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Pharmacodynamics

What the Drug Does to the Body

Setyawati S Karyono Laboratorium Farmakologi Fakultas Kedokteran Unibraw

Basic Pharmacological Concepts

Pharmacology = The study of the interaction between chemicals and a biological system.
Pharmacodynamics = study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action (the effects of the drug on the body) Pharmacokinetics = deals with absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion of drugs (the way the body affects the drug with time)

LOCUS OF ACTION RECEPTORS

TISSUE RESERVOIRS

Bound

Free

Free

Bound

ABSORPTION

Free Drug Bound Drug


SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION

EXCRETION

BIOTRANSFORMATION

Pharmacodynamics
Mechanisms of drug action

Non-specific drug action general anaesthetics, osmotic diuretics, antacids Alter transport systems Ca antagonists, local anaesthetics, cardiac glycosides Alter enzyme function COX inhibitors, MAO inhibitors, AChE inhibitors Act on receptors Synaptic transmitter substances, hormones

Langley (1905)
Nicotin

Receptive substance
Electrical stimulation

(-) CURARE
Skeltal muscl. contraction Skeltal muscl. contraction

Ehrlich (1913)

specificity of the chemical structure receptor structure corpora non agunt nisi fixata

Site of Drug Action

The part of the body (organ, tissue, cell type) where a drug acts to initiate the chain of events leading to an effect. Example: systemic morphine induces pupillary miosis, but not due to direct action on iris muscle. Also, drugs may have different effects in the same tissue...

Receptor

The macromolecular (protein) complex with which drugs interact to elicit their characteristic biological effects. Drug receptors for endogenous ligands (hormones, neurotransmitters) Drug actions receptor-selectivity & tissue-specificity Structure-Activity Relationship: the relationship between the chemical structure of a drug and its biological effect.

Classical Receptors

Span the membrane. Amphipathic (polar and nonpolar regions). alpha-helices form the nonpolar transmembrane regions.

Polar

Nonpolar

Polar

Characteristics of DrugReceptor Interactions


Chemical Bond: covalent, ionic, hydrogen, hydrophobic, and Van der Waals. Competitive, agonist-antagonist Specific and Selective Structure-activity relationships Transduction mechanisms

DRUG RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS


Intermolecular forces

Covalent bonds - two atoms share an electron


-

(40-110kcal/mol) - long lasting

- desirable?

e.g. Alkylating agents (e.g. anticancer nitrogen mustards)

Ionic bonds - electrostatic attraction between


oppositely charged ions
-

much weaker than covalent bonds (10 kcal/mol) reversible

Hydrogen bonds - electrostatic attraction between


hydrogen atom and electronegative atom
-

relatively stable (1-7 kcal/mol)

- reversible

Van der Waals bond

- weak bond (0.5 - 1 kcal/mol)

Drug-receptor interaction

Classification Receptor
Transduction Mechanisms
1. 2.

3.

4.

Ion channel linked receptors e.g. Ach nicotinic (Na+) and GABA (Cl-) Second messenger generation, adenylate cyclase stimulation or inhibition - cAMP, guanylate cyclase - cGMP, phospholipase C IP3,DAG Some receptors are themselves protein kinases Intracellular receptors (e.g. corticosteroids, thyroid hormone)

Transmembrane Signaling Mechanisms


= drug

Out In

G X Y

gene

Transmembrane Actions

Drugs acting at the cell membrane produce transmembrane signals by regulating one or more of the following: Ligand-gated ion channels.
G proteins and second messengers. Transmembrane enzymes

1: Ligand-gated Ion Channels

Neurotransmitters GABA (A-type), ACh (nic), 5-HT (5-HT3), and EAAs (e.g., glu) bind in part to ligand-gated channels.

Increased membrane conductance occurs by the opening of gated channels for specific ions (Na+, K+, Ca2+), which then follow their electrochemical gradients.
Examples: cartoon illustrations.

GABAA Receptor: chloride channel

Channel pore

2: Membrane Receptors Associated With


G Proteins, an Effector, and Diffusible Second Messengers: GPCRs.

G proteins are inactive when GDP is bound and active when GTP is bound. G proteins consist of an a, a b, and a g subunit. The a subunit interacts with the activated receptor, with GDP/GTP, and with the effector enzyme (or channel). Types of G proteins: Gs, Gi, Go, Gq

Schematic of a G Protein-Linked Receptor

extracellular
NH2 Ligand binds here

7 transmembrane segments

Plasma Membrane

intracellular

binds here: 3rd Intracellular loop

Gs

COOH

AC / cAMP System

Receptor

The chemical message is transduced across the cell membrane in four stages.
1)

Binding of drug (i.e., ligand) to receptor. Receptor activation of a G protein. G protein regulation of an enzyme or ion channel.

2) 3)

4)

Change in the concentration of a second messenger.

Binding of drug to receptor

receptors

Change in the Receptor activation cons.of second messenger of a G protein

Inactivation mechanism

G prot regulation of an enzyme or ion channel

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Mechanism of beta-1 receptor activation in cardiac muscle

Effect of beta-2 receptor activation on smooth muscle

The Major Effectors and Intracellular Second Messengers in GPCR Systems


2nd messenger

Effector

adenylyl cyclase
phospholipase C

cyclic AMP (cAMP)


calcium, DAG, and
phosphoinositide (IP3)

Calcium-Phosphoinositide Second Messenger System


G protein-linked. Activation of phospholipase C results in hydrolysis of phosphotidylinositol-4,5bisphosphate (PIP2) into two second messengers, diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3). DAG activates protein kinase C. IP3 mobilizes stored intracellular calcium.

The Ca2+-Phosphoinositide Signaling Pathway

Rec

PLC

PIP2

DAG + PKC
ATP ADP

membrane

cytoplasm Ca2+

IP3
CaM CaM-E*
Substrate

Sub-P

Response

Mechanism of alpha-1 receptor activation of smooth muscle contraction

3: Ligand-regulated Transmembrane Enzymes (tyr Kinases)


Drug or hormone binds extracellular domain. Allosteric effect autophosphorylation of intracellular domain. Phosphorylated form phosphorylates substrate proteins. Agonists: insulin, EGF, other growth factors

1) 2)

3)

Linked directly to tyrosine kinase

Receptor acts as an enzyme

receptors

EGF Receptor
Active dimer

Inactive monomer form

4: Intracellular Actions: Regulation of Gene Transcription


Cytosolic receptors. Steroid hormones cross the cell
membrane and bind cytosolic receptors. The complex is transported to the nucleus and binds DNA sequences near the gene whose expression is to be regulated.

Nuclear receptors.

Thyroid hormone enters the cell and passively enters nucleus to bind its receptor (part of chromatin).

Intracellular Mechanism: Steroid


Nucleus
XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Effects Protein RNA mRNA

drug

Plasma

Nuclear receptors that regulate gene transcription

receptors

Speed of responses

DRUG - Agonis - Antagonis

Agonists

Agonists: produce effects similar to those produced by naturally occurring hormones, neurotransmitters and other substances Example: beta agonists stimulate beta cells (B2) in the lungs causing relaxation of the bronchial smooth muscles. (Albuterol, Alupent inhalers)

Antagonists

Antagonists: inhibit cell functions by occupying receptor sites. Prevent natural body substances or other drugs from occupying receptor sites and activating cell functions Example: beta antagonists (beta blockers) occupy beta sites throughout the body causing slowing of the pulse, decrease blood pressure and decreased cardiac output. (Atenolol, Timolol)

Agonist vs antagonist
K+1
Ag

K-1

Ag

Response

K+1 Ant

R K-1

Ant

Agonist & Antagonist

Agonist & Antagonist

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