Pharmacology & Therapeutics 1 Flashcards
What are the 3 principle efferent outputs from the CNS?
Autonomic: responsible for involuntary control, accounts for the innervation of the exocrine glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and is involved in metabolism and host defenceSomatic: it is the innervation of the muscle, including the diaphragm and respiratory musclesNeuroendocrine: this system is responsible for growth metabolism, reproduction, development , salt & water balance and host defence
What are the basic branches of the ANS?
Sympathetic: fight and flight Parasympathetic: rest and digest
How does the ANS target the eye?
Sympathetic: Dilation of the pupil Parasympathetic: Constriction of the pupil Contraction of the ciliary muscle
How does the ANS target the salivary glands?
Sympathetic: Thick, viscous secretion Parasympathetic: Copious, watery secretion
How does the ANS target the trachea and bronchioles?
Sympathetic: Dilates Parasympathetic: Constriction
How does the ANS target the skin?
Sympathetic: Piloerection Sympathetic cholinergic: Increased sweating
How does the ANS target the liver?
Sympathetic: Glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
How does the ANS target the heart?
Sympathetic: Increase in rate and contractility Parasympathetic: Decrease in rate and contractility
How does the ANS target adipose tissue?
Sympathetic: Lipolysis
How does the ANS target the gastrointestinal system?
Sympathetic: Decrease in motility and tone Sphincter contraction Parasympathetic: Increase in motility and tone Increase in secretions
How does the ANS target to kidney?
Sympathetic: Increased renin secretion
How does the ANS target the ureters and bladder?
Sympathetic: Relaxes detrusor; constriction of trigone and sphincter Parasympathetic: Contraction of detrusor Relaxation of trigone and sphincter
How does the ANS target the blood vessels?
Sympathetic: (skeletal muscle)Dilation (skin, mucous membranes, splanchnic area) constriction
What are the characteristics of the parasympathetic nervous system?
- Cranial sacral outflow - Long pre-ganglionic fibre - Short post-ganglionic fibre - Ganglia tend to lie within the innervated tissue - Only neurotransmitter involved is Ach, therefore all cholinergic synapses
What are the characteristics of the sympathetic nervous system?
- Thoracolumbar outflow - Short pre-ganglionic fibre - Long post-ganglionic fibre - Ganglia form just outside spinal cord in the paravertebral chains
What do postganglionic fibres of the SNS to effector organs release?
Noradrenaline
What to postganglionic fibres of the SNS which innervate sweat glands release?
Ach
What do preganglionic fibres of the sympathetic nervous system release?
Ach
In which cases do preganglionic fibres of the SNS release noradrenaline?
Some preganglionic fibres innervate the adrenal medulla
What is the enteric nervous system?
The local nervous system of the digestive tract which consists of the submucosal and myenteric plexus
What is the somatic nervous system?
Consists of one long motor neurone, with Ach release to the skeletal muscle
What are the types of Ach receptors?
Nicotinic and muscaranic receptors
What are the characteristics of nicotinic receptors?
- Membrane bound receptors that are present at autonomic ganglia - Type 1 ionotrophic receptors therefore they produce rapid responses via iron channel opening - Stimulated by nicotine and acetylcholine - Blocked by hexamethonium
What are the characteristics of muscarinic receptors?
- Tend to be found in the effectors organs which are innervated by post-ganglionic parasympahetic fibres which mediate effector responses - Type 2 G-protein coupled receptors therefore require generation of 2nd messenger molecules. This means the responses are slower. - Stimulated by muscarine and acetylcholine - Blocked by atropine
What are the subtypes of muscarinic cholinoreceptors?
M1- founds in neural tissues M2- found in cardiac tissues M3- found in exocrine and smooth muscle
What are the subtypes of adrenoreceptors?
Alpha 1 Alpha 2 Beta 1 Beta 2
What is the process of amine transmitter synthesis?
1) The precursor is taken up into the pre-synaptic nerve terminal 2) The precursor is enzymatically converted into the active transmitter and then packaged into vesicles 3) Follow pre-synaptic nerve terminal depolarisation, the vesicles fuse and release the transmitter into the synapse 4) The transmitter then binds with the receptor on the effector cel; where it is broken down and the degradation products are taken back up into the nerve terminal
What is the precursor for acetyl choline synthesis?
Acetyl CoA & choline
Which enzyme is responsible for the conversion during acetyl choline synthesis?
Choline acetyl transferase
Which enzyme is responsible for enzymatic degradation during acetyl choline degradation?
Acetylcholine esterase
What is the process of noradrenaline synthesis?
- The precursor is tyrosine - Tyrosine is then hydroxylased into DOPA by tyrosine hydroxylase - DOPA is then decarboxylated to form dopamine which is then packaged into vesicles - In the vesicle, dopamine is hydroxylased to form noradrenaline by dopamine beta hydroxylase - NA is released from the vesicle
What are the two uptake systems for noradenaline?
1) Neural reuptake & degradation by MAO-A to form secondary metabolites 2) Extraneural uptake and degradation via COMT
What is pharmacology?
The science of the properties of drugs and their side effects on the body
What is pharmacokinetics?
The study of how drugs are handled within the body, including their absorption, distribution, metabolisation and excretion This concerns: - How drug concentration changes with time - How drugs pass across cell membranes - How often drugs should be given - What the effect of long-term administration may be - How drugs interact with each other
What is pharmacodynamics?
The interactions of drugs with cells and their mechanism of action on the body. It involves - How drugs bind to cells - Uptake of drugs into cells - Intracellular metabolism of drugs
What is a drug?
A chemical that affects the physiological function in a specific way
What are drug target sites?
Protein complexes key to drug mechanism of action
When a drug is administered, what are the target sites that it must interact with?
1) Cell receptors 2) Ion channels 3) Transport systems 4) Enzymes
What are cell receptors?
Proteins which usually sit within cell membranes thus exposing an active site waiting to be activating by neurotransmitters or hormones
How are the different families of cell receptors differentiated between?
On the basis of protein structure of the receptors and the biochemical/transduction system the receptor interacts with with in the cell
What are the different types of cell receptors?
Type 1: Ionotrophic (ligand-gates channels) Type 2: Metabotrophic (G-protein couples Type 3: Kinase-linked Type 3: Intracellular steroid type
What are the characteristics of ionotrophic cell receptors?
Location: Membrane Effector: Channel Coupling: Direct Speed: Millisecond Example: Nicotinic Ach receptor
What are the characteristics of metabotrophic cell receptors?
Location: Membrane Effector: Enzyme or channel Coupling: G-protein Speed: Seconds Example: Muscarinic Ach receptor
What are the characteristics of kinase-linked cell receptors?
Location: Membrane Effector: Enzyme Coupling: Direct or indirect Speed: Minutes Example: Insulin receptor
What are the characteristics of intracellular steroid type cell receptors?
Location: Intracellular Effector: Gene transcription Coupling: Via DNA Speed: Hours Examples: Steroid/thyroid receptors
What is an agonist?
A drug or other substance that acts on the cell receptor to activate it, initiating a response. E.g. Acetylcholine (at acetylcholine receptors) and nicotine
What are antagonists?
A drug or other substance that binds to the cell receptor without activating it. It blocks the receptor active site and therefore inhibits the normal response
What are the shapes of a normal dose-resposne curve and a log dose-response curve?
Normal: hyperbolic Log: sigmoidal
What are the different types of ion channels?
Voltage sensitive: the channel opens in response to a change in membrane potential e.g. Ca2+ channels (VSCC) Receptor linked: channel opens in response to the activation of a receptors. e.g. choline activates NAChR, which in turns opens an ion channel