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Storyline MD3. Medicines that send messages to nerves. Designer medicines. Need a biological understanding of the disease Need a lead compound – provides a lead / gives some clues. Adrenal gland. Flight. Fight. Adrenaline. Increases blood pressure Increases heart rate
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Storyline MD3 Medicines that send messages to nerves.
Designer medicines • Need a biological understanding of the disease • Need a lead compound – provides a lead / gives some clues.
Adrenal gland Flight Fight • Adrenaline • Increases blood pressure • Increases heart rate • Dilates bronchioles
NORADRENALINE • NEUROTRANSMITTER • Fits into and interacts with receptor sites so: • Increases blood pressure • Increases heart rate • Dilates bronchioles • Increases sweating
ISOPRENALENE • AGONIST • Fits into and interacts with 3 receptor sites so: • Increases blood pressure • Increases heart rate • Dilates bronchioles • NORADRENALINE • NEUROTRANSMITTER • Fits into and interacts with receptor sites so: • Increases blood pressure • Increases heart rate • Dilates bronchioles • Increases sweating Can be dangerous!
SALBUTAMOL • AGONIST • Selective – only fits into one receptor site. • Dilates bronchioles. Also CH2OH slows down breakdown.
SALMETEROL AGONIST Longer lasting protection
Pharmocore – group of atoms which make the molecule pharmacologically active.
The structural fragment which is the pharmocophore has: • A shape which precisely fits that of the receptor site • Functional groups which are correctly positioned to interact with the receptor site. • This is called molecular recognition.
Are they all the same colour? chromophore
Agonists and antagonists Salbutomol is an agonist – behave like a natural substance from the body.