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Midbrain serotonin transporter binding potential measured with [11C]DASB is affected by serotonin transporter genotype
- Source :
- Journal of Neural Transmission. 114:635-639
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.
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Abstract
- Homozygote carriers of two long (L) alleles of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) regulatory region displayed in vitro a twofold increase in 5-HTT expression compared with carriers of one or two short (S) alleles. However, in vivo imaging studies yielded contradictory results. Recently, an AG exchange leading to differential transcriptional activation of 5-HTT mRNA in lymphobalstoid cell lines was discovered in the 5-HTT regulatory region. In vitro and in vivo evidence suggests that [(11)C]DASB, a new 5-HTT ligand offers some advantages over the ligands used in previous studies in measuring 5-HTT density independent of synaptic levels of serotonin.We assessed 5-HTT binding potential (BP (2)) in the midbrain of 19 healthy subjects with positron emission tomography and [(11)C]DASB. Accounting for the hypothesized functional similarity of L (G) and S in driving 5-HTT transcription, we assessed whether L (A) L (A) homozygotes display increased midbrain BP (2) compared with carriers of at least one S allele.BP (2) in the midbrain was significantly increased in L (A) L (A) homozygotes compared with carriers of at least one S allele. Interestingly, the genotype effect on the midbrain was significantly different from that on the thalamus and the amygdala where no group differences were detected.This in vivo study provides further evidence that subjects homozygous for the L (A) allele display increased expression of 5-HTT in the midbrain, the origin of central serotonergic projections.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Benzylamines
Heterozygote
Serotonin
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
Genotype
animal diseases
DASB
Binding, Competitive
chemistry.chemical_compound
Gene Frequency
Thalamus
Mesencephalon
In vivo
Neural Pathways
mental disorders
Humans
Carbon Radioisotopes
Biological Psychiatry
Serotonin transporter
Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Messenger RNA
biology
Homozygote
Binding potential
Middle Aged
Amygdala
Molecular biology
In vitro
nervous system diseases
Psychiatry and Mental health
nervous system
Neurology
chemistry
Biochemistry
Positron-Emission Tomography
biology.protein
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14351463 and 03009564
- Volume :
- 114
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Neural Transmission
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....440fc212c2bdf6bc35898a8d8d5a55b6