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PHARMACOGENETICS AND GENOMICS
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 359-366Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e3283397d06
Keywords
antipsychotic; dopamine receptor D2; schizophrenia; single nucleotide polymorphisms; weight gain
Funding
- National Genotyping Center of National Research Program for Genomic Medicine, Taiwan [NSC98-3112-B-001-022]
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan [V98C1-061]
- National Science Council, Taiwan [NSC 95-2314-B-075-011, NSC 97-2314-B-075-001-MY3]
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Objective Schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) often develop excessive body weight gain (BWG), which may lead to further morbidity and poor treatment compliance. This study examined whether genetic variants in the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) gene may be associated with body weight change after AAP treatment. Methods The study included 479 schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine (n=239), olanzapine (n=70) or risperidone (n=170) for an average of 48.2 +/- 27.8 months. BWG was defined as an increase of more than 7% of the baseline body weight during AAP treatment. Thirteen common single nucleotide polymorphisms of the DRD2 gene were chosen as tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms. Results In single-marker-based analysis, the DRD2 rs4436578-C homozygous genotype was found to be associated with a significantly increased risk of BWG [P=0.001, adjusted odds ratio = 3.36 (95% confidence interval = 1.62 similar to 7.00)]. In addition, haplotype analysis further showed that the rs4436578-C-allele-related haplotype was more frequent in those patients with BWG than those without (P=0.01 similar to 0.00019). Conclusion Our findings confirm the importance of genetic factors in body weight change induced by long-term AAP treatment in patients with schizophrenia and indicate a role of DRD2 in body weight regulation during long-term AAP treatment. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 20: 359-366 (C) 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 2010, 20: 359-366
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