机构:[1]Department of Pharmacy, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.首都医科大学宣武医院[2]Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100026, China.
Background: At present, there are still limitations and challenges in the treatment of hyperuricemia (HUA). Mendelian randomization (MR) has been widely used to identify new therapeutic targets. Therefore, we conducted a systematic druggable genome-wide MR to explore potential therapeutic targets and drugs for HUA. Methods: We integrated druggable genome data; blood, kidney, and intestinal expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs); and HUA-associated genome-wide association study (GWAS) data to analyze the potential causal relationships between drug target genes and HUA using the MR method. Summary-data-based MR (SMR) analysis and Bayesian colocalization were used to assess causality. In addition, we conducted phenome-wide association studies, protein network construction, and enrichment analysis of significant targets to evaluate their biological functions and potential side effects. Finally, we performed drug prediction and molecular docking to identify potential drugs targeting these genes for HUA treatment. Results: Overall, we identified 22 druggable genes significantly associated with HUA through MR, SMR, and colocalization analyses. Among them, two prior druggable genes (ADORA2B and NDUFC2) reached statistically significant levels in at least two tissues in the blood, kidney, and intestine. Further results from phenome-wide studies revealed that there were no potential side effects of ADORA2B or NDUFC2. Moreover, we screened 15 potential drugs targeting the 22 druggable genes that could serve as candidates for HUA drug development. Conclusions: This study provides genetic evidence supporting the potential benefits of targeting 22 druggable genes for HUA treatment, offering new insights into the development of targeted drugs for HUA.
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the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82304802).
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外文
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大类|3 区医学
小类|3 区生化与分子生物学3 区医学:研究与实验3 区药学
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大类|3 区医学
小类|3 区生化与分子生物学3 区医学:研究与实验3 区药学
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第一作者机构:[1]Department of Pharmacy, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Chen Na,Gong Leilei,Zhang Li,et al.Identification of Therapeutic Targets for Hyperuricemia: Systematic Genome-Wide Mendelian Randomization and Colocalization Analysis[J].Biomedicines.2025,13(5):doi:10.3390/biomedicines13051022.
APA:
Chen Na,Gong Leilei,Zhang Li,Li Yali,Bai Yunya...&Zhang Lan.(2025).Identification of Therapeutic Targets for Hyperuricemia: Systematic Genome-Wide Mendelian Randomization and Colocalization Analysis.Biomedicines,13,(5)
MLA:
Chen Na,et al."Identification of Therapeutic Targets for Hyperuricemia: Systematic Genome-Wide Mendelian Randomization and Colocalization Analysis".Biomedicines 13..5(2025)