An association between a microsatellite polymorphism at the DRD5 gene and the liability to substance abuse: pilot study.
We have conducted a population-based association study of substance abuse and a microsatellite at the dopamine D5 receptor locus (DRD5) in a sample of European-American males and females with substance dependence (SA) or without any psychiatric disorder. Overrepresentation of the most frequent allele (148 bp) was found in males in the SA group (OR = 2.2, P = .02); this finding was reproduced in females (OR = 5.4, p < .001). The difference in the frequencies of this allele between SA males and SA females was statistically significant. The genotype coded in accordance with the dose of this allele correlated with substance abuse liability in males and females (stronger in females) and with novelty seeking in females. There was no evidence of correlation between the genotypes of spouses that could be induced by assortative mating for the liability to substance abuse. The data suggest that the DRD5 locus is involved in the variation and sex dimorphism of substance abuse liability.
Vanyukov
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MM
Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR), University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. mmv@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Moss
H B
HB
Gioio
A E
AE
Hughes
H B
HB
Kaplan
B B
BB
Tarter
R E
RE
D000328:Adult; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000235:genetics*; D050641:Receptors, Dopamine D5; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000235:genetics*
C493605:DRD5 protein, human; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D050641:Receptors, Dopamine D5; D004247:DNA