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34379727
TITLE
Shared Genetic Etiology between Cortical Brain Morphology and Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis Use.
ABSTRACT
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with brain morphology and substance use behaviors (SUB). However, the genetic overlap between brain structure and SUB has not been well characterized. We leveraged GWAS summary data of 71 brain imaging measures and alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use to investigate their genetic overlap using linkage disequilibrium score regression. We used genomic structural equation modeling to model a "common SUB genetic factor" and investigated its genetic overlap with brain structure. Furthermore, we estimated SUB polygenic risk scores (PRS) and examined whether they predicted brain imaging traits using the Adolescent Behavior and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. We identified 8 significant negative genetic correlations, including between (1) alcoholic drinks per week and average cortical thickness, and (2) intracranial volume with age of smoking initiation. We observed 5 positive genetic correlations, including those between (1) insula surface area and lifetime cannabis use, and (2) the common SUB genetic factor and pericalcarine surface area. SUB PRS were associated with brain structure variation in ABCD. Our findings highlight a shared genetic etiology between cortical brain morphology and SUB and suggest that genetic variants associated with SUB may be causally related to brain structure differences.
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DATE PUBLISHED
2021 Aug 11
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2021/03/27
revised 2021/06/23
accepted 2021/06/24
entrez 2021/08/11 17:23
pubmed 2021/08/12 06:00
medline 2021/08/12 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Rabinowitz JA Rabinowitz Jill A JA Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Campos AI Campos Adrian I AI School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Ong JS Ong Jue-Sheng JS Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
García-Marín LM García-Marín Luis M LM School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Alcauter S Alcauter Sarael S Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro 76230, México.
Mitchell BL Mitchell Brittany L BL School of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland 4059, Australia.
Grasby KL Grasby Katrina L KL Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
Cuéllar-Partida G Cuéllar-Partida Gabriel G The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.
Gillespie NA Gillespie Nathan A NA Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavior Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
Huhn AS Huhn Andrew S AS Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
Thompson PM Thompson Paul M PM Imaging Genetics Center, Mark & Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging & Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.
Medland SE Medland Sarah E SE Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
Maher BS Maher Brion S BS Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Rentería ME Rentería Miguel E ME School of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland 4059, Australia.
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TITLE: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
ISOABBREVIATION: Cereb Cortex
YEAR: 2021
MONTH: Aug
DAY: 11
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1460-2199
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Cereb Cortex
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1047-3211
NLMUNIQUEID: 9110718
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Journal Article
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U01DA041048 NIH HHS United States
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alcohol use
cannabis use
genetics
neuroimaging
smoking behavior
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