neuromuscular junction & autonomic ganglia
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This lecture was delivered to 2nd year pharmacy students enrolled in a pharmacology & toxicology course. This presentation was designed to accompany Goodman & Gilman's (12e) chapter 12.TRANSCRIPT
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Neuromuscular Junction & Autonomic Ganglia Agents
Brian J. Piper, Ph.D., M.S.
2 min (skip ad): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4c_wI6kQyE
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Objectives• Neuromuscular Junction Antagonists
– Non-depolarizing (tubocurare)– Depolarizing (succinylcholine)
• Ganglionic Antagonists (mecamylamine)• Nicotine
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor • composed of 5 subunits
Type Muscle (2) Ganglion (1) Neuronal (?)*
localization muscle autonomic ganglion, adrenal medulla, immune
brain
subunit embryonicα1,α1,β1,δ, γ
α3, α3, β4, β4, β4 α3, α3, β4, β4, β4
adultα1,α1,β1,δ, ε
α4, α4, β2, β2, β2
α4, α4, α4, β2, β2,
α7, α7, α7, α7, α7
* α2, α3, α4, α5, α6, α7, α8, α9, α10, β2, β3, β4
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Neurotransmission at Neuromuscular Junction
• 1) presynaptic depolarization• 2) Ca2+ influx • 3) release of acetylcholine into the cleft• 4) binding to nicotine receptor on muscle• 5) influx of Na+ through ion channel• 6) muscle contracts
0 to 1:20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FF6UKvDgeE
Katzung (2012). p. 470.
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Curare
• ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes identifies 70 plants that contain d-tubocurare
• competitive nACh antagonist of voluntary muscles• inactive orally• treatment: respiration & acetylcholinesterase
inhibitors
1915 - 2001Katzung et al. (2012). Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. p. 470.
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No Central or Anesthetic Effects
• Healthy volunteer received i.v. tubocurarine and artificial respiration
Smith, Brown, Toman & Goodwin (1947). Anesthesiology, 8, 1-14.
Louis S. Goodman, MD
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No Central or Anesthetic Effects of Tubocurarine
• Motor function lost in sequence of speech, forehead, gaze direction (focus retained), swallowing (histamine mediated salivation)!
Smith, Brown, Toman & Goodwin (1947). Anesthesiology, 8, 1-14.
1906-2000
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No Central or Anesthetic Effects of Tubocurarine
• Hearing & smell unimpaired but sensation of shortness of breath & choking on fluid (histamine) build-up!
• Reversal with acetycholinesterase inhibitor
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Utility of Neuromuscular Blockers
• Adjuvant to surgery • Scopy (x3): laryngoscropy, bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy
• Electroconvulsive Therapy: major depression
• Electrocution
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Succinylcholine• Phase I (depolarization): channel open• Phase II (desensitization): channel acts like closed• Degraded by butyrlcholinesterase• endotracheal intubation• contraindictation: consciousness
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Ganglionic Blocking Drugs
• Hexamethonium, mecamylamine• block nACh at both sympathetic &
parasympathetic ganglia• popular in 1950s to control blood pressure but
now research tool only
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Public Health Consequences of Smoking• Cigarette smoking results in
443,000 premature deaths/year
• Smoking is the primary causal factor for at least 30% of all cancer deaths
• 8.6 million people suffer from a serious illness caused by smoking/year
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5745a3.htm
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Nicotine by College Plans
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MtF: http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/occpapers/occ63.pdf
Epidemiology: NSDUH
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Fig 1 Survival from age 60 for continuing cigarette smokers and lifelong non-smokers among UK male doctors born 1900-1930 (median 1915), with percentages alive at each decade of age.
1912-2005
Sir Richard Doll
Silly ad 1:30-2:20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k5oJgtCdX8
Doll et al. (2004). British Medical Journal, 328, 1519.
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But there’s good news!
Doll, R. et al. (2004) BMJ, 328:1519
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Nicotine over 24 hours
• Cotinine > Nicotine• Steady state during day
Benowitz et al. (1983). Circadian blood concentrations of nicotine and cotinine during unrestricted smoking. Clin Pharmacol Ther, 34, 604-611.
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Nicotine by Route of Administration
Blood nicotine after smoking 1.33 cigarettes for 9 minutes (upper left) or 2.5 g oral snuff (upper right), 7.9 g chewing tobacco (lower left), two-2 mg pieces of nicotine gum for 30 minutes. Hukkanen et al. (2005) Pharmacology Reviews, 57, 79-115.
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Smoking increases nACh
• Smoking increases receptor levels in human post-mortem tissue in hippocampus (top) and thalamus (bottom).
Breese et al. (1997). JPET, 282, 7-13. Non-Sm Smoker Ex-smoker
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Neurotransmitter Cross-Talk
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Nicotine & Cognition
Nicotine was administered either 20 minutes before sample (A), just after sample (B), or 20 minutes before choice (C).
Picture from Ennaceur, Figure adapted from Puma et al. (1999) Eur J Neuropsychopharm, 9, 323-327.
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Whole Body PET of MAO-B
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Smoking & Pregnancy
• Risks of smoking:– Spontaneous abortion: 26 weeks– Small size: SGA– SIDS: 1 month to 1 year– Behavioral issues: ADHD
NHSDUH, 2011
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Benefits of Quitting Smoking
• Hypothesis: Smoking during pregnancy, but not quitting, has negative outcomes
• Online study of non-smokers, smokers, quitters
Piper et al. (2012). Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 121, 62-67.
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The nicotinic cholinergic receptor
Varenicline: partial α4β2 agonistBupropion: nACh antagonistNicotinic Replacement Therapy (NRT): nACh agonist
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Acetylcholine-Dopamine InteractionSmoking
Not Smoking
Stahl (2001) p. 525
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Modest Benefits of Varenicline
• Partial agonist for α4β2, full agonist α7
• Approved in 2004; suicidal ideation • Meta-analysis (20 trials, 17 by Pfizer,
N=12,000)• Relative Risk = 2.27
Calhill et al. (2012) Cochrane Review, 2012(4), 1-114.
6 month abstinence with 1 mg x 2/day
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Nicotine Vaccine
• Rationale: nicotine conjugate produces antibodies which prevent distribution to brain
Maurer et al. (2005). European Journal of Immunology, 35, 2031-2040.
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Limited Efficacy• No compensatory increase in smoking• Mild (flu like) Adverse Events: V-96.5%, P-84.8%• % Abstainers (2-6): H-56.6%, P-31.3% but no
difference after
Cornuz (2008). PLOS ONE, 3(6), e2547.
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Terminology Refreshermyoid (p. 255): composed of, or resembling, muscleHoffman elimination (p. 259): a process where an amine is reacted to create a tertiary amine and an alkene by treatment with excess methyl iodide followed by treatment with silver oxide, water, and heatfasciculation: a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation which may be visible under the skin or detected in deeper areas by EMG testing