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SCHEME OF LECTURE
3rdYear Pharmacology LGIS
Core Subject – 60%
Pharmacology
Horizontal Integration – 10%
Same Year Subjects • Pathology (10%)
Vertical Integration – 10%
Clinical Subjects • Medicine (10%)
Spiral Integration – 15%
Different Year Basic
Sciences Subjects
• Physiology (10%)
• Biochemistry (5%)
Vertical Integration – 05%
Research & Bioethics
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At theend of the lecture, students of 3rd Year MBBS will be able to ;
01 Recall the physiology of gut motility
Define pro-kinetics / pro-motility agents
Classify pro-kinetics / pro-motility agents
Discuss the mechanism of action of different pro-
kinetics
Describe the main therapeutic indications and
adverse effects of different pro-kinetics
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PROKINETICS
• Prokinetics area heterogeneous class of compound that act through different receptors
to exert a stimulatory effect on gastrointestinal motility
• They amplify and coordinate gastrointestinal muscular contractions among different
segments of the gut thereby enhancing propulsion of intraluminal content
• Some prokinetics are active in selective areas of the gastrointestinal tract, whereas the
activity of other prokinetics is more generalized and reflects the location of receptor
targets of the pharmacological agents.
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Colon
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DOPAMINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
METOCLOPRAMIDE
•Metoclopramide is a dopamine D2 antagonist but also acts as an agonist on serotonin
5-HT4 receptors and causes weak inhibition of 5-HT3 receptors
Metoclopramide promotes gut motility (proximal gut) by three mechanisms:
i. inhibition of presynaptic (increase release of AcH from cholinergic enteric nervous
system) and postsynaptic D2 receptors (direct inhibition of muscular D2 receptor
on lower esophageal sphincter and stomach (antrum and fundus)
ii. stimulation of presynaptic excitatory 5-HT4 receptors (increase release of AcH)
iii. antagonism of presynaptic inhibition of muscarinic receptors (increase sensitivity
of smooth muscle of esophagus, stomach and small intestine)
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DOPAMINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
METOCLOPRAMIDE
❖PHARMACOKINETICS
• Administered by oral and parenteral routes (intravenous and intramuscular).
• Metabolized in liver (sulfation and glucuronide conjugation).
• Crosses the blood–brain barrier
• Excreted in urine.
❖ THERAPEUTIC USES
Prokinetic effect is mostly utilized in conditions with diminished and impaired GIT
motility
• Gastroparesis (5–10 mg orally, 30 min before meals and at bedtime. The dose can be
increased up to 20 mg four-times daily)
• Post vagotomy
• Dyspepsia
• Gastro intestinal reflux disease
• Facilitate duodenal intubation
• Emergency surgery
❖ ADVERSE EFFECTS
• CNS : Extrapyramidal effects
• Endocrine : Galactorrhea
• Reproductive system: Gynecomastia, menstrual abnormailities
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SEROTONIN (5HT4)RECEPTOR AGONIST
•95% of the body’s 5- HT is synthesized in the enterochromaffin, mast and smooth muscle cells
of the GI tract.
• 5-HT1p (expressed on intrinsic primary afferent neurons in the submucosa), 5-HT3 ( central and
peripheral NS) and 5-HT4 (GIT, heart, CNS )receptors are the most clinically relevant in GI tract
functioning.
• Activation of these receptors evokes the release of excitatory (5HT4) & inhibitory
neurotransmitters(5HT3), with the net result of increasing motility and orthograde peristalsis in
the GI tract(distal esophagus, stomach, jejunum and colon)
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SEROTONIN
(5HT4)RECEPTOR
AGONIST
❖ GASTROINTESTINAL EFECTS
•Improves the tone of lower esophageal sphincter.
• Increases esophageal peristalsis
• Improve antroduodenal coordination
• Accelerates gastric emptying.
• Increases colonic motility and fluid secretion (unlike metoclopramide &
domperidone).
• Mild antiemetic activity except mosapride
❖ ADVERSE EFFECTS
• Nausea, diarrhea ,abdominal pain
• Headache
• QT interval prolongation and cardiac arrhythmias (hERG receptor
block)
• Drug drug interactions
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CHOLINOMIMETICS
• Cholinomimetics donot fulfill the true definition
of prokinetics as they produce tonic and
uncoordinated contractions
Acotiamide (2013 ) produces gastro-kinetic
effects by:
• inhibiting acetylcholine-esterase in peripheral
nerve endings and suppresses degradation of
acetylcholine
• Acting as M1/M2 antagonist on enteric
nervous system
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MOTILIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS
❖Motilin is a 22 amino acid endogenous peptide produced by
entero-chromaffin cells of the proximal small intestine
(duodenum)
❖ The majority of motilin receptors (GPCR) are found on
• Cholinergic nerves within the enteric nervous system
• Gastrointestinal smooth muscle
❖ Motilinomimetics stand for any compound able to interact
with motilin receptor
• Motilides (macrolide derivatives)
• Motilin analogues
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MOTILIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS
❖Erythromycin mimics the effect of the gastrointestinal polypeptide motilin on
gastrointestinal motility, probably by binding to motilin receptors and acting as a motilin
agonist
❖ The pharmacodynamics effects of erythromycin in humans are DOSE DEPENDENT mediated
via different pathways:
• At low dose (40 mg or 0.5-1mg/kg IV)-action on enteric nerves
• At high dose (200-350mg)- action on smooth muscles
❖ ADVERSE EFFECTS
• Nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain
• QT interval prolongation
• Tachyphylaxis (after 4 weeks of therapy)
Rx: drug holiday
• Drug Drug interactions
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GHRELIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS
•Ghrelin is an appetite stimulating 28 amino acid which is released from endocrine cells in oxyntic
glands of the fundus and corpus, and to a lesser extent from the antrum, duodenum, jejunum, ileum
and colon
• It binds to its receptors ( GHSR1a,GHSR1b and GRLN) present in gastrointestinal (stomach, intestine
and pancreas) and non-gastrointestinal areas (brain)
• Exogenous synthetic ghrelin initiate phase III MMC activity & increase gastric emptying of meals
• Relamorelin, a synthetic pentapeptide is more stable with a longer plasma half life
• When given S/C it activates GHSR1a receptor with approximately 6-fold greater potency than natural
ghrelin.
• A/E hyperhidrosis and dizziness; fatigue and abdominal pain/cramping; and decreased blood pressure,
hunger, feeling cold, and muscular weakness
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CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
•Cholecystokinin(CCK) is a peptide GI hormones produced through out the gastrointestinal tract
especially enteroendocrine cells of duodenum and jejunum
• It produces its physiological effects via GPCR (Gq) CCK1R and CCK2R receptors present in
upper GIT
• CCK1 R selective antagonist block the effect of endogenously released CCK increasing
gastric and colonic motility
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RESEARCH
Camilleri, M. andAtieh, J., 2021. New developments in prokinetic therapy for gastric motility
disorders. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, p.711500.
Crone, V., Møller, M.H., Bækgaard, E.S., Perner, A., Bytzer, P., Alhazzani, W. and Krag, M., 2023. Use
of prokinetic agents in hospitalised adult patients: a scoping review. Acta Anaesthesiologica
Scandinavica.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Pourbahman, F.,Zeeb, M., Monzavi, A. et al. Simultaneous trace monitoring of prokinetic drugs in
human plasma using magnetic dispersive micro-solid phase extraction based on a new graphene
oxide/metal–organic framework-74/Fe3O4/polytyramine nanoporous composite in combination
with HPLC. Chem. Pap. 73, 3135–3150 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-019-00855-
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END OF LECTUREASSESSMENT
1. Which of the following prokinetic is associated with QT interval prolongation?
a) Cisapride
b) Metoclopromide
c) Tegaserod
d) Domperidone
e) Itopride
2. The most common adverse effect of metoclopramide is ?
a) Extrapyramidal syndrome
b) Abdominal pain
c) Vomiting
d) Arrhythmia
e) Nausea
3. Metoclopramide produces its prokinetic effect by mainly acting on which of the following receptor?
a) D1 receptor
b) 5HT4 receptor
c) 5HT1 receptor
d) Motilin receptor
e) CCK- receptor
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END OF LECTUREASSESSMENT
4. Metoclopramide does not produce which of the following effect?
a) Increases tone of lower esophageal sphincter
b) Increases tone of pyloric sphincter
c) Increases gastric peristalsis
d) Increases antroduodenal contraction
e) Increases intestinal peristalsis
5. Which of the following is not a neuropeptide/neurotransmitter involved in gastrointestinal motility?
a) Motilin
b) Ghrelin
c) CCK
d) Acetylcholine
e) Glutamate