TABLE 4

Radiolabelled ligands of the apelin receptor

LigandAffinity (pKD)Expression SystemReference
[125I]apelin-13N.D.HEK-293 cellsFan et al., 2003
[125I](Pyr1)apelin-139.7–9.2Human/Rat tissueKatugampola et al., 2001; El Messari et al., 2004
[125I](Pyr1)[Nle75,Tyr77]apelin-138.4–10.7CHO-A10 cells/HEK-293 cellsHosoya et al., 2000; Hashimoto et al., 2005
[3H](Pyr1)[Met(O)11]apelin-138.6HEK-293 cellsMedhurst et al., 2003
[125I][Nle75,Tyr77]apelin-3611.2CHO-A10 cellsKawamata et al., 2001
  • N.D., not determined.