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ArticleMolecular and cellular neurosciences2023

Pleiotropic loci for cannabis use disorder severity in multi-ancestry high-risk populations.

Qian Peng, Kirk C Wilhelmsen, Cindy L Ehlers

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Article in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qian PengDepartment of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: qpeng@scripps.edu.
Kirk C WilhelmsenDepartment of Neurology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Cindy L EhlersDepartment of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Scripps Research Institute · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

Deep sequencing studies for cannabis and stimulant dependenceR01DA030976 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI EHLERS, CINDY L, GELERNTER, JOEL · 2010 to 2014
$16.5M
Neural Basis of alcohol/substance use disorders and suicide in American IndiansR01AA027316 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI EHLERS, CINDY L · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Identifying specific genetic pathway interactions for drug use and abuse through integrative omicsDP1DA054373 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PENG, QIAN · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Big data analytics for the evaluation of whole genome sequence and transcriptome data in alcohol researchK25AA025095 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PENG, QIAN · 2016 to 2020
$807k
NIAAA NIH HHS K25 AA025095NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027316NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA054373NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA030976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is common and has in part a genetic basis. The risk factors underlying its development likely involve multiple genes that are polygenetic and interact with each other and the environment to ultimately lead to the disorder. Co-morbidity and genetic correlations have been identified between CUD and other disorders and traits in select populations primarily of European descent. If two or more traits, such as CUD and another disorder, are affected by the same genetic locus, they are said to be pleiotropic. The present study aimed to identify specific pleiotropic loci for the severity level of CUD in three high-risk population cohorts: American Indians (AI), Mexican Americans (MA), and European Americans (EA). Using a previously developed computational method based on a machine learning technique, we leveraged the entire GWAS catalog and identified 114, 119, and 165 potentially pleiotropic variants for CUD severity in AI, MA, and EA respectively. Ten pleiotropic loci were shared between the cohorts although the exact variants from each cohort differed. While majority of the pleiotropic genes were distinct in each cohort, they converged on numerous enriched biological pathways. The gene ontology terms associated with the pleiotropic genes were predominately related to synaptic functions and neurodevelopment. Notable pathways included Wnt/β-catenin signaling, lipoprotein assembly, response to UV radiation, and components of the complement system. The pleiotropic genes were the most significantly differentially expressed in frontal cortex and coronary artery, up-regulated in adipose tissue, and down-regulated in testis, prostate, and ovary. They were significantly up-regulated in most brain tissues but were down-regulated in the cerebellum and hypothalamus. Our study is the first to attempt a large-scale pleiotropy detection scan for CUD severity. Our findings suggest that the different population cohorts may have distinct genetic factors for CUD, however they share pleiotropic genes from underlying pathways related to Alzheimer's disease, neuroplasticity, immune response, and reproductive endocrine systems.

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Marijuana AbuseFemaleHumansMalePhenotypeRisk FactorsAddiction geneticsAmerican IndianCannabis use disordersComorbidityCUDGenomicsMachine learningMarijuanaMexican AmericanMultiple ancestriesPleiotropy

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