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. 2014 Aug 1;289(40):27456–27468. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.581728

TABLE 2.

Anesthetic affinities for α1β3 GABAAR anesthetic-binding sites

IC50 values, the total anesthetic concentrations resulting in 50% inhibition of photolabeling of α1β3 GABAAR purified in 0.2 mm asolectin, 5 mm CHAPS, were determined as described under “Experimental Procedures” (mean ± range, two independent experiments); EC50 value for anesthesia, tadpole loss of righting reflex.

Drug R-[3H]Azietomidate IC50 R-[3H]mTFD-MPAB IC50 [3H]AziPm IC50 EC50 anesthesia Partition coefficient
μm μm μm μm
R-Etomidate 1.6 ± 0.3
2.5 ± 0.3a
580 ± 110 0.5 ± 0.2
2.1 ± 0.5a
2.3b 300b
R-mTFD-MPAB 69 ± 14 1.4 ± 0.4 0.7 ± 0.3 3.7c 6,200c
Propofol 13 ± 2
46 ± 3a
44 ± 8 8 ± 2
25 ± 4a
3d
4.7f (mg/kg)
6,200e
AziPm 10 ± 3
21 ± 4a
8 ± 4 7 ± 2a 3d 8,500e
o-PD 13 ± 2 54 ± 4 NDf 14.7f (mg/kg) 4,900e

a IC50 values for α1β3 GABAAR purified in 0.86 mm asolectin, 11.5 mm cholate are shown.

b From Ref. 26.

c From Ref. 25.

d From Ref. 21.

e XLOGP3 (46) was calculated with the ALOPS2.1 Program, VCCLAB, Virtual Computational Chemistry.

f Rat loss of righting reflex is shown in mg/kg (21); ND means not determined.