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PK Gupta Series 13: Toxicology MCQ and Fill in the Blanks


PK Gupta Series 13: Toxicology  MCQ and Fill in the Blanks

Exercise 

Q. 1. All of the following are hydrolytic enzymes except---------
a) carboxylesterase
b) alcohol dehydrogenase
c) cholinesterase
d) paraoxonase
Q. 2. All of the following are true of epoxide hydrolyases except------------
a) they add oxygen to a double bond and form a 3-member ring
b) they are important in hydrolyzing electrophiles
c) they play a role in converting benzo(a)pyrene to a carcinogen
d) some forms are inducible
Q. 3. Nitroreductase plays an important role in ----------
a) nasal epithelium
b) lung Clara cells
c) white blood cells
d) intestinal flora
Q. 2. A drug that undergoes sulfoxide reduction is --
a) haloperidol
b) chloramphenicol
c) thaliomide
d) sulindac
Q. 5. Quinidine oxidoreductases are thought to play a protective role in -------
a) liver toxicity of microcystin
b) bone marrow toxicity of benzene
c) renal toxicity of aminoglycosides
d) neurotoxicity of n-hexane
Q. 6. All of the following are mechanisms for removing halogen atoms aliphatic xenobiotics except ---------------------
a) Grignard dehalogenation
b)reductive dehalogenation
c)oxidative dehalogenation
d)double dehalogenation
Q. 7. Oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde takes place in-
a) cytosol
b) microsomes
c) peroxisomes
d) all of the above
Q. 8. Reductive dehalogenation of carbon tetrachloride produces -------
a) phosgene
b) chloroform
c) trichloromethyl radical
d) hydrochloric acid
Q. 9. Acetaldehyde is converted to acetic acie by ALDH2 in ---------------
a) mitichondria
b) cytosol
c) microsomes
d)all of the above
Q. 10. Aldehyde oxidase and xanthene oxidoreductase contain -----------
a) zinc
b) molebdenum
c) selenium
d) copper
Answers
1.       b; 2. a; 3. d; 2. d; 5. b; 6.a ; 7.d; 8. c; 9. a; 10. b .

Exercise

Q. 1. Slow acetylators of NAT demonstrate all of the following except--------
a) peripheral neuropathy from isoniazid
b) systemic lupus erythematous from procainamide
c) peripheral neuropathy from dapsone
d) decreased hypotensive response from hydrazine
Q. 2. In contrast to glucuronidation, sulfonation is ----
a) a low-affinity, low-capacity pathway
b) a low-affinity, high-capacity pathway
c) a high-affinity, high-capacity pathway
d) a high-affinity, low-capacity pathway
Q. 3. Induction of sulfotransference enzymes by rifampin be clinically relevant for -----------
a) warfarin
b) digoxin
c) ethinyl estradiol
d) all of the above
Q. 2. All of the following statements regarding sulfonation reaction are true except -------
a) they can take a molecule less lipid soluble
b) they always detoxify a molecule
c) some drugs must be metabolized to a sulfonate conjugate to have pharmacologic effect
d) morphine-6-sulfate is more potent than morphine in the rat
Q. 5. All of the following statements are true regarding methylation except-------------
a) the process generally decreases the water solubility of the parent
b) the process can mask functional groups that can be metabolized by other conjugation enzymes
c) inorganic mercury and arsenic can be dimethylated
d) high methyltransferace activity may lower levels of homocysteine
Q. 6. All of the following are methyltransferase enzymes except --------------
a) SAM
b) COMT
c)NNMT
d) HNMT
Q. 7. All of the following are true of glucuronide conjugates of xenobiotics except ---------------
a) they can excreted in the urine
b)thaey are formed from activated xenobiotics
c) they are substances for beta-glucuronidase in the intestinal flora
d) they can excreted into bile
Q. 8. All of the following are true of sulfonation reaction except -----------
a) they involve the transfer of sulfate
b) they are catalyzed by sulfotransferaces
c) the cofactor of the reaction is PAPS
d) they are mainly excreted in the urine
Q. 9. The number of UGT mammalian enzymes that have been identified is approximately ---
a) 5
b)12
c)22
d) 58
Q. 10. In addition to cytoplasm, sulfotranferaces are present in mammals in the -------------
a) endoplasmic reticulum
b) mitochondria
c) plasma membrane
d)Golgi apparatus
Answers
1.       d; 2. d; 3. c; 2. b; 5.d ; 6. a; 7, b; 8. a; 9.c; 10.  d.

Fill in the blanks

Exercise

Q. 1. The most common process of absorption of xenobiotics across the cell membrane is -------------------.
Q. 2. The important route of excretion for xenobiotics is ---------------------.
Q. 3. The process of chemical transformation (conversion from one form to another) occurring in the body is known as----------------------------.
Q. 2. The major site for biotransformation of xenobiotics in body is---------------.
Q. 5. In a hepatocyte, metabolism of xenobiotics takes place in-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.                              .
Q. 6. The most important among microsomal enzymes is --------------------or------------------------------------------.
Q. 7. The major biotransformation reaction occurring in Phase I is ------------------and in Phase II is -------------------.
Q. 8. Phase I Oxidation reactions are mainly catalyzed by -----------------------------------------.
Q. 9. All Phase II conjugation reactions are catalysed by non- microsomal enzymes except for ------------------------------------ which is catalysed by microsomal enzymes.
Q. 10. The ability of certain substances to increase the activity or synthesis of microsomal enzymes is known as ------------------------------.
Q. 11. The metabolic reaction, which is deficient in dogs is---------------------; Cats are deficient in ---------------------------------------and Pigs are deficient in ------------------- reactions of biotransformation.
Q. 12. The process of conversion of nontoxic substance into a toxic metabolite due to biotransformation is known as --------------------------------.
Answers
1. Passive diffusion; 2. RENAL EXCRETION; 3. BIOTRANSFORMATION; 2. LIVER(Liver is the major site due to the presence of variety of metabolizing enzymes. Other important sites for biotransformation include lung, kidney and intestines); 5. ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUMN (ER) or MICROSOMES.; 6. MONOOXYGENASES or MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASES (MFO); 7. OXIDATION and  CONJUGATION; 8. MICROSOMAL ENZYMES (MFO); 9. GLUCURONIDE  CONJUGATION; 10. INDUCTION (Non-microsomal enzymes which are present in cytosol are not inducible) –microsomal enzymes which are present in cytosol are not inducible); 11. ACETYLATION; GLUCURONIDE CONJUGATION and SULFATION; (Hence, sulphonamides which undergo acetylation cause toxicity in dogs and similarly, paracetamol, which undergoes glucuronide conjugation, causes hepatotoxicity in cats). 12. LETHAL SYNTHESIS.

True and False Statements

Exercise 

True and False statement. Write T for true and F for false statement.

Q.1. A water-soluble drug will pass across muscle membranes faster than across brain membranes (assume permeability-rate limitations).
Q.2.A neutral, lipophilic drug is likely to be absorbed faster in the intestines than in the stomach. Remember that stomach and intestine differ in their properties.
Q.3.Lipophilic drugs are generally taken up fast by highly perfused organs.
Q.2.Ionized and lipophilic drugs are most likely to cross most membrane barriers.
Q.5.Drugs with a high tissue binding always have a large volume of distribution.
Q.6.Compared to skin, liver would have a higher rate of uptake of perfusion-limited lipophilic drugs due to its higher blood flow rate.
Q.7.Distribution to a specific tissue for permeability-limited hydrophilic drugs depends on how much and how quickly the blood gets to the specific tissue.
Q.8.Perfusion limited distribution is a type of drug distribution into tissue that occurs when the drug is able to cross membranes easily.
Q.9. Assume two drugs (identical molecular weight, same dose given): one neutral drug (Drug A) and one acidic drug (pka=7.4, Drug B). Drug A and the unionized form of drug B have the same partition coefficient. The fraction unbound in plasma and tissue is 0.5 for both drugs. Drug B will enter tissues somewhat slower than drug A.
Q.10. A weak acid, whose unionized form shows a high partition coefficient is likely to cross most membrane barriers.
Answers
1.T; 2.T; 3.T; 2.F; 5. F; 6.T; 7. F; 8. T;  9.T;10.T

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