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The two Hh-signaling antagonists, KAAD-cyclopamine and Cur61414, have shown decreased potency on Smo act-expressing cells, leading to the speculation that they may bind this mutant form of Smo less well than the wild-type form [ 11 17 ] . We sought to determine whether the Hh agonist binds Smo actwith a higher affinity, an observation seen with certain ligands and constitutively active mutants of GPCRs [ 29 ] . To perform this experiment, we isolated membranes from cells transfected with a cDNA construct encoding a tryptophan-to-leucine mutation at residue 539 (W539L) of murine Smo.
Due to the low potency of 5-HT on these receptors, only a portion of the concentration response curve could be determined (up to 1 mM).
With the exception of vitamin C, the potency of these antioxidants as cytoprotective (anti-apoptotic) agents, appears to exceed their inherent ability to quench the specific oxidant stimulus.
Interestingly, because of the potency of siRNA in some organisms, it has been proposed that they may be replicated by a cellular RdRP activity, although this has been debated [ 4 ] . Furthermore, since dsRNA is known to be a potent inducer of the interferon pathway [ 5 6 ] , it is important to know whether this also occurs in cells in which antisense dsRNA has been introduced.
The rank order of potency of the drugs studied were; etorphine > hydromorphone > dezocine > xorphanol = nalorphine = butorphanol = lofentanil > metazocine > nalbuphine > cyclazocine > fentanyl > morphine >>>> β-endorphin.
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