Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors GABRA4, GABRE, and GABRQ gene polymorphisms and risk for migraine

Several biochemical, pharmacological, neurophysiological and experimental data suggest a possible role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the pathogenesis of migraine. We investigated the possible association of the most common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the GABA receptor alpha4 (GABRA4), epsilon (GABRE), and theta (GABRQ) genes with the risk for migraine. A TaqMan-based qPCR assay designed to detect the most common SNPs in the GABRA4 (rs2229940), GABRE (rs1139916), and GABRQ (rs3810651) was performed in 197 migraine patients and 394 age- and gender-matched controls. The possible influence of gender, age at onset of migraine, positive family history of migraine, presence or absence of aura, and triggering of migraine by ethanol on the frequency of the genotypes was also studied. The frequency of GABRE rs1139916AA genotype was significantly lower in the migraine group only in the female gender, but the differences did not reach statistical significance after correction for multiple comparisons. The mean ± SD age at onset of migraine was significantly lower in patients with GABRQ rs3810651AA as compared with the other two genotypes. Positive family history of migraine and presence or absence of aura did not influence the frequencies of the genotypes of the three SNPs studied. Triggering of migraine by ethanol was significantly less frequent in patients with GABRA4 rs2229940GG and more frequent in patients with GABRQ 3810651TT genotype, but the differences lost statistical significance after correction for multiple comparisons. GABRQ rs3810651 could play a role in the modification of age at onset of migraine.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:125

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Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 125(2018), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 689-698

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

García-Martín, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Esguevillas, Gara [VerfasserIn]
Serrador, Mercedes [VerfasserIn]
Alonso-Navarro, Hortensia [VerfasserIn]
Navacerrada, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Amo, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
García-Albea, Esteban [VerfasserIn]
Agúndez, José A G [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez-Jiménez, Félix Javier [VerfasserIn]

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GABA
GABA receptor genes
GABRA4 protein, human
GABRE protein, human
GABRQ protein, human
Genetic polymorphisms
Journal Article
Migraine
Receptors, GABA-A
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk factors

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Date Completed 30.09.2019

Date Revised 30.09.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00702-017-1834-4

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NLM279628056