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Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com], Translational Psychiatry, 1(11), 2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-01153-1

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Multi-environment gene interactions linked to the interplay between polysubstance dependence and suicidality

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Abstract

AbstractSubstance dependence diagnoses (SDs) are important risk factors for suicidality. We investigated the associations of multiple SDs with different suicidality outcomes, testing how genetic background moderates these associations. The Yale-Penn cohort (N = 15,557) was recruited to investigate the genetics of SDs. The Army STARRS (Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers) cohort (N = 11,236) was recruited to evaluate mental health risk and resilience among Army personnel. We applied multivariate logistic regression to investigate the associations of SDs with suicidality and, in the Yale-Penn cohort, we used the structured linear mixed model (StructLMM) to study multivariate gene–environment interactions. In Yale-Penn, lifetime polysubstance dependence was strongly associated with lifetime suicidality: having five SDs showed an association with suicidality, from odds ratio (OR) = 6.77 (95% confidence interval, CI = 5.74–7.99) for suicidal ideation (SI) to OR = 3.61 (95% CI = 2.7–4.86) for suicide attempt (SA). In Army STARRS, having multiple substance use disorders for alcohol and/or drugs was associated with increased suicidality ranging from OR = 2.88 (95% CI = 2.6–3.19) for SI to OR = 3.92 (95% CI = 3.19–4.81) for SA. In Yale-Penn, we identified multivariate gene–environment interactions (Bayes factors, BF > 0) of SI with respect to a gene cluster on chromosome 16 (LCAT, p = 1.82 × 10–7; TSNAXIP1, p = 2.13 × 10−7; CENPT, p = 2.32 × 10−7; PARD6A, p = 5.57 × 10−7) for opioid dependence (BF = 12.2), cocaine dependence (BF = 12.1), nicotine dependence (BF = 9.2), and polysubstance dependence (BF = 2.1). Comorbidity of multiple SDs is a significant associated with suicidality and heritability of suicidality is partially moderated by multivariate gene interactions.