Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 335-343.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2022.05.002

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A network pharmacologymolecular docking study on mechanisms of Zhenqi Fuzheng granules on colorectal cancerrelated fatigue

CHENG Yanye1, XI Wanwan1, MAO Xueyang1, WEI Tianyi1, HU Hairui1, LI Zhigang2   

  1. 1. Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046;
    2. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, Henan, China
  • Received:2022-06-28 Revised:2022-08-31 Published:2022-10-09

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore mechanisms of Zhenqi Fuzheng granules in the treatment of colorectal cancer-related fatigue.METHODS: The main chemical components of Astragalus membranaceus and Ligustrum lucidum were obtained from the traditional Chinese medicine system pharmacology database and analysis platform (TCMSP),and the active components of Chinese medicine were screened according to ADME.The main targets of colorectal cancer-related fatigue were obtained through databases such as GeneCards and OMIM.The protein interaction analysis was carried out by using String platform,and the protein-protein interaction network (PPI) was constructed.The MCODE plug-in in CytoScape 3.7.2 was used to mine the potential protein function modules in the network.Metascape platform was used to analyze"drugs-componentstargets "and their biological processes and pathways involved,and then Cytoscape 3.7.2 software was used to construct a network of" Zhenqi Fuzheng Granules-colorectal cancer-related fatigue targets-pathways".Finally,the molecular docking was verified by AutoDock Vina1.1.2.RESULTS: The core active components of Zhenqi Fuzheng granules in the treatment of colorectal cancer-related fatigue were quercetin,luteolin,kaempferol,β-sitosterol and stamen isoflavones,and the core targets were AKT1,JUN,MMP9,VEGFA and so on.The results of molecular docking also proved that the above core components had good binding activity to the core targets.The biological pathway of Zhenqi Fuzheng granules in the treatment of colorectal cancer-related fatigue mainly acts on pathways in cancer,PI3K-AKT signaling pathway and so on.CONCLUSION: This study indicated the multi-component,multi-target and multi-pathway characteristics of Zhenqi Fuzheng granules in the treatment of colorectal cancer-related fatigue,and provided a basis for further research on the mechanism and clinical application of Zhenqi Fuzheng granules in the treatment of colorectal cancer-related fatigue.

Key words: colorectal cancer, cancer-related fatigue, Zhenqi Fuzheng granules, network pharmacology, quercetin, pathways in cancer

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