title: Functional comparison of the effects of TARPs and cornichons on AMPA receptor trafficking and gating.
abstract: Glutamate receptors of the AMPA subtype (AMPARs) mediate fast synaptic transmission in the brain. These ionotropic receptors rely on auxiliary subunits known as transmembrane AMPAR regulatory proteins (TARPs) for both trafficking and gating. Recently, a second family of AMPAR binding proteins, referred to as cornichons, were identified and also proposed to function as auxiliary subunits. Cornichons are transmembrane proteins that modulate AMPAR function in expression systems much like TARPs. In the present study we compare the role of cornichons in controlling AMPA receptor function in neurons and HEK cells to that of TARPs. Cornichons mimic some, but not all, of the actions of TARPs in HEK cells; their role in neurons, however, is more limited. Although expressed cornichons can affect the trafficking of AMPARs, they were not detected on the surface of neurons and failed to alter the kinetics of endogenous AMPARs. This neuronal role is more consistent with that of an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone rather than a bona fide auxiliary subunit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Young Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Aaron D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Milstein
authors.forename: Kaname
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isozaki
authors.forename: Sabine M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Katherine W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nicoll
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; C413185:TARP
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