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Rat Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Polymorphism and Major Histocompatibility Complex RT1.A Phenotypes Are Not Associated with Alcohol Drinking in P and NP Rats
Author(s) -
Carr Lucinda G.,
Kirchner Jeffrey,
Magnes Les,
Lumeng Lawrence,
Li TingKai
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1995.tb01529.x
Subject(s) - aldh2 , aldehyde dehydrogenase , allele , genotype , alcohol , isozyme , phenotype , alcohol dehydrogenase , biology , ethanol metabolism , polymorphism (computer science) , mitochondrion , genetics , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , enzyme , gene
Previous studies revealed polymorphisms in mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) and the major histocompatibility complex RT1.A that appeared in association with alcohol drinking preference in the alcohol‐preferring (P) and alcohol‐nonpreferring (NP) rat lines. To determine the strength of these associations, the P and NP lines were crossed, and cosegregation studies were performed in the F2 progeny. The ALDH2 Q allele and the ALDH2 R allele, found in the P and NP lines, respectively, were found not to be associated with the high and low drinking animals in the F2 progeny. Kinetic studies with ALDH2 Q and ALDH2 R isozymes purified from the mitochondria of P and NP rat livers, respectively, showed that the polymorphism would not be expected to be associated with altered aldehyde metabolism. The association between RT1.A and alcohol preference (RT1.A uu with high and RT1.A with low alcohol intake) also could not be confirmed in the segregating F2 progeny of the P × NP intercross.