Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders

Genetic liability to substance use disorders can be parsed into loci that confer general or substance-specific addiction risk. We report a multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis that disaggregates general and substance-specific loci for published summary statistics of problematic alcohol use, problematic tobacco use, cannabis use disorder, and opioid use disorder in a sample of 1,025,550 individuals of European descent and 92,630 individuals of African descent. Nineteen independent SNPs were genome-wide significant (P < 5e-8) for the general addiction risk factor (addiction-rf), which showed high polygenicity. Across ancestries, PDE4B was significant (among other genes), suggesting dopamine regulation as a cross-substance vulnerability. An addiction-rf polygenic risk score was associated with substance use disorders, psychopathologies, somatic conditions, and environments associated with the onset of addictions. Substance-specific loci (9 for alcohol, 32 for tobacco, 5 for cannabis, 1 for opioids) included metabolic and receptor genes. These findings provide insight into genetic risk loci for substance use disorders that could be leveraged as treatment targets.

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2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1

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Nature mental health - 1(2023), 3 vom: 29. März, Seite 210-223

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Englisch

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Hatoum, Alexander S [VerfasserIn]
Colbert, Sarah M C [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Emma C [VerfasserIn]
Huggett, Spencer B [VerfasserIn]
Deak, Joseph D [VerfasserIn]
Pathak, Gita [VerfasserIn]
Jennings, Mariela V [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Sarah E [VerfasserIn]
Karcher, Nicole R [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Baranger, David A A [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Grotzinger, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Substance Use Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Tucker-Drob, Elliot M [VerfasserIn]
Kranzler, Henry R [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Lea K [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez-Roige, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Polimanti, Renato [VerfasserIn]
Gelernter, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Edenberg, Howard J [VerfasserIn]
Bogdan, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Agrawal, Arpana [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s44220-023-00034-y

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NLM357526279