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Oxidation of kynuramine by Lentil seedling copper amine oxidase: demonstrtion of a single turnover mechanismin the apoenzyme
No full textCopper amine oxidase was shown to be able to oxidize kynuramine to the corresponding aldehyde, which spontaneously rearranged to 4-hydroxyquinoline. Under anaerobic conditions, the native enzyme oxidized one equivalent of kynuramine and released one equivalent of aldehyde per enzyme subunit. The apoenzyme gave exactly the same 1:1:1 stoichiometry under anaerobic as well as aerobic conditions. These findings demonstrate unequivocally that copper-free amine oxidase can oxidize substrates with a single incomplete turnover
Migraine and Tumor Necrosis Factor gene polymorphism: an association study in a sardinian sample
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A48G polymorphism in the D1 receptor genes associated with bipolar I disorder in a Sardinian population
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A48G polymorphism in the D1 receptor genes associated with bipolar I disorder
No full textSeveral lines of evidence point to a role for dopamine in mood disorders and, in particular, in bipolar disorders. In line with a considerable amount of evidence, the dopamine D, receptor gene (DRD1) is considered to be a good candidate gene for bipolar disorders. Several studies did not find any association between bipolar 1 patients and DRD1. In this study, we investigate a possible association between BP disorder and -48A/G polymorphism of the DRD1. We genotyped 107 bipolar 1 patients and 129 healthy control subjects of exclusively Sardinian descent. A statistically significant difference in genotype (chi(2) = 6.29, df = 2, P = 0.042) and allele (chi(2) =5.46, df = 1, P = 0.019; OR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.08-2.16) frequencies was found, suggesting an association between the DRD1 gene and bipolar I disorder (BP I) in the Sardinian population
Association study between the phenotype migraine without aura-panic disorder and dopaminergic receptor genes
No full textClinical and epidemiological evidence suggests that migraine often co-occurs with psychopathological conditions. Several longitudinal and population-based studies have suggested that migraine and panic disorder might share a common predisposition. An abnormal dopaminergic function has been hypothesized to be involved as etiological factor in panic disorder as well as in migraine. Epidemiological and molecular data suggest the role of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of both migraine and panic attack disorder. We assessed the presence of panic disorder in 100 probands suffering from migraine without aura and the present study was designed to analyse the possible association of the migraine-panic phenotype with dopaminergic genes. In our sample, 17 out of 100 migraineurs were affected by panic disorder and were thus considered for the genetic association study. The allele frequencies of DRD1, DRD3, DRD5, DRD2 in probands did not differ from that of parental non-transmitted chromosomes. This result does not seem to support, in our limited sample, a common pathological basis, with regard to the dopaminergic system, between migraine and panic. Should migraine and panic disorder share some common mechanisms, these could be sought in neuro-chemical systems other than the dopaminergic one
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