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| GENETIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER PROTEIN ALLELES AND COCAINE-INDUCED PARANOIA |
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| Author(s): GELERNTER J, KRANZLER HR, SATEL SL, RAO PA |
| Source: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Pages: 195-200 Published: NOV 1994 |
| Times Cited: 119 References: 19 |
| Abstract: Paranoia in the context of cocaine abuse is common and potentially dangerous. Several lines of evidence suggest that this phenomenon may be related to function of the dopamine transporter protein (DAT). DAT is the site of presynaptic reuptake of dopamine, an event that terminates its synaptic activity. The gene coding for dopamine transporter protein (DAT1) contains a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region that can be typed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (Vandenbergh et al. 1992). Although this is not a coding region polymorphism if is close to the coding region and could plausibly be in linkage disequilibrium with a mutation in the gene. Cocaine blacks the dopamine transporter and increases synaptic availability of dopamine. We examined DAT alleles in 58 white and 45 black cocaine users in order to test only two hypotheses: (1) Is there an allelic association between DAT and cocaine dependence? and (2) Is there an allelic association between DAT and cocaine-induced paranoia? We did not demonstrate an allelic association with cocaine dependence. However, within the white sample, DAT genotype was associated with cocaine-induced paranoia (allele frequency for allele 9 = .16 for those without paranoid experiences versus .35 for those with, chi(2) = 3.9 [2 x 2 table], p < .05). There was no significant difference for the same measure in the black sample. Certain DAT genotypes may therefore predispose to paranoia in the context of cocaine use in white populations. We caution that these results require independent replication.
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| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: GELERNTER, J (reprint author), VET ADM MED CTR, DEPT PSYCHIAT, PSYCHIAT 116A, 950 CAMPBELL AVE, W HAVEN, CT 06516 USA |
Addresses:
1. YALE UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT PSYCHIAT, W HAVEN, CT 06516 USA
2. UNIV CONNECTICUT, SCH MED, DEPT PSYCHIAT, FARMINGTON, CT USA |
| Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 655 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10010 |
| Subject Category: Neurosciences; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Psychiatry |
| IDS Number: PR277 |
| ISSN: 0893-133X |
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