Anti Cancer Drug Flashcards
Cancer is
Abnormal proliferation of body cells
What are the phases of cells cycle
G0 phase : resting phase
G1 phase : organelle duplication
S1 phase : chromosome replication
G2 phase : enzyme and protein production for mitosis
M phase: mitosis occurs and daughter cell is formed that is two cells are produced
Classes of anti cancer drugs
Alkylating drugs
Mechanism of action of alkylating drugs
Exchange hydrogen bond to aklyl bond in guanine nucleotide of the dna
Example of alkylating drugs
Cisplatin and cyclophosphamide
A pro drug with MOA of causing akyl bond in guanine is
Cyvlophosamide
Cyclophosphamide is given through
Orally
Cisplatin is given through
I V
Ciplastin is an alkylating agent for cancer but does not bear an ———— group
Akyl group
The major site of alkylation agent of cancer in dna is
N7 position of guanine
Alkylating agents attacks what neuclotide in dna
Guanine ( at N7 position)
Alkylating agents are what type of cell cycle specificity ??
Non cell specific agents
Alkylating agents are defined as
Non cells specific anti cancer drugs that forms an alkyl bond on N7 of guanine which leads to a crosslinking
Antimetabolites are defines as
Cell specific anti cancer drugs that inhibit synthesis of nucleotide or inhibit synthesis of enzyme that produces nucleotide
Drugs that are anti metabolites includes
5-flurouracil
Methotrexate
Anti metabolites are very active at ——-phase of cell cycle
At S phase
5-FU ( 5-fluorouracil) is what type of drug and it’s mechanism of action
It’s an anti metabolites drugs for cancer
It inhibits thymidilate synthase an enzyme that converts dUMP to dTMP in thymine synthesis of dna structure
5-FU is active at what cell cycle
S phase of the cell cycle
5-FU is used in the treatment of
Colon surgery especially
, rectal surgery
Methotrexate is a drug used for
Cancer
Methotrexate mechanism of action is
It inhibits dihydrofolate reductase in the folic acid metabolism of dna
Anti tumor antibiotics are chemically synthesised from the bacteria ———-
Streptomyces peucetius
Anti tumor antibiotics mechanism of action of cancer
1) It binds to dna and prevents uncoiling of the dna strands
2) it inhibits topoisomerase which produce helicase for unwinding
3) it produce toxic radicals that causes single and double stranded dna breakage
Anti tumor antibiotics include
Doxorubicin and Epirubicin
Doxorubicin is what type of drug
An anti tumor drug in cancer that prevents uncoiling of dna strands
Inhibition of uncoiling of dna strands in cancer can be done by what drug
Doxorubicin and epirubicin
Doxorubicin and epirubicin are different in that
Doxorubicin has more cardio toxicity that epirubicin
They (Mitotic inhibitors ) interfere with the normal activity of microtubles and bring about a prolongled mitotic arrest. This in turn activates the —————.
Spindle assembly checkpoint
Mitotic toxins in anti cancer drugs (what is their mechanism of action)
Binding to Tubulin which is a major constituent of microtubule used as spindle fiber in mitosis