Identification of DNA variants in the SNAP-25 gene and linkage study of these polymorphisms and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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Authors: | Barr C L Feng Y Wigg K Bloom S Roberts W Malone M Schachar R Tannock R Kennedy J L |
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Institution: | Department of Psychiatry, The Toronto Hospital, Western Division, Canada. CBarr@playfair.utoronto.ca |
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Abstract: | The gene for the synaptic vesicle docking fusion protein, synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25), has been implicated in the etiology of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on the mouse mutant strain coloboma. This neutron-irradiation induced mouse strain is hemizygous for the deletion of the SNAP-25 gene and displays spontaneous hyperactivity that is responsive to dextroamphetamine. Because of these characteristics, this strain has been suggested to be a mouse model for ADHD. We identified using single stranded conformational polymorphism analysis (SSCP) four DNA sequence variants in the 3' untranslated region of the human SNAP-25 gene. We searched for polymorphisms in the 3' untranslated region because the intron/exon structure of this gene has not yet been determined. We tested for linkage of this gene and ADHD using two of the identified polymorphisms that change a restriction enzyme recognition site. We examined the transmission of the alleles of each of these polymorphisms and the haplotypes of both polymorphisms using the transmission disequilibrium test in a sample of 97 small nuclear families consisting of a proband with ADHD, their parents, and affected siblings. We observed biased transmission of the haplotypes of the alleles of these two polymorphisms. Our findings are suggestive of a role of this gene in ADHD. |
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