Di Bella Daniela, Cavallini Maria Cristina, Bellodi Laura
Department of Neuropsychiatric Services, Vita-Salute University, Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy.
Am J Psychiatry. 2002 Oct;159(10):1783-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1783.
Serotonin abnormalities may be involved in the etiopathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The silent G-to-C substitution at nucleotide 861 of the coding region of the 5-HT(1Dbeta) receptor gene may be associated with liability to OCD. The aim of this study was to investigate this association in an Italian OCD study group.
Genotyping for 5-HT(1Dbeta) was performed for 79 nuclear families of probands with OCD. The transmission/disequilibrium test was used to determine transmission of the alleles from parents to offspring.
Of the 79 families, 48 were informative for the analysis, i.e., both parents were genotyped for 5-HT(1Dbeta), and at least one parent was heterozygous. No preferential transmission of either allele of the 5-HT(1Dbeta) gene was observed.
These data do not support a role for the 5-HT(1Dbeta) receptor gene in conferring susceptibility to OCD.
血清素异常可能参与强迫症(OCD)的病因发病机制。5-HT(1Dβ)受体基因编码区第861位核苷酸的沉默G到C替换可能与患OCD的易感性有关。本研究的目的是在一个意大利OCD研究组中调查这种关联。
对79个患有OCD的先证者核心家庭进行5-HT(1Dβ)基因分型。传递/不平衡检验用于确定等位基因从父母到后代的传递情况。
在79个家庭中,48个家庭可用于分析,即父母双方都进行了5-HT(1Dβ)基因分型,且至少有一位父母是杂合子。未观察到5-HT(1Dβ)基因的任何一个等位基因有优先传递现象。
这些数据不支持5-HT(1Dβ)受体基因在赋予OCD易感性方面起作用。