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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 131-140.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20210433

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Exploration of the drug use pattern of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and its core drug action mechanism

LIU Yuan1, CHEN Jie1, SUN Hui1, LIU Xing1, LIU Meng-xing1, LI Chi-chuan1, YANG Bai-rong2(), YANG Min1()   

  1. 1Department of Pharmacy, Kunming Third People’s Hospital, Kunming 650000, China
    2Department of Pharmacy, Kunming Municipal Hospital Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650000, China
  • Received:2021-08-02 Online:2022-02-10 Published:2022-02-14
  • Contact: YANG Bai-rong,YANG Min E-mail:18314534982@163.com;1330542876@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    Scientific Research Fund Project of the Education Department of Yunnan Province(2022J0726);Kunming Health Science and Technology Talent Training Project “Thousands” Project(2020-SW[Backup]-60);Health Research Project of the Kunming Health Commission(2021-16-01-0010);Health Research Project of the Kunming Health Commission(2020-0201-011)

Abstract:

Objective: Based on data mining, we explored the drug use pattern of traditional Chinese medicine for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), mined out its common drug pairs, and explored the mechanism of action of core drugs on PTB using network pharmacology. Methods: A database was established for the Chinese herbal compounds meeting the inclusion criteria; association model was established using the Apriori algorithm; the active ingredients and targets of the core drug pairs were screened within the TCMSP database, while the PTB disease targets were retrieved by searching the Gene Cards database to analyze the drug-disease common targets, then the targets were entered into the String database to obtain the protein interaction network. DAVID database was used for GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis, and Cytoscape software was used to visualize the component-target-signaling pathway. Results: One hundred and fifty-six documents were screened, involving 272 Chinese herbal medicines. The top 5 herbs were Stemonae Radix (n=113), Ophiopogonis Radix (n=104), Astragali Radix (n=89), Bletillae Rhizoma (n=86) and Rehmanniae Radix (n=83). Association analysis showed that Bletillae Rhizoma and Stemonae Radix had the highest association (support=71.81%, confidence=80.99%, lifting ratio=1.28). With network pharmacological analysis for Bletillae Rhizoma and Stemonae Radix, the major effects exerted by them might be related with cancer, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, apoptosis, MAPK, TNF (all Ps<0.01). Conclusion: Data mining showed that Bletillae Rhizoma and Stemonae Radix were the core therapeutic drug pair for treating PTB. Network pharmacological analysis revealed primary mechanism of action for those core drugs on PTB, and provided ideas for new clinical drug combinations and new drug development.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary, Drugs,Chinese herbal, Data mining, Molecular mechanisms of pharmacological action

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