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We earlier found an association between anorexia nervosa (AN) restrictive subtype (AN-R) and an inserted sequence within the NETpPR, a polymorphic region located in the promoter of the solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, noradrenalin) member 2 (SLC6A2) gene. To further examine the noradrenergic system in AN-R we performed an association study with a functional polymorphism (MAOA-uVNTR) in the promoter of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene. Since monoamine oxidase A metabolises noradrenalin, a positive association with the MAOA gene would be biologically plausible. The transmission disequilibrium test and 95 trios/duos (AN-R females+biological parents) showed the main effect of the longer, more transcriptionally active form of the MAOA-uVNTR (MAOA-L) to be statistically non-significant (McNemar's chi(2)=1.4, df=1, P=0.238, odds ratio: 1.4, 95% CI 0.8-2.7). A case-control approach supported this finding. We then stratified the MAOA-uVNTR TDT data according to the (a) NETpPR genotype of the AN-R females, and (b) NETpPR allele transmitted from NETpPR-S4/L4 heterozygous mothers. In both cases, contingency table analysis revealed previously unreported gene-gene interaction between the MAOA and SLC6A2 genes (P=0.019 and 0.019, respectively). Receiving an MAOA-L allele more than doubles the risk for developing AN-R, conditional on an individual also being a NETpPR-L4 homozygote (stratum-specific odds ratio: 2.4, 95% CI 1.1-6.0). These results suggest important involvement of the noradrenergic system in the biological underpinnings of AN-R.

european journal of human genetics

Gene-gene interaction between the monoamine oxidase A gene and solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, noradrenalin) member 2 gene in anorexia nervosa (restrictive subtype)