Mycobacterial Agents Med Chem Flashcards
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TB Drug Regimens
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-8 week - intensive phase using four drugs
FOLLOWED BY
-18 week - continuation phase using 2 drugs
-Multi-drug regimens help reduce resistance
-Drugs target TB’s different physiological states/sites
2
Q
Extensive TB looks like….
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- Lesions are heterogenous
- Some are caseous and some are cavitating
3
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TB Granuloma Structure
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- Outer granuloma: increased O2 and pH (neutral), active bacilli
- Necrotic core: Decreased O2 and pH (acidic), dormant bacilli
- O2 cannot diffuse into the core (glycolysis)
4
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Rifampicin
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- 6 H-bond donors and 15 H-bond acceptors
- Absorption decreased by concurrent administration with antacids
- Due to hydroxyl’s strong bond to the metal, N+
- Decreases solubility in the GI (ionizable amine)
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Rifampicin Properties
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- Half-life ~4 hours
- Inhibits DNA dependent RNA polymerase
- Potently bactericidal
- Resistance: point mutations in rpoB decreased binding and inhibition, compensatroy mutations in rpoA and rpoC (high level resistance)
- Strong inducer of -450s, especially CYP3A4
6
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Why is rifampicin so good?
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- Kills all kind of TB physiology (active dormant, intra/extracellular, oxic/hypoxic)
- Accumulates with multiple doses in necrotic cores of granulomas where most difficultly treated bacteria is contained
- Granuloma levels are above MAC and MIC
7
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Rifabutin
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- Loses the quinolone and loses most of P450 induction
- Useful in HIV/TB patients
- More side effects: neutropenia, uveitis arthritis syndrome
8
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Isoniazid
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- Great oral availability, not completely understood MoA
- Prodrug, converted to adduct of NAD by katG (non-human enyzme)
- IN-NAD inhibits inhA, NAD-dependent enzyme needed for mycolic acid synthesis
- INH binds to close, different site to NAD, electron from INH moved to NAD and then released
9
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Isoniazid + Necrotic Core Bugs
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- Good penetration
- Retention in necrotic core, but LESS active in hypoxia
- Doesn’t reach MAC levels, only MIC
- Low kill rate in necrotic core
10
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Isoniazid Resistance Mutations
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- Lose activation by katG: stop codon in katG gene (easy/dominant in vitro), amino acid change at active site (high level resistance, maintains catalase function essential to host)
- Making more target protein (inhA): promotor mutation to enhance inhA expression (low level resistance overcome with high dose INH)
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Pyrazinamide
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- Prodrug
- Activated by pncA to POA
- POA has multiple targets, not resolved yet
- Highly dependent on acidic pH => more protonated POA, more killing
- MIC increases significantly with minor increases in acidic pH
12
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Pyrazinamide + Necrotic Bugs
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- ONLY kills necrotic core bugs well
- Good penetration through granuloma BUT only core is acidic
- After two months, cores killed, stop PZA
13
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PZA Mutations
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- Mutations in pncA: mostly point changes leading to amino acid substitutions
- Huge diversity of mutations, only a third of which still have drug susceptibility
14
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Ethambutol
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- Good bioavailability
- Targets cell wall arabinose transferase which is used for cell wall synthesis
- Other targets likely
- LOTS of resistance mutations in different genes
- Clinically effective despite low MIC/MBC => massively accumulates in granuloma compared to others (less in core)
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HRZE
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- There is not 4 drug coverage throughout granuloma
- Need at least 2 active drugs to get to site to kill and effectively stop resistance
- Usually rifampin and pyrazinamide mainly
- *Becomes difficult if rifampin resistance develops**
