OBJECTIVE:To investigating the molecular mechanism of herbal pairs in three types of Chinese medicinals:Qi-tonifying,blood activation,blood-stasis breaking in treatment of coronary heart disease(CHD).METHODS:The compo...OBJECTIVE:To investigating the molecular mechanism of herbal pairs in three types of Chinese medicinals:Qi-tonifying,blood activation,blood-stasis breaking in treatment of coronary heart disease(CHD).METHODS:The components of six herbs were searched in Chinese medicine dictionary and their target proteins were found in PubChem.CHD genes were obtained from PubMed gene database.Ingenuity Pathways Analysis was used to build the pharmacological network of three herbal pairs and CHD molecular network.The canonical pathways between each herbal pair network and CHD network was compared to decipher the molecular mechanism on three herbal pairs in treating CHD.RESULTS:The network analysis showed that there were the common signal pathways of three herbal pairs in treating CHD including hypoxia signaling in the cardiovascular system,Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha signaling,glucocorticoid receptor signaling,G-Protein coupled receptor signaling and pregnane X receptor/retinoid X receptor(PXR/RXR)activation.Further to analyze cardiovascular signaling,cytokine signaling and cytokine signaling,the effective molecules for three herbal pairs in treating CHD included HIF1α and estrogen receptor 1,Qi-tonifying herbal pair included albumin and matrix metallopeptidase 2,and blood-activation herbal pair included estrogen receptor 2 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ.CONCLUSION:Each herbal pair can affect some respective CHD-related functions and pathways,meanwhile three herbal pairs exert some mutual effects on CHD-related functions and pathways.Mutual effects of three herbal pairs may be the key components of their total molecular mechanisms and respective effects of each herbal pair may be the characteristic components of their respective molecular mechanism.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China:The Molecular Mechanism Research of YiQi Huoxue Fang Postponing Vascular Endothelial Cell Senescence by SIRT1-autophagy Pathway(No.81503448)Self-Project Foundation from China Acadamy of Chinese Medical Sciences:the Mechanism Study of YiQi Huoxue Herbs Delaying the Vascular Aging(No.ZZ2013002)+1 种基金the Intervention Effects of the Extracts of Panax,Notoginseng and Rhizoma Ligustici Wallichii through Sirt1-autophagy pathway in endothelial cell senescence(No.ZZ2015011)Beijing Science and Technology Plan:Study on Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine System Evaluation and Service(No.Z141102003414021)
文摘OBJECTIVE:To investigating the molecular mechanism of herbal pairs in three types of Chinese medicinals:Qi-tonifying,blood activation,blood-stasis breaking in treatment of coronary heart disease(CHD).METHODS:The components of six herbs were searched in Chinese medicine dictionary and their target proteins were found in PubChem.CHD genes were obtained from PubMed gene database.Ingenuity Pathways Analysis was used to build the pharmacological network of three herbal pairs and CHD molecular network.The canonical pathways between each herbal pair network and CHD network was compared to decipher the molecular mechanism on three herbal pairs in treating CHD.RESULTS:The network analysis showed that there were the common signal pathways of three herbal pairs in treating CHD including hypoxia signaling in the cardiovascular system,Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha signaling,glucocorticoid receptor signaling,G-Protein coupled receptor signaling and pregnane X receptor/retinoid X receptor(PXR/RXR)activation.Further to analyze cardiovascular signaling,cytokine signaling and cytokine signaling,the effective molecules for three herbal pairs in treating CHD included HIF1α and estrogen receptor 1,Qi-tonifying herbal pair included albumin and matrix metallopeptidase 2,and blood-activation herbal pair included estrogen receptor 2 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ.CONCLUSION:Each herbal pair can affect some respective CHD-related functions and pathways,meanwhile three herbal pairs exert some mutual effects on CHD-related functions and pathways.Mutual effects of three herbal pairs may be the key components of their total molecular mechanisms and respective effects of each herbal pair may be the characteristic components of their respective molecular mechanism.
