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. 2021 Aug 3;12:694312. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.694312

TABLE 1.

Summary of functional properties of GluN1-P532H-containing receptors.

Parameters Cells Coexpressed with GluN2A Coexpressed with GluN2B


WT GluN1 GluN1-P532H WT GluN1 GluN1-P532H
Glutamate EC50 [μM ] (n) Oocytes 6.4 (5.2, 7.5) (27) 105 (85, 126) (26)* 1.9 (1.4, 2.4) (12) 82 (62, 102) (20)*
Glycine, EC50 [μM ] (n) 1.8 (1.4, 2.1) (11) 2.0 (1.6, 2.4) (12) 0.45 (0.35, 0.54) (19) 0.34 (0.24, 0.44) (16)
Mg, IC50 [μM ] (n) ξ 19 (16, 22) (16) 22 (13, 30) (14) 38 (23, 52) (7) 35 (22, 48) (7)
pH, %6.8/7.6 (n) γ 44% (40%, 47%) (12) 43% (39%, 46%) (11) 19% (16%, 22%) (9) 19% (16%, 23%) (13)
Zinc, IC50 [nM ] (n) ϕ 8.5 (6.8, 10) (12) 4.1 (3.0, 5.2) (12)* NA NA
% Inhibition by 300 nM zinc 63% (59%, 68%) (12) 62% (55%, 70%) (12) NA NA

Amplitude (peak, pA/pF) HEK cells 144 (71, 216) 47 (17, 78) 59 (23, 94) 48 (22, 74)
Amplitude (SS, pA/pF) 109 (56, 162) 40 (17, 63) 49 (21, 77) 42 (19, 64)
ISS/IPEAK, 1 mM glutamate 0.77 (0.74, 0.79) 0.88 (0.82, 0.93)* 0.88 (0.82, 0.94) 0.86 (0.79, 0.92)
10%–90% rise time (ms), 1 mM glutamate 6.0 (4.7, 7.3) 14 (10, 17)* 12 (9.4, 15) 13 (11, 15)
τFAST deactivation (ms), 1 mM glutamate 48 (33, 62) 21 (13, 28)* 536 (468, 605) 24 (19, 28)*
τSLOW deactivation (ms), 1 mM glutamate 268 (83, 454) 189 (29, 351) 2,045 (1172, 2917) 218 (55, 381)*
FAST deactivation, 1 mM glutamate 64% 91% 77% 74%
τW deactivation (ms), 1 mM glutamate 66 (54, 77) 26 (20, 31)* 821 (723, 918) 37 (30, 43)*
Charge transfer, pA × ms/pF 8,598 1,085 50,028 1,743
N 7 7 7 8

ISS/IPEAK, 1 μM glycine HEK cells 0.37 (0.24, 0.50) 0.50 (0.35, 0.65) NA NA
τFAST desensitization (ms), 1 μM glycine 326 (90, 562) 102 (30, 174) NA NA
τSLOW desensitization (ms), 1 μM glycine 1481 (322, 2639) 1961 (791, 3031) NA NA
FAST desensitization (ms), 1 μM glycine 53% 57% NA NA
τW desensitization (ms), 1 μM glycine 757 (374, 1141) 1041 (206, 1877) NA NA
ISS/IPEAK, 30 μM glycine 0.43 (0.26, 0.59) 0.71 (0.54, 0.87) NA NA
τFAST desensitization (ms), 30 μM glycine 652 (425, 878) 1423 (627, 2218) NA NA
τSLOW desensitization (ms), 30 μM glycine 1943 (783, 3104) 2817 (893, 4741) NA NA
FAST desensitization (ms), 30 μM glycine 68% 67% NA NA
τW desensitization (ms), 30 μM glycine 974 (667, 1282) 1898 (882, 2915) NA NA
N 11 10 NA NA

%Potentiation by MTSEA # Oocytes 326% (267%, 385%) 804% (679%, 929%) NA NA
POPEN (from MTSEA) 0.26 (0.22, 0.30) 0.11 (0.09, 0.11)* NA NA
N 41 34 NA NA

Surface/total ratio (β-lac) HEK cells 100% 64% (55%, 74%)* 100% 67% (43%, 90%)*
Total protein % of WT (β-lac) 100% 110% (95%, 125%) 100% 193% (106%, 280%)*
N 5 5 7 7

Synaptic charge transfer 1.0 0.22 NA NA
Nonsynaptic charge transfer 1.0 0.004 NA NA

The data were expressed as mean (−95% CI, +95% CI) (n); CI, confidence interval; (n) is the number of oocytes or HEK cells.

*p < 0.05 indicated when the 95% confidence intervals of the datasets for the variant receptors do not overlap with the wild-type receptors.

ξHolding potential was −60 mV.

γPercentage of the current at pH 6.8 compared with that at pH 7.6.

ϕHolding potential was −20 mV.

#Evaluated by TEVC recordings on Xenopus oocytes, see the Section “Materials and Methods” and Figure 3.

NA, not available.