Involvement of the PRKCB1 Gene in Autistic Disorder
Molecular Psychiatry (2009) 14, 705–718 & 2009 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 1359-4184/09 $32.00 www.nature.com/mp ORIGINAL ARTICLE Involvement of the PRKCB1 gene in autistic disorder: significant genetic association and reduced neocortical gene expression C Lintas1,2,14, R Sacco1,2,14, K Garbett3, K Mirnics3,4, R Militerni5, C Bravaccio6, P Curatolo7, B Manzi7, C Schneider8, R Melmed9, M Elia10, T Pascucci11,12, S Puglisi-Allegra11,12, K-L Reichelt13 and AM Persico1,2 1Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Neurogenetics, University ‘Campus Bio-Medico’, Rome, Italy; 2Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Psychiatric Genetics, Department of Experimental Neurosciences, I.R.C.C.S. ‘Fondazione Santa Lucia’, Rome, Italy; 3Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; 4Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; 5Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, II University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 6Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy; 7Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy; 8Center for Autism Research and Education, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 9Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 10Unit of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiopathology, I.R.C.C.S. ‘Oasi Maria S.S.’, Troina (EN), Italy; 11Department of Psychology, University ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy; 12Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Experimental Neurosciences, I.R.C.C.S. ‘Fondazione Santa Lucia’, Rome, Italy and 13Department of Pediatric Research, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Protein kinase C enzymes play an important role in signal transduction, regulation of gene expression and control of cell division and differentiation. The fsI and bII isoenzymes result from the alternative splicing of the PKCb gene (PRKCB1), previously found to be associated with autism.
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