Medical Pharmacology Chapter 3:
Pharmacodynamics Practice Questions
Choose the correct answer for each question.
PgP (P-glycoprotein 1), MDR1 (multidrug resistance gene 1) is typically underexpressed in tumor cells following exposure to anticancer cytotoxic drugs.
True
False
MRP4 (multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 a.k.a. ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 4 overexpression has been linked to antiviral nucleoside analog drug resistance.
True
False
Decreased expression of drug transporters responsible for movement of drugs into the cell may result in effective drug resistance which may be seen for which one/ones of the following agent(s)?
Nucleoside analogues anticancer agents
Platinum complex chemotherapeutic drugs
Both
Neither
Category/categories of adverse effects it may be considered transporter-mediated:
Altered drug efflux at various organs
Altered drug clearance
Altered transport of endogenous agents
All of the above
Hepatic and renal transporters are important factors that influence drug levels in the systemic circulation. Which one/ones of the following statements is/ are is correct?
Following oral pravastatin administration, significant first-pass liver drug uptake maximizes the drugs affect.
Transporter mediated significant first-pass effects may decrease systemic adverse effects.
Both
Neither
The antidiarrheal drug loperamide does not accumulate in the CNS because loperamide is a substrate for PgP, a transporter that impedes drug transport into the brain.
True
False
Drug transport of certain drugs into tissue may induce substantial toxicity. for example, metformin, a biguanide-type of drug used to manage type II diabetes may induce lactic acidosis. Lacticacidosis development appears dependent on a transporter-mediated uptake mechanism.
True
False
Diffusion of drugs across cellular plasma membranes via a membrane transporter depends on energy input.
True
False
Membrane transport involving direct coupling to a hydrolysis of ATP is considered
"primary active transport".
True
False
Membrane transporters associated with the SLC and ABC superfamily represent multi-membrane-spanning protein complexes.