ADMET Flashcards
What does ADMET stand for?
Pharmacokinetic Properties Absorption Distribution Metabolism Excretion Toxicity
Why are pharmacokinetic properties important?
Optimize the dosage regimen to account for individual differences who can differ in their therapeutic response and their ability to absorb and eliminate drugs.
What is absorption?
Movement of the drug molecules from the site of administration to the site of measurement (usually bloodstream).
What is distribution?
Reversible transfer of drug to and from the site of measurement.
What is metabolism?
Conversion of one chemical species to another.
What is excretion?
Irreversible loss of a drug.
What is bioavailability?
The fraction of administered drug that reaches the systemic circulation.
What affects absorption?
Routes/sites of administration
Mechanisms of drug absorption
Absorption-based DDIs
Prodrugs
If a drug has an affinity for CYP384 will it have a higher or lower bioavailability?
Lower
What organs have an effect on the First-Pass Effect(aka presytemic elimination)?
Intestines and Liver
Once a drug enters the enterocyte, it may undergo…
Metabolism
Excretion back in to the intestinal lumen
Transport into the portal vein
What are the two types of movement across a plasma membrane?
Passive Transport (Passive diffusion and Facilitated transport) Active Transport
What is the difference between Active and Passive Transport?
Passive - No energy, movement from High to Low
Active - Energy, movement from Low to Hi
Transport of most drugs occurs by facilitated diffusion. T/F
False, transport of most drugs occurs by passive diffusion.
What is Fick’s Law of Diffusion?
Net Drug Flux = Area x Partition coefficient(lipophilicity) x Diffusion coefficient(ionization states) x [Ca-Cp(concentration of drug at absorption site and concentration in plasma)] / Membrane thickness
What are some drugs that are absorbed by passive diffusion?
Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Metoprolol, and Diazepam (It looks like they all have phenyl rings and have either an amide or ester/carboxyl group. They also look relatively small (10-15 aliphatic carbons))
How does facilitated transport occur?
A special carrier or transporter molecule is used to move molecules down their concentration gradient without the use of a separate energy source.
What is an example of a drug that uses facilitated transport?
Vitamin B12 across GI membrane
What type of transporters do most drugs use?
Active transporters.
What is Influx?
Transport of substrates from extracellular spaces into cells.
What is Efflux?
Transport of substrates out of cells.
What energy source is Primary Active Transport driven by?
ATP (Ex: ABC transporters)
What energy source is Secondary Active Transport driven by?
Uses the concentration gradient of another substance such as protons, sodium ions, ionic endogenous substances. (Ex: Most SLC carriers)
Concentration gradients that drive secondary active transport are generally created by what?
Primary Active Transporters
Where are ABC transporters located?
On the Apical and basolateral(blood side) membrane of the small intestine and Liver.
On the Apical side of the Kidney.
On the basolateral side of Brain capillaries.
Where are SLC transporters located?
On the apical and basolateral side of the small intestine, kidney, brain capillaries.
On the basolateral side of the kidneys.
What are two families of trasporters?
ABC (ATP-binding cassette) Transporters
SLC (solute carrier) Transporters
SLC transporters are primarily secondary active transporters but includes some….
facilitative transporters
How does primary and secondary active transport work?
Primary active transport by the Na/K ATPase results in a concentration gradient of Na ions.
This drives secondary active transport by the Na/H exchanger.
Transport may be in the same direction, _______, or in opposite directions, _______.
symport
antiport
In active transport, rate of absorption is not directly proportional to the drug concentration in large doses. T/F
True
What is the role of active transport in GIT?
To transport charged/polar molecules
What is the requirements for active transport?
Drug should be structurally similar to the natural substrate of the transporter. Ex: Levodopa is similar(has two extra hydroxyl groups) to Phenylalanine (an amino acid)
What are ABC transporters?
Primary active transporters Efflux transporters Many are located on Apical side (helps in secretion of drugs) Physiologically widespread Extensive range of substrates
What are the ABC transporter families?
MDR (Multidrug Resistance Proteins)
MRP (Multidrug Resistance - Associated Proteins)
BCRP (Breast Cancer Resistance Proteins)
What are the members of the MDR family and the gene names?
MDR1 - ABCB1
What are the members of the MPR family and the gene names?
MRP1 - ABCC1
MRP2 - ABCC2
MRP3 - ABCC3
MRP4 - ABCC4
What are the members of the BCRP family and the gene names?
BCRP1 - ABCG2
What is MDR1 commonly known as?
P-glycoprotein (P-gp)
Where is MDR1 expressed?
In most tissues. Transports in the intestine, liver, kidney, brain, placenta, and tumor cells.
MDR1 transports a small range of molecules. T/F
False, MDR1 transports a large range of molecules.
What are some common features of P-gp substrates?
Generally lipophilic. Which implies that substrates can undergo passive diffusion.
P-gp is an important factor for chemotherapeutic drug resistance due to its…
overexpression in tumor cells.
What contributes to the low bioavailability of several compounds?
Intestinal efflux by P-gp