Adrenergics I Flashcards
Dopamine is important in the regulation of:
Sodium excretion and renal function
Chemical structure of the catechol nucleus:
3,4 dihydroxyl benzene ring
Mechanisms of Indirect agonism:
1) Displacement and release of stored catecholamines
2) Inhibition of catecholamine reuptake
3) Blockade of metabolic enzymes
Differences in between non-catecholamines and catecholamines:
Less efficacious
Lipid soluble, penetrate the BBB (no OH)
Well absorbed orally
Longer duration of action (resistant to COMT)
MAO degradation of neurotransmitters occurs in the:
nerve terminal cytoplasm
MAO resistant neurotransmitter enter the nerve via this transporter:
Vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT)
NE in the extra-synaptic space and circulating epinephrine are metabolized by:
COMT (Extraneuronal uptake)
The principal metabolite of norepinephrine in the brain:
3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl glycol
The end-stage catecholamine metabolite ___ is excreted via the ____:
Vanilyllmandelic acid (VMA); urine
Stimulation of these alpha receptors leads to vasoconstriction:
Post-junctional Alpha-1 and Alpha-2
Stimulation of these alpha receptors leads to vasodilation:
Pre-junctional Alpha receptors
Endothelial Alpha-2
Beta-2 stimulation leads to ___ of muscle due to phosphorylation of ____:
relaxation; myosin light chain kinase (MLCK)
The dopamine receptors that stimulate adenylyl cyclase:
D1 and D5
Dopamine receptors inhibition adenylyl cyclase:
D2 (hyperpolarization)
D3 and D4
The most powerful stimulant of liver glycolysis:
Epinephrine
The most powerful stimulant of muscle glycolysis:
Isoproterenol
α1 > α2»_space;> β
Phenylephrine
Methoxamine
α2 > α1 »_space;> β
clonidine and methyldopa:
α1 = α2; β1»_space;> β2
Norepinephrine
α1 = α2; β1 = β2
epinephrine
β1 > β2»_space;> α
Dobutamine
β1 = β2»_space;> α
Isoproterenol
β2»_space; β1»_space;> α
terbutaline and albuterol
D1 = D2»_space; β»_space; α
Dopamine
D1»_space; D2
Fenoldopam
Best choice for cardiogenic shock:
Dopamine
Tachyphylaxis desensitization is exemplified by:
indirectly acting sympathomimetic drugs
Two categories of GPCR mediated desensitization:
Homologous (arrestin)
Heterologous (phosphorylation)
The parent compound of catecholamines, ___, is composed of:
phenylethylamine; benzene ring + ethylamine with terminal amino group
Dopamine structure is a catechol nucleus + ___:
ethylamine