Figure 2.
Antagonist activity of Ab181 at rat rPAC1 CHO cell (rPAC1-CHO) against PACAP38 or maxadilan. The antagonist activity of Ab181 at the rat PAC1 receptor was performed by measuring the potency of Ab181 in inhibiting EC80 of agonist PACAP38 or maxadilan-stimulated cAMP production. PACAP6-38, a PAC1 receptor antagonist, was used as a positive control. Full antagonist activity of Ab181 against both PACAP38 (A) and maxadilan (B) induced cAMP accumulation was observed in rPAC1-CHO cells with IC50 of 20 ± 3.3 nM (n = 3) and 4.5 ± 0.1 nM (n = 2) against respective agonist.