期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 510-520出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16010510
关键词
natural medicines; pharmacology; biclustering analysis; curcumin; Si-Wu-Tang
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21173092]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province [2013CFA016]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2014PY007]
Natural medicines have attracted wide attention in recent years. It is of great significance to clarify the pharmacological mechanisms of natural medicines. In prior studies, we established a method for elucidating pharmacological mechanisms of natural products contained in connectivity map (cMap), in terms of module profiles of gene expression in chemical treatments. In this study, we explore whether this methodology is applicable to dissecting the pharmacological mechanisms of natural medicines beyond the agents contained in cMap. First, the gene expression profiles of curcumin (a typical isolated natural medicine) and Si-Wu-Tang (a classic traditional Chinese medicine formula) treatments were merged with those of cMap-derived 1309 agents, respectively. Then, a biclustering analysis was performed using FABIA method to identify gene modules. The biological functions of gene modules provide preliminary insights into pharmacological mechanisms of both natural medicines. The module profile can be characterized by a binary vector, which allowed us to compare the expression profiles of natural medicines with those of cMap-derived agents. Accordingly, we predicted a series of pharmacological effects for curcumin and Si-Wu-Tang by the indications of cMap-covered drugs. Most predictions were supported by experimental observations, suggesting the potential use of this method in natural medicine dissection.
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