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Multiple Targets, One Goal: Compounding life-extending effects through Polypharmacology.

Konstantin AvchaciovKhalyd J ClayK DenisovO BurmistrovaMichael PetrascheckPeter O Fedichev
Published in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
Analysis of lifespan-extending compounds suggested the most effective geroprotectors target multiple biogenic amine receptors. To test this hypothesis, we used graph neural networks to predict such polypharmacological compounds and evaluated them in C. elegans . Over 70% of the selected compounds extended lifespan, with effect sizes in the top 5% compared to the DrugAge database. This reveals that rationally designing polypharmacological compounds enables the design of geroprotectors with exceptional efficacy.
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