Journal
HUMAN GENETICS
Volume 127, Issue 5, Pages 503-512Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-010-0787-6
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- National Institutes of Health [DA-12844, DA-13783]
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The glutamate receptor gene, ionotropic N-methyl-d-aspartate 3A (GRIN3A), is one of the seven that code for subunits of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors, which play an essential role at many synapses in the brain, regulating ion flow across membranes in response to glutamate signaling. In this study, we analyzed 25 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within GRIN3A for association with nicotine dependence (ND), which was assessed by smoking quantity, heaviness of smoking index, and the Fagerstrom test for ND. Both individual SNP and haplotype association tests were performed in African-American (AA) and European-American (EA) samples as well as in the pooled sample consisting of 2,037 individuals from 602 nuclear families. Individual SNP analysis revealed significant associations of 5, 5, and 4 SNPs with at least one ND measure in the pooled, EA, and AA samples, respectively. Of them, SNPs rs17189632 and rs10121600 in the pooled sample and rs11788456 in the EA sample remained significant after correction for multiple testing. On the basis of the blocks determined with Haploview, we performed haplotype-based association analysis and found 2, 4, and 1 haplotype(s) that are significantly associated with at least one ND measure in the pooled, EA, and AA samples, respectively. Some of them remained significant after correction for multiple testing. We concluded that GRIN3A represents a strong candidate for involvement in the etiology of ND and warrants further investigation in independent samples.
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