2025, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp 188 – 195

A comparative exploration of monoamine neurotransmitter transport disorders: mechanisms, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic approaches

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Corresponding author Husna Irfan Thalib, Department of General Medicine and Surgery, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: husnairfan2905@gmail.com

Abstract

Neurotransmitters play important roles in brain function, influencing cognition, movement, and behavior. Disruption in neurotransmitter biosynthesis, expression, transport, or function due to genetic mutations can lead to various neurological and psychiatric disorders with variable age of onset. Catecholamines like dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and serotonin are key monoamines transported by specific transporters, including the dopamine transporter (DAT) and the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2). Disorders that involve monoamine neurotransmitter transport include dopamine transporter deficiency syndrome (DTDS) and brain dopamine-serotonin vesicular disorders (PKDYS2). These rare syndromes manifest with movement disorders and neuropsychiatric symptoms. DTDS results from a mutation in the SLC6A3 gene affecting dopamine reuptake, while PKDYS2 involves a mutation in the SLC18A2 gene impairing the transport of dopamine and serotonin. This review provides a comparative analysis of the diagnostic approaches, the management strategies, and the outcomes for these distinct disorders.

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PMC ID: 12022732
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DOI: 10.25122/jml-2024-0398

Article Publishing Date (print): 3 2025
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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