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Lecture 4 - Metabolism And excretion Flashcards

1
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What happens to most drugs in the body?

A

Bio transformation

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2
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What are the sites of metabolism in the body?

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Liver (major site) Kidney Lungs Skin Intestine

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3
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What is the major site of metabolism in the body?

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Liver

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4
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What is the effect of first pass metabolism on bioavailability?

A

Reduces?

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5
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What is the aim of the process of metabolism?

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To change a drug into more water soluble molecules

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6
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What is the effect of metabolism of absorption?

A

Lowers

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7
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What is the effect of metabolism on excretion in urine?

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Aids excretion

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8
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What is the effect of metabolism on polarity ?

A

Increases

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9
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What is the term given to drugs activated by metabolism?

A

Pro drugs

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10
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what are pro drugs?

A

Drugs activated by metabolism

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11
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In what form are pro drugs administered?

A

Inactive

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12
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Metabolism can produce more active metabolites which contribute to the action of drug. When can this occur?

A

when there is more than one step in breakdown e.g. benzo

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13
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What does metabolism often consist of?

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Phase I and phase II

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14
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What is phase I metabolism?

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A group of reactions which make an intermediate more active, increasing the ease of making something more water soluble for excretion

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15
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What is phase II metabolism?

A

Makes drug more water soluble

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16
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What Catalyses phase I reactions?

A

Enzymes

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17
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What is the most important enzyme that catalyses phase I reactions?

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Microtonal mixed function oxidase

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18
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Where does microtonal mixed function oxidase reside?

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum of the liver

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19
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What does microtonal mixed function oxidase require to catalyse phase I reactions?

A

NADPH and molecular oxygen

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20
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What is the most important microtonal mixed function oxidase?

A

Cytochrome P450

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21
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What type of protein is cytochrome p450?

22
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What are human CYP isoforms?

A

Substrates for inhibition

23
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What is the most abundant human CYP isoforms?

24
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Where do phase II reaction mainly occur?

25
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What are phase II reactions?

A

Conjugation reactions which occur at polar groups

26
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Are conjugated products very water soluble?

27
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How are conjugated products excreted?

A

Water and bile

28
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what is the main phase II reaction?

A

Glucuronidation

29
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What is Glucuronidation?

A

Commonest conjugation reaction Endogenous reactant, UDP glucoronic six attaches to N, O or S atoms

30
Q

Effect of Paracetamol OD?

A

Liver damage Necrosis

31
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What are phase II reactions for paracetamol?

A

Sulphate conjugation, and glucuronide conjugation

32
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Phase I reactions for paracetamol

A

Cytochrome P450

33
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What percentage of paracetamol occurs by conjugation?

34
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How Does the remainder of paracetamol metabolism occur?

A

Remainder metabolised by oxidation to produce toxic metabolite

35
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What isoform is crucial in paracetamol metabolism?

A

CYP2E1 isoform

36
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What happens to conjugation in response to overdosing?

A

Conjugation steps are saturated and cofactors are depleted Larger % of toxic metabolite produced Usually enough to deplete all available glutathione

37
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Where does excretion of drugs mainly occur?

38
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What if clearance a measure of?

A

Elimination

39
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What is the rate of elimination dependent on?

A

Metabolism and Excretion

40
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How do you calculate clearance?

A

Rate of elimination/ plasma concentration

41
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How can renal clearance, as a measure of elongation be defined?

A

The volume of plasma cleared of drug by the kidney per unit time (ml/min)

42
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If a drug has a clearance of 10mp/non, how long will it take to clear 1 litre of plasma?

43
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What factors influence clearance ?

A

Filtration, reabsorption, active secretion and ion trapping

44
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What renal factors influence clearance?

A

Filtration, Reabsorption, active secretion

45
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Effect of reabsorption on clearance?

A

Reduces clearance

46
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Effect of active secretion on clearance?

A

Increases clearance

47
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How does ion trapping influence clearance?

A

Urinary PH fan influence clearance Alkalinity increases clearance

48
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What is clearance of warfarin?

49
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What is clearance of propranolol ?

A

840 ml/min

50
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What is clearance of diazepam?

51
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What is clearance of Lidocaine?

A

640 ml/min

52
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What is an inhibitor of cytochrome p450?

A

Ketoconazole

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