TY - JOUR
T1 - A Functional Variant of the Serotonin Transporter Gene (SLC6A4) Moderates Impulsive Choice in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Boys and Siblings
AU - Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.
AU - Kumsta, Robert
AU - Schlotz, Wolff
AU - Lasky-Su, Jessica
AU - Marco, Rafaela
AU - Miranda, Ana
AU - Mulas, Fernando
AU - Oades, Robert D.
AU - Banaschewski, Tobias
AU - Mueller, Ueli
AU - Andreou, Penny
AU - Christiansen, Hanna
AU - Gabriels, Isabel
AU - Uebel, Henrik
AU - Kuntsi, Jonna
AU - Franke, Barbara
AU - Buitelaar, Jan
AU - Ebstein, Richard
AU - Gill, Michael
AU - Anney, Richard
AU - Roeyers, Herbert
AU - Rothenberger, Aribert
AU - Sergeant, Joseph
AU - Steinhausen, Hans Christoph
AU - Asherson, Philip
AU - Faraone, Stephen V.
PY - 2011/8/1
Y1 - 2011/8/1
N2 - Background: Impulsive drive for immediate reward (IDIR) and delay aversion are dissociable elements of the preference for immediate over delayed rewards seen in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We hypothesized that IDIR would be associated with dopamine regulating genes and delay aversion would be associated with serotonin-regulating genes.
Methods: Impulsive drive for immediate reward and delay aversion were measured in 459 male children and adolescents (328 ADHD and 131 unaffected siblings) with a laboratory choice task. The sample was genotyped for the 5HTT (SLC6A4) promoter serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region polymorphism and a DAT1 (SLC6A3) 40-base pair variable number tandem repeat located in the 3'-untranslated region of the gene.
Results: There was no effect of dopamine transporter (DAT)1 on IDIR. As predicted, serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region s-allele carriers were more delay averse. This effect was driven by the s/l genotype in the ADHD group. These results were not altered by taking account of the rs25531 A/G single nucleotide polymorphism and were independent of age, IQ, and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms.
Conclusions: The results support the genetic distinctiveness of IDIR and delay aversion in ADHD and implicate serotonin function in delay aversion. Possible explanations of the heterosis effect in the ADHD cases are presented.
AB - Background: Impulsive drive for immediate reward (IDIR) and delay aversion are dissociable elements of the preference for immediate over delayed rewards seen in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We hypothesized that IDIR would be associated with dopamine regulating genes and delay aversion would be associated with serotonin-regulating genes.
Methods: Impulsive drive for immediate reward and delay aversion were measured in 459 male children and adolescents (328 ADHD and 131 unaffected siblings) with a laboratory choice task. The sample was genotyped for the 5HTT (SLC6A4) promoter serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region polymorphism and a DAT1 (SLC6A3) 40-base pair variable number tandem repeat located in the 3'-untranslated region of the gene.
Results: There was no effect of dopamine transporter (DAT)1 on IDIR. As predicted, serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region s-allele carriers were more delay averse. This effect was driven by the s/l genotype in the ADHD group. These results were not altered by taking account of the rs25531 A/G single nucleotide polymorphism and were independent of age, IQ, and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms.
Conclusions: The results support the genetic distinctiveness of IDIR and delay aversion in ADHD and implicate serotonin function in delay aversion. Possible explanations of the heterosis effect in the ADHD cases are presented.
U2 - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.01.040
DO - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.01.040
M3 - Article
SN - 1873-2402
VL - 70
SP - 230
EP - 236
JO - Biological psychiatry
JF - Biological psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -