47 Questions
Which of the following is the basic assumption that governs receptor theory?
Drugs interact with specific receptive molecules called 'receptors'
How can LDR curves be analyzed to distinguish a drug as an agonist, partial agonist, competitive antagonist, or non-competitive antagonist?
By analyzing the shape of the LDR curve
Which parameter can be used to determine the potency, efficacy, and affinity of a drug from LDR curves?
ED50
What is the desired effect referred to in the context of drug-receptor interactions?
Therapeutic effect
What type of drug receptor results in less than 100% activation, even at very high concentration?
Partial Agonist
Which type of drug activates the receptor but produces opposite effects of the endogenous ligand?
Inverse Agonist
Which type of antagonist drug blocks or dampens a biological response by binding and blocking a receptor without activating it like an agonist?
Competitive Antagonist
Which drug is administered to prevent or antagonize the effects of morphine in cases of morphine overdose?
Naloxone
What occurs when both agonist and antagonist drugs bind to the same receptor and compete with each other for the same receptor site?
Competitive Antagonism
Which type of antagonist shifts the log dose-response curve to higher doses but reaches the same maximal effect?
Competitive Antagonist
What type of antagonism occurs when the antagonist drug interferes with the agonist drug action without binding to the same receptor?
Noncompetitive Antagonism
Which drug is an example of a competitive antagonist?
Picrotoxin
What is the term for the tightness of binding between a drug and its receptor?
Affinity
Which drug characteristic is proportional to affinity?
Potency
What determines the maximal receptor occupancy and, consequently, the drug effect?
Bmax
In the context of drug binding, what does the dissociation constant Kd represent?
Strength of binding
What does the time-plasma drug concentration curve predict?
Drug administration frequency
Which median dose measures the lethal dose of a drug?
LD50
What does the therapeutic index compare to determine drug safety?
Therapeutic window and therapeutic doses
What type of drugs produce complete receptor activation at high concentrations?
Full agonists
What is used to quantify the tightness of binding between a drug and its receptor?
Dissociation constant Kd
What does the maximal receptor occupancy (Bmax) determine?
Drug effect
What concentration range is considered the therapeutic window?
Range between effective and toxic doses
When drugs, as well as hormones, neurotransmitters, and toxins, interact with specific receptive molecules called 'receptors', what is the desired effect known as?
Therapeutic effect
What characteristic of a drug can be used to determine the tightness of binding with its receptor?
Affinity
In drug-receptor interactions, what type of drug produces opposite effects of the endogenous ligand when it activates the receptor?
Inverse agonist
What does the dissociation constant (Kd) represent in the context of drug binding?
Tightness of binding
What type of antagonist drug shifts the log dose-response curve to higher doses but reaches the same maximal effect?
Competitive antagonist
What occurs when the antagonist drug interferes with the agonist drug action without binding to the same receptor?
Non-competitive antagonism
Which drug is an example of a noncompetitive antagonist?
Picrotoxin
What does the term 'Partial Agonist' refer to?
Binding results in less than 100% activation, even at very high concentration
What type of receptor ligand or drug blocks or dampens a biological response by binding and blocking a receptor, rather than activating it like an agonist?
Antagonist
Which type of antagonism occurs when both agonist and antagonist drugs bind to the same receptor and compete with each other for the same receptor site?
Competitive antagonism
What is the term for a drug that activates the receptor but produces opposite effects of the endogenous ligand?
Inverse Agonist
Which type of antagonism causes a downward shift in the dose-response curve, leading to reduced efficacy?
Non-competitive antagonism
Which of the following best describes the dissociation constant Kd in drug-receptor interactions?
The concentration of ligand producing 50% receptor occupancy
What parameter can be used to determine the potency, efficacy, and affinity of a drug from Ligand-Drug Response (LDR) curves?
Maximal receptor occupancy (Bmax)
In drug-receptor interactions, what type of drugs produce complete receptor activation at high concentrations?
Full agonists
What type of antagonist drug blocks or dampens a biological response by binding and blocking a receptor without activating it like an agonist?
Competitive antagonist
What occurs when both agonist and antagonist drugs bind to the same receptor and compete with each other for the same receptor site?
Pharmacodynamic antagonism
Which median dose measures the lethal dose of a drug?
LD50
What does the time-plasma drug concentration curve predict?
Onset of action
What is used to quantify the tightness of binding between a drug and its receptor?
(Kd)
What concentration range is considered the therapeutic window in pharmacology?
(ED50) to (TD50)
Which type of drug receptor results in less than 100% activation, even at very high concentration?
Ligand-gated ion channel
What does the maximal receptor occupancy (Bmax) determine in pharmacology?
The maximal drug response
What type of antagonism occurs when the antagonist drug interferes with the agonist drug action without binding to the same receptor?
Pharmacokinetic antagonism
Study Notes
Drugs binding to specific receptors for pharmacological effects:
- Morphine binds to opioid receptors in the brain for pain relief
Ligand-receptor interaction and Law of Mass Action:
- Ligand: substance binding to a biomolecule
- Receptor: glycoprotein recognizing ligands, typically in cell membranes
- Binding: collision between ligand and receptor, lasting random time influenced by affinity
- Affinity: tightness of binding, quantified by dissociation constant Kd
- At equilibrium, drug-receptor complexes form at same rate as dissociation
Drug receptor occupancy and dose-response relationship:
- Fractional receptor occupancy proportional to dose and response
- Maximal receptor occupancy (Bmax) determines drug effect
Michaelis-Menten equation and drug binding:
- Drug binding to receptor = drug to enzyme
- Amount of drug bound determined by number of receptors, drug concentration, and affinity
Affinity and dissociation constant:
- Affinity: strength of binding between drug and receptor
- Dissociation constant Kd: concentration of ligand producing 50% receptor occupancy
- Affinity and dissociation constant inversely proportional
Drug potency and efficacy:
- Potency: drug concentration required to produce specific effect
- Efficacy: magnitude of drug response
- Potency proportional to affinity
Clinical vignette: comparing drugs A and B:
- Drug A and B have same mechanism and antidiuretic effect
- Drug A produces the same effect at a lower dose
- Conclusion: Drug A is more potent than drug B or has a smaller volume of distribution.
Time-plasma drug concentration curve:
- Onset of action: first observable effect after drug administration
- Duration of action: length of time drug continues to produce effect
- Termination of drug action: when drug concentration falls below therapeutic range
- Time-plasma drug concentration curves predict drug administration frequency.
Therapeutic index:
- ED50, TD50, and LD50 are median effective, toxic, and lethal doses, respectively
- Therapeutic window is concentration range between effective and toxic doses
- Therapeutic index compares therapeutic and toxic doses to determine drug safety.
Agonists:
- Drugs that bind to specific receptors and produce drug action
- Full agonists produce complete receptor activation at high drug concentrations.
Drugs binding to specific receptors for pharmacological effects:
- Morphine binds to opioid receptors in the brain for pain relief
Ligand-receptor interaction and Law of Mass Action:
- Ligand: substance binding to a biomolecule
- Receptor: glycoprotein recognizing ligands, typically in cell membranes
- Binding: collision between ligand and receptor, lasting random time influenced by affinity
- Affinity: tightness of binding, quantified by dissociation constant Kd
- At equilibrium, drug-receptor complexes form at same rate as dissociation
Drug receptor occupancy and dose-response relationship:
- Fractional receptor occupancy proportional to dose and response
- Maximal receptor occupancy (Bmax) determines drug effect
Michaelis-Menten equation and drug binding:
- Drug binding to receptor = drug to enzyme
- Amount of drug bound determined by number of receptors, drug concentration, and affinity
Affinity and dissociation constant:
- Affinity: strength of binding between drug and receptor
- Dissociation constant Kd: concentration of ligand producing 50% receptor occupancy
- Affinity and dissociation constant inversely proportional
Drug potency and efficacy:
- Potency: drug concentration required to produce specific effect
- Efficacy: magnitude of drug response
- Potency proportional to affinity
Clinical vignette: comparing drugs A and B:
- Drug A and B have same mechanism and antidiuretic effect
- Drug A produces the same effect at a lower dose
- Conclusion: Drug A is more potent than drug B or has a smaller volume of distribution.
Time-plasma drug concentration curve:
- Onset of action: first observable effect after drug administration
- Duration of action: length of time drug continues to produce effect
- Termination of drug action: when drug concentration falls below therapeutic range
- Time-plasma drug concentration curves predict drug administration frequency.
Therapeutic index:
- ED50, TD50, and LD50 are median effective, toxic, and lethal doses, respectively
- Therapeutic window is concentration range between effective and toxic doses
- Therapeutic index compares therapeutic and toxic doses to determine drug safety.
Agonists:
- Drugs that bind to specific receptors and produce drug action
- Full agonists produce complete receptor activation at high drug concentrations.
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