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Table 1 Contractile responses to extracellular nucleotides in human cerebral and omental arteries.

From: Potent P2Y6 receptor mediated contractions in human cerebral arteries

 

Cerebral arteries

Omental arteries

 

pEC50 (-log mol/L)

Emax (%)

pEC50 (-log mol/L)

Emax (%)

αβ-MeATP

6.0 ± 0.1

80 ± 8

6.2 ± 0.1

81 ± 2

UDP

5.5 ± 0.2

128 ± 16

2.7 ± 0.2

81 ± 9

UDPβS

6.8 ± 0.2

117 ± 8

-

0 ± 0

UTP

5.3 ± 0.2

110 ± 10

3.3 ± 0.1

96 ± 8

UTPγS

5.3 ± 0.1

131 ± 10

4.3 ± 0.1

105 ± 7

ADP

2.9 ± 0.1

91 ± 23

2.6 ± 0.2

96 ± 7

ADPβS

0.0 ± 0.0

-

-

8 ± 4

ATP

3.0 ± 0.2

97 ± 25

3.2 ± 0.1

88 ± 6

ATPγS

4.8 ± 0.2

125 ± 8

4.4 ± 0.1

106 ± 11

  1. All nucleotides, except αβ-MeATP, were added after desensitisation of P2X receptors with 10 μmol/L αβ-MeATP. Contractions are expressed as percentage of an initial contraction induced by 60 mmol/L K+. Data are shown as Emax ± S.E.M. and pEC50 ± S.E.M of 6 experiments (patients).