Drug Translocation / Biotransformation Flashcards
Absorption
Translocation of drug across lipid bilayers into vasculature
Distribution
Distribution of drug via vasculature and across lipid bilayers from vasculature to drug’s target
Metabolism
Biotransformation of drug (primarily by liver)
Elimination
Removal of drug from a body (primarily by kidney) (most in urine/feces)
What happens to a drug as it enters the body?
Absorption —> distribution to tissue —> biotransformation —> redistribution —> elimination
Drugs that undergo passive diffusion
Small
Neutral/non polar
Lipophilic
Large Vd (i.e. in organs/fat, not water)
Not saturable
I.e. alcohol
Drugs that undergo active transport
Large
Charged/polar
Hydrophilic
Smaller Vd (distribution into blood)
Uses transporters (saturable)
I.e. NSAIDS
Transporter superfamilies
ABC family (P-glycoproteins)
SLC family (solute carriers - i.e. Organic Anion/Cation Trasnporters)
ABC family
ATP-binding cassette
Transmembrane effluent pump, moves drugs/metabolites out of cell
REQUIRES ATP
SLC family
Solute Carriers
(I.e. OAT, OCT)
Facilitated transporters; use ionic gradients/built in tranmembrane potentials
Does NOT require ATP
Organs with ABC/SLC transporters
Intestine
Liver
Kidney
Brain
Function of ABC family transporter in brain
Important for pumping chemicals / substances OUT of brain
Mutation of ABCB1 gene in collies
Causes ivermectin toxicity - MDR1 deficiency due to early stop codon
Neurotoxicity - inability to pump out of brain
Biotransformation phases
Phase I - oxidation
Phase II - conjugation
Most common phase I rxn
Oxidation - Cyt P450
Common phase II reactions
Glucuronidation / glucosidation
Acetylation
Most metabolic products are
Less pharmacologically active
Prodrugs
Drugs where metabolite is more active than substance administered
E.g. cefpodoxime proxetil, erythromycin-ethylsuccinate, codeine
Types of oxidation reactions
- Oxygen incorporated (hydroxylation)
- Oxidation causes loss of part of drug (oxidative delaminating, dealkylation)
Oxidative enzymes
Mixed function oxidases / monooxgygenases (CYP450)
Flavoprotein (NADPH-CYP450 reductase)
Oxidation by cytochrome P450
- Oxidized (Fe3+) CYP450 complexes with drug
- NADPH donates 2 electrons —> Fe2+ —> oxygen binds
- Second electron activates oxygen
- Activated oxygen transferred to drug