Association between two µ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) haplotype blocks and drug or alcohol dependence
Open Access
- 13 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Human Molecular Genetics
- Vol. 15 (6), 807-819
- https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddl024
Abstract
We examined 13 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning the coding region of the µ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), among 382 European Americans (EAs) affected with substance dependence [alcohol dependence (AD) and/or drug dependence (DD)] and 338 EA healthy controls. These SNPs delineated two haplotype blocks. Genotype distributions for all SNPs were in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in controls, but in cases, four SNPs in Block I and three SNPs in Block II showed deviation from HWE. Significant differences were found between cases and controls in allele and/or genotype frequencies for six SNPs in Block I and two SNPs in Block II. Association of SNP4 in Block I with DD (allele: P=0.004), SNP5 in Block I with AD and DD (allele: P≤0.005 for both) and two SNPs in Block II with AD (SNP11 genotype: P=0.002; SNP12 genotype: P=0.001) were significant after correction for multiple testing. Frequency distributions of haplotypes (constructed by five tag SNPs) differed significantly for cases and controls (POPRM1 variants and substance dependence, when sex and age of subjects and alleles, genotypes, haplotypes or diplotypes of five tag SNPs were considered. Population structure analyses excluded population stratification artifact. Additional supporting evidence for association between OPRM1 and AD was obtained in a smaller Russian sample (247 cases and 100 controls). These findings suggest that OPRM1 intronic variants play a role in susceptibility to AD and DD in populations of European ancestry.This publication has 73 references indexed in Scilit:
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