简介：TanshinoneIIAisapharmacologicallyactivecompoundisolatedfromDanshen(Salviamiltiorrhiza),atraditionalChineseherbalmedicineforthemanagementofcardiacdiseasesandotherdisorders.Butitsunderlyingmolecularmechanismsofactionarestillunclear.ThepresentinvestigationutilizedadataminingapproachbasedonnetworkpharmacologytouncoverthepotentialproteintargetsofTanshinoneIIA.Networkpharmacology,anintegratedmultidisciplinarystudy,incorporatessystemsbiology,networkanalysis,connectivity,redundancy,andpleiotropy,providingpowerfulnewtoolsandinsightsintoelucidatingthefinedetailsofdrug-targetinteractions.Inthepresentstudy,twoseparatedrug-targetnetworksforTanshinoneIIAwereconstructedusingtheAgilentLiteratureSearch(ALS)andSTITCH(searchtoolforinteractionsofchemicals)methods.AnalysisoftheALS-constructednetworkrevealedatargetnetworkwithascale-freetopologyandfivetopnodes(proteintargets)correspondingtoFos,Jun,Src,phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate3-kinase,catalyticsubunitalpha(PIK3CA),andmitogen-activatedproteinkinasekinase1(MAP2K1),whereasanalysisoftheSTITCH-constructednetworkrevealedthreetopnodescorrespondingtocytochromeP4503A4(CYP3A4),cytochromeP450A1(CYP1A1),andnuclearfactorkappaB1(NFκB1).Thediscrepancieswereprobablyduetothedifferencesinthedivergentcomputerminingtoolsanddatabasesemployedbythetwomethods.However,itisconceivablethatalleightproteinsmediateimportantbiologicalfunctionsofTanshinoneIIA,contributingtoitsoveralldrug-targetnetwork.Inconclusion,thecurrentresultsmayassistindevelopingacomprehensiveunderstandingofthemolecularmechanismsandsignalingpathwaysofinasimple,compact,andvisualmanner.