Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

Raymond K. Walters, Renato Polimanti, Emma C. Johnson, Jeanette N. McClintick, Mark J. Adams, Amy E. Adkins, Fazil Aliev, Silviu-Alin Bacanu, Anthony Batzler, Sarah Bertelsen, Joanna M. Biernacka, Tim B. Bigdeli, Li-Shiun Chen, Toni-Kim Clarke, Yi-Ling Chou, Franziska Degenhardt, Anna R. Docherty, Alexis C. Edwards, Pierre Fontanillas, Jerome C. Foo & 31 others Louis Fox, Josef Frank, Ina Giegling, Scott Gordon, Laura M. Hack, Annette M. Hartmann, Sarah M. Hartz, Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefan Herms, Colin Hodgkinson, Per Hoffmann, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Martin A. Kennedy, Mervi Alanne-Kinnunen, Bettina Konte, Jari Lahti, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Dongbing Lai, Lannie Ligthart, Anu Loukola, Brion S. Maher, Hamdi Mbarek, Andrew M. McIntosh, Matthew B. McQueen, Jacquelyn L. Meyers, Yuri Milaneschi, Teemu Palviainen, Jen-Chyong Wang, Johan G. Eriksson, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, 23andMe Research team

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Abstract

Liability to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, but little is known about its complex polygenic architecture or its genetic relationship with other disorders. To discover loci associated with AD and characterize the relationship between AD and other psychiatric and behavioral outcomes, we carried out the largest genome-wide association study to date of DSM-IV-diagnosed AD. Genome-wide data on 14,904 individuals with AD and 37,944 controls from 28 case-control and family-based studies were meta-analyzed, stratified by genetic ancestry (European, n = 46,568; African, n = 6,280). Independent, genome-wide significant effects of different ADH1B variants were identified in European (rs1229984; P = 9.8 × 10-13) and African ancestries (rs2066702; P = 2.2 × 10-9). Significant genetic correlations were observed with 17 phenotypes, including schizophrenia, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, depression, and use of cigarettes and cannabis. The genetic underpinnings of AD only partially overlap with those for alcohol consumption, underscoring the genetic distinction between pathological and nonpathological drinking behaviors.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1656-1669
JournalNature Neuroscience
Volume21
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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Walters, R. K., Polimanti, R., Johnson, E. C., McClintick, J. N., Adams, M. J., Adkins, A. E., ... 23andMe Research team (2018). Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders. Nature Neuroscience, 21(12), 1656-1669. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0275-1
Walters, Raymond K. ; Polimanti, Renato ; Johnson, Emma C. ; McClintick, Jeanette N. ; Adams, Mark J. ; Adkins, Amy E. ; Aliev, Fazil ; Bacanu, Silviu-Alin ; Batzler, Anthony ; Bertelsen, Sarah ; Biernacka, Joanna M. ; Bigdeli, Tim B. ; Chen, Li-Shiun ; Clarke, Toni-Kim ; Chou, Yi-Ling ; Degenhardt, Franziska ; Docherty, Anna R. ; Edwards, Alexis C. ; Fontanillas, Pierre ; Foo, Jerome C. ; Fox, Louis ; Frank, Josef ; Giegling, Ina ; Gordon, Scott ; Hack, Laura M. ; Hartmann, Annette M. ; Hartz, Sarah M. ; Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie ; Herms, Stefan ; Hodgkinson, Colin ; Hoffmann, Per ; Jan Hottenga, Jouke ; Kennedy, Martin A. ; Alanne-Kinnunen, Mervi ; Konte, Bettina ; Lahti, Jari ; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius ; Lai, Dongbing ; Ligthart, Lannie ; Loukola, Anu ; Maher, Brion S. ; Mbarek, Hamdi ; McIntosh, Andrew M. ; McQueen, Matthew B. ; Meyers, Jacquelyn L. ; Milaneschi, Yuri ; Palviainen, Teemu ; Wang, Jen-Chyong ; Eriksson, Johan G. ; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H. ; 23andMe Research team. / Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders. In: Nature Neuroscience. 2018 ; Vol. 21, No. 12. pp. 1656-1669.
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Walters, RK, Polimanti, R, Johnson, EC, McClintick, JN, Adams, MJ, Adkins, AE, Aliev, F, Bacanu, S-A, Batzler, A, Bertelsen, S, Biernacka, JM, Bigdeli, TB, Chen, L-S, Clarke, T-K, Chou, Y-L, Degenhardt, F, Docherty, AR, Edwards, AC, Fontanillas, P, Foo, JC, Fox, L, Frank, J, Giegling, I, Gordon, S, Hack, LM, Hartmann, AM, Hartz, SM, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Herms, S, Hodgkinson, C, Hoffmann, P, Jan Hottenga, J, Kennedy, MA, Alanne-Kinnunen, M, Konte, B, Lahti, J, Lahti-Pulkkinen, M, Lai, D, Ligthart, L, Loukola, A, Maher, BS, Mbarek, H, McIntosh, AM, McQueen, MB, Meyers, JL, Milaneschi, Y, Palviainen, T, Wang, J-C, Eriksson, JG, Penninx, BWJH & 23andMe Research team 2018, 'Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders' Nature Neuroscience, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 1656-1669. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0275-1

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Walters RK, Polimanti R, Johnson EC, McClintick JN, Adams MJ, Adkins AE et al. Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders. Nature Neuroscience. 2018;21(12):1656-1669. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0275-1

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