1.A.10.1.4
AMPA glutamate receptor 3 (GluR3, GluA3. GRIA3. LLUR3. GLURC) (non-selective monovalent cation channel and Ca²⁺  channel) (Ayalon et al., 2005; Midgett et al., 2012). Regulated by AMPA receptor regulatory proteins (TARPs) including stargazin and CNIH auxiliary subunits (Kim et al., 2010; Straub and Tomita, 2011; Jackson and Nicoll, 2011; Bats et al., 2012; Rigby et al. 2015). The domain architecture of a calcium-permeable AMPA receptor in a ligand-free conformation has been solved (Midgett et al., 2012). The TARP, stargazin, is elevated in the somatosensory cortex of Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats (Kennard et al. 2011). TARPs alter the conformation of pore-forming subunits and thereby affect antagonist interactions (Cokić and Stein 2008).  The structural basis of AMPAR regulation by TARP gamma2, or stargazin (STZ) involves variable interaction stoichiometries of the AMPAR-TARP complex, with one or two TARP molecules binding one tetrameric AMPAR (Twomey et al. 2016).  The ion channel extracellular collar plays a role in gating and represents a hub for powerful allosteric modulation of AMPA receptor function (Yelshanskaya et al. 2017). The A653T mutation stabilizes the closed configuration of the channel and affects duration of sleep and awake periods in both humans and mice (Davies et al. 2017). The tetramer exhibits 4 distinct conductase leves due to independent subunit activation.  Perampanel is an anticonvulsant drug that regulates gating (Yuan et al. 2019). Tetramerization of the AMPA receptor glutamate-gated ion channel is regulated by auxiliary subunits (Certain et al. 2023). A synopsis of multitarget therapeutic effects of anesthetics on depression has been published (Wu and Xu 2023).