Drug Receptors

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What are drug receptors?

Macromolecule that binds a drug and mediates its pharmacological action

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What can be a drug receptor?

  • Enzymes

  • Nuclei acids

  • Specialized membrane bound proteins

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The magnitude of the response is proportional to the number of drug receptor complexes. True or false?

True

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Where can drug receptors be located?

  • Cell surfaces

  • Within cell cytoplasm

  • Within cell nucleus

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How can a drug receptor be linked when on a cell surface?

  • Linked directly to ion channels

  • Linked directly to enzymes

  • Linked directly to regulatory proteins/secondary messenger

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When membrane receptors are on a cell surface and linked directly to ion channels, what do they act as? What does that allow them to do?

They act as an ion pore which allows them to change membrane permeability. They are the lock.

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What are some examples of drug receptors that are on cell surfaces and that are linked directly to ion channels?

  • Acetycholine receptors at NMJ

  • GABA-benzodiazepine-chloride ion channel complex CNS

  • Transmembrane channels

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What kind of drug receptors are on cell surfaces and linked directly to enzymes?

  • Proteins that span the entire width of the cell membrane

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What are the different domains for drug receptors that are on cell surfaces and that are linked directly to enzymes?

  • Binding domain that’s on extracellular receptor sites

  • Catalytic domain that’s the intracellular enzymatic component

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How do drug receptors that are on cell surfaces and linked directly to enzymes effect cells?

They change the enzyme activity inside the cell which leads to an altered biochemcial function inside of the cell

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How do drug receptors that are on cell surfaces and linked to regulatory (G) proteins effect cell function?

By linking to an intermediate regulatory/G protein located on the inner surface of the cell

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What are the different types of G proteins?

  • Stimulatory G proteins (Gs)

  • Inhibitory G proteins (Gi)

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What do stimulatory G proteins (Gs) do?

  • Increase cellular response

  • Allows for a drug to couple with a Gs type GPCR which opens ion channels or turns on an enzyme

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What do inhibitory G proteins (Gi) do?

  • Decrease cell activity

  • Allows for drugs to couple with Gi type GPCR which inhibits ion channels from opening and inhibits ion activity

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Once a drug has left a binding site, cell function is no longer affected by a G protein. True or false?

False! Cell function is affected for a while after the drug leaves the binding site by G protein

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What diseases can alter the synthesis, function, and/or regulation of G proteins?

  • Alcoholism

  • Diabetes Mellitus

  • Heart failure

  • Some tumors or cancers

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What kind of substances often use intracellular receptors?

  • Endogenous hormones

  • Hormone like drugs

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What is an agonist?

A compound that binds to a receptor and produces the biological response

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What is a partial agonist?

A compound that produces a biological response but cannot produce 100% of the biological response even at high doses

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What does efficacy mean?

The maximal response a drug can produce

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What does potency mean?

The measure of a dose that is required to produce a response

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<p>Which drugs here have the same efficacy? Why is that? </p>

Which drugs here have the same efficacy? Why is that?

Drugs A & B because they have the same plateau

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<p>Which drug here is the most potent? Why is that? </p>

Which drug here is the most potent? Why is that?

Drug A is most potent because it has the smallest amount of drug needed to reach max efficacy

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<p>Which drug here might be a partial agonist? </p>

Which drug here might be a partial agonist?

Drug C

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<p>This is an example of what kind of receptor? What process is the drug using to get to the receptor? </p>

This is an example of what kind of receptor? What process is the drug using to get to the receptor?

  • Intracellular receptor

  • Drug is getting to the receptor via diffusion

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<p>This image is an example of what kind of drug receptor? </p>

This image is an example of what kind of drug receptor?

G protein couple receptors

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<p>This image shows an example of what? </p>

This image shows an example of what?

A receptor-enzyme system

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<p>This image shows an example of what? </p>

This image shows an example of what?

A surface receptor that is linked to an ion channel

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The therapeutic index (TI) is a measure of what?

A measure of drug safety

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A drug with a higher therapetuic index is not as a safe as a drug with a lower TI. True or false?

False! The higher the TI, the safer the drug

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What is TD50 representative of?

A dose that is toxic in 50% of those that receive it

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What is ED50 representative of?

A dose that is effective in 50% of those that receive it

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What is meant by therapeutic window?

The range of plasma concentration of a drug that will elicit a desired response in a population of patients

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What is an antagonist?

A compound that blocks or reverses the effect of an agonists or endogenous substance. It itself does not produce a biological effect

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What is an example of an antagonist that blocks the effects of an agonist?

Naloxone (an antagonist) blocks the effects of opioids (an agonist)

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What is an example of a antagonist that reverses or blocks the effect of an endogenously produced compound?

Beta blocker (antagonist) that blocks the effect of norepinephrine/epinephrine (endogenously produced compound)

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How does a competitive antagonist make an agonist look less potent?

By shifting the dose-response curve to the right (aka it takes a higher agonist concentration to elicit the same effect)

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When a competitive antagonist is introduced, can an agonist reach the same maximal effect?

You betcha

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Why is it that competitive antagonists increases the dose requirement of an agonists to achieve desired effects?

Because competitive antagonists and agonsits are competing for the same site on a receptor

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What is a noncompetitive antagonist?

An antagonist that reduces the maximal response of an agonist, irreversibly binds to a receptor, and binds to a different receptor site than an agonist yet still is able to prevent an agonist from binding or the effect of the agonist

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What is the only way to get rid of a noncompetitive antagonist?

For the receptor complex it is attached to, to die

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What kind of antagonist reduces the maximal response of an agonist?

Non competitive antagonist

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What kind of antagonist reduces the potency of an agonist?

Competitive antagonist

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What is an inverse/reverse agonists?

An agonists that has the opposite effect of a full agonists

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What are the different drug classifications?

  • Agonist

  • Antagonist

  • Mixed agonist-antagonist

  • Inverse agonist

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What is affinity?

The amount of attraction between a drug and a receptor

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A drug with a low or high affinity will bind easily to open receptors?

Drug with a high affinity

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What does drug selectivity mean?

The amount of different cells/tissues a drug can effect

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What makes a drug selective?

WHen it only affects one type of cell or tissue and produces a specific response

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The shape of a dose response curve is related to what?

The number of receptors occupied by a specific drug

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What is receptor desensitization?

The brief and transient decrease in receptor responsiveness that last only a few minutes

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What is receptor downregulation?

The decrease in the number of receptors that are available for binding that lost for a few days

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When does normal sensitivity return after receptor downregulation occurs?

Once a cell replaces all the receptors that were eliminated

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What is receptor super sensitivity?

The prolonged decrease in stimulation of receptors that results in an increase in receptor sensitivity to substances. This last for a short time

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What is receptor upregulation?

The increase in the number of receptors that results in an increase in function. Long process

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What are some examples of non receptor drug mechanisms?

  • The process by which chemotherapy agents incorporate themselves into different cellular structures

  • Antacids which directly neutralize stomach acids via a chemical reaction

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What macromolecule forms cellular receptors?

Proteins

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What is the primary role of receptors?

Recognize a specific cehmical and initiate a change in cell function by interacting with a specific agent

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What are some reasons that older adults often are more sensitive to adverse effects of drug therapy?

  • Their pattern of drug use (aka they often take a crap ton of drugs)

  • They sometimes have an altered response to drugs

  • They often have multiple diseases

  • They is not much drug testing done in older adults

  • Lack of proper drug regulation

  • Problems with pt education and nonadherence to drug therapy

  • Pt diet

  • Excessive use of OTC products

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The geriatric population makes up ___% of the population but they purchase over ____% of all prescription drugs

15, 30

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Define polypharmacy

The excessive or inappropriate use of medications

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What are some characteristics of polypharmacy in older adults?

  • Use of meds for no apparent reason

  • Use of duplicate meds

  • Concurrent use of interacting meds

  • Use of contraindicated meds

  • Use of inappropriate dosage

  • Use of drug therapy to treat adverse drug reactions

  • Pt improves when meds are discountinued

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What are some reasons that older adults have altered GI function?

  • Decrease in gastric acid

  • Decrease in stomach emptying

  • Decrease in motility

  • Decrease in absorbing area

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What are some reasons that older adults have altered drug distribution?

  • Decrease in body water

  • Increase in body fat

  • Decrease in lean body mass

  • Decrease in plasma proteins

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What are some reasons that older adults have an altered hepatic metabolism?

  • Decrease in liver mass

  • Decrease in liver blood flow

  • Decrease in enzyme activity

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What are some reasons that renal excretion is altered in older adults?

  • Decrease in kidney mass

  • Decrease in kidney blood flow

  • Decreaes in tubular function in nephrons

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What is the BEERS criteria?

An expert panel that developed a list of meds that pose an especially high risk of ADR for older adults

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Who published the BEERS criteria?

American Geriatric Society

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Most drugs taken by pregnant women can cross the placenta. True or false?

True

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What are some factors that affect placental drug transfer?

  • Physicochemical properties of drugs

  • Rate at which the drug crosses the placenta

  • Amount of drug that reaches the placenta

  • Duration of exposure

  • Distribution characteristics in different fetal tissues

  • Stage of placental and fetal development at the time of exposure to the drug

  • Effects of drugs used in combo

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How long should a mother wait before taking medication after nursing?

30-60 min

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How many hours before nursing should a mother take meds if she needs to?

3-4 hours

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What drug is known to be found in large amounts in breast milk and have significant effects on infants?

Amiodarone

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If an infant is exposed to Amiodarone, the function of what structure should be checked?

Thyroid function

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What level of effect does aspirin have on an infant? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Minimal

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What level of effect does caffeine have on an infant? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Minimal

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What effect level does ethanol have on an infant? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Moderate

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What effect level does lithium have on infants? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Variable

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What effect level does oral contraceptives have on an infant? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Minimal

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What effect level does penicillin have on infants? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Minimal

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What effeect level does tetracycline have on infants? Minimal, moderate, significant, or variable?

Moderate

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What drug has the possibility of staining a babies teeth?

Tetracycline

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Drug metabolizing activity of the liveris higher in neonates compared to adults. True or false?

False! It’s actually lower

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Drug excretion is impaired in infants and children. True or false?

True

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What is an elixir?

An alcoholic solution where a drug is dissolved and evenly distributed. Do not have to shake before using

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What is a suspension?

A solution that contains undissolved particles of a drug. Must shake before using.

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In children, what is drug dosing based on?

The child’s weight

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Do drug dosage based on child weight often underestimate or overestimate the required dose?

Underestimate

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What is the best way to calculate drug dosage for children?

Based on the childs surface area

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