OPINION
Promising biocemical markers of Parkinson's disease
Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Sergey V. Smirnov
Arcybushevskaya, 171, 443001, Samara, Russia; ur.umsmas@vonrims.v.s
Acknowledgments: we would like to thank staff members of the Department of Fundamental and Clinical Biochemistry with Laboratory Diagnosis at the Samara State Medical University, specifically Professor F.N. Gilmiyarova, D. Sc. (Medicine), and Associate Professor A.V. Zhdanova, Cand. Sc. (Philology), for their help in manuscript drafting and design.
Author contribution: Gusyakova OA — literature analysis; Smirnov SV — data acquisition in the field of fundamental biochemistry; Kuznetsova OYu — research data analysis and interpretation; Apergenova AR, Albikova AR — manuscript writing.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease associated with specific neurological deficits in patients, it mainly affects dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra causing accumulation of the neurotoxic amounts of aggregated α-synuclein protein in the neuronal cell bodies. The paper reports the authors' view of certain pathochemical and biochemical aspects of the Parkinson’s disease development in terms of interplay between the metabolic pathways of catecholamines and pigments, particularly the possible pathway of neuromelanin synthesis in the neuronal cell bodies and its importance in the life of cells. Assessment of the use of certain neurodegenerative disorder biomarkers, which are of direct pathognomonic value, in the laboratory diagnosis of the disease is provided. It is suggested to use the results in the field of deeper understanding of biochemical patterns underlying neuronal death for early diagnosis of PD in individuals of different age groups, as well as for further study of pathogenesis based on fundamental biochemistry and pathobiochemistry of intracellular processes.
Keywords: biomarkers, Parkinson's disease, dopamine, dopamine receptors, key aspects of pathochemistry and pathogenesis