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Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides)
This bioinformatics study aimed to characterize and certify crucial anti-cancer targets, functional processes, and molecular mechanisms of Pachyman in treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by using pharmacology network and molecular docking analyses, by experimental validation. The crucial anti-HC...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8484528/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.742349 |
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author | Qin, Li Huang, Dongning Huang, Jian Qin, Fuhui Huang, Haixin |
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description | This bioinformatics study aimed to characterize and certify crucial anti-cancer targets, functional processes, and molecular mechanisms of Pachyman in treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by using pharmacology network and molecular docking analyses, by experimental validation. The crucial anti-HCC targets of Pachyman, including ALB, VEGFA, TNF, CASP3, SRC, EGF, CXCR4, STAT3, HRAS, HSP90AA1, MMP9, BCL2L1, FGF2, and PTPRC, were identified. In addition, the correlative networks of all crucial biotargets of Pachyman in treating HCC were created accordingly. Functionally, these crucial genes were correlated using angiogenesis and neoplastic metastasis of HCC. Interestingly, the molecular docking findings indicated that ALB and VEGFA in HCC might be potent pharmacological targets of Pachyman. In experimental validation, the clinical samples of HCC showed reduced ALB protein expression and increased VEGFA protein level. Following Pachyman treatments in vitro, the intracellular level of ALB protein was elevated, whereas the cellular content of VEGFA protein was downregulated. Taken together, current bioinformatics findings based on pharmacology network and molecular docking analyses elucidate the detailed molecular targets and signaling mechanisms of Pachyman in treating HCC. Interestingly, validated biotargets of ALB and VEGFA may be main potential biomarkers for detecting HCC medically. |
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spelling | pubmed-84845282021-10-02 Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) Qin, Li Huang, Dongning Huang, Jian Qin, Fuhui Huang, Haixin Front Pharmacol Pharmacology This bioinformatics study aimed to characterize and certify crucial anti-cancer targets, functional processes, and molecular mechanisms of Pachyman in treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by using pharmacology network and molecular docking analyses, by experimental validation. The crucial anti-HCC targets of Pachyman, including ALB, VEGFA, TNF, CASP3, SRC, EGF, CXCR4, STAT3, HRAS, HSP90AA1, MMP9, BCL2L1, FGF2, and PTPRC, were identified. In addition, the correlative networks of all crucial biotargets of Pachyman in treating HCC were created accordingly. Functionally, these crucial genes were correlated using angiogenesis and neoplastic metastasis of HCC. Interestingly, the molecular docking findings indicated that ALB and VEGFA in HCC might be potent pharmacological targets of Pachyman. In experimental validation, the clinical samples of HCC showed reduced ALB protein expression and increased VEGFA protein level. Following Pachyman treatments in vitro, the intracellular level of ALB protein was elevated, whereas the cellular content of VEGFA protein was downregulated. Taken together, current bioinformatics findings based on pharmacology network and molecular docking analyses elucidate the detailed molecular targets and signaling mechanisms of Pachyman in treating HCC. Interestingly, validated biotargets of ALB and VEGFA may be main potential biomarkers for detecting HCC medically. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8484528/ /pubmed/34603055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.742349 Text en Copyright © 2021 Qin, Huang, Huang, Qin and Huang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pharmacology Qin, Li Huang, Dongning Huang, Jian Qin, Fuhui Huang, Haixin Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) |
title | Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) |
title_full | Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) |
title_fullStr | Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) |
title_full_unstemmed | Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) |
title_short | Integrated Analysis and Finding Reveal Anti–Liver Cancer Targets and Mechanisms of Pachyman (Poria cocos Polysaccharides) |
title_sort | integrated analysis and finding reveal anti–liver cancer targets and mechanisms of pachyman (poria cocos polysaccharides) |
topic | Pharmacology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8484528/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.742349 |
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