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PRELIM 03 - Pharmacodynamics Flashcards

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Refers to the cellular macromolecule or macromolecular complex with which the drug interacts to elicit a cellular or systemic response

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Receptor/Drug targets

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Refers to the ability to bind to receptors

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Affinity

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Refers to the ability to activate receptors and generate a response

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Efficacy/Intrinsic activity

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Refers to the amount of drug needed to produce an effect; affected by both affinity and efficacy

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Potency

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Refers to the ability to distinguish between receptors

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Specificity

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Tissue response is proportional to number of receptors occupied; by Clark and Gadum (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Occupancy theory

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Retains the assumption that tissue response is proportional to number of receptors occupied; by Ariens and Stephenson (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Modified occupancy theory

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Drug receptor interaction effect is proportional to the rate of drug receptor combination; by Croxatto and Paton (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Rate theory

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According to the rate theory, __________ has a high rate of association and dissociation

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Agonist

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According to the rate theory, __________ has a high rate of association and low rate of dissociation

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Antagonist

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Combination of ligand and receptor produces a change in conformation of the receptor; by Koshland (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Induced fit theory

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Interaction of small molecules (drug) with macromolecule (receptor) results in SCP and NSCP; by Belleau (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Macromolecular perturbation theory

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According to the macromolecular perturbation theory, the _________ has an agonist effect

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Specific conformational perturbation (SCP)

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According to the macromolecular perturbation theory, the __________ has an antagonist effect

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Nonspecific conformational perturbation (NSCP)

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Proposes that when a ligand binds, this results in a change in receptor stage from inactive to active; by Black and Leff (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Two-state receptor theory

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Uses equilibrium dissociation constants for the interactions between the receptor and each ligand; by De lean et al. (Theories of drug receptor interaction)

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Ternary complex model

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According to the ternary complex model, the __________ factor denotes the mutual effect of the two ligands on each other’s affinity for the receptor

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Cooperativity

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18
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__________ activity indicates the production of physiologic effect without the drug

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Constitutive

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19
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2 receptor states (AI)

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Active (Ra), Inactive (Ri)

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Intrinsic activity is 1; Maximal shift to Ra (Characteristic of drug effect)

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Agonist

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Intrinsic activity is >0 and <1; Partial shift to Ra (Characteristic of drug effect)

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Partial agonist

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Intrinsic activity is 0; No effect on equilibrium (Characteristic of drug effect)

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Antagonist

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Intrinsic activity is <0; Shift to Ri (Characteristic of drug effect)

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Inverse agonist

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24
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Prevents activation of receptor by agonist; may be competitive or noncompetitive (Types of antagonist)

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Receptor antagonist

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Opposes effects of agonist through a different receptor (Types of antagonist)

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Physiologic antagonist

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26
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Renders a substance inactive by binding to it (Types of antagonist)

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Chemical antagonist

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27
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Structurally similar to agonist, binds reversibly to the same site of agonist; can be overcome by increasing agonist concentration (Types of receptor antagonist)

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Competitive antagonist

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Cannot be overcome by increasing agonist concentration (Types of receptor antagonist)

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Noncompetitive antagonist

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Binds irreversibly (covalently) to the same site of agonist (Types of noncompetitive antagonist)

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Irreversible antagonist

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30
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Binds to a different site (allosteric site) from the site of the agonist (Types of noncompetitive antagonist)

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Allosteric inhibitor

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Refers to the conversion of a signal carried by a chemical messenger into an intracellular response

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Signal transduction

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32
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Channels that allow passive diffusion of ions down electrochemical gradients across the cell membrane

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Ion channels

33
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Action potential across the cell membrane causes conformational change in the channel that opens or closes the gate (Types of ion channels)

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Voltage-gated channels

34
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Binding of a chemical substance (a ligand) with the channel causes conformational in the channel that opens or closes the gate (Types of ion channels)

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Ligand-gated channels

35
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3 components of G protein-coupled receptor (GEH)

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G protein, Effector enzyme, Heptahelical receptor

36
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The largest and most diverse group of receptors

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G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)

37
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Meaning of G protein

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Guanosine-nucleotide binding protein

38
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3 subunits of G protein (ABG)

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Alpha (α), Beta (β), Gamma (γ)

39
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cAMP, DAG, IP3, and Ca2+ are all examples of __________

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2° messengers

40
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Are enzymes that phosphorylates proteins

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Receptor protein kinases

41
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Are enzymes that binds kinases which can phosphorylate proteins

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Receptor bind protein kinases

42
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An example of receptor protein kinase that has intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity

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Receptor tyrosine kinase

43
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Signal transducer protein of receptor tyrosine kinase

44
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__________ is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Ras

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Son of sevenless (SOS)

45
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SOS is a GEF for __________, a monomeric G protein located in the plasma membrane

46
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__________ is a serine protein kinase that is also called MAPKKK (Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase)

47
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_________ is a factor that allows exchange of GDP for GTP; involved in activation

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Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF)

48
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________ are proteins that increase GTPase activity of G proteins or Ras; involved in inactivation

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GTPase activating proteins (GAP)

49
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An example of receptor protein kinase that has intrinsic serine/threonine kinase activity

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Receptor serine/threonine kinase

50
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Signal transducer protein of receptor serine/threonine kinase

51
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An example of receptor bind protein kinase that binds with JAK (Janus kinase), an example of tyrosine kinase

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Cytokine receptor/JAK-STAT receptor

52
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Signal transducer protein of cytokine receptor/JAK-STAT receptor

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Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)

53
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A receptor enzyme that has intrinsic guanylyl cyclase activity

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Receptor guanylyl cylase

54
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2 kinds of receptor guanylyl cyclase (MS)

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Membrane-bound, Soluble

55
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2° messenger of receptor guanylyl cyclase

56
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Signal cascade of receptor guanylyl cyclase

57
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__________ receptors are used for hydrophobic drugs

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Intracellular

58
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2 kinds of intracellular receptors (CN)

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Cytosolic, Nuclear

59
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Signal cascade of intracellular receptors

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Response element

60
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Refers to the ability of receptors to amplify signal duration and intensity

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Signal amplification

61
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Response may be __________ or __________ (NG)

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Non-genomic, Genomic

62
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E.g. ion influx/efflux, alteration of protein activity; is usually immediate and brief (Types of response)

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Non-genomic

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E.g. gene expression; usually delayed and prolonged (Types of response)

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Refers to a decrease in response to a drug due to continued stimulation of receptors with agonists

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Desensitization

65
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Refers to a rapid desensitization

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Tachyphylaxis

66
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Happens due to endocytosis of receptors and sequestration inside cells

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Downregulation

67
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A plot of the degree of a given response against the plasma concentration/dose of the drug

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Graded-dose response curve

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A measure of the amount of drug necessary to produce an effect

69
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A measure of the ability of the drug to elicit a response when it interacts with a receptor; involves a drug’s maximum effect

70
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A plot of the proportion of the population that produces a response against the dose of the drug

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Quantal-dose response curve

71
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__________ effect is also known as either-or effect

72
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The dose at which 50% of individuals exhibit the specified quantal therapeutic effect

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Median effective dose (ED50)

73
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The dose at which 50% of individuals exhibit the specified quantal toxic effect

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Median toxic dose (TD50)

74
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The dose at which 50% of individuals exhibit the specified quantal lethal effect

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Median lethal dose (LD50)

75
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Refers to the range between the minimum therapeutic dose and the minimum toxic dose

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Therapeutic window

76
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Refers to the ratio of the dose that produces toxic effect in half the population (TD50) to the dose that produces therapeutic effect (ED50) in half the population

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Therapeutic index

77
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Refers to the ratio of the dose that produces toxic effect in 1% of the population (TD1) to the dose that produces therapeutic effect (ED99) in 99% of the population

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Margin of safety

78
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__________ is an example of a drug that has a small therapeutic index

79
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__________ is an example of a drug that has a large therapeutic index

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Penicillin

PH 113 - Pharmacology 1 (17 decks)

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