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ArticleBiochemical pharmacology2011

Functionally biased modulation of A(3) adenosine receptor agonist efficacy and potency by imidazoquinolinamine allosteric enhancers.

Zhan-Guo Gao, Dennis Verzijl, Annelien Zweemer, Kai Ye, Anikó Göblyös, Adriaan P Ijzerman, Kenneth A Jacobson

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Article in Biochemical pharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhan-Guo GaoMolecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0810, USA. zg21o@nih.gov
Dennis Verzijl
Annelien Zweemer
Kai Ye
Anikó Göblyös
Adriaan P Ijzerman
Kenneth A Jacobson
Leiden University · NLNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Development Of Drugs Acting At Adenosine ReceptorsZIADK031117 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI JACOBSON, KENNETH ALAN · 2009 to 2025
$10.4M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DK999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK031117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allosteric modulators for the G(i)-coupled A(3) adenosine receptor (AR) are of considerable interest as therapeutic agents and as pharmacological tools to probe various signaling pathways. In this study, we initially characterized the effects of several imidazoquinolinamine allosteric modulators (LUF5999, LUF6000 and LUF6001) on the human A(3) AR stably expressed in CHO cells using a cyclic AMP functional assay. These modulators were found to affect efficacy and potency of the agonist Cl-IB-MECA differently. LUF5999 (2-cyclobutyl derivative) enhanced efficacy but decreased potency. LUF6000 (2-cyclohexyl derivative) enhanced efficacy without affecting potency. LUF6001 (2-H derivative) decreased both efficacy and potency. We further compared the agonist enhancing effects of LUF6000 in several other A(3) AR-mediated events. It was shown that although LUF6000 behaved somewhat differently in various signaling pathways, it was more effective in enhancing the effects of low-efficacy than of high-efficacy agonists. In an assay of cyclic AMP accumulation, LUF6000 enhanced the efficacy of all agonists examined, but in the membrane hyperpolarization assay, it only enhanced the efficacy of partial agonists. In calcium mobilization, LUF6000 did not affect the efficacy of the full agonist NECA but was able to switch the nucleoside antagonist MRS542 into a partial agonist. In translocation of β-arrestin2, the agonist-enhancing effect LUF6000 was not pronounced. In an assay of ERK1/2 phosphorylation LUF6000 did not show any effect on the efficacy of Cl-IB-MECA. The differential effects of LUF6000 on the efficacy and potency of the agonist Cl-IB-MECA in various signaling pathway were interpreted quantitatively using a mathematical model.

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Adenosine A3 Receptor AgonistsAllosteric RegulationAminoquinolinesAnimalsArrestinsbeta-ArrestinsCalciumCHO CellsComputer SimulationCricetinaeCricetulusCyclic AMPData Interpretation, StatisticalDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansImidazolesAdenosine A3 Receptor AgonistsAminoquinolinesArrestinsbeta-ArrestinsCalciumCyclic AMPImidazolesReceptor, Adenosine A3

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PMID21718691
PMCPMC3152598
OpenAlexW2053511493

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