TABLE 2

Agonist activity for stimulation of cAMP accumulation in CHO M4 cells previously treated with pertussis toxin The data are from Fig. 3a. The data represent the mean estimates ± S.E.M. The values in parentheses beneath some of the estimates are the Log mean ± S.E.M.


Agonist

Emax a

EC50

Hill Slope

RAi
Null
Operational
% μM
Oxotremorine-M 106 ± 3.8 0.54 (–6.27 ± 0.06) 1.25 ± 0.21 11.80 (1.07 ± 0.04) 10.67 (1.03 ± 0.10)
Carbachol 78 ± 3.2 5.3 (–5.28 ± 0.07) 1.26 ± 0.24 1.0 (0.0) 1.0 (0.0)
S-Aceclidine
53 ± 5.7
11.8 (–4.93 ± 0.23)
1b
0.39 (–0.41 ± 0.37)
0.45 (–0.35 ± 0.14)
  • a Denotes the maximal stimulation of cAMP accumulation expressed as a percentage of basal cAMP accumulation, which is the amount of accumulation in the presence of forskolin (0.1 μM)

  • b Hill slope constrained to 1