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Mutations in ionotropic AMPA receptor 3 alter channel properties and are associated with moderate cognitive impairment in humans

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authors

  • Wu, Y.
  • Arai, A. C.
  • Rumbaugh, Gavin
  • Srivastava, A. K.
  • Turner, G.
  • Hayashi, T.
  • Suzuki, E.
  • Jiang, Y. W.
  • Zhang, L. L.
  • Rodriguez, J.
  • Boyle, J.
  • Tarpey, P.
  • Raymond, F. L.
  • Nevelsteen, J.
  • Froyen, G.
  • Stratton, M.
  • Futreal, A.
  • Gecz, J.
  • Stevenson, R.
  • Schwartz, C. E.
  • Valle, D.
  • Huganir, R. L.
  • Wang, T.

publication date

  • November 2007

journal

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  Journal

abstract

  • Ionotropic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors (iGluRs) mediate the majority of excitatory synaptic transmission in the CNS and are essential for the induction and maintenance of long-term potentiation and long-term depression, two cellular models of learning and memory. We identified a genomic deletion (0.4 Mb) involving the entire GRIA3 (encoding iGluR3) by using an X-array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and four missense variants (G833R, M706T, R631S, and R450Q) in functional domains of iGluR3 by sequencing 400 males with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR). Three variants were found in males with moderate MR and were absent in 500 control males. Expression studies in HEK293 cells showed that G833R resulted in a 78% reduction of iGluR3 due to protein misfolding. Whole-cell recording studies of iGluR3 homomers in HEK293 cells revealed that neither iGluR3-M706T (S2 domain) nor iGluR3-R631S (near channel core) had substantial channel function, whereas R450Q (S1 domain) was associated with accelerated receptor desensitization. When forming heteromeric receptors with iGluR2 in HEK293 cells, all four iGluR3 variants had altered desensitization kinetics. Our study provides the genetic and functional evidence that mutant iGluR3 with altered kinetic properties is associated with moderate cognitive impairment in humans.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Cell Line
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Retardation, X-Linked
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Pedigree
  • Receptors, AMPA
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Research

keywords

  • X-linked mental retardation
  • glutamate receptor
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2084314

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0027-8424

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1073/pnas.0708699104

PubMed ID

  • 17989220
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 18163

end page

  • 18168

volume

  • 104

issue

  • 46

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