Effect of DRD1, DRD3 gene knockout and double gene knockout on body weight in mice / 中国比较医学杂志

Objective To study the effect of dopamine receptors on neurological and physiological activities. Methods Dopamine D1 receptor gene (DRD1) knockout mice and dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) gene knockout mice were introduced, and double gene knockout mice were bred in our lab.Seven SPF male mice in each group were used in this experiment.The food intake, water intake, body weight gain for 24 hours were tested on the age of 30 d, 50 d, and 70 d and were compared with those of wild type mice.Results DRD1 gene and DRD3 gene showed significant effect on the body weight in mice in age of 21 day and 35 day, but at the age of 90 day, the differences became insignificant among the mice of various genetypes.Conclusions Dopamine may effect on the foraging and satiety in newborn mice through regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ( HPA ) axis activity, and finally leads to a reduced body weight gain in newborn mice and puppies during lactation.Furthermore, DRD1 gene and DRD3 gene may influence on body weight of newborn mice through regulating mothers’ lactation, lead to a lower body weight at ablactation, and compensatory increase of body weight after ablactation.Our results provide a substantial foundation for studying the function and interaction of DRD1 and DRD3 genes.

Molecular genetic case-control women investigation from the first Brazilian high-risk study on functional psychosis / Investigação genético-molecular do tipo caso-controle em uma amostra de mulheres portadoras de psicose funcional do primeiro estudo de alto-risco brasileiro

OBJECTIVE: Data from epidemiological studies have demonstrated that genetics is an important risk factor for psychosis. The present study is part of a larger project, pioneer in Brazil, which has been conducted by other researchers who intend to follow a high-risk population (children) for the development of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In this first phase of the project, the objective was to investigate the distribution of four candidate genetic polymorphisms for functional psychosis (Ser9Gly DRD3, 5HTTLPR, the VNTR 3'-UTR SLC6A3 and Val66Met BDNF) in a case-control sample. METHOD: A total of 105 women (58 with schizophrenia and 47 with bipolar disorder) and 62 gender-matched controls were investigated. RESULTS: Allele and genotype distributions of all identified functional polymorphisms did not differ statistically between cases and controls. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the investigated polymorphisms were not related to susceptibility to functional psychoses in our Brazilian sample. These findings need to be validated in larger and independent studies.

OBJETIVO: Estudos epidemiológicos demonstram que alterações genéticas são fatores de risco importantes para o desenvolvimento de psicose. O presente estudo é parte um projeto maior, pioneiro no Brasil, realizado com mais pesquisadores, que pretende seguir uma população de alto risco genético para o desenvolvimento de esquizofrenia e transtorno bipolar. Nesta primeira fase, o objetivo foi investigar a distribuição de quatro polimorfismos genéticos candidatos no desenvolvimento de psicose funcional (Ser9Gly DRD3, 5HTTLPR, o VNTR 3'-UTR SLC6A3 e Val66Met BDNF) em uma amostra caso-controle. MÉTODO: O estudo genético respeitou o desenho metodológico do estudo clínico. Um total de 105 mulheres (58 esquizofrenia e 47 transtorno bipolar) e 62 controles sem diagnóstico psiquiátrico foi investigado. RESULTADOS: Nenhuma diferença estatisticamente significante foi observada nas distribuições alélicas e genotípicas entre os grupos investigados. CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados sugerem que estes polimorfismos não estavam relacionados à suscetibilidade para psicose funcional nesta amostra brasileira estudada. Esses achados precisam ser validados em estudos maiores e independentes.