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. 2015 Aug 12;12(4):699–730. doi: 10.1007/s13311-015-0377-3

Table 3.

Ion channel targets of cannabidiol

Target Concentration range (μM) EC50/IC50 (μM) Ki (μM) Preparation or tissue Assay type Reference
Cav3.1 T-type 10–2–10; (–) 0.82 ND HEK293 cells/human Patch clamp/ current clamp [95]
Cav3.2 T-type 10–2–10; (–) 0.78 ND HEK293 cells/Hhuman
Cav3.3 T-type 10–2–30; (–) 3.7 ND HEK293 cells/human
TRPA1 ND-100; (–) 81.4 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium mobilization assays [96]
10–3–10; (–)* 0.096 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM [97]
3–30; (+) ND ND HEK 293 cells/rat Patch clamp/current [98]
10–3*–25; (–) 0.11 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM [71]
TRPM8 10–3–10; (–)* 0.14 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM [97]
10–3–25*; (–) 0.06 ND HEK 293 cells/rat [71]
TRPV1 0.1–10.0; (+) 3.5 ND HEK 293 cells/human Calcium assay/Fluo-3 [19]
10–3–25; (+)* 1 ND HEK 293 cells/human Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM [71]
ND-100; (NSC) ND ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium mobilization assays [96]
3–30; (+) ND ND HEK 293 cells/rat Patch clamp/current [98]
3; (NSC) ND ND A549/human Viability [18]
3; (NSC) ND ND A549/human DNA fragmentation
10–3–10; (+)* 0.7* ND MDA-MB-231 cells Calcium assay/Fluo4 [99]
TRPV2 0.05–103; (+)* 31.7 ND HEK 293 cells/human Calcium mobilization assay [96]
0.1–200.0; (+)* 22.2 ND U87MG glioma cells/rat Calcium mobilization assay [100]
10–3–25*; (+) 1.25 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM [71]
0.05–500.00; (+)* 3.7 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium mobilization assay [96]
3–30; (+) ND ND HEK293 cells/rat Patch clamp/current [98]
3; (NSC) ND ND H460/human Viability [18]
3; (NSC) ND ND H460/human DNA fragmentation
TRPV3 10–1–103; (+)* 3.7 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM [101]
TRPV4 10–2–102; (+)* 0.8 ND HEK 293 cells/rat Calcium assay/Fluo4-AM
VDAC1 20; (–) ND ND Liver VDAC1 channel in planar lipid bilayer/sheep Bilayer Clamp BC-525B amplifier/current [84]
0.1–75.0; (+)* ND Kd; 11.2 Liver VDAC1 channel in planar lipid bilayer/sheep Thermophoretic analysis/CBD–VDAC1 interaction

TRP = transient receptor potential; TRPA1 = TRP ankyrin type 1; TRPM8 = TRP subfamily M; TRPV1 = TRP vanilloid-type 1; VDAC = voltage-dependent anion channel; NSC = no significant change; ND = not described; HEK = human embryonic kidney; CBD = cannabidiol; (+) = stimulation; (–): inhibition

*Estimated from plots in cited paper