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Optimal control nodes in disease-perturbed networks as targets for combination therapy

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  • Yuxuan Hu

    (Xidian University
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

  • Chia-hui Chen

    (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

  • Yang-yang Ding

    (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

  • Xiao Wen

    (Xidian University)

  • Bingbo Wang

    (Xidian University)

  • Lin Gao

    (Xidian University)

  • Kai Tan

    (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract

Most combination therapies are developed based on targets of existing drugs, which only represent a small portion of the human proteome. We introduce a network controllability-based method, OptiCon, for de novo identification of synergistic regulators as candidates for combination therapy. These regulators jointly exert maximal control over deregulated genes but minimal control over unperturbed genes in a disease. Using data from three cancer types, we show that 68% of predicted regulators are either known drug targets or have a critical role in cancer development. Predicted regulators are depleted for known proteins associated with side effects. Predicted synergy is supported by disease-specific and clinically relevant synthetic lethal interactions and experimental validation. A significant portion of genes regulated by synergistic regulators participate in dense interactions between co-regulated subnetworks and contribute to therapy resistance. OptiCon represents a general framework for systemic and de novo identification of synergistic regulators underlying a cellular state transition.

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  • Yuxuan Hu & Chia-hui Chen & Yang-yang Ding & Xiao Wen & Bingbo Wang & Lin Gao & Kai Tan, 2019. "Optimal control nodes in disease-perturbed networks as targets for combination therapy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-10215-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10215-y
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    1. Yu, Xiaoyao & Liang, Yongqing & Wang, Xiaomeng & Jia, Tao, 2021. "The network asymmetry caused by the degree correlation and its effect on the bimodality in control," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 572(C).

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