TABLE 1

Summary of pharmacological properties of structurally dissimilar D1 agonists

Intrinsic activity data are expressed relative to dopamine. See Materials and Methods for details of analysis.

Ligand Affinity Adenylate Cyclase Internalization Intrinsic Activity
K0.5nHKD(High) (nM) RHigh (%) KD(Low) (nM) RLow (%) EC50 Intrinsic Activity
nM nM
Dopamine 300 ± 120 -0.45 ± 0.04 19 ± 0.30 2100 ± 38 23 ± 18
46 ± 3.0 44 ± 3.0
Apomorphine 240 ± 76 -0.85 ± 0.04 0.49 ± 0.03 240 ± 2.0 37 ± 3 86 ± 4 0.0
7.6 ± 2.0 92 ± 2.0
Dinapsoline 48 ± 5.0 -0.46 ± 0.05 1.4 ± 0.03 140 ± 3.6 4.0 ± 3.0 100 ± 18 106 ± 3
43 ± 6.0 57 ± 6.0
Dinoxyline 16 ± 9.3 -0.40 ± 0.05 0.12 ± 0.01 30 ± 0.46 4.0 ± 3.0 102 ± 14 118 ± 2
44 ± 4.0 56 ± 4.0
Dihydrexidine 71 ± 8.5 -0.63 ± 0.09 0.06 ± 0.01 25 ± 0.20 15 ± 0.5 96 ± 8 110 ± 5
21 ± 3.0 79 ± 3.0
A86929 7.8 ± 1.5 -0.68 ± 0.06 2.5 ± 0.03 110 ± 4.2 2.3 ± 0.5 91 ± 15 108 ± 3
68 ± 7.0 32 ± 7.0
SKF38393 240 ± 140 -0.63 ± 0.05 14 ± 0.39 370 ± 11 13 ± 1.0 67 ± 1 0.0
48 ± 11 52 ± 11
SKF77434 52 ± 2 -0.75 ± 0.07 0.79 ± 0.04 45 ± 0.63 11 ± 2.0 46 ± 12 0.0
18 ± 6.0 82 ± 6.0
SKF83959 2.7 ± 0.7 -0.94 ± 0.10 N.A. N.A. 5.6 ± 0.6 42 ± 3 0.0
SKF82957 2.5 ± 0.3 -1.00 ± 0.09 N.A. N.A. 0.8 ± 0.6 55 ± 9 0.0
SKF81297 10 ± 1 -0.654 ± 0.05 1.8 ± 0.12 36 ± 0.59 2.6 ± 1.2 89 ± 11 105 ± 3
42 ± 8.0 58 ± 8.0
SKF82958 6.5 ± 0.2 -0.73 ± 0.05 1.2 ± 0.03 14 ± 0.31 3.0 ± 2.6 86 ± 12 105 ± 3
46 ± 14 54 ± 14
A77636 3.8 ± 1.3 -1.01 ± 0.07 N.A. N.A. 5.3 ± 2.0 99 ± 7 118 ± 2
A68930 2.4 ± 0.2 -0.78 ± 0.05 0.90 ± 0.01 18 ± 0.49 0.3 ± 0.1 97 ± 3 124 ± 2
73 ± 0.07 27 ± 0.02
  • N.A., not applicable (nH = 1).