FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Human Disease Model Report: alcohol, response to, stress-response genes
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General Information
Name
alcohol, response to, stress-response genes
FlyBase ID
FBhh0000697
OMIM
Overview

A number of the genes involved in behavioral alcohol responses in flies, affecting ethanol sensitivity and/or tolerance, are also implicated in response to environmental stress. These include hang, Jwa, and Tspo.

[updated Jan. 2018 by FlyBase; FBrf0222196]

Disease Summary Information
Parent Disease Summary: alcohol use disorder, susceptibility to (fly models overview)
Symptoms and phenotype

Alcoholism can be defined as persistence of excessive drinking over a long period of time despite adverse health effects and disruption of social relations (Morozova et al., 2014; pubmed:24395673).

The 2013 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) combined the two former categorizations of abnormal alcohol use (alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence) into one diagnosis: alcohol use disorder. The severity of an individual's AUD is broken into classifications: mild, moderate, or severe. "Alcoholism" is a non-medical term often used to describe a severe form of alcohol use disorder. (https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/recovery-blog/alcoholism-alcohol-use-disorder-whats-difference/)

Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of different types of cancer, higher cardiovascular disease mortality, birth defects, liver diseases, and neuropsychiatric disorders (Morozova et al., 2014; pubmed:24395673).

Alcoholism is a multifactorial, genetically influenced disorder. [from MIM:103780; 2017.12.19]

Specific Disease Summary: alcohol, response to, stress-response genes
OMIM report
Human gene(s) implicated
Symptoms and phenotype
Genetics
Cellular phenotype and pathology
Molecular information
External links
    Disease synonyms
    AUD susceptibility, stress-response genes
    Search term: alcohol use disorder
    Ortholog Information
    Human gene(s) in FlyBase
      Other mammalian ortholog(s) used
        D. melanogaster Gene Information (3)
        Gene Snapshot
        hangover (hang) encodes a nuclear zinc finger protein that is expressed in adult fly brain neurons. Lack of hang produces a reduction of Fas2 expression. Its roles include life span, bouton growth at the neuromuscular junction and regulation of cellular stress in response to ethanol, heat and paraquat. [Date last reviewed: 2019-03-07]
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        Gene Groups / Pathways
        Comments on ortholog(s)
        Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
        DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
        Molecular function (GO)
          Cellular component (GO)
          Gene Groups / Pathways
            Comments on ortholog(s)
            Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
            DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
            Gene Snapshot
            Translocator protein (Tspo) encodes a protein localized in the outer mitochondrial membrane that is thought to be involved in various pathways, including steroid and heme biosynthesis, apoptosis, protein import, cell proliferation and differentiation and also has been proposed to participate in the formation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. [Date last reviewed: 2019-03-14]
            Molecular function (GO)
              Cellular component (GO)
              Gene Groups / Pathways
                Comments on ortholog(s)
                Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
                DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
                Other Genes Used: Viral, Bacterial, Synthetic (0)
                  Summary of Physical Interactions (59 groups)
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                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, western blot, Identification by mass spectrometry, molecular sieving
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, Identification by mass spectrometry, western blot, molecular sieving
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, Identification by mass spectrometry
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, western blot, Identification by mass spectrometry, molecular sieving
                  molecular sieving, western blot, anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, Identification by mass spectrometry
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, Identification by mass spectrometry
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, peptide massfingerprinting, experimental knowledge based
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                  pull down, quantitative reverse transcription pcr
                  pull down, quantitative reverse transcription pcr
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                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, peptide massfingerprinting, experimental knowledge based
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, peptide massfingerprinting, experimental knowledge based
                  experimental knowledge based
                  anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, peptide massfingerprinting, experimental knowledge based
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                  Alleles Reported to Model Human Disease (Disease Ontology) (5 alleles)
                  Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 1 )
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                  Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 3 )
                  Alleles Representing Disease-Implicated Variants
                  Genetic Tools, Stocks and Reagents
                  Sources of Stocks
                  Contact lab of origin for a reagent not available from a public stock center.
                  Bloomington Stock Center Disease Page
                  Related mammalian, viral, bacterial, or synthetic transgenes
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                  Selected Drosophila transgenes
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                  Selected Drosophila classical alleles
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                  amorphic allele - molecular evidence
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                  References (15)