Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Aug 25;102(34):e34859. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034859.
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease with a complex etiology involving environmental and genetic factors. Psoriasis patients often require long-term treatment. Shanyaotianua decoction (STT), a typical traditional Chinese medicine prescription, positively affects psoriasis, although its molecular targets remain unknown. To elucidate its molecular mechanisms, a combination of network pharmacology, bioinformatics analysis, and drug similarity comparisons were employed. Participants were separated into 3 groups: non-lesional (NL), lesions after medication (LM), and psoriasis lesion groups (LS). Based on the Gene Ontology/kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes enrichment analyses, the key targets were mainly enriched for biological processes (immuno-inflammatory responses, leukocyte differentiation, lipid metabolic disorders, and viral infection) with the relevant pathways (Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription and adipocytokine signaling and T-helper 17 cell differentiation), thus identifying the possible action mechanism of STT against psoriasis. Target prediction for 18 STT compounds that matched the screening criteria was performed. Then, the STT compounds were intersected with the differentially expressed genes of the psoriatic process, and 5 proteins were potential targets for STT. Based on the open-source toolkit RDKit and DrugBank database, and through molecular docking and drug similarity comparisons, spinasterol, diosgenin, and 24-Methylcholest-5-enyl-3belta-O-glucopyranoside_qt may be potential drugs for psoriasis.
银屑病是一种免疫介导的炎症性皮肤病,其病因复杂,涉及环境和遗传因素。银屑病患者往往需要长期治疗。山瑶田乌汤(STT)是一种典型的中药方剂,对银屑病有积极的影响,但其分子靶点尚不清楚。为了阐明其分子机制,采用网络药理学、生物信息学分析和药物相似性比较相结合的方法。参与者分为 3 组:非皮损组(NL)、用药后皮损组(LM)和银屑病皮损组(LS)。基于基因本体论/京都基因与基因组百科全书富集分析,关键靶点主要富集于生物过程(免疫炎症反应、白细胞分化、脂质代谢紊乱和病毒感染),相关通路(Janus 激酶/信号转导和转录激活因子和脂肪细胞因子信号和 T 辅助 17 细胞分化),从而确定 STT 治疗银屑病的可能作用机制。对符合筛选标准的 18 种 STT 化合物进行了预测。然后,将 STT 化合物与银屑病发病过程中的差异表达基因进行交集,得到 5 个可能的 STT 潜在靶点。基于开源工具 RDKit 和 DrugBank 数据库,并通过分子对接和药物相似性比较,发现 spinasterol、diosgenin 和 24-Methylcholest-5-enyl-3belta-O-glucopyranoside_qt 可能是治疗银屑病的潜在药物。