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. 2014 Dec 1;171(24):5573–5588. doi: 10.1111/bph.12866

Table 4.

Data non-supporting the presence of novel endothelial cannabinoid receptor

Read-out assay Species/vascular bed Agonist pEC50 Reference
PTX-insensitive relaxation to CB RSMA Abn-CBD 6.2 μM Ho and Hiley, 2003a;
RMA Abn-CBD 2 μM Milman et al., 2006
RMA ARA-S 0.55 μM Milman et al., 2006
RSMA VSN16 88 nM Hoi et al., 2007
RSMA THC 5.37 μM O'Sullivan et al., 2005a
PTX-sensitive EDR to A23187 RSMA A23187 6.46 μM White and Hiley, 1997
pEC50
Lack or minor EDR to CB RabA Abn-CBD 0.01–0.3 μM tested Su and Vo, 2007
RCA AEA 6.8 μM White et al., 2001
RSMA AEA 6.3 μM White and Hiley, 1997
RMA AEA 5.0 μM O'Sullivan et al., 2004
RMA AEA 0.3 μM tested Randall et al., 1996
RA AEA 5.9 μM O'Sullivan et al., 2005b
RMA AEA 6.2 μM Harris et al., 2002
RSMA AEA 6.7 μM Ho and Hiley, 2003b
RSMA THC 5.37 μM O'Sullivan et al., 2005a
RMA THC 1–10 μM tested O'Sullivan et al., 2005a
Rimonabant, μM
Rimonabant inhibits vasodilatation to non-CB agonists/Ca2+ ionophores RMA Ionomycine 5 μM Wagner et al., 1999
RCA Bradykinin 1 μM Randall et al., 1997
RMA Bradykinin 1 μM Randall et al., 1996
RMA A23187 1 μM Randall et al., 1996
RMA Carbachol 1 μM Randall et al., 1996
RSMA Carbachol 1 μM White and Hiley, 1997
O-1918, μM
No effect of O-1918 on EDR O-1918 inhibits endothelium-independent relaxation RA ARA-S 10 μM Milman et al., 2006
MA ARA-S 10 μM Milman et al., 2006
RabPA Abn-CBD 0.1–1 μM Su and Vo, 2007
RSMA NAGly 3 μM Parmar and Ho, 2010
RSMA SNP 3 μM Parmar and Ho, 2010
GPCR-independent targets for O-1918 Targets Effect Concentration tested
NCX Inhibition 10 μM Bondarenko et al., 2013
BKCa Inhibition pIC50 = 6.6 μM Godlewski et al., 2009

Abn-CBD, abnormal cannabidiol; AEA, anandamide; ARA-S, N-arachidonyl serine; BKCa, high-conductance Ca2+-dependent K+ channels; CB, cannabinoid; EDR, endothelium-dependent relaxation; NCX, Na+-Ca2+ exchanger; PTX, pertussis toxin; RA, rat aorta; RabA, rabbit aorta; RabPA, rabbit pulmonary artery; RCA, rat coronary artery; RMA, rat mesenteric artery; RSMA, rat small mesenteric artery; SNP, sodium nitroprussid; THC, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol; VSN16, 3-(5-dimethylcarbamoyl-pent-1-enyl)-N-(2-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethyl)benzamide.