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Sabatucci A, Girella A, Di Bartolomeo M, Pucci M, Vismara M, Benatti B, Blacksell IA, Cooper D, Dainese E, D'Acquisto F, Dell'Osso B, D'Addario C. A possible role for G-quadruplexes formation and DNA methylation at IMOOD gene promoter in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Adv Biol Regul 2023; 89:100976. [PMID: 37572394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2023.100976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
Abstract
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition still classified and diagnosed with subjective interview-based assessments and which molecular clues have not completely been elucidated. We have recently identified a new regulator of anxiety and OCD-like behavior called Immuno-moodulin (IMOOD) and, here, we report that IMOOD gene promoter is differentially methylated in OCD subjects when compared to genomic material collected from healthy controls and this alteration is significantly correlated with the increased expression of the gene in OCD. We also demonstrated that IMOOD promoter can form G-quadruplexes and we suggest that, in homeostatic conditions, these structures could evoke DNA-methylation silencing the gene, whereas in pathological conditions, like OCD, could induce gene expression making the promoter more accessible to transcriptional factors. We here thus further suggest IMOOD as a new biomarker for OCD and also hypothesize new mechanisms of gene regulation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Annalaura Sabatucci
- Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy; Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; School of Life and Health Science, University of Roehampton, London, SW15, 4JD, UK
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milano, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", Psychiatry Unit 2, ASST Sacco-Fatebenefratelli, Via G.B. Grassi, 74, 20157, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Korec E, Ungrová L, Hejnar J, Grieblová A, Zelená K. Three new genes associated with longevity in the European Bison. Vet Anim Sci 2022; 17:100266. [PMID: 35957660 PMCID: PMC9361326 DOI: 10.1016/j.vas.2022.100266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Evžen Korec
- Zoologická zahrada Tábor a.s., Dukelských Hrdinů 19, 170 00, Prague 7, Czech Republic
- Corresponding author.
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- Zoologická zahrada Tábor a.s., Dukelských Hrdinů 19, 170 00, Prague 7, Czech Republic
- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Zoologická zahrada Tábor a.s., Dukelských Hrdinů 19, 170 00, Prague 7, Czech Republic
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- Zoologická zahrada Tábor a.s., Dukelských Hrdinů 19, 170 00, Prague 7, Czech Republic
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