Clinical and functional consequences of GRIA variants in patients with neurological diseases

Wenshu XiangWei, Riley E. Perszyk, Nana Liu, Yuchen Xu, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Gil H. Shaulsky, Constance Smith-Hicks, Ali Fatemi, Andrew E. Fry, Kate Chandler, Tao Wang, Julie Vogt, Julie S. Cohen, Alex R. Paciorkowski, Annapurna Poduri, Yuehua Zhang, Shuang Wang, Yuping Wang, Qiongxiang Zhai, Fang FangJie Leng, Kathryn Garber, Scott J. Myers, Robin Tobias Jauss, Kristen L. Park, Timothy A. Benke, Johannes R. Lemke, Hongjie Yuan, Yuwu Jiang, Stephen F. Traynelis

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Abstract

AMPA receptors are members of the glutamate receptor family and mediate a fast component of excitatory synaptic transmission at virtually all central synapses. Thus, their functional characteristics are a critical determinant of brain function. We evaluate intolerance of each GRIA gene to genetic variation using 3DMTR and report here the functional consequences of 52 missense variants in GRIA1–4 identified in patients with various neurological disorders. These variants produce changes in agonist EC50, response time course, desensitization, and/or receptor surface expression. We predict that these functional and localization changes will have important consequences for circuit function, and therefore likely contribute to the patients’ clinical phenotype. We evaluated the sensitivity of variant receptors to AMPAR-selective modulators including FDA-approved drugs to explore potential targeted therapeutic options.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number345
JournalCellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Volume80
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2023

Keywords

  • AMPA
  • Channelopathy
  • GRIA
  • GluA
  • Glutamate receptors
  • Translational study

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology

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