TABLE 1

Potencies and efficacies of ACh, GTS-21, and PNU-282987 on α7 currents in the absence or presence of test concentrations of PAMs



Test Concentration

Acetylcholine

GTS-21

PNU-282987

pEC50
Max
Hill Slope
pEC50
Max
Hill Slope
pEC50
Max
Hill Slope
μM % % %
3.9 ± 0.05 101 ± 4.3 1.6 <4.0 a 5.6 ± 0.12 77 ± 5.6 1.1
5-HI 1000 4.2 ± 0.04 206 ± 5.5 1.6 4.8 ± 0.04 81 ± 2.4 1.9 6.3 ± 0.05 155 ± 4.8 1.5
Genistein 50 4.3 ± 0.05 167 ± 5.1 1.6 4.6 ± 0.11 67 ± 6.9 1.4 6.3 ± 0.04 105 ± 2.7 1.7
PNU-120596 3 4.8 ± 0.04 331 ± 8.9 2.8 5.1 ± 0.03 167 ± 7.1 2.9 6.7 ± 0.07 188 ± 8.3 2.1
TQS
5
4.7 ± 0.04
151 ± 3.3
1.8
5.0 ± 0.04
106 ± 8.4
2.9
6.7 ± 0.25
155 ± 22.1
1.7
  • a At the highest tested concentration, 300 μM, the response was 26.5 ± 3.9%. The n values are 3 to 9.