title: Association analysis of the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) SNP rs1076560 in alcoholic patients.
abstract: The dopamine system plays a well-established role in alcoholism. In this study, we examined the association between the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1076560 of the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) gene and susceptibility to alcoholism. SNP rs1076560 (C/A) is located in intron 6 of DRD2, where it is 1.4 kb downstream from alternative exon 6 and 83 bp upstream from exon 7. A total of 248 alcoholic patients and 322 healthy controls, all Japanese males, were genotyped for rs1076560 polymorphism by direct sequencing and allele-specific PCR. Data were analyzed using standard chi(2) statistics and a backwards logistic regression approach to adjust for the contribution of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) genotype status. The DRD2 risk allele A was more prevalent in the alcoholic patients (40.1%) than in the healthy controls (34.0%) (P=0.034, odds ratio=1.300, 95% confidence interval=1.020-1.657). These data identify SNP rs1076560 as a potentially important variable in the development of alcoholism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasabe
authors.forename: Aizo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Sachio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsusita
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishiura
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics*; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D000071396:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial; D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; C096127:ALDH2 protein, human; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000071396:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial