Biotransformation
Cellular Sites of Action
Genetics and Genomics
Carcinogenesis
LABS
100

Formed metabolite is more toxic than the parent drug.

What is bioactivation/intoxication? 

100

Toxicants alter ______ reversibly, as competitive inhibitors, or irreversibly, as noncompetitive inhibitors.

What is enzymes? 

100

Data bank of DNA chromosomal sequences of humans and model species.

What is the Human Genome Project? 

100

Environmental factors and genetics are connected to this disease. 

What is cancer? 

100

The three R's of ethical animal lab-use. 

What is Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction? 

200

Phases (I and II) in detoxification are most efficient when a toxicant or metabolite has these qualities. 

What is hydrophilic, large, polar (charged)? 

200

This type of toxicant binds to the receptor, but doesn't produce a response. 

What is an antagonist? 
200

Term for the entirety of proteins produced by DNA. 

What is the proteome? 

200

Mutational theory of carcinogenesis progresses in these steps. 

What is Initiation --> Promotion --> Progression? 
200

The equation for determining % cell viability. 


What is (Mean # of Alive Cells + Mean Number of Dead Cells) / Mean # of Alive Cells * 100? 

300

This drug activates expression of P450 genes. 

What is alcohol? 

300

Hemoglobin, as a carrier protein of oxygen, is affected by this molecule, as it competes with oxygen to bind to a heme-containing (ferrous) group. 

What is carbon monoxide? 

300

These variations in the genome reflect a person's ability to metabolize certain toxicants or drugs. 

What is the microbiome, genetic deficiencies, age? 

300

The difference present between oncogenes and proto-oncogenes. 

What is

resemble normal cellular genes of host? 

inactive genes in normal cells? 

300

In our second lab, bacteria were only resistant to this control. 

What is Streptomycin? 

400

These are the steps of conjugation. 

What is uptake/biosynthesis, metabolism, glucuronidation or glutathione --> inactivation/elimination? 

400

Formed by halogenated hydrocarbons and xenobiotics during the process of liquid peroxidation. 


*Hint: Glutathione (present in spinach, broccoli, peppers) helps to fight these!

What are free radicals? 

400

A piece of chromosome that has not been recombined or mutated for several generations. 

What is a haplotype? 

400

This chromosome is present in cases of CML (Chronic myelogenous leukemia). 

What is the Philadelphia Chromosome? 

400

The name of the macrophages used in lab. 

What is RAW 264.7? 

500

These are examples of oxidation reactions. 

What is hydroxylation, dealkylation, and epoxidation? 

500

This type of cell death is associated with a loss of plasma membrane integrity. 

What is necrosis? 

500

Bacterial resistance can be achieved through the swapping of these DNA molecules. 

What are plasmids? 

500

This is the definition of a complete carcinogen. 

What is able to produce malignant tumors without further action required? 

500
This reaction is required for the quantification of nitric oxide.

What is the Griess reaction?