SEROTONERGIC POLYMORPHISMS: ALLELIC AND GENOTYPIC FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION IN THE MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA, POPULATION AND COMPARISON OF GENOTYPING METHODS

PEREZ MATURO JOSEFINA; VIDELA YANINA; DI GERONIMO VANESA; QUINTANA SILVINA

Basic and Applied Genetics

SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE GENÉTICA

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2017 vol. 28 p. 41 - 49

1666-0390

There are variable responses to Serotonin Selective Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) among patients treated with this medication. Polymorphisms found in the genes coding for the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) and the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HTR2A) can be used as genetic biomarkers capable of predicting treatment efficacy. The SLC6A4 gene has two polymorphisms: 5-HTTLPR, consisting of an insertion/deletion of 44 bp, and 5-HTTVNTR, characterized by 9, 10 or 12 copies of a region of 16-17 bp. Gene 5-HTR2A presents the 1438 G/A SNP. In order to obtain the allelic and genotypic frequencies of the listed polymorphisms in a sample of the Mar del Plata city population, Argentina; PCR and PCR-RFLP methodologies were applied to genotype the 5-HTTLPR and 5-HTTVNTR polymorphisms and the 1438 G/A SNP in 384 unrelated individuals. Different primers for genotyping were compared. The allelic and genotypic frequencies obtained for polymorphism were the following: 5-HTTLPR polymorphism L/L: 18 %; L/S: 61 %; S/S: 21 % (Freq allelic L: 49 %; S: 51 %) and the 5-HTTVNTR 12/12: 42 %, 12/10: 41 %; 10/10: 17 % (Freq Allelic 10: 37.5 %; 12: 62.5 %). For polymorphism 1438 G/A GA: 47 % GG: 36 %, AA: 17 % (Freq allelic G: 59.5 %; A: 40.5 %). This study will provide useful data for investigations that require the use of these polymorphisms as genetic markers linked to the response to psychoactive drugs in our population