title: Characterizing single-channel behavior of GluA3 receptors.
abstract: AMPA receptors play a major role in excitatory neurotransmission in the CNS and are involved in numerous neurological disorders. Agonists bind to each of four bilobed LBDs of this tetrameric receptor, and upon binding, the lobes close to envelope the agonist, leading to channel activation. However, AMPA receptors exhibit complex activation kinetics, the mechanism of which has not yet been determined. We report here single-channel studies of a homomeric AMPA receptor (GluA3) activated by the full agonist, glutamate, and a partial agonist, fluorowillardiine. Both agonists activate the channel to the same three open conductance levels but with different open probabilities in each level. The closed probability (P(c)) varied within records, particularly at low agonist concentrations. By sorting discrete segments of the record according to P(c) using the X-means algorithm, we defined five modes of activity. The kinetic behavior could then be analyzed for both agonists over a range of agonist concentrations with a relatively simple model (three closed states and two open states for each open conductance level). The structural mechanism underlying the modal behavior is not clear; however, it occurs on a timescale consistent with hydrogen bonding across the lobe interface in the LBD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Kinning
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Oswald
mesh_terms: D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D008954:Models, Biological; D011336:Probability; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000819:agonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D018698:Glutamic Acid
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