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Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Oxytocin (OXT) is an evolutionarily ancient neuropeptide with strong links to affiliative and prosocial behaviors, and the management of stress. Increases in OXT also tend to decrease food intake, especially of sweet carbohydrates. The social correlates of low OXT levels mesh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5518806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28530679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2017.24 |
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author | Davis, C Patte, K Zai, C Kennedy, J L |
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description | BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Oxytocin (OXT) is an evolutionarily ancient neuropeptide with strong links to affiliative and prosocial behaviors, and the management of stress. Increases in OXT also tend to decrease food intake, especially of sweet carbohydrates. The social correlates of low OXT levels mesh with the social deficits and stress proneness identified in interpersonal models of overeating, as well as the increased appetite for highly palatable foods typically seen in chronic overeaters. The objectives of this study were to investigate links between polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and overeating, and to examine OXTR links with relevant endophenotypes of overeating related to reward and stress sensitivity, and to food preferences. SUBJECT/METHODS: The sample comprised 460 adults between the ages of 25 and 50 years recruited from the community, and representing a broad range of body weights. Overeating, reward and punishment sensitivity, and food preferences, were quantified as composite variables using well-validated questionnaires. In addition, seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (rs237878, rs237885, rs2268493, rs2268494, rs2254298, rs53576, rs2268498) of the OXTR gene were genotyped. RESULTS: Analyses identified a four-marker haplotype that was significantly related to food preferences. Individual genotype analyses also found that at least one of the markers was related to each of the phenotypic variables. In addition, an empirically derived structural equation model linking genetic and phenotype variables produced a good fit to the data. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this preliminary study have demonstrated that OXTR variation is associated with overeating, and with endophenotypic traits such as sweet and fatty food preferences, and reward and punishment sensitivity. In general, the genetic findings also favor the view that overeating may be associated with relatively low basal OXT levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-55188062017-07-24 Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors Davis, C Patte, K Zai, C Kennedy, J L Nutr Diabetes Original Article BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Oxytocin (OXT) is an evolutionarily ancient neuropeptide with strong links to affiliative and prosocial behaviors, and the management of stress. Increases in OXT also tend to decrease food intake, especially of sweet carbohydrates. The social correlates of low OXT levels mesh with the social deficits and stress proneness identified in interpersonal models of overeating, as well as the increased appetite for highly palatable foods typically seen in chronic overeaters. The objectives of this study were to investigate links between polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and overeating, and to examine OXTR links with relevant endophenotypes of overeating related to reward and stress sensitivity, and to food preferences. SUBJECT/METHODS: The sample comprised 460 adults between the ages of 25 and 50 years recruited from the community, and representing a broad range of body weights. Overeating, reward and punishment sensitivity, and food preferences, were quantified as composite variables using well-validated questionnaires. In addition, seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (rs237878, rs237885, rs2268493, rs2268494, rs2254298, rs53576, rs2268498) of the OXTR gene were genotyped. RESULTS: Analyses identified a four-marker haplotype that was significantly related to food preferences. Individual genotype analyses also found that at least one of the markers was related to each of the phenotypic variables. In addition, an empirically derived structural equation model linking genetic and phenotype variables produced a good fit to the data. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this preliminary study have demonstrated that OXTR variation is associated with overeating, and with endophenotypic traits such as sweet and fatty food preferences, and reward and punishment sensitivity. In general, the genetic findings also favor the view that overeating may be associated with relatively low basal OXT levels. Nature Publishing Group 2017-05 2017-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5518806/ /pubmed/28530679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2017.24 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Article Davis, C Patte, K Zai, C Kennedy, J L Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
title | Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
title_full | Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
title_fullStr | Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
title_short | Polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
title_sort | polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene and overeating: the intermediary role of endophenotypic risk factors |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5518806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28530679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2017.24 |
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