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

TABLE 2.

Affinities of selected, useful adenosine receptor antagonists

Ki (nM)a
A1 A2A A2B A3
Nonselective Antagonists
3 Caffeine 44,900 (h)
41,000 (r)
50,700 (m)
23,400 (h)
43,000 (r)
11,100 (m)
33,800 (h)
30,000 (r)
23,000 (m)
13,300 (h)
>100,000 (r)
>100,000 (m)
4 Theophylline 6,770 (h)
14,000 (r)
6,700 (h)
22,000 (r)
9,070 (h)
15,100 (r)
5,630 (m)
22,300 (h)
>100,000 (r)
A1AR-Selective Antagonists
17 DPCPX (CPX) 3.0 (h)
0.50 (r)
0.413 (m)
129 (h)
157 (r)
263 (m)
51 (h)
186 (r)
86.2 (m)
243 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
18 PSB-36 0.7 (h)
0.124 (r)
1.58 (m)
980 (h)
552 (r)
697 (m)
187 (h)
350 (r)
704 (m)
2,300 (h)
6,500 (r)
>10,000 (m)
19 SLV320 1.00 (h)
2.51 (r)
398 (h) 3,981 (h)
501 (r)
200 (h)
A2AAR-Selective Antagonists
5 Istradefylline (KW6002) 841 (h)
230 (r)
438 (m)
12 (h)
4.46 (r)
6.83 (m)
>10,000 (h)
5,940 (r)
3,590 (m)
4,470 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
20 MSX-3 / MSX-2
(Data are for MSX-2)
2,500 (h)
900 (r)
5.38 (h)
8.04 (r)
>10,000 (h) >10,000 (h)
21 Preladenant (SCH-420814) >1,000 (h)
>1,000 (h)
462 (m)
0.9 (h)
0.986 (r)
0.241 (m)
>1,000 (h)
>1,000 (m)
>1,000 (r)
>1,000 (h)
>1,000 (m)
>1,000 (r)
22 Imaradenant (AZD4635) 160 (h) 1.7 (h) 64 (h) >10,000 (h)
A2BAR-Selective Antagonists
23 MRS1754 403 (h)
16.8 (r)
1.45 (m)
503 (h)
612 (r)
>10,000 (m)
1.97 (h)
12.8 (r)
3.12 (m)
570 (h)
>1,000 (m)
>1,000 (r)
24 PSB-603 >10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
42.4 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
0.553 (h)
0.355 (r)
0.265 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
25 PSB-0788 2,240 (h)
386 (r)
118 (m)
333 (h)
1,730 (r)
235 (m)
0.393 (h)
2.12 (r)
1.90 (m)
>1,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
26 PSB-1115 >10,000 (h)
2,200 (r)
591 (m)
3790 (h)
24,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
53.4 (h)
3,140 (r)
1,940 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
27 GS 6201 (CVT-6883) 1,940 (h) 3,280 (h) 22 (h) 1,070 (h)
28 BAY-545 >1,000; 1,300 (h)
n.d. (r)
>6,700 (m)
>1,000; 820 (h)
750 (r)
470 (m)
59–97 (h)
280 (r)
400 (m)
>10,000 (h)
n.d. (r)
>6,700 (m)
29 ISAM-140 >1,000 (h) >1,000 (h) 3.49 (h) >1,000 (h)
A3AR-Selective Antagonists
30 MRS1523 >10,000 (h)
15,600 (r)
>10,000 (m)
3660 (h)
2050 (r)
>10,000 (m)
>10,000 (h)
>10,000 (r)
>10,000 (m)
18.9 (h)
113 (r)
731 (m)
31 MRE3008-F20 1200 (h) 141 (h) 2100 (h) 0.82 (h)
32 PSB-10 1,700 (h)
805 (r)
2,700 (h)
6,040 (r)
30,000 (h) 0.441 (h)
17,000 (r)
33 VUF5574 ≥10,000 (r) ≥10,000 (r) n.d. 4.03 (h)
34 MRS7591b >10,000 (h)
590 (m)
>10,000 (h)
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
10.9 (h)
17.8 (m)

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

adata are taken from the literature cited in the text.

bpartial agonistic activity if receptor is highly expressed.