Table 2

Relative potency estimates (IC50 values) for inhibition of KATP channels by glibenclamide and HMR 1883 in cardiac tissues (guinea pigs), pancreatic β-cell (rat, RINm5F) and coronary vascular system (guinea pig) under hypoxic conditions

IC50values for HMR 1883IC50 values for glibenclamide
μmol/liter
Cardiac tissueRight papillary muscle
2.4 μmol/l rilmakalim1.80.33
pHo = 7.4
Cardiac tissueRight papillary muscle
7.3 μmol/l rilmakalim0.60.14
pHo = 6.0
Cardiac tissueSingle ventricular
myocytes30.052
action potentials
0.25 μmol/l
rilmakalim
pHo = 7.4
Cardiac tissueSingle ventricular
myocytes0.40.01
action potentials
0.25 μmol/liter
rilmakalim
pHo = 6.5
Cardiac tissueSingle ventricular
myocytes0.80.02
whole-cell currents
1 μmol/liter rilmakalim
pHo = 7.4
Pancreatic β-cellRINm5F cells>100.009
cell potentials
Coronary flow induced by hypoxiaLangendorff-perfused guinea pig heart (20% O2)≅100<1