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Physiology and Pharmacology

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Drug   show
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show Any biological binding/recognition element for drugs  
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Pharmacodynamics   show
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Specificity   show
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show The strength of interaction between a drug and a receptor Chemical forces between drug and receptor include electrostatic forces, hydrogen bonds, VDW forces and hydrophobic bonds A drug is not statically located - can dissociate  
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What determines probability of drug occupying its binding site   show
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Efficacy   show
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Law of mass action   show
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show 1 = proportion of receptors occupied + proportion not occupied 1 = Par +pr The fraction of receptors occupied and free  
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show Rate of decrease of inactive = constant x conc inactive = constant x Pr Rate of decrease of Pr = K+1 x Pr dPr/dt = K+1 x Pr dt Rate constant has units s^-1  
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show Rate of decrease of unoccupied = constant x {A} x Conc unoccupied = constant x [A] x Pr Rate of decrease of Pr = K+1 x [A] x Pr dPr/dt = K+1 x [A] x Pr dt Rate constant has units M^-1s^-1  
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Hill-Langmuir equation   show
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show The equilibrium dissociation constant - a measure of agonist affinity The concentration of the drug which results in 50% of the receptors being occupied Expressed in molar units - a concentration  
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show At equilibrium the number of drug molecules binding is equal and opposite to those unbinding K+1[A](Bmax-B) = K-1B B/[A] = Bmax/Ka - B/Ka  
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show A plot of B/[A] against B  
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Basic principles of drug binding   show
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show Binding can be assessed directly bit it is the biological response we wish to assess Plotted as dose response curves Response = ([A]e)/([A]+Ka) e - efficacy - intended as an agonist specific term  
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EC50   show
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show EC50 tends to be lower than Ka Response to an agonist is proportional to the receptor occupancy by Ka and EC50 do not tend to collide  
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show Ec50,<Ka can be explained by spare receptors Number of receptors present is larger than the number needed to provoke full response  
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show Full agonist Partial agonist - same binding site but lower efficacy (cannot produce maximal response)  
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show Salbutamol - B2 adrenoreceptor - asthma Morphine - Opioid receptor - relieve moderate to severe pain Sumatriptan - Serotonin receptor - treatment of migraine Ropinirole - D2 receptor - parkinsons disease  
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show Buprenorphine - opioid receptor - opioid dependence Verenicline - a4/b4 nAChR - nicotine dependence  
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Antagonists   show
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Competitive antagonists   show
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Ra   show
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Relationship between conc of antagonist and receptor occupation by agonist   show
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show Ra = 9[B]/Kb)+1 Expressed as log(Ra-1) = log[B] -logKb Ra depends on {B{ and equilibrium constant of the competing drug The value of Ra allows estimation of Kb  
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show Antagonist that presents reactive groups that can give rise to covalent bonds with the receptor binding site Not associated with an increase in EC50 Increasing concentration of agonist does not overcome the effect - maximal response not achieved  
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Non competitive antagonist   show
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Examples of reversible competitive antagonists   show
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Examples of irreversible competitive antagonists   show
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show Ketamine - Glutamate receptor - intravenous anaesthetic Verapamil - L type VGCC - hypertension, cardiac arrythmia and angina  
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