Background:Through the use of network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches,this study will examine the pharmacological effects of Sanwu Huangqin Tang on restless legs syndrome in order to better understand th...Background:Through the use of network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches,this study will examine the pharmacological effects of Sanwu Huangqin Tang on restless legs syndrome in order to better understand the mechanism of action of Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)on RLS.Method:Utilise the TCMSP database to collect and select the drug components of Sanwu Huangqin Tang,and the Uniprot database to identify pertinent targets;RLS-related disease targets were obtained from GeneCards,DrugBank,and OMIM databases;and STRING and Cytoscape 3.9.1 software were used to generate an interaction network.KEGG pathway analysis and GO enrichment analysis were performed utilizing the DAVID database.Use Autodock for analyzing the relationships between targets and core components.Result:By using a network pharmacology approach,83 active ingredients and 50 drug-disease intersecting targets were derived for Sanwu Huangqin Tang.The molecular docking results showed that the drug components had strong affinity with the average target targets.Conclusions:This study provides new insights into the mechanism through which Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)treats Restless Legs Syndrome(RLS).Furthermore,it lays the foundation for additional research into the mechanism of treatment for RLS through the intervention that addresses various targets and pathways using the active ingredients identified by Sanwu Huangqin Tang.展开更多
基金The research is financially supported by the Natural Science Research Projects in Anhui Universities[No.KJ2020A0438].
文摘Background:Through the use of network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches,this study will examine the pharmacological effects of Sanwu Huangqin Tang on restless legs syndrome in order to better understand the mechanism of action of Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)on RLS.Method:Utilise the TCMSP database to collect and select the drug components of Sanwu Huangqin Tang,and the Uniprot database to identify pertinent targets;RLS-related disease targets were obtained from GeneCards,DrugBank,and OMIM databases;and STRING and Cytoscape 3.9.1 software were used to generate an interaction network.KEGG pathway analysis and GO enrichment analysis were performed utilizing the DAVID database.Use Autodock for analyzing the relationships between targets and core components.Result:By using a network pharmacology approach,83 active ingredients and 50 drug-disease intersecting targets were derived for Sanwu Huangqin Tang.The molecular docking results showed that the drug components had strong affinity with the average target targets.Conclusions:This study provides new insights into the mechanism through which Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)treats Restless Legs Syndrome(RLS).Furthermore,it lays the foundation for additional research into the mechanism of treatment for RLS through the intervention that addresses various targets and pathways using the active ingredients identified by Sanwu Huangqin Tang.
基金澳门特别行政区科学技术发展基金(029/2007/A2):中药抗肿瘤的系统药理学评价与药效物质研究负责人:王一涛+3 种基金澳门大学研究基金(SRG013-ICMS11-CXP):The hepatoprotective effect of germacronecurdioneand cucurbitacin B in vitro负责人:陈修平