title: [A characteristic of alcoholics with the atypical aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2(2)--a relationship to other alcohol metabolizing enzymes].
abstract: The series were composed of 59 alcoholics. All the subjects fulfilled the DSM-III-R criteria for alcohol dependency. We investigated the genotype at ALDH2. 6 patients were heterozygous ALDH2(1)/ALDH2(2). We determined the genotypes at ADH2, ADH3 and P-4502E1 about 6 patients. 5 patients had ADH2(1)/ADH2(1) allele. 2 patients had P-450E1*C2. We found a genetic characteristic about alcoholics with the heterozygous ALDH2(1)/ALDH2(2) allele.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suwaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyatake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating