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Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2023, 4(5); doi: 10.25236/AJMHS.2023.040503.

Potential Mechanism of Andrographolide in Coronary Heart Disease Treatment Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking

Author(s)

Bingshi Liu, Weichao Shan, Wenjing Zhang, Yanfang Wang

Corresponding Author:
Weichao Shan
Affiliation(s)

Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, 067000, China

Abstract

The potential mechanism of andrographolide in the treatment of coronary heart disease was explored through network pharmacology and molecular docking. The potential targets of andrographolide were predicted by the PharmMapper platform, and the related targets of coronary heart disease were searched using GeneCard, OMIM, and other websites. The intersection of the two was obtained to determine the common targets of andrographolide and coronary heart disease, and the common targets were analyzed. Finally, 10 core targets of andrographolide in the treatment of coronary heart disease were obtained. The PDB database was accessed to obtain the core target structure and molecular docking was performed between the core target protein structure and andrographolide structure. The structure with the largest absolute affinity was further analyzed. A total of 117 proteins were obtained as potential targets for andrographolide in the treatment of coronary heart disease. Further analysis showed that 10 proteins (IGF1, ESR1, HSP90AA1, SRC, MAPK1, MAPK8, MAPK14, PIK3R1, PTPN11 and EGFR) were obtained as core targets. After molecular docking, the above targets had high affinity for andrographolide, and andrographolide could bind to the above coronary heart disease-related proteins. Andrographolide can treat coronary heart disease through a variety of ways. This experiment verifies the potential mechanism of andrographolide in the treatment of coronary heart disease, but it still needs long-term animal and clinical trials to further verify the accuracy of this experiment.

Keywords

Coronary heart disease; Andrographolide; Network pharmacology; Molecular docking; Traditional Chinese Medicine System Pharmacology

Cite This Paper

Bingshi Liu, Weichao Shan, Wenjing Zhang, Yanfang Wang. Potential Mechanism of Andrographolide in Coronary Heart Disease Treatment Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2023) Vol. 4, Issue 5: 10-18. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2023.040503.

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