Candidate genes for alcohol dependence: a review of genetic evidence from human studies.

F TWIN, AND adoption studies have convincingly demonstrated that genes play an important role in the development of alcohol dependence, accounting for approximately 50–60% of the population variance (McGue, 1999). Additionally, patterns of alcohol use seem to be under genetic influence. Twin studies have demonstrated that dimensions of alcohol use, such as quantity of alcohol consumed on a typical drinking occasion, frequency of use, and frequency of intoxication, and alcohol metabolism measures, such as time to peak blood alcohol concentration and rate of elimination, are under substantial genetic influence (Heath, 1995). Furthermore, there is evidence of genetic effects on patterns of alcohol use as early as adolescence, and these effects seem to increase over time (Rose et al., 2001). It is unclear to what extent the genes that influence patterns of alcohol use overlap with those that influence alcohol dependence. Despite strong evidence for genetic effects contributing to alcoholism susceptibility, detecting the specific genes that increase or decrease the risk for alcoholism has proven difficult. Many factors contribute to the slow progress in isolating the genes involved in drinking behavior. Many genes are thought to contribute to alcoholism susceptibility, and different genes are likely contributing to alcohol dependence in different individuals. Additionally, the environment plays a substantial role in drinking patterns, with nearly half of the variance in drinking patterns and alcohol dependence attributed to environmental factors. Furthermore, these genes and environments probably interact. Data from a Finnish twin study of alcohol use among adolescents demonstrated that the magnitude of genetic influences can vary dramatically between environments, with up to 5-fold differences demonstrated in different environments (Dick et al., 2001). This suggests that some environments may exacerbate the expression of genetic predispositions, whereas others may be protective. Finally, there is substantial phenotypic heterogeneity in the manifestation of alcohol dependence, with alcoholics differing on dimensions such as age of onset of problems, alcohol symptoms, drinking history, and comorbid disorders. Some evidence suggests that genes may be more important in certain subtypes of alcoholics (Cloninger et al., 1981). Other investigators have studied endophenotypes as a means to deal with the substantial heterogeneity involved in alcohol dependence. Endophenotypes are phenotypes that are thought to be intermediaries between a particular disorder and the biological processes that lead to the manifestation of this disorder. For example, brain wave activity, as measured by electroencephalogram (EEG) and eventrelated potential (ERP), has been studied as an endophenotype for both alcohol dependence and schizophrenia. It is possible that genes act more directly on an endophenotype, as compared with a diagnostic classification, and, therefore, the study of endophenotypes may more efficiently lead to the identification of genes. All of these factors considerably complicate efforts to identify the genes involved in alcohol dependence and to understand the contribution of any specific gene that is identified. A number of genetic strategies have been used in the study of alcohol dependence. These include both linkage and association studies. Linkage studies involve the ascertainment of families with multiple affected individuals; genotyping of segments of DNA that exhibit variation, called polymorphic markers, is often used to detect chromosomal regions in which affected individuals within a family demonstrate increased sharing of a particular marker allele, suggesting that there may be a gene nearby involved in the disorder. Association studies can use either families or unrelated controls; they test the association between a particular allele at a candidate gene and a specific outcome across families. Association methods typically can detect significant effects over much smaller physical distances as compared with linkage studies. For a more extensive review of the methods used in genetic studies, see Dick and Foroud (2003). Here we review the evidence for candidate genes that have been implicated in genetic studies of alcohol dependence and related phenotypes, such as quantitative indices of alcohol use, and endophenotypes, such as EEG. This review is not meant to be exhaustive in reporting all candidate genes, but, rather, covers in detail many of the candidate genes currently thought to be most promising. From the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Received for publication September 30, 2002; accepted February 12, 2003. Supported by NIH Grants AA13358, AA00285, and AA07611. Reprint requests: Tatiana Foroud, PhD, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 975 W. Walnut St., IB-130, Indianapolis, IN 46202-525; Fax: 317-274-2387; E-mail: tforoud@iupui.edu. Copyright © 2003 by the Research Society on Alcoholism.

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