PMID- 37986298 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231122 LR - 20231129 IS - 1536-5964 (Electronic) IS - 0025-7974 (Print) IS - 0025-7974 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 46 DP - 2023 Nov 17 TI - Mechanism of action of Huangbaichen Sanwei formulation in treating T2DM based on network pharmacology and molecular docking. PG - e36146 LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000036146 [doi] LID - e36146 AB - Huangbaichen Sanwei formulation (HBCS) has been reported to have a good hypoglycemic effect, but its pharmacological mechanism of action remains unclear. We used network pharmacology and molecular docking to explore the potential mechanism of action of HBCS against type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Fifty-five active components from HBCS interfered with T2DM. Twenty-five core targets, such as AKT1, INS, INSR, MAPK1 were identified. Enrichment analyses showed that HBCS was involved mainly including insulin receptor signaling pathway, extracellular region, and insulin-like growth factor receptor binding and other biological processes; common targets had roles in treating T2DM by regulating diabetic cardiomyopathy and insulin resistance. Molecular docking verified that components combined with core targets. HBCS play a part in treating T2DM through multiple components and targets at the molecular level, which lays a theoretical foundation for research using HBCS to treat T2DM. The components, predicted targets, and T2DM targets of HBCS were searched through databases, and common targets were determined. Further screening of the core targets was conducted through the establishment of a protein -protein interaction network. The core targets were analyzed by Gene Ontology (GO) annotation utilizing the DAVID platform. And the enrichment of signaling pathways was explored by employing the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database. Cytoscape 3.9.1 was employed to construct a "TCM-components-core target-pathway" network. Autodock Vina was used to dock molecules to compare the binding activity of active molecules with targets. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. FAU - Li, Chunnan AU - Li C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4212-0428 AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Shen, Jiaming AU - Shen J AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Jing, Xiaolong AU - Jing X AD - College of pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. FAU - Zhang, Kaiyue AU - Zhang K AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Liu, Lu AU - Liu L AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Wang, Yuelong AU - Wang Y AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Zhang, Hui AU - Zhang H AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. FAU - Sun, Jiaming AU - Sun J AD - Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Medicine (Baltimore) JT - Medicine JID - 2985248R RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Network Pharmacology MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - Protein Interaction Maps MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - *Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Medicine, Chinese Traditional PMC - PMC10659618 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise. EDAT- 2023/11/21 06:42 MHDA- 2023/11/22 06:43 PMCR- 2023/11/17 CRDT- 2023/11/21 04:50 PHST- 2023/11/22 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/21 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/21 04:50 [entrez] PHST- 2023/11/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00005792-202311170-00022 [pii] AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000036146 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Nov 17;102(46):e36146. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000036146.