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Catechol-O-methyltransferase and dopamine receptor D4 gene variants: Possible association with substance abuse in Bangladeshi male. 2021

Jahanara Akter Sonia, and Tohfa Kabir, and M M Towhidul Islam, and Yearul Kabir

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Gono Bishwabidyalay, Savar, Bangladesh.

Genetic risk of substance abuse is encoded mainly by central neurochemical pathways(mostly dopaminergic system) related to reinforcement and reward. In this study a functionalpolymorphism in Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) (Val158Met) and the Dopamine receptor D4 gene (DRD4) (120 bp tandem duplication) has been studied in substance abused subjects. The study was carried out with 183 substance abused subjects and 175 healthy persons with no history of substance abuse. DNA was extracted and polymorphisms were analyzed using allele-specific PCR. The impact of these two polymorphisms was also analyzed on addictive characteristics (age of starting abuse, a pattern of drug habit, and period of addiction). It was found that only the heterozygous variant of COMT polymorphism (Val/Met) (p<0.05, OR = 1.66, 95% CI = 1.044-2.658) and both homozygous (p<0.05, OR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.193-0.937) and heterozygous (p<0.05, OR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.172-0.826) derived variants of DRD4 120 bp tandem duplication were significantly associated with risk of substance abuse compared to controls. In case of association of these polymorphisms with an age of onset, no significant difference was found among three different genotypic groups of COMT polymorphism. Whereas, the homozygous derived variant (240 bp/240 bp) of DRD4 gene was found to have a later age of onset (20.5±0.8) for substance abuse compared to heterozygous (120 bp/240 bp) (19.1±0.8) and wild type homozygous variant (120 bp/120 bp) (16.0±0.5), which was statistically significant (p<0.05). Again, in the case of the pattern of drug habit, the frequency of the Val/Val genotype is higher in polysubstance abused (>2 drugs) subjects (p<0.05) compared to the heterozygous Val/Met containing variants. An association of period of addiction was analyzed with an individual type of substance abuse and found that heroin abused subjects have a significantly higher period of addiction (11.6±1.0) compared to other abusers (p<0.01). Further, it was found that Met/Met containing variants of COMT polymorphism has a more extended period of addiction than other genetic variants in heroin abused subjects. These results indicate that genetic variability may influence the susceptibility to the risk of substance abuse and addictive characteristics.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011110	Polymorphism, Genetic	The regular and simultaneous occurrence in a single interbreeding population of two or more discontinuous genotypes. The concept includes differences in genotypes ranging in size from a single nucleotide site (POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE) to large nucleotide sequences visible at a chromosomal level.	Gene Polymorphism,Genetic Polymorphism,Polymorphism (Genetics),Genetic Polymorphisms,Gene Polymorphisms,Polymorphism, Gene,Polymorphisms (Genetics),Polymorphisms, Gene,Polymorphisms, Genetic
D002394	Catechol O-Methyltransferase	Enzyme that catalyzes the movement of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionone to a catechol or a catecholamine.	Catechol Methyltransferase,Catechol-O-Methyltransferase,Catechol O Methyltransferase,Methyltransferase, Catechol,O-Methyltransferase, Catechol
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001459	Bangladesh	A country in Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India. The capital is Dhaka.
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D050638	Receptors, Dopamine D4	A subtype of dopamine D2 receptors that has high affinity for the antipsychotic CLOZAPINE.	Dopamine D4 Receptors,Dopamine D4 Receptor,Receptor, Dopamine D4,D4 Receptor, Dopamine,D4 Receptors, Dopamine

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