Drug Targets - Enzymes/Channels/Transporters

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University Physiology and Pharmacology Quiz sobre Drug Targets - Enzymes/Channels/Transporters, criado por Becca Shaw em 07-05-2015.
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Questão 1

Questão
When a false substrate drug acts on an enzyme, an abnormal metabolite is produced. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
Drugs can potentiate enzymes (i.e. increase their activity). True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
An inactive drug is produced when a pro-drug binds to an enzyme. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 4

Questão
Nitric oxide stimulates what enzyme?
Responda
  • Hydroxylcarboxylase
  • Phosphatase kinase
  • Guanylate cyclase
  • Acetyloxidase

Questão 5

Questão
Drugs releasing nitric oxide (NO) are used to treat what?
Responda
  • Angina
  • Bacterial infections
  • Asthma
  • Stomach ulcers

Questão 6

Questão
Which of the following drugs inhibits cyclo-oxygenase?
Responda
  • Fluoxetine
  • Paracetamol
  • Aspirin
  • Quinine

Questão 7

Questão
Which of the following drugs inhibits phosphodiesterase?
Responda
  • Aspirin
  • Caffeine
  • Paracetamol
  • Tetracycline

Questão 8

Questão
What roles does the drug Aspirin play?
Responda
  • Anticoagulant
  • Analgesic
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antipyrectic

Questão 9

Questão
Aspirin is a reversible enzyme inhibitor. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 10

Questão
What is the function of the enzyme cyclo-oxygenase?
Responda
  • Converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins
  • Adds a phosphate group to adenine diphosphate
  • Oxidises a cyclic organic molecule
  • Removes an oxygen group form a cyclic organic molecule

Questão 11

Questão
When Aspirin inhbits cyclo-oxygenase, what cellular effects are affected?
Responda
  • Inflammation
  • Pain
  • Vascular tone (contractile activity of smooth muscle in small arteries and arterioles)
  • Platelet function (prevents bleeding)

Questão 12

Questão
Which of the following statements are true about L-DOPA (levodopa)?
Responda
  • Prevents symptoms of rigidty and tremor
  • Increases the level of dopamine in the body
  • Activates an enzyme to produce more dopamine
  • Can be used to treat Parkinson's disease

Questão 13

Questão
In Parkinson's disease, there are reduced levels of what neurotransmitter in what part of the brain?
Responda
  • Dopamine, cerebrum
  • Acetylcholine, basal ganglia
  • Dopamine, basal ganglia
  • Acetylcholine, cerebrum

Questão 14

Questão
Why can L-DOPA be used to treat Parkinson's disease?
Responda
  • It enters the peripheral nervous system
  • L-DOPA can cross the blood-brain barrier
  • L-DOPA is the immediate precursor of dopamine
  • It acts directly upon muscles to prevent symptoms of rigidity and tremor

Questão 15

Questão
Which of the following statements are true regarding the properties of L-DOPA and dopamine?
Responda
  • DOPA-decarboxylase acts upon L-DOPA to produce dopamine
  • L-DOPA and dopamine can cross the blood-brain barrier
  • Removing a carboxylic acid group from L-DOPA forms the neurotransmitter, dopamine
  • Dopamine can be used to prevent symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Questão 16

Questão
L-DOPA is administered as a medicine. Given alone, dopamine levels would increase in the brain and periphery. How may this be prevented?
Responda
  • Administer L-DOPA in very small quantities
  • Co-administering a DOPA-decarboxylase inhibitor (e.g. carbidopa)
  • Closely monitor L-DOPA levels in the body once administered
  • Co-administer with an enzyme that removes dopamine from the body

Questão 17

Questão
Carbidopa does not cross the blood brain barrier. Therefore dopamine concentrations are only increased in the brain. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
Neostigmine is an example of what?
Responda
  • An anticoagulant
  • An analgesic
  • A neurotransmitter
  • An anti-cholinesterase

Questão 19

Questão
Treatment with anti-cholinesterases boosts the effects of acetylcholine. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
In general anaesthesia, the action of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is stimulated. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
What effects does inhibiting cholinesterase have?
Responda
  • Prevents acetylcholine breakdown
  • Blocks the action of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
  • Indirectly increases acetylcholine concentration
  • Displaces the receptor blocker (a competitive antagonist) from the receptor, reversing its effects

Questão 22

Questão
Which of the following statements are true regarding the disease Myasthenia gravis?
Responda
  • Muscles that control swallowing are unaffected by the disease
  • It is an auto-immune disease in which antibodies develop against the muscle nicotinic Ach receptor
  • It is treated with anti-cholinesterases to boost the action of Ach
  • Symptoms of the disease include drooping eyelids and muscle weakness

Questão 23

Questão
Ion channel blockers allow permeation. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
Ion channel modulators increase/decrease opening probability. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
Which of the following is false: ion channels are grouped by
Responda
  • Overall charge
  • How they open (i.e. pressure, voltage)
  • Ion selectivity
  • Their molecular structure

Questão 26

Questão
What is the function of verapamil?
Responda
  • Acts as a competitive agonist
  • Blocks calcium channels
  • Opens potassium channels
  • Inhibits nicotinic receptors

Questão 27

Questão
Calcium ion channel blockers are used to treat which of the following?
Responda
  • Hypertension
  • Angina
  • Heart failure
  • Arrythmia

Questão 28

Questão
Which of the following statements is false regarding sodium ion channel blockers?
Responda
  • Inhibits influx of sodium, preventing action potential propagation
  • Lidocaine is an example of a sodium ion channel blocker
  • Verapamil is an example of a sodium ion channel blocker
  • Sodium channel blockers act as local anasethetics

Questão 29

Questão
Transporters move ions down their electrochemical gradient. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 30

Questão
The action of transporters requires energy from
Responda
  • ATP hydrolysis (active transport)
  • Borrowing energy from other biochemical reactions (pre-transport)
  • Utilising an existing ion gradient (co-transport)
  • Energy is not required for the action of transporters

Questão 31

Questão
Which drug blocks Na+/K+ ATPase to treat heart failure?
Responda
  • Fluoxetine
  • Lidocaine
  • Dopamine
  • Digoxin

Questão 32

Questão
Fluoxetine is an example of
Responda
  • An anticoagulant
  • An antidepressant
  • A local anaesthetic
  • An antipyretic

Questão 33

Questão
The drug Fluoxetine is an example of a Serotonin-Selective Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI). True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 34

Questão
Treatment with Serotonin-Selective Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) increases the effects of the 5HT receptor. True or false?
Responda
  • True
  • False

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