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Johnson B, Alho H, Addolorato G, Lesch OM, Chick J, Liu L, Schuyler V. Low-dose ondansetron: A candidate prospective precision medicine to treat alcohol use disorder endophenotypes. Eur J Intern Med 2024:S0953-6205(24)00240-1. [PMID: 38876929 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and over 95 million people live with alcohol dependence globally. The estimated heritability of AUD is 50-60 %, and multiple genes are thought to contribute to various endophenotypes of the disease. Previous clinical trials support a precision medicine approach using ondansetron (AD04, a 5-HT3 antagonist) by segregating AUD populations by the bio-genetic endophenotype of specific serotonergic genotypes and the bio-psychosocial endophenotype of the severity of drinking or both. By targeting the modulation of biogenetic signaling within the biopsychosocial context of AUD, low-dose AD04 holds promise in reducing alcohol consumption among affected individuals while minimizing adverse effects. METHODS This was a phase III, 6-month, 25-site, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial using AD04 to treat DSM-V-categorized AUD individuals who were pre-stratified into the endophenotypes of heavy or very heavy drinking individuals and possessed a pre-defined profile of genetic variants related to the serotonin transporter and serotonin-3AB receptor. Participants (N = 303) presented moderate to severe AUD, >80 % were men, mostly in their fifties, and >95 % were of European descent. Low-dose AD04 (approx. 033 mg twice daily) or a matching placebo was administered twice daily for 6 months. Brief Behavioral Compliance Enhancement Treatment (BBCET [53]) was administered every two weeks to enhance medication compliance and clinic attendance. RESULTS There was a significant reduction in the monthly percentage of heavy drinking days, PHDD (-46·7 % (2·7 %), 95 %CI: -52·1 % to -41·2 % vs. -38·1 % (2·9 %), 95 %CI: -43·8 % to -32·5 %, respectively; LS mean difference=-8·5 %; p = 0.03) among AD04-treated vs. placebo-receiving heavy drinking individuals at month 6. Heavy drinking individuals were also less likely to be diagnosed with AUD [Month 1: -32·0 % (2·8 %), 95 %CI: -37·5 % to -26·5 % vs. -23·2 % (2·9 %), 95 %CI: -28·9 to -17·5 %; LS mean difference= -8·8 %; p = 0·026)], and improved on the WHO quality of life BREF scale with a significant effect for at least a 1-level downward shift (OR = 3.4; 95 % CI: 1·03-11·45, p = 0·044). Importantly, heavy drinking individuals, as distinct from very heavy drinking individuals, were the bio-psychosocial endophenotype more predictive of therapeutic response to AD04. AD04 had an exceptional safety and tolerability profile, like the placebo's. CONCLUSIONS In this Phase 3 clinical trial, AD04 was shown to be a promising treatment for currently drinking heavy drinking individuals with AUD who also possess a specific genotypic profile in the serotonin transporter and serotonin-3AB receptor complex. Using AD04 to reduce the harm of AUD in heavy drinking individuals who are currently drinking, without the necessity of abstinence or detoxification from alcohol use, is an important advance in the field of precision medicine. AD04's adverse events profile, which was like placebo, should enhance accessibility and acceptance of modern medical treatment for AUD by lowering the incorrect but commonly perceived stigma of personal failure.
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- Bankole Johnson
- Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc., Division of Biomedical Sciences, Larkin University, Miami, USA.
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- Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Addictum Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Catholic University of Rome, Internal Medicine and Alcohol Related Disease Unit, Columbus-Gemelli Hospital, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc., Division of Biomedical Sciences, Larkin University, Miami, USA
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Bountress KE, Bustamante D, Ahangari M, Aliev F, Aggen SH, Lancaster E, Peterson RE, Vassileva J, Dick DM, Amstadter AB. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol use disorder symptoms: Testing interactions with polygenic risk. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2024:1-6. [PMID: 38329837 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2024.2308255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to test whether COVID impact interacts with genetic risk (polygenic risk score/PRS) to predict alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms. Method: Participants were n = 455 college students (79.6% female, 51% European Ancestry/EA, 24% African Ancestry/AFR, 25% Americas Ancestry/AMER) from a longitudinal study during the initial stage (March-May 2020) of the pandemic. Path models allowed for the examination of PRS and previously identified COVID-19 impact constructs. Results: There was a main effect of the AUD PRS on AUD symptoms within the EA group (β: .165, p < .01). Additionally, food/housing insecurity was predictive in the AMER group (β.295, p < .05), and greater increases in substance use were associated with AUD symptoms for EA (β:.459, p < .001) and AMER groups (β:.468, p < .001). Conclusions: Greater food/housing instability and increases in substance use, as well higher scores on PRS are associated with more AUD symptoms for some ancestral groups within this college sample.
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- Kaitlin E Bountress
- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Integrative Life Sciences Doctoral Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Integrative Life Sciences Doctoral Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Office of Data Science Strategy and Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Psychiatry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatry and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Lai D, Kuo SIC, Wetherill L, Aliev F, Zhang M, Abreu M, Schwantes-An TH, Dick D, Francis MW, Johnson EC, Kamarajan C, Kinreich S, Kuperman S, Meyers J, Nurnberger JI, Liu Y, Edenberg HJ, Porjesz B, Agrawal A, Foroud T, Schuckit M, Plawecki MH, Bucholz KK, McCutcheon VV. Associations between alcohol use disorder polygenic score and remission in participants from high-risk families and the Indiana Biobank. ALCOHOL, CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 48:283-294. [PMID: 38054532 PMCID: PMC10922306 DOI: 10.1111/acer.15239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the United States, ~50% of individuals who meet criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD) during their lifetimes do not remit. We previously reported that a polygenic score for AUD (PGSAUD ) was positively associated with AUD severity as measured by DSM-5 lifetime criterion count, and AUD severity was negatively associated with remission. Thus, we hypothesized that PGSAUD would be negatively associated with remission. METHODS Individuals of European (EA) and African ancestry (AA) from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) who met lifetime criteria for AUD, and two EA cohorts ascertained for studies of liver diseases and substance use disorders from the Indiana Biobank were included. In COGA, 12-month remission was defined as any period of ≥12 consecutive months without meeting AUD criteria except craving and was further categorized as abstinent and non-abstinent. In the Indiana Biobank, remission was defined based on ICD codes and could not be further distinguished as abstinent or non-abstinent. Sex and age were included as covariates. COGA analyses included additional adjustment for AUD severity, family history of remission, and AUD treatment history. RESULTS In COGA EA, PGSAUD was negatively associated with 12-month and non-abstinent remission (p ≤ 0.013, βs between -0.15 and -0.10) after adjusting for all covariates. In contrast to the COGA findings, PGSAUD was positively associated with remission (p = 0.004, β = 0.28) in the Indiana Biobank liver diseases cohort but not in the Indiana Biobank substance use disorder cohort (p = 0.17, β = 0.15). CONCLUSIONS PGSAUD was negatively associated with 12-month and non-abstinent remission in COGA EA, independent of behavioral measures of AUD severity and family history of remission. The discrepant results in COGA and the Indiana Biobank could reflect different ascertainment strategies: the Indiana Biobank participants were older and had higher rates of liver disease, suggesting that these individuals remitted due to alcohol-related health conditions that manifested in later life.
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- Dongbing Lai
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Health Science University, NY
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Health Science University, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Health Science University, NY
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Health Science University, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Medical School, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Barr PB, Bigdeli TB, Meyers JL, Peterson RE, Sanchez-Roige S, Mallard TT, Dick DM, Harden KP, Wilkinson A, Graham DP, Nielsen DA, Swann AC, Lipsky RK, Kosten TR, Aslan M, Harvey PD, Kimbrel NA, Beckham JC. Correlates of Risk for Disinhibited Behaviors in the Million Veteran Program Cohort. JAMA Psychiatry 2024; 81:188-197. [PMID: 37938835 PMCID: PMC10633411 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Importance Many psychiatric outcomes share a common etiologic pathway reflecting behavioral disinhibition, generally referred to as externalizing (EXT) disorders. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have demonstrated the overlap between EXT disorders and important aspects of veterans' health, such as suicide-related behaviors and substance use disorders (SUDs). Objective To explore correlates of risk for EXT disorders within the Veterans Health Administration (VA) Million Veteran Program (MVP). Design, Setting, and Participants A series of phenome-wide association studies (PheWASs) of polygenic risk scores (PGSs) for EXT disorders was conducted using electronic health records. First, ancestry-specific PheWASs of EXT PGSs were conducted in the African, European, and Hispanic or Latin American ancestries. Next, a conditional PheWAS, covarying for PGSs of comorbid psychiatric problems (depression, schizophrenia, and suicide attempt; European ancestries only), was performed. Lastly, to adjust for unmeasured confounders, a within-family analysis of significant associations from the main PheWAS was performed in full siblings (European ancestries only). This study included the electronic health record data from US veterans from VA health care centers enrolled in MVP. Analyses took place from February 2022 to August 2023 covering a period from October 1999 to January 2020. Exposures PGSs for EXT, depression, schizophrenia, and suicide attempt. Main Outcomes and Measures Phecodes for diagnoses derived from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Revisions, Clinical Modification, codes from electronic health records. Results Within the MVP (560 824 patients; mean [SD] age, 67.9 [14.3] years; 512 593 male [91.4%]), the EXT PGS was associated with 619 outcomes, of which 188 were independent of risk for comorbid problems or PGSs (from odds ratio [OR], 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01-1.03 for overweight/obesity to OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.42-1.47 for viral hepatitis C). Of the significant outcomes, 73 (11.9%) were significant in the African results and 26 (4.5%) were significant in the Hispanic or Latin American results. Within-family analyses uncovered robust associations between EXT PGS and consequences of SUDs, including liver disease, chronic airway obstruction, and viral hepatitis C. Conclusions and Relevance Results of this cohort study suggest a shared polygenic basis of EXT disorders, independent of risk for other psychiatric problems. In addition, this study found associations between EXT PGS and diagnoses related to SUDs and their sequelae. Overall, this study highlighted the potential negative consequences of EXT disorders for health and functioning in the US veteran population.
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- Peter B. Barr
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Institute for Genomics in Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
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- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Institute for Genomics in Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
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- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Institute for Genomics in Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
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- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
- Institute for Genomics in Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
- Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin
- Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Houston
- Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Immunology and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Immunology and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Immunology and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Immunology and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Immunology and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Research Service, Bruce W. Carter Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
- VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
- VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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Na P, Zhou H, Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Petrakis IL, Krystal JH, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Pietrzak RH. Positive personality traits moderate persistent high alcohol consumption, determined by polygenic risk in U.S. military veterans: results from a 10-year, population-based, observational cohort study. Psychol Med 2023; 53:7893-7901. [PMID: 37642191 DOI: 10.1017/s003329172300199x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Understanding the interplay between psychosocial factors and polygenic risk scores (PRS) may help elucidate the biopsychosocial etiology of high alcohol consumption (HAC). This study examined the psychosocial moderators of HAC, determined by polygenic risk in a 10-year longitudinal study of US military veterans. We hypothesized that positive psychosocial traits (e.g. social support, personality traits, optimism, gratitude) may buffer risk of HAC in veterans with greater polygenic liability for alcohol consumption (AC). METHODS Data were analyzed from 1323 European-American US veterans who participated in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, a 10-year, nationally representative longitudinal study of US military veterans. PRS reflecting genome-wide risk for AC (AUDIT-C) was derived from a Million Veteran Program genome-wide association study (N = 200 680). RESULTS Among the total sample, 328 (weighted 24.8%) had persistent HAC, 131 (weighted 9.9%) had new-onset HAC, 44 (weighted 3.3%) had remitted HAC, and 820 (weighted 62.0%) had no/low AC over the 10-year study period. AUDIT-C PRS was positively associated with persistent HAC relative to no/low AC [relative risk ratio (RRR) = 1.43, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.23-1.67] and remitted HAC (RRR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.07-2.50). Among veterans with higher AUDIT-C PRS, greater baseline levels of agreeableness and greater dispositional gratitude were inversely associated with persistent HAC. CONCLUSIONS AUDIT-C PRS was prospectively associated with persistent HAC over a 10-year period, and agreeableness and dispositional gratitude moderated this association. Clinical interventions designed to target these modifiable psychological traits may help mitigate risk of persistent HAC in veterans with greater polygenic liability for persistent HAC.
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- Peter Na
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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Smolyak D, Humphries EM, Parikh A, Gopalakrishnan M, Aycan F, Bjarnadóttir M, Ament SA, El-Metwally D, Beitelshees A, Agarwal R. Predicting Heterogeneity in Patient Response to Morphine Treatment for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2023; 114:1015-1022. [PMID: 37470135 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.3007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
Infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome commonly receive morphine treatment to manage their withdrawal signs. However, the effectiveness of this pharmacotherapy in managing the infants' withdrawal signs vary widely. We sought to understand how information available early in infant monitoring can anticipate this treatment response, focusing on early modified Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (FNASS) scores, polygenic risk for opioid dependence (polygenic risk score (PRS)), and drug exposure. Using k-means clustering, we divided the 213 infants in our cohort into 3 groups based on their FNASS scores in the 12 hours before and after the initiation of pharmacotherapy. We found that these groups were pairwise significantly different for risk factors, including methadone exposure, and for in-hospital outcomes, including total morphine received, length of stay, and highest FNASS score. Whereas PRS was not predictive of receipt of treatment, PRS was pairwise significantly different between a subset of the groups. Using tree-based machine learning methods, we then constructed network graphs of the relationships among these groups, FNASS scores, PRS, drug exposures, and in-hospital outcomes. The resulting networks also showed meaningful connection between early FNASS scores and PRS, as well as between both of those and later in-hospital outcomes. These analyses present clinicians with the opportunity to better anticipate infant withdrawal progression and prepare accordingly, whether with expedited morphine treatment or non-pharmacotherapeutic alternative treatments.
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- Daniel Smolyak
- Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Program in Molecular Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Practice, Science, and Health Outcomes Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- University of Maryland - Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Carey Business School, Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Meyers JL, McCutcheon VV, Horne-Osipenko KA, Waters LR, Barr P, Chan G, Chorlian DB, Johnson EC, Kuo SIC, Kramer JR, Dick DM, Kuperman S, Kamarajan C, Pandey G, Singman D, de Viteri SSS, Salvatore JE, Bierut LJ, Foroud T, Goate A, Hesselbrock V, Nurnberger J, Plaweck MH, Schuckit MA, Agrawal A, Edenberg HJ, Bucholz KK, Porjesz B. COVID-19 pandemic stressors are associated with reported increases in frequency of drunkenness among individuals with a history of alcohol use disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:311. [PMID: 37803048 PMCID: PMC10558437 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02577-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Some sources report increases in alcohol use have been observed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women. Cross-sectional studies suggest that specific COVID-19-related stressful experiences (e.g., social disconnection) may be driving such increases in the general population. Few studies have explored these topics among individuals with a history of Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD), an especially vulnerable population. Drawing on recent data collected by the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA; COVID-19 study N = 1651, 62% women, age range: 30-91) in conjunction with AUD history data collected on the sample since 1990, we investigated associations of COVID-19 related stressors and coping activities with changes in drunkenness frequency since the start of the pandemic. Analyses were conducted for those without a history of AUD (N: 645) and three groups of participants with a history of AUD prior to the start of the pandemic: (1) those experiencing AUD symptoms (N: 606), (2) those in remission who were drinking (N: 231), and (3) those in remission who were abstinent (had not consumed alcohol for 5+ years; N: 169). Gender-stratified models were also examined. Exploratory analyses examined the moderating effects of 'problematic alcohol use' polygenic risk scores (PRS) and neural connectivity (i.e., posterior interhemispheric alpha EEG coherence) on associations between COVID-19 stressors and coping activities with changes in the frequency of drunkenness. Increases in drunkenness frequency since the start of the pandemic were higher among those with a lifetime AUD diagnosis experiencing symptoms prior to the start of the pandemic (14% reported increased drunkenness) when compared to those without a history of AUD (5% reported increased drunkenness). Among individuals in remission from AUD prior to the start of the pandemic, rates of increased drunkenness were 10% for those who were drinking pre-pandemic and 4% for those who had previously been abstinent. Across all groups, women reported nominally greater increases in drunkenness frequency when compared with men, although only women experiencing pre-pandemic AUD symptoms reported significantly greater rates of increased drunkenness since the start of the pandemic compared to men in this group (17% of women vs. 5% of men). Among those without a prior history of AUD, associations between COVID-19 risk and protective factors with increases in drunkenness frequency were not observed. Among all groups with a history of AUD (including those with AUD symptoms and those remitted from AUD), perceived stress was associated with increases in drunkenness. Among the remitted-abstinent group, essential worker status was associated with increases in drunkenness. Gender differences in these associations were observed: among women in the remitted-abstinent group, essential worker status, perceived stress, media consumption, and decreased social interactions were associated with increases in drunkenness. Among men in the remitted-drinking group, perceived stress was associated with increases in drunkenness, and increased relationship quality was associated with decreases in drunkenness. Exploratory analyses indicated that associations between family illness or death with increases in drunkenness and increased relationship quality with decreases in drunkenness were more pronounced among the remitted-drinking participants with higher PRS. Associations between family illness or death, media consumption, and economic hardships with increases in drunkenness and healthy coping with decreases in drunkenness were more pronounced among the remitted-abstinent group with lower interhemispheric alpha EEG connectivity. Our results demonstrated that only individuals with pre-pandemic AUD symptoms reported greater increases in drunkenness frequency since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those without a lifetime history of AUD. This increase was more pronounced among women than men in this group. However, COVID-19-related stressors and coping activities were associated with changes in the frequency of drunkenness among all groups of participants with a prior history of AUD, including those experiencing AUD symptoms, as well as abstinent and non-abstinent participants in remission. Perceived stress, essential worker status, media consumption, social connections (especially for women), and relationship quality (especially for men) are specific areas of focus for designing intervention and prevention strategies aimed at reducing pandemic-related alcohol misuse among this particularly vulnerable group. Interestingly, these associations were not observed for individuals without a prior history of AUD, supporting prior literature that demonstrates that widespread stressors (e.g., pandemics, terrorist attacks) disproportionately impact the mental health and alcohol use of those with a prior history of problems.
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- Jacquelyn L Meyers
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Neuroscience, and Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Neuroscience, and Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Medical School, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Su J, Kuo SIC, Aliev F, Rabinowitz JA, Jamil B, Chan G, Edenberg HJ, Francis M, Hesselbrock V, Kamarajan C, Kinreich S, Kramer J, Lai D, McCutcheon V, Meyers J, Pandey A, Pandey G, Plawecki MH, Schuckit M, Tischfield J, Dick DM. Alcohol use polygenic risk score, social support, and alcohol use among European American and African American adults. Dev Psychopathol 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37781861 PMCID: PMC10985050 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
Abstract
Alcohol use is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. We examined the interactive effects between genome-wide polygenic risk scores for alcohol use (alc-PRS) and social support in relation to alcohol use among European American (EA) and African American (AA) adults across sex and developmental stages (emerging adulthood, young adulthood, and middle adulthood). Data were drawn from 4,011 EA and 1,274 AA adults from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism who were between ages 18-65 and had ever used alcohol. Participants completed the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism and provided saliva or blood samples for genotyping. Results indicated that social support from friends, but not family, moderated the association between alc-PRS and alcohol use among EAs and AAs (only in middle adulthood for AAs); alc-PRS was associated with higher levels of alcohol use when friend support was low, but not when friend support was high. Associations were similar across sex but differed across developmental stages. Findings support the important role of social support from friends in buffering genetic risk for alcohol use among EA and AA adults and highlight the need to consider developmental changes in the role of social support in relation to alcohol use.
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- Jinni Su
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Walhovd KB, Lövden M, Fjell AM. Timing of lifespan influences on brain and cognition. Trends Cogn Sci 2023; 27:901-915. [PMID: 37563042 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
Abstract
Modifiable risk and protective factors for boosting brain and cognitive development and preventing neurodegeneration and cognitive decline are embraced in neuroimaging studies. We call for sobriety regarding the timing and quantity of such influences on brain and cognition. Individual differences in the level of brain and cognition, many of which present already at birth and early in development, appear stable, larger, and more pervasive than differences in change across the lifespan. Incorporating early-life factors, including genetics, and investigating both level and change will reduce the risk of ascribing undue importance and causality to proximate factors in adulthood and older age. This has implications for both mechanistic understanding and prevention.
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- Kristine B Walhovd
- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Computational Radiology and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Computational Radiology and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Saenz de Viteri S, Zhang J, Johnson EC, Barr PB, Edenberg HJ, Hesselbrock VM, Nurnberger JI, Pandey AK, Kamarajan C, Kinreich S, Tischfield JA, Plawecki MH, Kramer JR, Lai D, Kuperman S, Chan G, McCutcheon VV, Bucholz KK, Porjesz B, Meyers JL. Genomic risk for post-traumatic stress disorder in families densely affected with alcohol use disorders. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:3391-3396. [PMID: 37344610 PMCID: PMC10618091 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02117-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
Abstract
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic markers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian and military populations. However, studies have yet to examine the genetics of PTSD while factoring in risk for alcohol dependence, which commonly co-occur. We examined genome-wide associations for DSM-IV PTSD among 4,978 trauma-exposed participants (31% with alcohol dependence, 50% female, 30% African ancestry) from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA). We also examined associations of polygenic risk scores (PRS) derived from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC)-PTSD Freeze 2 (N = 3533) and Million Veterans Program GWAS of PTSD (N = 5200) with PTSD and substance dependence in COGA, and moderating effects of sex and alcohol dependence. 7.3% of COGA participants met criteria for PTSD, with higher rates in females (10.1%) and those with alcohol dependence (12.3%). No independent loci met genome-wide significance in the PTSD meta-analysis of European (EA) and African ancestry (AA) participants. The PGC-PTSD PRS was associated with increased risk for PTSD (B = 0.126, p < 0.001), alcohol dependence (B = 0.231, p < 0.001), and cocaine dependence (B = 0.086, p < 0.01) in EA individuals. A significant interaction was observed, such that EA individuals with alcohol dependence and higher polygenic risk for PTSD were more likely to have PTSD (B = 0.090, p < 0.01) than those without alcohol dependence. These results further support the importance of examining substance dependence, specifically alcohol dependence, and PTSD together when investigating genetic influence on these disorders.
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Lee WJ, Cheng H, Whitney BM, Nance RM, Britton SR, Jordahl K, Lindstrom S, Ruderman SA, Kitahata MM, Saag MS, Willig AL, Burkholder G, Eron JJ, Kovacic JC, Björkegren JLM, Mathews WC, Cachay E, Feinstein MJ, Budoff M, Hunt PW, Moore RD, Keruly J, McCaul ME, Chander G, Webel A, Mayer KH, Delaney JA, Crane PK, Martinez C, Crane HM, Hao K, Peter I. Polygenic risk scores point toward potential genetic mechanisms of type 2 myocardial infarction in people with HIV. Int J Cardiol 2023; 383:15-23. [PMID: 37149004 PMCID: PMC10247524 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (PWH) are at higher risk of myocardial infarction (MI) than those without HIV. About half of MIs in PWH are type 2 (T2MI), resulting from mismatch between myocardial oxygen supply and demand, in contrast to type 1 MI (T1MI), which is due to primary plaque rupture or coronary thrombosis. Despite worse survival and rising incidence in the general population, evidence-based treatment recommendations for T2MI are lacking. We used polygenic risk scores (PRS) to explore genetic mechanisms of T2MI compared to T1MI in PWH. METHODS We derived 115 PRS for MI-related traits in 9541 PWH enrolled in the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems cohort with adjudicated T1MI and T2MI. We applied multivariate logistic regression analyses to determine the association with T1MI and T2MI. Based on initial findings, we performed gene set enrichment analysis of the top variants composing PRS associated with T2MI. RESULTS We found that T1MI was strongly associated with PRS for cardiovascular disease, lipid profiles, and metabolic traits. In contrast, PRS for alcohol dependence and cholecystitis, significantly enriched in energy metabolism pathways, were predictive of T2MI risk. The association remained after the adjustment for actual alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate distinct genetic traits associated with T1MI and T2MI among PWH further highlighting their etiological differences and supporting the role of energy regulation in T2MI pathogenesis.
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- Won Jun Lee
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA; Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA; Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, University of NSW, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA; Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Deparment of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA; College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, New York, USA.
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Kamarajan C, Pandey AK, Chorlian DB, Meyers JL, Kinreich S, Pandey G, Subbie-Saenz de Viteri S, Zhang J, Kuang W, Barr PB, Aliev F, Anokhin AP, Plawecki MH, Kuperman S, Almasy L, Merikangas A, Brislin SJ, Bauer L, Hesselbrock V, Chan G, Kramer J, Lai D, Hartz S, Bierut LJ, McCutcheon VV, Bucholz KK, Dick DM, Schuckit MA, Edenberg HJ, Porjesz B. Predicting Alcohol-Related Memory Problems in Older Adults: A Machine Learning Study with Multi-Domain Features. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:bs13050427. [PMID: 37232664 DOI: 10.3390/bs13050427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Memory problems are common among older adults with a history of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Employing a machine learning framework, the current study investigates the use of multi-domain features to classify individuals with and without alcohol-induced memory problems. A group of 94 individuals (ages 50-81 years) with alcohol-induced memory problems (the memory group) were compared with a matched control group who did not have memory problems. The random forests model identified specific features from each domain that contributed to the classification of the memory group vs. the control group (AUC = 88.29%). Specifically, individuals from the memory group manifested a predominant pattern of hyperconnectivity across the default mode network regions except for some connections involving the anterior cingulate cortex, which were predominantly hypoconnected. Other significant contributing features were: (i) polygenic risk scores for AUD, (ii) alcohol consumption and related health consequences during the past five years, such as health problems, past negative experiences, withdrawal symptoms, and the largest number of drinks in a day during the past twelve months, and (iii) elevated neuroticism and increased harm avoidance, and fewer positive "uplift" life events. At the neural systems level, hyperconnectivity across the default mode network regions, including the connections across the hippocampal hub regions, in individuals with memory problems may indicate dysregulation in neural information processing. Overall, the study outlines the importance of utilizing multidomain features, consisting of resting-state brain connectivity data collected ~18 years ago, together with personality, life experiences, polygenic risk, and alcohol consumption and related consequences, to predict the alcohol-related memory problems that arise in later life.
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- Chella Kamarajan
- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Thomas NS, Salvatore JE, Kuo SIC, Aliev F, McCutcheon VV, Meyers JM, Bucholz KK, Brislin SJ, Chan G, Edenberg HJ, Kamarajan C, Kramer JR, Kuperman S, Pandey G, Plawecki MH, Schuckit MA, Dick DM. Genetic nurture effects for alcohol use disorder. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:759-766. [PMID: 36253439 PMCID: PMC10079179 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01816-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We tested whether aspects of the childhood/adolescent home environment mediate genetic risk for alcohol problems within families across generations. Parental relationship discord and parental divorce were the focal environments examined. The sample included participants of European ancestry (N = 4806, 51% female) and African ancestry (N = 1960, 52% female) from the high-risk Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. Alcohol outcomes in the child generation included lifetime criterion counts for DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), lifetime maximum drinks in 24 h, age at initiation of regular drinking, and age at first alcohol intoxication. Predictors in the parent generation included relationship discord, divorce, alcohol measures parallel to those in the child generation, and polygenic scores for alcohol problems. Parental polygenic scores were partitioned into alleles that were transmitted and non-transmitted to the child. The results from structural equation models were consistent with genetic nurture effects in European ancestry families. Exposure to parental relationship discord and parental divorce mediated, in part, the transmission of genetic risk for alcohol problems from parents to children to predict earlier ages regular drinking (βindirect = -0.018 [-0.026, -0.011]) and intoxication (βindirect = -0.015 [-0.023, -0.008]), greater lifetime maximum drinks (βindirect = 0.006 [0.002, 0.01]) and more lifetime AUD criteria (βindirect = 0.011 [0.006, 0.016]). In contrast, there was no evidence that parental alleles had indirect effects on offspring alcohol outcomes via parental relationship discord or divorce in the smaller number of families of African ancestry. In conclusion, parents transmit genetic risk for alcohol problems to their children not only directly, but also indirectly via genetically influenced aspects of the home environment. Further investigation of genetic nurture in non-European samples is needed.
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- Nathaniel S Thomas
- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Medical School, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Bogdan R, Hatoum AS, Johnson EC, Agrawal A. The Genetically Informed Neurobiology of Addiction (GINA) model. Nat Rev Neurosci 2023; 24:40-57. [PMID: 36446900 PMCID: PMC10041646 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-022-00656-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Addictions are heritable and unfold dynamically across the lifespan. One prominent neurobiological theory proposes that substance-induced changes in neural circuitry promote the progression of addiction. Genome-wide association studies have begun to characterize the polygenic architecture undergirding addiction liability and revealed that genetic loci associated with risk can be divided into those associated with a general broad-spectrum liability to addiction and those associated with drug-specific addiction risk. In this Perspective, we integrate these genomic findings with our current understanding of the neurobiology of addiction to propose a new Genetically Informed Neurobiology of Addiction (GINA) model.
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- Ryan Bogdan
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Su J, Trevino A, Jamil B, Aliev F. Genetic risk of AUDs and childhood impulsivity: Examining the role of parenting and family environment. Dev Psychopathol 2022; 34:1-14. [PMID: 36523258 DOI: 10.1017/s095457942200092x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This study examined the independent and interactive effects of genetic risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD), parenting behaviors, and family environment on childhood impulsivity. Data were drawn from White (n = 5,991), Black/African American (n = 1,693), and Hispanic/Latino (n = 2,118) youth who completed the baseline assessment (age 9-10) and had genotypic data available from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Participants completed questionnaires and provided saliva or blood samples for genotyping. Results indicated no significant main effects of AUD genome-wide polygenic scores (AUD-PRS) on childhood impulsivity as measured by the UPPS-P scale across racial/ethnic groups. In general, parental monitoring and parental acceptance were associated with lower impulsivity; family conflict was associated with higher impulsivity. There was an interaction effect between AUD-PRS and family conflict, such that family conflict exacerbated the association between AUD-PRS and positive urgency, only among Black/African American youth. This was the only significant interaction effect detected from a total of 45 tests (five impulsivity dimensions, three subsamples, and three family factors), and thus may be a false positive and needs to be replicated. These findings highlight the important role of parenting behaviors and family conflict in relation to impulsivity among children.
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- Jinni Su
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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Verweij KJH, Vink JM, Abdellaoui A, Gillespie NA, Derks EM, Treur JL. The genetic aetiology of cannabis use: from twin models to genome-wide association studies and beyond. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:489. [PMID: 36411281 PMCID: PMC9678872 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02215-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cannabis is among the most widely consumed psychoactive substances worldwide. Individual differences in cannabis use phenotypes can partly be explained by genetic differences. Technical and methodological advances have increased our understanding of the genetic aetiology of cannabis use. This narrative review discusses the genetic literature on cannabis use, covering twin, linkage, and candidate-gene studies, and the more recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs), as well as the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Not only do we focus on the insights that these methods have provided on the genetic aetiology of cannabis use, but also on how they have helped to clarify the relationship between cannabis use and co-occurring traits, such as the use of other substances and mental health disorders. Twin studies have shown that cannabis use is moderately heritable, with higher heritability estimates for more severe phases of use. Linkage and candidate-gene studies have been largely unsuccessful, while GWASs so far only explain a small portion of the heritability. Dozens of genetic variants predictive of cannabis use have been identified, located in genes such as CADM2, FOXP2, and CHRNA2. Studies that applied multivariate methods (twin models, genetic correlation analysis, polygenic score analysis, genomic structural equation modelling, Mendelian randomisation) indicate that there is considerable genetic overlap between cannabis use and other traits (especially other substances and externalising disorders) and some evidence for causal relationships (most convincingly for schizophrenia). We end our review by discussing implications of these findings and suggestions for future work.
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- Karin J. H. Verweij
- grid.7177.60000000084992262Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.5590.90000000122931605Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Thomas van Aquinostraat 4, 6525 GD Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- grid.7177.60000000084992262Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.224260.00000 0004 0458 8737Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavior Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 East Leigh St, Suite 100, Richmond, VA 23219 USA
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- grid.1049.c0000 0001 2294 1395Translational Neurogenomics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006 Australia
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- grid.7177.60000000084992262Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ferguson LB, Mayfield RD, Messing RO. RNA biomarkers for alcohol use disorder. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:1032362. [PMID: 36407766 PMCID: PMC9673015 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1032362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent and one of the leading causes of disability in the US and around the world. There are some molecular biomarkers of heavy alcohol use and liver damage which can suggest AUD, but these are lacking in sensitivity and specificity. AUD treatment involves psychosocial interventions and medications for managing alcohol withdrawal, assisting in abstinence and reduced drinking (naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram, and some off-label medications), and treating comorbid psychiatric conditions (e.g., depression and anxiety). It has been suggested that various patient groups within the heterogeneous AUD population would respond more favorably to specific treatment approaches. For example, there is some evidence that so-called reward-drinkers respond better to naltrexone than acamprosate. However, there are currently no objective molecular markers to separate patients into optimal treatment groups or any markers of treatment response. Objective molecular biomarkers could aid in AUD diagnosis and patient stratification, which could personalize treatment and improve outcomes through more targeted interventions. Biomarkers of treatment response could also improve AUD management and treatment development. Systems biology considers complex diseases and emergent behaviors as the outcome of interactions and crosstalk between biomolecular networks. A systems approach that uses transcriptomic (or other -omic data, e.g., methylome, proteome, metabolome) can capture genetic and environmental factors associated with AUD and potentially provide sensitive, specific, and objective biomarkers to guide patient stratification, prognosis of treatment response or relapse, and predict optimal treatments. This Review describes and highlights state-of-the-art research on employing transcriptomic data and artificial intelligence (AI) methods to serve as molecular biomarkers with the goal of improving the clinical management of AUD. Considerations about future directions are also discussed.
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- Laura B. Ferguson
- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,*Correspondence: Laura B. Ferguson,
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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Barr PB, Driver MN, Kuo SIC, Stephenson M, Aliev F, Linnér RK, Marks J, Anokhin AP, Bucholz K, Chan G, Edenberg HJ, Edwards AC, Francis MW, Hancock DB, Harden KP, Kamarajan C, Kaprio J, Kinreich S, Kramer JR, Kuperman S, Latvala A, Meyers JL, Palmer AA, Plawecki MH, Porjesz B, Rose RJ, Schuckit MA, Salvatore JE, Dick DM. Clinical, environmental, and genetic risk factors for substance use disorders: characterizing combined effects across multiple cohorts. Mol Psychiatry 2022; 27:4633-4641. [PMID: 36195638 PMCID: PMC9938102 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01801-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) incur serious social and personal costs. The risk for SUDs is complex, with risk factors ranging from social conditions to individual genetic variation. We examined whether models that include a clinical/environmental risk index (CERI) and polygenic scores (PGS) are able to identify individuals at increased risk of SUD in young adulthood across four longitudinal cohorts for a combined sample of N = 15,134. Our analyses included participants of European (NEUR = 12,659) and African (NAFR = 2475) ancestries. SUD outcomes included: (1) alcohol dependence, (2) nicotine dependence; (3) drug dependence, and (4) any substance dependence. In the models containing the PGS and CERI, the CERI was associated with all three outcomes (ORs = 01.37-1.67). PGS for problematic alcohol use, externalizing, and smoking quantity were associated with alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and nicotine dependence, respectively (OR = 1.11-1.33). PGS for problematic alcohol use and externalizing were also associated with any substance dependence (ORs = 1.09-1.18). The full model explained 6-13% of the variance in SUDs. Those in the top 10% of CERI and PGS had relative risk ratios of 3.86-8.04 for each SUD relative to the bottom 90%. Overall, the combined measures of clinical, environmental, and genetic risk demonstrated modest ability to distinguish between affected and unaffected individuals in young adulthood. PGS were significant but added little in addition to the clinical/environmental risk index. Results from our analysis demonstrate there is still considerable work to be done before tools such as these are ready for clinical applications.
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- Peter B Barr
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Ramírez J, van Duijvenboden S, Young WJ, Tinker A, Lambiase PD, Orini M, Munroe PB. Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Using Clinical and Genetic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Risk Factors. CIRCULATION. GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2022; 15:e003441. [PMID: 35861959 PMCID: PMC9584057 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.121.003441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease (CAD) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) are the leading causes of death in the general population, but risk stratification remains suboptimal. CAD genetic risk scores (GRSs) predict risk independently from clinical tools, like QRISK3. We assessed the added value of GRSs for a variety of cardiovascular traits (CV GRSs) for predicting CAD and MACE and tested their early-life screening potential by comparing against the CAD GRS only. METHODS We used data from 379 581 participants in the UK Biobank without known cardiovascular conditions (follow-up, 11.3 years; 3.3% CAD cases and 5.2% MACE cases). In a training subset (50%) we built 3 scores: QRISK3; QRISK3 and an established CAD GRS; and QRISK3, the CAD GRS and the CV GRSs. In an independent subset (50%), we evaluated each score's performance using the concordance index, odds ratio and net reclassification index. We then repeated the analyses without considering QRISK3. RESULTS For CAD, the combination of QRISK3 and the CAD GRS had a better performance than QRISK3 alone (concordance index, 0.766 versus 0.753; odds ratio, 5.47 versus 4.82; net reclassification index, 7.7%). Adding the CV GRSs did not significantly improve risk stratification. When only looking at genetic information, the combination of CV GRSs and the CAD GRS had a better performance than the CAD GRS alone (concordance index, 0.637 versus 0.625; odds ratio, 2.17 versus 2.07; net reclassification index, 3.3%). Similar results were obtained for MACE. CONCLUSIONS In individuals without known cardiovascular disease, the inclusion of CV GRSs to a clinical tool and an established CAD GRS does not improve CAD or MACE risk stratification. However, their combination only with the CAD GRS increases prediction performance indicating potential use in early-life screening before the advanced development of conventional cardiovascular risk factors.
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- Julia Ramírez
- Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine Deparment, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (J.R., S.v.D., W.J.Y., A.T., P.B.M.).,Electronic Engineering and Communications Department, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research, University of Zaragoza, Spain and CIBER's Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Spain. (J.R.)
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine Deparment, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (J.R., S.v.D., W.J.Y., A.T., P.B.M.).,Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom (S.v.D., P.D.L., M.O.)
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine Deparment, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (J.R., S.v.D., W.J.Y., A.T., P.B.M.).,Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom (W.J.Y., P.D.L., M.O.)
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine Deparment, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (J.R., S.v.D., W.J.Y., A.T., P.B.M.).,NIHR Barts Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T., P.B.M.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom (S.v.D., P.D.L., M.O.).,Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom (W.J.Y., P.D.L., M.O.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom (S.v.D., P.D.L., M.O.).,Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom (W.J.Y., P.D.L., M.O.)
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine Deparment, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (J.R., S.v.D., W.J.Y., A.T., P.B.M.).,NIHR Barts Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (A.T., P.B.M.)
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Thomas NS, Barr P, Aliev F, Stephenson M, Kuo SIC, Chan G, Dick DM, Edenberg HJ, Hesselbrock V, Kamarajan C, Kuperman S, Salvatore JE. Principal Component Analysis Reduces Collider Bias in Polygenic Score Effect Size Estimation. Behav Genet 2022; 52:268-280. [PMID: 35674916 PMCID: PMC10103419 DOI: 10.1007/s10519-022-10104-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
In this study, we test principal component analysis (PCA) of measured confounders as a method to reduce collider bias in polygenic association models. We present results from simulations and application of the method in the Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) sample with a polygenic score for alcohol problems, DSM-5 alcohol use disorder as the target phenotype, and two collider variables: tobacco use and educational attainment. Simulation results suggest that assumptions regarding the correlation structure and availability of measured confounders are complementary, such that meeting one assumption relaxes the other. Application of the method in COGA shows that PC covariates reduce collider bias when tobacco use is used as the collider variable. Application of this method may improve PRS effect size estimation in some cases by reducing the effect of collider bias, making efficient use of data resources that are available in many studies.
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- Nathaniel S Thomas
- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842018, 23284-2018, Richmond, VA, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New Jersey, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842018, 23284-2018, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842018, 23284-2018, Richmond, VA, United States
- Department of Human & Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New Jersey, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
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Chartier KG, Bares CB, Prom-Wormley EC, Blondino C, Miles K, Lee AG, Karriker-Jaffe KJ. Effects of family history of alcohol problems on alcohol consumption: Stronger for medically underserved men. Prev Med 2022; 161:107093. [PMID: 35597304 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Family history (FH), informed by genetics and family environment, can be used by practitioners for risk prediction. This study compares the associations of FH with alcohol outcomes for medically underserved (MUS) men and women with the associations for non-underserved individuals to assess the utility of FH as a screening tool for this high-priority group. Data were from 29,993 adult lifetime drinkers in the Wave 1 (2001-2002) and Wave 2 (2004-2005) National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. All variables except FH were measured at Wave 2. Dependent variables were 12-month alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder (AUD). FH scores (FH-SCORE) measured the proportion of first- and second-degree biological relatives with alcohol problems. MUS status was defined by household income at or below 100% of the federal poverty line and participants reporting no usual source of health care. Multivariate linear and logistic regression models tested main and interaction effects. Models showed a significant interaction of FH-SCORE with MUS status (p < .01), with a stronger effect of FH on alcohol consumption for the MUS group. This moderating effect was weaker for women than for men (FH-SCORE x MUS x Sex three-way interaction: p < .01). AUD models showed a significant positive association with FH-SCORE (p < .001) but no association with MUS status and no significant interaction effects. In this sample of lifetime drinkers, FH was associated with higher alcohol consumption, especially for MUS men. These results encourage additional validation of FH scores to prioritize MUS adults at high risk for alcohol problems to receive preventive interventions.
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- Karen G Chartier
- School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America.
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- School of Social Work, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America
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- Center for Behavioral Health Epidemiology, Implementation & Evaluation Research, RTI International, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Kanarik M, Grimm O, Mota NR, Reif A, Harro J. ADHD co-morbidities: A review of implication of gene × environment effects with dopamine-related genes. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 139:104757. [PMID: 35777579 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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ADHD is a major burden in adulthood, where co-morbid conditions such as depression, substance use disorder and obesity often dominate the clinical picture. ADHD has substantial shared heritability with other mental disorders, contributing to comorbidity. However, environmental risk factors exist but their interaction with genetic makeup, especially in relation to comorbid disorders, remains elusive. This review for the first time summarizes present knowledge on gene x environment (GxE) interactions regarding the dopamine system. Hitherto, mainly candidate (GxE) studies were performed, focusing on the genes DRD4, DAT1 and MAOA. Some evidence suggest that the variable number tandem repeats in DRD4 and MAOA may mediate GxE interactions in ADHD generally, and comorbid conditions specifically. Nevertheless, even for these genes, common variants are bound to suggest risk only in the context of gender and specific environments. For other polymorphisms, evidence is contradictory and less convincing. Particularly lacking are longitudinal studies testing the interaction of well-defined environmental with polygenic risk scores reflecting the dopamine system in its entirety.
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- Margus Kanarik
- Chair of Neuropsychopharmacology, Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14A Chemicum, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Chair of Neuropsychopharmacology, Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14A Chemicum, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; Psychiatry Clinic, North Estonia Medical Centre, Paldiski Road 52, 10614 Tallinn, Estonia.
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Thomas NS, Kuo SIC, Aliev F, McCutcheon VV, Meyers JM, Chan G, Hesselbrock V, Kamarajan C, Kinreich S, Kramer JR, Kuperman S, Lai D, Plawecki MH, Porjesz B, Schuckit MA, Dick DM, Bucholz KK, Salvatore JE. Alcohol use disorder, psychiatric comorbidities, marriage and divorce in a high-risk sample. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 2022; 36:364-374. [PMID: 35617219 PMCID: PMC9247836 DOI: 10.1037/adb0000840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine associations between alcohol use disorder (AUD), its psychiatric comorbidities, and their interactions, with marital outcomes in a diverse high-risk, genetically informative sample. METHOD Participants included European ancestry (EA; n = 4,045) and African ancestry (AA; n = 1,550) individuals from the multigenerational Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) sample (56% female, Mage ∼ 41 years). Outcomes were lifetime marriage and divorce. Predictors included lifetime AUD, an alcohol problems polygenic score (PRS), and AUD comorbidities, including conduct or antisocial personality disorder (ASP), cannabis dependence/abuse (CAN), frequent tobacco use (TOB), and major depressive disorder (MDD). Mixed effect Cox models and generalized linear mixed effects models were fit. RESULTS Among EA participants, those with AUD and CAN were less likely to marry (hazard ratios [HRs] 0.70-0.83, ps < 0.01). Among AA participants, those with AUD and TOB were less likely to marry (HRs 0.66-0.82, ps < 0.05) and those with MDD were more likely to marry (HR = 1.34, ps < 0.01). Among EA participants, AUD, CAN, TOB, and MDD were associated with higher odds of divorce (odds ratios [ORs] 1.59-2.21, ps < 0.01). Among AA participants, no predictors were significantly associated with divorce. Significant random effects indicated genetic and environmental influences on marriage, but only environmental factors on divorce. CONCLUSIONS In a high-risk sample, AUD was associated with reduced likelihood of marriage in EA and AA individuals and increased risk of divorce in EA individuals. These associations were largely independent of comorbidities. Genetic and environmental background factors contributed to marriage, while only environmental background factors contributed to divorce. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Medical School
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Department of Human & Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
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Deak JD, Clark DA, Liu M, Schaefer JD, Jang SK, Durbin CE, Iacono WG, McGue M, Vrieze S, Hicks BM. Alcohol and nicotine polygenic scores are associated with the development of alcohol and nicotine use problems from adolescence to young adulthood. Addiction 2022; 117:1117-1127. [PMID: 34590376 PMCID: PMC8931861 DOI: 10.1111/add.15697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Molecular genetic studies of alcohol and nicotine use have identified many genome-wide association study (GWAS) loci. We measured associations between drinking and smoking polygenic scores (PGS) and trajectories of alcohol and nicotine use outcomes from late childhood to early adulthood, substance-specific versus broader-liability PGS effects, and if PGS performance varied for consumption versus problematic substance use. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS We fitted latent growth curve models with structured residuals to scores on measures of alcohol and nicotine use and problems from ages 14 to 34 years. We then estimated associations between the intercept (initial status) and slope (rate of change) parameters and PGSs for drinks per week (DPW), problematic alcohol use (PAU), cigarettes per day (CPD) and ever being a regular smoker (SMK), controlling for sex and genetic principal components. All data were analyzed in the United States. PGSs were calculated for participants of the Minnesota Twin Family Study (n = 3225) using results from the largest GWAS of alcohol and nicotine consumption and problematic use to date. FINDINGS Each PGS was associated with trajectories of use for their respective substances [i.e. DPW (βmean = 0.08; βrange = 0.02-0.12) and PAU (βmean = 0.12; βrange = -0.02 to 0.31) for alcohol; CPD (βmean = 0.08; βrange = 0.04-0.14) and SMK (βmean = 0.18; βrange = 0.05-0.36) for nicotine]. The PAU and SMK PGSs also exhibited cross-substance associations (i.e. PAU for nicotine-specific intercepts and SMK for alcohol intercepts and slope). All identified SMK PGS effects remained as significant predictors of nicotine and alcohol trajectories (βmean = 0.15; βrange = 0.02-0.33), even after adjusting for the respective effects of all other PGSs. CONCLUSIONS Substance use-related polygenic scores (PGSs) vary in the strength and generality versus specificity of their associations with substance use and problems over time. The regular smoking PGS appears to be a robust predictor of substance use trajectories and seems to measure both nicotine-specific and non-specific genetic liability for substance use, and potentially externalizing problems in general.
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- Joseph D. Deak
- Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Balagué-Dobón L, Cáceres A, González JR. Fully exploiting SNP arrays: a systematic review on the tools to extract underlying genomic structure. Brief Bioinform 2022; 23:6535682. [PMID: 35211719 PMCID: PMC8921734 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbac043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most abundant type of genomic variation and the most accessible to genotype in large cohorts. However, they individually explain a small proportion of phenotypic differences between individuals. Ancestry, collective SNP effects, structural variants, somatic mutations or even differences in historic recombination can potentially explain a high percentage of genomic divergence. These genetic differences can be infrequent or laborious to characterize; however, many of them leave distinctive marks on the SNPs across the genome allowing their study in large population samples. Consequently, several methods have been developed over the last decade to detect and analyze different genomic structures using SNP arrays, to complement genome-wide association studies and determine the contribution of these structures to explain the phenotypic differences between individuals. We present an up-to-date collection of available bioinformatics tools that can be used to extract relevant genomic information from SNP array data including population structure and ancestry; polygenic risk scores; identity-by-descent fragments; linkage disequilibrium; heritability and structural variants such as inversions, copy number variants, genetic mosaicisms and recombination histories. From a systematic review of recently published applications of the methods, we describe the main characteristics of R packages, command-line tools and desktop applications, both free and commercial, to help make the most of a large amount of publicly available SNP data.
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Yang JJ, Luo X, Trucco EM, Buu A. Polygenic risk prediction based on singular value decomposition with applications to alcohol use disorder. BMC Bioinformatics 2022; 23:28. [PMID: 35012447 PMCID: PMC8744290 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-022-04566-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIM The polygenic risk score (PRS) shows promise as a potentially effective approach to summarize genetic risk for complex diseases such as alcohol use disorder that is influenced by a combination of multiple variants, each of which has a very small effect. Yet, conventional PRS methods tend to over-adjust confounding factors in the discovery sample and thus have low power to predict the phenotype in the target sample. This study aims to address this important methodological issue. METHODS This study proposed a new method to construct PRS by (1) approximating the polygenic model using a few principal components selected based on eigen-correlation in the discovery data; and (2) conducting principal component projection on the target data. Secondary data analysis was conducted on two large scale databases: the Study of Addiction: Genetics and Environment (SAGE; discovery data) and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; target data) to compare performance of the conventional and proposed methods. RESULT AND CONCLUSION The results show that the proposed method has higher prediction power and can handle participants from different ancestry backgrounds. We also provide practical recommendations for setting the linkage disequilibrium (LD) and p value thresholds.
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- James J. Yang
- grid.267308.80000 0000 9206 2401Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
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- grid.267308.80000 0000 9206 2401Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
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- grid.65456.340000 0001 2110 1845Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, USA ,grid.214458.e0000000086837370Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- grid.267308.80000 0000 9206 2401Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
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Giangrande EJ, Weber RS, Turkheimer E. What Do We Know About the Genetic Architecture of Psychopathology? Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2022; 18:19-42. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-091234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the second half of the twentieth century, twin and family studies established beyond a reasonable doubt that all forms of psychopathology are substantially heritable and highly polygenic. These conclusions were simultaneously an important theoretical advance and a difficult methodological obstacle, as it became clear that heritability is universal and undifferentiated across forms of psychopathology, and the radical polygenicity of genetic effects limits the biological insight provided by genetically informed studies at the phenotypic level. The paradigm-shifting revolution brought on by the Human Genome Project has recapitulated the great methodological promise and the profound theoretical difficulties of the twin study era. We review these issues using the rubric of genetic architecture, which we define as a search for specific genetic insight that adds to the general conclusion that psychopathology is heritable and polygenic. Although significant problems remain, we see many promising avenues for progress. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Volume 18 is May 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Evan J. Giangrande
- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Effects of genetic risk for alcohol dependence and onset of regular drinking on the progression to alcohol dependence: A polygenic risk score approach. Drug Alcohol Depend 2022; 230:109117. [PMID: 34844060 PMCID: PMC8714681 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prior studies have established the importance of genetic contributions to the etiology of alcohol dependence (AD), and suggested an early onset of alcohol use represents an initial marker of this genetic risk, which is associated with a more rapid progression to AD and increased risk for AD itself. Building on prior work, the current study examined whether the additive effects of AD risk variants predicted the rate of progression to AD from the onset of regular drinking, a drinking milestone with high clinical relevance to AD prevention. METHODS Data from 1501 European-ancestry adults from the University of California - San Francisco Family Alcoholism Study were used to examine whether polygenic risk scores for AD (PRSAD) and age-at-onset of regular drinking contributed uniquely to the likelihood of having a lifetime AD diagnosis and the rate of progression from regular drinking to AD. Mixed effects logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were employed. RESULTS Increases in PRSAD were associated with a faster progression from regular drinking to AD independent of age-at-onset of regular drinking. An independent effect of age-at-onset of regular drinking was also observed indicating that a one-year delay in regular drinking was associated with a 7% decrease in the hazard of progression to AD among drinkers with an early onset (≤ 18), but a 3% increase among drinkers with a late onset (> 18) of regular drinking. CONCLUSIONS These results broaden our understanding of the contributions of measured genotypes underlying AD-risk on the etiology and clinical course of AD.
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De Angelis F, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Tylee DS, Goswami A, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:586. [PMID: 34775470 PMCID: PMC8590689 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking are hazardous behaviors associated with a wide range of adverse health outcomes. In this study, we explored the association of polygenic risk scores (PRS) related to drinks per week, age of smoking initiation, smoking initiation, cigarettes per day, and smoking cessation with 433 psychiatric and behavioral traits in 4498 children and young adults (aged 8-21) of European ancestry from the Philadelphia neurodevelopmental cohort. After applying a false discovery rate multiple testing correction accounting for the number of PRS and traits tested, we identified 36 associations related to psychotic symptoms, emotion and age recognition social competencies, verbal reasoning, anxiety-related traits, parents' education, and substance use. These associations were independent of the genetic correlations among the alcohol-drinking and tobacco-smoking traits and those with cognitive performance, educational attainment, risk-taking behaviors, and psychopathology. The removal of participants endorsing substance use did not affect the associations of each PRS with psychiatric and behavioral traits identified as significant in the discovery analyses. Gene-ontology enrichment analyses identified several neurobiological processes underlying mechanisms of the PRS associations we report. In conclusion, we provide novel insights into the genetic overlap of smoking and drinking behaviors in children and young adults, highlighting their independence from psychopathology and substance use.
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- Flavio De Angelis
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA.
- Veteran Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
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High Polygenic Risk Scores Are Associated With Early Age of Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults at Risk. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2021; 2:379-388. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2021.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent and result in an array of negative consequences. They are influenced by genetic factors (h2 = ~50%). Recent years have brought substantial progress in our understanding of the genetic etiology of SUDs and related traits. The present review covers the current state of the field for SUD genetics, including the epidemiology and genetic epidemiology of SUDs, findings from the first-generation of SUD genome-wide association studies (GWAS), cautions about translating GWAS findings to clinical settings, and suggested prioritizations for the next wave of SUD genetics efforts. Recent advances in SUD genetics have been facilitated by the assembly of large GWAS samples, and the development of state-of-the-art methods modeling the aggregate effect of genome-wide variation. These advances have confirmed that SUDs are highly polygenic with many variants across the genome conferring risk, the vast majority of which are of small effect. Downstream analyses have enabled finer resolution of the genetic architecture of SUDs and revealed insights into their genetic relationship with other psychiatric disorders. Recent efforts have also prioritized a closer examination of GWAS findings that have suggested non-uniform genetic influences across measures of substance use (e.g. consumption) and problematic use (e.g. SUD). Additional highlights from recent SUD GWAS include the robust confirmation of loci in alcohol metabolizing genes (e.g. ADH1B and ALDH2) affecting alcohol-related traits, and loci within the CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 gene cluster influencing nicotine-related traits. Similar successes are expected for cannabis, opioid, and cocaine use disorders as sample sizes approach those assembled for alcohol and nicotine.
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- Joseph D. Deak
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Maldonado R, Calvé P, García-Blanco A, Domingo-Rodriguez L, Senabre E, Martín-García E. Genomics and epigenomics of addiction. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2021; 186:128-139. [PMID: 33819378 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Recent progress in the genomics and epigenomics of addiction has contributed to improving our understanding of this complex mental disorder's etiology, filling the gap between genes, environment, and behavior. We review the behavioral genetic studies reporting gene and environment interactions that explain the polygenetic contribution to the resilience and vulnerability to develop addiction. We discuss the evidence of polymorphic candidate genes that confer susceptibility to develop addiction as well as the studies of specific epigenetic marks that contribute to vulnerability and resilience to addictive-like behavior. A particular emphasis has been devoted to the miRNA changes that are considered potential biomarkers. The increasing knowledge about the technology required to alter miRNA expression may provide promising novel therapeutic tools. Finally, we give future directions for the field's progress in disentangling the connection between genes, environment, and behavior.
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- Rafael Maldonado
- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology-Neurophar, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology-Neurophar, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology-Neurophar, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology-Neurophar, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology-Neurophar, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology-Neurophar, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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Kandaswamy R, Allegrini A, Plomin R, Stumm SV. Predictive validity of genome-wide polygenic scores for alcohol use from adolescence to young adulthood. Drug Alcohol Depend 2021; 219:108480. [PMID: 33388637 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adolescence is a critical period for experimenting with alcohol, and these early experiences have long-term influences on alcohol-related behaviours throughout adulthood. This study examined the utility of genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS) for predicting alcohol use during adolescence and young adulthood. METHODS We used GPS based on the Genome-wide association study and Sequencing Consortium of Alcohol and Nicotine use (GSCAN) study on drinks per week to predict alcohol use in a longitudinal, UK-representative sample of unrelated adolescents aged 16 through to 22 years (Nmax = 3390). RESULTS At age 16, the GSCAN GPS predicted variance in alcohol consumption on a typical day (0.58 %), intake frequency (0.89 %), and hazardous drinking (i.e. ≥6 units at one occasion) (1.07 %). At age 22, the predictive power of the GPS had increased, explaining variance in alcohol consumption (0.61 %), intake frequency (1.69 %), and hazardous drinking (1.19 %). CONCLUSIONS The predictive validity of GPS for phenotypic alcohol use was evident in adolescence and increased in young adulthood. The findings suggest that GPS, which are available from birth, may be potentially useful for identifying individuals at risk for harmful and hazardous alcohol use. However, because the overall effect sizes were small, the utility of the GPS that are currently available is limited for the prediction of individual-level alcohol use.
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- Radhika Kandaswamy
- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Education, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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Driver MN, Kuo SIC, Dick DM. Interest in Genetic Feedback for Alcohol Use Disorder and Related Substance Use and Psychiatric Outcomes among Young Adults. Brain Sci 2020; 10:E1007. [PMID: 33352962 PMCID: PMC7766419 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10121007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
An exponential growing number of individuals are accessing genetic risk information via direct to consumer companies. Alcohol dependence is the third most accessed genetic risk score on a publicly available direct to consumer website. Better understanding of the degree to which individuals are interested in receiving personalized genetic feedback, the factors that relate to interest, and genetic knowledge will be critical to lay the foundation for precision medicine initiatives, especially for substance use and psychiatric outcomes, where less is known. To assess interest in receiving genetic feedback for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and understanding of genetic concepts related to psychiatric conditions, we conducted a survey with participants recruited from a registry that enrolled incoming cohorts of freshmen at an urban public university; 205 participants (76.5% female; 58.9% self-reported as White; Mage = 24.48 years) completed the survey. Results indicated that participants are highly interested in receiving genetic feedback for AUD (79.0%) but there is a lack of understanding of complex genetic concepts in a sizable proportion of the sample (25.4%). Additional research is needed to assess how to address this lack of knowledge before genetic feedback for AUD can be returned in a way that benefits the individual.
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- Morgan N. Driver
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA;
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA;
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Driver MN, Kuo SIC, Dick DM. Genetic feedback for psychiatric conditions: Where are we now and where are we going. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2020; 183:423-432. [PMID: 32812348 PMCID: PMC8108123 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies are rapidly advancing our understanding of the genetic architecture of complex disorders, including many psychiatric conditions such as major depression, schizophrenia, and substance use disorders. One common goal of genome-wide association studies is to use findings for enhanced clinical prediction in the future, which can aid in identifying at-risk individuals to enable more effective prevention screening and treatment strategies. In order to achieve this goal, we first need to gain a better understanding of the issues surrounding the return of complex genetic results. In this article, we summarize the current literature on: (a) genetic literacy in the general population, (b) the public's interest in receiving genetic test results for psychiatric conditions, (c) how individuals react to and interpret their genotypic information for specific psychiatric conditions, and (d) gaps in our knowledge that will be critical to address as we move toward returning genotypic information for psychiatric conditions in both research and clinical settings. By reviewing extant studies, we aim to increase awareness of the potential benefits and consequences of returning genotypic information for psychiatric conditions.
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- Morgan N. Driver
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia,Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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