Dissecting the Dual Drug Candidates Against Glioblastoma and Oligodendroglioma Through Integrated Transcriptome Analysis and Virtual Screening. (PubMed, Cell Biochem Biophys)
Docking-based virtual screening suggests that budesonide, sirolimus, cephaeline, etoposide, and staurosporine may target proteins upregulated in GBM and ODG, such as APOC, MTHFD2, and LPL, in addition to their actual targets. Particularly, sirolimus and protriptyline exhibited comparable binding affinities against MTHFD2 (-11.23 kcal/mol) and LPL (-7.45 kcal/mol), respectively, compared to their actual targets. The holistic network-based approach applied in this study may be advantageous in the illumination of these subtypes and may aid in the design of improved therapeutics in treatment of the studied gliomas.