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What is the primary consequence of cancer cells being diagnosed late?
What is the mechanism of action of alkylating agents in chemotherapy?
Which type of chemotherapy is specific to the M-phase of the cell cycle?
What is the primary function of death receptors in cancer cells?
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What is the characteristic of invasive cancer cells?
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What is the primary mechanism of action of mercaptopurine?
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What is a key aspect of cancer development that treatment strategies should take into account?
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What is a primary goal of cancer treatment strategies?
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What is a key aspect of antibacterial therapy?
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What is the primary mechanism of action for β-Lactam Antibiotics?
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Which of the following medications is used to treat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)?
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What is the function of DNA gyrase in prokaryotic DNA replication?
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What is the primary difference between bacteriostatic and bactericidal antibiotics?
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What is the function of DnaA in prokaryotic DNA replication?
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Why has the use of sulphonamides decreased over time?
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Which of the following resources provides information on drug-drug interactions, side effects, and combinations?
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What is the mode of action of nalidixic acid?
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What is the significance of identifying differences between host and pathogen?
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What is the common side effect of nalidixic acid?
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What is the rationale behind infective drug design?
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What is the challenge in antibiotic therapy?
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What is the concept of risk versus benefit in drug prescription?
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Pro-caspase 8 is activated by proteolytic cleavage in the intrinsic pathway.
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Caspase 3 is activated by caspase 9 in the extrinsic pathway.
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BAX, BAD, and BID are proteins that inhibit apoptosis.
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DNA damage causes rapid p53 phosphorylation and inhibition.
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CD95L is involved in the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis.
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Pro-caspase 9 is activated by caspase 8 in the intrinsic pathway.
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Tailoring treatment strategies to distinctive features of cancer cells is not a viable approach.
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Antibiotics are a type of anti-infective that targets cancer cells.
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Metastasis occurs when cancer cells move inside a tumour 'capsule'
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Glucocorticoids are a type of antibiotic used in chemotherapy
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Inhibiting Dihydrofolate reductase is a mechanism of action of alkylating agents
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Vinca alkaloids are cell cycle nonspecific chemotherapy agents
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Mercaptopurine is a CDK inhibitor
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Death receptors trigger apoptosis when DNA is damaged
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Ceftaroline is a type of β-Lactam Antibiotic that is used to treat methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
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Sulphonamides are a type of bactericidal antibiotic that inhibits nucleic acid synthesis.
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DNA ligase is an enzyme that introduces negative supercoils into a relaxed closed circular DNA molecule.
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Cotrimoxazole is a combination of a sulphonamide and a β-Lactam Antibiotic.
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DnaB is an enzyme that synthesizes RNA primers during prokaryotic DNA replication.
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Penicillins are a type of β-Lactam Antibiotic that can be used with or without a beta-lactamase inhibitor.
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Study Notes
Targeting Replicating Cells
- Cancer development: involves cells that move outside a tumour "capsule" and cause metastasis through the body
- Cancer diagnosis: often late, resulting in a high chance of metastasis
- Chemotherapy: targets cell cycle, modifying DNA structure, inhibiting DNA synthesis, and inhibiting protein synthesis
Cell Cycle Inhibitors
- Alkylating agents: modify DNA structure
- Antibiotics: inhibit DNA synthesis
- Inhibit DNA polymerase: prevent DNA replication
- Inhibit Dihydrofolate reductase: prevent DNA synthesis
- Inhibit thymidylate synthetase: prevent DNA synthesis
- Inhibit topoisomerase: prevent DNA synthesis
- Steroid hormones and antagonists: target specific proteins (e.g. glucocorticoids, anti-oestrogens, androgens/anti-androgens)
- M-Phase Specific: Vinca alkaloids, M Taxanes
- Cell cycle inhibitors: CDK inhibitors, S Purines, Pyrimidines
- Many drugs not cell cycle specific: target specific proteins (e.g. G0, monoclonal antibodies, inducers of ROS, etc.)
Death by Apoptosis
- Cell death: involves death receptor (e.g. CD95)
- CD95L: extrinsic pathway, activates caspase 3, 6, 7, and leads to DNA degradation
- DNA damage: activates p53, which phosphorylates and activates BAX, BAD, and BID, leading to apoptosis
- Intrinsic pathway: involves DNA damage, p53 activation, and BAX, BAD, and BID activation
Anti-Infectives
- Antibiotics: target bacterial cell wall synthesis, nucleic acid synthesis, and protein synthesis
- Inhibition of cell wall synthesis: β-Lactam antibiotics, cephalosporins, carbapenems, and monobactams
- Inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis: sulphonamides, trimethoprim, cotrimoxazole-combo
- Inhibition of protein synthesis: tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, macrolides, and chloramphenicol
- Bacterial DNA replication: requires proteins DnaA, DNA gyrase, DNA ligase, DnaB, DnaC, DNA polymerase III, and DnaG (primase)
- DNA Gyrase Inhibitors: target bacterial DNA gyrase, necessary for DNA synthesis
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