Week 4 Objectives Flashcards
Negative Feedback process to control body temperature
• TOO HOT
o Blood warmer than set point
o Sweat glads activated, secrete perspiration, vaporized by body heat helping the body cool
o Also skin blood vessels dilate, capillaries become flushed with warm blood, heat radiates from skin surface
o Body temp decreases, blood temp declines, and hypothalamus heat-loss center “shuts off” (negative feedback)
• TOO COLD
o Blood cooler than set point
o Skin blood vessels constrict, blood is diverted from skin capillaries and withdrawn to deeper tissues, minimizing overall heat loss from skin surface
What is the equation describing the two factors that control blood flow through a vessel
Flow = (pressure difference)/resistance
Q=ΔP/R
Q=flow rate (volume/time)
∆P=pressure difference (mmHg)
R=resistance to flow (mmHg x time/volume)
Circulatory flow=caridac output from the heart pump (stroke volume X heart rate)
Resistance= result of frictional forces as blood passes through the consecutive segements (artery, arteriole, capillary, veins) and is called the total peripheral resistance (TPR)
Identify the two factors that control the mean arterial pressure and indicate what effect changes in these factors will have on mean arterial pressure.
- Mean arterial pressure (MAP) = CO x TPR
- CO= cardiac output
- TPR= Total peripheral resistance
- MAP (BP) IS THE CONTROLLED VARIABLE (needs to be maintained at 100 mmHG for adequate brain blood flow)
Identify the two factors that influence cardiac output (CO)
- Heart rate
* Stroke volume
Describe the negative feedback role of arterial baro-receptors in the regulation of arterial pressure
Blood pressure drops below normal range
• Baroreceptors are inhibited
• Decreased impulses from baroreceptors activate centers
• Increase in sympathetic impulses to heart cause (increased HR, increased contractility, and increased CO)
• Vasomotor fibers stimulate vasoconstriction, increasing Resistance (R)
• Increased CO and Increased Vasorestiction restore BP
Blood pressure above normal range
• Barorecptors are stimulated
• Decreased sympathetic impulses to heart cause decreased HR, decreased contractility and decreased CO
• BP returns to normal
Identify the primary homeostatic roles of the cardiovascular system.
• To provide mass transit system to move materials around the body and an exchanges surface for the movement of materials into and out of the vascular space
Mechanistic Vs. Teleologic
Mechanistic- how events happen, cause and effect
Teleologic- why events happen- explain purpose
Divisions of Nervous System
oCentral- Brain and Spinal Cord- responsible for integrating, processing, and coordinating sensory data and motor commands
oPeripheral- everything else outside CNS
• Sensory Division (afferent)- Brings information to the CNS from receptors in peripheral tissues and organs
• Motor Division (efferent)- carries motor commands from the CNS to peripheral tissues and systems
-Somatic- motor neurons mediate voluntary movement
-Autonomic- nervous system mediated involuntary movement
o Parasympathetic- rest and digest (anabolic)
o Sympathetic- fight or flight (catabolic)
Identify 3 benefits of personalized medicine
o Safer drugs (reduction of side effects)
• Warfarin example
o Increased drug effectiveness (able to use less)
o Alternative drugs for “standard treatments”
o Dosages based on an individuals genetics
• Individuals who metabolize a drug too quickly to benefit from any effect
Describe genetic tests that may be used for detecting genetic varients (SNPs)
- Deep sequencing (rapidly increasing)- know every piece of DNA or RNA
- Exon Trapping
- Direct sequencing (most common)
Describe general role of cytochrome p450 gene family
o Cytochrome p-450 enzymes: contribute to the metabolism of approx.. half of all medications (ex. Codeine, acetaminophen, cyclosporine A, erythromycin)
Summary of 2D6/3A4
o More 2D6 than 3A4 = can convert codeine into morphine
o More 3A4 than 2D6 = cannot convert codeine (makes norcodeine)
o Grapefruit Juice= reduces 3A4
o Quinidine= reduced 2D6
What do 3A4 and 2D6 do?
o 3A4 is an essential enzyme (need at least one functional copy)- converts “codeine” to “norcodeine” which cannot be used by the body
o 2D6- one enzyme that is required for the metabolism of codeine to morphine
Describe 3 different metabolizers and the significance of pain management with difference of 2D6
o Poor metabolizer- genetic predisposition or polymorphism that blocks the metabolism of certain drugs, may over does on less because it can not be metabolized
o Extensive metabolizers- allows them to effectively metabolize codeine to morphine
o Ultrarapid Metabolizers- metabolizes too quickly to be able to effectively benefit from the medication (codeine-derivative medications provide no pain relief)
When is genetic test needed prior to administering cancer therapy?
o to give targeted therapies must know if mutation (biomarkers) exists
o Not naturally SNPs
o Very expensive therapies
Define receptor and it’s funcitons
macromolecule within or expressed on the surface of a cell
Functions-
Recognition of drug/ ligand (infers selectivity)
Signal Transduction- recognition of the drug needs to be communicated to the cell
What are the four major mechanisms of receptor-mediated signal transduction?
- G-protein coupled receptor
- Ligand gated Ion Channels
- Receptors as enzymes
- Receptors regulating nuclear transcription
What are some major attributes of drug receptor-mediated processes?
- highly compartmentalized
- self- limiting
- organized into opposing systems
- provide opportunities fro signal amplification
- operate through small number of 2nd messenger systems
What are the two underlying assumptions of the drug occupancy theory?
- effect of the drug is proportional to receptor occupancy
- interactions are monovalent (one receptor binds one ligand)
Distinguish the differences in drugs that are full agonists, partial agonists, and antagonists
Full agonist- maximal response, has full efficacy (alpha=1)
Partial Agonist- produces less than maximal response but has partial efficacy ( 1>alpha>0)
Antagonist- has affinity for receptor that inhibits action of agonist, has no efficacy (alpha=0)
- Define and distinguish the terms affinity, efficacy, EC50, and potency as they pertain to drugs
• EC50- Half maximal effect, what concentration of drug can we elicit half of our total effect
• Affinity- ability to form complex with its receptor (1/KD)
o The greater affinity the lower the drug concentration required to produce an effect
o Basis of receptor classification
• Efficacy/Intrinsic Activity- capacity to produce response
• Potency- relative position of dose-response curve
o It is a ratio, a COMPARISON to some standard (takes less of drug to get same effect as other drug = more potent) → doesn’t have to do with SIZE of response
o Not the amplitude of response
- Distinguish between competitive, noncompetitive, and physiological mechanisms of drug antagonism
• Competitive Antagonist-
o Reversible
o Dose response shifts to right
o Apparent affinity of agonist is reduced
o Slope does not change
o Maximal response can still be produced
• Non competitive-
o Irreversible
o Maximal response reduced
o Apparent affinity changes very little, if at all
o Apparent number of receptors decreased.. for the near time, they are “gone”
• Physiological mechanisms of drug antagonism (looking at systems)- involves interactions among regulatory pathways mediated by different receptors
Inverse agonism
creates a reverse or lesser affect of the receptor
Generally describe the two-state theory of drug-receptor interactions
- Receptors can exists in multiple forms (active/ inactive) both in equilibrium
- Level of active receptor is proportional to basal effect
- If add agonist, agonist stabilizes receptor into active form
- Inverse Agonist
- Antagonist- not shifting equilibrium
- Partial Agonist- weak affinity for active form of receptor
What is quantal log dose-response curves? What can it show you?
• All or nothing responses
• ED50- median effective dose (dose producing effect 50% of populationo CAN see median effective does
o CANNOT determine KD or maximal efficacy
What is therapeutic index?
Measure of relative safety
Ratio of LD50 to ED50 (how much it takes to kill half/ how much it takes to work on half)
Respiratory System
Distribution of Oxygen to tissues
Transport of CO2 from tissues
Regulated by pH receptros/ [CO2]
Urinary System
Regulation of blood palsma composition- pH, electrolytes, water, osmolarity
Osmoreceptors in hypothalamus to see how concentrated blood is, ADH, more water reabsorb
GI System
digest, absorb, excretion, secretion-enzymes fluid, motility
Regulated by parasympathetic (acetylcholine) long reflexes coming from CNS AND short reflexes in gut
Reproductive System
propagate species
produce gametes
support development of fetus and infant (lactation), hormone production
Hormonally controlled by hypothalamus
Major mechanisms for transport of drugs across membranes
passive diffusion filtration endocytosis facilitated diffusion active transport
Passive Diffusion
does not require energy input energy provided by gradient goes both ways until equilbrium DOES NOT SATURATE (reach max flux) Not inhibited by structurally similar compounds, every compound behave independtly