Table 2

Selected examples of allosteric modulators of GPCRs

ReceptorExample Modulator(s)References
Adenosine A1 PD 81,723; PD 117,975 Bruns and Fergus, 1990;Bhattacharya and Linden, 1995; Kollias-Baker et al., 1997; Musser et al., 1999;Kourounakis et al., 2001
Adenosine A2A Amilorides Gao and Ijzerman, 2000
Adenosine A3 VU5455 VU8504 Gao et al., 2001
Adrenoceptor α1 Amilorides; Benzodiazepines Waugh et al., 1999; Leppik et al., 2000
Adrenoceptor α2A, α2B Amiloride Nunnari et al., 1987;Wilson et al., 1991; Leppik et al., 1998;Leppik and Birdsall, 2000
Adrenoceptor α2D Agmatine Molderings et al., 2000
Calcium Sensing ReceptorNPS 467; NPS 568; l-amino acids Hammerland et al., 1998; Conigrave et al., 2000b
Chemokine CXCR3IP-10; I-TAC Cox et al., 2001
Chemokine CCR5, CXCR4Trichosanthin Zhao et al., 1999
Chemokine CCR1, CCR3UCB35625 Sabroe et al., 2000
Dopamine D1 Zinc Schetz and Sibley, 1997
Dopamine D2 Amilorides, zinc Hoare and Strange, 1996; Schetz et al., 1999
Endothelin ETA Aspirin, sodium salicylate Blandin et al., 2000; Talbodec et al., 2000
GABAB CGP7930; CGP13501 Urwyler et al., 2001
Glutamate mGluR1 CPCCOEt, Ro 67-7476, Ro 01-6128; BAY36-7620 Litschig et al., 1999; Carroll et al., 2001; Knoflach et al., 2001
Glutamate mGluR5 MPEP Pagano et al., 2000;Spooren et al., 2001
Muscarinic M1–M5 Gallamine, alcuronium, brucine, dimethyl-W84 Clark and Mitchelson, 1976;Stockton et al., 1983; Knaus et al., 1991; Proska and Tucek, 1994; Lazareno and Birdsall, 1995; Traenkle et al., 1998
Neurokinin NK1 Heparin Knaus et al., 1991
Purine P2Y1 2,2′-pyridylsatogen tosylate Spedding et al., 1975; King et al., 1996
Serotonin 5-HT1B/1D 5-HT moduline Fillion et al., 1996; Massot et al., 1998
Serotonin 5-HT2A Oleamide Thomas et al., 1997
Serotonin 5-HT7 Oleamide Thomas et al., 1997; Hedlund et al., 1999