mortality/aging
• homozygous null mice die young between P0 and P20
• Q/R site editing in primary Gria2 transcripts is 10-fold lower in homozygous null mice relative to wild-type; authors identified the Q/R site codon in Gria2 pre-mRNA as a crucial physiological substrate of ADARB1, perhaps the only one at which editing is required for postnatal viability
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behavior/neurological
nervous system
• AMPA receptor-mediated currents in brain slices from nucleated patches of CA1 pyramidal cells and other principal neurons show pronounced rectification, increased desensitization rates and a 30-fold higher Ca2+ permeability
• the macroscopic AMPA receptor-mediated conductance in CA1 pyramidal cells is significantly higher than in mouse mutants expressing editing-deficient Gria2 genes, and appears to be the primary cause for the high seizure susceptibility of young mice expressing Q/R site-unedited Gria2 transcripts
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