Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency

Bushen Huoxue (BSHX) has been applied in clinical traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and has definitive clinical efficacy in the treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) in China. However, little is known of the underlying mechanism of BSHX. The purpose of this paper is to study the p...

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Autores principales: Ying Cao, Yue Chen, Peijuan Wang, Jialin Lu, Xuan Han, Jingyao She
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:72961efa2e264f698608279df808953b2021-11-11T14:23:43ZNetwork Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency2165-59792165-598710.1080/21655979.2021.1996317https://doaj.org/article/72961efa2e264f698608279df808953b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21655979.2021.1996317https://doaj.org/toc/2165-5979https://doaj.org/toc/2165-5987Bushen Huoxue (BSHX) has been applied in clinical traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and has definitive clinical efficacy in the treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) in China. However, little is known of the underlying mechanism of BSHX. The purpose of this paper is to study the pharmacological mechanisms of BSHX acting on POI based on a pharmacology and experimental validation. The pharmacological database of chinese medicine system and analysis platform (TCMSP) were used to search the effective active ingredients and potential action targets of BSHX. Drugbank, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), Genecards, and Disgenet databases were used to obtain relevant targets of POI. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment, and the visual network of protein-protein interaction network were constructed by FunRich3.1. Pymol software, and Auto Dock tools 1.5.6 were used for molecular docking. Murine model of POI was used to further investigate the mechanism of BSHX against on POI. Finally, 127 active compounds were collected from TCMSP database, and 215 active targets were identified. There were 1366 targets related to POI and 99 targets of BSHX for the treatment of POI. Quercetin, kaempferol, and stigmasterol were recognized as the most effective compounds corresponding to targets. The top three genes according to degree value are TP53, Akt1, and VEGFA. Further, the results of GO and KEGG enrichment analysis revealed that those core targets were mainly enriched on TRAIL and TGF-β receptor signaling. The results of molecular docking showed that stigmasterol had good binding ability to Akt1. Moreover, experimental validation suggests that BSHX significantly Increased the expression of TGF-β1 and Smad2/3, regulating the release of serum sex hormones, which include Follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), Estradiol (E2), and Antimullerin hormone (AMH).Ying CaoYue ChenPeijuan WangJialin LuXuan HanJingyao SheTaylor & Francis Grouparticlebushen huoxuepremature ovarian insufficiencynetwork pharmacologymolecular mechanismmolecular dockingexperimental validationBiotechnologyTP248.13-248.65ENBioengineered, Vol 0, Iss 0 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic bushen huoxue
premature ovarian insufficiency
network pharmacology
molecular mechanism
molecular docking
experimental validation
Biotechnology
TP248.13-248.65
spellingShingle bushen huoxue
premature ovarian insufficiency
network pharmacology
molecular mechanism
molecular docking
experimental validation
Biotechnology
TP248.13-248.65
Ying Cao
Yue Chen
Peijuan Wang
Jialin Lu
Xuan Han
Jingyao She
Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
description Bushen Huoxue (BSHX) has been applied in clinical traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and has definitive clinical efficacy in the treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) in China. However, little is known of the underlying mechanism of BSHX. The purpose of this paper is to study the pharmacological mechanisms of BSHX acting on POI based on a pharmacology and experimental validation. The pharmacological database of chinese medicine system and analysis platform (TCMSP) were used to search the effective active ingredients and potential action targets of BSHX. Drugbank, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), Genecards, and Disgenet databases were used to obtain relevant targets of POI. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment, and the visual network of protein-protein interaction network were constructed by FunRich3.1. Pymol software, and Auto Dock tools 1.5.6 were used for molecular docking. Murine model of POI was used to further investigate the mechanism of BSHX against on POI. Finally, 127 active compounds were collected from TCMSP database, and 215 active targets were identified. There were 1366 targets related to POI and 99 targets of BSHX for the treatment of POI. Quercetin, kaempferol, and stigmasterol were recognized as the most effective compounds corresponding to targets. The top three genes according to degree value are TP53, Akt1, and VEGFA. Further, the results of GO and KEGG enrichment analysis revealed that those core targets were mainly enriched on TRAIL and TGF-β receptor signaling. The results of molecular docking showed that stigmasterol had good binding ability to Akt1. Moreover, experimental validation suggests that BSHX significantly Increased the expression of TGF-β1 and Smad2/3, regulating the release of serum sex hormones, which include Follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), Estradiol (E2), and Antimullerin hormone (AMH).
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author Ying Cao
Yue Chen
Peijuan Wang
Jialin Lu
Xuan Han
Jingyao She
author_facet Ying Cao
Yue Chen
Peijuan Wang
Jialin Lu
Xuan Han
Jingyao She
author_sort Ying Cao
title Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
title_short Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
title_full Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
title_fullStr Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
title_full_unstemmed Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Bushen Huoxue for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
title_sort network pharmacology and experimental validation to explore the molecular mechanisms of bushen huoxue for the treatment of premature ovarian insufficiency
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/72961efa2e264f698608279df808953b
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