title: The effect of dopamine D2, D5 receptor and transporter (SLC6A3) polymorphisms on the cue-elicited heroin craving in Chinese.
abstract: Heroin dependence is resulted from the interaction between multiple genetic and environmental factors. Subjective craving is considered to be a central phenomenon, which contributes to the continuation of drug use in active abuser and the occurrence of relapse in detoxified abusers. Dopamine pathway has been implicated in the cue-elicited craving for a variety of addictive substances. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that heroin addicts carrying specific variants in dopamine-related genes would have higher levels of craving following exposure to a heroin-related cue. Craving induced by a series of exposure to heroin-related cue was assessed in a cohort of Chinese heroin abuser (n = 420) recruited from natural abstinence center at Shanghai. Significantly stronger cue-elicited heroin craving was found in individuals carrying D2 dopamine receptor gene (DRD2) TaqI RFLP A1 allele than the non-carriers (P < 0.001). Furthermore, we did not observed significant association of cue-elicited craving with the nine-repeat allelic variants in dopamine transporter gene (DAT) SLC6A3 and with the dinucleotide repeat polymorphism (DRP) 148bp allele in D5 dopamine receptor gene (DRD5). The results of our study suggest that human dopamine pathway be involved in cue-induced heroin craving, and indicate a potential genetic risk factor for persistent heroin behavior and relapse.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Center for Anthropological Studies, School of Life Sciences and Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: YiFeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: ChunHong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Dandan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Pengrong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Yuying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Kaida
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D003463:Cues; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000235:genetics*; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000235:genetics; D050641:Receptors, Dopamine D5 / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; C493214:SLC6A3 protein, human; D050641:Receptors, Dopamine D5