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ArticleChinese medicine2023

Identification of key pharmacological components and targets for Aidi injection in the treatment of pancreatic cancer by UPLC-MS, network pharmacology, and in vivo experiments.

Haojia Wang, Zhishan Wu, Xiaotian Fan, Chao Wu, Shan Lu, Libo Geng, Antony Stalin, Yingli Zhu, Fanqin Zhang, Jiaqi Huang and 4 more

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Article in Chinese medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Haojia Wang *Department of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Zhishan Wu *Department of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Xiaotian Fan *School of Chinese Medicine, Bozhou University, Bozhou, 236800, China.
Chao WuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Shan LuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Libo GengGuizhou Yibai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Guiyang, 550008, Guizhou, China.
Antony StalinInstitute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China.
Yingli ZhuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Fanqin ZhangDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Jiaqi HuangDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Pengyun LiuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Huiying LiSchool of Biology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100091, China. thufit2012@126.com.
Leiming YouSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China. youleiming@bucm.edu.cn.
Jiarui WuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China. exogamy@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1617-6110
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNBeijing Forestry University · CNBozhou People's Hospital · CNGuizhou Magic Pharmaceutical (China) · CNUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

Associated Key Laboratory of Traditional Mongolia Medicine Research and Development, National Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education of China MDK2020013China Medical Association of Minorities Research Project 2020MZ298-110101China National Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Innovation Team Sub-project ZYYCXTD-C-202005-10Natural Science Foundation of China 82074284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers worldwide. Aidi injection (ADI) is a representative antitumor medication based on Chinese herbal injection, but its antitumor mechanisms are still poorly understood. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this work, the subcutaneous xenograft model of human pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1 was established in nude mice to investigate the anticancer effect of ADI in vivo. We then determined the components of ADI using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) and explored the possible molecular mechanisms against pancreatic cancer using network pharmacology.

resultsIn vivo experiments, the volume, weight, and degree of histological abnormalities of implanted tumors were significantly lower in the medium and high concentration ADI injection groups than in the control group. Network pharmacology analysis identified four active components of ADI and seven key targets, TNF, VEGFA, HSP90AA1, MAPK14, CASP3, P53 and JUN. Molecular docking also revealed high affinity between the active components and the target proteins, including Astragaloside IV to P53 and VEGFA, Ginsenoside Rb1 to CASP3 and Formononetin to JUN.

conclusionADI could reduce the growth rate of tumor tissue and alleviate the structural abnormalities in tumor tissue. ADI is predicted to act on VEGFA, P53, CASP3, and JUN in ADI-mediated treatment of pancreatic cancer.

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Aidi injectionMolecular dockingNetwork pharmacologyPancreatic cancerPharmacodynamic evaluation

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