Genome- and transcriptome-wide splicing associations with alcohol use disorder

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Genetic mechanisms of alternative mRNA splicing have been shown in the brain for a variety of neuropsychiatric traits, but not substance use disorders. Our study utilized RNA-sequencing data on alcohol use disorder (AUD) in four brain regions (n = 56; ages 40-73; 100% 'Caucasian'; PFC, NAc, BLA and CEA) and genome-wide association data on AUD (n = 435,563, ages 22-90; 100% European-American). Polygenic scores of AUD were associated with AUD-related alternative mRNA splicing in the brain. We identified 714 differentially spliced genes between AUD vs controls, which included both putative addiction genes and novel gene targets. We found 6463 splicing quantitative trait loci (sQTLs) that linked to the AUD differentially spliced genes. sQTLs were enriched in loose chromatin genomic regions and downstream gene targets. Additionally, the heritability of AUD was enriched for DNA variants in and around differentially spliced genes associated with AUD. Our study also performed splicing transcriptome-wide association studies (TWASs) of AUD and other drug use traits that unveiled specific genes for follow-up and splicing correlations across SUDs. Finally, we showed that differentially spliced genes between AUD vs control were also associated with primate models of chronic alcohol consumption in similar brain regions. Our study found substantial genetic contributions of alternative mRNA splicing in AUD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 09. März, Seite 3950

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huggett, Spencer B [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Ami S [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Qingyue [VerfasserIn]
Benca-Bachman, Chelsie E [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, Rohan H C [VerfasserIn]

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DNA, Recombinant
Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 13.03.2023

Date Revised 20.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-30926-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354003704