Genome-wide association study of lifetime cannabis use based on a large meta-analytic sample of 32 330 subjects from the International Cannabis Consortium.
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- Stringer, S; MinicΔ, C C; Verweij, K J H; Mbarek, H; Bernard, M; Derringer, J; van Eijk, K R; Isen, J D; Loukola, A; Maciejewski, D F; Mihailov, E; van der Most, P J; SΓ‘nchez-Mora, C; Roos, L; Sherva, R; Walters, R; Ware, J J; Abdellaoui, A; Bigdeli, T B; Branje, S J T; Brown, S A; Bruinenberg, M; Casas, M; Esko, T; Garcia-Martinez, I; Gordon, S D; Harris, J M; Hartman, C A; Henders, A K; Heath, A C; Hickie, I B; Hickman, M; Hopfer, C J; Hottenga, J J; Huizink, A C; Irons, D E; Kahn, R S; Korhonen, T; Kranzler, H R; Krauter, K; van Lier, P A C; Lubke, G H; Madden, P A F; MΓ€gi, R; McGue, M K; Medland, S E; Meeus, W H J; Miller, M B; Montgomery, G W; Nivard, M G; Nolte, I M; Oldehinkel, A J; Pausova, Z; Qaiser, B; Quaye, L; Ramos-Quiroga, J A; Richarte, V; Rose, R J; Shin, J; Stallings, M C; Stiby, A I; Wall, T L; Wright, M J; Koot, H M; Paus, T; Hewitt, J K; RibasΓ©s, M; Kaprio, J; Boks, M P; Snieder, H; Spector, T; MunafΓ², M R; Metspalu, A; Gelernter, J; Boomsma, D I; Iacono, W G; Martin, N G; Gillespie, N A; Derks, E M; Vink, J M
- Year
- 2016
- Journal
- Translational psychiatry
- PMID
- 27023175
- DOI
- 10.1038/tp.2016.36
- PMCID
- PMC4872459
Cannabis is the most widely produced and consumed illicit psychoactive substance worldwide. Occasional cannabis use can progress to frequent use, abuse and dependence with all known adverse physical, psychological and social consequences. Individual differences in cannabis initiation are heritable (40-48%). The International Cannabis Consortium was established with the aim to identify genetic risk variants of cannabis use. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data of 13 cohorts (N=32 330) and four replication samples (N=5627). In addition, we performed a gene-based test of association, estimated single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based heritability and explored the genetic correlation between lifetime cannabis use and cigarette use using LD score regression. No individual SNPs reached genome-wide significance. Nonetheless, gene-based tests identified four genes significantly associated with lifetime cannabis use: NCAM1, CADM2, SCOC and KCNT2. Previous studies reported associations of NCAM1 with cigarette smoking and other substance use, and those of CADM2 with body mass index, processing speed and autism disorders, which are phenotypes previously reported to be associated with cannabis use. Furthermore, we showed that, combined across the genome, all common SNPs explained 13-20% (P<0.001) of the liability of lifetime cannabis use. Finally, there was a strong genetic correlation (rg=0.83; P=1.85 Γ 10(-8)) between lifetime cannabis use and lifetime cigarette smoking implying that the SNP effect sizes of the two traits are highly correlated. This is the largest meta-analysis of cannabis GWA studies to date, revealing important new insights into the genetic pathways of lifetime cannabis use. Future functional studies should explore the impact of the identified genes on the biological mechanisms of cannabis use.
The Manhattan (a) and the QQ plot (b) based on results of the gene-based analysis performed in the discovery sample using HYST (hybrid set-based test).
LLM interpretation
Figure (a) is a Manhattan plot showing $-\log_{10}(P)$ values across chromosomes, with significant peaks labeled for genes *KCNT2*, *CADM2*, *SCOC/SCOC-AS1*, and *NCAM1*. Figure (b) is a QQ plot comparing observed versus expected $-\log_{10}(P)$ values for the HYST set-based test (blue) and a gene-based test (magenta). In the QQ plot, both test curves deviate upward from the diagonal null line, indicating a higher-than-expected number of significant associations.
Forest plot for the top-SNP rs4471463 in the NCAM1 gene on chromosome 11. SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism.
LLM interpretation
This is a forest plot showing the effect of the SNP rs4471463 (11:112983534 [T]) in the NCAM1 gene across 14 different samples and a final meta-analysis. The x-axis represents the log(Odds Ratio), with individual sample effects shown as points with 95% confidence interval bars. The meta-analysis result, indicated by a red diamond, shows a combined log(Odds Ratio) of -0.10 [-0.14, -0.06], which does not cross the zero line of no effect.
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