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. 2022 Apr;74(2):340–372. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.121.000445

TABLE 1.

Affinities of selected adenosine receptor agonists

Ki or EC50 (nM)a
A1 A2A A2Bb A3
Nonselective Agonists
1 Adenosinec ca. 100 (h)
73 (r)
310 (h)
150 (r)
15,000 (h)
5,100 (r)
290 (h)
6,500 (r)
6 NECA 14 (h)
5.1 (r)
2.49 (m)
20 (h)
9.7 (r)
43.4 (m)
1,890 (h)
1,110 (r)
656 (m)
25 (h)
113 (r)
13.2 (m)
A1AR-Selective Agonists
7 CCPA 0.83 (h)
1.3 (r)
0.269 (m)
2270 (h)
950 (r)
988 (m)
18,800 (h)
6,160 (r)
25.300 (m)
38 (h)
237 (r)
15.6 (m)
8 2′-MeCCPA 3.3 (h) 9,580 (h) 37.600 (h) 1.150 (h)
9 (S)-ENBA n.d. (h)
0.34 (r)
n.d. (h)
477 (r)
n.d. 282 (h)
915 (r)
A2AAR-Selective Agonists
10 CGS21680 289 (h)
1800 (r)
961 (m)
27 (h)
19 (r)
13.7 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
67 (h)
584 (r)
93.0 (m)
11 UK-432,097 n.d. 4 n.d. n.d.
12 PSB-0777 541 (h)
≥10,000 (r)
360 (h)
44.4 (r)
>10,000 (h) >10,000 (h)
2 Regadenoson >10,000 (h) 290 (h) >10,000 (h) >10,000 (h)
A2BAR-Selective (Partial) Agonist
13 BAY 60-6583 387 (h)
514 (r)
351 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
3–10 (h, EC50)
114 (h)
100 (r)
136 (m)
223 (h)
2,750 (r)
3,920 (m)
A3AR-Selective Agonists
14 Cl-IB-MECA
(CF102, Namodenoson)
220 (h)
280 (r)
35 (m)
5360 (h)
470 (r)
290 (m)
>10,000 (h)
1,210 (r)
44,300 (m)
1.4 (h)
0.33 (r)
0.18 (m)
15 HEMADO 330 (h) 1200 (h) >30,000 (h) 1.10 (h)
16 MRS5698 >10,000 (h)
>10,000 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (m)
assumed to be inactive 3.49 (h)
3.08 (m)

h, human; Ki, inhibition constant; m, mouse; n.d., no data; r, rat.

adata (if available from Ki values from radioligand binding assays) are taken from the literature cited in the text.

bmost A2BAR data are from functional studies (cAMP accumulation).

cadenosine data are from functional studies (cAMP accumulation).