“黄连-半夏”药对治疗胃癌的网络药理学研究和实验验证

基于系统药理学采用数据挖掘和分子对接的方法分析黄连-半夏药对治疗胃癌的作用机制。通过中药系统药理学数据库平台(TCMSP)和中国科学院上海有机化学研究所化学专业数据库进行数据挖掘获得黄连-半夏药对的化学组分;然后通过ADME筛选得到其有效成分;采用化学计量学方法对有效成分进行靶点预测,并使用分子对接和结合自由能分析对靶点进行验证和筛选,从而获得黄连-半夏药对治疗胃癌的作用靶点;进一步分析靶点对应的生物功能、疾病及相关的信号通路,进而阐述黄连-半夏药对治疗胃癌的多成分、多靶点、多通路作用机制;最终通过MTT试验、划痕试验、Transwell小室试验和Western blot试验验证黄连-半夏对人胃癌细胞MKN-45的抑制作用。研究共筛选出黄连-半夏药对的有效成分46个,对应靶点77个,与胃癌及其并发症相关靶点共38个,相关信号通路前8条,GO分析相关度前20个靶点分子功能。细胞实验证实了黄连-半夏水提物能有效抑制MKN-45细胞的增殖、侵袭迁移,并抑制转化生长因子-β1(transforming growth factor-β1,TGF-β1)诱导的Wnt/β-catenin信号通路的激活。黄连-半夏药对具有多种有效成分,能够调控神经和精神系统、细胞周期、细胞分化和转移,增强抗炎和免疫功能,在胃癌及其相关并发症发挥着多成分、多靶点、多通路协同抗癌作用,为后续临床治疗胃癌提供新的思路。

Network pharmacology research and experimental validation of "Coptidis Rhizoma-Pinelliae Rhizoma" in treating gastric carcinoma

To investigate the mechanism of Coptidis Rhizoma-Pinelliae Rhizoma in the treatment of gastric cancer based on syste-matic pharmacology and data mining. The chemical constituents of Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma were obtained from Traditio-nal Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database(TCMSP) and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry database of Chinese Academy of Sciences by data mining. Then the active ingredients were screened by ADME, and the targets of the active ingredients were predicted by chemometrics. Molecular docking and free energy analysis were used to verify and screen the targets, so as to obtain the therapeutic targets of Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma for gastric cancer. The biological functions, diseases and related signal pathways corresponding to the targets were further analyzed, and then the multi-component, multi-target and multi-channel mechanism of Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma for gastric cancer were elaborated. Finally, MTT, Scratch, Transwell and Western blot experiments were carried out to verify the inhibitory effect of Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma on human gastric cancer cell line MKN-45. A total of 46 active ingredients of Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma were screened, as well as 77 corresponding targets, 38 targets related to gastric cancer and its complications, top 8 related signaling pathways, and top 20 target molecular functions by GO analysis. Cell experiments also proved that Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma could effectively inhibit the proliferation, invasion and migration ability of gastric cancer cells and inhibit TGF-β1-induced Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation. Coptidis Rhizoma and Pinelliae Rhizoma drug pair has many active ingredients, which can regulate nervous and mental system, cell cycle, cell differentiation and metastasis, and enhance anti-inflammatory and immune functions, playing a synergistic anti-cancer role in gastric cancer and its complications and providing new ideas for the follow-up clinical treatment of gastric cancer.