Background: Hyperprolactinemia is a common side-effect of antipsychotics (APs), which may trigger serious secondary problems and compromise the adherence to treatment which is crucial for prognosis, especially in patients presenting with a first-episode of psychosis (FEP).
Aims: We evaluated, in some cases for the first time, the effect of polymorphisms in multiple candidate genes on serum prolactin (PRL) levels in an AP-treated FEP cohort recruited in the multicenter PEPs study (Phenotype - genotype and environmental interaction; Application of a predictive model in first psychotic episodes).
Methods: PRL concentration was measured in serum from 222 patients. A total of 167 polymorphisms were selected in 23 genes. Genetic association analysis was performed in the whole sample and also in homogenous subgroups of patients treated with APs with a high (N = 101) or low risk (N = 95) of increasing PRL release, which showed significant differences in their PRL levels.
Results: After Bonferroni correction, polymorphisms in NTRK2, DRD2 and ACE genes were associated with PRL concentration.
Conclusion: Our results give more support to the impact of DRD2, but also of other genes related to dopamine availability such as ACE. Moreover, this study provides the first evidence for the involvement of NTRK2, which suggests that pathways other than the ones related to dopamine or serotonin may participate in the AP-related PRL levels.
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