Pyrazolo[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine Derivatives as Highly Potent and Selective Human A3 Adenosine Receptor Antagonists

PG Baraldi, B Cacciari, R Romagnoli… - Journal of medicinal …, 1999 - ACS Publications
The adenosine A3 receptor was initially cloned from a rat testis cDNA library. 4
Subsequently, A3 receptors have been cloned from human, 5, 6 sheep, 7 mouse, 8 and …

N6-Substituted adenosine derivatives: selectivity, efficacy, and species differences at A3 adenosine receptors

ZG Gao, JB Blaustein, AS Gross, N Melman… - Biochemical …, 2003 - Elsevier
The activation of the human A3 adenosine receptor (AR) by a wide range of N6-substituted
adenosine derivatives was studied in intact CHO cells stably expressing this receptor …

Species difference in the G protein selectivity of the human and bovine A1-adenosine receptor.

R Jockers, ME Linder, M Hohenegger, C Nanoff… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - ASBMB
The purified bovine brain A1-adenosine receptor has previously been shown to discriminate
among closely related G protein alpha-subunits. To obtain analogous information for the …

Comparison of the potency of adenosine as an agonist at human adenosine receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells

BB Fredholm, E Irenius, B Kull, G Schulte - Biochemical pharmacology, 2001 - Elsevier
The potency of adenosine and inosine as agonists at human adenosine receptors was
examined in a functional assay using changes in cyclic AMP (cAMP) formation in intact …

Cloning and expression of an A1 adenosine receptor from rat brain.

LC Mahan, LD McVittie, EM Smyk-Randall… - Molecular …, 1991 - ASPET
We have used the polymerase chain reaction technique to selectively amplify guanine
nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (G protein)-coupled receptor cDNA sequences from rat …

Introduction to adenosine receptors as therapeutic targets

KA Jacobson - Adenosine receptors in health and disease, 2009 - Springer
Adenosine acts as a cytoprotective modulator in response to stress to an organ or tissue.
Although short-lived in the circulation, it can activate four subtypes of G protein-coupled …

[HTML][HTML] Identification by site-directed mutagenesis of residues involved in ligand recognition and activation of the human A3 adenosine receptor

ZG Gao, A Chen, D Barak, SK Kim, CE Müller… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
Ligand recognition has been extensively explored in G protein-coupled A 1, A 2A, and A 2B
adenosine receptors but not in the A 3 receptor, which is cerebroprotective and …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of A2a adenosine receptor domains involved in selective coupling to Gs: analysis of chimeric A1/A2a adenosine receptors

ME Olah - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1997 - ASBMB
Responses to adenosine are governed by selective activation of distinct G proteins by
adenosine receptor (AR) subtypes. The A 2a AR couples via G s to adenylyl cyclase …

Molecular characterization of a human brain adenosine A2 receptor

TJ Furlong, KD Pierce, LA Selbie, J Shine - Molecular brain research, 1992 - Elsevier
A cDNA encoding a G protein-coupled receptor of unknown ligand specificity was isolated
from a human hippocampal cDNA library by virtue of the high degree of structural homology …

Purification and characterization of the human adenosine A2a receptor functionally expressed in Escherichia coli

HM Weiß, R Grisshammer - European Journal of Biochemistry, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The adenosine A2a receptor belongs to the seven transmembrane helix G‐protein‐coupled
receptor family, is abundant in striatum, vasculature and platelets and is involved in several …