Brzustowicz Linda M
Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Life Sciences Building, Room 231, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2008 Apr;10(2):158-63. doi: 10.1007/s11920-008-0027-0.
NOS1AP is an attractive candidate gene for schizophrenia susceptibility. Linkage and association studies from multiple samples drawn from different populations indicate that a schizophrenia susceptibility gene is located in the region of chromosome 1 containing NOS1AP. Increased NOS1AP expression is observed in postmortem samples from individuals with schizophrenia. NOS1AP binds to neuronal nitric oxide synthase and synapsin, other candidate genes for schizophrenia, and may disrupt signal transduction through the N-methyl d-aspartate receptor complex, leading to hypofunctioning of that system. In this review, I present the evidence supporting NOS1AP as a schizophrenia susceptibility gene, with a focus on explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence obtained from each type of study that has been conducted.
一氧化氮合酶1适配蛋白(NOS1AP)是精神分裂症易感性的一个颇具吸引力的候选基因。来自不同人群的多个样本的连锁和关联研究表明,一个精神分裂症易感基因位于包含NOS1AP的1号染色体区域。在精神分裂症患者的尸检样本中观察到NOS1AP表达增加。NOS1AP与神经元型一氧化氮合酶和突触素(精神分裂症的其他候选基因)结合,并可能破坏通过N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体复合物的信号转导,导致该系统功能减退。在这篇综述中,我展示了支持NOS1AP作为精神分裂症易感基因的证据,重点是解释从已进行的每种类型研究中获得的证据的优缺点。