2010
Hippocampal AMPA Receptor Gating Controlled by Both TARP and Cornichon Proteins
Kato AS, Gill MB, Ho MT, Yu H, Tu Y, Siuda ER, Wang H, Qian YW, Nisenbaum ES, Tomita S, Bredt DS. Hippocampal AMPA Receptor Gating Controlled by Both TARP and Cornichon Proteins. Neuron 2010, 68: 1082-1096. PMID: 21172611, PMCID: PMC3034222, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteinsAMPA receptor complexesHippocampal neuronsAMPA receptorsCornichon ProteinsReceptor complexAMPA receptor traffickingReceptor regulatory proteinsGlutamate applicationKnockout miceTARP γReceptor pharmacologyCNIH-2Electrophysiological propertiesPostsynaptic densityAMPA receptor gatingSubunit combinationsProtein levelsResensitizationReceptor traffickingNeuronsPharmacologyReceptorsReceptor gatingRecombinant systems
2009
A Transmembrane Accessory Subunit that Modulates Kainate-Type Glutamate Receptors
Zhang W, St-Gelais F, Grabner CP, Trinidad JC, Sumioka A, Morimoto-Tomita M, Kim KS, Straub C, Burlingame AL, Howe JR, Tomita S. A Transmembrane Accessory Subunit that Modulates Kainate-Type Glutamate Receptors. Neuron 2009, 61: 385-396. PMID: 19217376, PMCID: PMC2803770, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKainate-type glutamate receptorsGlutamate receptorsIonotropic glutamate receptorsKainate receptorsSynaptic transmissionSurface expressionNative kainate receptorsFast synaptic transmissionKainate receptor subunitsBrain-specific proteinsExcitatory transmissionNMDA receptorsAMPA receptorsReceptor subunitsReceptorsProtein levelsNETO2Auxiliary subunitsTARP auxiliary subunitsBrainVertebrate brainKainate receptor GluR6Proteomic screenMajor roleMEPSCs