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- Title
Association of μ-Opioid Receptor Gene Polymorphism A118G with Alcohol Dependence in a Japanese Population.
- Authors
Nishizawa, Daisuke; Wenhua Han; Hasegawa, Junko; Ishida, Takafumi; Numata, Yukio; Sato, Tadahiro; Kawai, Atsuko; Ikeda, Kazutaka
- Abstract
Ethanol is considered to activate the brain reward system by increasing the release of an endogenous opioid receptor ligand, β-endorphin. The polymorphism A118G in the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) causes the amino acid change Asn40Asp and has been reported to affect the affinity of the ligand for the receptor. The association of this polymorphism with the vulnerability to alcohol dependence has been studied in many populations, but not yet in Japanese people. In the present study, we compared the frequencies of the polymorphism OPRM1 A118G between patients with alcohol dependence and healthy control subjects living in a Japanese provincial prefecture. We also genotyped a polymorphism, G1510A, in the acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene (ALDH2), in which the A allele causes poor metabolism of acetaldehyde, a major metabolite of alcohol. Both OPRM1 118G and ALDH2 1510G were significantly associated with alcohol dependence. These results suggest that OPRM1 118G in addition to ALDH2 1510G might be one of the risk factors for alcohol dependence in Japanese people. Copyright © 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
JAPANESE people; ALCOHOLISM; OPIOID receptors; ACETALDEHYDE; DEHYDROGENASES
- Publication
Neuropsychobiology, 2006, Vol 53, Issue 3, p137
- ISSN
0302-282X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1159/000093099