PMID- 33993859 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210709 LR - 20211204 IS - 1608-3040 (Electronic) IS - 0006-2979 (Linking) VI - 86 IP - 5 DP - 2021 May TI - Protein Phosphorylation Signaling Cascades in Autism: The Role of mTOR Pathway. PG - 577-596 LID - 10.1134/S0006297921050072 [doi] AB - The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is a central regulator of cell metabolism, growth, and survival in response to hormones, growth factors, nutrients, and stress-induced signals. In this review, we analyzed the studies on the molecular abnormalities of the mTOR-associated signaling cascades in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and outlined the prospects for the pathogenicity-targeting pharmacotherapeutic approaches to ASDs, in particular syndromic ASDs. Based on available experimental and clinical data, we suggest that very early detection of molecular abnormalities in the ASD risk groups can be facilitated by using peripheral blood platelets. Also, identification of the time window of critical dysregulations in the described pathways in the ASD risk groups might suggest further research directions leading to more efficacious pharmacotherapeutic interventions in ASDs. FAU - Boksha, Irina S AU - Boksha IS AD - Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, 115522, Russia. boksha_irina@mail.ru. AD - Gamaleya Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 123098, Russia. FAU - Prokhorova, Tatyana A AU - Prokhorova TA AD - Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, 115522, Russia. FAU - Tereshkina, Elena B AU - Tereshkina EB AD - Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, 115522, Russia. FAU - Savushkina, Olga K AU - Savushkina OK AD - Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, 115522, Russia. FAU - Burbaeva, Gulnur Sh AU - Burbaeva GS AD - Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, 115522, Russia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Biochemistry (Mosc) JT - Biochemistry. Biokhimiia JID - 0376536 RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Autism Spectrum Disorder/metabolism MH - Autistic Disorder/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - *Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - autism spectrum disorders OT - mTOR OT - protein phosphorylation OT - signaling cascades EDAT- 2021/05/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/10 06:00 CRDT- 2021/05/17 05:32 PHST- 2021/05/17 05:32 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/10 06:00 [medline] AID - BCM86050643 [pii] AID - 10.1134/S0006297921050072 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry (Mosc). 2021 May;86(5):577-596. doi: 10.1134/S0006297921050072.