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Hormones, Drugs, and Pregnancy
Marsha Timmerman, LaSalle University
Tracy Schatteman, Lincoln Land Community College
Gretchen A. Koch, Goucher College
Anton Weisstein, Truman State University
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Goals
• Create a problem based learning module to teach students about hormones
• Three venues– Human A&P course: Reproductive system– Cell biology course: Cell signaling– Pharmacology course: Pharmacokinetics
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Learning Objectives:Anatomy and Physiology
• Role of hormones in modulating female reproductive cycle
• Complexity of negative feedback mechanisms at the organismal level
• Pharmacology – intake, half-life, and excretion of medications
• Understand the public health implications of pregnancy and birth control
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Learning Objectives:Cell Biology
• Structure and form of steroid molecules• Role/function of steroid hormones on
cellular level• Specificity of cells – what makes a cell a
target cell• Cell signaling receptors• Specificity of receptors – triggers and
outcomes• Applications to cancer on the cellular level
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Problem Based Learning Concept Map
The Hook: Initial case history of woman who gets pregnant on birth control pills
Inquiry phase: students discuss and research into reproductive system, hormones and birth control pills. Students present what they have learned to the class.
Case history part 2: Provides more information
Investigative phase: students use tools such as Excel modules and AgentSheets to delve deeper into the subject. In this phase, each venue can move in the direction appropriate for the intent of their class.
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Anatomy and Physiology ModuleInitial Case
Bill walks into the student lounge and sees Amy sitting in a corner looking very dejected. Bill approaches Amy.
Bill: “Hi Amy. You look upset. Is anything wrong?”Amy: “I guess. This morning I took a home pregnancy
test, and it came up positive. I’m really shocked that I’m pregnant. I need to think about it for a while.”
Bill: “Congratulations! I know that you and Ron have been talking about having a family. I did not realize that you had stopped using birth control.”
Amy: “That’s the problem. I am still taking birth control pills; I think the one I am on is called Aygestin. Ron and I were thinking about a family but were not quite ready to take the plunge. I guess we don’t need to make the decision any longer.”
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Anatomy and Physiology ModuleStep 2
• Anticipated inquiries from initial student discussions– Can someone taking birth control get
pregnant?– How does the reproductive system work?– How does birth control work?– What are hormones?– What is Aygestin?
• Students should work on their own to obtain answers to the above questions.
• Students need to present what they have learned to their group.
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Anatomy and Physiology ModuleStep 3
More of the case…
Amy goes to her doctor for a prenatal checkup.Amy: “I was taking my birth control pills as prescribed.
The only time I missed one was a couple of weeks ago when I was up very late studying for an exam. After exams, Ron and I went away for a weekend get away to enjoy ourselves before the summer semester started.”
Doctor: “Aygestin is a progesterone birth control pill. A woman’s reproductive system is controlled by a number of hormones that continually cycle.”
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Female Reproductive Cycle
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Feedback Mechanisms: Female Reproductive Hormones
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Reproductive Hormone ESTEEM Module
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Assumptions of the Reproductive Hormone Model
• Average 28 day menstrual cycle
• Does not include: GnRH, LH, estrogen
• Birth control pills:– Progesterone only
(mini-pill) – Taken on days 1-21– Placebo days 22-28
• Progesterone – Suppresses FSH
levels– Small release in
follicular phase– Large release in luteal
phase – Day 26: levels decline
sharply• Pregnancy blocks
progesterone decline.
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Pharmacokinetics
• Study of how drugs move through the body (1)
• Enter via ingestion, injection, absorption (1)
• Exit via excretion, metabolism (1)• Possible Lesson: Birth control and
hormones– How many doses can one skip before you
get pregnant?– Must it correspond to the hormonal cycle?
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A little mathematics…
• f(t): the dosage function (2)• Half-life rates: α and b• g(t): concentration of drug in GI tract• b(t): concentration of drug in bloodstream
GI Tract BloodIngestion
Decay in GI tract and
absorption into blood
Metabolism
( )f t ( )g t ( )b t
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Mathematical Equations
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dtdb
g t b tdt
Rate of change = Rate In – Rate Out The rate of change in the concentration of the drug in the GI tract is
equal to the amount being ingested minus the concentration that is decaying.
The rate of change in the concentration of the drug in the blood is equal to the concentration that is decaying from the GI tract minus the concentration decaying in the blood.
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One Compartment Model
Ingestion
( )f tBlood
Metabolism
( )b t
• f(t): the dosage function (2)• Half-life rate: α• b(t): concentration of drug in bloodstream
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Mathematical Equations
db
dt f (t) b(t)
Rate of change = Rate In – Rate Out The rate of change in the concentration of the drug in the blood is
equal to the amount being ingested minus the concentration that is being metabolized.
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Sliders to change
dosage functiondynamically.
User entry of drug
half-lives
Model descriptionand assumptions
Blood concentration versus GI concentration
Time is still independent variable.
Dosing FunctionDrug Concentrations
Versus time
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Comparisons of Steroids
Cholesterol Progesterone
TestosteroneEstrogen
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Future directions
• Elaborate and improve Hormone Module• Public health applications
– GapMinder, CDC Website• Pharmacokinetics Modules
– Documentation, Case Study, Sample Labs• Model for cell signaling mechanisms
– AgentSheets
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Acknowledgements
Tony Weisstein John JungckRaina RobevaMichael Garman, Sean Lonsdale, David Ludgin, Kelley Moran, and Katrina Ramirez-MeyerPrevious BioQUEST Participants
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