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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2020 Jul 1;51:34–42. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2020.05.002

Table 1.

Mammalian phosphodiesterase isoforms, their cellular compartments and inhibitors

PDE family Isoforms Substrate Cellular compartment Receptors Inhibitor/drugs References
PDE1 PDE1A cAMP/cGMP Cytosolic β2-AR 8-methoxymethyl-IBMX; vinpocetine; nimodipine; IC86340; IC295; [6567]
PDE1B
PDE1C
PDE2 PDE2A cAMP/cGMP Membrane or cytosolic, mitochondria EP2 β2-AR BAY 60-7550; PDP; EHNA; IC933; oxindole; ND-7001; [55,68]
PDE3 PDE3A cAMP/cGMP Membrane or cytosolic β2-AR Olprinone; cilostamide; milronone; cilostazol; milrinone; siguazodan; enoximone; motapizone; SK&F94120; org9935; [26,69]
PDE3B
PDE4 PDE4A cAMP Membrane or cytosolic EP2 Rolipram; roflumilast; cilomast; RP73401; Ro20–1724; CHF6001; GPD-1116; ASP3258; YM976; [7072]
PDE4B
PDE4C
PDE4D
PDE5 PDE5A cGMP Cytosolic β2-AR Zaprinast; DMPPO; sildenafil; tadalafil; vardenafil; dipyridamole; E4021; avanafil; [73]
PDE6 PDE6A cGMP Cytosolic β2-AR Zaprinast; DMPPO; sildenafil; vardenafil; [74]
PDE6B
PDE6C
PDE6D
PDE7 PDE7A cAMP Cytosolic β2-AR BRL 50481; IC242; T-2585; compound 21a; [75]
PDE7B
PDE8 PDE8A cAMP Membrane or cytosolic, mitochondria β2-AR PF-4957325; dipyridamole; [62]
PDE8B
PDE9 PDE9A cGMP Cytosolic or nuclear β2-AR BAY-73–6691; PF-04447943; [76]
PDE10 PDE10A cAMP/cGMP Cytosolic β2-AR Papaverine; TP-10; MP-10 (PF-2545920); [77]
PDE11 PDE11A cAMP/cGMP Cytosolic β2-AR BC11-38; [78]