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. 2015 Jan 8;172(3):737–753. doi: 10.1111/bph.12944

Table 1.

Affinity and efficacy of CBD at molecular targets in the ‘expanded endocannabinoid system,’ data pooled from Supporting Information Appendix S2

Target Assaya Pooled means, number of studiesb
CB2 receptor A: versus [3H]CP55,940 binding; human CB2 transfected cell cultures, or rat RBL-2H3 leukemia cells, centrifuged membranes Ki = 3612 ± 1382 nM, n = 6
CB2 receptor E: [35S]GTPγS binding; human CB2-CHO cells EMAX = −15% below basal at 10 μM EC50 = 503 ± 2080 nM; n = 1
CB2 receptor E: antagonism of CP55,940-induced [35S]GTPγS binding; human CB2-CHO cells KB = 65 ± 54.1 nM, n = 1
GPR55 E: antagonism of agonist-induced signalling; human cell cultures or CB2-CHO cells IC50 = 433 ± 42.6 nM, n = 3
TRPV1 channels A: versus [3H]-resiniferatoxin binding; human TRPV1-HEK293 cell membranes Ki = 3600 ± 200 (SD) nM, n = 1
TRPV1 channels E: [Ca2+]i elevation in human TRPV1-HEK293 cells EMAX 53.4 ± 5.03%; n = 4 EC50 = 1900 ± 802 nM
TRPA1 channels E: [Ca2+]i elevation in rat TRPA1-HEK293 cell membranes EMAX 98.6 ± 10.39% EC50 = 100 ± 10 nM; n = 3
TRPV2 channels E: [Ca2+]i elevation in rat or human TRPV2-HEK293 cell membranes EMAX 100.2 ± 34.50% EC50 = 12.2 ± 9.77 μM; n = 3
TRPM8 channels E: [Ca2+]i elevation in rat TRPM8-HEK293 cell membranes Signals as functional antagonist EC50 = 70.0 ± 14.1 nM; n = 2

aA, affinity; E, efficacy. Other abbreviations as defined in the manuscript.

bNumber of studies that met the CV-Cochrane ‘skew test’ (see Supporting Information Appendix S2).