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Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Rev. 2001 Dec;53(4):527–552.

TABLE 7.

Binding affinity of agonists and antagonists at human adenosine receptor subtypes (Ki values with 95% confidence intervals or ± S.E.M. in parentheses)

A1 A2A A2B A3 Reference
Agonists with unmodified ribose
R-PIA 2.0 (1–4.2) 860 (480–1,540) 16 (9.3–29) a
33,700 (±6,800) c
3,800 (±1,700) e
S-PIA 75 (42–134) 7,800 (7,000–8,640) 45 (33–61) a
62,800 (±21,600) c
 CPA 2.3 (1.5–3.4) 790 (470–1,360) 43 (30–61) a
34,400 (±11,100) c
21,000 (±4,300) e
 CCPA 0.8 (0.55–1.25) 2,300 (2,000–2,700) 42 (32–56) a
40,100 (±16,400) c
 2-Cl-adenosine 1.39 (1.28–1.51) 180 (150–220) 19 (14–28) i
Agonists with 5’-modified ribose
 NECA 14 (6.4–29) 20* (12–35) 6.2* (3.5–11) a
330 (±60) c
360 (±120) e
 CGS 21680 290 (230–360) 27 (12–59) 67 (50–90) a
361,000 (±21,000) c
 HENECA 60 (50–72) 6.4 (3.8–11) 2.4 (2.0–2.9) b
 PENECA 560 (480–650) 620 (300–1,300) 6.2 (5.1–7.5) b
 PHPNECA 2.7 (1.7–7.1) 3.1 (2.4–3.9) 0.42 (0.17–1.0) b
 AB-MECA 1,500 (1,300–1,800) 3,600 (2,700–4,700) 22 (20–24) a
 IB-MECA 3.7 (1.8–7.7) 2,500 (1,900–3,400) 1.2 (0.96–1.5) a
54,000 (±5,600) c
 IAB-MECA 8.5 (4.8–15) 470 (300–740) 0.64 (0.58–0.70) a
 Cl-IB-MECA 115 (114–116) 2,100 (1,700–2,500) 11 (9.4–13) b
Antagonists: xanthines
 DPCPX 3.9* (3.5–4.2) 129 (35–260) 4,000 (2,600–6,000) a
50 (±3.7) c
51 (±6.1) e
 XAC 29 (24–35) 1 (0.58–1.7) 92 (64–130) a
7.3 (±2.8) c
12 (±4.6) e
 MRS1754 400 (±190) 500 (±11) 2.0 (±0.31) 570 (±180) f
 MSX-2 2,500 (1,700–3,600) 5.0 (±0.6) >10,000 h
 Theophylline 6,800 (4,100–11,000) 1,700 (1,000–2,900) 86,000 (74,000–101,000) a
Antagonists: non-xanthines
 CGS 15943 3.5 (1.7–7.3) 4.2 (2.6–6.6) 51 (43–60) a
16 (±3.6) e
 SCH 58261 290 (210–410) 0.6 (0.5–0.7) >10,000 d
 ZM 241385 260 (190–390) 0.8 (0.7–1.0) >10,000 d
32 (±6) c
 MRE 3008F20 1,100 (±1,100) 140 (±15) 2,100 (±300) 0.29 (±0.03) g
*

Values are from saturation experiments.

a

Klotz et al., 1998, transfected CHO cells; radioligands [3H]CCPA (A1), [3H]NECA (A2A and A3).

b

Klotz et al., 1999, transfected CHO cells; radioligands [3H]CCPA (A1), [3H]NECA (A2A and A3).

c

Linden et al., 1999, transfected HEK 293 cells; radioligand 125I-ABOPX.

d

Ongini et al., 1999, transfected CHO cells (A1 and A2A) or HEK 293 cells (A2A and A3); radioligands [3H]DPCPX (A1), [3H]SCH 58261 (A2A), 125I-AB-MECA (A3).

e

Ji and Jacobson, 1999, transfected HEK 293 cells; radioligand [3H]ZM 241685.

f

Kim et al., 2000, transfected HEK 293 cells; radioligands 125I-ABA (A1), 125I-ZM 241685 (A2A), 125I-ABOPX (A2B), 125I-AB-MECA (A3).

g

Varani et al., 2000, transfected CHO cells; radioligands [3H]DPCPX (A1 and A2B), [3H]SCH 58261 (A2A), 125I-AB-MECA (A3).

h

Sauer et al., 2000, transfected CHO cells; radioligand [3H]CHA (A1), [3H]CGS 21680 (A2A), [3H]NECA (A3).

i

K.-N. Klotz and S. Kachler, unpublished, transfected CHO cells; radioligand [3H]NECA.