The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Liver cystolic aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1A1) has been previously associated with both alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption behaviour, and has been implicated in alcohol-induced flushing and alcohol sensitivity in Caucasians. The present study tested fo...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Liver cystolic aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1A1) has been previously associated with both alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption behaviour, and has been implicated in alcohol-induced flushing and alcohol sensitivity in Caucasians. The present study tested for association between <it>ALDH1A1 </it>and alcohol consumption behaviour and susceptibility to problem drinking or alcohol dependence in Finnish cohorts of unrelated male subjects recruited from alcoholism clinical treatment facilities (<it>n </it>= 104) and from the general population (<it>n </it>= 201). All participants completed the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and were genotyped for eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within or flanking <it>ALDH1A1</it>. To test for association between alcohol consumption behaviour and these polymorphisms, we used generalised linear models and haplotypic analysis. Three SNPs were nominally associated (rs348449, <it>p </it>= 0.043; rs610529, <it>p </it>= 0.013; rs348479, <it>p </it>= 0.025) with the quantitative AUDIT score, which evaluates alcohol consumption behaviour. Two-locus (rs6I0529-rs2288087) haplotype analysis increased the strength of association with AUDIT score (<it>p </it>= 0.00I5). Additionally, rs348449 is highly associated with problem drinking (allelic odds ratio [OR] 7.87, 95 per cent confidence interval [CI] 1.67-37.01) but due to the low minor allele frequency (0.01 and 0.07 in controls and problem drinkers, respectively), more samples are required to validate this observation. Conversely, rs348479 (<it>p </it>= 0.019) and rs6I0529 (allelic OR 0.65, 95 per cent CI 0.43-0.98; genotypic OR 0.32, 95 per cent CI 0.12-0.84) are implicated in alcohol dependence status. This study provides further evidence for a role for <it>ALDH1A1 </it>in alcohol consumption behaviour, including problem drinking and possibly alcohol dependence, in our Finnish population.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-474680d3e25149f69f22e2f9ee0fb0ea2022-12-22T04:24:58ZengBMCHuman Genomics1479-73642008-09-0131243510.1186/1479-7364-3-1-24The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish populationLind Penelope AEriksson CWilhelmsen Kirk C<p>Abstract</p> <p>Liver cystolic aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1A1) has been previously associated with both alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption behaviour, and has been implicated in alcohol-induced flushing and alcohol sensitivity in Caucasians. The present study tested for association between <it>ALDH1A1 </it>and alcohol consumption behaviour and susceptibility to problem drinking or alcohol dependence in Finnish cohorts of unrelated male subjects recruited from alcoholism clinical treatment facilities (<it>n </it>= 104) and from the general population (<it>n </it>= 201). All participants completed the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and were genotyped for eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within or flanking <it>ALDH1A1</it>. To test for association between alcohol consumption behaviour and these polymorphisms, we used generalised linear models and haplotypic analysis. Three SNPs were nominally associated (rs348449, <it>p </it>= 0.043; rs610529, <it>p </it>= 0.013; rs348479, <it>p </it>= 0.025) with the quantitative AUDIT score, which evaluates alcohol consumption behaviour. Two-locus (rs6I0529-rs2288087) haplotype analysis increased the strength of association with AUDIT score (<it>p </it>= 0.00I5). Additionally, rs348449 is highly associated with problem drinking (allelic odds ratio [OR] 7.87, 95 per cent confidence interval [CI] 1.67-37.01) but due to the low minor allele frequency (0.01 and 0.07 in controls and problem drinkers, respectively), more samples are required to validate this observation. Conversely, rs348479 (<it>p </it>= 0.019) and rs6I0529 (allelic OR 0.65, 95 per cent CI 0.43-0.98; genotypic OR 0.32, 95 per cent CI 0.12-0.84) are implicated in alcohol dependence status. This study provides further evidence for a role for <it>ALDH1A1 </it>in alcohol consumption behaviour, including problem drinking and possibly alcohol dependence, in our Finnish population.</p>http://www.humgenomics.com/content/3/1/24acetaldehydeALDH1A1alcohol usealcohol abusealcohol dependenceassociationsingle nucleotide polymorphism |
| spellingShingle | Lind Penelope A Eriksson C Wilhelmsen Kirk C The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population Human Genomics acetaldehyde ALDH1A1 alcohol use alcohol abuse alcohol dependence association single nucleotide polymorphism |
| title | The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population |
| title_full | The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population |
| title_fullStr | The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population |
| title_short | The role of aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (<it>ALDH1A1</it>) polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a Finnish population |
| title_sort | role of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 it aldh1a1 it polymorphisms in harmful alcohol consumption in a finnish population |
| topic | acetaldehyde ALDH1A1 alcohol use alcohol abuse alcohol dependence association single nucleotide polymorphism |
| url | http://www.humgenomics.com/content/3/1/24 |
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