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Association of haplotypic variants in DRD2, ANKK1, TTC12 and NCAM1 to alcohol dependence in independent case-control and family samples

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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
Volume 16, Issue 23, Pages 2844-2853

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm240

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  1. NCRR NIH HHS [M01 RR06192] Funding Source: Medline
  2. NIAAA NIH HHS [P50 AA12870, K24 AA13736, K08 AA13732, R01 AA11330, R01 AA011330, R01 AA016015, P50 AA012870] Funding Source: Medline
  3. NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA12849, R01 DA12690, K24 DA015105, R01 DA012849, K24 DA15105, R01 DA012690] Funding Source: Medline

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There have been many conflicting reports concerning the association of the DRD2 locus with alcohol dependence (AD). To investigate whether these findings could be reconciled by considering the genomic region of DRD2 in greater detail, we conducted two separate association studies of AD in 1220 European-American subjects using family-based (488 subjects) and case-control (318 cases and 414 controls) designs, and 43 single nucleotide polymorphisms mapped to the gene cluster of NCAM1, TTC12, ANKK1 and DRD2. We used a generalized linear model and haplotype score tests for the case-control sample, and the family-based association test for the family sample. Haplotype associations centered on TTC12 exon 3 [rs1893699-rs723077; optimal individual haplotype simulated P-value (P-oihs) = 0.00021] in both independent samples (family and case-control). Additional AD-associated haplotypes centered around NCAM1 exon 12 in the family sample (P-oihs = 0.0032), and at exons 2 and 5 of ANKK1 in the case-control sample (P-oihs = 0.00058). LD contrasts between cases and controls support selection at TTC12 exon 3 and ANKK1 exon 2. The armadillo repeat domains encoded by TTC12 and dopamine interact in the Wnt pathway and may have effects on dopamine cell development in the ventral midbrain. We conclude that risk for AD is attributable in part to variants in four regions within this cluster: exon 3 of TTC12, exon 12/intron13 of NCAM1 and exons 2 and 5 of ANKK1. The complexity of these relationships, many of which replicate between our independent samples, may explain prior inconsistent results.

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