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08/30/2010

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Term
unionized
Definition

To get a drug into the body it must be relatively...?

 

a. ionized

b. unionized

Term

1. sweating

2. pulmonary

3. biliary/fecal

4. renal

5. breast milk

Definition
What are the 5 ways for excretion?
Term
Phase I
Definition
During which phase of metabolism is there a relatively minor chemical modification of the parent compound?
Term
Conjugation Reactions
Definition
Phase I reactions may result in the formation of functional groups which serve as sites for what?
Term

a. more polar

 

*more water soluble, less lipid soluble

Definition

The metabolite formed from Phase I reactions is...?

 

a. more polar

b. less polar

Term

Phase II

 

*conjugation: synthetic reactions with addition of another molecule

Definition
Which phast of metabolism is conjugation in?
Term

More polar

 

*less lipid soluble

Definition
Does the drug turn more or less polar in Phase II reactions?
Term
Phase II
Definition
During which phase are the metabolites rendered physiologically inactive?
Term

1. hydrolysis

2. oxidations

3. reductions

Definition
What are the three typical Phase I reactions?
Term
Oxidations
Definition
Cytochrome P450 is linked to which Phase I reaction?
Term
oxidations
Definition
Alcohol, aldehyde dehydrogenase, xanthine oxidase, monoamine oxidase are all linked to which Phase I reaction?
Term
ester & amide
Definition
Which bonds are split in half during hydrolysis?
Term
azo & nitro
Definition
Which compounds are associated with reduction reactions?
Term
Oxidation
Definition
Which reaction makes the molecule more polar, more water soluble and less lipid soluble?
Term
Cytochrome P450
Definition
What mediates oxidation reactions?
Term
18
Definition
How many Cytochrome P450 gene families are in humans?
Term
the family
Definition
What does the first number of CYP3A4 stand for?
Term
the sub-family
Definition
What does the second number of CYP3A4 stand for?
Term
specific gene/enzyme
Definition
What does the last number in CYP3A4 stand for?
Term
CYP
Definition
What abbreviation stands for Cytochrome P450?
Term
mixed-function-oxidase
Definition
CYP is characterized by what type of reactions?
Term
NADPH & molecular O2
Definition
The mixed-function-oxidase reaction is dependent on what molecules?
Term
Ser
Definition
Which amino acid in the liver has a short electron transport chain?
Term
Low
Definition

Various isoforms of CYP catalyze the oxidation reaction with a ____ degree of substrate specificity?

 

a. high

b. low

Term
lipid soluble
Definition

Substrates of a CYP oxidation reaction must be

______ ______?

 

a. water soluble

b. lipid soluble

Term
an oxidized drug product
Definition
After the CYP oxidation reaction, what type of product do you end up with?
Term
Everyone has different Cytochrome P450s
Definition
Why won't a drug that gets metabolized in the liver be metabolized the same way in everyone?
Term

Liver - 100

Intestine - 40

Lung - 15

Definition
What are the three most common area's for CytP450's?
Term
Steroid
Definition
P450's located in the mytochondria are involved in _____ synthesis.
Term
NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase
Definition
In humans, CYP's are largely associated with what 2nd membrane protein?
Term
NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase
Definition
What is the source of the electron(s) required for the oxidation reaction of drugs in humans?
Term

1. genetic variation

2. environmental determinants

3. disease factors

4. age

5. sex

6. nutritional status

7. adrenal and thyroid status

Definition
What 7 things influence drug metabolism?
Term
Inhibition of P450 isoforms
Definition
What is due to competition for enzyme active site, inactivation, or interactions with the heme group?
Term

drug toxicity

 

*P450 inhibition causes more drug in the plasma concentration

Definition
What could result if P450 isoforms are inhibited?
Term
Vegan diets
Definition
What type of nutritional diet will slow the metabolism?
Term
males
Definition
Do males or females metabolize faster?
Term
CYP1, 2, 3
Definition
Which CYP's are normally used in drug reactions?
Term
CYP2D6
Definition
Which CYP do a number of people not have?
Term

Glucuronidation

 

*donor: UDP-glucornonic acid

Definition
Which phase II reaction is quantitatively most important and is a pharmacogenetic variation?
Term
Glycine or Glutamine
Definition
The amino acid phase II drug reaction uses what donor?
Term
Glycine and CoA
Definition
The amino acid Phase II drug reaction depends on the availability of what?
Term
Glucuronidation, acetylation, thiopurine methyltransferase
Definition
What are the three phase II reactions that are pharmacogenetic variations?
Term

ribosylation

 

*Donor: Ribose

Definition
What is the normal reaction involved in purine and pyrimidine metabolism?
Term

Sulfation

 

*Donor: PAPS

Definition
Which Phase II reaction's substrates generally contain a hydroxy or primary amine group?
Term

Thiopurine methyltranserase

 

*donor: SAM

Definition
What phase II reaction is the S-methylation of aromatic and heterocyclic sulphydryl compounds?
Term
Glutathione-S-transferase
Definition
What phase II reaction serves to protect cellular macromolecules from reactive substances?
Term
canalicular membrane
Definition
Which layer of the liver are the transport systems located?
Term
300
Definition
Lipid-soluble, conjugated metabolites must have a MW greater than what number to be excreted by the liver into the bile?
Term
intrinsic clearance
Definition
What is the ability of the liver to eliminate a drug in the absence limitations imposed by blood flow?
Term
Michaelis-Menten
Definition
In biochemical terms, intrinsic clearance is a measurement of what kinetic parameters?
Term
Hepatic blood flow
Definition
What is high intrinsic clearance determined by?
Term
unbound fraction of the drug
Definition
What is low intrinsic clearance be proportional to in the blood?
Term
The first pass effect
Definition

Drugs with high hepatic extraction ratios or drugs which are metabolized rapidly compared to their rate of absorption demonstrate reduced or low bioavailability.

 

This is also known as what?

Term
the unbound fraction
Definition
Glomerular filtration will filtrate what part of the drug?
Term
Tubular secretion (active transport)
Definition
Where cells of the proximal tubule actively transport a wide variety of organic acids and bases from the plasma directly into the tubular fluid bypassing filtration?
Term
alkaline uring
Definition
In tubular reabsorption what kind of urine will increase the excretion of weak acids?
Term
acidic urine
Definition
In tubular reabsorption what kind of urine will increase the excretion of weak bases?
Term
Cl=0
Definition
What number will the renal clearance be if the drug is filtered an completely reabsorbed?
Term
 about 120 ml/min
Definition
What will the average renal clearance be if the drug is filtered and not reabsorbed?
Term
about 650 ml/min
Definition
What will the average renal clearance be if the drug is filtered and maximally secreted?
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