walters drugs Flashcards
alkylating agents MAO
alkylate DNA and proteins
form highly reactive intermediates
cell cycle nonspecific
1) ring opening
2) depurinization
3) miscoding: GC substitutes for AT
4) crosslinking interrupts DNA replication
Mechlorethamine
1st gen nitrogen mustard
unstable, spontaneously cyclizes on injection
part of MOPP
powerful vesicant - avoid extravasation (risk tissue necrosis)
1) side chain cyclizes
2) form ethyleniminium ion
3) form carbonium ion
4) reactive species reacts w/DNA
5) transfer alkyl group
6) form covalent bond
SE: nausea, vomiting, phlebitis, alopecia, myelosuppression
teratogen
carcinogen
cyclophosphamide
wide spectrum nitrogen mustard
not a vesicant
activated by liver
1) creates 4OH-cyclophosphamide
2) creates aldophosphamide
3) liver makes carboxyphosphamide, blood makes phosphoramide mustard and acrolein
4) phosphoramide becomes normitrogen mustard, acrolein is responsible for hemorrhagic cystitis
SE: leukopenia - tx w/Filgrastim (recombinant G-CSF) or sargramostim (GM-CSF), hemorrhagic cystitis - tx w/Mesna (nucleophilic thiol), SIADH, nasuea, vomiting, alopecia, amenorrhea, apsermia, pulmonary toxicity, cardiotoxicity, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic
Melphan
nitrogen mustard
erratic oral absorption
Chlorambucil
nitrogen mustard
myelosuppresive activity
Bendamustine
nitrogen mustard
repairable crosslinks
no cross-resistance w/other alkylating agents
Nitrosureas MOS
alkylate DNA and carbamoylate proteins
attacks #6 O of G
not phase specific
lipophilic - crosses blood-brain barrier
not a vesicant
Carmustine
1st gen nitrosureas
SE: nasuea, vomiting, meylosuppression, PULMONARY FIBROSIS, nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity
Lomustine
nitrosureas
no pulmonary fibrosis
Busulfan
bifunctional alkyl sulfonate alkylating agent
myelosuppresion
Methotrexate
folic acid analog
inhibits DHFR, can’t synthesize DNA
SE: neurotoxicity w/motor deficits
Leucovorin rescue - rescue healthy cells that uptake folate
Pralatrexate
folic acid analog
Cytarabine
pyrimidine analog
incorporates into DNA, improper stacking of bp, fragmentation of double helix
give w/Danorubicine
SE: myelosuppression
6-mercaptopurine
purine analog
suppress BM
analog of hypoxanthine
1) substrate for HGPRT
2) becomes 6-T-IMP
3) incorporate into DNA
4) inhibit txn/tln
give w/allopurinol inhibit metabolism to uric acid
6-thiogruanine
purine analog
suppress BM
analog of G
1) activated by HGPR
2) incorporates into DNA
3) strand breaks
allopurinol has no effect
fludarabine
purine analog
resists deamination by guanase
inhibits DNA polymerase
SE: peripheral neuropathy
**fatal pulmonary toxicity if given w/pentostatin
pentostatin
purine analog
1) inhibits ADA
2) block DNA synthesis
**fatal if given w/fludarabine
cladribine
purine analog
1) incorporates into DNA
2) strand breaks
3) deplete NAD and ATP
4) disrupts cell metabolism
clofarabine
purine analog
cladribine for children
vinka alkaloids MOA + resistance
from periwinkle plant
M phase metaplase
1) bind tubulin
2) dissolve MTs
3) metaphase arrest
4) neurotoxicity
resistance: P-glycoprotein (efflux)
excreted in bile
**intrathecal administration is deadly
vinchristine
vinca alkaloid
part of MOPP
SE: neurotoxicity, loss Achilles tendon reflex
vinblastine
vinca alkaloid
SE: leukopenia (tx w/Filgrastim), phlebitis
topoisomerase II inhibitors MOA
from mandrake plant
1) bind tubulin w/o interfering with MT structure/function
2) forms tenary complex w/DNA
3) prevents reannealing
4) ds breaks
Etoposide
topoisomerase II inhibitor
SE: leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
Teniposide
topoisomerase II inhibitor
retained longer in cells