a-2b receptor antagonist 1

A2B receptor antagonist 1 (EXAMPLE 9B) is a potent A2B adenosine receptor antagonist.

MK-3207 is a highly potent and orally bioavailable small molecule antagonist of the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor, demonstrating an in vitro IC50 of 0.12 nM and a Ki of 0.024 nM for the human receptor with exceptional selectivity over the related human AM1, AM2, CTR, and AMY3 receptors, though it exhibits lower affinity for CGRP receptors from other species such as canine and rodent; in vitro studies confirm its potent antagonism of human and rhesus monkey CGRP receptors (K(i) = 0.024 nM), and in vivo models show it produces a concentration-dependent inhibition of dermal vasodilation, requiring plasma concentrations of 0.8 nM and 7 nM to block 50% and 90% of the blood flow increase, respectively.

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid that exhibits a broad spectrum of biological activities including cell proliferation, survival, migration, cytoskeletal organization, and morphogenesis. It exerts its activity by binding to five distinct G protein-coupled receptors, S1P1 EDG-1, S1P2 EDG-5, S1P3 EDG-3, S1P4 EDG-6, and S1P5 EDG-8. W140 is an inactive enantiomer of W146, a selective S1P1 antagonist (Ki = 77 nM), that binds to the S1P1 receptor with a Ki of 4.6 μM (2a = W146; 2b = W140 in supplemental material). It exhibits no biological activity in vivo and can therefore serve as an effective control compound for experiments involving W146.

A1AR antagonist 2 (compound 18h) is a potent antagonist of the A1 adenosine receptor (AR) with Ki values of 1.49, 10.2, and 50.1 nM for hA1, hA2A, and hA2B, respectively [1].