Network pharmacology-based identifcation of potential targets of the flower of Trollius chinensis Bunge acting on anti-inflammatory effectss

Abstract

The flower of Trollius chinensis Bunge was widely used for the treatment of inflammation-related diseases in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In order to clarify the anti-inflammatory mechanism of this Chinese herbs, a comprehensive network pharmacology strategy that consists of three sequential modules (pharmacophore matching, enrichment analysis and molecular docking.) was carried out. As a result, Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), Janus kinase 1 (JAK1), c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), transforming protein p21 (HRas) and mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 (p38α) that related to the anti-inflammatory effect were filtered out. In further molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, the conformation of CID21578038 and CID20055288 were found stable in the protein ASK1 and JNKs respectively. The current investigation revealed that two effective compounds in the flower of Trollius chinensis Bunge played a crucial role in the process of inflammation by targeting ASK1 and JNKs, the comprehensive strategy can serve as a universal method to guide in illuminating the mechanism of the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine by identifying the pathways or targets.

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