Lecture 5- Adjunct Analgesics 3 Flashcards
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Proteinases
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- enzymes that hydrolyse peptide bonds in proteins
- Generate physiologically active peptides
- Coagulation cascade
- Inflammation
- Tissue destruction/remodelling
- Signal pain
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Types of proteinases + function
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- Metalloproteinases
- Aspartic proteinases
- Cysteine proteinases
- Threonine proteinases
- Serine proteinases
- All attack specific substrate residues in the protein
- Serine proteinases involved in pain
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Proteinase Activated Receptors (PARs)
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- GPCRs
- extracellular loop, has ligand binding domain
1. tethered ligand sequence won’t bind due to amino group
proteinase will selectively degrade tail piece, remove it and expose the tether ligand sequence —> can bind
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PAR activation by peptide ligands
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- activated: N terminus removed
- could cleave upstream of tether ligand sequence —> disarm the receptor
- antagonists that block the extracellular loop (competitive)
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Types of PARs + function
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6
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Osteoarthritis (OA)
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- most common form of arthritis
- degenerative disease
- destruction elicited by serine proteinases
- could serine proteinases be one ource of OA pain?
- proteinase inhibitors: constitutively expressed
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Role of neutrophil elastase in joint pain
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- produced in neutrophils
- weight bearing: animals sit on hind legs, underneath paws are force plates, see how much weight he bears on each leg
- von frey hair algesiometer: filament applied to hind paw of increasing forces, see when they withdraw
- give neutrophil elastase into local joint:
- weight bearing: animal shifts weight over from injected leg, pain response lasts for like 24 hr
- VFH: give NE into joint, animal feels pain in that leg, referred pain/secondary allodynia (pain felt in place thats not the site)
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Role of mast cell tryptase in joint pain (hindlimb weight bearing)
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- tryptase injected into knee joint
- reduction in hindlimb weight bearing (caused pain)
- effect reduced in TRPV1 knockout mice
- animal feels pain in response to tryptase
tryptase has its effect through TRPV1 dependent mechanism
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Effect of mast cell tryptase on tactile allodynia
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- tryptase injected into knee joint
- reduction in paw touch sensitivity (caused allodynia)
- effect reduced in TRPV1 KO mice
- tactile allodynia: reduce amount of force required for response, TRPV1 dependent mechanism
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Potential role of PAR2
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- give PAR2 activating peptide (ligrlo), there is peripheral sensitization —> driving the pain response
- cleavage/activation of PAR 2 with synthetic ligand was able to sensitize joint afferents leading to pain response
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Mechanism of proteinase signalling via PAR2
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- par2 on sensory nerve terminals
- PAR2 cleavage leads to activation of TRPV1 —> release of inflammatory neuropeptides
- Substance P binds to NK1 receptors —> peripheral sensitization of pain
12
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Mechanism of proteinase signalling via PAR 1
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- analgesic
- cleaved by thrombin
- cleavage —> released of endogenous opioids (endomorphin 1) —> binds to mu opioid receptors —> desensitization of nerve terminal —> analgesia
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Mechanism of proteinase signalling via PAR 4
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- hyperalgesic and analgesic
- cleaved by thrombin and cathespsin G
- activate or inhibit PAR4 on nerve terminal
- can also cleave mast cells —> bradykinin —> B2 receptors —> pain
- in joints —> peripheral sensitization of pain
- GI —> analgesic
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Cytokines
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- extracellular signalling molecules (8-30kDa)
- mostly water soluble
- synthesis activated by mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)
- Interleukins (IL-): 1-35
- Transforming growth factors (TGF-)
- Interferons (IFN-)
- Tumor necrosis factors (TNF-)
- Chemokines (CC, CXC, others)
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IL-1alpha and IL-1beta
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act on IL-1R1
- interleukins increase in production during inflammation and injury
- decrease in mechanosensitivity threshold = increase pain
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Activation of TNF receptors
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- leukocyte expressing mTNF
- binds TNF-R2 on target cell : direct activation
- TNFR1: requires presence of TACE
- TACE works at TNF-r1 and mTNF
- TACE causes cleavage of TNFR1: circulating freely in blood
- mTNF + TACE= dissociated, circulates as soluble TNF —> binds to form complex, activates target cell
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TNF-a blockers
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- 2 ways of blocking:
1. soluble receptors: binds TNF-a, TNF-a no longer able to bind to target site on tissue
2. monoclonal ab: bind TNF-a, can no longer activate receptor - decreases acute flares and pain
- can reverse disease
- usually taken with methotrexate
- works in 2/3 patients
- efficacy decreases over time
Side effects
- fever
- infection
- COST $
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How are biosimilars made?
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- take ab, clone it into a vector, vectors can be infected into host cell
- culture the cells, purify the shit, formulate the end product
- potential for problems
- more quality control required
