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Unit 2 Mechanisms Flashcards

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Renal Tox: Cadmium

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Cd binds to MT in the liver -> Cd blocks receptors in the kidney -> Cd increases -> **inhibits ETC ** -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> ROS -> apoptosis

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Renal Tox: Silica

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Silica inhalation -> Silica accumulates in the Proximal Convulated Tubule -> Mitochondrial dysfunction
-> ROS -> inflammation -> fibrosis -> chronic kidney damage -> decreased eGFR

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Renal Tox: NSAIDS

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  • Glomerular toxicant
  • **Cox-2 **inhibits PGE2 -> vasoconstriction -> decreased eGFR
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Liver Tox: Acetaminophen (APAP)

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  • APAP metabolized into NAPQI -> decreased GSH -> protein adducts -> ROS -> necrosis -> DAMPS -> innate immune response -> inflammation -> tissue repair
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Liver Tox: TCE

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TCE is metabolized into TCE epoxide -> acyl chloride -> reactive aldehyde -> irreversibly binds to DNA and proteins -> genotoxicity

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Liver Tox: CCL4

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Necrosis -> Fibrous -> Cirrohosis

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Liver Tox: Ethanol

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Ethanol -> ADH -> Aldehyde -> Acetic Acid -> Excreted

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Liver Tox: Ethanol Overdose

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Ethanol metabolized by CYP450 -> ROS -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> apoptosis

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Liver Tox: APAP and Ethanol

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  • Ethanol is metabolized by CYP450
  • APAP metabolized into NAPQI -> protein adducts -> ROS -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> necrosis

NAC -> Increases depleted GSH

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Respiratory Tox: Silica

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Silica inhalation -> immune response -> proteolytic enzyme release -> cytokine release -> chronic inflammation -> fibroblast proliferation -> fibrosis

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Respiratory Tox: Coal Dust

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Coal dust inhaltion -> immune response -> chronic exposure -> alveolar wall injury -> emphysema (alveoli lung damage, shortness of breath)

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Respiratory Tox: Asbestos

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Asbestos inhalation -> immune response -> chronic inflammation -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> ROS -> dna damage -> high cell turn over rate -> mutations -> cancer

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Respiratory Tox: PM 2.5

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  • Small, toxic particulate matter that damages the alveolar region of the lungs
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Respiratory Tox: ARDS - DAD

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  • Exudative (alveolar-capillary barrier damage -> edema)
  • Proliferative (edema reabsorbed -> recovery of alveolar-capillary barrier)
  • Fibrotic (recovery not possible, decreased lung compliance)
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Respiratory Tox: ARDS - DAD Mechanism

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Hyperoxia damages ATI pneumocytes and alveolar macrophages -> ROS -> macrophages release neutrophil chemotactic compounds -> neutrophil recruitment -> lung tissue damage

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Respiratory Tox: High Pb

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High Pb -> more blood soluble -> slower onset and offset time

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Respiratory Tox: Lower Pb

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Lower Pb -> less blood soluble -> faster onset and offset

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Cardio Tox: Blood Flow

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RA -> Tricuspid Valve -> RV -> Pulmonary Valve -> Lungs -> LA -> Mitral Valve -> LV -> Aorta -> Body

**Exception: Deoxygenated blood from the heart to the veins via the Pulmonary Artery **

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Cardio Tox: Doxorubicin

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  • Inflammatory response -> macrophages
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Cardio Tox: TCA

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TCA -> HERG channel inhibitor -> QT prolongation -> heart arrythmia

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Cardio Tox: Glycosides

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Glycosides -> Na/K ATPase inhibitor -> increase in Ca 2+
-> mitochondrial dysfunction -> ROS -> protein adducts

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Cardio Tox: Action Potentials

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Na⁺ influx (Phase 0) → K⁺ efflux + Cl⁻ (Phase 1) → Ca²⁺ influx / K⁺ efflux (Phase 2) → K⁺ efflux (Phase 3) → Stable K⁺ balance (Phase 4).

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Dermal Tox: Irritant Dermatitis

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  • Low doses, multiple encounters
  • RXNS at skin point of contact
  • No immune response
  • Chemical burn (Ammonia)
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Dermal Tox: Allergic Irritant

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  • Previous encounter needed
  • Type IV Hypersensitivy (Langerhan Cells -> T cells -> Th1)
  • Delayed RXN (48 hrs - 72 hrs)
  • Poison Ivy
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Dermal Tox: Major Skin Components

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  • Epidermis (kertainocytes, langerhand cells, merkel cells, melanocytes)
  • Dermis (blood vessels, collagen, glands)
  • Hypodermis (adipose tissue)
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Dermal Tox: Absorption

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  • Straneum Corenum -> Epidermis -> Dermis
  • Hydrophobic, Lipophilic
  • Molecular weight, concentration, duration
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Dermal Tox: UV Radiation DNA Damage

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  • UV Radiation -> Thymine dimers -> DNA damage -> mutations -> Cox 1/2 activated -> PGE2 -> PGE2 binds EPI and EP4 receptors -> inflammation -> cell proliferation -> cancer
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Dermal Tox: Protoporphyria

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Genetic defect inhibits heme production -> protoporphyria build up -> UV radiation interacts w/ protoporphyria and oxygen -> ROS -> protein adducts -> lipid peroxidase -> tissue damage

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Neuro Tox: Methyl Mercury

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Sulfhydrl bindings -> ROS -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> inhibits glycolysis, protein and nucleic acid synthesis

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Neuro Tox: Domoic Acid

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Increase in glutamate -> increase in Ca2+ -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> loss of ATP -> neuronal death

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Neuro Tox: Carbon disulfide/n-hexane

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  • crosslinking neurofilament proteins -> adducts -> protein modification -> distal axonopathy
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Neuro Tox: Triethylin

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Metabolic inhibitor -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> loss of ATP in the oligodendrocytes

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Neuro Tox: Colchicine/Taxol

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destabilizies microtubles/stabilizes microtubules

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Neuro Tox: Organophosphates

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Organophosphates bind to Serine residue -> inhibits AchE from converting into Ach -> overstimulated nervous system

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Neuro Tox: Botox

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Botox inhibits the release of Ach at the synapse by targeting and cleaving SNARE proteins -> muscle paralysis

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Neuro Tox: Cocaine and Amphetamine

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blocks dopamine reuptake -> dopamine accumulates in the synpases -> ROS -> mitochondrial dysfunction -> neurodegeneration

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Immuno Tox: Innate

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  • Fast, non specific
  • No memory
  • Macrophages, Neutrophils
  • Phagocytosis
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Immuno Tox: Adapative

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  • Slow, specific
  • Memory
  • T cells -> B cells
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Immuno Tox: Hypersensitivity IV

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  • Fast
  • Langerhan cells -> T cells -> Th1
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Immuno Tox: Hypersensitivy I

Fundamentals of Toxicology (2 decks)

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