intro L1-8 Flashcards
pharmacodynamics
effect of drug on body
pharmacokinetics
effect of body on drug
pharmacokinetics factors
adsorption
distribution
metabolism
excretion
antihistimine action
cross blood-brain barrier into CNS, antagonizing H1 receptors and blocking histimine
antihistimine class
reversible competitive inhibitors, therefore can be overridden
drug-interaction factors
shape
charge distribution
hydrophobicity
ionisation of drug
conformation of target
stereochemistry of drug molecule
drug action targets
receptors
ion channels
enzymes
carrier molecules
drugs acting via physico-chemical properties
antacids
laxatives
antidotes
agonist
drug mimicking endogenous chemical messengers, eliciting a cellular response
antagonist
drug blocking chemical messengers
NSAID’s
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Benzodiazepine action
bind to GABAa at B-2 binding site
signal receptor transduction
receptor binds agonist
altered physical/ biochemical properties of receptor
4 drug-responding receptor types
ligand-gated ion
G-protein coupled
enzyme-linked
intracellular
nicotinic ACh receptors
at skeletal muscle
antagonists used as muscle relaxants
heterotrimeric G-proteins
coupled to effectors producing 2nd messengers
Gi
inhibits adenlyl cyclase
Gq
activates phospholipase C
Gs
activates adenlyl cyclase
kinase-linked receptor
ligand-binding extracellular domain attached to intracellular by single span membrane helix
ligand binding> dimerisation> auto-phosphorylation
insulin receptorq
tyrosine kinase activity in beta sub unit increase> autophosphorylating and promoting other kinase phosphorylation
action of nuclear intracellular receptor
enters nucleus and binds to receptor for txn
CLASS II
e.g. heterodimers and lipid ligands
CLASS I intracellular receptors
in cytoplasm
e.g. homodimers and endocrine
graded dose-response curve
response of a particular system