[3S] Protein Synthesis Inhibitors PPT Flashcards
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Selectively inhibit bacterial protein synthesis
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
___ ribosomes in bacteria
___ ribosomes in mammalians
70S
80S
Basis for selective toxicity against microorganisms without causing major effects on mammalian cells
• Differences
• Ribosomal subunits
• Chemical composition
• Functional specificities of component nucleic acids and proteins
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors MOA
• Bacteriostatic
• Bactericidal – Oxazolidinones and Pleuromutilins
• Simple and distinctive structure
• Effective orally as well as parenterally
Chloramphenicol
MOA
Inhibits microbial protein synthesis and is bacteriostatic against most susceptible organisms.
It binds reversibly to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome and inhibits peptide bond formation
Chloramphenicol
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
Active against both aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.
Chloramphenicol
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
• Bacteriostatic
• Bactericidal - strains of H, influenzae, N. meningitidis, and some strains of Bacteroides
Chloramphenicol
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
Not active against Chlamydia species.
Chloramphenicol
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
Resistance is plasmid-mediated
• formation of chloramphenicol acetyltransferases
Chloramphenicol
CLINICAL USES
Rickettsial infections: typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Chloramphenicol
CLINICAL USES
Alternative to a β-lactam antibiotic for treatment of bacterial meningitis occurring in patients who have major hypersensitivity reactions to penicillin
Chloramphenicol
PKINETICS: CHLORAMPHENICOL
___ formulation: chloramphenicol succinate (prodrug) -> hydrolyzed to yield free chloramphenicol
IV
PKINETICS
Widely distributed to virtually all tissues and body fluids, including the central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid
✔ Concentration in the brain tissue may be equal to that in serum
Chloramphenicol
PKINETICS
Penetrates cell membranes readily; readily cross the placental and blood-brain barriers
Chloramphenicol
PKINETICS
Inactived by:
(1) conjugation with glucuronic acid or
(2) reduction to inactive aryl amines
Chloramphenicol
Chloramphenicol excretion
Urine, small amount into bile & feces
TOXICITY
- Gastrointestinal disturbances
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea - Oral or vaginal candidiasis due to alteration of normal microbial flora
Chloramphenicol
TOXICITY
- Bone marrow
• Inhibition of red cell maturation
• dose-dependent and reversible
• Aplastic anemia rare idiosyncratic reaction
• usually irreversible
• may be fatal
Chloramphenicol
TOXICITY: CHLORAMPHENICOL
• Lacks effective glucuronic acid conjugation mechanism for the degradation and detoxification
• Vomiting, flaccidity, hypothermia, gray color, shock, and vascular collapse
Gray Baby Syndrome
DRUG INTERACTIONS
• Inhibits hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes
• Increasing the elimination half-lives of drugs
• Phenytoin
• Tolbutamide
• Chlorpropamide
• Warfarin
Chloramphenicol
Tetracyclines = Bacteriostatic or Bactericidal?
Bacteriostatic
MOA
Bind reversibly to the 30S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, blocking the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the acceptor site on the mRNA-ribosome complex and prevents addition of amino acids to the growing peptide
Tetracyclines
PKINETICS
Absorption:
• _____% for tetracycline and demeclocycline
• _____% for doxycycline and minocycline
60–70
95–100