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. 2019 Dec 7;11(12):714. doi: 10.3390/toxins11120714

Table 3.

The half inhibitory concentration (IC50) values (nM) for inhibition of serine/threonine protein phosphatases (PPs) by MC congeners.

Entry a Microcystin Type of PP Origin of PP IC50 Reference
7 MC-LA PP1 Rabbit muscle 2.3 [237]
PP2A Human hepatocytes 0.56 [238]
PP2A Rabbit muscle 0.05 [237]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.161 ± 0.002 [239]
14 MC-LV PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.06–0.45 [133]
17 MC-LL PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.06–0.45 [133]
25 [D-Asp3,Dha7] MC-LR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.254 ± 0.004 [239]
34 MC-LM PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.06–0.45 [133]
39 [D-Asp3]MC-LR PP2A Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.09 [215]
40 [D-Asp3,(E)-Dhb7]MC-LR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.201 ± 0.003 [239]
41 [D-Asp3,(Z)-Dhb7]MC-LR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.16 ± 0.01 [239]
42 [Dha7]MC-LR PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.54–5 [240,241]
PP2A Bovine kidney 0.11 ± 0.04 [241]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.167 ± 0.003 [239]
43 [DMAdda5]MC-LR rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 1.5 [240]
52 MC-LF rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 1.8 [224]
PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.06–0.45 [133]
PP2A Human hepatocytes 0.57 [238]
PP2A Human red blood cells 1.1 [224]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.10 ± 0.02 [239]
66 MC-LR PP1 Rabbit muscle 0.1–1.9 [215,217,237,240,241,242,243,244,245]
PP1 Chicken gizzard myosin B 6 [246]
PP1 Liver of grass carp 0.90 [247]
rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 1.2 [224]
PP2A Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.04–0.5 [215,217,237,243,248]
PP2A Human hepatocytes 0.46 [238]
PP2A Human erythrocytes 0.03–2.2 [241,242,249,250]
PP2A Bovine heart 0.05-2 [241,246,251]
PP2A Bovine kidney 0.2 ± 0.1 [241]
PP2A Mouse brain 0.28–3.15 [218,247,252,253]
PP2A Liver of grass carp 0.28 [247]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.032 ± 0.004 [239]
68 [(6Z)-Adda5]MC-LR PP2A Mouse brain 80 [252]
rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 >100 [240]
83 MC-LY PP2A Human hepatocytes 0.34 [238]
89 [D-Asp3,ADMAdda5]MC-LR PP2Ab 4 [178]
94 [D-Glu(OMe)6]MC-LR rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 >100 [240]
97 [D-Asp3,Dha7]MC-RR rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 0.22 ± 0.01 [239]
129 [D-Asp3]MC-RR PP2A
rPP2Ac
Human red blood cells
Recombinant human
PP2A catalytic subunit
0.45–11.5
0.30 ± 0.01
[254]
[239]
130 [Dha7]MC-RR PP1 Rabbit muscle 8.3 ± 0.8 [241]
PP2A Bovine kidney 4 ± 1 [241]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.29 ± 0.01 [239]
PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 2.6–5.7 [254]
131 [D-Asp3,(E)-Dhb7]MC-RR PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 1.8–56.4 [215,254]
PP2A Rabbit skeletal muscle 2.4 [215]
PP2A Human red blood cells 17.9–49.4 [254]
135 MC-LW rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 1.9 [224]
PP2A Human hepatocytes 0.29 [238]
PP2A Human red blood cells 1.1 [224]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.114 ± 0.003 [239]
142 MC-FR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.069 ± 0.003 [239]
149 [Dha7]MC-YR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.379 ± 0.003 [239]
164 [D-Leu1]MC-LR PP1 Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 0.5–4.43 [167,168]
168 MC-RR PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.68 [215]
PP1 Chicken gizzard myosin B 3 [246]
PP1 Liver of grass carp 3.60 [247]
rPP1c Recombinant rabbit skeletal muscle PP1 1.5 [224]
PP2A Human red blood cells 0.241–175 [241,249,250]
PP2A Human hepatocytes 0.60 [238]
PP2A Mouse brain 0.72–1.4 [218,224,247,252]
PP2A Bovine cardiac muscle 1 [246]
PP2A Bovine Kidney 10 ± 2 [241]
PP2A Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.1 [215]
PP2A Liver of grass carp 0.64 [247]
rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.056 ± 0.002 [239]
169 [(6Z)-Adda5]MC-RR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 10.1 ± 0.3 [239]
PP2A Mouse brain 80 [252]
183 [D-Asp3]MC-HtyR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.098 ± 0.006 [239]
185 [D-Asp3,(E)-Dhb7]MC-HtyR rPP2Ac Recombinant human
PP2A catalytic subunit
0.122 ± 0.005 [239]
186 [D-Asp3,(Z)-Dhb7]MC-HtyR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.110 ± 0.008 [239]
188 MC-YR PP1
PP1
PP2A
PP2A
PP2A
PP2A
PP2A
PP2A
rPP2Ac
Rabbit skeletal muscle
Liver of grass carp
Human red blood cells
Human hepatocytes
Bovine kidney
Rabbit skeletal muscle
Mouse brain
Liver of grass carp
Recombinant human
PP2A catalytic subunit
1.0
0.90
0.26–9.0
0.84
0.09 ± 0.02
0.26
0.39–1.3
0.40
0.125 ± 0.005
[215]
[247]
[241,249,250]
[238]
[241]
[215]
[218,247]
[247]
[239]
242 MC-WR rPP2Ac Recombinant human PP2A catalytic subunit 0.18 ± 0.01 [239]
251 [D-Asp3,ADMAdda5,Dhb7]MC-HtyR PP1 Rabbit skeletal muscle 0.15–0.24 [254]
PP2A Human red blood cells 0.06 [254]
PP2A Bovine heart 0.06 [251]
PP4 Porcine testis 0.04 [251]
PP5 Recombinant human PP5 expressed in E. coli 0.5 [251]

a Entry number of each MC as indicated in Table 1 and Table 2 b Not specified.