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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
To date, the only genes that have been consistently replicated across racial and ethnic groups to influence alcoholism vulnerability are polymorphisms in the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, i.e. cytosolic alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2). Both the variant ADHIB*2 and ALDH2*2 alleles significantly protect against developing alcoholism. The protection has been thought to result from accumulation of acetaldehyde after drinking. Unlike ALDH2*2, direct correlation between ADHI1B*2 and blood acetaldehyde has not been verified. ALDH2*2/*2 homozygosity appeared to almost completely protect against alcoholism, whereas ALDH2* 1/*2 heterozygosity appeared to reduce risk of the disease only about threefold. Direct correlations of blood ethanol and acetaldehyde concentrations, cardiovascular haemodynamic responses, and the subjective perceptions after challenge with low (0.2g/kg) to moderate (0.5g/kg) alcohol in individuals with different ALDH2 genotypes support the notion that full protection against alcoholism byALDH2*2/*2 may derive from either abstinence or deliberate moderation in alcohol consumption due to strong discomfort from physiological and psychological responses caused by persistently elevated blood acetaldehyde after ingestion of a small amount of alcohol, and that the partial protection by ALDH2*1/*2 can be ascribed to significantly lower acetaldehyde build-up in blood and the according adverse reactions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1528-2511
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-63; discusion 63-8, 198-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Acetaldehyde, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Alcoholism, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Blood Flow Velocity, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Chromatography, Gas, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Continental Population Groups, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Echocardiography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Ethnic Groups, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:17590986-Polymorphism, Genetic
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Acetaldehyde, polymorphisms and the cardiovascular system.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, 161 Min-Chuan East Road Section 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't