Table 1

Potency of small molecule TLR agonists in activating TLR7- and TLR8-mediated NF-κB activity in transfected human HEK293 cells.

Compound
Minimum effective concentration (MEC, μM) for NFκB activation (a)
TLR selectivity (b)




TLR7
TLR8


3M-006
Inactive (100)
Inactive (100)
None
3M-003
0.1
1
TLR7/8 @ 1 μM
852A
3
100
TLR7 @ 3 μM
3M-002
10
1
TLR8 @ 5 μM

(a) Transfection of HEK293 cells with TLR7 or TLR8, and assessment of IRM-induced NFκB activation was performed as previously described [6]. Potency is defined as the concentration required to induce an increase in NFκB activation. MEC, minimal effective concentration, is the lowest concentration required to observe a 2-fold increase above the vehicle control.

(b) Selectivity is defined as preferential signaling through TLR7 or TLR8 at a specified concentration of the TLR agonists.

Hanten et al. BMC Immunology 2008 9:39   doi:10.1186/1471-2172-9-39