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Pharmacology of efferent nervous system
Shi-Hong Zhang ( 张世红 ), PhD Dept. of Pharmacology,
School of Medicine, Zhejiang University [email protected]
Nervous System
PeripheralNervous
System (PNS)
CentralNervous
System (CNS)
Organization of the nervous system
Sympathetic
PeripheralNervous
System (PNS)
EfferentDivision
AfferentDivision
AutonomicSystem (ANS)
SomaticSystem
Parasympathetic
Enteric
The Enteric Nervous System (+SNS/PSNS)
Sympathetic stimulation causes:
• stimulates heartbeat • raises blood pressure • dilates the pupils • dilates the trachea and bronchi • stimulates the conversion of liver glycogen into glucose • shunts blood away from the skin and viscera to the
skeletal muscles, brain, and heart • inhibits peristalsis (蠕动) in the gastrointestinal (GI)
tract • inhibits contraction of the bladder and rectum
Parasympathetic stimulation causes:
• slowing down of the heartbeat
• lowering of blood pressure
• constriction of the pupils
• increased blood flow to the skin and viscera
• peristalsis of the GI tract
Organization of the nervous system
Sympathetic
Nervous System
PeripheralNervous
System (PNS)
CentralNervous
System (CNS)
EfferentDivision
AfferentDivision
AutonomicSystem (ANS)
SomaticSystem
Parasympathetic
Enteric
Drugs that produce their
primary therapeutic effect by
mimicking or altering the
functions of autonomic
nervous system are called
autonomic
drugs.
Neurotransmitters• Synthesis• Storage• Release• Degradation
Receptors• Activation• Blockade
Drug actions and classification
(1) Mimetics - direct-acting: receptor agonists
- indirect-acting: increasing amounts and/or effects of transmitters
(2) Antagonists
- direct-acting: receptor antagonists
- indirect-acting: decreasing amounts and/or effects of transmitters
•Cholinergic Pharmacology
•Adrenergic Pharmacology
Autonomic Pharmacology
CASE STUDY• In mid-afternoon, a coworker brings 43-year-old JM to
the emergency department because he is unable to continue picking vegetables. His gait is unsteady and he walks with support from his colleague. JM has difficulty speaking and swallowing, his vision is blurred, and his eyes are filled with tears. His coworker notes that JM was working in a field that had been sprayed early in the morning with a material that had the odor of sulfur. Within 3 hours after starting his work, JM complained of tightness in his chest that made breathing difficult, and he called for help before becoming disoriented.
• Choline Uptake→
• ACh Synthesis Choline + AcCoA → ACh ChAT
• ACh Storage
• ACh Release
• ACh Effects- Postsynaptic- Presynaptic
• ACh inactivationACh → Choline + Acetate AChE
Cholinergic Terminal
Regulation
- by autoreceptors ACh acting on presynaptic m2-cholinergic receptors
- by heteroreceptors NE acting on presynaptic alpha2-adrenergic receptors
- by metabolism (extraneuronal)
Acetylcholine Release
ACh inactivation Cholinesterases
Acetylcholinesterase is located at cholinergic synapses and in erythrocytes (does not hydrolyze succinylcholine)
Pseudocholinesterase (synonyms: plasmacholinesterase or butyrylcholinesterase 丁酰胆碱脂酶 ) occurs mainly in plasma, liver and in glia (hydrolyzes succinylcholine)
Cholinergic Receptors
• Muscarinic receptors (M receptors)
M1, 3, 5 (smooth muscles); M2, 4(heart)
G-protein Coupled
End Organs
• Nicotinic receptors (N receptors)
NN (N1) receptors; NM(N2 ) receptors
Ligand-gated Ion Channels
NMJ & Ganglia
M receptors : G-protein Coupled
MuscarinicReceptorSignalingPathways
• Depression of the heart (heart rate, conduction)
• Contraction of smooth muscles (sensitive: GI tract, bronchial, urinary bladder; insensitive: uterine, blood vascular)
• Exocrine glands (sensitive: sweat, tear, salivary; insensitive: GI tract);
• Eye (contraction of sphincter muscle of iris: miosis; contraction of ciliary muscle 睫状肌 : contraction for near vision)
M receptors:
Cholinergic Vasodilation
• The response of an isolated blood vessel to ACh depends on whether the endothelium is intact (unrubbed) or missing
• When the endothelium is present, ACh causes smooth muscle relaxation by stimulating the production of nitric oxide (NO) in the endothelium
• In the absence of the endothelium, a small amount of vasoconstriction is observed
• NN receptors ( N1 receptors ) - Sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia
- Adrenal medulla
• NM receptors ( N2 receptors ) - The Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
(Contraction of skeletal muscles)
N receptors
• At the NMJ, N receptors pentameric with four
types of subunits, two
subunits bind ACh for
ligand gating
• All other nAChRs,
including those at the
peripheral ganglia, have
2 ’s and 3 ’s
N receptors : Ligand-gated Ion Channels
Ganglionic Neurotransmission
N = Nicotinic AChR
M = Muscarinic AChR
EPSP = Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential
IPSP = Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
AA BB
The Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
Myasthenia Gravis• This means “serious disorder the NMJ”
• This is an autoimmune disease
• Antibodies against the subunit of the nAChR
• The ability of ACh to activate the nAChRs is blocked by the antibodies
• As many autoimmune diseases, stress can make the symptoms worse
• Treatment is to potentiate cholinergic signaling and to remove the antibodies (blood dialysis)
1. Cholinomimetics (1) Direct-acting drugs: Cholinoceptor agonists
M, N receptor agonists: acetylcholine
M receptor agonists: pilocarpine
N receptor agonists: nicotine
(2) Indirect-acting drugs: Cholinesterase inhibitors (Anticholinesterases)
Reversible: neostigmine 新斯的明 Irreversible: organophosphates 有机磷酸酯类 Cholinesterase reactivators: pralidoxime iodide
碘解磷定
Drug classification
2 Cholinergic antagonists
(1) Cholinoceptor antagonists
M cholinoceptor antagonists atropine (Antimuscarinic drugs)
N cholinoceptor antagonists NN cholinoceptor antagonists: mecamylamine
(Ganglionic blocking drugs, rarely used)
NM cholinoceptor antagonists: succinylcholine
(Neuromuscular blocking drugs )
(2) Botulinum Toxin (Botox, blocks ACh release)
Drug classification
Cholinomimetics
Ach derivatives (胆碱酯类)Natural muscarinic agonists ( 生物碱类 M
受体激动剂 )
Nicotinic receptor agonists (N 受体激动剂 )
Direct-acting drugs
AChE resistant
Bond cleaved by AChE
醋甲胆碱 氯贝胆碱
卡巴胆碱乙酰胆碱
ACh Derivatives
ACh Derivatives
Bethanechol 氯贝胆碱 is most commonly used, particularly post-op for the treatment of paralytic ileus and urinary retention
Natural Muscarinic Agonists
Nicotinic potency
• Arecoline: areca or betal nuts (India,E. Indies)• Pilocarpine: pilocarpus (S. Amer. shrub)• Muscarine: amanita muscaria (mushroom)
槟榔碱 毛果芸香碱 毒蕈碱
• Poisoning causes muscarinic
overstimulation :- salivation, lacrimation, visual
disturbances;
- abdominal colic and diarrhea
- bronchospasm and bradycardia
- hypotension; shock
• Treatment is with atropine
Atropa belladonna
Amanita muscaria
““Food” PoisoningFood” Poisoning
颠茄
伞形毒蕈
(1) Eyes
• Miosis ( 缩瞳 ): contraction of sphincter muscle of iris• Lowing intraocular pressure: enlarging angle of anterior
chamber, increasing drainage of aqueous humor• Spasm of accommodation ( 调节痉挛 ): contraction of
ciliary muscle, contraction for near vision
• Ophthalmological 眼科 uses
Glaucoma 青光眼 : narrow (closed)- or wide (open)-
angles used for the emergency lowering of intraocular pressure
Iritis: miotics 缩瞳药 /mydriatics 扩瞳药
Pilocarpine
pilocarpine
atropine lens
miosis
mydriasis
paralysis of
accommodation
near sight
spasm of accommodation
far sight
iris
Ciliary muscle (contraction)
Anterior chamber
zonule
zonulePosterior chamberAnterior chamber
Ciliary muscle (dilation)
Canal of Schlemm
Circulation of aqueous humor
Glaucoma• Open-angle glaucoma :
disease of the aging eye - increased intraocular pressure, degeneration of the optic head, and restricted visual field
• Obstruction of the aqueous drainage leads to elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), and may result in glaucomatous damage to the optic nerve
Glaucoma
• Glaucoma management involves lowering IOP by- Decreasing aqueous production by the ciliary
body - Increasing aqueous outflow through the
trabecular meshwork and uveal outflow paths
• Pilocarpine: increase aqueous outflow by contraction of the ciliary muscle to increase tone and alignment of the trabecular network
( 2 ) Promoting secretion of exocrine
glands, especially in sweat, salivary and tear
glands
• Systemic use
Antidote 解毒剂 for atropine poisoning
• Adverse effects
M-like syndrome
Pilocarpine
Actions at ganglia, NMJ, brain are complex and frequently unpredictable, because of the variety of neuroeffector sites and because nicotine both stimulates and desensitizes effectors.
Periphery: HR, BP, GI tone & motility
CNS: stimulation, tremors, respiration, emetic effects
The addictive power of cigarettes is directly related to their nicotine content.
N receptor agonists:
Nicotine
1. Cholinomimetics (1) Direct-acting drugs: Cholinoceptor agonists M, N receptor agonists: acetylcholine M receptor agonists: pilocarpine N receptor agonists: nicotine(2) Indirect-acting drugs: Cholinesterase inhibitors
(Anticholinesterases) Reversible: neostigmine 新斯的明 Irreversible: organophosphates 有机磷酸酯类 Cholinesterase reactivators: pralidoxime iodide 碘解磷定
Drug classification
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) Activity
A. Competitive (reversible)
B. Carbamates (氨甲酰类 slowly reversible)
C. Organophosphates (irreversible)
AChE Inhibitors
neostigmineThese agents are reversible and are
used medically (glaucoma or MG)
These agents are irreversible and
are used as pesticides or for
glaucoma毒扁豆碱
新斯的明依酚氯铵
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Reversible
Edrophonium ( 依酚氯铵 )Rapidly absorbed; A short duration of action (5-15min);Competitive (reversible)
Used in diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
Excess drug may provoke a cholinergic crisis, atropine is the antidote.
Other reversible ACHEI: tacrine 他克林 , donepezil 多奈哌齐
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Carbamates
Inhibitory Effects are slowly reversible
Representative Drugsneostigmine (quaternary amine 季铵 )pyridostigmine (quaternary amine) physiostigmine (tertiary amine 叔胺 )
quaternary amines effective in periphery onlytertiary amines effective in periphery and CNS( fat-soluble )
Pharmacological effects • AChE(-), ACh release↑, stimulating NMR
• stronger effect on skeletal muscles
• effective on GI tract and urinary bladder
• more polar and can not enter CNS
• relatively ineffective on CVS, glands, eye
Neostigmine 新斯的明
Clinical uses1. Myasthenia gravis: symptomatic treatment
overdose: cholinergic crisis
胆碱能危象:大量出汗,大小便失禁,瞳孔缩小,睫状肌痉挛,心动过缓,低血压,肌无力,呼吸困难
2. Paralytic ileus 麻痹性肠梗阻 urinary retention: post
operative abdominal distension and urinary retention
3. Paroxysmal superventricular tachycardia ( rarely use )4. Antidote for tubocurarine ( 筒 箭 毒 碱 ) and related drug
poisoning
5. Glaucoma
Neostigmine
Adverse effects• Cholinergic effects: muscarinic and nicotinic effects,
treated with atropine (muscarinic)
• Contraindications : mechanical ileus (机械性肠梗阻) urinary obstruction
bronchial asthma
poisoning of depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxants
(e.g. succinylcholine, 琥珀酰胆碱 )
Neostigmine
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Irreversible
Bond is hydrolyzed in binding to the enzyme
For ophthalmic use
乙磷硫胆碱 梭曼
对硫磷 对氧磷
马拉硫磷 马拉氧磷
Dichlorvos 敌敌畏
Dimethoate 乐果
(1) Toxic symptoms
Acute intoxication• Muscarinic symptom:
eye, exocrine glands, respiration, GI tract, urinary tract, CVS
• Nicotinic symptoms:
NN: elevation of BP, increase of HR;
NM: tremor of skeletal muscles
• CNS symptoms:
excitation, convulsion; depression (advanced phase)
Organophosphates
CASE STUDY• In mid-afternoon, a coworker brings 43-year-old JM to
the emergency department because he is unable to continue picking vegetables. His gait is unsteady and he walks with support from his colleague. JM has difficulty speaking and swallowing, his vision is blurred, and his eyes are filled with tears. His coworker notes that JM was working in a field that had been sprayed early in the morning with a material that had the odor of sulfur. Within 3 hours after starting his work, JM complained of tightness in his chest that made breathing difficult, and he called for help before becoming disoriented.
(1) Toxic symptoms
Chronic intoxication
• usually occupational poisoning
• plasma ChE activity ↓,
• weakness, restlessness, anxiety, tremor, miosis, ……
Organophosphates
(2) Detoxication• Elimination of poison; Supportive therapy• Antidotes
Atropine - antagonizing muscarinic effects; early, large dose, and repeated use
Cholinesterase reactivators - reactivation of phosphated AChE; moderate-severe patients, early use (More effective on tremor), combined with atropine– Pyraloxime methoiodide (PAM ,碘解磷定 )– Pralidoxime chloride (氯解磷定) : safer than PAM– Obidoxime chloride (双复磷) : two active oxime groups
Organophosphates
Organophosphates
Pralidoxime (解磷定) can restore AChE activity if administered soon after toxin exposure.
• Conjugating with organophosphate by oxime group;
• Conjugating with free organophasphates
Why isn’t this ACHEI pesticide neurotoxic to humans?
Insects and mammals metabolize the ‘prodrug’ differently
Mammals – esterase activity: hydrolyzes the molecule into inactive metabolites
Insects - P450 metabolism: P-S bond converted to P-O bond: now, the molecule, malaoxon, is an active inhibitor
Malathion 马拉硫磷
glaucoma (e.g. physiostigmine 毒扁豆碱 , echothiophate 乙磷硫胆碱 )
myasthenia gravis (e.g. Edrophonium, neostigmine, pyridostigmine )
reverse neuromuscular blockade from competitive antagonists (neostigmine)
Alzheimer’s disease (tacrine & donepezil, galanthamine)
chemical warfare agents
insecticides
Summary: ACHEI Applications
Pharmacological Actions: Increases ACh concentrations at cholinergic synapses, thereby increasing cholinergic activity.
2 Cholinergic antagonists
(1) Cholinoceptor antagonists
• M cholinoceptor antagonists– atropine (Antimuscarinic drugs)
• N cholinoceptor antagonists– NN cholinoceptor antagonists: mecamylamine
(Ganglionic blocking drugs, rarely used)
– NM cholinoceptor antagonists: succinylcholine
(Neuromuscular blocking drugs )
• Botulinum Toxin (botox, blocks ACh release)
Drug classification
Muscarinic Antagonists (Antimuscarinic drugs)
Tertiary amines (叔铵) Quaternary amines (季铵)
异丙托铵 噻托溴铵
东莨菪碱
Atropa belladonna颠茄
Datura stramonium曼陀罗
Datura sp.洋金花 山莨菪
Henbane Seed
1. Pharmacological effects
Atropine
(1) Inhibition of exocrine gland secretion
salivary, sweat glands
tear, respiratory tract glands
relatively ineffective: GI tract
(2) Eye
mydriasis 瞳孔散大 rise in intraocular pressure
paralysis of accommodation 调节麻痹
pilocarpine
atropine lens
miosis
mydriasis
paralysis of
accommodation
near sight
spasm of accommodation
far sight
iris
Ciliary muscle (contraction)
Anterior chamber
zonule
zonulePosterior chamberAnterior chamber
Ciliary muscle (dilation)
Canal of Schlemm
1. Pharmacological effects
(3) Antispasmodic action on smooth muscle • sensitive: GI, urinary bladder (spasmodic state)
• relatively insensitive: bile duct, urinary tract,
bronchial tract
• insensitive: uterus
Atropine
1. Pharmacological effects(4) Cardiovascular system: dose dependent • Lower therapeutic doses: HR↓(bradycardia); Blood
vessels and blood pressure: no effect• Moderate to high therapeutic doses / high vagal tone:
HR↑ (tachycardia); A-V conduction ↑• Larger doses: cutaneous vasodilatation
(5) CNS stimulation :• sedation, memory loss, psychosis (high dose)
Atropine
2. Clinical uses
(1) Ophthalmology
Measurement of the refractive errors ( 屈光不正 ): children
Acute iritis or iridocyclitis: mydriatics/miotics
(2) Antispasmodic agent
GI, biliary or renal colic, enuresis
(3) Inhibiting exocrine gland secretion
Preanesthetic medication 麻醉前用药(4) Bradycardia
sinus or nodal bradycardia, A-V block
(5) Antidote for organophosphate poisoning
(6) Septic shock 感染性休克
Atropine
3. Adverse effects(1) Side effects dry mouth, blurred vision, “sandy eyes”
(2) toxicity Lethal dose: 80~130 mg (adult), 10 mg (child)• Low: xerostomia (dry mouth); anhidrosis (dry skin),
tachycardia• Moderate: above plus mydriasis, cycloplegia ( 睫状肌
麻痹 ); difficulty speaking, swallowing & urinating; and hot, red, dry skin
• High: above plus ataxia, hallucinations 幻觉 & delirium 谵妄 ; coma
Atropine
3. Adverse effects
(3) Detoxication
Supportive treatment
Symptomatic treatment: e.g. diazepam for CNS
symptoms.
Antidote: Physostigmine or pilocarpine
(4) Contraindications
glaucoma, prostatauxe 前列腺肥大 , fever
Atropine
• Actions and clinical uses
– Peripheral effects are similar to atropine; but has stronger central effects (depression)
– Pre-anesthetic medication, prevention of motion sickness, Parkinson’s disease
Scopolamine 东莨菪碱
Anisodamine (654-1,2)
• Actions and clinical uses
– Peripheral effects, similar to atropine; lower toxicity
– Septic shock and visceral colic (relieve spasm of vascular smooth muscles)
• Tropicamide 托吡卡胺 : mydriatic, cycloplegic
shorter duration (1/4 day)• Propantheline 丙胺太林,普鲁本辛 poor absorption (po) and BBB penetration
antispasmodic effects in GI, treatment of peptic ulcer
• Ipratropium 异丙托铵 : asthma• Benztropine 苯托品 : Parkinson’s disease• Trihexyphenidyl 苯海索• Pirenzepine 哌仑西平: M1 selective, peptic
ulcer, asthma
Synthesized surrogates
CASE STUDYJH, a 63-year-old architect, complains of urinary symptoms
to his family physician. He has hypertension and the last 8 years, he has been adequately managed with a thiazide diuretic and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. During the same period, JH developed the signs of benign prostatic hypertrophy, which eventually required prostatectomy to relieve symptoms. He now complains that he has an increased urge to urinate as well as urinary frequency, and this has disrupted the pattern of his daily life. What do you suspect is the cause of JH’s problem? What information would you gather to confirm your diagnosis? What treatment steps would you initiate?
Nicotinic receptor antagonists
• Acting on sympathetic and parasympathetic
ganglionic cells; reducing blood pressure by
inhibiting sympathetic ganglia ( have been
abandoned for clinical use, due to their lack of
selectivity)
• Short-acting; tachyphylaxis ( 快速抗药反应 )
• Used for treatment of hypertension
─ Trimethaphan( 咪噻芬 )
– Mecamylamine ( 美加明 )
NN receptor antagonists(Ganglionic blocking drugs)
• Two classes:
Depolarizing: succinylcholine 琥珀酰胆碱
Non-depolarizing: drugs act as competitive antagonists
d-tubocurarine 筒箭毒碱Note: Belong to Skeletal Muscle Relaxants. It is important to realize that muscle relaxation does not ensure unconsciousness, amnesia, or analgesia.
NM receptor antagonists
(Neuromuscular blocking drugs )
1. Depolarizing neuromuscular blockers (Non-competitive)
(depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxants) act as acetylcholine (ACh) receptor agonists the depolarized membranes remain depolarized and unresponsive
to subsequent impulses (ie, they are in a state of depolarizing block).
not metabolized by AChE - diffuse away from the neuromuscular junction and are hydrolyzed in
the plasma and liver by pseudocholinesterase (nonspecific cholinesterase, plasma cholinesterase, or butyrylcholinesterase) and elimination by kidney
NM receptor antagonists
(Neuromuscular blocking drugs )
Succinylcholine (Scoline 司可林 )
Succinylcholine is the only depolarizing agent used clinically (t1/2= 2-4 min).
Properties of actions:• initially transient fasciculations (肌束震颤)• anti-AChE potentiates their effects• tachyphylaxis after repeated uses• no ganglion-blocking effects at therapeutic doses• the drugs are highly polar, poor bioavailability; i.v. • as quaternary compounds, do not enter CNS
acetylcholinesuccinylcholine
• Main pharmacological effects
– Transient excitation (fasciculations), and then inhibition (relaxation)
– Relax Skeletal Muscles in neck, limbs > face, tongue, throat; less effective on breath muscles at therapeutic doses
Succinylcholine (Scoline)
• Clinical uses
– An adjuvant in anesthesia or operation– Intubation of trachea, esophagus, etc.– Prevention of trauma during electroshock therapy (无
抽搐电休克疗法)
– Contraindicated in awake patients, should use under anesthesia
Succinylcholine (Scoline)
• Adverse effects
(1) Apnea (respiratory paralysis)
overdose or hypersensitive patients;
neostigmine potentiates the toxic effects
(2) Muscle spasm
muscular pain after operation
Succinylcholine (Scoline)
(3) Elevation of K+ in plasma
contraindicated in patients with a tendency of hyperkaleemia
(4) Malignant hyperthermia
genetic abnormality, treated by dantrolene (Ca2+ release inhibitor)
(5) Others
rise in intraocular pressure (glaucoma);
histamine release
Succinylcholine (Scoline)
Genetic Variation: Effects on Duration of Action of Succinylcholine
• Duration of action is prolonged by high doses or by abnormal metabolism. The latter may result from hypothermia (decreases the rate of hydrolysis), low pseudocholinesterase levels, or a genetically aberrant enzyme.
• Low pseudocholinesterase levels generally produce only modest prolongation of succinylcholine's actions (2-20 min).
• One in 50 patients has one normal and one abnormal (atypical) pseudocholinesterase gene, resulting in a slightly prolonged block (20-30 min).
• Even fewer (1 in 3000) patients have two abnormal genes (homozygous atypical) that produce an enzyme with little or no affinity for succinylcholine and have a very long blockade (e.g., 4-8 h) following administration of succinylcholine.
• Scoline apnea
• Drug interactions- Thiopental (强碱性,可分解 scoline )- ChE inhibitors:
AChE inhibitors, cyclophosphamide, procaine, etc.
- Some antibiotics: kanamycin, polymyxins, etc. (synergism in
neuromuscular blocking)
Succinylcholine (Scoline)
2. Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockers (Competitive) (nondepolarizing skeletal muscle relaxants)
Tubocurarine ( 筒箭毒碱 )
Reversibly bind to the nicotinicreceptor at the neuromuscularjunction (competitive antagonists)
NM receptor antagonists (Neuromuscular blocking drugs)
• Effects: competitive blockade of NM receptors
• Uses: adjuvant medication for anesthesia or
operations, eg. tracheal intubation
• Adverse effects: Respiratory paralysis: can be reversed by neostigmine
Enhancing histamine release: BP , bronchoconstriction,
salivary secretion
Blocking ganglion: BP Contraindications: myasthenia gravis, bronchial asthma,
shock, child (< 10 y)
Tubocurarine
• Benzylisoquinolines ( 苄 基 异 喹 啉类)
atracurium (阿曲库铵) doxacurium (多撒库铵) mivacurium (米库铵)• Ammonio steroids (类固醇铵类) pancuronium (潘库铵) vecuronium (维库铵) pipecuronium (哌库铵) rocuronium (罗库铵)
Other nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockers
Botulinum Toxin 肉毒杆菌毒素
- Skeletal muscle relaxants
- blocks ACh release from cholinergic terminals
- selective for ACh terminals
- results in irreversible flaccid paralysis ( 松弛性瘫痪 ) in
muscles
Acts by cleaving SNAP proteins → inhibits ACh release
Botulinum Toxin
- an anaerobic bacillus, clostridium botulinum can multiply in
preserved food
- it synthesizes a protein that can be absorbed (pinocytosis or
transport?) from the GI tract to reach the systemic circulation
- penetrates tissues to reach cholinergic nerve terminals
- then, it is uptaken (pinocytosis) and internalized in vesicles
whose lumen becomes acidified
- the low pH of the vesicles splits the inactive molecule into 2
active enzymes that have proteolysis functions
Applications
• Strabismus (lack of parallelism of eyes 斜视 ),
blepharospasm (eyelid spasm), dystonia (abnormal tonicity).
• Excessive sweating
• Cosmetic procedures ( “frown lines” or “crow’s feet” 鱼尾纹 )
Note: effects can last for ~3-6 months.
Botulinum Toxin
• 杨世杰主编《药理学》人民卫生出版社 2010第二版
• Katzung BG, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (10th edition), 2007.
• Lipincott’s illustrated reviews—Pharmocology (2nd edition), 2002
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