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. 2021 Oct;73(4):298–487. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.120.000131

TABLE 2.

Modulation of AMPA receptor properties by auxiliary subunits

Values at 2–3 significant figures are from the text or tables; when values are not reported, measurements were made from figures.

Receptor a Subunit b Mean γ c EC50,SS d (EC50,PEAK) e τ-Deactivate f τ-Desensitize f τ-Recovery g Steady State/Peak
Current Ratio
pS μM (mM) ms ms ms
GluA1 1620 15-37 (0.91.6) 0.52.9 2.34.1 83160 0.0030.019
GluA1 γ−2 27 4,6 ↓ 5–6 (0.27–0.46) 2,6,8,10,11 1.4–3.3 2,8,10,15,18,28,31 3.9–7.4 2,4,8,10,28,31 ↓ 55–170 6,15 0.02–0.09 2,8,9,28
GluA1 γ−3 274 ↓ 5.3 11 2.2–3.0 15,28,31 5.0–5.5 2,28,31 0.02 9,28
GluA1 γ−4 26–32 3 ↓ 20 11 2.4–12 3,15,28,31 5.2–9.6 3,28,31 0.052 28
GluA1 γ−5 44 3 100 21 1.3 10 2.3–4 3,10
GluA1 γ−7 20 10 1.8 10 6 10
GluA1 γ−8 ↓ 17 11 2.5–7.7 15,19,20,28,31 5.9–12 19,20,23,28,31 ↓ 65–150 15,19 0.047–0.17 19,23,28
GluA1 GSG1L ↓ 11 1
GluA1 CNIH2 30 2 ↓ 9.4 (0.92) 2 4.0–9 2,15,20 5.5–13 2,20 ↓ 135 15 0.067 2
GluA1 CNIH3 28 2 3.3 2 5.0 2 0.041 2
GluA1 CKAMP39 ↓ 8.0 7 1.9 7 3.0 7 950 7 0.008 7
GluA1 CKAMP44 ↓ 3.6 7 3.3 23 ↓ 0.008 23
GluA1 CKAMP52 ↓ 4.8 7 1.9 7 3.8 7 96 7 0.016 7
GluA1 CKAMP59 1.9 7 3.7–4.5 7,12 95–120 7,12 0.007 7
GluA1 SynDIG4 4.8 19 5.9 19 206 19 0.021 19
GluA2 5.1 50 1.0 10 0.010.12
GluA2 γ−2 3.8 27 2.5–3.7 21,27 10–13 21,27 0.25–0.53 9,21,27
GluA2 γ−3 0.03 9
GluA2 γ−5 6.5 3 300 21 1.8 21 ↓ 7 21 ↓ 0.005–0.02 9,21
GluA2 γ−8 17 27 0.30 27
GluA2 GSG1L 12 27 0.01427
GluA2Q 1922 28170 0.551.8 4.89.2 1522 0.0180.05
GluA2Q γ−2 ↑ 30–31 2,3,27 ↑ 0.67–5.0 22,24,27,30 ↑ 10–45 2,22,24–26,30 13–22 22,30 0.07–0.27 2,8,22,24-26,30
GluA2Q γ−3 12 30 22 30 0.08 30
GluA2Q γ−4 13 30 ↑ 67 30 0.05 30
GluA2Q γ−5 26 3 160 21 7.6 3 19 3
GluA2Q γ−7 16 24
GluA2Q γ−8 35 27 11–25 26,30 ↑ 78 30 0.075–0.25 26,30
GluA2Q GSG1L ↓ 12–13 1,27 ↑ 5.9 13 9–11 5,13,27 ↑ 160–200 5,13 0.032 13
GluA2Q CNIH2 29 2 12 2 0.089 2
GluA2Q CNIH3 33 2 ↑ 12 2 26–36 2,25 0.11–0.13 2,25
GluA2Q CKAMP39 ↓ 11 7 1.6 7 4.4 7 ↑ 78 7 0.005 7
GluA2Q CKAMP44 ↓ 11 7 ↑ 130 23
GluA2Q CKAMP52 ↓ 1.7 7 ↑ 2.1 7 7.8 7 16 7 0.050 7
GluA2Q CKAMP59 1.7 7 7.7 7 25 7 0.020 7
GluA4 20 (0.81) 0.6 3.5 0.014
GluA4 γ−2 31 3 ↓ (0.39) 33 1.7 29 5.7 3 0.078 9
GluA4 γ−3 33 3 5.4 3
GluA4 γ−4 34 3 ↓ (0.65) 33 9 3 12 3
GluA4 γ−5 36 3 2 3 3.0 3 0.014 21
GluA4 γ−7 33 3 3.3 3 0.056 21
GluA4 γ−8 37 3 1.6 29 7.8 3
GluA1/2 3.04.4 40 0.84.5 4.86.3 5887 0.0200.046
GluA1/2 γ−2 6.2–7.1 2,17 3.4 14 6–7.7 2,14 0.16–0.20 2,9
GluA1/2 γ−5 80 21 0.018 9
GluA1/2 γ−8 6.4 17 1.7–9.5 19,29 11–33 19,32,34 110–160 19,32,34 0.085–0.18 19,32
GluA1/2 GSG1L 2.5 34 8.1 34 580 34
GluA1/2 CNIH2 5.6 2 8.3 14 14 2,14,34 69–75 14,34 0.15–0.25 2,14,34
GluA1/2 CNIH3 5.1 2 1.3–7 2,14 11–22 2,14 45 14 0.13–0.20 2,14
GluA1/2 CKAMP52 5.8 16 6.0 16 110 16 0.12 16
GluA1/2 SynDIG4 5.3 19 5.8 19 62 19 0.021 19
GluA2/4 0.71 0.92 39 0.01
GluA2/4 CNIH2 2.6 14 3.4 14 48 14 0.10 14
GluA2/4 CNIH3 2.6 14 3.5 14 45 14 0.10 14

a All receptors are rat flip splice isoforms, except GluA2/4 that was GluA2-flop/GluA4-flop. See Turetsky et al. (2005), Kato et al. (2007), Soto et al. (2009), Tomita et al. (2006), Dawe et al. (2016) and Ishii et al. (2020) for data on the effects of auxiliary subunits on different AMPA receptor splice isoforms. GluA2Q indicates cDNA for the unedited GluA2 with Gln at the Q/R/N site. Some authors report the median [e.g., Farrow et al. (2015)]. There is minimal information available for GluA3 with γ−5 increasing the conductance and the steady state to peak current ratio (Soto et al., 2009; Turetsky et al., 2005).

b Data for receptors in the absence of auxiliary subunits are only from the references providing data about auxiliary subunit for that receptor combination. Time constants that were considerably slower than the range of others were omitted under the assumption that solution exchange was insufficient to resolve the response time course accurately. For TARPs, some variability in reported values reflects different stoichiometry (Miguez-Cabello et al., 2020). Values are mean range; some papers reported median values.

c Weighted mean chord conductance was determined from variance analysis.

d EC50 was determined from the steady-state (SS) response from oocytes or transfected HEK cells; Farrow et al. (2015), Kato et al. (2008), and Priel et al. (2005) determined EC50 in the presence of cyclothiazide; GluA1-L497Y abolished effects of γ−2 on EC50h.

e EC50 was determined from the peak response to rapid glutamate application in HEK cells or macropatches from Xenopus oocytes.

f When more than one exponential described the deactivation or desensitization time course, the weighted mean time constants are given.

g The time course of recovery from desensitization was estimated from a single exponential, although it can be more complex (Bowie and Lange, 2002; Robert and Howe, 2003). When multiple exponential components were fitted to the time course, the weighted mean time constant is given. See Lomeli et al. (1994) for R/G RNA editing control of the rate of recovery from desensitization.

and ↓ indicate that the measured parameter was reported to be significantly greater than or less than that for the receptor lacking the auxiliary subunit and was used when either statistical tests were reported or reported values did not have overlapping confidence intervals. ND indicates data were not compared with control. When conflicting results were reported, no direction is shown.