Title

APBB2 is associated with amphetamine use and plasma beta-amyloids in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment

Publication Date

2018

Journal Title

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

Abstract

© 2018 Elsevier Inc. APBB2, amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein-binding family B member 2, has been reported to be associated with opioid dependence. In this study, we reported the first time that the genetic variants in the APBB2 gene were associated with use of amphetamine in opioid dependent patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). 344 heroin-dependent patients undergoing MMT were recruited and assessed for use of amphetamine and opioids by urine toxicology, withdrawal severity, and side effects. DNAs were genome-widely genotyped for all patients. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in APBB2 were selected for association analyses for methadone treatment responses. Gene expression levels of APBB2 were measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the EBV-transformed lymphoblastoids from patients. MMT patients who used amphetamine showed a significantly higher percentage of positive results in the urine morphine test (P = 0.005), and insomnia (P = 0.018). In single locus association analyses, SNPs rs3935357 and rs4861075 located at intron 6 were significantly associated with amphetamine use in both genotype and allele type (general linear model (GLM), P = 0.0003, and 0.0002 for genotype, and 0.0003, and 0.002 for allele type, respectively). The major allele type carriers had twice risk of amphetamine use compared to the minor allele type carriers. Subjects with the TT genotype of rs4861075 showed significantly higher levels of APBB2 gene expression in both total (P = 0.02) and long-form (P = 0.037) than those with CC genotype. Detailed mechanisms underlying the association of APBB2 with amphetamine use and level of plasma amyloid beta in MMT patients require further investigation.

Volume Number

83

Pages

92 - 98

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

Psychiatry

PMID

29330135

DOI

10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.01.008

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