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Drug Toxicology I Flashcards

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Define: Pharmacology

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The study of the effect of drugs on the function of living systems

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Define: Toxicology

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The study of the effect of poisons on the function of living systems

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Name 3 chemical agents that cause toxicity

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  1. Drugs
  2. Insecticides/herbicides
  3. Plant toxins
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Define: Adverse drug reaction

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Noxious or unintended responses occurring at therapeutic doses

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Explain Type A (augmented) ADRs

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  • Related to known pharmacology but undesirable
  • Common, dose-related
  • Predictable
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Give an example of a Type A (augmented) ADR

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Haemorrhage with anticoagulants (e.g. warfarin)

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Explain Type B (bizarre) ADRs

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  • Unrelated to known pharmacology
  • Rare
  • Unpredictable
  • Often idiosyncratic (= peculiar, individual)
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Give an example of a Type B (bizarre) ADR

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Anaphylaxis with penicillin

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Define: Toxicokinetics

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The effects of the body on the poison

Relates to ADME

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What information does toxicokinetics provide?

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Makes it possible to predict concentration of toxin that has reached the site of injury and the resulting injury

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Define: Detoxification

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Compound rendered less toxic

Occurs during metabolism

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Define: Toxification

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Relatively inert compound converted into toxin

Occurs during metabolism

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Name 2 ways that toxins are ‘absorbed’

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Ingestion (salmonella) or inhalation (asbestos)

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14
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How many phases of metabolism of toxins are there?

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2: Phase I and Phase II

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What occurs during Phase I of metabolism of toxins?

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  1. Oxidation
  2. Reduction
  3. Hydrolysis by cytochrome P450
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What occurs during Phase II of metabolism of toxins?

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Conjugation to allow excretion in urine and bile

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Where may toxins be stored if they aren’t excreted?

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  • Bone (e.g. lead)
  • Fat (e.g. DDE, a metabolite of the pesticide DDT)
  • The toxin may be slowly released into the body
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Name a common form of ADR

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Allergic reaction

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How many clinical syndromes of allergic reaction are there?

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4: Type I, II, III & IV

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What is a Type I allergic reaction?

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  • A hypersensitivity reaction
  • Mediated by IgE = an antibody
  • IgE causes degranulation of mast cells = release of histamine
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What is a Type II allergic reaction

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  • Antibody-mediated cytotoxic hypersensitivity
  • Involve haematological reactions = those pertaining to the blood cells and blood-forming organs
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What is a Type III allergic reaction?

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Immune complex-mediated hypersensitivity

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What is a Type IV allergic reaction?

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Delayed-type hypersensitivity

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What can Type I hypersensitivity reactions trigger?

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Anaphylaxis

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What is a hapten?

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A small molecule that binds to a bigger molecule which triggers an immune response

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What is the molecular process of a Type I hypersensitivity reaction?

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  1. Low MW allergen enters the body
  2. A hapten binds to the allergen to form an immunogenic conjugate
  3. IgE recognition of immunogenic complex causes degranulation of mast cells
  4. Massive histamine release
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What does the release of histamine from the mast cells cause?

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  • Bronchoconstriction
  • Vasodilation
  • Inflammation
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What substance is used to treat allergic reactions?

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Adrenaline (epipen)

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What is the molecular process of a Type II hypersensitivity reaction? (Antibody-mediated cytotoxic hypersensitivity)

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  • The toxin antigens bind to RBCs
  • Antibody IgE molecules trigger T cells
  • T cells begin lysis = cytotoxic T cell-mediated cell lysis
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30
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How can sulphonamides be toxic?

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Can deplete red blood cells = haemolytic anaemia

Due to Type II hypersensitivity reaction

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How can some NSAIDs be toxic?

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They can deplete neutrophils = agranulocytosis

Due to Type II to hypersensitivity reaction

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How can quinine an heparin be toxic?

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They can deplete platelets = thrombocytopenia

Due to Type II hypersensitivity reaction

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Define: Haemolytic anaemia

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When the levels of RBCs are depleted (e.g. by sulphonamides)

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Define: Agranulocytosis

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When the levels of neutrophils are depleted (e.g. by some NSAIDs)

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Define: Thrombocytopenia

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When the levels of platelets are depleted (e.g. by quinine and heparin)

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36
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Name the 4 major superfamilies of receptor

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  1. Ligand-gated ion channels (voltage-gated ion channels)
  2. GPCRs (metabotropic receptors)
  3. Enzyme-coupled receptors (tyrosine kinase activity)
  4. Nuclear receptors (regulate gene transcription)
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Name 4 targets of toxins

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  1. Receptors
  2. Enzymes (metabolic and catabolic pathways)
  3. Carriers (uptake/transport systems)
  4. Others e.g. proteins involved in vesicle release
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38
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What do animal toxins block?

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Ion-conduction

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39
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What substance blocks voltage-gated K+ channels?

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Dendrotoxins

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40
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What substance acts on Na+ channels?

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Tetrodotoxin

41
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What effect does blocking the Na+ channels have?

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Block action potentials

42
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What kind of toxin blocks ion conduction?

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Animal toxins

43
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What do dendrotoxins block?

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Voltage-gated K+ channels

44
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What does Tetrodotoxin act on?

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Na+ channels

45
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List 4 symptoms of high quantities of acetylcholine

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  1. Convulsions
  2. Bradycardia (= abnormally slow heart action)
  3. Bronchodilation
  4. Increased secretion (eyes watering, nose running)
46
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Name the enzyme that oximes reactivate

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ACh-esterase

47
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Name the strong nucleophile that reactivates ACh-esterase

48
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What does cyanide inhibit?

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Cytochrome C oxidase

49
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What effect does inhibiting cytochrome C oxidase have?

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Prevents cellular respiration

50
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Where is Cytochrome C oxidase found?

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Mitochondria

51
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What effect does carbon monoxide have on haemoglobin and what does this cause?

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It displaces the oxygen causing hypoxia = COHb

52
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Define: Hypoxia

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Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues

53
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Name the 2 organs that are particularly susceptible to toxin damage

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Liver and kidney

54
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Why are the liver and kidney more susceptible to toxin damage?

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Their major role is excretion

55
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What is toxin damage of the liver called?

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Hepatotoxicity

56
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What is hepatic necrosis caused by?

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Paracetamol poisoning

57
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Define: hepatic necrosis

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Death of liver tissue

58
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What is hepatitis?

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Hepatic inflammation

59
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What can cause hepatitis?

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Halothane (anaesthetic) can covalently bind to liver proteins to trigger an autoimmune response

60
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What is cirrhosis?

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Chronic liver damage

61
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What can cause cirrhosis?

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Long term alcohol (ethanol) abuse causes:

  • Toxicity
  • Inflammation
  • Malnutrition (ethanol becomes a food source)
62
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What effect can paracetamol poisoning have on the liver?

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Hepatic necrosis = death of liver tissue

63
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What effect can halothane (anaesthetic) have on the liver?

64
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What effect can long term alcohol abuse have on the liver?

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Can cause cirrhosis = chronic liver damage

65
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What occurs in Phase II conjugation (metabolism) with regards to paracetamol?

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90% of the paracetamol is safely conjugated with conjugating agents (e.g. sulphate)

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What occurs in Phase I metabolism of paracetamol?

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  • 10% of the paracetamol undergoes Phase I reactions
  • This produces an intermediate species (NAPQI)
  • NAPQI = very toxic to the liver (binds to protein thiol groups)
  • = Hepatotoxicity
67
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Why is NAPQI very toxic to the liver?

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It binds to the protein thiol groups = hepatotoxicity

68
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Name the process that NAPQI undergoes

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Phase II conjugation with glutathione = makes NAPQI non-toxic and it is therefore safely excreted

69
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Why is it more difficult to get rid of NAPQI after a paracetamol overdose?

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  1. Large quantities of NAPQI produced
  2. Enzymes are saturated
  3. Levels of glutathione are quickly depleted
70
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Name 2 treatments for paracetamol overdose

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Acetylcysteine and Methionine

71
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Why are acetylcysteine and methionine used to treat paracetamol overdose?

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Both are glutathione precursors = more glutathione and excess NAPQI is excreted

72
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Define: Nephrotoxicity

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Poisonous effects of some substances on the kidney

73
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What effect does altering the blood flow have on the kidney?

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Causes changes in glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

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Name 2 types of drug that can cause changes in the GFR due to altering blood flow

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  • NSAIDs (e.g. aspirin) - reduce prostaglandins (prevent arachidonic acid binding to cyclooxygenases) which in turn reduces blood flow/GFR
  • ACE inhibitors (e.g. ramipril) - increase blood flow/GFR
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How do NSAIDs affect the GFR?

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NSAIDs reduce the GFR as they lower the number of prostaglandins which reduces blood flow

76
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How do ACE inhibitors affect the GFR?

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ACE inhibitors increase blood flow and so increase the GFR

77
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Why can lowering the GFR have dangerous consequences?

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Makes it more difficult to excrete toxic compounds

78
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Define: Allergic nephritis

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Inflammation of kidney due to allergic reaction

79
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Give 2 examples of substances that can cause allergic nephritis

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  1. NSAIDs (fenoprofen)
  2. Antibiotics (e.g. metacillin)
80
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Name 2 drugs that can cause chronic nephritis

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Long term NSAID and paracetamol use

81
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Define: Mutagen

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  • A physical or chemical agent
  • That causes changes to the DNA
  • Increasing the frequency of mutation above the natural background level
  • The mutations are passed on when the cell divides
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Define: Carcinogen

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A mutagen that capable of causing cancer

83
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Name the 2 major classes of gene that are involved in carcinogenesis

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  1. Proto-oncogenes
  2. Tumour-suppressor genes
84
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What is the role of proto-oncogenes?

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Promote cell progression

85
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Define: neoplasm/neoplastic cell

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  • An abnormal mass of tissue
  • Results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should (due to a mutation)
  • May be benign or malignant (cancerous)
86
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What is the role of tumour-suppressor genes?

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Inhibit cell cycle progression

87
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Define: Teratogenicity

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The property or capability of producing congenital malformations

88
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Define: Teratogenesis

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The creation of birth defects during foetal development

89
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Define: Teratogens

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Substances that induce birth defects

90
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Name a teratogen

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Thalidomide (S)

91
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How was thalidomide able to cause birth defects?

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The (R)-enantiomer was a sedative but the (S)-enantiomer was a teratogen

92
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What was thalidomide marketed to treat?

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Marketed as an anti-emetic to treat morning sickness in pregnant women

And as a sleeping pill (sedative)

93
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Name the cellular process that occurs during blastocyst formation

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Cell division

94
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What substances affect blastocyst formation?

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  1. Alcohol
  2. Cytotoxic drugs (toxic to cells)
95
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What are the 3 stages of foetal development?

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  1. Blastocyst formation
  2. Organogenesis
  3. Maturation
96
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Name the cellular processes that occur during organogenesis

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  1. Division
  2. Migration
  3. Differentiation
  4. Death
97
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What substances affect organogenesis?

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Teratogens = thalidomide, retinoids, antiepileptics, warfarin

98
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Name the cellular processes that occur during maturation

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  1. Division
  2. Migration
  3. Differentiation
  4. Death
99
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What substances affect maturation?

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  1. Alcohol
  2. Nicotine
  3. ACE inhibitors (e.g. Ramipril)
  4. Steroids

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