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Miscellaneous protein synthesis inhibitors

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Miscellaneous cell wall synthesis inhibitors

Protein synthesis inhibitors: Tetracyclines

Cell wall synthesis inhibitors: Penicillins

Antihistamines for allergies

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Antimetabolites: Sulfonamides and trimethoprim

Antituberculosis medications

Cell wall synthesis inhibitors: Cephalosporins

Cell wall synthesis inhibitors: Penicillins

DNA synthesis inhibitors: Fluoroquinolones

DNA synthesis inhibitors: Metronidazole

Miscellaneous cell wall synthesis inhibitors

Miscellaneous protein synthesis inhibitors

Protein synthesis inhibitors: Aminoglycosides

Protein synthesis inhibitors: Tetracyclines

Bronchodilators: Beta 2-agonists and muscarinic antagonists

Bronchodilators: Leukotriene antagonists and methylxanthines

Pulmonary corticosteroids and mast cell inhibitors

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Bronchodilators: Beta 2-agonists and muscarinic antagonists

Bronchodilators: Leukotriene antagonists and methylxanthines

Azoles

Glucocorticoids

Pulmonary corticosteroids and mast cell inhibitors

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Antimetabolites: Sulfonamides and trimethoprim

Cell wall synthesis inhibitors: Cephalosporins

Cell wall synthesis inhibitors: Penicillins

Miscellaneous protein synthesis inhibitors

Protein synthesis inhibitors: Tetracyclines

Pharmacodynamics: Agonist, partial agonist and antagonist

Pharmacodynamics: Desensitization and tolerance

Pharmacodynamics: Drug-receptor interactions

Pharmacokinetics: Drug absorption and distribution

Pharmacokinetics: Drug elimination and clearance

Pharmacokinetics: Drug metabolism

Cell wall synthesis inhibitors: Cephalosporins

Glucocorticoids

Miscellaneous protein synthesis inhibitors

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Anemia

chloramphenicol p. 189

Aplastic anemia p. 429

chloramphenicol p. 189

Chloramphenicol p. 189

aplastic anemia and p. 251, 429

gray baby syndrome p. 251

mechanism (diagram) p. 184

protein synthesis inhibition p. 188

Gray baby syndrome

chloramphenicol and p. 189, 201, 251

Haemophilus influenzae p. , 140

chloramphenicol p. 189

Haemophilus influenzae type B

chloramphenicol p. 189

Meningitis

chloramphenicol p. 189

Neisseria meningitidis

chloramphenicol p. 189

Rickettsia rickettsii p. , 148

chloramphenicol p. 189

Rocky Mountain spotted fever p. 148

chloramphenicol p. 189

Streptococcus pneumoniae p. , 134

chloramphenicol p. 189

Transcript

Protein synthesis inhibitors include many different classes of medications that prevent bacterial ribosomes from synthesizing proteins.

The ones that target the 50S subunit of the ribosome include chloramphenicol, macrolides, lincosamides, and oxazolidinones.

Okay, first, let’s look at how genes become proteins. There’s two steps: transcription and translation.

During transcription, a specific gene on the DNA is “read” and a copy is made called a messenger RNA, or mRNA, which is like a blueprint with instructions on what protein to build.

Translation is also known as protein synthesis, and it’s when organelles called ribosomes assemble the protein from amino acids within the cytoplasm.

Now, prokaryotic cells, like bacteria, have smaller ribosomes than eukaryotic cells, like those found in humans.

Bacterial ribosomes are made up of a 50S subunit and a 30S subunit which combine to form a 70S ribosome.

Eukaryotic ribosomes are made up of a 60S and a 40S subunit that form an 80S ribosome.

Since these proteins are different, we can create medications that selectively interfere with the bacterial ones.

Protein synthesis involves initiation, elongation, and termination.

In bacteria, initiation occurs when the 50S and 30S subunits bind to the mRNA sequence to form a ribosome-mRNA complex, also called the initiation complex.

The mRNA serves as a blueprint for the protein that will be synthesized.

It’s made up of three nucleotide-long sequences, called codons, on top of which transport RNA, or tRNA, carrying amino acids can bind with their matching anticodon.

The complete ribosome has 3 sites where tRNA can enter and bind. These are called the A, or aminoacyl site, the P, or peptidyl site, and the E, or exit site.

Elongation starts when the first tRNA, carrying a formylmethionine amino acid, enters the P site and binds to the start codon. This causes a conformational change which unlocks the A site for the next tRNA.

The next tRNA binds at the A site, the amino acid detaches from the tRNA in the P site, and a peptide bond is formed by an enzyme called peptidyl transferase between the amino acids in the P and A sites, a process known as transpeptidation.

Now, the A site has the newly formed peptide chain dangling from it, while the P site has an empty tRNA with no amino acids.

Summary

Protein synthesis inhibitors are a class of antibiotics which prevent bacterial ribosomes from synthesizing proteins. They include drugs like chloramphenicol, macrolides, lincosamides, and oxazolidinones.

Most of these drugs act on the 50S subunit of the ribosome, but their mechanisms can be very different. For example, oxazolidinones like linezolid stop the initiation complex from forming. Both the macrolides and lincosamides prevent translocation. Chloramphenicol inhibits peptidyl transferase which is the enzyme that creates the peptide bonds.

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