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ArticleScience advances2025

AI-driven discovery of dual antiaging and anti-AD therapeutics via PROTAC target deconvolution of a super-enhancer-regulated axis.

Yuan Sun, Sai Liu, Long Chen, Zheng Zhou, Xin Yin, Yiting Shi, Haotian Li, Jinran Li, Yi Lu, Wei Jiang and 10 more

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. P53 Competitively Binds P300 to Suppress HIF-1α/TFRC-Mediated Ferroptosis and Promote Doxorubicin Resistance in Breast Cancer.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  3. Target discovery and drug design in the era of artificial intelligence.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
    Review
  4. Decoding Vascular Senescence: Cellular Insights and Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Yuan SunState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.ORCID 0009-0007-5216-7899
Sai LiuState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.ORCID 0009-0001-0820-3465
Long ChenState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.ORCID 0009-0006-0102-2692
Zheng ZhouDepartment of Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-5028-4530
Xin YinDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Yiting ShiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Haotian LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Jinran LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Yi LuState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Wei JiangState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Yongjun ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Tucheng DaiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Tingting YaoState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Anbo LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Xinyu BiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Beiyu ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Xinai ShenSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-2112-0510
Zheying ZhuSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2135-3812
Guangji WangState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8297-1921
Xinuo LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.ORCID 0009-0009-3455-1955

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of safe, durable therapeutics that act against both biological aging and Alzheimer's disease is an unmet clinical need. To bridge this gap, we devised an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled approach that pairs rapid compound triage with mechanistic target deconvolution. Our AI-driven screening highlighted melatonin (MLT) as a promising candidate. Serum profiling of 161 human individuals confirmed an age-related fall in circulating MLT level, while subsequent in vivo and in vitro experiments showed that MLT rescues cognition, suppresses neuroinflammation, and alleviates senescence phenotypes. Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC)-guided chemoproteomic deconvolution next pinpointed the histone acetyltransferase p300 as MLT's target. Integrated Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation, single-cell RNA sequencing, and spatial transcriptomics revealed that MLT-bound p300 cooperates with specificity protein 1 (SP1) at a brain and muscle ARNT-like protein 1 super-enhancer, elevating histone H3 lysine-27 acetylation and reengaging a circadian-epigenetic program that links redox resilience to neuroprotection. By combining AI-driven discovery with PROTAC-based target mapping and super-enhancer-centric mechanistic resolution, our study identifies MLT as a dual-action candidate and sets out a reproducible "AI-to-clinic" paradigm for multitarget drug innovation in aging-related neurodegeneration.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseArtificial IntelligenceDrug DiscoveryMelatoninAnimalsHumansMaleMiceProteolysisMelatonin

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PMID41259504
PMCPMC12629202

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