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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Network Pharmacology-Based Prediction of Catalpol and Mechanisms against Stroke.

Jinghui Wang, Meifeng Zhang, Si Sun, Guoran Wan, Dong Wan, Shan Feng, Huifeng Zhu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jinghui WangCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences &; College of Chinese Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Meifeng ZhangCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences &; College of Chinese Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Si SunCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences &; College of Chinese Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Guoran WanDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Dong WanDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Shan FengCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences &; College of Chinese Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Huifeng ZhuCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences &; College of Chinese Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-5151
Southwest University · CNChongqing Medical University · CNThe Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CN

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Abstract

aimTo apply the network pharmacology method to screen the target of catalpol prevention and treatment of stroke, and explore the pharmacological mechanism of Catalpol prevention and treatment of stroke.

methodsPharmMapper, GeneCards, DAVID, and other databases were used to find key targets. We selected hub protein and catalpol which were screened for molecular docking verification. Based on the results of molecular docking, the ITC was used to determine the binding coefficient between the highest scoring protein and catalpol. The GEO database and ROC curve were used to evaluate the correlation between key targets.

results27 key targets were obtained by mapping the predicted catalpol-related targets to the disease. Hub genes (ALB, CASP3, MAPK1 (14), MMP9, ACE, KDR, etc.) were obtained in the key target PPI network. The results of KEGG enrichment analysis showed that its signal pathway was involved in angiogenic remodeling such as VEGF, neurotrophic factors, and inflammation. The results of molecular docking showed that ACE had the highest docking score. Therefore, the ITC was used for the titration of ACE and catalpol. The results showed that catalpol had a strong binding force with ACE.

conclusionNetwork pharmacology combined with molecular docking predicts key genes, proteins, and signaling pathways for catalpol in treating stroke. The strong binding force between catalpol and ACE was obtained by using ITC, and the results of molecular docking were verified to lay the foundation for further research on the effect of catalpol on ACE. ROC results showed that the AUC values of the key targets are all >0.5. This article uses network pharmacology to provide a reference for a more in-depth study of catalpol's mechanism and experimental design.

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