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Published in final edited form as: FEBS Lett. 1986 Dec 1;209(1):122–128. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(86)81096-1

Table 2.

Inhibition of [3H]PIA binding to cerebral cortex membranes by xanthine derivatives

Xanthine Inhibition [3H]PIA binding (Ki, nM)
Rat Calf Guinea Pig
29 Theophylline 12800 (10800–15300) 13500 (7000–26000) 24700 (19800–30800)
30 8-Phenyltheophylline 76 (58–98) 7.6 (4.0–14.4) 1540 (910–2610)
31 8-p-Sulfophenyltheophylline 1000 (770–1360) 300 (190–270) 10100 (7250–13950)
32 8-Cyclopentyltheophylline 510 (400–660) 54 (42–69) 1200 (980–1500)
33 8-Phenylaminotheophylline 5300 (3200–8900) 1200 (500–2900) 21700 (12800–36600)
34 Caffeine 44000 (31000–63000) 44000 (27000–73000) 47000 (36000–62000)
35 8-Phenylcaffeine 14700 (12200–17700) 8800 (6300–12600) 25200 (17800–35600)
36 1,3-Dipropylxanthine 710 (670–750) 340 (230–510) 1310 (1000–1720)
37 1,3-Dipropyl-8-phenylxanthine 10.0 (5.5–18.2) 0.22 (0.07–0.69) 20.9 (16.3–26.9)
38 8-(p-Sulfophenyl)-1,3-dipropyl-xanthine 140 (110–200) 32 (20–52) 810 (390–1650)
39 1,3-Dipropyl-8-(p-H2N(CH2)2-NHCOCH2-OC6H4)-xanthine (XAC) 1.3 (1.0–1.7) 0.15 (0.09–0.24) 16.5 (9.6–28)
40 1,3-Dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine 1.2 (0.71–1.9) 0.29 (0.21–0.39) 3.9 (2.6–5.9)
41 1,3-Dipropyl-8-cyclohexylxanthine 1.4 (0.91–2.0) 0.21 (0.11–0.43) 4.7 (3.4–6.6)
42 1-Propargyl-3,7-dimethylxanthine 11000 (9000–13000) 16400 (15100–17800) 25800 (22400–29700)
43 1,3-Dimethyl-7-propylxanthine 19800(15200–25700) 18200 (16200–20500) 33300 (19000–58000)
44 1,3-Dipropyl-7-methylxanthine 3400 (3500–4400) 2400 (1200–4700) 6200 (4700–8100)
45 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine 6200 (5000–7800) 4400 (3700–5200) 8600 (6200–11800)

Binding of 1 nM [3H]PIA was measured at 37°C. Values are geometric means with 95% confidence limits from n = 3 experiments