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. 2019 Apr 11;10:379. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00379

Table 1.

TREK-1 blockers.

Molecule IC50 Cell type Specificity References
Peptides Spadin (PE 12–28) 70 nM COS, HEK, hTREK-1/HEK Specific for TREK-1 channels, no effect on TREK-2, TRAAK, TASK or TRESK channels Mazella et al., 2010
PE 22–28 0.12 nM hTREK-1/HEK Djillani et al., 2017
Biotin-PE 22–28 nd hTREK-1/HEK Djillani et al., 2017
G/A-PE 22–28 0.1 nM hTREK-1/HEK Djillani et al., 2017
Biotin-G/A-PE 22–28 1.2 nM hTREK-1/HEK Djillani et al., 2017
SSRIs Fluoxetine 19 μM tsA 201 cells Antagonize TREK-2 (IC50 = 28.7 ± 7.6 μM), SERT (Ki = 0.07 μM), NAT (Ki = 8–10 μM) and Nav1.5 (IC50 = 39.4 ± 2 μM) Kennard et al., 2005; Wong et al., 2005; Poulin et al., 2014
Norfluoxetine 9 μM tsA 201 cells Blocks TREK-2 (IC50 = 4.9 ± 0.5 μM), Nav1.5 (IC50 = 29.5 ± 1 μM) Kennard et al., 2005; Poulin et al., 2014; Mcclenaghan et al., 2016
Paroxetine 20 μM tested HEK293 cells blocks TREK-2 (at 20 μM tested), SERT (Kd = 0.13 nM), GIRK and Kv3.1 Hirano et al., 2005; Kim et al., 2017
Citalopram 100 μM tested HEK293 cells blocks TREK-2 (at 100 μM tested), SERT, Kv1.5 (IC50 = 2.8 ± 1.1 μM) and L-type Ca2+ channels (IC50 = 60.3 ± 8.5 μM) Kim et al., 2017
Escitalopram 81.94 μM HEK293 cells nd Lin et al., 2015
Antipsychotics Fluphenazine 4.7 μM COS cells Block TREK-2 (at 10 μM tested), no effect on TRAAK channels at 10 μM Thummler et al., 2007
Chlorpromazine 2.7 μM
Haloperidol 5.5 μM
Flupenthixol 2 μM
Loxapine 19.7 μM
Pimozide 1.8 μM
Clozapine 10 μM tested
DHP Ca2+ channel antagonists Amlodipine 0.43 μM Bovine AZF Block L-type Ca2+-channels Liu et al., 2007
Niguldipine 0.75 μM
Other TREK-1 blockers SID1900 29.72 μM HEK293 cells nd Ye et al., 2015
l-NBP, d-NBP, ld-NBP 0.06 ± 0.03 μM CHO cells nd Ji et al., 2011
L-methionine 1 mM Bladder smooth muscle nd Lei et al., 2014
Lig4-4 2.06 μM CHO cells Blocks Kv2.1, Kv1.5, Kv3.1, hERG and neuronal Na+ and Ca2+channels (IC50 = 30 μM) Wang et al., 2018