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AWABS - Enzymes and Nuclear receptors Flashcards

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Methods by which drugs work

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Physico-chemical properties
Receptor interaction
Enzyme interaction

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Examples of medications which work via physico-chemical properties

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Mannitol
Chelators - eg sugammadex

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Examples of receptor types which can be targeted by medications

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Ionic channels
Metabotropic receptors eg cyclic amp G protein coupled

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Enzyme definition

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Biological catalyst which speeds up reaction but not consumed within the reaction itself

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5
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Carbonic anhydrase enzyme catalyses which reaction

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CO2 + H2O -> H2CO3 -> H+ + HCO3-

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6
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Location of carbonic anhydrase

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Widespread inc:
RBCs
Eye
Stomach
Pancreas
Kidney

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Role of carbonic anhydrase

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Allows respiratory and metabolic / renal systems to compensate for acid-base imbalance

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Example of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor

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Acetazolamide

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9
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Examples of reversible enzyme inhibitors

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ACEi
Neostigmine
Allopurinol
Carbidopa

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10
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Examples of irreversible enzyme inhibitors

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Aspirin (COX-2)
Organophosphates
MAO inhibitors
PPI

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Commonly used drugs which enhance enzyme activity

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None common

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Common enzymes which are increased in NUMBER (not activity) by drugs

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Cytochrome P450 class

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Novichok mechanism of action

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Group of agents which irreversibly inhibit acetylcholinesterase

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Short acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

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Eg Edrophonium

Used to diagnose myasthenia gravis and differentiate from “myasthenic” and “cholinergic crisis” (Tensilon test)

Binds weakly to serine site of acetylcholinesterase and causes allosteric change

Duration of 10-30 mins

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Medium acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

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Eg Neostigmine

Duration of action 2-3 hours – well matched to exceed half life of NDMR

Routine reversal of neuromuscular blockade and treatment of MG

Binds esteratic site of Acetylcholinesterase

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Long-acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

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Eg Ecothiopate – only clinical application

Novichok is another example, along with other organophosphates

Seen in pesticides and chemical warfare

Stable and irreversible covalent integration to enzyme acetylcholinesterase

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Neostigmine structure

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Has quaternary nitrogen and therefore polar

Does not cross blood brain barrier

18
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Physostigmine structure

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Has a tertiary nitrogen and less polar

Has CNS effects

19
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Muscarinic symptoms

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(SLUDGE M)

Seen with organophosphate / long acting acetylcholinesterase inhibition:
* Salivation
* Lacrimation
* Urination
* Diarrhoea
* GI upset
* Emesis
* Miosis

20
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Cholinergic symptoms

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Severe weakness
Inc respiratory muscle weakness - SOB

21
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Michaelis-Menten equation

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V= rate of reaction
V max = max possible rate of reaction
[S] = substrate concentration
Km is a constant

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Michaelis-Menten equation use

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Predicts rate of a biological reaction according to the concentration of substrate and the characteristics of the enzyme involved

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Interpretation of Michaelis-Menten equation at low substrate concentrations

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At low substrate concentrations the “+ [S]” aspect becomes negligible and equation becomes Vmax/Km (which is a constant) x [S].

Therefore V is proportional to substrate concentration – This is First order reaction (rate is proportional to substrate concentration)

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Interpretation of Michaelis-Menten equation at high substrate concentrations

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The Km constant becomes almost insignificant.

Therefore increasing substrate concentration will no longer increase rate of reaction.

This is Zero order reaction.

Tendency for substrate accumulation in these reactions

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Examples of Zero order reactions

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Phenytoin
Alcohol
Warfarin
Amiodarone

26
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Michaelis-Menten graph

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27
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Zero order reaction graph

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28
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Example of drug / hormone which acts at nucleus receptor

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Thyroid hormones and glucocorticoids

T4 main storage form, T3 active form which transports across lipid bilayer
Alters protein, carbohydrate and fat metabolism
Controls basal metabolic rate

29
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Features that drugs / hormones acting at nuclear receptors require in order to pass through cell membrane

 

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Non-polar / non-charged
Small and lipid soluble

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