Abstract
Genomic variation in the regulatory region of the serotonin (5-HT) 2A receptor gene (HTR2A) may contribute to altered levels of 5-HT2A receptor and to psychiatric disease. Frequency and linkage disequilibrium (LD) were determined for promoter single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) -1438A/G, -1420C/T, and -783A/G in 156 subjects. Functional relevance of -1438A/G and -783A/G was assayed in vitro using a luciferase reporter assay and ex vivo using quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction in a set of human fibroblast cell lines. Significant LD was observed between SNPs -1438A/G and -783A/G. In vitro assays showed no significant differences in promoter activity between the A- and G-allele of -1438 locus when expressed with the major alleles at -1420C/T and -783A/G; however, when the minor allele G at -783 was expressed with G-allele at -1438, promoter activity was significantly decreased. 5-HT2A receptor mRNA expression in human fibroblast cell lines confirmed that -783A/G polymorphism significantly modified the effects of -1438A/G SNP. Our results demonstrate that SNP -783A/G modifies the effects of the major SNP -1438A/G. Future studies examining the association of -1438A/G polymorphism with diseases and 5-HT2A receptor expression analyses should account for this epistasis.
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