Lecture 10 - Effects Of Drugs And Chemcials On The Nephron Part 2 Flashcards

1
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How else apart from toxins can inflammation occur?

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As a result of chronic conditions like diabetes

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What does inflammation of the kidneys tubules do?

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Leads to damage to the glomerular filtration barrier. Either due to edema or by infiltration of the inflammatory cells

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3
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What is edema?

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It is swelling due to too much fluid

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What happens when the filtration barrier loses its integrity due to inflammation?

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Start to see large molecules like proteins appearing in the tubular fluid and into the urine

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What happens to long term damage of the glomerular due to inflammation?

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Get thickening of the Barrier as a result of fibrotic tissue (kidney fibrosis) which reduces the GFR rate

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What could kidney fibrosis also cause?

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Could become too thick and block the glomerular all together - meaning there is less space for the plasma to flow through capillaries - resulting in glomerulus death

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What is an example for a toxin that gets taken by the podocytes?

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Bucillamine - cells that wrap around the basal laminar - kill podocytes

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8
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What is the collecting duct surrounded by?

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Tight junctions - water can not move in and out normally it has additional processes that help

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What can amphotericin B do in the loop of henle?

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It can form smaller pores in the apical membrane of the loop of henle.

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10
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What happens to amphotericin B as filtrate volume drops?

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It increases rapidly

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What happens when you start to see amphotericin B pores in the membrane? - Amphotericin treatment

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causes leakages of K+ and Mhg2+ in the PCT, loss of the ability to excrete protons in the collecting cut

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12
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What is lithium usually given to people for?

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Treatment for bipolar disorder. It interferes with the vasosupressin system

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What does ADH (vasosupressin do)?

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Inserts water pores in the collecting duct cells membrane to enable reabsorption of solute free water from the collecting duct

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14
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Where is ADH released from?

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Pituitary

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What happens when ADH binds to the collecting duct cells?

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It triggers a second mechanism system which triggers the release of water pores from storage vesicles, aquaporin 2 can then exocytose the vesicle (now have a gate way for water to move)

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16
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What does lithium do that is bad for the collecting duct?

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When it enters the collecting duct cell it directly interferes with the second messenger signal.

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17
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What are the 3 fates of tubular handling?

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Filtered,
filtered then reabsorbed,
filtered and secreted

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18
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What is the filtered fate?

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It is left untouched by the nephron - amount excreted = amount filtered e.g. inulin creatinine

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19
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What is the filtered and reabsorbed fate?

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Amount excreted less then amount filtered e.g. glucose amino acids Na+

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20
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What is the filtered and secreted fate?

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Amount excreted is more than amount filtered e.g. PAH drug molecular and metabolic end products

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21
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What converts chemicals from small to high MW?

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Small lipid chemicals

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22
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How this process done? - small lipid molecules converting chemicals from small to high MW

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2 step process:
1 - cytochromosomes p450, ADH and esterases introduce a functional group into the chemical
2 - transferases attach covalently a large water soluble molecule eg sulphate - creating conjugation

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23
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What is the down side of the process? - small lipid molecules converting small to high MW?

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The activated chemical can turn a non toxic chemical into a toxic one. Introducing a functional group can make the compound more reactive and bind to proteins. Alterations the function

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24
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What is an example for heavy metal?

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Mercury

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25
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What organ is the principle site of action for toxicity of mercury and other heavy metals?

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The kidneys

26
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What happens once mercury is inside you?

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Easily oxidised to the inorganic form which can be absorbed through various routes and is very damaging

27
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What happens if mercury is methylated?

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If it becomes methyl mercury it is very toxic and can pass through cell membranes more easily

28
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What is glutathione?

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Is one of the water soluble high molecular compounds that is used for metabolism but also as an antioxidant (designed to protect against reactive oxygen species)

29
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What type of peptide is glutathione?

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It is tripeptide - reacting with anti oxygen species or electrical chemicals - heavy metals as well

30
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What does mercury target once in the body?

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It takes the par recta which contains the metabolic activity

31
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How does mercury in the target the pars recta?

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It binds to glutathione by the sub hydrol groups in the liver, it is then taken up into the PCT from reabsorption as it looks like a small protein

32
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What occurs when mercury is in the pCT?

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Acute toxicity - cellular necrosis in the pars recta

33
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What is cadmium?

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It is used in the electronic industry - present as an environmental contamination

34
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What is cadmium excreted as?

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As metallothionein complex

35
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Where is cadmium synthesised?

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In the liver and this is where it makes the metallomethionein complex

36
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Where does the complex go?

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It gets taken up by the kidneys and cadmium is broken down from the complex

37
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What happens when cadmium is free from the complex?

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It can cause damage leading to toxicity

38
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What are many haloalkenes?

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They are nephrotoxins producing proximal renal tubular damage

39
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What is an example of haloalkenes?

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1,1 dichloroethene

40
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What are haloalkenes associated with?

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The bio activation via the cysteine conjugate Beta lyase pathway

41
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What is hexachlorobutadiene?

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It is an electrophilic Chemical so glutathione binds to it — synthesis in the liver ( a water soluble chemical ) pumped into the bile

42
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Where does the bile end up?

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In the GI tract as bile is an emulsifier it is released in the GI tract upstream of the absorption site

43
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What happens once the bile is in the GI tract?

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It ends up in the kidney in the PCT cells - an enzyme called beta lyase converts it into DNA reactive metabolite which causes damage to the PCT cells

44
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What is aristolochic acid (AA) characterised by?

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Interstitial nephritis - associated with upper urinary tract cancers at later stages of

45
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What is AA believed to be?

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A causative agent and is secreted by PCT cells

46
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What is the mechanism for AA?

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Caused by local metabolism in the kidney and in the liver - leading to formation of a number of active metabolites

47
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What is a key active metabolite?

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Artisolactam I or II

48
Q

What is vasodilation mediated by in the control of GFR?

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Mediated by prostaglandin release

49
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What is vasoconstriction mediated by in the control of GFR rate?

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Renin-angiotensin system

50
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What do calcineurin inhibitors do?

A

Increase renin synthesis and decrease PGE2 and COX2

51
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What do NSAIDS do?

A

Decrease PEG2 release

52
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What do ACE inhibitors do?

A

Decrease all synthesis

53
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What is related to ischaemic cells death?

A

NSAIDS

54
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What gives a measure of renal function?

A

Creatinine clearance

55
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Where is the basal Lamar?

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The mesh of the filtration barrier which sites between the endothelial cells and the podocytes

56
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What is the basal Lamar made of?

A

It is made of collagen

57
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What does it mean if you detect collagen in the urine?

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The glomerular is damaged

58
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Where is the alpha sub family found?

A

In the pars recta

59
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Where is the gamma sub family found?

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In the distal tubule

60
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What is the kidney injury molecule -1 (KMI-1)?

A

A transmembrane glycoprotein

61
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What is a novel biomarkers for the glomerulus?

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The basal Lamar