title: Variations in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes in people of East Indian and African descent from Trinidad and Tobago.
abstract: The population of Trinidad and Tobago is composed mainly of people of East Indian (Indo-Trinidadians) and African (Afro-Trinidadians) ancestry. Differences in alcoholism rates exist between these two ethnic groups, and researchers have investigated whether these differences can be explained in part by variations in the genes encoding the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) 1B and 1C, and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 1 and 2. Studies have demonstrated that a certain variant of the gene encoding ADH1B (ADH1B*3) is associated with a reduced risk of alcoholism in Afro-Trinidadians, as is a variant of the gene encoding ADH1C (i.e., ADH1C*1) in Indo-Trinidadians. An ALDH2 variant shown to have protective effects primarily in East Asians was not found in either Trinidadian ethnic group. However, a variant in the gene encoding cytosolic ALDH1A (i.e. ALDH1A1*1/*2) was found to be associated with an increase in alcohol dependence in Indo-Trinidadians.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
authors: Shelley
authors: S
authors: Moore
authors: L K
authors: LK
authors: Montane-Jaime
authors: Lucinda G
authors: LG
authors: Carr
authors: Cindy L
authors: CL
authors: Ehlers
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000201:enzymology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000208:ethnology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
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