Insulins to treat diabetes Flashcards
Insulin sources
-recombinant human insulin
-human insulin cDNA in plasmid (E.Coli or yeast)
Humulin
-insulin cDNA in plasmid in E. Coli
Novolin
-transformed yeast insulin cDNA
Units of insulin
-100 units/mL
-28 units/mg insulin
-humulin also available in 500units/mL
Insulins with rapid onset and short duration
-Lispro
-Aspart
-Glulisine
-mimic first phase
Rapid Onset/ Shortish Action
Regular (R)
intermediate onset and action
NPH (N)
slow onset/ long action
-Glargine
-Detemir
-Degludec
-mimic second phase
Modified insulin effect on dosing
-delay absorption to prolong onset and duration
-increase absorption to dec onset and duration
-provides flexible dosing
-basal levels vs preprandial dose
-2 phases
-slide 33
Insoluble Insulin Complexes
-Lente insulins (no longer used)
-NPH insulin
Semilente
-small amorphous particles
Lente
-small amorphous and large crystalline complexes
-slow absorption, long acting
Ultralente
-only large crystalline complexes
-very slow absorption, very long acting
Insulin hexamer
-nucleated by zinc
-trimer of dimers
-slide 35??
lente insulins
-zinc/insulin precipitates
-large complex size = prolong absorption from SC site
-monomer is absorbed
-slide 34
NPH insulin
-Neutral Protamine Hagedorn
-bound insulin to protamine
-tissue proteases free insulin from protamine
-slow absorption, long action
Mutated Human Insulins
-Lispro (humalog)
-Insulin Aspart (Novolog)
-Insulin Glulisine (Apidira)
-Insulin Glargine (Lantus)
-Insulin Detemir (Levemir)
-Insulin Degludec (Tresiba)
Lispro insulin
-HUMALOG
-reverse P28 (proline) and K29 (lysine) positions on insulin B chain = dec self-association
-insulin dimer and hexamer formation in reg insulin (not this one tho?)
-monomer absorbed faster
-5-15 min onset (quick)
-inj immediately before meals
Lispro insulin (humalog) counseling
-5-15 min onset
-inj immediately before meals