Table 1

Summary of potencies of (+)-Tc and 5-HT acting at mouse and human wild-type and chimeric 5-HT3A receptor subunits

Receptor(+)-Tc IC50 (mean ± S.E.)n5-HT EC50 (mean ± S.E.)nH
nM μM
m5-HT3A wild type1-a 1.40  ± 0.150.90  ± 0.102.30  ± 0.102.20  ± 0.20
h5-HT3A wild type1-b 2550.00  ± 1501.00  ± 0.103.10  ± 0.101.94  ± 0.14
m223h 5-HT3A 1.16  ± 0.071.06  ± 0.072.56  ± 0.261.99  ± 0.22
h218m 5-HT3A 1870.00  ± 5101.28  ± 0.092.84  ± 0.401.94  ± 0.08
Mutant 127.50  ± 9.21.53  ± 0.154.66  ± 0.491.53  ± 0.07
Mutant 2486.00  ± 761.50  ± 0.091.70  ± 0.132.23  ± 0.18
Mutant 376.00  ± 12.51.39  ± 0.185.84  ± 0.551.48  ± 0.09
Mutant 499.50  ± 4.261.17  ± 0.171.44  ± 0.802.33  ± 0.33
Mutant 5228.00  ± 181.15  ± 0.154.79  ± 0.351.87  ± 0.04
Mutant 649.40  ± 3.41.37  ± 0.272.24  ± 0.401.75  ± 0.46

IC50 values for (+)-Tc were calculated from a single-site model fitted to data as concentration of antagonist required to reduce inward current response evoked by 5-HT at EC50 by 50%.

    • Mutant 1, m5-HT3A I205M/D206E/I207S; mutant 2, h5-HT3A M200I/E201D/S202I; mutant 3, m5-HT3AQ199Y/K201R/I205M/D206E/I207S; mutant 4, h5-HT3AY194Q/R196K/M200I/E201D/S202I; mutant 5, m5-HT3AQ199Y/K201R/I205M/D206E/I207S/S210Y/I219V; mutant 6, h5-HT3AY194Q/R196K/M200I/E201D/S202I/Y205S/V214I.

    • 1-a Data from Hope et al. (1993).

    • 1-b Data from Belelli et al. (1995).