Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption

G Schumann; LJ Coin; A Lourdusamy; P Charoen; KH Berger; D Stacey; S Desrivieres; FA Aliev; AA Khan; Najaf Amin; YS Aulchenko; G Bakalkin; SJ Bakker; B Balkau; JW Beulens; A Bilbao; RA de Boer; D Beury; ML (Michiel) Bots; EJ Breetvelt; S Cauchi; C Cavalcanti-Proenca; JC Chambers; TK Clarke; N Dahmen; EJ de Geus; D Dick; F Ducci; A Easton; HJ Edenberg; T Esk; A Fernandez-Medarde; T Foroud; NB Freimer; JA Girault; DE (Diederick) Grobbee; S Guarrera; DF Gudbjartsson; AL Hartikainen; AC Heath; V Hesselbrock; Bert Hofman; JJ (Jouke Jan) Hottenga; MK Isohanni; J Kaprio; KT Khaw; B Kuehnel; J Laitinen; S Lobbens; JA Luan; M Mangino; M Maroteaux; G Matullo; MI McCarthy; C Mueller; G Navis; ME Numans; A Nunez; DR Nyholt; CN Onland-Moret; Ben Oostra; PF O'Reilly; M Palkovits; BW Penninx; S Polidoro; A Pouta; I Prokopenko; F Ricceri; E Santos; JH Smit; N Soranzo; K Song; U Sovio; M Stumvoll; I Surakk; TE Thorgeirsson; U Thorsteinsdottir; C Troakes; T Tyrfingsson; A Tonjes; CS Uiterwaal; André Uitterlinden; P van der Harst; YT van der Schouw; O Staehlin; N Vogelzangs; P Vollenweider; G Waeber; NJ Wareham; DM Waterworth; JB Whitfield; EH Wichmann; G Willemsen; JCM Witteman; X Yuan; GJ Zhai; JH Zhao; WH Zhang; NG Martin; A Metspalu; A Doering; J Scott; TD Spector; RJ Loos; DI Boomsma; V Mooser; L Peltonen; K Stefansson; Cornelia Duijn; P Vineis; WH Sommer; JS Kooner; R Spanagel; UA Heberlein; MR Jarvelin; P Elliott

doi:10.1073/pnas.1017288108

Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption

G Schumann
, LJ Coin
, A Lourdusamy
, P Charoen
, KH Berger
, D Stacey
, S Desrivieres
, FA Aliev
, AA Khan
, Najaf Amin
, YS Aulchenko
, G Bakalkin
, SJ Bakker
, B Balkau
, JW Beulens
, A Bilbao
, RA de Boer
, D Beury
, ML (Michiel) Bots
, EJ Breetvelt

S Cauchi, C Cavalcanti-Proenca, JC Chambers, TK Clarke, N Dahmen, EJ de Geus, D Dick, F Ducci, A Easton, HJ Edenberg, T Esk, A Fernandez-Medarde, T Foroud, NB Freimer, JA Girault, DE (Diederick) Grobbee, S Guarrera, DF Gudbjartsson, AL Hartikainen, AC Heath, V Hesselbrock, Bert Hofman, JJ (Jouke Jan) Hottenga, MK Isohanni, J Kaprio, KT Khaw, B Kuehnel, J Laitinen, S Lobbens, JA Luan, M Mangino, M Maroteaux, G Matullo, MI McCarthy, C Mueller, G Navis, ME Numans, A Nunez, DR Nyholt, CN Onland-Moret, Ben Oostra, PF O'Reilly, M Palkovits, BW Penninx, S Polidoro, A Pouta, I Prokopenko, F Ricceri, E Santos, JH Smit, N Soranzo, K Song, U Sovio, M Stumvoll, I Surakk, TE Thorgeirsson, U Thorsteinsdottir, C Troakes, T Tyrfingsson, A Tonjes, CS Uiterwaal, André Uitterlinden, P van der Harst, YT van der Schouw, O Staehlin, N Vogelzangs, P Vollenweider, G Waeber, NJ Wareham, DM Waterworth, JB Whitfield, EH Wichmann, G Willemsen, JCM Witteman, X Yuan, GJ Zhai, JH Zhao, WH Zhang, NG Martin, A Metspalu, A Doering, J Scott, TD Spector, RJ Loos, DI Boomsma, V Mooser, L Peltonen, K Stefansson, Cornelia Duijn, P Vineis, WH Sommer, JS Kooner, R Spanagel, UA Heberlein, MR Jarvelin, P Elliott

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Alcohol consumption is a moderately heritable trait, but the genetic basis in humans is largely unknown, despite its clinical and societal importance. We report a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of similar to 2.5 million directly genotyped or imputed SNPs with alcohol consumption (gram per day per kilogram body weight) among 12 population-based samples of European ancestry, comprising 26,316 individuals, with replication genotyping in an additional 21,185 individuals. SNP rs6943555 in autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) was associated with alcohol consumption at genome-wide significance (P = 4 x 10(-8) to P = 4 x 10(-9)). We found a genotype-specific expression of AUTS2 in 96 human prefrontal cortex samples (P = 0.026) and significant (P < 0.017) differences in expression of AUTS2 in whole-brain extracts of mice selected for differences in voluntary alcohol consumption. Downregulation of an AUTS2 homolog caused reduced alcohol sensitivity in Drosophila (P < 0.001). Our finding of a regulator of alcohol consumption adds knowledge to our understanding of genetic mechanisms influencing alcohol drinking behavior.

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Pages (from-to)	7119-7124
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.
Volume	108
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1017288108
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Schumann, G., Coin, LJ., Lourdusamy, A., Charoen, P., Berger, KH., Stacey, D., Desrivieres, S., Aliev, FA., Khan, AA., Amin, N., Aulchenko, YS., Bakalkin, G., Bakker, SJ., Balkau, B., Beulens, JW., Bilbao, A., de Boer, RA., Beury, D., Bots, ML., ... Elliott, P. (2011). Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 108(17), 7119-7124. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1017288108

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Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption. / Schumann, G; Coin, LJ; Lourdusamy, A et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., Vol. 108, No. 17, 2011, p. 7119-7124.

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