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    Alpha-5 and-3 nicotinic receptor gene variants predict nicotine dependence but not cessation: Findings from the COMMIT cohort

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    Bousman, CA; Rivard, C; Den Haese, J; Ambrosone, C; Hyland, A
    Date
    2012-03-01
    Source Title
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS
    Publisher
    WILEY-BLACKWELL
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Bousman, Chad
    Affiliation
    Psychiatry
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    Journal Article
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    Bousman, C. A., Rivard, C., Den Haese, J., Ambrosone, C. & Hyland, A. (2012). Alpha-5 and-3 nicotinic receptor gene variants predict nicotine dependence but not cessation: Findings from the COMMIT cohort. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS, 159B (2), pp.227-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32019.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/31540
    DOI
    10.1002/ajmg.b.32019
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262775
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    Abstract
    Smoking many cigarettes per day (CPD) and short interval to first cigarette (TTF) after waking are two of the most heritable smoking phenotypes and comprise the Heavy Smoking Index (HSI). These phenotypes are often used as proxies for nicotine dependence (ND) and are associated with smoking cessation outcomes. Case-control and genome-wide association studies have reported links between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the alpha-5 and -3 nicotinic receptor subunit (CHRNA5 and CHRNA3) genes and CPD but few have examined TTF or cessation outcomes. In this study we longitudinally assessed 1301 European-American smokers at four time-points from 1988 to 2005. One CHRNA5 (rs16969968) and two CHRNA3 (rs1051703, rs6495308) SNPs were examined for their ability to predict smokers who "ever" reported ND based on three phenotypic classifications: (1) 25+ CPD, (2) TTF < 10 min, and (3) HSI ≥ 4. In a subsample of 1157 quit attempters, we also examined each SNP's ability to predict "ever" quitting for a period of >6 months. Demographically adjusted logistic regressions showed significant allelic and genotypic associations between all three SNPs and CPD but not TTF, HSI, or smoking cessation. Carriers of both the rs16969968-AA and rs6495308-TT genotypes had approximately twofold greater odds for ND defined using CPD or TTF. Results suggest nicotinic receptor variants are associated with greater odds of ND according to CPD and to a lesser extent TTF. Research examining the effect of nicotinic receptor genetic variation on ND phenotypes beyond CPD is warranted.
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    Genetics not elsewhere classified; Epidemiology; Substance Abuse

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