Nian-Sheng Tzeng1, Ru-Band Lu2, Hui-Wen Yeh3, Yi-Wei Yeh4, Chang-Chih Huang5, Che-Hung Yen6, Shin-Chang Kuo4, Chun-Yen Chen4, Hsin-An Chang7, Pei-Shen Ho8, Serena Cheng9, Mei-Chen Shih7, San-Yuan Huang10. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Behavior Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. 3. Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 5. Department of Psychiatry, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 6. Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 7. Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 8. Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 9. College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. 10. Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: hsy@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A substantial amount of evidence suggests that dysfunction of the dopamine transporter may be involved in the pathophysiology of amphetamine dependence (AD). The aim of this study was to examine whether the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1, SLC6A3) is associated with development of AD and whether this gene influences personality traits in patients with AD. METHODS: Eighteen polymorphisms of the DAT1 gene were analyzed in a case-control study that included 909 Han Chinese men (568 patients with AD and 341 control subjects). The patients fulfilled the DSM-IV-TR criteria for AD. The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) was used to assess personality traits and to examine the association between these traits and DAT1 gene variants. RESULTS: A weak association was found between the rs27072 polymorphism and development of AD, but these borderline associations were unconfirmed by logistic regression and haplotype analysis. Although harm avoidance and novelty seeking scores were significantly higher in patients than in controls, DAT1 polymorphisms did not influence these scores. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that high harm avoidance and novelty seeking personality traits may be a risk factor for the development of AD. However, the DAT1 gene may not contribute to AD susceptibility and specific personality traits observed in AD among Han Chinese men.
BACKGROUND: A substantial amount of evidence suggests that dysfunction of the dopamine transporter may be involved in the pathophysiology of amphetamine dependence (AD). The aim of this study was to examine whether the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1, SLC6A3) is associated with development of AD and whether this gene influences personality traits in patients with AD. METHODS: Eighteen polymorphisms of the DAT1 gene were analyzed in a case-control study that included 909 Han Chinese men (568 patients with AD and 341 control subjects). The patients fulfilled the DSM-IV-TR criteria for AD. The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) was used to assess personality traits and to examine the association between these traits and DAT1 gene variants. RESULTS: A weak association was found between the rs27072 polymorphism and development of AD, but these borderline associations were unconfirmed by logistic regression and haplotype analysis. Although harm avoidance and novelty seeking scores were significantly higher in patients than in controls, DAT1 polymorphisms did not influence these scores. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that high harm avoidance and novelty seeking personality traits may be a risk factor for the development of AD. However, the DAT1 gene may not contribute to AD susceptibility and specific personality traits observed in AD among Han Chinese men.
Authors: Jolanta Chmielowiec; Krzysztof Chmielowiec; Aleksandra Suchanecka; Grzegorz Trybek; Bożena Mroczek; Iwona Małecka; Anna Grzywacz Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2018-09-21 Impact factor: 3.390