GluR2缺失的AMPARs在突触可塑性机制中的研究进展

α-氨基-3-羟基-5-甲基-4-异唑-丙酸（AMPARs）是调节快速突触传递的兴奋性谷氨酸受体，是由GluR1、GluR2、GluR3和 GluR4四种亚基选择性组装构成同源或异源四聚物。GluR2亚基对AMPARs的特性有重要影响，含GluR2亚基的AMPARs对Ca2+不通透，中枢神经系统中大多数AMPARs为此类；不含GluR2亚基的AMPARs对Ca2+有较好的通透性，这类AMPARs在限定的神经元或特定的生理或病理条件下表达。近年来的研究发现，GluR2缺失的AMPARs对突触功能、突触可塑性、神经局部环路传导等有特殊的作用。本文对GluR2缺失的AMPARs及其对突触功能和可塑性的作用作一综述。

Role of GluR2-lacking AMPAR in synaptic plasticity: recent progress

AMPARs are excitatory glutamate receptors that mediate the fast synaptic transmission.AMPARs are homo- or hetero-tetramers composed of selective combinations of four subunits: GluR1, GluR2, GluR3 and GluR4. AMPARs containing GluR2 are mainly in the central nervous system and are Ca2+ impermeable. MPARs-lacking GluR2 are Ca2+ permeable, and GluR2-lacking AMPARs are confined to certain neurons or certain physiological or pathological conditions. Recent research showed that GluR2-lacking AMPARs play special roles in the synaptic function and plasticity and transduction of local signal transduction. This paper reviews the GluR2-lacking AMPARs and their roles in the synaptic function and plasticity.