Biological Activity
Piclidenoson (IB-MECA) is an agonist of the adenosine A3 receptor with EC50 values of 0.11 μM.
In Vitro
Piclidenoson has been shown to play important roles in cell proliferation and apoptosis in a variety of cancer cell lines. ThePiclidenoson was capable of decreasing intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) that was the reason for the presence of functional A3 adenosine receptor on the cell lines. Piclidenoson significantly reduced cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Piclidenoson, an A3AR agonist, inhibits the growth of different cancer cell types like melanoma, colon, breast, leukemia, and prostatePiclidenoson was able to inhibit forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels with an EC50 value of 0.82 μM in OVCAR-3 cells. Piclidenoson was able to inhibit forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels with an EC50 value of 1.2 μM in Caov-4 cells.
In Vivo
Administrations of single intraperitoneal doses of either Piclidenoson 0.5 h post-irradiation resulted in statistically significant increases of MST in comparison with the control irradiated mice.[2]
References & source
Published experimental findings depend on the model and assay conditions. They do not guarantee equivalent performance in every application. For laboratory research use only.