MT6314 PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS AND AMINOGLYCOSIDES Flashcards
T or F: Protein synthesis in microorganisms is identical to mammalian cells
F, NOT identical
How many S ribosomal units are in bacteria and what are the subunits?
70S (50S and 30S)
How many S ribosomal units are in mammalians and what are the subunits?
80S (40S and 60S)
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors have a basis for (WHAT) against microorganisms without causing major effects on mammalian cells?
selective toxicity
Differences in protein synthesis inhibitors are based on?
Chemical composition
Ribosomal subunits
Functional specificities of component nucleic acids and proteins
What are the types of MOAs in protein synthesis inhibitors?
Bacteriostatic
Bactericidal
What protein synthesis inhibitors are under the bactericidal MOA?
Oxazolidinones and Pleuromutilins
All have a 50S ribosomal unit except?
Tetracycline
A normal bacterial ribosomal complex is composed of what ribosomal units?
Entire structure - 70S
Larger - 50S
Smaller - 30S
Can inhibit transpeptidation (part of the bacterial MOA structure) – acting on the cell wall
Chloramphenicol
Blocks translocation of peptide tRNA from acceptor site
Macrolides
Where are the tetracyclines located: 30S or 50S?
30S
Blocks the binding of the charged tRNA to the acceptor site
Tetracyclines
Constricts the channel and inhibits the entrance of other molecules which created a steric effect on the growing peptide chain
Streptogramins
What protein synthesis inhibitors are under the broad spectrum?
Chloramphenicol and Tetracyclines
What protein synthesis inhibitors are under the moderate spectrum?
Macrolides and Ketolides
What protein synthesis inhibitors are under the narrow spectrum?
Lincosamides
Streptogramins
Linezolid
Disadvantage of broad spectrum inhibitors?
Affect normal flora
ROA of chloramphenicols?
Parenteral and oral
MOA of chloramphenicols?
inhibits microbial protein synthesis
bacteriostatic against most susceptible organisms
binds reversibly to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome and inhibits peptide bond formation
Chloramphenicols readily cross the?
BBB
Placenta
T or F: Chloramphenicols can be used in pregnant patients and NOT in patients with meningitis and encephalopathy.
F, CANNOT in pregnant and CAN in meningitis and encephalopathy
Chloramphenicols under go ___ cycling
Enterohepatic
T or F: Some fraction of chloramphenicols remains unchanged in the urine
T
The enterohepatic cycling of chloramphenicols is inhibited by?
Glucuronosyltransferase
Chloramphenicol’s are active against?
G(+) nand G(-) bacteria
Bactericidal antimicrobial activity of chloramphenicols are effective against strains of?
H. influenzae
N. meningitidis
Some strains of Bacteroides
Chloramphenicols are NOT effective against?
Chlamydia
Resistance to chloramphenicols are ___ mediated through the formation of _______
Plasmid
Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases
Clinical Uses of chloramphenicols?
- Rickettsial infections: typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted
- Alternative to a β-lactam antibiotic for bacterial meningitis in patients who have major hypersensitivity reactions to penicillin
- Severe infections - Salmonella spp.
- Alternative to pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis
- Anaerobic - B. fragilis
- Topical antimicrobial
IV formulation of chloramphenicol involves the hydrolysis of what component to form what component?
chloramphenicol succinate (prodrug) -> hydrolyzed to yield free chloramphenicol
Chloramphenicol is widely distributed, including?
CNA and CSF
T or F: Concentrations of chloramphenicol in the brain tissue may be equal to that in serum
T
Chloramphenicols are inactivated by?
(1) conjugation with glucuronic acid or
(2) reduction to inactive aryl amines
Excretion of chloramphenicols
Active chloramphenicol + inactive degradation products = urine
Small amount of active drug - bile and feces
Toxicity of chloramphenicols
- Gastrointestinal disturbances
- Oral or vaginal candidiasis due to alteration of normal flora
- Bone marrow
- Gray baby syndrome
What is a rare idiosyncratic reaction in the toxicity of chloramphenicols?
Aplastic anemia
T or F: Aplastic anemia is reversible
F, irreversible nad fatal
In gray baby syndrome, the baby lacks what?
Effective glucuronic acid conjugation mechanism for degradation and detoxification
T or F: Neonates and premature babies are more sensitive to the dosages of chloramphenicols to older infants
T
What are the drug interactions of chloramphenicols?
- Inhibits hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes
- Increasing the elimination half-lives of drugs
Chloramphenicol increases the half life of what drugs?
Warfarin
Tolbutamide
Chlorpropamide
Phenytoin
What are the kinds of tetracyclines?
Tetracycline
Doxycycline
Minocycline
Tigecycline
Eravacycline
Omadacycline
Tetracyclines are bacteriostatic or bactericidal?
Bacteriostatic
MOA of tetracyclines?
bind reversibly to the 30S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, blocking the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the acceptor site on the mRNA-ribosome complex and prevents addition of amino acids to the growing peptide
Oral absorption for tetracyclines include which kinds?
- 60–70% for tetracycline and demeclocycline
- 95–100% for doxycycline and minocycline
Which tetracyclines are exempt from being taken on an empty stomach?
Doxycycline and Minocycline
Tetracyclines which are taken intravenously
Tigecycline and eravacycline
Tetracycline is excreted in?
Feces
Tetracyclines absorption occurs mainly in the?
Upper small int.
Tetracycline absorption is impaired by?
Food, multivalent cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe2+, Al3+); dairy products and antacids, and by alkaline pH
T or F: Tetracyclines cross the placenta
T
Tetracyclines have wide tissue distribution except in the?
CSF
Tetracyclines cross the placental barrier and excreted in?
breast milk
Tetracyclines excreted mainly in?
bile and urine
Except : Doxycycline and tigecycline (eliminated by nonrenal mechanisms and do not accumulate significantly in renal failure, requiring no dosage adjustment)
T or F: Tetracyclines also undergo enterohepatic cycling
T
Doxycycline and Tigecyclines are excreted in?
Feces/ fecal extraction
t1/2 of Tetracycline?
6-11h
t1/2 of doxycycline and minocycline?
15-23h
t1/2 of tigecycline?
30-36h
Shortest acting tetracycline?
tetracycline (oral)
Intermediate acting tetracycline?
demeclocycline (oral)
Long acting oral and IV tetracyclines?
doxycycline and minocycline
Tetracyclines with long half lives?
Tigecycline (IV),
Eravacycline (IV),
Omadacycline (oral and IV)
Antibacterial Activity of tetracyclines?
Active against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria - certain anaerobes, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, and mycoplasmas (CRAM)
Resistance mechanisms for tetracyclines?
(1) impaired influx or increased efflux by an active transport protein pump
(2) ribosome protection due to production of proteins that interfere with tetracycline binding to the ribosome
(3) enzymatic inactivation
Primary clinical uses of tetracyclines?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (in adults)
Chlamydiae
Rickettsiae*
Borrelia sp.*
Vibrios
Spirochetes
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Ehrlichia sp
(CREAMBVS)
Secondary uses for tetracyclines include its use an alternative to treat?
CAP
Syphilis
Chronic bronchitis
Leptospirosis
Acne
(SLACC)
Selective use of tetracycline includes treating?
GI ulcers in H. pylori
Doxycycline selective uses includes treatment for?
Lyme disease
Minocycline includes selective use against?
meningococcal carrier state
Selective use of doxycycline is used for?
- Malaria prophylaxis
- Treat ameobiasis
Demeclocycline selective use is to?
- inhibits the renal actions of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
- ADH-secreting tumors
Selective use includes Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), gram-positive cocci resistant to methicillin (MRSA strains) and vancomycin (VRE strains)
Tigecycline, eravacycline and omadacycline
Tigecycline, eravacycline and omadacycline has selective uses against?
Streptococci,
enterococci,
G(+) rods,
Enterobacteriaceae,
Acinetobacter sp,
anaerobes,
rickettsiae,
Chlamydia sp,
L. pneumophila; and
rapidly growing mycobacteria
Tetracyclines toxicity includes?
- Gastrointestinal disturbances
- Bony structures and teeth
- Hepatic toxicity
- Renal toxicity
- Photosensitivity
- Vestibular toxicity
Fetal exposure to tetracycline will cause?
- irregularities in bone growth
- tooth enamel dysplasia
Toxicities of tetracycline seen in the Bony structures and teeth in children are due to?
- enamel dysplasia
- crown deformation (permanent teeth)
Photosensitivity toxicity seen in tetracyclines is seen in?
demeclocycline
Vestibular toxicity in tetracyclines is prominent in?
Doxycycline and minocycline
Vestibular toxicity in tetracyclines is characterized by?
Dose-dependent reversible dizziness and vertigo
Macrolides includes?
Erythromycin
Azithromycin
Clarithromycin
(ACE)
Macrolides have what structure?
lactone ring with attached sugars
Prototype macrolide is?
Erythromycin (1952)
Semisynthetic derivatives of erythromycin include?
Clarithromycin and azithromycin
Macrolides MOA?
Inhibition of protein synthesis occurs via binding to the 50S ribosomal RNA
Macrolide antibiotics prolong the _______________ due to an effect on ________ channels: _______________
electrocardiographic QT interval
potassium channels
torsades de pointes arrhythmia
Macrolides has (good/bad) oral F
Good
Azithromycin absorption impeded by?
Food
Azithromycin is distributed mainly where?
tissues and phagocytes > plasma
T or F: Macrolides are distributed mainly in most body tissues
T
- Erythromycin (oral and IV) half-life: _____
- Clarithromycin (oral) half-life: ______
- Azithromycin (oral and IV) half-life: ______
2 hours
6 hours
2 to 4 days
Antibacterial activity of erythromycin includes?
Campylobacter
Chlamydia
Mycoplasma
Legionella
G(+) cocci and some G(-) organisms
Azithromycin and Clarithromycin antibacterial activity?
Greater activity against Chlamydia, Mycobacterium avian complex and Toxoplasma
Azithromycin is used as an alternative drug against?
Gonorrhea
Resistance in gram-positive bacteria in macrocodes are due to?
- efflux pump mechanisms
- production of a methylase
T or F: There is complete cross resistance between macrolides
T
In macrolide antibacterial activity, there is partial cross resistance between?
clindamycin and streptogramins.
Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is caused by?
drug-metabolizing esterases.
Erythromycin is effective against G(+) cocci except?
penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae [PRSP] strains
Erythromycin is effective against G(-) cocci except?
MRSA strains
Azithromycin more active against what bacterial infections?
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Neisseria.
A single dose of azithromycin is useful against?
genitourinary infections - C trachomatis
A 4-day course of treatment by azithromycin is useful against?
CAP
What macrolide has the same spectrum as erythromycin?
Clarithromycin
Clarithromycin and erythromycin are used for what clinical uses?
- prophylaxis and treatment of M avium complex
- drug regimens for ulcers caused by H pylori.
What is a narrow-spectrum macrolide example and its uses?
Fidaxomicin used for gram-positive aerobes and anaerobes.
Fidaxomicin is as effective as what drug for what infection?
effective as vancomycin vs difficile colitis
Toxicity to erythromycin includes?
GI irritation
Skin rashes
Eosinophila
Acute cholestatic hepatitis is caused by?
Erythromycin estolate
Erythromycin estimate causes what condition?
Acute cholestatic hepatitis
T or F: Hepatic toxicity in erythromycin is common in children
F, rare
Who is at higher risk of erythromycin estolate?
pregnant women
Inhibits cytochrome p450
Erythromycin
T or F: Azithromycin inhibits cytochrome P450
F, does not
With the inhibition of cytochrome P450, erythromycin increases plasma levels of?
Anticoagulants, cisapride, carbamezapine, digoxin
Ketolide structurally related to macrolides.
Telithromycin
Telithromycin has the same spectrum and MOA as?
erythromycin
Telithrmycin is usually used to treat?
Community acquired bacterial pneumonia
What strains are susceptible to telithromycin?
Macrolide-resistant strains