TABLE 5

Percentage maximum responses for the rate of SPAP secretion between 5 and 6 h after the addition of agonists

The agonists were incubated with the cells for 10 min to 5 h, the agonists were washed out, and 100 nM ICI 118551 was incubated for the remaining time up to a total of 5 h of incubation. SPAP secretion between 5 and 6 h was then measured. Values represent means ± S.E.M. of n determinations.

% Isoprenaline % of Maximal Agonist Response
Agonist 5 h n 4 h n 3 h n 2 h n 1 h n 30 min n 10 min n
Isoprenaline 100 10 92.3 ± 9.4 3 93.3 ± 11.6 3 73.4 ± 6.1 7 44.5 ± 1.5 10 25.6 ± 2.0 11 N.R. 10
Salmeterol 111.5 ± 3.6 4 101.8 ± 10.8 4 89.1 ± 8.8 4 85.6 ± 7.8 4 64.3 ± 0.2 4 54.4 ± 3.8 4 52.1 ± 8.0 4
Alprenolol 53.2 ± 6.6 4 80.8 ± 14.3 4 82.8 ± 6.7 4 61.4 ± 5.1 4 41.0 ± 1.7 4 25.7 ± 3.2 4 13.1 ± 2.7 3
CGP 12177 52.8 ± 3.5 4 95.0 ± 11.8 4 100.8 ± 9.5 4 91.9 ± 3.8 4 75.4 ± 5.1 4 48.6 ± 9.5 4 36.4 ± 5.3 4
  • % isoprenaline, maximum 5-h response of each ligand expressed as a percentage of the maximum 5-h response to 10 μM isoprenaline as determined in each experiment; % of maximal agonist response, response of that ligand expressed as a percentage of the maximum 5-h response for that same ligand; N.R., no response seen.