A-796260 is a compound that acts as a potent and selective cannabinoid CB2 receptor agonist. The analgesic effects of A-796260 on activity-induced pain behavior were evaluated in a rat model, the results demonstrated that A-796260 may be a useful new pharmacological compound for further studying CB2 receptor pharmacology and for evaluating its role in the modulation of pain.

A-769662 stimulates partially purified rat liver AMPK with EC50 with 0.8 uM. A-769662 activates AMPK purified from multiple tissues and species in a dose-responsive manner with modest variations in observed EC50s. EC50s determined for A-769662 using partially purified AMPK extracts from rat heart, rat muscle, or human embryonic kidney cells (HEKs) are 2.2 uM, 1.9 uM, or 1.1 uM, respectively. A 4 hours treatment of primary rat hepatocytes with A-769662 dose-dependently increases ACC phosphorylation, which correlated inhibition of fatty acid synthesis with IC50 of 3.2 uM. A-769662 also inhibits fatty acid sythesis in mouse hepatocytes with IC50 with 3.6 uM. A-769662 activates AMPK both allosterically and by inhibiting dephosphorylation of AMPK on Thr-172, similar to the effects of AMP. A-769662 inhibits proteasomal function by an AMPK-independent mechanism. A-769662 affects the in vitro activity of purified 26S proteasomes but not the in vitro activity of purified 20S proteasomes. A-769662 has toxic effects on MEF cells. A recent research shows A-769662 inhibited cell proliferation and DNA synthesis.

A-841720, a novel, potent and non-competitive mGluR1 antagonist in models of pain and of motor and cognitive function, is being under development by Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH. It is a selective non-competitive mGlu1 receptor antagonist (IC50: 10 nM); showing 34-fold selectivity over mGluR5 and no significant activity at other mGluR receptors, neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels, and transporters. A-841720 demonstrated full efficacy in various in vivo animal pain models.

A-803467 is a selective NaV1.8 channel blocker with IC50 of 8 nM, blocks tetrodotoxin-resistant currents, exhibits >100-fold selectivity against human NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.5, and NaV1.7. A-803467 reduces behavioral measures of chronic pain. Systemic administration of A-803467 demonstrated acute antinociceptive activity as measured as a reduction in mechanical allodynia in several models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain in rats. Additionally, systemic and intraspinal delivery of A-803467 attenuates both evoked and spontaneous firing of wide dynamic range neurons in rats with spinal nerve ligations.

A bone resorption inhibitor, A-75943, isolated from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces sp. SANK 61296, was found to be structurally related to cycloheximide, from which A-75943 was prepared chemically. A-75943 inhibited in vitro bone resorption in a concentration-dependent manner, with maximal nontoxic inhibition greater than 90% at 5ug/ml and an IC50 of 0.35uM.