{"id":606,"date":"2023-12-13T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T05:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?p=606"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:41:51","slug":"association-between-delta-opioid-receptor-gene-polymorphisms-and-alcohol-dependence-in-a-japanese-archipelago-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/2023\/12\/13\/association-between-delta-opioid-receptor-gene-polymorphisms-and-alcohol-dependence-in-a-japanese-archipelago-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Association between delta opioid receptor gene polymorphisms and alcohol dependence in a Japanese archipelago population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Marina+Mikami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marina Mikami<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*1<\/sup>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Sakyo+Kongo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sakyo Kongo<\/a><\/em><\/strong><sup>*1<\/sup>, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Rie+Aoki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rie Aoki<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*1<\/sup>, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Atsuko+Kawai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atsuko Kawai<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*2<\/sup>, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Daisuke+Nishizawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daisuke Nishizawa<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*3<\/sup>, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Kazutaka+Ikeda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kazutaka Ikeda<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*3<\/sup>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Nagatani+%28Numajiri%29+Maki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nagatani (Numajiri) Maki<\/a><\/em><\/strong><sup>*4<\/sup>, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Teruko+Honda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teruko Honda<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*5<\/sup>, \u2020<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Yuya+Onozawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuya Onozawa<\/a><\/strong><\/em><sup>*4<\/sup>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/?s=Kazuhiko+Iwahashi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kazuhiko Iwahashi<\/a><\/em><\/strong><sup>*1,4,6<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2020Corresponding author: Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.<br>Tel: 042-754-7111 (2353) Fax: 042-754-7661 e-mail: y-onozawa&#8221;@&#8221;azabu-u.ac.jp<br>Received May 6, 2022; accepted March 16, 2023<br><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-s\">*1 Laboratory of Physiology (Project of Neurophysiology), Course of Environmental Health Science, Graduate School of<br>Environmental Health, Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.<br>*2Koutokukai Total Health Clinic, Yamagata, Japan.<br>*3 Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6, Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-<br>8506, Japan.<br>*4 Laboratory of Physiology, Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.<br>*5 Laboratory of Hematology, Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.<br>*6Health Administration Center, Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-accordion is-style-simple\">\n<details class=\"swell-block-accordion__item\" data-swl-acc=\"wrapper\"><summary class=\"swell-block-accordion__title\" data-swl-acc=\"header\"><span class=\"swell-block-accordion__label\"><span data-icon=\"Ph1pencilSimple\" data-id=\"0\" style=\"--the-icon-svg: url(data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"swl-inline-icon\">\u2003<\/span>Cite<\/span><span class=\"swell-block-accordion__icon c-switchIconBtn\" data-swl-acc=\"icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-opened=\"false\"><i class=\"__icon--closed icon-caret-down\"><\/i><i class=\"__icon--opened icon-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"swell-block-accordion__body\" data-swl-acc=\"body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mikami M<em>, <\/em>Kongo S, Aoki R, Kawai A, Nishizawa D, Ikeda K, Nagatani (Numajiri) M, Honda T, Onozawa Y, Iwahashi K. Association between delta opioid receptor gene polymorphisms and alcohol dependence in a Japanese archipelago population. Lab Med Int 2023; 2(2): 25-29. doi: 10.51041\/lmi.2.2_25<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original<br>Lab Med Int 2023; 2(2): 25-29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-button is-style-more_btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/05original_\u4e09\u4e0a\u9ebb\u91cc\u5948\u5148\u751f.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"swell-block-button__link\"><span>Download PDF<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABSTRACT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcohol dependence (AD) is known to be a gene-related disease.<br>There are three types of opioid receptors, \u03bc (mu), \u03b4 (delta), and \u03ba (kappa). All three are thought to be associated with AD. The delta opioid receptors are associated with alcohol mediated processes in the brain.<br>In this study, we focused on the several known <em>OPRD1<\/em> (<em>opioid receptor delta 1<\/em>) gene polymorphisms that have not yet been the target of AD-related studies in a Japanese population, and that we can examine by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. we examined whether<em> OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphisms (rs678849 and rs2234918) affected alcohol dependence development in 64 patients and 75 healthy people as controls. We also focused on an <em>ALDH2<\/em> gene polymorphism (rs671) as to restriction constitution. This analysis was also performed for the group with <em>ALDH2*1\/*1<\/em>.<br>There were significant differences in carriers (major allele homozygous carriers versus minor allele carriers) of rs678849 between AD patients and controls (<em>p<\/em>=0.029), and also in the group with <em>ALDH2*1\/*1<\/em> (<em>p<\/em>=0.0285). However, the significant differences were lost on the Bonferroni correction. There were no significant differences in rs2234918 between AD patients and controls. The haplotype analysis revealed there were no significant differences between AD and controls for the four haplotypes. On LD analysis, <em>D<\/em>\u2019 and <em>r<\/em><sup> 2<\/sup> were both found to be low (<em>D<\/em>\u2019=0.31, <em>r<\/em> <sup>2<\/sup>=0.022).<br>We concluded that the <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphisms rs678849 and rs2234918 might not be associated with alcohol dependence in a Japanese population. It is still necessary to analyze the <em>opioid<\/em> <em>receptor<\/em> gene in a larger sample size than that in this study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">\u3014Lab Med Int 2023; 2(2): 25-29\u3015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">delta opioid receptor, polymorphism, haplotype, linkage disequilibrium, alcohol dependence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I. Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcohol dependence (AD) is known to be a gene-related disease.<br>There are three types of opioid receptors, \u03bc (mu), \u03b4 (delta) and \u03ba (kappa). The \u03b4 opioid receptors are associated with alcohol-mediated processes in the brain<sup> <strong>1)<\/strong><\/sup>. The previous study showed that the density of \u03b4 opioid receptors was significantly higher in the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens of high alcohol preference mice<sup><strong> 2)<\/strong><\/sup>. These brain areas are related to the reward system. Furthermore, \u03bc and \u03b4 opioid receptor antagonists reduce alcohol craving and consumption <sup><strong>3)-6)<\/strong><\/sup>. Thus, \u03b4 opioid receptors might be related to AD. \u03b4 opioid receptors are coded by the <em>OPRD1<\/em> (opioid receptor delta<sup> <strong>1)<\/strong><\/sup> gene, which is located at 1p36.1-p34.3<strong> <sup>3)<\/sup><\/strong>, spanning approximately 60 kb<sup><strong> 7)<\/strong><\/sup>, and consisting of 3 exons <sup><strong>8)<\/strong><\/sup>.<br>In this study, we focused on the several known <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphisms that have not yet been the target of AD-related studies in a Japanese population, and that we can examine by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. We investigated whether the<em> OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphisms rs678849 and rs2234918 are susceptibility factors for AD. rs678849 and rs2234918 are located in intron 1 and exon 3 on the <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene<strong><sup> 3)<\/sup><\/strong>, as shown in <strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. In addition, the previous study revealed that rs678849 was significantly associated with regional frontal, temporal, and occipital brain volume<sup> <strong>9)<\/strong><\/sup>. rs678849 minor allele carriers had lower brain tissue volumes around the brain regions mentioned above in both the elderly group and the young healthy group <strong><sup>9)<\/sup><\/strong>. rs2234918 (Gly307Gly) is a silent (synonymous) mutation would not change the composition of the proteins encoded by genes <strong><sup>3)10)<\/sup><\/strong>. It was reported that the silent SNP of the other gene is related to AD (<em>p<\/em> = 0.003)<strong><sup>11)<\/sup><\/strong>. These SNPs are in dbSNP database (https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/snp\/)<sup><strong>19)20)<\/strong><\/sup>.<br>The <em>ALDH2<\/em> gene polymorphism (rs671:1510G\/A) 1510G allele was significantly associated with AD in a Japanese population <strong><sup>12)<\/sup><\/strong>. 1510A allele carriers (1510G\/A and 1510A\/A) are flushers who experience reactions such as nausea, palpitations, and headaches caused by drinking of a small amount of alcohol. Accordingly, we also performed analysis limited to the 1510G\/G (<em>ALDH2<\/em>*1\/*1) carriers among the subjects to focus on the restriction constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">II. Material and Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Subjects<\/strong><br>This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Azabu University, Japan (2359). Written informed consent was obtained from the 64 AD patients (57 males; 7 females) diagnosed according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and 75 healthy people (23 males; 52 females) as controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. DNA Analysis<\/strong><br>The two <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphisms were examined by means of PCR-RFLP according to the methods of Zhang et al. (2008)<strong><sup>3)<\/sup><\/strong> and Gelernter and Kranzler. (2000)<strong><sup>13)<\/sup><\/strong> The <em>ALDH2<\/em> gene polymorphism was examined by the method of Wu et al. (2005)<strong><sup>14)<\/sup><\/strong>. The PCR conditions for the T100 Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Hercules, CA) were as follows: rs678849 (Initial denaturation for 5 min at 95\u2103, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation for 30 s at 95\u2103, annealing for 30 s at 53\u2103, and extension for 30 s at 72\u2103, followed by final extension for 5 min at 72\u2103); rs2234918 (As for rs678849 except for the annealing temperature, 65\u2103); and rs671 (Initial denaturation for 10 min at 95\u2103, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation for 30 s at 95\u2103, annealing for 30 s at 60\u2103, and extension for 30 s at 72\u2103, followed by final extension for 7 min at 72\u2103). The PCR products were digested with <em>Rsa<\/em>\u2160 (Nippongene, Tokyo, Japan), AluI (Takara, Shiga, Japan) or <em>Mbo<\/em>\u2161 (New England Biolabs, Tokyo, Japan). The digested products were subjected to electrophoresis on agarose gels using the ethidium bromide staining method, as shown in <strong>Figure 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Statistical Analyses<\/strong><br>The Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium was assessed using a chi-square test. We compared the <em>OPRD1<\/em> genotypes, alleles, and carriers (minor allele carriers versus major allele homozygotes carriers) between AD patients and controls by performing statistical analysis using a chi-square test with Yate\u2019s correction. These statistical analyses were performed using ystat2018<strong><sup> 15)<\/sup><\/strong>. Haplotype frequencies and linkage disequilibrium (LD) coefficients were calculated with gPLINK v. 2.050 (http:\/\/zzz.bwh.harvard.edu\/plink\/index.shtml) as described by Purcell S et al. (2007)<strong><sup> 16)<\/sup><\/strong>, and Haploview v.4.2 (http:\/\/www.broad.mit.edu\/mpg\/haploview\/index.php)<strong><sup>17)<\/sup><\/strong>. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant in this study. The Bonferroni correction was applied to correct for multiple comparisons, the p-value was adjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_1-1024x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_1-1024x417.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_1-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_1-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_1.jpg 1314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong> Polymorphism positions in the <em>OPRD1 <\/em>gene.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2-1024x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622\" style=\"width:700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2-768x216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2-1536x433.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_2-2048x577.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 2<\/strong> Ethidium bromide stained 4% agarose gel illustrating the <em>Rsa<\/em> I or the <em>Alu<\/em> I restriction fragments<br>of<em> OPRD1<\/em> gene polymprphism rs678849 or rs2234918. rs678849: Lane M, 20 bp DNA Ladder; Lane1, C\/C<br>eggnotype; Lane 2 and 5, T\/T genotype; Lane 3 and 4, T\/C genotype. rs2234918: Lane M, 20 bp DNA ladder;<br>Lane 6,9,10 and 11, T\/T genotype; Lane 7, C\/C genotype, Lane 8, T\/C genotype. (22 bp was not visible.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">III. Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table 1<\/strong> shows that the two <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene genotype, allele, and carrier (minor allele carriers versus major allele homozygotes carriers) frequencies in AD patients and controls. The genotypes frequencies were as follows: rs678849 (Alcohol + Control; T\/T: 16 + 32, T\/C: 38 + 31, C\/C: 10 + 12); and rs2234918 (T\/T: 50 + 55, T\/C: 13 + 18, C\/C: 1 + 2). The genotype distribution was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (data not shown). Although no significant differences in the genotype and allele frequencies of rs678849 were found (genotypes: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(2) = 5.389, p = 0.0676; alleles: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 2.140, <em>p<\/em> = 0.144), there was significant difference in the carrier (major allele homozygous carriers versus minor allele carriers) frequency between AD patients and controls (carriers (T\/C + C\/C vs T\/T): \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 4.767, <em>p<\/em> = 0.029). However, the significant difference was lost on the Bonferroni correction (The Bonferroni p-value was adjusted 0.05\/2 = 0.025). There were no significant differences for rs2234918 (genotypes: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(2) = 0.148, <em>p<\/em> =0.929; alleles: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 0.520, <em>p<\/em> = 0.471; carriers (T\/C + C\/C vs T\/T): \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 0.429, <em>p <\/em>= 0.512). In addition, we also compared <em> ALDH2<\/em>*1\/*1 carriers between AD patients and controls. <strong>Table 2<\/strong> shows there were also significant differences in rs678849 carrier frequency in<em> ALDH2<\/em>*1\/*1 carriers between AD patients and controls (carriers (T\/C + C\/C vs T\/T) \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 6.644, p = 0.0285). However, the significant difference was lost on the Bonferroni correction. There were no significant differences in the genotype and allele frequencies of rs678849 and rs2234918 (rs678849-genotypes: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(2) = 4.087, p = 0.130; alleles: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 2.61, p = 0.106; rs2234918-genotypes: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(2) = 0.493, <em>p <\/em>= 0.782; alleles: \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 0.255, <em>p<\/em> = 0.614; carriers (T\/C + C\/C vs T\/T): \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup>(1) = 0.561, <em>p<\/em> = 0.454). Haplotype analysis revealed there were no significant differences between AD patients and controls for the four haplotypes, as shown in <strong>Table 3<\/strong> (global p-value = 0.3586). On LD analysis, <em>D\u2019 <\/em>and <em>r <sup>2<\/sup><\/em><sup> <\/sup>were both found to be low, as shown in <strong>Figure 3 <\/strong>(<em>D\u2019<\/em> = 0.31, <em>r <sup>2<\/sup><\/em> = 0.022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table 1<\/strong> Genotypes and frequencies of the polymorphisms of the <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene in AD subjects and controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_4-1024x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_4-1024x281.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_4-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_4-768x211.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_4-1536x421.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_4.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table 2<\/strong> Genotypes and frequencies of the polymorphisms of the <em>OPRD1 <\/em>gene<br>in AD subjects and controls in <em>ALDH2<\/em>*1\/*1 carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_5-1024x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_5-1024x281.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_5-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_5-768x211.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_5-1536x421.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_5.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-623\" style=\"width:323px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_3.jpg 323w, https:\/\/lmi.jp\/articles\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05_3-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 3<\/strong> Linkage disequilibrium (LD) map of the <em>OPRD1<\/em> locus examined in this study.<br>(a) <em>D\u2019 <\/em>value = 0.31, (b) <em>r <sup>2<\/sup><\/em> value = 0.022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IV. Discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results suggest that the <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphism rs678849 and rs2234918 might not be associated with AD in a Japanese population in this study.<br>However, it might be some study limitations in this study.<br>Firstly, we should to consider statistics. The significant differences of rs678849 in carriers were lost on the Bonferroni correction. The Bonferroni correction can reduce the chance of a type I error but at the expense of a type \u2161 error<strong><sup>18)<\/sup><\/strong>. We might want to consider about a type \u2161 error that produces a false negative.<br>Secondly, we should focus on subjects. Using a sample size larger than this subject might reveal the significant differences. As a side note, there were not found significant differences of allele frequency in both Asian population and this control subject. The T and C carriers of rs678849 were found 62.7\uff05 and 37.3\uff05 in 750 Asian population 19). The T and C carriers of rs2234918 were found 82.0% and 18.0% in 172 Asian population 20). Besides, the T and C carriers of rs678849 were found 63.3%and 36.7%, the T and C carriers of rs2234918 were found 85.3% and 14.7% in 75 Japanese control subjects.<br>In addition, the difference between AD patients and controls was expected to become further apparent by limiting examination to <em>ALDH2<\/em>*1\/*1  (restricting constitution). The relationships were confirmed both in all subjects and in a group with <em>ALDH2<\/em>*1\/*1 , there were not found significant differences of the results.<br>In the haplotype analysis results, there were no associations of the four haplotypes with each other. In the previous study on a European American population, there was significant association of the haplotype including rs2234918 with AD <strong><sup>3)<\/sup><\/strong>. Therefore, other SNPs also should be considered in AD-related studies like the previous study<strong><sup> 3)<\/sup><\/strong>. Regarding the LD analysis, it is unlikely that there is an LD between rs678849 and rs2234918. However, this study does not cover all LD blocks <strong><sup>7)<\/sup><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">V. Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been few reports of association studies between <em>OPRD1<\/em> gene polymorphisms and AD in the world. This study was an exploratory study in a Japanese archipelago population. Therefore, it is need to consider study limitations as mentioned above, further research with a large sample size is needed to draw conclusions. 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