No association between D3 dopamine receptor (DRD3) alleles and cocaine dependence
- 9 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Addiction Biology
- Vol. 1 (3) , 281-287
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1355621961000124896
Abstract
Cocaine is thought to act in the brain primarily by blocking dopamine re-uptake. The dopamine D3 receptor (genetic locus DRD3) is localized to brain regions that have been implicated in the reinforcing effects of a number of substances of abuse, including cocaine. The DRD3 coding region contains a polymorphism identifiable as a polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). This polymorphism leads to an amino acid substitution at position 9 in the extracellular N-terminus of the D3 dopamine receptor. We examined alleles of the DRD3 gene in cocaine dependence using a genetic association strategy in samples of 62 white and 62 black cocaine-dependent individuals. Comparisons were made with local (Connecticut) control subjects for both groups, and with a larger sample of literature controls (for the white subjects) and a contrast group of schizophrenic patients (for the black subjects). No association was found between cocaine dependence and DRD3 alleles in either group (Bonferroni corrected). There was a significant difference in allele frequency between whites and blacks. These results are consistent with no role for genetic variation of the D3 dopamine receptor in susceptibility to cocaine dependence.Keywords
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