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. 2011 Sep;63(3):641–683. doi: 10.1124/pr.110.003129

TABLE 4.

Pharmacological profile of P2X4R

EC50/IC50 values are micromolar unless otherwise specified.

Compound Method EC50/IC50 References
Full agonists
    ATP Current 1–10 Buell et al., 1996; Soto et al., 1996; Jones et al., 2000
    BzATP Calcium 3 He et al., 2003a
Partial agonists
    2-meSATP Current 10–100 Buell et al., 1996; Soto et al., 1996; Jones et al., 2000
    αβ-meATP Current 4–300 Buell et al., 1996; Soto et al., 1996; Jones et al., 2000
    βγ-meATP Current >300 Soto et al., 1996
    CTP Current 200 Soto et al., 1996
    Ap4P Current 2–10 Wildman et al., 1999a; Jones et al., 2000
Antagonists
    Suramin Current >300 Buell et al., 1996; Soto et al., 1996
    PPADS Current >300 Buell et al., 1996; Soto et al., 1996
    TNP-ATP Current 15 Virginio et al., 1998b
    5-BDBD Current 0.5 Donnelly-Roberts et al., 2008
    NF023 Current >100 Soto et al., 1999
    BBG Current 3–100 Jiang et al., 2000a
    Paroxetine Current/Ca2+ 2 Nagata et al., 2009
Modulators
    Protons (−) Current pKa 7.0c Stoop et al., 1997; Clarke et al., 2000; Yan et al., 2005
    Calciuma Current 1 mM Khakh et al., 1999a
    Zinc (+)b Current 5 Soto et al., 1996; Xiong et al., 1999; Acuña-Castillo et al., 2000; Coddou et al., 2007
    Cooper (−) Current 10 Acuña-Castillo et al., 2000; Coddou et al., 2003; Coddou et al., 2007
    Cadmium (+)b Current 20 Acuña-Castillo et al., 2000; Coddou et al., 2005
    Mercury (−) Current 10 Coddou et al., 2005; Coddou et al., 2009
    H2O2 (−) Current 300 Coddou et al., 2009
    CO (−) Current N.D. Wilkinson et al., 2009
    IVM (+) Current 3 Khakh et al., 1999b; Priel and Silberberg, 2004; Jelínkova et al., 2006; Silberberg et al., 2007
    Alfaxalone (+) Current 0.4 nM Codocedo et al., 2009
    ALP (+) Current 0.3 nM Codocedo et al., 2009
    THDOC (+) Current 0.1 nM Codocedo et al., 2009
    PIPs (+) Current N.D. Bernier et al., 2008b
    Ethanol (−) Current 60 mM Xiong et al., 2000; Davies et al., 2002;
    Cibacron blue (+) Current 3 Miller et al., 1998
    Propofol (+) Current 50 Tomioka et al., 2000
    Toluene (+) Current 1 mM Woodward et al., 2004
    PKA (+) Current/Ca2+ Brown and Yule, 2010

(+), positive modulator; (−), negative modulator; N.D., not determined; ALP, allopregnanolone; THDOC, 3α,21-dihydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one; PIPs, phosphoinositides; 5-BDBD, 5-(3-bromophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzofuro[3,2-e]-1,4-diazepin-2-one.

a

In the absence of calcium, a secondary current is developed in P2X4Rs.

b

Biphasic effects, suggesting the existence of more than one allosteric site.