The analysis of the drug-targets based on the topological properties in the human protein-protein interaction network

J Drug Target. 2009 Aug;17(7):524-32. doi: 10.1080/10611860903046610.

Abstract

Analyzing topological properties of drug-target proteins in the biology network is very helpful in understanding the mechanism of drug action. However, comprehensive studies to elaborately characterize the biological network features of drug-target proteins are still lacking. In this paper, we compared the topological properties of drug-targets with those of the non-drug-target sets, by mapping the drug-targets in DrugBank to the human protein interaction network. The results indicate that the topological properties of drug-targets are significantly distinguishable from those of non-drug-targets. Moreover, the potential possibility of drug-target prediction based on these properties is discussed. All proteins in the interaction network were ranked by their topological properties. Among the top 200 proteins, 94 overlapped with drug-targets in DrugBank and some novel predictions were found to be drug-targets in public literatures and other databases. In conclusion, our method explores the topological properties of drug-targets in the human protein interaction network by exploiting the large-scale drug-targets and protein interaction data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Factual
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Humans
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / metabolism*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Interaction Mapping / methods*
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Proteins