PMID- 23692363 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131219 LR - 20130522 IS - 1557-8100 (Electronic) IS - 1536-2310 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 6 DP - 2013 Jun TI - Identification of key nodes of type 2 diabetes mellitus protein interactome and study of their interactions with phloridzin. PG - 302-17 LID - 10.1089/omi.2012.0115 [doi] AB - Network biology-inspired approaches could be used effectively in probing regulatory processes by which small molecules intervene with disease mechanisms. The present study aims at identification of key targets of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by network analysis of the underlying protein interactome, and probing for mechanisms by which phloridzin could be critical at altering the disease phenotype. Towards this goal, we constructed a protein-protein interaction network associated with T2DM, starting from candidate genes and systems-level interactions data available. The relevance of the network constructed was verified with the help of gene ontology, node deletion, and biological essentiality studies. Using a network analysis method, MAPK1, EP300, and SMAD2 were identified as the most central proteins of potential therapeutic value. Phloridzin, a known antidiabetic agent, potentially interacts with proteins central to T2DM mechanisms. The structural understanding of interaction of phloridzin with these proteins of relevance to T2DM could provide better insight into its regulatory mechanisms and help in developing better therapeutic agents. The molecular docking results suggest that phloridzin is potentially involved in making critical interactions with MAPK1. These results could further be validated by experimental studies and could be used to design therapeutic agents for T2DM intervention. FAU - Randhawa, Vinay AU - Randhawa V AD - Biotechnology Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur, India. FAU - Sharma, Purnima AU - Sharma P FAU - Bhushan, Shashi AU - Bhushan S FAU - Bagler, Ganesh AU - Bagler G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - OMICS JT - Omics : a journal of integrative biology JID - 101131135 RN - 0 (Proteome) RN - 0 (Smad2 Protein) RN - CU9S17279X (Phlorhizin) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (E1A-Associated p300 Protein) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) SB - IM MH - Binding Sites MH - Computational Biology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - E1A-Associated p300 Protein/chemistry/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Humans MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/chemistry/metabolism MH - Molecular Conformation MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Molecular Dynamics Simulation MH - Molecular Sequence Annotation MH - Phlorhizin/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs MH - *Protein Interaction Mapping MH - Protein Interaction Maps MH - Proteome/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Smad2 Protein/chemistry/metabolism EDAT- 2013/05/23 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/20 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/23 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/omi.2012.0115 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - OMICS. 2013 Jun;17(6):302-17. doi: 10.1089/omi.2012.0115.