PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS Flashcards
Inhibitors that selectively inhibit bacterial protein synthesis
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Total ribosomes of Bacteria
70S consisting
* 50S Large Subunit
* 30S Small Subunit
Differences found between bacterial and mammalian protein synthesis
- Ribosomal subunits
- Chemical composition
- Functional specificities of component nucleic acids and proteins
Bactericidal protein inhibitors
- Oxazolidinones
- Pleuromutilins
TIP: OP = “Out of Place ang Oxazolidinones and Pleuromutilins”
Broad Spectrum Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
- Chloramphenicol
- Tetracyclines
Moderate Spectrum
- Macrolides
- Ketolides
Narrow Spectrum
- Lincosamides
- Streptogramins
- Linezolid
T/F
Chloramphenicol has equal bioavailability for oral and IV/IM
True
MOA of Chloramphenicol
Binds to the 50S subunit of bacterial ribosome
Chloramphenicol is bactericial for what infections
- H. influenzae
- N. meningitis
- Bacteroides
T/F
Resistance of Chloramphenicol is Plasmid-Mediated
True
Enzyme that inactivates chloramphenicol
Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferases
Clinical Use of Chloramphenicol
- Ricketsial Infections :Typhus
& Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - Bacterial Meningitis
T/F
Chloramphenicol can be used as an alternative for meningitis for patient who have major hypersensitivity to penicillin
True
T/F
Chloramphenicol can only cross the placenta and not the blood-brain barrier
False
Chloramphenicol readily cross the placental and blood-brain barrier
Chlorampheniucol is inactivated by ____ acid
a. Carbonic Acid
b. Acetic Acid
c. Glucoronic Acid
d. Citric Acid
Glucoronic Acid
Excretion of Chloramphenicol
Eliminated by the Urine and small amount is excreted into bile and feces
Notable toxicities of Chloramphenicol
- Inhibition of Red Cell Matiration
- Aplastic Anemia
- Gray Baby Syndrome
Toxicity of Chloramphenicol due to lack of effective glucoronic acid conjucation for the degradation and detoxification
Gray Baby Syndrome
Chloramphenicol prolongs the effect of these drugs
PHEN TO - CH WARS
- Phenytoin
- Tolbutamide
- Chlorpropamide
- Warfarin
MOA of Tetracyclines
Binds reversibly to the 30S subunit of the bacterial ribosome
Prevents new peptide bonds
a. Tetracycline
b. Chloramphenicol
b. Chloramphenicol
Prevents new amino acids
a. Tetracycline
b. Chloramphenicol
a. Tetracycline
Antimicrobial Activity of Tetracycline
- Rickettsiae
- Chlamydiae
- Mycoplasma
Primary Use of Tetracyclines
- Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
- Chlamydiae
- Rickettsiae
- Borrelia sp.
- Vibrios
- Some Spirochetes
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum
- Ehrlichia
Secondary Use of Tetracyline
- CAP
- Syphilis
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Leptospirosis
- Acne
Clinical Use: GI ulcers caused by H. pylori
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
b. Tetracycline
Clinical Use: Lyme Disease
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
a. Doxycycline
Clincal Use: Malaria Prophylaxis
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
a. Doxycycline
Clincal Use: Amoebiasis
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
a. Doxycycline
Clinical Use: Meningococcal Carrier State b
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
c. Minocycline
Clinical Use: ADH-secreting tumors
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
d. Demeclocycline
Clinical Use: Inhibit renal actions from ADH
a. Doxycycline
b. Tetracycline
c. Minocycline
d. Demeclocycline
d. Demeclocycline
Clincal Use: Coagulase Negative Staphylococus
TIGECYCLINE ERAVACYCLINE OMADACYCLINE
Clinical Use: MRSA & VRE
TIGECYCLINE ERAVACYCLINE OMADACYCLINE
Clinical Use
* Streptococci
* GRAM (+) RODS
* Enterobacteriaceae
* Acinetobacter
* Rickettsiae
* Chlamydiae
* Legionella pneumophila
TIGECYCLINE ERAVACYCLINE OMADACYCLINE
Clinical Use: Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria –> Tuberculosis
TIGECYCLINE ERAVACYCLINE OMADACYCLINE
60 - 70% Bioavailability
a. Tetracycline & Demeclocycline
b. Doxycycline & Minocycline
a. Tetracycline & Demeclocycline
95 - 100% Bioavailability
b. Doxycycline & Minocycline
T/F Absoprtion of Tetracyclines occurs mainly in the Colon
False
Upper Small Intestine
Tetracyclines should not be given to patients who are:
- Drinking multivitamins
- Milk
T/F
Tetracyclines cannot cross the BBB therefore cannot be used for CNS infections
True
Excretion of most Tetracyclines
Bile & Urine
Excretion of Tetracycline
Feces
Tetracycline eliminated by nonrenal mechanisms
Doxycycline & Tigecycline