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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

The Mechanism Study of Common Flavonoids on Antiglioma Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking.

Taiping Li, Yong Xiao, Zhen Wang, Hong Xiao, Hongyi Liu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Taiping LiDepartment of Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yong XiaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhen WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-8789
Hong XiaoDepartment of Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4248-3146
Hongyi LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3914-252X
Nanjing Brain Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundGlioma is the most common primary intracranial tumor in adult patients. Among them, glioblastoma is a highly malignant one with a poor prognosis. Flavonoids are a class of phenolic compounds widely distributed in plants and have many biological functions, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiaging, and anticancer. Nowadays, flavonoids have been applied to the therapy of glioma; however, the molecular mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects has not been fully elaborated. This study was carried out to explore the mechanism of selected active flavonoid compounds in treating glioma using network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches.

methodsActive ingredients and associated targets of flavonoids were acquired by using the Traditional Chinese Medicine Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP) and Swiss TargetPrediction platform. Genes related to glioma were obtained from the GeneCards and DisGeNET databases. The intersection targets between flavonoid targets and glioma-related genes were used to construct protein-protein interaction (PPI) network via the STRING database, and the results were analyzed by Cytoscape software. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses were performed and displayed by utilizing the Metascape portal and clusterProfiler R package. Molecular docking was carried out by iGEMDOCK and SwissDock, and the results were visually displayed by UCSF Chimera software.

resultsEighty-four active flavonoid compounds and 258 targets overlapped between flavonoid targets and glioma-related genes were achieved. PPI network revealed potential therapeutic targets, such as AKT1, EGFR, VEGFA, MAPK3, and CASP3, based on their node degree. GO and KEGG analyses showed that core targets were mainly enriched in the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Molecular docking simulation indicated that potential glioma-related targets-MAPK1 and HSP90AA1 were bounded more firmly with epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) than with quercetin.

conclusionsThe findings of this study indicated that selected active flavonoid compounds might play therapeutic roles in glioma mainly through the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Moreover, EGCG had the potential antiglioma activity by targeting MAPK1 and HSP90AA1.

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