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Zhang Z, Cheng J, Zhou X, Wu H, Zhang B. Integrated network pharmacology and molecular docking to investigate the potential mechanism of Tufuling on Alzheimer's disease. Heliyon 2024; 10:e36471. [PMID: 39253234 PMCID: PMC11382023 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/15/2024] [Indexed: 09/11/2024] Open
Abstract
Objective This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of Tu Fu Ling in treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) using network pharmacology and molecular docking. Methods The TCMSP and Swiss target prediction databases were utilized to confirm the active components of Tu Fu Ling and their corresponding targets, with target gene names converted using the UniProt database. Genes related to AD were collected from DisGeNET, GeneCards, and the Open Target Platform databases. Common target genes between the disease and the drug were obtained using Venny 2.1 tools and visualized using Cytoscape software. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) data were further analyzed to determine correlations between common target genes, and GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses were performed for intersecting genes. Finally, PYmol, AutoDock Tool, Discovery Studio 2020, and PyRx software were used for preliminary computer virtual verification and visualization of active drug ingredients and target proteins. Results Nine active ingredients meeting the screening criteria yielded a total of 168 genes after removing duplicates. A total of 3833 target genes were collected, with 129 overlapping target genes identified. GO enrichment analysis identified 643 biological processes, 82 cellular components, and 147 molecular functions. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis also revealed a pathway closely related to AD (hsa05010: Alzheimer's disease). In molecular docking analysis, the binding affinity between the 9 active ingredients and 10 core targets ranged from -3.5 to -12.3 kcal/mol, indicating strong binding. Conclusion This study preliminarily verified the combination of Tu Fu Ling's screened active ingredient and the calculated core target, suggesting a potential mechanism of action to improve the symptoms of AD patients through multi-target and multi-pathway approaches. This provides a valuable reference for further exploration of the pharmacological mechanism of AD and the formulation of drug therapy.
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- Ziyou Zhang
- Dali University, College of Basic Medicine, Dali, 671000, China
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- Dali University, College of Basic Medicine, Dali, 671000, China
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- Dali University, College of Basic Medicine, Dali, 671000, China
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- Dali University, College of Basic Medicine, Dali, 671000, China
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- Dali University, College of Basic Medicine, Dali, 671000, China
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Zhu L, Liang R, Guo Y, Cai Y, Song F, Hu Y, Liu Y, Ge M, Zheng G. Incorporating Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Identify Bioactive Compounds and Potential Mechanisms of Digitalis in Treating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:15590-15602. [PMID: 38585091 PMCID: PMC10993403 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c00373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most lethal malignant tumors for which there is no effective treatment. There are an increasing number of studies on herbal medicine for treating malignant tumors, and the classic botanical medicine Digitalis and its active ingredients for treating heart failure and arrhythmias have been revealed to have significant antitumor efficacy against a wide range of malignant tumors. However, the main components of Digitalis and the molecular mechanisms of its anti-ATC effects have not been extensively studied. Here, we screened the main components and core targets of Digitalis and verified the relationship between the active components and targets through network pharmacology, molecular docking, and experimental validation. These experiments showed that the active ingredients of Digitalis inhibit ATC cell activity and lead to ATC cell death through the apoptotic pathway.
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- Lei Zhu
- Suzhou
Medical College of Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department
of Head and Neck Surgery, the Fifth Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou
Medical University, Lishui Central Hospital, 323020 Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Department
of Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated
Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 325015 Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Suzhou
Medical College of Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Otolaryngology
& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and
Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated
People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical
College, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key
Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical
Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, 310014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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He X, Cui J, Li H, Zhou Y, Wu X, Jiang C, Xu Z, Wang R, Xiong L. Antipyretic effects of Xiangqin Jiere granules on febrile young rats revealed by combining pharmacodynamics, metabolomics, network pharmacology, molecular biology experiments and molecular docking strategies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024:1-18. [PMID: 38197809 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2024.2301761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
Abstract
Xiangqin Jiere granules (XQJRG) is a proprietary Chinese medicine treating children's colds and fevers, but its mechanism of action is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the antipyretic mechanisms of XQJRG based on pharmacodynamics, non-targeted metabolomics, network pharmacology, molecular biology experiments, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Firstly, the yeast-induced fever model was constructed in young rats to study antipyretic effect of XQJRG. Metabolomics and network pharmacology studies were performed to identify the key compounds, targets and pathways involved in the antipyretic of XQJRG. Subsequently, MetScape was used to jointly analyze targets from network pharmacology and metabolites from metabolomics. Finally, the key targets were validated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the affinity and stability of key ingredient and targets were evaluated by molecular docking and MD simulation. The animal experimental results showed that after XQJRG treatment, body temperature of febrile rats was significantly reduced, 13 metabolites were significantly modulated, and pathways of differential metabolite enrichment were mainly related to amino acid and lipid metabolism. Network pharmacology results indicated that quercetin and kaempferol were the key active components of XQJRG, TNF, AKT1, IL6, IL1B and PTGS2 were core targets. ELISA confirmed that XQJRG significantly reduced the plasma concentrations of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, and the hypothalamic concentrations of COX-2 and PGE2. Molecular docking demonstrated that the binding energies of kaempferol to the core targets were all below -5.0 kcal/mol. MD simulation results showed that the binding free energies of TNF-kaempferol, IL6-kaempferol, IL1B-kaempferol and PTGS2-kaempferol were -87.86 kcal/mol, -70.41 kcal/mol, -69.95 kcal/mol and -106.67 kcal/mol, respectively. In conclusion, XQJRG has antipyretic effects on yeast-induced fever in young rats, and its antipyretic mechanisms may be related to the inhibition of peripheral pyrogenic cytokines release by constituents such as kaempferol, the reduction of hypothalamic fever mediator production, and the amelioration of disturbances in amino acid and lipid metabolism.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Xiying He
- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
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