CHY3110 : Advanced Medicinal Chemistry - Undergraduate Study

Offered for Year: 2020/21

Module Leader(s): Dr Celine Cano
Lecturer: Professor Akane Kawamura, Professor Bernard Golding, Professor Mike Waring

Owning School: Natural and Environmental Sciences
Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Semester 1 Credit Value:	10
Semester 2 Credit Value:	10
ECTS Credits:	10.0

Aims

To introduce the principles of pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism and toxicology To equip students with a knowledge and understanding how xenobiotics such as drugs and toxins are metabolized by the body and why. To provide an understanding of the way in which chemical compounds have toxicological effects. To provide an understanding of the link between metabolism and toxicology and principles of organic chemistry, structure and reactivity.

To introduce the basic concepts of the aetiology of cancer and pathogenic disease; to impart an understanding of the host-pathogen relationship, and the concepts of selective toxicity and resistance; to equip students with an understanding of the basic principles of chemotherapy of cancer and infectious disease; to provide an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the action of anticancer and anti-infective drugs.

Outline Of Syllabus

Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism (Professor M Waring)
Principles of pharmacokinetics
Processes and mechanisms of drug metabolism
Selected case studies in drug metabolism

Toxicology (Professor M Waring)
Principles of Toxicology and toxicokinetics
Critical toxicological issues for drug discovery
Allergens and reactive metabolites
Ion channels – hERG and acetyl choline signalling
Carcinogenesis and Oxidative Stress

Basic Principles of Enzymology (Prof A Kawamura)
Overview of the role of amino acid side-chains, metal ions and coenzymes in catalysis
Characteristics of enzymes: stability, substrate specificity, stereospecificity,
catalytic groups, factors affecting catalysis, enzyme kinetics
Overview of selected enzyme mechanisms
Model systems for enzymes (probing proximity effects, solvation, strain), acid-base
and nucleophilic catalysis

Cancer Chemotherapy (Dr C Cano)
Introduction to cancer
Cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents: DNA reactive drugs, antimetabolites, topoisomerase
inhibitors, mitotic poisons
DNA Repair Enzymes
Antiendocrine drugs
Current approaches to cancer chemotherapy
New therapies: Targeting receptor tyrosine kinase signalling and kinase inhibitors case
studies

Chemotherapy of Infectious Diseases (Professor B Golding)
Introduction and historical overview
Principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Antibacterial agents: Penicillin and β-lactams, glycopeptides, quinolones,
oxazolidinones and metronidazole
Antifungal agents: Polyenes, azoles and other antifungals
Antimalarials
Antiviral chemotherapy: acyclovir and maraviroc

Teaching Methods

Please note that module leaders are reviewing the module teaching and assessment methods for Semester 2 modules, in light of the Covid-19 restrictions. There may also be a few further changes to Semester 1 modules. Final information will be available by the end of August 2020 in for Semester 1 modules and the end of October 2020 for Semester 2 modules.

Teaching Activities

Category	Activity	Number	Length	Student Hours	Comment
Guided Independent Study	Assessment preparation and completion	14	1:00	14:00	Revision for semester 2 assessment
Guided Independent Study	Assessment preparation and completion	1	15:00	15:00	Alternative online assessment semester 2
Guided Independent Study	Assessment preparation and completion	14	1:00	14:00	Revision for semester 1 assessment
Guided Independent Study	Assessment preparation and completion	1	15:00	15:00	Alternative online assessment of semester
Structured Guided Learning	Lecture materials	20	0:30	10:00	Online - A combination of short recordings of lecture material and text published on VLE each week
Guided Independent Study	Directed research and reading	1	30:00	30:00	Reading materials related to module topics
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Drop-in/surgery	8	0:30	4:00	Online email support
Guided Independent Study	Independent study	1	94:00	94:00	Background reading and independent study around he topics learnt in module
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Module talk	8	0:30	4:00	Overview and discussion within topics
Total				200:00

Jointly Taught With

Code	Title
CHY3109	Advanced Medicinal Chemistry
CHY8822	Drug Metabolism and Toxicology
CHY8823	Theory and Practice of Chemotherapy

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Students acquire an understanding of the subject through attendance and participation in online module talks and materials. An understanding of the topics is reinforced by problem solving, and critical background reading of the scientific literature.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exam Pairings

Module Code	Module Title	Semester	Comment
CHY3109	Advanced Medicinal Chemistry	1	N/A
CHY8822	Drug Metabolism and Toxicology	1	N/A
CHY8823	Theory and Practice of Chemotherapy	2	N/A

Other Assessment

Description	Semester	When Set	Percentage	Comment
Written exercise	1	M	50	Online alternate assessment of semester 1 topics
Written exercise	2	M	50	Online alternate assessment of semester 2 topics

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The alternate assessments will assess the student's knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of the subject.

Study Abroad students may request to take their exam before the semester 1 exam period, in which case the format of the paper may differ from that shown in the MOF. Study Abroad students should contact the school to discuss this.

Reading Lists

CHY3110's Reading List

Timetable

Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
CHY3110's Timetable

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