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. 2011 May;163(2):313–329. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01213.x

Table 4.

Potency of compounds for inhibition of subtypes of nAChRs

α6/3β2β3V273S α4β2 α3β4 α7 α1β1δε
Compound pIC50 pIC50 pIC50 pIC50 pIC50
1 6.9 ± 0.3 5.5 ± 0.09 5.1 ± 0.05 5.3 ± 0.1 5.3 ± 0.08
2 6.3 ± 0.05 4.9 ± 0.07 <4.7 <4.7 5.1 ± 0.2
3 6.1 ± 0.1 4.8 ± 0.03 5.1 ± 0.3 5.0 ± 0.01 5.2 ± 0.1
4 6.4 ± 0.1 4.8 ± 0.08 5.1 ± 0.09 <4.7 <4.8
5 6.4 ± 0.06 6.3 ± 0.2 5.5 ± 0.07 <4.8 5.4 ± 0.2
6 6.2 ± 0.03 5.7 ± 0.05 5.2 ± 0.06 <4.85 5.2 ± 0.06

Compounds did not activate any nAChR subtype up to 20 µM (pEC50 < 4.7).

EC50, concentration giving 50% of maximal activation; IC50, concentration giving 50% of maximal inhibition. Results are the mean ± SEM of at least 2 experiments.