DOI

  • Michael Nguyen
  • Andrew Roth
  • Evan J. Kyzar
  • Manoj K. Poudel
  • Keith Wong
  • Adam Michael Stewart
  • Allan V. Kalueff

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a debilitating brain illness causing social deficits, delayed development and repetitive behaviors. ASD is a heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with poorly understood and complex etiology. The central dopaminergic system is strongly implicated in ASD pathogenesis. Genes encoding various elements of this system (including dopamine receptors, the dopamine transporter or enzymes of synthesis and catabolism) have been linked to ASD. Here, we comprehensively evaluate known molecular interactors of dopaminergic genes, and identify their potential molecular partners within up/down-steam signaling pathways associated with dopamine. These in silico analyses allowed us to construct a map of molecular pathways, regulated by dopamine and involved in ASD. Clustering these pathways reveals groups of genes associated with dopamine metabolism, encoding proteins that control dopamine neurotransmission, cytoskeletal processes, synaptic release, Ca2+ signaling, as well as the adenosine, glutamatergic and gamma-aminobutyric systems. Overall, our analyses emphasize the important role of the dopaminergic system in ASD, and implicate several cellular signaling processes in its pathogenesis.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)15-26
Число страниц12
ЖурналNeurochemistry International
Том66
Номер выпуска1
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - янв 2014
Опубликовано для внешнего пользованияДа

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Клеточная и молекулрная нейробиология
  • Клеточная биология

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