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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Previously we demonstrated profound effects of dopamine transporter (DAT) SLC6A3 genotype on limbic responses to smoking cues (SCs). Probands carrying at least one copy of the 9-repeat allele (9-repeat carriers) had greater neural responses to SCs in the anatomically interconnected rostral ventral striatum/medial orbitofrontal cortex (VS/mOFC), compared with homozygotes for the 10-repeat allele (10/10-repeats). To test the reliability of the initial findings, we examined perfusion functional magnetic resonance images acquired during SC exposure in a new cohort of smokers (N=26) who were genotyped for the SLC6A3 polymorphism. In smokers overall, activity was enhanced in the VS/mOFC (t=3.77). Contrasts between allelic groups revealed that 9-repeat carriers had a greater response to SCs in the VS (t=3.12) and mOFC (t=3.19). In separate groups, 9-repeat carriers showed increased activity in the VS (t=5.47) and mOFC (T=4.96), while no increases were observed in 10-repeats. Subjective reports of craving correlated with increased activity in reward-related structures including the extended amygdala, insula and post-central gyrus, and decreased activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and were DAT-genotype dependent (r=0.63-0.96). In secondary analyses, we found that The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence scores correlated with enhanced SC-induced perfusion in 10/10-repeats in the insula, mOFC, medial temporal and superior frontal gyri (r=0.50-0.82), while correlations were absent in 9-repeat carriers. Despite heterogeneity introduced by a host of factors, including variance in other genes involved in smoking behavior, we confirm that DAT genotype predicts the direction and location of neural responses to SCs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1369-1600
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 The Authors, Addiction Biology © 2011 Society for the Study of Addiction.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
308-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Amygdala, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Basal Ganglia, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Cues, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Frontal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Heterozygote Detection, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Motivation, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Parietal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Prefrontal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Smoking Cessation, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Tobacco Use Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:21299752-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Dopamine transporter genotype modulation of neural responses to smoking cues: confirmation in a new cohort.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Addiction Treatment Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. franklin_t@mail.trc.upenn.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural