| Literature DB >> 28791364 |
Jihan Huang1, Fan Cheung2, Hor-Yue Tan2, Ming Hong2, Ning Wang2, Juan Yang1, Yibin Feng2, Qingshan Zheng1.
Abstract
Yinchenhao decoction (YCHD) is a traditional Chinese medicine formulation, which has been widely used for the treatment of jaundice for 2,000 years. Currently, YCHD is used to treat various liver disorders and metabolic diseases, however its chemical/pharmacologic profiles remain to be elucidated. The present study identified the active compounds and significant pathways of YCHD based on network pharmacology. All of the chemical ingredients of YCHD were retrieved from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology database. Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion screening with oral bioavailability (OB) screening, drug‑likeness (DL) and intestinal epithelial permeability (Caco‑2) evaluation were applied to discover the bioactive compounds in YCHD. Following this, target prediction, pathway identification and network construction were employed to clarify the mechanism of action of YCHD. Following OB screening, and evaluation of DL and Caco‑2, 34 compounds in YCHD were identified as potential active ingredients, of which 30 compounds were associated with 217 protein targets. A total of 31 significant pathways were obtained by performing enrichment analyses of 217 proteins using the JEPETTO 3.x plugin, and 16 classes of gene‑associated diseases were revealed by performing enrichment analyses using Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery v6.7. The present study identified potential active compounds and significant pathways in YCHD. In addition, the mechanism of action of YCHD in the treatment of various diseases through multiple pathways was clarified.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28791364 PMCID: PMC5646998 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.7149
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Med Rep ISSN: 1791-2997 Impact factor: 2.952
Figure 1.The workflow for the network-pharmacology approach used in our study.
The number of compounds in YCHD satisfy OB≥ 30%, DL≥0.18 and Caco-2≥-0.4
| Herbs | Total | OB≥ 30% | DL≥0.18 | Caco-2≥-0.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 53 | 34 (64.2) | 13 (24.5) | 13 (24.5) |
| RRER | 92 | 26 (28.3) | 16 (17.4) | 9 (9.8) |
| GF | 98 | 43 (48.9) | 15 (15.3) | 14 (14.3) |
YCHD, yinchenhao decoction; OB, oral bioavailability; DL, drug-likeness.
Information for candidate active compounds from ASH, RRER and GF herbs.
| Number | Molecule name | OB (%) | Caco-2 | DL | Molecular structure | Herb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOL014 | Isorhamnetin | 49.6 | 0.31 | 0.31 | ASH | |
| MOL015 | Beta-sitosterol | 36.91 | 1.32 | 0.75 | ASH/RRER/GF | |
| MOL020 | Areapillin | 48.96 | 0.6 | 0.41 | ASH | |
| MOL024 | Genkwanin | 37.13 | 0.63 | 0.24 | ASH | |
| MOL028 | Skrofulein | 30.35 | 0.72 | 0.3 | ASH | |
| MOL030 | Isoarcapillin | 57.4 | 0.4 | 0.41 | ASH | |
| MOL031 | Eupalitin | 46.11 | 0.62 | 0.33 | ASH | |
| MOL032 | Eupatolitin | 42.55 | 0.16 | 0.37 | ASH | |
| MOL034 | Capillarisin | 57.56 | 0.49 | 0.31 | ASH | |
| MOL036 | 4′-Methylcapillarisin | 72.18 | 0.57 | 0.35 | ASH | |
| MOL037 | Demethoxycapillarisin | 52.33 | 0.31 | 0.25 | ASH | |
| MOL038 | Artepillin A | 68.32 | 0.45 | 0.24 | ASH | |
| MOL053 | Quercetin | 46.43 | 0.05 | 0.28 | ASH/GF | |
| MOL065 | Eupatin | 50.8 | 0.53 | 0.41 | RRER | |
| MOL081 | Mutatochrome | 48.64 | 1.97 | 0.61 | RRER | |
| MOL098 | Rhein | 47.07 | −0.2 | 0.28 | RRER | |
| MOL111 | Toralactone | 46.46 | 0.86 | 0.24 | RRER | |
| MOL127 | Daucosterol_qt | 35.89 | 1.35 | 0.7 | RRER | |
| MOL133 | Palmidin A | 32.45 | −0.36 | 0.65 | RRER | |
| MOL138 | Aloe-emodin | 83.38 | −0.12 | 0.24 | RRER | |
| MOL143 | (−)-catechin | 49.68 | −0.03 | 0.24 | RRER | |
| MOL144 | Crocetin | 35.3 | 0.54 | 0.26 | GF | |
| MOL145 | Genipin | 26.06 | −0.37 | 0.10 | GF | |
| MOL146 | (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR, 8aR,10R,12aR, 14bS)-10-hydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b- tetradecahydropicene- 4a-carboxylic acid | 32.03 | 0.61 | 0.76 | GF | |
| MOL147 | Ammidin | 34.55 | 1.13 | 0.22 | GF | |
| MOL156 | Sudan III | 84.07 | 0.42 | 0.59 | GF | |
| MOL173 | Kaempferol | 41.88 | 0.26 | 0.24 | GF | |
| MOL174 | Stigmasterol | 43.83 | 1.44 | 0.76 | GF | |
| MOL196 | Mandenol | 42 | 1.46 | 0.19 | GF | |
| MOL198 | Supraene | 33.55 | 2.08 | 0.42 | GF | |
| MOL212 | Isoimperatorin | 45.46 | 0.97 | 0.23 | GF | |
| MOL216 | Ethyl oleate (NF) | 32.4 | 1.4 | 0.19 | GF | |
| MOL217 | 5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl) chromone | 51.96 | 0.88 | 0.41 | GF | |
| MOL229 | 3-Methylkempferol | 60.16 | 0.37 | 0.26 | GF |
OB, oral bioavailability; DL, drug-likeness.
Figure 2.Compound-Target network for YCHD. The red nodes represent potential drug targets and the blue nodes represent active compounds. The edges represent the interaction between them and the node size is proportional to the degree.
The 31 significant pathways found by JEPETTO.
| Number | Pathway | XD-score | q-value | Overlap/size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bladder cancer | 1.47032 | 0.00000 | 16/38 |
| 2 | Non-small cell lung cancer | 1.08065 | 0.00000 | 16/51 |
| 3 | Prostate cancer | 1.02555 | 0.00000 | 26/84 |
| 4 | Pancreatic cancer | 1.01321 | 0.00000 | 22/70 |
| 5 | Endometrial cancer | 0.94804 | 0.00000 | 14/50 |
| 6 | Colorectal cancer | 0.79509 | 0.00000 | 18/61 |
| 7 | Metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450 | 0.77843 | 0.00045 | 6/20 |
| 8 | Glioma | 0.76675 | 0.00000 | 16/60 |
| 9 | Leishmaniasis | 0.6752 | 0.00000 | 17/62 |
| 10 | Steroid hormone biosynthesis | 0.64509 | 0.00931 | 4/15 |
| 11 | Type II diabetes mellitus | 0.62494 | 0.00003 | 10/43 |
| 12 | NOD-like receptor signaling pathway | 0.61233 | 0.00000 | 14/59 |
| 13 | Prion diseases | 0.607 | 0.00004 | 9/35 |
| 14 | Small cell lung cancer | 0.57843 | 0.00000 | 20/82 |
| 15 | ErbB signaling pathway | 0.56917 | 0.00000 | 17/84 |
| 16 | VEGF signaling pathway | 0.56409 | 0.00000 | 14/62 |
| 17 | Chronic myeloid leukemia | 0.53594 | 0.00000 | 16/69 |
| 18 | Malaria | 0.53081 | 0.00003 | 10/42 |
| 19 | Acute myeloid leukemia | 0.52287 | 0.00003 | 11/52 |
| 20 | Chagas disease | 0.51782 | 0.00000 | 22/99 |
| 21 | p53 signaling pathway | 0.49646 | 0.00000 | 15/62 |
| 22 | Toll-like receptor signaling pathway | 0.47843 | 0.00000 | 19/90 |
| 23 | Melanoma | 0.46367 | 0.00003 | 12/62 |
| 24 | Apoptosis | 0.44093 | 0.00000 | 17/81 |
| 25 | Progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation | 0.41387 | 0.00002 | 14/79 |
| 26 | Fc epsilon RI signaling pathway | 0.41091 | 0.00023 | 11/65 |
| 27 | B cell receptor signaling pathway | 0.40613 | 0.00002 | 13/69 |
| 28 | Graft-versus-host disease | 0.37843 | 0.01012 | 5/25 |
| 29 | GnRH signaling pathway | 0.37629 | 0.00003 | 14/83 |
| 30 | Adipocytokine signaling pathway | 0.3679 | 0.00036 | 10/57 |
| 31 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | 0.36104 | 0.00007 | 10/47 |
Figure 3.Compound-Pathway network for YCHD. The pink nodes represent significant pathways and the blue nodes represent active compounds. The edges represent the interaction between them and node size is proportional to the degree.
Figure 4.Gene-Disease network for YCHD. The red nodes represent disease and the pink nodes represent genes. The edges represent the interaction between them and node size is proportional to the degree.