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RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Ethnic-specific genetic association of variants in the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 gene with nicotine dependence.
Twin and family studies indicate that smoking addiction is highly influenced by genetic factors. Variants in the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) gene have been associated with alcoholism and depression. In this study, we tested five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CRHR1 for their association with ND, which was assessed by smoking quantity (SQ), the Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI), and the Fagerström test for ND (FTND) in 2,037 subjects from 602 families of either European American (EA) or African American (AA) ancestry. Association analysis of the five SNPs revealed a significant association of rs171440 with SQ in the AA sample and with SQ and FTND in the pooled AA and EA samples. Haplotype-based association analysis indicated significant association of haplotypes C-C (56.9%) and T-C (38.9%), formed by SNPs rs171440 and rs1396862, with SQ in the AA sample, C-C-G (47.6%) with SQ, and T-C-G (42.3%), formed by SNPs rs171440, rs1396862, and rs878886, with SQ and FTND in the pooled AA and EA samples. However, none of these associations remained significant after correction for multiple testing. Together, our results provide suggestive evidence for the involvement of CRHR1 in ND, which warrants further investigation using larger independent samples.
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