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. 2013 Jun 11;8(6):e65420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065420

Table 5. Ligand potency (EC50 value) and efficacy (Emax value) for GCRPR, GLP1R, and chimeric receptors.

chGCRPR chGLP1R chimeric chGCRPR/chGLP1R chimeric chGCRPR/huGLP1R
peptides EC50 Emax EC50 Emax EC50 Emax EC50 Emax
[nM] [foldinduction] [nM] [foldinduction] [nM] [foldinduction] [nM] [foldinduction]
chGCRP 0.32±0.06 5.56±0.09 8.03±0.60 19.16±0.19 8.57±0.87 7.30±0.09 9.44±1.31 62.88±1.27
chGLP1 18.28±1.76a 5.80±0.07 0.20±0.03a 28.23±0.39a 1.52±0.13a 12.64±0.13a 2.29±0.44a 91.94±2.18a
[GQA]GCRP 0.28±0.05b 5.60±0.09 0.94±0.13a 18.99±0.30b 0.63±0.06a 7.18±0.07b 0.86±0.14a 60.62±1.15b
[KMK]GLP1 1.02±0.19b 5.77±0.10 0.50±0.06a 28.38±0.39a 1.71±0.14a 12.77±0.12a 3.25±0.48a 91.15±1.65a

Results are presented as mean ± S.E. of at least three independent experiments. a, P<0.05 vs. chGCRP; b, P<0.05 vs. chGLP1.