Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis is an incurable, progressive neurodegenerative motor neuron disease. The disease is characterized by protein aggregates. The symptoms include weakness, denervation of muscles, atrophy and progressive paralysis of bulbar and respiratory muscles and dysphagia. Various secondary metabolites are evaluated for their ability to improve symptoms in ALS. Ginseng has been traditionally used for treating several neurodegenerative diseases. Several studies using model systems have shown a potential role of Ginseng catechins and Ginsenosides in clearing protein aggregation associated with ALS. We focus on Network pharmacology approach to understand the effect of Ginseng catechins or ginsenosides on protein aggregation associated with ALS. A catechin/ginsenoside-protein interaction network was generated and the pathways obtained were compared with those obtained from transcriptomic datasets of ALS from GEO database. Knock out of MAPK14, AKT and GSK from Catechin and BACE 1 from ginsenoside modulated pathways inhibited protein aggregation. Catechins and ginsenosides have potential as therapeutic agents in the management of ALS.
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Abbreviations
- ALS:
-
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- GEO:
-
Gene expression omnibus
- MAPK14:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase 14
- GSK:
-
Glycogen synthase kinase
- BACE1:
-
Beta-secretase 1
- SNP:
-
Single nucleotide polymorphism
- SOD1:
-
Super oxide dismutase 1
- C9orf72:
-
Chromosome 9 open reading frame 72
- FUS:
-
Fused in sarcoma
- TDP-43:
-
Tar DNA binding protein 43
- HAT:
-
Histone acetyltransferase
- HADC:
-
Histone deacetylases
- HD:
-
Huntington’s disease
- PD:
-
Parkinson’s disease
- DMSO:
-
Dimethyl sulfoxide
- GREIN:
-
GEO RNA-seq experiments interactive navigator
- GSEA:
-
Gene set enrichment analysis
- STITCH:
-
Search tool for interactions of chemicals
- E-YFP:
-
Enhanced yellow florescent protein
- URA-YNB:
-
Uracil–yeast nitrogen base
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A sincere thanks to Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning for providing free and valuable education. We acknowledge the grant support from the Department of Biotechnology-Basic Research in Modern Biology DBT (BRB): BT/PR8226/BRB/10/1224/2013, Department of Science and Technology-The Science and Engineering Research Board–Extra Mural Research DST-SERB-EMR: EMR/2017/005381, Department of Biotechnology- Bioinformatics Infrastructure facility DBT-BIF: BT/BI/25/063/2012, Department of Science and Technology- Fund for improvement of Science and Technology Infrastructure in Higher Educational Institutions (DST-FIST): SR/FST/LSI-616/2014, University Grants Commission-Special Assistance Program (UGC-SAP III): F.3-19 /2018/DRS-III(SAP-II) for infrastructure funding.
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The study was contributed by S.S.R. S.S.P helped in standardizing and processing several bio-informatic pipelines used for the study. D.D.V.M and K.S.P assisted in performing the yeast experiments. S.V conceptualized the entire idea, interpreted the results, and played a major role in the preparation of the manuscript.
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Swaroop, R.S., Pradhan, S.S., Darshan, V.M.D. et al. Integrated network pharmacology approach shows a potential role of Ginseng catechins and ginsenosides in modulating protein aggregation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 3 Biotech 12, 333 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03401-1
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