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 conferring general and substance-specific addiction risk. We report a multivariate genome-wide association study that disaggregates general and substance-specific loci for problematic alcohol use, problematic tobacco use, and cannabis and opioid use disorders in a sample of 1,025,550 individuals of European and 92,630 individuals of African descent. Nineteen loci were genome-wide significant for the general addiction risk factor (addiction-rf), which showed high polygenicity. Across ancestries PDE4B was significant (among others), suggesting dopamine regulation as a cross-trait vulnerability. The 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 the genetic architecture of general and substance-specific use disorder risk that may be leveraged as treatment targets..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 12. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hatoum, Alexander S [VerfasserIn]
Colbert, Sarah M.C. [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Emma C [VerfasserIn]
Huggett, Spencer B. [VerfasserIn]
Deak, Joseph D. [VerfasserIn]
Pathak, Gita A [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 David [VerfasserIn]
Tucker-Drob, Elliot M [VerfasserIn]
Kranzler, Henry [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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doi:

10.1101/2022.01.06.22268753

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XBI034889477