The Expanding Social Network of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors: TARPs and Other Transmembrane Auxiliary Subunits

Jackson, Alexander C.; Nicoll, Roger A.

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“…The discovery of multiple auxiliary subunits with overlapping roles has greatly extended our understanding of the diversity of AMPAR macromolecular complexes (reviewed in 32, 108,109 . Currently identified AMPAR auxiliary subunits include TARPs, suppressor of lurcher (SOL) 110 , Cornichon homologues (CNIHs) 111 , synapse differentiation-induced genes (SynDIG I and SynDIG4) 112,113 , cysteine-knot AMPAR modulating protein family 114,115 , and germ cell-specific gene 1-like (GSG1L) protein 116 .…”

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“…Of these the prototypical TARP family of AMPAR auxiliary subunits are by far the best characterized. There are seven TARPs, γ2 to γ8 (for review see 108 ). A large body of work has demonstrated that Stargazin, and other Type I TARPs (γ3, γ4 and γ8), can promote synaptic trapping of AMPARs through binding to PSD95 and, as discussed above, this interaction offers an attractive mechanism for how AMPARs are recruited and accumulated at the postsynapse during LTP 33, 98 .…”

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Synaptic AMPA receptor composition in development, plasticity and disease

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General rightsThis document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. PrefaceAMPARs are assemblies of four core subunits, GluA1-4, that mediate most fast excitatory neurotransmission. The component subunits determine the functional properties of AMPARs and the prevailing view is that the subunit composition also determines AMPAR trafficking, which is dynamically regulated during development, synaptic plasticity, and in response to neuronal stress in disease. Recently, the subunit-dependence of AMPAR trafficking has been questioned leading to a reappraisal of the field. Here we review what is known, uncertain, conjectured and unknown about the roles of individual subunits and how they impact on AMPAR assembly, trafficking and function under normal and pathological conditions. IntroductionAMPA receptors (AMPARs) are a subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors that are the 'work-horses' of fast excitatory neurotransmission in the CNS. Developmentallyand activity-regulated changes in the numbers and properties of AMPARs localized at the postsynaptic membrane are essential for excitatory synapse formation, stabilization, synaptic plasticity and neural circuit formation. Consequently, the logistics of the delivery, retention and removal of individual AMPARs with defined subunit compositions at specific synapses is highly complex. A typical cortical or hippocampal pyramidal neuron contains on the order of 10,000 synapses and the AMPARs at each synapse are independently and dynamically regulated in response to developmental cues, synaptic activity and environmental stresses. Furthermore, defects in the processes that control AMPAR assembly, trafficking and synaptic expression are intimately linked to psychiatric and neurological conditions, and also with cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. Remarkable progress has been achieved in understanding how AMPAR trafficking, is orchestrated by a large array of AMPAR interacting proteins. These studies have established a set of hierarchical subunit-specific rules that control AMPAR trafficking under basal and activity-dependent conditions. Furthermore, there has been a growing appreciation that subunit composition can tune the properties of AMPARs to specific conditions. Nonetheless, how AMPARs comprising different subunits are differentially trafficked to control synaptic development, stabilisation and plasticity is a key unanswered question. Here, we provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of subunit-specific AMPAR trafficking and outline what we believe to be the key unresolved questions in the field. 2 Subunit-specific traffickingMost AMPARs are heterotetrameric assemblies of combinations of the subunits GluA1, GluA2, GluA3 and GluA4. AMPARs are expressed in both neurons and glia throughout the CNS 1 and have a turnover time of between 10 hours and 2 days depending on the type of neuron and developmental stage 2,3 . Each subunit has an identical membrane topology and c...

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“…AMPARs are modulated by auxiliary subunits in the brain, including TARPs, cornichons, GSG1L, SynDIG1, CKAMP44, and other proteins (23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28). Among them, TARPs are reported to affect AMPAR synthesis, maturation, trafficking, and function (29). To investigate whether TARPs participate in determining the stoichiometry and assembly of heteromeric AMPARs, we cotransfected TARP γ-2 with GluA1 and GluA2 mutants.…”

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GluA1 signal peptide determines the spatial assembly of heteromeric AMPA receptors

Kalyanaraman

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission and predominantly assemble as heterotetramers in the brain. Recently, the crystal structures of homotetrameric GluA2 demonstrated that AMPARs are assembled with two pairs of conformationally distinct subunits, in a dimer of dimers formation. However, the structure of heteromeric AMPARs remains unclear. Guided by the GluA2 structure, we performed cysteine mutant cross-linking experiments in fulllength GluA1/A2, aiming to draw the heteromeric AMPAR architecture. We found that the amino-terminal domains determine the first level of heterodimer formation. When the dimers further assemble into tetramers, GluA1 and GluA2 subunits have preferred positions, possessing a 1-2-1-2 spatial assembly. By swapping the critical sequences, we surprisingly found that the spatial assembly pattern is controlled by the excisable signal peptides. Replacements with an unrelated GluK2 signal peptide demonstrated that GluA1 signal peptide plays a critical role in determining the spatial priority. Our study thus uncovers the spatial assembly of an important type of glutamate receptors in the brain and reveals a novel function of signal peptides.AMPA receptors | signal peptide | spatial assembly | stoichiometry

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“…Cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs), which express high levels of stargazin, were found to lack surface AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) in the stg mouse (3,4). Stargazin not only controls the trafficking of AMPARs, but also controls AMPAR gating (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10), indicating that it satisfies all of the criteria of auxiliary subunits. Stargazin is a member of a family of proteins referred to as transmembrane AMPAR regulatory proteins (TARPs) and consists of the following members: canonical type I TARPs (γ-2, γ-3, γ-4, and γ-8) and atypical type II TARPs (γ-5 and γ-7), which differ in their amino acid sequence and uniquely regulate AMPAR trafficking, gating, and neuropharmacology (7).…”

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Relative contribution of TARPs γ-2 and γ-7 to cerebellar excitatory synaptic transmission and motor behavior

Yamazaki

Pichon²,

Jackson

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteins (TARPs) play an essential role in excitatory synaptic transmission throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and exhibit subtype-specific effects on AMPA receptor (AMPAR) trafficking, gating, and pharmacology. The function of TARPs has largely been determined through work on canonical type I TARPs such as stargazin (TARP γ-2), absent in the ataxic stargazer mouse. Little is known about the function of atypical type II TARPs, such as TARP γ-7, which exhibits variable effects on AMPAR function. Because γ-2 and γ-7 are both strongly expressed in multiple cell types in the cerebellum, we examined the relative contribution of γ-2 and γ-7 to both synaptic transmission in the cerebellum and motor behavior by using both the stargazer mouse and a γ-7 knockout (KO) mouse. We found that the loss of γ-7 alone had little effect on climbing fiber (cf) responses in Purkinje neurons (PCs), yet the additional loss of γ-2 all but abolished cf responses. In contrast, γ-7 failed to make a significant contribution to excitatory transmission in stellate cells and granule cells. In addition, we generated a PC-specific deletion of γ-2, with and without γ-7 KO background, to examine the relative contribution of γ-2 and γ-7 to PC-dependent motor behavior. Selective deletion of γ-2 in PCs had little effect on motor behavior, yet the additional loss of γ-7 resulted in a severe disruption in motor behavior. Thus, γ-7 is capable of supporting a component of excitatory transmission in PCs, sufficient to maintain essentially normal motor behavior, in the absence of γ-2.cerebellum | AMPA receptors | TARPs | stargazer | motor behavior N euronal excitability is controlled by two broad classes of ion channels: voltage-gated and ligand-gated. It is well established that voltage-gated channels are not only composed of pore-forming subunits but auxiliary subunits as well, which are not part of the pore, but control many important aspects of channel function, such as trafficking and gating (1, 2). In contrast, ligand-gated ion channels were thought to function independently of auxiliary subunits. The discovery of the tetraspanning membrane protein stargazin, also referred to as γ-2, which is mutated in the ataxic stargazer (stg) mouse, changed this view. Cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs), which express high levels of stargazin, were found to lack surface AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) in the stg mouse (3, 4). Stargazin not only controls the trafficking of AMPARs, but also controls AMPAR gating (5-10), indicating that it satisfies all of the criteria of auxiliary subunits. Stargazin is a member of a family of proteins referred to as transmembrane AMPAR regulatory proteins (TARPs) and consists of the following members: canonical type I TARPs (γ-2, γ-3, γ-4, and γ-8) and atypical type II TARPs (γ-5 and γ-7), which differ in their amino acid sequence and uniquely regulate AMPAR trafficking, gating, and neuropharmacology (7).Of particular interest is TARP γ-7, which is expressed throughout the brain...

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The Expanding Social Network of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors: TARPs and Other Transmembrane Auxiliary Subunits

Cited by 375 publications

References 203 publications

Synaptic AMPA receptor composition in development, plasticity and disease

Synaptic AMPA receptor composition in development, plasticity and disease

GluA1 signal peptide determines the spatial assembly of heteromeric AMPA receptors

Relative contribution of TARPs γ-2 and γ-7 to cerebellar excitatory synaptic transmission and motor behavior

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