We previously developed cyclic ADP-carbocyclic ribose (cADPcR,
2) as a stable mimic of cyclicADP-ribose (cADPR,
1), a Ca
2+-mobilizing second messenger. A series of the N1-ribose modified cADPcRanalogues, designed as novel stable mimics of cADPR, which were the 2' '-deoxy analogue
3, the3' '-deoxy analogue
4, the 3' '-deoxy-2' '-
O-(methoxymethyl) analogue
5, the 3' '-
O-methyl analogue
6, the2' ',3' '-dideoxy analogue
7, and the 2' ',3' '-dideoxydidehydro analogue
8, were successfully synthesizedusing the key intramolecular condensation reaction with phenylthiophosphate-type substrates. Weinvestigated the conformations of these analogues and of cADPR and found that steric repulsion betweenboth the adenine and N9-ribose moieties and between the adenine and N1-ribose moieties was adeterminant of the conformation. The Ca
2+-mobilizing effects were evaluated systematically using threedifferent biological systems, i.e., sea urchin eggs, NG108-15 neuronal cells, and Jurkat T-lymphocytes.The relative potency of Ca
2+-mobilization by these cADPR analogues varies depending on the cell-typeused: e.g., 3' '-deoxy-cADPcR (
4) > cADPcR (
2) > cADPR (
1) in sea urchin eggs; cADPR (
1)
cADPcR(
2)
3' '-deoxy-cADPcR (
4) in T-cells; and cADPcR (
2) > cADPR (
1) > 3' '-deoxy-cADPcR (
4) in neuronalcells, respectively. These indicated that the target proteins and/or the mechanism of action of cADPR insea urchin eggs, T-cells, and neuronal cells are different. Thus, this study represents an entry to cell-typeselective cADPR analogues, which can be used as biological tools and/or novel drug leads.