TABLE 3

Activation of Gq, PKC-ERK, and EGFR-ERK by AT1 receptor ligands

HEK293 cells stably expressing the AT1 receptor were assayed as described in Materials and Methods. EC50 and Emax are expressed as the means ± S.D. of values obtained in at least three independent experiments performed in duplicate.

GqPKC-ERKEGFR-ERK
EC50EmaxEC50EmaxEC50Emax
nM% AngIInM% AngIInM% AngII
AngII2.4 ± 1.61001.2 ± 0.11002.8 ± 0.5100
[Sar1]AngII3.3 ± 0.898 ± 83.0 ± 0.992 ± 44.2 ± 1.994 ± 2
[Ile4]AngII3104 ± 10667 ± 2523 ± 9380 ± 101327 ± 26493 ± 8
[Sar1Ile4]AngII686 ± 5243 ± 732 ± 594 ± 750 ± 995 ± 5
[Ile8]AngIINRNR55 ± 1338 ± 440 ± 1427 ± 3
[Sar1Ile8]AngIINRNR45 ± 1428 ± 411 ± 327 ± 1
AngIII51 ± 1987 ± 84.0 ± 0.688 ± 39.2 ± 1.988 ± 3
[Ile8]AngIIINRNR40 ± 525 ± 321 ± 430 ± 4
  • NR, no response.