Table 2

Relative potencies of calcitonin receptor agonists in transient wild-type and stably expressing HEK 293 wild-type cells

AgonistStable2-a HEK 293Transient wild-type
Amylin8.0  ± 0.177.35  ± 0.2
Rat CAL7.96  ± 0.217.43  ± 0.18
Human CAL8.14  ± 0.27.45  ± 0.18
Porc CAL8.29  ± 0.227.82  ± 0.2
Eel CAL8.7  ± 0.248.38  ± 0.2
Salmon CAL8.4  ± 0.178.07  ± 0.15
Rat CGRP6.96  ± 0.156.92  ± 0.22
Chicken CGRP7.92  ± 0.267.52  ± 0.2

Estimates are the mean of three separate transient transfections. pEC50 values are given with S.E.M.

    • 2-a  Stable HEK 293 cell line containing 30.05 ± 3 pmol/mg of protein hCTR2.