Table 1 Potency and relative agonistic activity (RAA) of typical MTNR ligands in mammals for medaka MTNRs

From: Vertebrates originally possess four functional subtypes of G protein-coupled melatonin receptor

Ligand

MTNR1a

MTNR1b

MTNR1c

MTNR1a-like

Potency (M)

RAA (%)

Potency (M)

RAA (%)

Potency (M)

RAA (%)

Potency (M)

RAA (%)

Melatonin

4.8 ± 2.0 × 10−10

100 ± 3.8

1.9 ± 0.49 × 10−9

100 ± 4.4

6.2 ± 0.61 × 10−11

100 ± 1.8

2.2 ± 0.63 × 10−8

100 ± 2.9

2-Iodo melatonin

2.7 ± 1.7 × 10−11

95.8 ± 6.9

3.9 ± 0.32 × 10−11

101.4 ± 2.8

1.3 ± 0.39 × 10−11

111.8 ± 3.2

4.0 ± 1.1 × 10−10

69.3 ± 6.8

4P-PDOT

4.7 ± 0.63 × 10−9

67.4 ± 6.1

NC

ND

NC

ND

1.2 ± 0.24 × 10−7

68.7 ± 6.4

Luzindole

3.3 ± 0.21 × 10−7

68.2 ± 3.8

NC

ND

NC

117.6 ± 11.5

NC

83.1 ± 13.4

  1. NC: not calculable (low activity, but its concentration-response curve did not reach maximum levels).
  2. ND: not detected.