Cancer chemotherapy and Anti-neoplastics--Antimitotic and G/M phase drugs Flashcards
Antimitotic drugs- classes, distinction
- Vinca alkaloids- inhibit tubulin polymerization (block assembly of MTs)
- Taxanes- enhance tubulin polymerization (stabilize MTs)
Vinca alkaloids- drugs
- VINblastine
- VINcristine
- VINorelbine
Taxanes- drugs
- TAXol
- TAXotere
Vinblastine- therapeutic uses
-testicular cancer (with bleomycin and cisplatin), lymphomas, neuroblastoma
Vincristine- therapeutic uses
-ALL (pediatric), lymphoma, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, Ewings sarcoma
Vinorelbine- therapeutic uses
-advanced non small cell lung cancer
Paclitaxel- therapeutic uses
-breast and ovarian (with cisplatin)
Docetaxel- therapeutic uses
-breast, ovarian
also solid tumors
Vincristine- dose limiting toxicity
-neurotoxicity, peripheral neuropathy
Vinca alkaloids- moa
- inhibit tubulin polymerization!
- bind to B tubulin on forming end of MTs (positive end)
- fraying (neg end) continues- shortening MTs!!
Taxanes- moa
- stabilize MTs!!
- bind to B tubulin at forming end of MTs
- taxanes reach the negative end and inhibit fraying- enhance tubulin polymerization and stabilize MTs!!!
Vinca alkaloids and Taxanes- what cell cycle?
-M phase (mitosis)
Antimitotic drugs- adverse effects
- peripheral neuropathy- esp Vincristine!!
- Vinblastine substitutes for vincristine when neuropathy is severe
Antimitotic drugs- resistance
MDR due to inc expression of P-glycoprotein and its enhanced extrusion of drugs from tumor cell
-assoc with treatment failure!!
(cancer drugs with mechs that involve the exterior cell surface are not prone to P-glycoprotein MDR!- monoclonal ab’s)
opoisomerase inhibitors (cause DNA strand breaks)- classes, distinction
- Epipodophyllotoxins- Topoisomerase II inhibition- DNA dbl strand breaks
- Camptothecins- Topoisomerase I inhibition- DNA single strand breaks
EpipodophylloToxins- drugs
-Etoposide
-Teniposide
(ET)
Camptothecins- drugs
- Irinotecan
- Topotecan
Etoposide- therapeutic uses
-oat cell carcinoma of lung, testicular cancer (with cisplatin and bleomycin)