BACKGROUND: A comprehensive understanding of the etiology and neurobiology of nicotine dependence is not available. We sought to identify genomic regions that might contain etiologically-relevant loci using genomewide univariate and bivariate linkage analyses. METHODS: We conducted secondary data analyses of 626 all possible sibling pairs ascertained in Ireland and Northern Ireland on the basis of alcohol dependence. A set of 1020 short tandem repeat genetic markers were genotyped in all subjects. The phenotypes analyzed were the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), a history of nicotine dependence, the number of symptoms of alcohol dependence (AlcSx), and a history of alcohol dependence. Genomewide linkage analyses were conducted with non-parametric and variance components methods. FINDINGS: For the bivariate variance component analysis of the continuous FTND and AlcSx scores, multipoint LOD scores were >4 in two genomic regions--an 11cM region on chr7 (D7S2252-D7S691, empirical p=0.0006) and an 8cM region on chr18 flanking D18S63 (empirical p=0.0007). These findings did not exceed a conservative estimate of study-wide significance. The remaining sets of findings had considerably smaller or less consistent peak signals. Notably, strong linkage signal at D4S1611 for AlcSx from a prior report (PMID 16534506) was not found when jointly analyzed with FTND. INTERPRETATION: Replication is required. However, chromosomes 7 and 18 may contain genetic loci relevant to the etiology of nicotine-related phenotypes.
BACKGROUND: A comprehensive understanding of the etiology and neurobiology of nicotine dependence is not available. We sought to identify genomic regions that might contain etiologically-relevant loci using genomewide univariate and bivariate linkage analyses. METHODS: We conducted secondary data analyses of 626 all possible sibling pairs ascertained in Ireland and Northern Ireland on the basis of alcohol dependence. A set of 1020 short tandem repeat genetic markers were genotyped in all subjects. The phenotypes analyzed were the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), a history of nicotine dependence, the number of symptoms of alcohol dependence (AlcSx), and a history of alcohol dependence. Genomewide linkage analyses were conducted with non-parametric and variance components methods. FINDINGS: For the bivariate variance component analysis of the continuous FTND and AlcSx scores, multipoint LOD scores were >4 in two genomic regions--an 11cM region on chr7 (D7S2252-D7S691, empirical p=0.0006) and an 8cM region on chr18 flanking D18S63 (empirical p=0.0007). These findings did not exceed a conservative estimate of study-wide significance. The remaining sets of findings had considerably smaller or less consistent peak signals. Notably, strong linkage signal at D4S1611 for AlcSx from a prior report (PMID 16534506) was not found when jointly analyzed with FTND. INTERPRETATION: Replication is required. However, chromosomes 7 and 18 may contain genetic loci relevant to the etiology of nicotine-related phenotypes.
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