Table 1

Equilibrium and kinetic parameters for pancuronium and (+)-tubocurarine obtained from fitting the data in Figs. 3 and 8

Pancuronium(+)-Tubocurarine
IC50 (nM) (equilibrium)5.5  ± 0.5 (24)41  ± 2 (41)1-150
Hill coefficient (equilibrium)1.13  ± 0.100.95  ± 0.05
L1,L2 (nM) (two-site model equilibrium)6.7  ± 1.2N.A.
36  ± 32N.A.
on (s−1M−1) (onset)(2.7 ± 0.9) × 108(14)(1.2 ± 0.2) × 108 (11)1-150
off(s−1) (onset)1.9  ± 1.2 (14)6.8  ± 2.2 (11)1-150
off (s−1) (recovery)2.1  ± 0.7 (12)5.9  ± 1.3 (8)1-150
Residency time (ms) 1/ℓoff 480170
off/ℓon (nM)7.8  ± 3.750  ± 15

The two binding site model (eq. 2) did not converge for the (+)-tubocurarine data. Residency time and ℓoff/ℓonare calculated using the value of ℓoff determined from recovery experiments. The number of original data points (before averaging by concentration) is given in parentheses.

  • 1-150p < 0.001 for t test comparison of (+)-tubocurarine versus pancuronium. Statistical comparisons were not performed for the Hill coefficient or calculated values (residency time and ℓoff/ℓon).