TABLE 1

Properties of cyclic nucleotide PDE families

PDE Family Cyclic Nucleotide Substrates Inhibitors (Ki) No. of Genes Regulation
PDE1: Ca2+/CAM stimulated PDE cAMP and cGMP Vinpocetine (14 μM), W-7 (300 μM) 3 (+) Ca2+/CAM (-) PKA, CamKII
PDE2: cGMP-stimulated PDE cAMP and cGMP EHNA (1 μM) 1 (+) cGMP, PKC (+/-) N-terminal targeting domain
PDE3: cGMP-inhibited PDE cAMP > cGMP Cilostamide (20 nM), milrinone (150 nM), zardaverine (IC50 0.5-2 μM) 2 (+) PKA, PKB (-) cGMP (+/-) N-terminal targeting domain
PDE4: High affinity, Rolipram-sensitive cAMP-specific PDE cAMP Rolipram (1 μM), Ro 20-1724 (5 μM), piclamilast (1 nM), zardaverine (IC50 0.8-4 μM) 4 (+) PKA, ERK, Phosphatidic Acid (-) ERK, Caspases (+/-) N-terminal targeting domains
PDE5: cGMP-specific PDE cGMP Zaprinast (130 nM), sildenafil (10 nM), vardenafil (1 nM), tadalafil (10 nM) 1 (+) cGMP, PKG, PKA (-) Caspases
PDE6: Photoreceptor cGMP-specific PDE cGMP Zaprinast (400 nM), dipyridamole (125 nM), sildenafil (50 nM) 3 (+) Trasnsducin (-) cGMP, gamma and delta subunits
PDE7: High-affinity, Rolipram-insensitive cAMP-specific PDE cAMP IBMX (4 μM), dipyridamole (600 nM) 2 (+/-) PKA
PDE8: High-affinity and IBMX-insensitive cAMP-specific PDE cAMP Dipyridamole (9 μM) 2 PAS domain
PDE9: High-affinity cGMP-specific PDE cGMP Zaprinast (35 μM) 1
PDE10: cAMP-Inhibited cGMP PDE cAMP < cGMP Dipyridamole (1 μM), 1 (-) cAMP
PDE11: Dual specificity cGMP-binding PDE cAMP and cGMP Zaprinast (12 μM), dipyridamole (0.4 μM), tadalafil (60 μM) 1
  • W7, N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide; EHNA, erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl)adenine; IBMX, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine; Ca2+/CAM, calcium/calmodulin.