Elucidating direct kinase targets of compound Danshen dropping pills employing archived data and prediction models

Abstract Research on direct targets of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the key to study the mechanism and material basis of it, but there is still no effective methods at present. We took Compound Danshen dropping pills (CDDP) as a study case to establish a strategy to identify significant dir...

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Main Authors: Tongxing Wang, Lu Liang, Chunlai Zhao, Jia Sun, Hairong Wang, Wenjia Wang, Jianping Lin, Yunhui Hu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a5ed2b781f924d37878436c945d42fbb
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Summary:Abstract Research on direct targets of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the key to study the mechanism and material basis of it, but there is still no effective methods at present. We took Compound Danshen dropping pills (CDDP) as a study case to establish a strategy to identify significant direct targets of TCM. As a result, thirty potential active kinase targets of CDDP were identified. Nine of them had potential dose-dependent effects. In addition, the direct inhibitory effect of CDDP on three kinases, AURKB, MET and PIM1 were observed both on biochemical level and cellular level, which could not only shed light on the mechanisms of action involved in CDDP, but also suggesting the potency of drug repositioning of CDDP. Our results indicated that the research strategy including both in silico models and experimental validation that we built, were relatively efficient and reliable for direct targets identification for TCM prescription, which will help elucidating the mechanisms of TCM and promoting the modernization of TCM.