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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology and pharmacology
  • Computational drug discovery
  • Molecular biology

Background:

  • The most effective lifespan-extending compounds, or geroprotectors, often interact with multiple biogenic amine receptors.
  • Understanding polypharmacology is key to developing highly effective anti-aging interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that polypharmacological compounds targeting multiple biogenic amine receptors are superior geroprotectors.
  • To develop a predictive model for identifying such compounds using graph neural networks.
  • To experimentally validate the efficacy of predicted compounds in extending lifespan.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized graph neural networks (GNNs) for in silico prediction of polypharmacological compounds.
  • Selected compounds based on GNN predictions targeting multiple biogenic amine receptors.
  • Evaluated the lifespan-extending effects of selected compounds in the model organism *C. elegans*.
  • Compared the efficacy of identified geroprotectors against existing data in the DrugAge database.

Main Results:

  • Over 70% of the GNN-selected compounds demonstrated significant lifespan extension in *C. elegans*.
  • The observed effect sizes for lifespan extension were among the top 5% in comparison to the DrugAge database.
  • This validates the predictive power of GNNs for identifying potent geroprotective agents.

Conclusions:

  • Rationally designing polypharmacological compounds is a viable strategy for developing highly effective geroprotectors.
  • Graph neural network-based prediction offers a powerful approach for discovering novel anti-aging compounds.
  • This study highlights the potential of targeting multiple biogenic amine receptors for significant lifespan extension.