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Drugs 3: Drug Metabolism Flashcards

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What is the definition of drug metabolism?

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Biochemical modification og pharmaceutical substances by living organisms usually through specialised enzymatic activity

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What form do compounds need to be in to be excreted?

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Water soluble and polar (changed from lipid soluble to water soluble)

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What happens to water soluble substances?

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Undergo excretion

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What happens to lipid soluble substances?

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they are passively reabsorbed from renal or extra renal excretory sites back into blood

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Where is the main site where metabolism occurs? What are other sites? (3)

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Liver

Other sites include: gut, kidneys, lungs

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What is the purpose of metabolism?

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  1. increase water solubility (to aid excretion)

2. deactivate compounds (may take several steps)

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What is the name of a group of drugs which are ACTIVATED following metabolism?

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Prodrugs (deactivated before metabolism and activated after metabolism)

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What are 2 examples of prodrugs?

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  1. codeine

2. enalapril

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What are the 4 main effects of metabolism?

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  1. loss of pharmacological activity
  2. decrease i nactivity with metabolites that show some activity
  3. increase in activity, more active metabolites ( prodrug activation)
  4. production of toxic metabolites
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What can toxic metabolites cause? (3)

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  1. direct toxicity
  2. carcinogenesis
  3. teratogenesis ( in foetus and embryo)
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what 3 reactions occur in phase 1 metabolism?

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  1. reduction
  2. oxidation
  3. hydrolysis
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What occurs in phase 1 metabolism?

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Polar groups are exposed, increasing molecule polarity and provides active site for phase 2.

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What is the main superfamily of enzymes involved in phase 1 metabolism?

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Cytochrome p-450 enzymes (their different isoforms)

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Is specificity relative or absolute?

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Relative

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What is the drug substrate for CYP1A2 enzyme and what does it treat?

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theophylline: used for COPD and asthma patients

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What is CYP1A2 production induced by?

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smoking

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What is the drug substrate for CYP2D and what does it treat?

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Codeine: pain relief

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What does CYP2D convert codeine to?

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morphine

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What additional group of drugs does CYP2D metabolise, other than codeine? (2)

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Metabolism of antidepressants and antipsychotics

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What is the drug substrate for CYP3A4 and what does it treat?

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Cyclosporine: immunosuppressant which is used in organ transplantations to decrease chances of organ rejection

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What other drugs does CYP3A4 metabolise, outside cyclosporine?

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wide range of drugs; e.g. diazepam, methadone, simvastatin, CCBS

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What main event occurs in phase 2 metabolism and what does it do?

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Conjugation; increases water solubility and enhances excretion of metabolised compound

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What substances attach to metabolites from phase 1 during phase 2?

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glucuronic acid
glutathione
sulphate
acetate

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What does conjugation in phase 2 result in?

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What are some factors which often affect metabolism? (~9)
1. other drugs/herbals/natural substances 2. genetics 3. hepatic blood flow 4. liver disease 5. age 6. sex 7. ethnicity 8. pregnancy 9. state of disease
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What are the most common enzyme inducers which induce metabolism?
Alcohol and smoking
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What other drugs and herbals can induce metabolising enzymes?
- phenytoin - carbamazepine - rifampicin - St John's Wort
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Is enzyme induction a fast or slow process?
Slow
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Which antibiotics commonly inhibit drug metabolising enzymes?
- cimetidine -erythromycin -clarithromycin -ketoconazole ( and CCBs (Ca channel blocker), grapefruit)
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Is enzyme inhibition a fast or slow proces?
Fast
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Which enzyme does grapefruit juice cause a decrease in its production?
CYP3A (drugs have a narrower therapeutic range so altered enzyme means they cannot be metabolised)
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What is gene polymorphism in terms of enzymes?
Drug metabolising enzymes are often expressed in different forms, so inter-individual differences in gene expression are common
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What can mutations in metabolic enzymes results in? (2)
1. enhanced enzyme activity (fast metaboliser) | 2. inhibited enzyme activity (slow metaboliser)
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What can an abnormally fast metabolism lead to?
reduced drug effect as it will be metabolised too quickly or drug resistance
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What can an abnormally slow metabolism lead to?
increased drug toxicity
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What 3 enzymes commonly have polymorphisms?
- CYP2D 5 - CYP2C 9 - CYP2C 19
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How many phenotype subpopulations of metabolisers does CYP2D 5 polymorphism have?
4: - poor - intermediate - extensive - ultrarapid
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How many nucleotide polymorphisms does CYP2D 5 have
70 nucleotide polymorphisms
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How many commonly used drugs are metabolised by CYP2D 5?
65 drugs
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How many commonly used drugs are metabolised by CYP2C 9 polymorphisms?
16 drugs
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what two drugs are the main 2 substrates for CYP2C 9?
- warfarin | - phenytoin
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What are some examples of enzymes exhibiting genetic variation?
1. pseudocholinesterase 2. N-acetyltransferase 3. cytochrome P450 2D6 4. cytochrome P450 2C 19 5. TMPT
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What enzyme isoforms are expressed in racial differences between populations?
P-450 isoforms
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Why is ADME important?
- det. how to get drug to site of action - det. dose and frequency - predicting and avoiding toxicity - effective dose - making changes base don other drugs/illnesses
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By what age can children metabolise many more drugs much rapidly?
at 2 years old onward ( at puberty metabolism rate is greater than in adults)

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