Second lecture set Flashcards
Key ingredient(s) for controlling drug delivery
Coating
applied to the outside of solid dosage form to provide the following
- protection of the agents from air or humidity
-mask taste
-special drug release
-aesthetic
Key ingredient(s) for controlling drug delivery
Disintegrates, coating, and lubricants
Aqueous film coating generally contain
film-forming polymer
plasticizer to produce flexibility and elasticity of coating
colorant and opafier
vehicle
Reasons for Enteric coating
It is added to prevent the release of an API in a region where it may undergo breakdown
1. to prevent API from gastic fluids
2. to prevent gastric distress from the API
3.Target API delivery to a site in the intestines
4.to provides a delayed release
5. to deliver the API in a higher local concentration in the intestines where it may be absorbed and have a higher bioavailability
What is sustained release
The onset of the pharmacologic action is delayed, but its therapeutic effect has a sustained duration
What is controlled release
It implies a reproducibility and predictability in the drug release kinetics
Allows us to maintain a narrow drug plasma concentration-steady state
Examples of controlled release formulations
- Coated beads (controlles release by programed erosion)
-Multitablet system (tablet in gelatin)
-Microencapsulated (solid,liquid, or gas are encapulated in wall material which allows spreading on micriparticles across absorbing surface.)
-Drug Embedding in a hyrophilic matric/ slowly eroding (Release is controlled by erosion rate)
What is Steady state
The rate going into the body must be equal to the disposition
what are the characteristics needed for best oral controlled release formulation
- Must exhibit neither slow or fast absorption or excretion
- Uniformly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract
-Administered in relatively small doses
-Have good safety/therapeutic window
-Chronic therapies better suited than acute
What are physiological factors affecting absorption
- absorbing surface area
-residence time at absorption site - pH changes in Lumen
-permeability/(perfusion) - dietary effects
-Protein binding
-biliary uptake and clearance
Different types of epithelia
- simple squamous
- simple columnar
-translational-comprised - stratified squamous
where can simple squamous epithelia be found?
This thin layer of flattened cells mostly line blood vessels-placenta
Where can simple columnar epithelia be found?
This is usually found in the GI tract
Where can translational- comprised epithelia be found?
comprised of several different layers with different shapes and usually found in areas that stretch
Where can Stratified squamous epithelia be found?
Comprised of layers of squamous cells
Usually found in areas subject to wear and tear-skin is one type that the barrier function comes from keratinization
Explain the composition of biological membranes
- All living cells are enclosed by one or more membranes, this defines the cells as the living unit
- the membrane isolates the cellular contents from the environment (The membrane forms a barrier)
-Membrane is semi-permeable, this helps to permit the rapid passage of some chemicals while preventing the passage of others
-cellular lipid composition is polarized
-intracellular membrane lipids are different then extracellular lipids
Does cholesterol only have harmful effects on membranes?
NO
-cholesterol provides fluidity at lower levels
- When it exceeds a certain level the membrane undergoes a phase transition and forms a liquid crystalline state (known as atherosclerosis when occuring in the vasculature)
Membrane and Cell-Based assays
P(app)= ((delta)Q/(delta)t)/(AC(o)60)
(cm*sec)^-1
deltaQ/delta t = amount of compound appearing on the receiver side as a function of time
A= surface area of the filter support
Co = initial concentration of compound applied to the donor side
Explain 2 types of intestinal transport mechanisms
Passive (non-saturable)
- paracellular (between cells)
-Transcellular (through cells)
Carrier Mediated (saturable)
- Active (energy dependent)
- Facilitated diffusion (energy independent)
What are drug transporters and what are their roles
- Drug transporters are membrane bound proteins widely distributed throughout the body, prominently on apical and basolateral surfaces of organs involved in clearance
- They are used to move important molecules across the membrane ( like drug molecules)
- Crucial determinant of tissue and cellular distribution of drugs not only for drug clearance but also sanctuary organs
- variations in drug transporter activity can be major determinants of drug response and drug safety
Solute Carriers
- these are nutrient and xenobiotic transporters
- contain 43 subfamilies
- > 300 members identified
- generally influx or secretory efflux transporters
- PepT1, OATs, OATPs
ATP-Binding cassette (ABC)
-7 subfamilies
- 50 membrers presently identified
- generally efflux-multidrug resistant transporters
- P-glycoprotein, MRPs
Absorption
What are the routes of permeability
-Influx transporter mediated
-Passive transcellular
-Passive transcellular and efflux
-passive paracellular
-metabolism
-Efflux of the metabolites
- Metabolism generally works to deactivate a compound and make it more polar so it can be excreted by the body
IMPORTANT TO NOTE
- many potential different combinations of these parallel routes of metabolism that can contribute to net absorption of a drug
- Drug physiochemical properties will dictate the number of potential permeation routes that may govern absorption
Define influx
Transporters that transfer substrates into a cell
Define Efflux
Transporters that transfer substrates out of a cell
Define Absorptive
Transporters transfer substrates from the lumen into the systemic blood circulation or vice-versa from the blood into an organ when discussing endothelia and organ distribution
Define Secretory
- Transporters transfer their substrates from the blood circulation into bile, urine. and/or the GI lumen for excretion
Characteristics of Passive paracellular permeation
- hydrophilicity
- Molecular size and shape
- pKa of the ionizable groups
- linear increase in permeability with increasing concentration
-Adjuvants can open tight junctions and increase transport
Characteristics of facilitative/ Active transcellular permeation
-Affinity (Km), Capacity (Vmax/ J max)
- Concentration dependent saturation
- Expression level (constitutive, induced)
Function (Drug- drug & drug nutrient interactions, competitive inhibition)
Excipients like surfactants can limit the effects of efflux by Pgp or BCRP