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In silico target fishing and pharmacological profiling for the isoquinoline alkaloids of Macleayacordata (Bo Luo Hui)

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Title
In silico target fishing and pharmacological profiling for the isoquinoline alkaloids of Macleayacordata (Bo Luo Hui)
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Chinese Medicine, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13020-015-0067-4
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Qifang Lei, Haibo Liu, Yong Peng, Peigen Xiao

Abstract

Some isoquinoline alkaloids from Macleaya cordata (Willd). R. Br. (Bo Luo Hui) exhibited antibacterial, antiparasitic, antitumor, and analgesic effects. The targets of these isoquinoline alkaloids are undefined. This study aims to investigate the compound-target interaction network and potential pharmacological actions of isoquinoline alkaloids of M. cordata by reverse pharmacophore database screening. The targets of 26 isoquinoline alkaloids identified from M. cordata were predicted by a pharmacophore-based target fishing approach. Discovery Studio 3.5 and two pharmacophore databases (PharmaDB and HypoDB) were employed for the target profiling. A compound-target interaction network of M. cordata was constructed and analyzed by Cytoscape 3.0. Thirteen of the 65 predicted targets identified by PharmaDB were confirmed as targets by HypoDB screening. The targets in the interaction network of M. cordata were involved in cancer (31 targets), microorganisms (12 targets), neurodegeneration (10 targets), inflammation and autoimmunity (8 targets), parasitosis (5 targets), injury (4 targets), and pain (3 targets). Dihydrochelerythrine (C6) was found to hit 23 fitting targets. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) hits 15 alkaloids (C1-2, C11-16, C19-25) was the most promising target related to cancer. Through in silico target fishing, the anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects of M. cordata were the most significant among many possible activities. The possible anticancer effects were mainly contributed by the isoquinoline alkaloids as active components.

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Country Count As %
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 53 98%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 15%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Researcher 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 16 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 13%
Chemistry 7 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 7%
Engineering 3 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 6%
Other 11 20%
Unknown 19 35%
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