Glutamate receptors are synaptic receptors located primarily on the membranes of neuronal cells. Upon ligand stimulation, ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) form non-selective cation channels, while metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) indirectly activate ion channels via G protein-mediated signaling. AMPA receptors are iGluRs and are also known as alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors, AMPARs, or quisqualate receptors. AMPARs are composed of four types of subunits, GluR1/GluA1 (UniProt P42261) is encoded by GRIA1, GluR2/GluA2 (UniProt P42262) by GRIA2, GluR3/GluA3 (UniProt P42263) by GRIA3, and GluR4/GluA4 (UniProt P48058) by GRIA4 gene in human. AMPARs are tetrameric in nature, consisting of two sets of homodimers, most often a set of GluR2 dimer is coupled with a set of GluR1, GluR3 or GluR4 homodimer. Cat. No. Anti-pan-AMPA receptor (GluR1-4), clone 2D8, reacts with all four AMPA receptor subunits.
Synonyms: Glutamate receptor 1, GluR-1, AMPA-selective glutamate receptor 1, GluR-A, GluR-K1, Glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 1, GluA1
Application: Western Blotting Analysis: 0.5 µg/mL from a representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in 10 µg of human brain tissue lysate.Western Blotting Analysis: 1.0 µg/mL from a representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in 10 µg of transfected human GluA1 HEK293, transfected rat GluA1 HEK293, transfected rat GluA2 HEK293, transfected rat GluA3 HEK293, and Mock transfected cell lysate.Immunohistochemistry Analysis: A 1:250-1,000 dilution from a representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in human cerebral cortex, human thalamus, rat cerebellum, and rat cerebral cortex tissue.Immunocytochemistry Analysis: A representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in Hela cells transfected with GluA1, GluA2, GluA3 and GluA4 (Courtesy of Dr John Morrison, Mount Sinai School of Medicine). Immunofluorescence Analysis: A representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in rodent, primate and human brain sections (Courtesy of Dr John Morrison, Mount Sinai School of Medicine).Electron Microscopy Analysis: A representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in rat hippocampus (Courtesy of Dr John Morrison, Mount Sinai School of Medicine).ELISA Analysis: A representative lot detected AMPA receptor (GluR1-4) in TrpE fusion proteins (Courtesy of Dr John Morrison, Mount Sinai School of Medicine).
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