathogens and microbiomes from different ancient and historical objects. Studies of aDNA of pathogens by reconstructing their genomes have so far yielded complete sequences of the ancient pathogens that played significant role in the history of the world: Yersinia pestis (plague), Variola virus (smallpox), Vibrio cholerae (cholera), HBV (hepatitis B virus), as well as the equally important endemic human infectious agents: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy), and Treponema pallidum (syphilis). Genomic data from these pathogens complemented the information previously obtained by paleopathologists and allowed not only to identify pathogens from the past pandemics, but also to recognize the pathogen lineages that are now extinct, to refine chronology of the pathogen appearance in human populations, and to reconstruct evolutionary history of the pathogens that are still relevant to public health today. In this review, we describe state-of-the-art genomic research of the origins and evolution of many ancient pathogens and viruses and examine mechanisms of the emergence and spread of the ancient infections in the mankind history.


Assuntos
Genômica , Yersinia pestis , DNA Antigo , Genômica/métodos , História Antiga , Humanos , Mycobacterium leprae/genética , Paleontologia , Yersinia pestis/genética
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Genes (Basel) ; 13(2)2022 01 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35205209

RESUMO

FKBP51 is a key stress-responsive regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. To elucidate the contribution of rs1360780 FKBP5 C/T alleles to aging and longevity, we genotyped FKBP5 in a cohort of 800 non-demented and Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects of different age, taking into account the allele state of ApoE ε4, the major risk factor for AD. Furthermore, we searched for the association of FKBP5 with subcohorts of non-demented subjects evaluated for anxiety and resting-state quantitative EEG characteristics, associated with cognitive, emotional, and functional brain activities. We observed that increased state anxiety scores depend on the combination of the FKBP5 and ApoE genotypes and on the DNA methylation state of the FKBP5 promoter and ApoE genotype. We also found a significant gender-dependent correlation between FKBP5 promoter methylation and alpha-, delta-, and theta-rhythms. Analysis of the FKBP5 expression in an independent cohort revealed a significant upregulation of FKBP5 in females versus males. Our data suggest a synergistic effect of the stress-associated (FKBP5) and neurodegeneration-associated (ApoE) gene alleles on anxiety and the gender-dependent effect of FKBP5 on neurophysiological brain activity.


Assuntos
Ansiedade , Apolipoproteínas E , Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisário , Sistema Hipófise-Suprarrenal , Proteínas de Ligação a Tacrolimo , Ansiedade/genética , Apolipoproteínas E/genética , Eletroencefalografia , Epigênese Genética , Feminino , Humanos , Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisário/metabolismo , Masculino , Sistema Hipófise-Suprarrenal/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a Tacrolimo/genética
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Eur J Hum Genet ; 24(4): 550-5, 2016 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26242992

RESUMO

X-linked congenital cerebellar ataxia is a heterogeneous nonprogressive neurodevelopmental disorder with onset in early childhood. We searched for a genetic cause of this condition, previously reported in a Buryat pedigree of Mongolian ancestry from southeastern Russia. Using whole-genome sequencing on Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform, we found a missense mutation in the ABCB7 (ABC-binding cassette transporter B7) gene, encoding a mitochondrial transporter, involved in heme synthesis and previously associated with sideroblastic anemia and ataxia. The mutation resulting in a substitution of a highly conserved glycine to serine in position 682 is apparently a major causative factor of the cerebellar hypoplasia/atrophy found in affected individuals of a Buryat family who had no evidence of sideroblastic anemia. Moreover, in these affected men we also found the genetic defects in two other genes closely linked to ABCB7 on chromosome X: a deletion of a genomic region harboring the second exon of copper-transporter gene (ATP7A) and a complete deletion of PGAM4 (phosphoglycerate mutase family member 4) retrogene located in the intronic region of the ATP7A gene. Despite the deletion, eliminating the first of six metal-binding domains in ATP7A, no signs for Menkes disease or occipital horn syndrome associated with ATP7A mutations were found in male carriers. The role of the PGAM4 gene has been previously implicated in human reproduction, but our data indicate that its complete loss does not disrupt male fertility. Our finding links cerebellar pathology to the genetic defect in ABCB7 and ATP7A structural variant inherited as X-linked trait, and further reveals the genetic heterogeneity of X-linked cerebellar disorders.


Assuntos
Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Doenças Genéticas Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/genética , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Ataxias Espinocerebelares/genética , Adenosina Trifosfatases/genética , Adulto , Proteínas de Transporte de Cátions/genética , Criança , ATPases Transportadoras de Cobre , Feminino , Genoma Humano , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Linhagem
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 33(4): 1201-12, 2005.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15731340

RESUMO

Cleavage of phosphodiester bonds by small ribonuclease mimics within different bulge-loops of RNA was investigated. Bulge-loops of different size (1-7 nt) and sequence composition were formed in a 3' terminal fragment of influenza virus M2 RNA (96 nt) by hybridization of complementary oligodeoxynucleotides. Small bulges (up to 4 nt) were readily formed upon oligonucleotide hybridization, whereas hybridization of the RNA to the oligonucleotides designed to produce larger bulges resulted in formation of several alternative structures. A synthetic ribonuclease mimic displaying Pyr-Pu cleavage specificity cleaved CpA motifs located within bulges faster than similar motifs within the rest of the RNA. In the presence of 10 mM MgCl2, 75% of the cleavage products resulted from the attack of this motif. Thus, selective RNA cleavage at a single target phosphodiester bond was achieved by using bulge forming oligonucleotides and a small ribonuclease A mimic.


Assuntos
RNA/química , RNA/metabolismo , Ribonuclease Pancreático/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Soluções Tampão , Imidazóis/química , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico , Oligodesoxirribonucleotídeos/química , RNA Viral/química , RNA Viral/metabolismo , Ribonuclease Pancreático/química , Especificidade por Substrato
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