International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 18, 2024
Abstract
Background
Arizona
observed
a
sharp
increase
in
opioid
overdose
deaths
between
2017
and
2021.
Our
objective
was
to
better
understand
the
relationship
behavioral/
social
characteristics
self-reported
misuse
among
adults.
Methods
A
cross-sectional
study
design
done
using
data
from
2020
Behavioral
Risk
Factor
Surveillance
System
(BRFSS)
(
N
=
10,291).
Confidence
intervals
p-values
were
found
chi-square
for
respondents
with
without
misuse.
Logistic
regression
models
developed
association
adverse
childhood
experiences
(ACEs),
mental
health,
risk-taking
behaviors
(RTBs)
Results
Respondents
who
reported
2–3
ACEs
(OR
adjusted
:
4.7;
95%
CI:
[2.8,
7.9])
4
or
more
8.3;
[5.0,
13.6]);
poor
health
3.3;
[2.1,
5.2]);
two
RTBs
3.9;
[2.5,
6.1])
had
higher
odds
of
compared
those
Discussion
Opioid
be
associated
physical
increased
RTBs,
history
at
least
adults
this
study.
These
findings
stress
importance
opportunities
targeted
prevention
both
youth,
including
screening
early
stages
life.
Molecular Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
27(10), P. 3970 - 3979
Published: July 25, 2022
Abstract
Despite
the
large
toll
of
opioid
use
disorder
(OUD),
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWAS)
OUD
to
date
have
yielded
few
susceptibility
loci.
We
performed
a
large-scale
GWAS
in
individuals
European
(EUR)
and
African
(AFR)
ancestry,
optimizing
genetic
informativeness
by
performing
MTAG
(Multi-trait
analysis
GWAS)
with
genetically
correlated
substance
disorders
(SUDs).
Meta-analysis
included
seven
cohorts:
Million
Veteran
Program,
Psychiatric
Genomics
Consortium,
iPSYCH,
FinnGen,
Partners
Biobank,
BioVU,
Yale-Penn
3,
resulting
total
N
=
639,063
(
cases
20,686;N
effective
77,026)
across
ancestries.
were
defined
as
having
lifetime
diagnosis,
controls
anyone
not
known
meet
criteria.
estimated
SNP-heritability
(h
2
SNP
)
correlations
(r
g
).
Based
on
correlation,
we
OUD,
alcohol
(AUD),
cannabis
(CanUD).
A
leave-one-out
polygenic
risk
score
(PRS)
was
compare
OUD-MTAG
PRS
predictors
case
status
3.
The
EUR
meta-analysis
identified
three
significant
(GWS;
p
≤
5
×
10
−
8
lead
SNPs—one
at
FURIN
(rs11372849;
9.54
two
OPRM1
variants
(rs1799971,
4.92
09
;
rs79704991,
1.11
08
r
0.02).
Rs1799971
(p
4.91
another
variant
(rs9478500;
1.95
0.03)
cross-ancestry
meta-analysis.
Estimated
h
12.75%,
strong
CanUD
0.82;
1.14
47
AUD
0.77;
6.36
78
resulted
equivalent
128,748
18
independent
GWS
loci,
some
mapping
genes
or
gene
regions
that
previously
been
associated
psychiatric
addiction
phenotypes.
accounted
for
3.81%
variance
(beta
0.61;s.e.
0.066;
2.00
16
compared
2.41%
0.45;
s.e.
0.058;
2.90
13
explained
PRS.
current
study
associations
,
single
OUD-MTAG.
architecture
is
likely
influenced
both
OUD-specific
loci
shared
SUDs.
Translational Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: May 12, 2023
Abstract
Impulsivity
is
a
multidimensional
heritable
phenotype
that
broadly
refers
to
the
tendency
act
prematurely
and
associated
with
multiple
forms
of
psychopathology,
including
substance
use
disorders.
We
performed
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWAS)
eight
impulsive
personality
traits
from
Barratt
Impulsiveness
Scale
short
UPPS-P
Impulsive
Personality
(
N
=
123,509–133,517
23andMe
research
participants
European
ancestry),
measure
Drug
Experimentation
130,684).
Because
these
GWAS
implicated
gene
CADM2
,
we
next
single-SNP
phenome-wide
(PheWAS)
several
variants
in
multi-ancestral
cohort
3,229,317,
European;
579,623,
Latin
American;
199,663,
African
American).
Finally,
produced
Cadm2
mutant
mice
used
them
perform
Mouse-PheWAS
(“MouseWAS”)
by
testing
battery
relevant
behavioral
tasks.
In
humans,
showed
modest
chip-heritability
(~6–11%),
moderate
genetic
correlations
r
g
0.20–0.50)
other
traits,
various
psychiatric
medical
traits.
identified
significant
associations
proximal
genes
such
as
TCF4
PTPRF
also
nominal
DRD2
CRHR1
.
PheWAS
for
378
participants,
47
American
replicating
risky
behaviors,
cognition
BMI,
revealing
novel
allergies,
anxiety,
irritable
bowel
syndrome,
migraine.
Our
MouseWAS
recapitulated
some
found
impulsivity,
cognition,
BMI.
results
further
delineate
role
impulsivity
numerous
somatic
across
ancestries
species.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: Oct. 7, 2022
Abstract
Opioid
addiction
(OA)
is
moderately
heritable,
yet
only
rs1799971,
the
A118G
variant
in
OPRM1
,
has
been
identified
as
a
genome-wide
significant
association
with
OA
and
independently
replicated.
We
applied
genomic
structural
equation
modeling
to
conduct
GWAS
of
new
Genetics
Addiction
Consortium
(GENOA)
data
together
published
studies
(Psychiatric
Genomics
Consortium,
Million
Veteran
Program,
Partners
Health),
comprising
23,367
cases
effective
sample
size
88,114
individuals
European
ancestry.
Genetic
correlations
among
various
phenotypes
were
uniformly
high
(r
g
>
0.9).
observed
strongest
evidence
date
for
:
lead
SNP
rs9478500
(
p
=
2.56
×
10
–9
).
Gene-based
analyses
novel
associations
PPP6C
FURIN
.
Variants
within
these
loci
appear
be
pleiotropic
related
traits.
JAMA Network Open,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(1), P. e2453913 - e2453913
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
Importance
Recently,
the
US
Food
and
Drug
Administration
gave
premarketing
approval
to
an
algorithm
based
on
its
purported
ability
identify
individuals
at
genetic
risk
for
opioid
use
disorder
(OUD).
However,
clinical
utility
of
candidate
variants
included
in
has
not
been
independently
demonstrated.
Objective
To
assess
15
from
intended
predict
OUD
risk.
Design,
Setting,
Participants
This
case-control
study
examined
association
with
using
electronic
health
record
data
December
20,
1992,
September
30,
2022.
Electronic
data,
including
pharmacy
records,
were
accrued
participants
Million
Veteran
Program
across
exposure
(n
=
452
664).
Cases
identified
International
Classification
Diseases,
Ninth
Revision
,
or
Tenth
diagnostic
codes,
controls
no
diagnosis.
Exposures
Number
alleles
present
variants.
Main
Outcome
Measures
Performance
identifying
assessed
via
logistic
regression
machine
learning
models.
Results
A
total
664
(including
33
669
OUD)
had
a
mean
(SD)
age
61.15
(13.37)
years,
90.46%
male;
sample
was
ancestrally
diverse
(with
genetically
inferred
European,
African,
admixed
American
ancestries).
Using
Nagelkerke
R
2
collectively,
genes
accounted
0.40%
variation
In
comparison,
sex
alone
3.27%
variation.
The
ensemble
learning.
model
as
predictive
factors
correctly
classified
52.83%
(95%
CI,
52.07%-53.59%)
independent
testing
sample.
Conclusions
Relevance
this
suggest
that
approved
do
meet
reasonable
standards
efficacy
Given
algorithm’s
limited
accuracy,
care
would
lead
high
rates
both
false-positive
false-negative
findings.
More
clinically
useful
models
are
needed
developing
OUD.
Psychiatry Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
333, P. 115758 - 115758
Published: Feb. 3, 2024
We
characterized
the
genetic
architecture
of
attention-deficit
hyperactivity
disorder-substance
use
disorder
(ADHD-SUD)
relationship
by
investigating
correlation,
causality,
pleiotropy,
and
common
polygenic
risk.
Summary
statistics
from
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWAS)
were
used
to
investigate
ADHD
(Neff=51,568),
cannabis
(CanUD,
Neff=161,053),
opioid
(OUD,
Neff=57,120),
problematic
alcohol
(PAU,
Neff=502,272),
tobacco
(PTU,
Neff=97,836).
ADHD,
CanUD,
OUD
GWAS
meta-analyses
included
cohorts
with
case
definitions
based
on
different
diagnostic
criteria.
PAU
combined
information
related
disorder,
dependence,
items
consequences
assessed
disorders
identification
test.
PTU
was
generated
a
multi-trait
analysis
including
regarding
Fagerström
Test
for
Nicotine
Dependence
cigarettes
per
day.
Linkage
disequilibrium
score
regression
analyses
indicated
positive
correlation
OUD,
PAU,
PTU.
Genomic
structural
equation
modeling
showed
that
these
correlations
two
latent
factors:
one
other
PAU.
had
larger
causal
effect
than
reverse
in
two-sample
Mendelian
randomization
analyses.
Conversely,
similar
sizes
found
between
CanUD.
CADM2
rs62250713
pleiotropic
SNP
all
SUDs.
seven,
one,
twenty-eight
variants
PTU,
respectively.
Finally,
PRS
associated
increased
odds
ADHD.
Our
findings
demonstrated
contribution
multiple
mechanisms
comorbidity
The
prevalence
of
childhood
obesity
is
increasing
worldwide,
along
with
the
associated
common
comorbidities
type
2
diabetes
and
cardiovascular
disease
in
later
life.
Motivated
by
evidence
for
a
strong
genetic
component,
our
prior
genome-wide
association
study
(GWAS)
efforts
revealed
19
independent
signals
trait;
however,
mechanism
action
these
loci
remains
to
be
elucidated.
To
molecularly
characterize
loci,
we
sought
determine
underlying
causal
variants
corresponding
effector
genes
within
diverse
cellular
contexts.
Integrating
GWAS
summary
statistics
existing
3D
genomic
datasets
57
human
cell
types,
consisting
high-resolution
promoter-focused
Capture-C/Hi-C,
ATAC-seq,
RNA-seq,
applied
stratified
LD
score
regression
calculated
proportion
SNP
heritability
attributable
type-specific
features,
revealing
pancreatic
alpha
enrichment
as
most
statistically
significant.
Subsequent
chromatin
contact-based
fine-mapping
was
carried
out
significant
their
linkage
disequilibrium
proxies
implicate
genes,
yielded
abundant
number
candidate
target
at
BDNF
,
ADCY3
TMEM18,
FTO
skeletal
muscle
myotubes
beta-cell
line,
EndoC-BH1.
One
novel
implicated
gene,
ALKAL2
–
an
inflammation-responsive
gene
nerve
nociceptors
observed
key
TMEM18
locus
across
multiple
immune
types.
Interestingly,
this
observation
also
supported
through
colocalization
analysis
using
expression
quantitative
trait
(eQTL)
derived
from
Genotype-Tissue
Expression
(GTEx)
dataset,
supporting
inflammatory
neurologic
component
pathogenesis
obesity.
Our
comprehensive
appraisal
generated
myriad
different
types
provides
insights
into
pediatric
pathogenesis.