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What are receptors?

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Usually proteins

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How are receptors activated?

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Conformational shape changes (bound vs unbound)

Thermodynamically more/less active

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How do receptors relate to the drug effect?

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Drug effect depends on the number of receptors bound

greatest effect all receptors are bound

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If you give a full weight based dose of a paralytic how many receptors are bound?

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Should attach to many receptors and produce its full effect

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What is an agonist?

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Activates receptor by binding to receptor

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How do agonists undergo binding to receptors?

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Ion (or electrocovalent): oppositely charged ions–electron transfer

Hydrogen: binds to electronegative atom

Van der Waals interaction: weal fluctuating bonds

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What bonds are not reversible?

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Covalent–electrons are shared

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What is an antagonist?

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Binds to a receptor but does not activate the receptor

They “get in the way” of the agonist

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Which bonds between receptor and antagonist and reversible?

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Ion
Hydrogen
Van Der Waals

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What is competitive antagonism?

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Increasing amounts progressively inhibit the agonist

Shifts dose response curves to the right

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What is non-competitive antagonism?

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Even high concentrations of agonist cannot cause the agonist effect

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Partial Agonist:

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Binding to a receptor (usually at agonist site)
causes less response than the agonist even at supramaximal doses

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Inverse Agonist:

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Compete for the same site as the agonist but produce the opposite effect

Were categorized as antagonists

Lower constitutive activity below baseline

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What are examples of inverse agonists?

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Propranolol
Metoprolol
Cetirizine
Loratadine
Prazosin
Naloxone

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What causes changes in receptor numbers in the body?

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Numbers of receptors are not static

Can increase and decrease depending on comorbidity, drug therapy,

Can be up-regulated until tired of being used

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What happens to receptors that are up-regualted?

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Receptors become less responsive= tolerance/ tachyphylaxis

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What are examples of common drugs/ conditions that develop receptor tolerance?

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1) Albuterol–down-regulation of receptors due to repetition (less effective each time its used consecutively)

2) Ephedrine–mixed beta agonist develops tolerance very quickly

3) Pheochromocytoma–decreased B receptors in response to catecholamines

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How are receptors classified?

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Classified by location

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What are common locations for receptors?

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Lipid Bilayer

Intracellular proteins

Circulating proteins

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Where are receptors located that are common for anesthesia drugs?

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Lipid bilayer: membrane bound

opioids, beta blockers, BZD, catecholamines, NMBD

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What are some drugs that have intracellular receptors?

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insulin, steroids, milrinone

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What are some drugs that have circulating protein receptors?

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Anticoagulants (warfarin)

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Pharmacokinetics:

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What the body does teh the drug

ADME

Determines the concentration of the drug in the plasma and at effector site

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How was the 1st compartment model of absorption described?

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Drug is injected and concentration of drug is diluted by plasma (Small volume of distribution)

Central compartment (distribution):
Then drug goes through vessel rich groups

Then blood absorbs into muscle then fat

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What is the central compartment distribution?
What dilutes the drug in the first minute following injection
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What influences drugs blood flow to the muscle and fat?
Blood flow is less to these areas and drug properties influence drugs leaving the vessel and going to the tissue
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What areas are considered vessel rich groups?
Parts of the body that have high cardiac output Brain, heart, lungs, kidney, liver
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How did the 2nd compartment model describe metabolism?
Inject drug into blood and goes into the central compartment of plasma-some eliminated but some goes into the periphery periphery is everything except vessel rich group--then back to the plasma then eliminated
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In 2nd compartment model what things leave the central compartment to go to the peripheral compartment?
Drugs that are fat soluble
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How do fat soluble drugs Vd compare to water soluble Vd?
Fat soluble drugs have a larger Vd than water soluble drugs water soluble drugs will not be able to get across lipid bilayer
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What drugs are taken up in the lungs >65% during 1st pass?
Licocaine, Propranolol, Meperidine, Fentanyl, Sufentanyl, Alfentanyl
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Volume of distribution is affected by anything that changes ________ _________.
blood volume
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What plasma protein do acidic drugs bind to?
Albumin
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What plasma protein do alkolotic drugs bind to?
A1- acid glycoprotein
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Can drugs cross membranes when bound to proteins?
No, only free unbound drug can cross cell membranes only free drugs determine concentration available to receptor (potency)
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Do anesthetic drugs bind to proteins?
Almost all anesthetic drugs are somewhat bound to plasma proteins--some up to 98%
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What can cause decrease plasma protein levels?
Age Hepatic disease Renal failure Pregnancy Acidosis Burns Poor nutrition
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If a drug has a normal free fraction of 2%, then 50% of the plasma proteins are lost. How much of the drug is free?
4% free fraction--doubles when albumin is cut in half
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What type of drugs have a large volume of distribution?
Drugs that have poor protein binding and lipophilic Access to blood, fat
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What are examples of drugs that have high Vd?
Propofol, Thiopental, Diazepam This is the reason why these drugs cause you to be drowsy for so long--drug goes into fat, muscle brain tissue--causes concentration gradient from these areas back into the blood later when the drug in the blood has been metabolized
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What type of drugs have a small Vd?
Drugs that are highly bound to plasma proteins We want small Vd--when its metabolizes we know it will stay that way (not stocked up in fat)
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Decrease intravascular volume causes ________ Vd.
Lower
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Increased intravascular volume causes ______ Vd.
Increased
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What is the function of drug metabolism?
Convert active, lipid soluble drugs into water soluble for excretion metabolites are usually inactive
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Examples of active metabolites:
Diazepam Propranolol Morphine (2) Prodrugs (codeine)
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What are the different ways drugs can be metabolized?
Hepatic Microsomal Enzymes Plasma-Hoffman Elimination and ester hydrolysis Kidneys Tissue esterases (GI, placenta)
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What is the function of phase 1 vs phase 2 in drug metabolism?
Phase 1: increase polarity and prepare for phase 2 Phase 2: Covalently link with polar molecule to become water soluble (conjugation)
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What are the different phase 1 reactions?
Oxidation: Lose electrons Reduction: remove O2 or add H+ Hydrolysis: Use water to break bonds
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What is the most common enzyme for metabolism of anesthesia drugs?
CYP3A4
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How are paralytics metabolized?
Hoffman elimination and ester hydrolysis
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How many isoforms of CYP450 are there?
10 isoforms Membrane bound Contains a heme cofactor Involves oxidation and reduction
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What phase are CYP450 enzymes?
Phase 1 reactions -REDOX
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How are CYP isoforms grouped?
The more similar the CYP enzymes (homologous), the smaller group they are in longer name of enzyme= more closely related isoforms
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CYP450 enzymes metabolize more that ___% of drugs (opioids, BZD, LA, immunosuppressants, antihistamines
50%
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What happens if something induces CYP enzyme?
Increased amount of enzyme EX:Phenobarbital induces enzymes… increases metabolism of drugs—break down drug faster
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What happens if something inhibits CYP enzymes?
Decreased activity of enzyme EX: Grapefruit juice…increases concentration of drugs/toxicity levels
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How are anesthetic drugs processes by the liver?
most anesthetic drugs hepatic clearance is constant Rate is proportional to concentration--flow limited (more coming in more coming out, less coming in less coming out)
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What happens if liver has maxed out its clearance capacity?
Metabolism is exceeded since liver capability is not unlimited Capacity limited: livers ability to metabolize is the limiting factor--causes build up of the drug
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What 3 mechanisms are involved in renal clearance?
1) Glomerular filtration: controls amount of drug entering tubule 2) Active tubular secretion: from PT caps (PCN) 3) Passive tubular reabsorption: increased if drug is lipid soluble (0 for water soluble drugs-excreted in urine)
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Elimination half time
Time necessary to eliminate 50% of drug from plasma after bolus dose Easier to draw blood and do peak/trough than to calculate half life (samples from areas all over the body)
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What would the the % of initial drug eliminated with half time is 10 min?
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Context sensitive half time:
Time to a 50% decrease after infusion discontinued Increases the longer the infusion increases Accumulation in peripheral tissues
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When is 50% of the drug ionized and 50% of the drug unionized?
When the pK and pH are the same
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What drugs are weak acids?
Barbiturates
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What drugs are weak bases?
Local anesthetics, opioids
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When are acids ionized?
Acids are ionized in alkaline pH
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When are bases ionized?
Bases are ionized in acid pH
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What form of ionization is active?
Non-ionized: more lipid soluble
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Which form of drug ionization is more water soluble?
Ionized--not active
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Formula for weak Acids:
pK After pH (pH- pK)
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Formula for weak bases:
pK Before pH (pK- pH)
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Negative numbers are __________.
Non-ionized Nicely Negative Numbers are Non-ionized
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Pharmacodynamics:
What the drug does to the body "the sensitivity of the body to the drug" Measure plasma concentrations at different pharmacologic responses
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How does pharmacodynamics vary between people?
Elderly: Decreased cardiac output to brain and liver (slower response takes longer to go down and longer to wake up) Decreased protein binding Increased body fat Enzyme activity: Acute vs chronic alcohol ingestion (chronic upregulated receptors) Genetic disorders: Atypical cholinesterase activity Malignant hyperthermia
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Potency:
concentration vs response less drug with more effect = more potent
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Efficacy:
the ability of a drug to produce a clinical effect
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Effective dose vs Lethal dose:
ED50 : dose required to produce effect in 50% of patients LD50 : Dose required to produce death in 50% of patients
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Therapeutic index:
Therapeutic index: ratio between (LD50/ED50 )
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What is the structural basis of enantiomers?
Chemically identical Mirror images Can’t be superimposed "optical isomers"
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How can the rotation of light in solution be described (R vs L)?
Right: Dextrorotatory Left: Levorotatory Molecule sequence R: Rectus S: Sinister
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What is a 50/50 mixture of isomers?
racemix mixture optical activity it equal can have different ADME One enantiomer is active, the other is inactive or side effects
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How many drugs are racemic?
1/3 (should decrease in the future)
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Enantiomer examples:
S-enantiomer of ketamine more potent with less delirium L-bupivicaine less cardiac toxicity: 3-4x less cardiac toxicity Cisatracurium, the isomer of atracurium, lacks histamine effects Albuterol and Xopenex (isomer)
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What is the purpose of pharmacogenetic testing?
Look for variants in genes that code for: Drug-metabolizing enzymes Drug targets Immune proteins

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