AI-Driven Identification of Exceptionally Efficacious Polypharmacological Compounds That Extend the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 40260750.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1111/acel.70060 and PMC identifier 12266750.
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Abstract
Analysis of existing lifespan-extending geroprotective compounds suggested that polypharmacological compounds are the most effective geroprotectors, specifically those that bind multiple biogenic amine receptors. To test this hypothesis, we used graph neural networks to predict polypharmacological geroprotectors and evaluated them in Caenorhabditis elegans. Over 70% of the selected compounds extended lifespan, with effect sizes in the top 5% compared to all geroprotectors recorded in the DrugAge database. Thus, our study reveals that rationally designing polypharmacological compounds enables the design of geroprotectors with exceptional efficacy.
Medical subject headings
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Longevity
- Polypharmacology
- Artificial Intelligence