Center for Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Center for Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Pharmacol Res. 2024 Jan;199:106960. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106960. Epub 2023 Oct 11.
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a chronic and relapsing condition characterized by the misuse of opioid drugs, causing significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Existing medications for OUD are limited, and there is an immediate need to discover treatments with enhanced safety and efficacy. Drug repurposing aims to find new indications for existing medications, offering a time-saving and cost-efficient alternative strategy to traditional drug discovery. Computational approaches have been developed to further facilitate the drug repurposing process. In this paper, we reviewed state-of-the-art data-driven computational drug repurposing approaches for OUD and discussed their advantages and potential challenges. We also highlighted promising repurposed candidate drugs for OUD that were identified by computational drug repurposing techniques and reviewed studies supporting their potential mechanisms of action in treating OUD.
阿片类使用障碍(OUD)是一种慢性和复发性疾病,其特征是阿片类药物的滥用,给美国带来了巨大的发病率和死亡率。现有的 OUD 治疗药物有限,因此迫切需要发现具有更高安全性和疗效的治疗方法。药物再利用旨在为现有药物寻找新的适应症,为传统药物发现提供一种节省时间和成本的替代策略。已经开发了计算方法来进一步促进药物再利用过程。在本文中,我们回顾了用于 OUD 的最先进的数据驱动的计算药物再利用方法,并讨论了它们的优点和潜在挑战。我们还强调了通过计算药物再利用技术确定的有前途的 OUD 再利用候选药物,并回顾了支持它们在治疗 OUD 方面潜在作用机制的研究。