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1-4 Gibson Flashcards

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Benzimidazoles (group) BZ

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eg Thiabendazole and fenbendazole
Act against cellular integrity
Inhibitors of tubulin polymerisation
Bind beta-tubulin at growing end - prevent elongation
Deplete energy reserves
Inhibit excretion of waste
Slow starvation
Slow release boluses or prodrugs
Poorly soluble in water and given orally
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Thiabendazole

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A benzimidazole
Act against cellular integrity
Inhibitors of tubulin polymerisation
Slow

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Fenbendazole

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A benzimidazole
Act against cellular integrity
Inhibitors of tubulin polymerisation
Febantel hydrolysed to active fenbendazole
Slow
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Salicylanilides (group)

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eg Closantel
Act against cellular integrity
Uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation
Cause fall in tegument pH in liver fluke
Lipophilic H+ moiety allows to act as protonophores
Bind plasma proteins - ingested by blood sucking helminths
Lipophilic - can cross biological membranes
Similar effects on mammalian mitochondria
Slow

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Clorsulon

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Act against cellular integrity
Inhibit enzymes in glycolytic pathway
Inhibits phosphoglycerate kinase and mutase
Binds plasma proteins - blood ingesting helminths
Slow

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Praziquantel

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Act against cellular integrity
Tegument disruption and vacuolisation
Ca2+ permeabilisers - cause Ca influx 
Spastic paralysis
Slow
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Proteinases

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Act against cellular integrity
Tegument disruption
Maybe Ca2+ permeabilisers
Slow

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Organophosphates

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Affect NM coordination
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Phosphorylate active site serine residue
Alkaline secretions of host GI tract hydrolyze and inhibit them
Fast and irreversible
Pralidoxime chloride antidote - reactivates AChEs by cleaving phosphate ester bond

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Imidazothiazoles (group)

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eg levamisole
Affect NM coordination
Cholinergic agonist
Depolarisation, muscle contraction, spastic paralysis, rapid expulsion
GI helminths and lungworms
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Levamisole

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An imidazothiazole
Affect NM coordination
Cholinergic agonist
Depolarisation, muscle contraction, spastic paralysis, rapid expulsion
GI helminths and lungworms
Water solube
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Tetrahydropyrimides (group)

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eg pyrantel
Affect NM coordination
Cholinergic agonist
Depolarisation, muscle contraction, spastic paralysis, rapid expulsion
GI helminths and lungworms
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Pyrantel

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A tetrahydropyrimide
Affect NM coordination
Cholinergic agonist
Depolarisation, muscle contraction, spastic paralysis, rapid expulsion
GI helminths and lungworms
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Paraherquamide (PHQ)

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Affect NM coordination
Cholinergic antagonist
Oxindole alkaloids
Flaccid paralysis
1000fold more active at parasitic nACHR than mammalian
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Piperazine

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Affect NM coordination
Muscle hyperpolarisation
GABA agonist
Opens ligand gated Cl- channels
Flaccid paralysis
Also inhibits succinate production and depletes ATP
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Avermectins

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-Macrocyclic lactones
Affect NM coordination
Potentiation of inhibitory transmitters eg Ivermectin
Increase Cl- permeability -> hyperpolarisation and flaccid paralysis (of pharynx)
Glutamate gated Cl- channels - invertebrate specific

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Milbemycins

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Affect NM coordination

Potentiation of inhibitory transmitters

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Emodepside

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A cyclooctadepsipeptide
Affect NM coordination
Act on latrophilin-like receptor/K channels 
Hyperpolarisation and flaccid paralysis
Can form a pore/ionophore
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Amino-acetonitrile derivatives

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Affect NM coordination

Novel AChR subunits

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Triclabendazole TCBZ

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BZ selective against flukes

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Diamphenithide

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Against flukes

Increase malate concentration, so inhibit glucose metabolism

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Cysteine proteinases

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From plants - resistant to acid digestion
Attack cuticle and reduce egg production
Unlikely to become resistant
Cysteine residue hydrolyses peptide bonds in helminth proteins
Must be protected from oxidation for activity

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Carbamates

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Cholinesterase inhibitor

Carbamylate active site serine residue

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