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Anti-Metabolites Lapinsky Flashcards

1
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What type of drugs are the anti metabolites?

A

CCS drugs (S Phase)

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2
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What is the rate limiting step in overall DNA synthesis?

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Thymidylate Synthase

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3
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What enzyme does methotrexate inhibit?

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DHFR

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4
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What is the active metabolite of 5-FU?

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5F-dUMP

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5
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What does 5F-dUMP function as?

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Irreversible, covalent inhibitor of Thymidylate Synthase

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6
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Why can’t cancer cells tell the difference between dUMP and 5-FdUMP?

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The size of F and H are roughly the same

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7
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The bond strength of C5-F is __C5-H

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8
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What does the natural mechanism of Thymidylate synthase involve?

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Enzyme breaking the C5-H bond

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9
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What bond can Thymidylate synthase (TS) not break?

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C5-F

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10
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When should you give leucovorin with 5-FU?

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Give 60 mins before 5-FU

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11
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What is the cofactor needed for TS to work?

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Business folate (5,10-CH2THF)

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12
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What is leucovorin a precursor of?

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Business folate

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13
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What is needed for TS and 5-FdUMP to work?

A

Business folate

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14
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5-FU drug action= cancer cells are said to die a “__________”

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Thymine-less death

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15
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How is capecitabine taken?

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Orally

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16
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How is Floxuridine and 5-Fluorouracil taken?

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By injection

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17
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True or false: normal healthy cells have more thymidine phosphorylase than cancer cells

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False

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18
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What does capecitabine display better than floxuridine and 5-fluorouracil?

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Selective toxicity

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19
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What enzyme is responsible for carrying out the natural detoxifying metabolite of fluoro-pyrimidine?

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DihydroPyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD)

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20
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What gene codes for DPD?

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DPYD

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21
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What can patients experience if they don’t have the DPYD gene?

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5-FdUMP mediated toxicity (myelosuppression)

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22
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What does methotrexate antagonize or block the actions of?

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Folic acid (folate)

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23
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Folic acid derivatives are generally used in what kind of reactions?

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One carbon transfer reactions

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24
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What is folic acids primary function in the body?

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Acts as a cofactor for enzymes that catalyze one carbon transfer reactions

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25
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What 2 amino acids can act as anti-folates and inhibit protein and enzyme synthesis?

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  1. Serine
  2. Methionine
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26
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What 2 things can act as anti-folates and inhibit DNA and RNA synthesis and repair?

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  1. Thymidine
  2. Purines (A,G)
27
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The anti folates work by targeting and inhibiting what enzyme?

A

DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase)

28
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Anti folates are cytotoxic during what phase?

A

S phase (DNA and RNA synthesis)

29
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What can leucovorin also be referred to as?

A

Folinic acid

30
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True or False: Leucovorin can go to a business folate only if DHFR is intact

31
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Methotrexate binds to DHFR _____ times stronger than the natural substrates folic acid and dihydrofolate

32
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What 3 things is DHFR involved in the synthesis of?

A
  1. dTMP
  2. Purines and pyrimidines
  3. Select amino acids
33
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High dose methotrexate therapy is traditionally followed by what?

A

Leucovorin rescue

34
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What does leucovorin get directly converted to?

A

Tetrahydrofolate (THF)

35
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Methotrexate kills via what theory?

A

Rate theory

36
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True or false: leucovorin does not show selectivity in its “rescue” properties

37
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What cannot be used as rescue therapy after high dose methotrexate treatment?

A

Folic acid

38
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What can be used in accidental cases of methotrexate overdoses?

A

Leucovorin

39
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The more biologically active enantiomer of leucovorin

A

Levoleucovorin

40
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True or false: methotrexate doses used for treating cancer are much lower than those used for RA or psoriasis

41
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What is the frequency of MTX doses for treating RA or psoriasis given?

42
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How is MTX given in order to treat cancer?

A

Intrathecally

43
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What formulation should you use when administering MTX?

A

Preservative free

44
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What are two ADRs for MTX?

A
  1. Nephrotoxicity
  2. Crystalluria
45
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Where are high dose anti folates generally cleared?

A

In the kidneys

46
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What 2 things must be given to patients that are on high dose MTX therapy?

A
  1. Hydration
  2. IV sodium bicarbonate
47
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The unionized form of MTX has a ___ H2O solubility

48
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The unionized form of MTX has a ___ risk for MTX crystalluria

49
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The ionized form of MTX has a ___ H2O solubility

50
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The ionized form of MTX has a ___ risk for MTX crystalluria

51
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What is the MTX antidote last resort?

A

Glucarpidase

52
Q

Glucarpidase

53
Q

How is Voraxaze cleared?

A

By the liver

54
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What is the disadvantage to VORAXAZE?

55
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What are 5 drug interactions associated with high dose methotrexate?

A
  1. High dose Salicylate NSAIDs
  2. PPIs
  3. Sulfonamides
  4. Beta lactam antibiotics
  5. Probenacid
56
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Organic acids can compete with MTX in the kidney for what?

A

Organic Acid Transporter Proteins (OATs)

57
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What can the organic acid drugs do to the clearance of MTX?

A

Decrease the renal clearance of MTX and increase MTX nephrotoxicity

58
Q

What drug is clinically indicated for the treatment of mesothelioma?

A

Pemetrexed

59
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What 3 enzymes does pemetrexed inhibit?

A
  1. TS
  2. DHFR
  3. Garftase
60
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What 2 things should be supplemented with pemetrexed?

A
  1. Vitamin b12
  2. Folic acid
61
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What should be given in the day prior, the day of, and the day after the use of pemetrexed?

A

Dexamethasone

62
Q

Pemetrexed

63
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What drug is traditionally the top selling anti-folate?

A

Pemetrexed

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