Effect of Viticis Fructus on Hypertension Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking
YIN Lujie
LI Yufeng
XIAO Min
DING Tao
CAO Jiaqi
Abstract：Objective:To explore the effect of Viticis Fructus on hypertension based on network pharmacology and molecular docking.Methods:The active components and targets of Viticis Fructus were screened through the traditional Chinese medicine system pharmacology database(TCMSP).Using UniProt database protein names were converted into Gene Symbols.GeneCards databases were retrieved to obtain disease targets related to hypertension.The target genes of Viticis Fructus and hypertension were imported into the STNING platform to obtain the intersection target network data.Protein-protein interaction(PPI)network diagrams and targets network data and key targets were extracted by Cytoscape software.Metascape was used to perform gene ontology(GO)function analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)enrichment analysis of intersection targets.Bubble chart and bar charts were drawn with the bioinformatics platform.The"disease-pathway-target-component-drug"network was constructed by Cytoscape software and topological analysis was carried out.Finally,the molecular docking was verified by AutoDock.Results:The potential core ingredients of Viticis Fructus related hypertension were quercetin,kaempferol,and luteolin,etc.The key targets included interleukin-6(IL6),tumor necrosis factor(TNF),interleukin-10(IL10),CAV1,and protein kinase-1(AKT1),etc.KEGG enrichment analysis focused mainly on fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis,advanced glycation end products and their receptor(AGE-RAGE)signaling pathway in diabetic complications,and lipid and atherosclerosis pathways etc.The results of molecular docking showed that the main active components of Viticis Fructus possessed better binding activity to key targets.Conclusion:Viticis Fructus interferes with hypertension through multi-component,multi-target and multi-pathway.It is speculated that the main mechanism of Viticis Fructus for treating hypertension is to protect vascular endothelium,relax blood vessels,inhibit inflammation,anti-atherosclerosis,regulate renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and so on.
Keywords：hypertensionViticis Fructusnetwork pharmacologymolecular dockingmechanismsignaling pathway
Publication Date：2025-01-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 10-17 )