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Anti-ulcer agents Flashcards

1
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What are the causes of peptic ulcers?

A
  1. Stress, alcohol, and diet
  2. The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS)
  3. The presence of a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori .
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What is the function of bicarbonate ions?

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trapped in the mucus to create a pH gradient within the mucus layer

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3
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How does the stomach protect itself from its own acidity?

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  • thick layer of mucus

- bicarbonate production which neutralizes acidity

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4
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Why is hydrochloric acid important?

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because proteases like pepsin need acidic conditions to work

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5
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The release of gastric acid is stimulated by?

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  1. acetylcholine
  2. gastrin
  3. histamine
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6
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What produces gastrin?

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G cells in stomach antrum

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7
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When is gastrin produced?

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at the sight of food to secrete gastric juices

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8
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The local hormone histamine stimulates the release of gastric acid by interacting with what type of histamine receptor?

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H2 receptor

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9
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Of acetylcholine, gastrin, and histamine, which compound’s inhibition ended up useful?

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histamine

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10
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Why is gastrin not beneficial as a drug?

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because it is a peptide and cannot be given orally

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11
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Why is inhibiting acetylcholine useless?

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  • too many side effects

- inhibiting acetylcholine will result in inhibiting acetylcholine everywhere in the body

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12
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How are peptic ulcers treated?

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  • H2 histamine antagonists
  • Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).
  • Antacids
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13
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What are antacids?

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weak bases that are nonspecific

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14
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What does histamine consist of?

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  1. imidazole
  2. flexible chain
  3. primary amine
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15
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What is the function of the hydrophobic substituent?

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  1. to occupy a hydrophobic pocket within the binding site
  2. to prevent the target protein from switching on into the active conformational structure (the one that gives a biological response)
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16
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What is the effect if there is no induced fit?

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antagonist effect

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17
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What is 4-methylhistamine?

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a highly selective H2 agonist that acts as a conformational blocker

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18
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What is the function of the methyl in 4-methylhistamine?

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the methyl forces histamine to stay in the active conformational structure that fits the H2 but not the H1

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19
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What is N-guanylhistamine?

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H2 partial agonist

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20
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Is guanidine or primary amine more basic and why?

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guanidine because once it forms the conjugate acid it can be stabilized by resonance

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How is N-guanylhistamine a partial agonist?

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it can fit two different binding sites (agonist and antagonist)

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22
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The agonist binding region requires what type of interaction?

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ionic

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23
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The antagonist binding region requires what type of interaction?

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hydrogen bonding

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24
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What is the advantage of the thiourea over the guanidine?

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it forms only a hydrogen-bonding interaction so it fits the antagonist and not the agonist region.

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25
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Is thiourea an acidic, neutral, or a basic functionality?

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neutral

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26
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What is burimamide?

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highly specific competitive histamine H2 antagonist that is 100 times more potent than N-guanylhistamine in inhibiting gastric acid release

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27
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What is the advantage of the chain extension in burimamide?

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it is added so it can reach the antagonist region

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28
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Was burimamide highly active or not?

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not active enough

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29
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Which tautomer form of imidazole is the one that fits the binding site?

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tautomer 1

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30
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What is the meaning of tautomerism?

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the changing of positions of electrons and protons

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31
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Tautomer number 1 of histamine can bind inside which receptors?

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H2 receptors

32
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Tautomer number 1 of histamine can form which interaction?

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hydrogen bonding

33
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What two modifications were applied to enhance tautomer 1 formation?

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1) Inserting an electronegative atom (sulfur) in the side chain.
2) Inserting an electron-donating group (methyl) at position 4 of the imidazole ring

34
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What are the advantages of the methyl in metiamide?

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  1. increased basicity
  2. enhances tautomer 1 and increases selectivity for H2 receptor
  3. electron-donating group
35
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What are the advantages of the sulfur atom in metiamide?

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  1. it is an electron-withdrawing group

2. suppresses the ionization of imidazole ring at physiological pH

36
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Is metiamide or burimamide more active?

37
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What happened to the patients who took metiamide?

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they suffered from kidney damage and granulocytopenia

38
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What was the problematic functional group in metiamide?

39
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What is the first marketed H2 antagonist for peptic ulcer?

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cimetidine

40
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How can we decrease the ionization of guanidine?

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by adding an electron-withdrawing group like CN

41
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How was the guanidine analogue different from the urea analogue?

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the guanidine analogue was less active like urea but unlike urea it had no agonist activity

42
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Is guanidine’s ionization essential for binding?

43
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Why was a methyl group added in cimetidine?

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to make it more hydrophobic and thus decrease desolvation effect

44
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What is the effect of the methyl connected to the imidazole in cimitedine?

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  • electron-donating group

- selective for H2 receptor

45
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Why was the cyano group added in cimetidine?

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to withdraw electrons and suppress ionization

46
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What is the effect of desolvation energy on binding?

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the lower desolvation energy, the more the binding

47
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What is ranitidine?

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the second marketed H2 antagonist

48
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How is ranitidine different from cimetidine?

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cimetidine’s cyano group was swapped out for a nitro group to give ranitidine

49
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Compare ranitidine to cimetidine

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Ranitidine has fewer side effects than cimetidine, a longer duration of action, and is 10 times more active

50
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How are famotidine and nizatidine different from drugs before them?

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they have a thiazole ring (ring with sulfur) instead of imidazole

51
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Are H2 antagonists safe and mostly free of side effects?

52
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What are the four most used H2 antagonists?

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cimetidine, ranitidine, famotidine, and nizatidine

53
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Do H2 antagonists inhibit all aspects of gastric secretion?

54
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Why must attention be given to possible drug interactions when using cimetidine?

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because of inhibition of drug metabolism (CYP450)

55
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How do proton pump inhibitors work?

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by irreversibly inhibiting an enzyme complex called the proton pump

56
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Are H2 antagonists or proton pump inhibitors superior?

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proton pump inhibitors

57
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How are proton pump inhibitors used?

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they are used on their own to treat ulcers that are caused by NSAIDs and in combination with antibacterial agents to treat ulcers caused by the bacterium H. pylori

58
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Why must protons be rapidly excreted out of the canaliculus?

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  1. accumulation of protons inside parietal cells can lead to cell damage
  2. if the protons are accumulated they will go back to carbon dioxide
59
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All PPIs have what kind of skeleton?

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pyridyl methylsulphinyl benzamidazole skeleton

60
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All PPIs act as?

61
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Why do PPIs act as prodrugs?

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because they are activated when they reach the acidic canaliculi of parietal cells

62
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Once activated, PPIs bind irreversibly to exposed ______ residues of the proton pump and ‘block’ the pump

63
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Why are proton pump inhibitors considered weak basic compounds?

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because of pyridine

64
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What if the proton pump inhibitors were given orally without the enteric coating?

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they will not be absorbed because of the positive charge that will make the drug highly polar and unable to pass

65
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How can PPIs cross the cell membrane of the parietal cell into the canaliculi?

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they are unionized weak bases and lipophilic in nature

66
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Why does a 1000-fold accumulation occur in the canaliculi?

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because of protonation and the ionized drug is too polar to cross back into the cell through the cell membrane

67
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Protonation triggers an ________ conversion, which activates the PPI.

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acid-catalysed

68
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Why do PPIs have very few side effects?

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because of their selectivity of action

69
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What was the first PPI to reach the market?

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omeprazole which was marketed as losec

70
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Why is omeprazole (and other PPIs) much more active than H2 antagonists?

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because they bind directly with the proton pump and they bind covalently not reversibly so that the parietal cell needs to synthesize new receptors

71
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What is the S-enantiomer of omeprazole?

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esomeprazole (nexium)

72
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Why is the S-enantiomer of omeprazole superior to its R-enantiomer?

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it has better kinetics

73
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Is it possible to double the dose levels of esomeprazole?

74
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Is it possible to double the dose levels of omeprazole?

75
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Benefits of esomeprazole?

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  • undergoes less hydroxylation
  • has a lower clearance rate
  • achieves higher plasma levels
  • can result in greater activity after doubling dose
76
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Why can bacterial cells contribute to the formation of stomach ulcers?

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because they secrete proteins and toxins that interact with the stomach’s epithelial cells, leading to inflammation and cell damage

77
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How is H. pylori treated?

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with a triple therapy of a PPI and at least two antibacterial
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