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PPT 4 Flashcards

1
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What is the primary biotransformation organ?

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Liver - hepatocytes

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2
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Describe the first-pass effect of oral medications

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Hepatic portal system
GI → local veins (intestinal capillaries) → hepatic portal vein (combines with splenic vein)→ Sinusoids (very leaky capillaries) → Hepatic vein → Vena cava → Systemic Circulation

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3
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Describe the route an IV medication takes in regards to hepatic blood flow

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Systemic Circulation → hepatic artery → Sinusoids → Hepatic vein → Vena cava → Systemic Circulation

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4
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Hepatic portal vein and hepatic arteries combine to form ________

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sinusoids

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5
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Describe the oxygenation of the blood in the sinusoids

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Mixture of deoxygenated blood from heaptic portal vein and oxygenated blood from hepatic artery
Lower oxygen environment, lower than systemic circulation

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6
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________ are the cells that absorb a drug from leaky sinusoids, where biotransformation takes place

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Hepatocytes

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7
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What are the reactions the liver uses to complete biotransformation?

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Phase I and phase II reactions - help with clearance or excretion of drug

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8
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Differentiate between phase I and phase II reactions

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Phase I - make drug more polar
- add or unmask a functional group on an enzyme (small)
Phase II - conjugation reactions, often detoxifying
- adding bigger molecules on drug (glucuronidation)

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9
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What are the 4 phase I reactions?

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Oxidation, reduction, dehydrogenation, and hydrolysis

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10
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The vast majority of drugs are modified by _______ in phase I reactions

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oxidation

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11
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Describe the steps to cytochrome P450 oxidation

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  1. Drug binds to CYP
  2. CYP is reduced by flavoprotein (P450 reductase)
    - Flavoprotein is reduced by NADPH
  3. Oxygen attaches to CYP
  4. Oxygen attached to drug, CYP is oxidized
  5. Oxidized drug is released (more hydrophobic with -OH instead of -H)
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12
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30% of drugs undergoing phase I reactions are oxidized by ________

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CYP3A4 - substrate specificity low
- 50% of oxidation reactions

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13
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What are the 3 most important cytochrome P450 types?

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CYP3A4, CYP2D6, and CYP2B6
2B6 < 2D6 < 3A4
B less than D, 2’s less than 3

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14
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Cytochrome 450 enzymes are _________

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oxidases

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15
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Cytochrome p450 oxidation occurs in the ________ of the hepatocyte

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Sarcoplasmic endoplasmic reticulum

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16
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How is the WT indicated?

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*1 - most commonly seen in population
- everything else is mutant

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17
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Polymorphic variants

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mutations from the WT that can have greater, less, or the same amount of activity of the WT (*1)

18
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Drugs that increase cytochrome P450 activity

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induction

19
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Drugs that decrease or irreversibly inhibit cytochrome P450 activity

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inhibition

20
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Cytochrome P450 induction causes a decreased drug effect – IF metabolism ________ drug

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deactivates

21
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Cytochrome P450 induction causes an increased drug effect – IF metabolism ________ drug

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activates

22
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Cytochrome P450 inhibition causes an increased drug effect – IF metabolism ________ drug

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inactivates

23
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Cytochrome P450 inhibition causes a decreased drug effect – IF metabolism ________ drug

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activates

24
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If a patient who is on warfarin eats a lot of Brussel sprouts, what effect would they have on the medication? (Brussel sprouts are an inducer of CYP1A2 and warfarin is inactivated by CYP1A2)

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A lot more inactivation of warfarin - less effect of medication

25
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What are the 7 types of conjugation?

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glucuronidation, acetylation, glutathione conjugation, glycine conjugation, sulfation, methylation, and water conjugation

26
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What is the most important type of conjugation?

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glucuronidation

27
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How do uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferases (UGTs) glucuronidate a drug?

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Uridine diphosphate (carrier molecule) adds glucuronic acid to drug

28
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Glucuronidation and Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) make a drug more _______ and increase _______

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Water soluble, urinary excretion

29
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How does Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) work?

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Adds glutathione to a xenobiotic (drug) to make it more water-soluble (detoxification)

30
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What is a therapeutic dose?

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Normal detox pathways functional – no toxic byproducts

31
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What is overdose?

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Overwhelm normal pathways, alternative pathways activated – toxic by-products

32
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How does a Tylenol overdose occur?

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  • occurs when limited amount of glutathione exhausted
  • nucleophilic toxic intermediate binds to cell macromolecules (proteins, cell membrane, carbohydrates) and inactivates them.
  • leads to liver cell death
33
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What are the normal pathways for Tylenol metabolism?

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Normal pathways: Phase 2 - glucuronidation and sulfation, creating nontoxic byproducts.

34
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What occurs when Tylenol is given in toxic doses?

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  • Phase 1 - CYP2E1 and CYP3A4, creates reactive toxic intermediates
  • Phase 2: glutathione conjugation- binds to nucleophilic intermediate to neutralize (backup to toxic pathway)
35
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What are the 3 examples of personalized medicine?

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6-MP - TPMT mutations, warfarin - CYP2C9, herceptin - HER2 overexpression

36
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The Goal of Personalized Medicine

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  • The Right Dose of
  • The Right Drug for
  • The Right Indication for
  • The Right Patient at
  • The Right Time
37
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Alternative forms of a gene which occur at the same locus

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Allele
All of the variant forms of a gene that are found in a population

38
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Genetic testing is _______ for herceptin treatment of breast cancer

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required

39
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Genetic testing is _______ for warfarin treatment

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recommended

40
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Describe the variations in drug response based on pharmacogenomics for 6-MP

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  1. WT - normal metabolism
  2. Heterozygous mutant - metabolize drug slower
  3. Homozygous mutant - extra slow metabolizer (TPMT deficient); can be fatal
41
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Describe the pharmacogenomics for Warfarin - CYP2C9

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Racemic mixture - (S) much more potent than (R)
- (S) metabolized by CYP2C9
- If mutation in CYP2C9, warfarin won’t work very well
- WT, heterozygous mutant, homozygous mutant
- mutants have reduced metabolism and higher warfarin concentrations → more likely to bleed out
- (R) metabolized by CYP2C19

42
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How does herceptin work in treating breast cancer?

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Herceptin aka trastuzumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to and shuts down the HER2 receptor
- If patient not HER2+, herceptin won’t do anything

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