L 07 Pharmacology of Asthma Flashcards
What is the Treatment goal with drug?
Improve ventilation
Decrease inflammation
We want ot oxygen to enrich air that does reach the alveolar space
If we treat with non pharmacologic option or non drug then?
Avoid triggers
Reduce BMI if overweight
Obesity decreases ventilation capacity
How air move into and out of the lunghs?
Through contraction and relaxation of respiratory muscles
As elastic recoil of connective tissue remains in the lungs
Any disease which cause or inhibit elasticity in recoil can cause ventilation
What percentage of inspired gas reaches the alveoli?
Around 67%
What affects inspiratory rate and inspiratory capacity?
Obstructive disease affects inspiratory rate e.g. asthma COPD
Restrictive disease affects inspiratory capacity e.g. pulmonary Fibrosis
What Th2 cells produce?
IgE by B cell, eosinophilia, mast cell recruitment
Why DCs, B cells are important?
Try to drive the response
What does mast cells do ?
Release of Bronchoconstrictors & cytokines
What eosinophils do?
Release of mediators that damage cells, contribute to remodeling
What is ANS?
Autonomic nervous system
Which system can be controlled or cant be controlled?
Somatic system can be controlled
ANS is autonomic so can not controlled which is sympathetic and parasympathetic
Where muscarinic receptors affects?
Parasympathetic function
What is Nicotine and how it works?
Nicotine is a nicotinic receptor agonist and causes sympathetic effect or parasympathetic effect both however if it affects only sympathetic receptor it may case e.g (for instance increase heart rate)
M3 What does it mean?
Muscarinic receptor type of subtype 3
In our lungs has Beta receptor?
Yes, so if we give B2 agonist then we will think that it will relax the bronchiole muscle as a result increase ventilation.
In our lungs also has an M2 receptor?
Yes, so if we give M2 antagonist then we believe that it will increase contraction. If we give an agonist then the heart rate will decrease if we give a beta antagonist heart rate increase.
What is Beta receptor?
Beta receptor is the B2 adrenergic receptors or adrenoceptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are targets of many catecholamines like norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline) produced by the body, but also many medications like beta blockers, β2 agonists and α2 agonists, which are used to treat high blood pressure and asthma, for example.
What is the selective Beta 2 agonist drug?
Salbutamol for treating asthma
What is a Beta 1 antagonist drug?
Metoprolol
The suffix for “Olol” is usually used for?
beta antagonist
What is the example of Beta antagonist?
Propranolol used for heart failure and hypertension and ischemic heart disease
In practical determination that?
On target, effects can be determined from a knowledge of the Selectivity of the drug for a receptor
And the prevalence of a receptor in the tissue.
So it is important to know about drug-receptor and the body’s response to it.
What is ANS and CNS?
the autonomic nervous system controls our internal organs and glands.
The central nervous system (CNS) is the brain and spinal cord only.
What agonists and antagonists do in a receptor?
Turning on or off
An agonist is a drug that activates a receptor and increases its response. ex: B2 receptor agonist is salbutamol causes activation of the receptor
An antagonist is a drug that which competes with endogenous agonist to decrease activation and creates no activity after binding B2 antagonist is metoprolol decreases sympathetic stimulation caused by epinephrine (adrenaline).
Some receptors and their functioning areas?
B1 receptors are more prevalent in cardiac tissue
B2 are more prevalent in lung tissue
M3 receptors tend to be more prevalent in the bladder
M2 are more prevalent in the heart
M1 and M4 typically more prevalent to CNS
Selectivity depends on the drug?
Dose-dependent because bigger the dose less selective
What does Beta 2 agonist selectivity for salbutamol mean?
It has a full activity for B2 but very little for B1 and No activity for Alpha receptor