Objective To discover the pharmacological mechanisms of monotropein in colorectal cancer by network pharmacology methods.Methods The main-candidate-target network was constructed by the prediction of targets of monotr...Objective To discover the pharmacological mechanisms of monotropein in colorectal cancer by network pharmacology methods.Methods The main-candidate-target network was constructed by the prediction of targets of monotropein, collection of therapeutic targets of colorectal cancer drugs, and construction of the target network and layers of screening. The data were interpreted by pathway enrichment and target score calculation.Results This study:(1) Demonstrated the potential of monotropein to be a multi-target drug against colorectal cancer using a computational approach;(2) Discovered 10 candidate targets of monotropein, among which protein kinase B(AKT1)exhibited the highest relevance and importance to colorectal cancer and proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src(SRC),Bruton’s tyrosine kinase(BTK), and heat shock protein HSP 90-alpha(HSP90 AA1) also exhibited high relevance;(3) Observed 32 possible pathways related to the effects of monotropein on colorectal cancer, which might explain the mechanism of its action;and(4) Established a method to assess the importance of targets in the network.Conclusions This study offered clues for the mechanism of the bioactivities of monotropein against colorectal cancer by network analysis. Monotropein has the potential to be a multi-target drug against colorectal cancer, which lays the foundation for its clinical applications and further study.展开更多
Objective: To determine whether monotropein has an anticancer effect and explore its potential mechanisms against colorectal cancer(CRC) through network pharmacology and molecular docking combined with experimental ve...Objective: To determine whether monotropein has an anticancer effect and explore its potential mechanisms against colorectal cancer(CRC) through network pharmacology and molecular docking combined with experimental verification. Methods: Network pharmacology and molecular docking were used to predict potential targets of monotropein against CRC. Cell counting kit assay, plate monoclonal assay and microscopic observation were used to investigate the antiproliferative effects of monotropein on CRC cells HCT116, HT29 and LoVo. Flow cytometry and scratch assay were used to analyze apoptosis and cell cycle, as well as cell migration, respectively in HCT116, HT29, and LoVo cells. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of proteins related to apoptosis, cell cycle, and cell migration, and the expression of proteins key to the Akt pathway. Results: The Gene Ontology and Reactome enrichment analyses indicated that the anticancer potential of monotropein against CRC might be involved in multiple cancer-related signaling pathways. Among these pathways, RAC-beta serine/threonine-protein kinase(Akt1, Akt2), cyclin-dependent kinase 6(CDK6), matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP9), epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR), cell division control protein 42 homolog(CDC42) were shown as the potential anticancer targets of monotropein against CRC. Molecular docking suggested that monotropein may interact with the 6 targets(Akt1, Akt2, CDK6, MMP9, EGFR, CDC42). Subsequently, cell activity of HCT116, HT29 and LoVo cell lines were significantly suppressed by monotropein(P<0.05). Furthermore, our research revealed that monotropein induced cell apoptosis by inhibiting Bcl-2 and increasing Bax, induced G_1–S cycle arrest in colorectal cancer by decreasing the expressions of CyclinD1, CDK4 and CDK6, inhibited cell migration by suppressing the expressions of CDC42 and MMP9(P<0.05), and might play an anticancer role through Akt signaling pathway. Conclusions: Monotropein exerts its antitumor effects primarily by arresting the cell cycle, causing cell apoptosis, and inhibiting cell migration. This indicates a high potential for developing novel medication for treating CRC.展开更多
基金the funding support from the Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese,Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars of National Science Foundation of China(No.81929003)the Science and Technology Development Fund,Macao SAR(No.0027/2017/AMJ)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFE0119900).
文摘Objective To discover the pharmacological mechanisms of monotropein in colorectal cancer by network pharmacology methods.Methods The main-candidate-target network was constructed by the prediction of targets of monotropein, collection of therapeutic targets of colorectal cancer drugs, and construction of the target network and layers of screening. The data were interpreted by pathway enrichment and target score calculation.Results This study:(1) Demonstrated the potential of monotropein to be a multi-target drug against colorectal cancer using a computational approach;(2) Discovered 10 candidate targets of monotropein, among which protein kinase B(AKT1)exhibited the highest relevance and importance to colorectal cancer and proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src(SRC),Bruton’s tyrosine kinase(BTK), and heat shock protein HSP 90-alpha(HSP90 AA1) also exhibited high relevance;(3) Observed 32 possible pathways related to the effects of monotropein on colorectal cancer, which might explain the mechanism of its action;and(4) Established a method to assess the importance of targets in the network.Conclusions This study offered clues for the mechanism of the bioactivities of monotropein against colorectal cancer by network analysis. Monotropein has the potential to be a multi-target drug against colorectal cancer, which lays the foundation for its clinical applications and further study.
文摘Objective: To determine whether monotropein has an anticancer effect and explore its potential mechanisms against colorectal cancer(CRC) through network pharmacology and molecular docking combined with experimental verification. Methods: Network pharmacology and molecular docking were used to predict potential targets of monotropein against CRC. Cell counting kit assay, plate monoclonal assay and microscopic observation were used to investigate the antiproliferative effects of monotropein on CRC cells HCT116, HT29 and LoVo. Flow cytometry and scratch assay were used to analyze apoptosis and cell cycle, as well as cell migration, respectively in HCT116, HT29, and LoVo cells. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of proteins related to apoptosis, cell cycle, and cell migration, and the expression of proteins key to the Akt pathway. Results: The Gene Ontology and Reactome enrichment analyses indicated that the anticancer potential of monotropein against CRC might be involved in multiple cancer-related signaling pathways. Among these pathways, RAC-beta serine/threonine-protein kinase(Akt1, Akt2), cyclin-dependent kinase 6(CDK6), matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP9), epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR), cell division control protein 42 homolog(CDC42) were shown as the potential anticancer targets of monotropein against CRC. Molecular docking suggested that monotropein may interact with the 6 targets(Akt1, Akt2, CDK6, MMP9, EGFR, CDC42). Subsequently, cell activity of HCT116, HT29 and LoVo cell lines were significantly suppressed by monotropein(P<0.05). Furthermore, our research revealed that monotropein induced cell apoptosis by inhibiting Bcl-2 and increasing Bax, induced G_1–S cycle arrest in colorectal cancer by decreasing the expressions of CyclinD1, CDK4 and CDK6, inhibited cell migration by suppressing the expressions of CDC42 and MMP9(P<0.05), and might play an anticancer role through Akt signaling pathway. Conclusions: Monotropein exerts its antitumor effects primarily by arresting the cell cycle, causing cell apoptosis, and inhibiting cell migration. This indicates a high potential for developing novel medication for treating CRC.