Language
English
Publication Date
11-21-2025
Journal
Translational Psychiatry
DOI
10.1038/s41398-025-03721-9
PMID
41271629
PMCID
PMC12711988
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
11-21-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Genes influencing opioid use disorder (OUD) biology have been identified via genome-wide association studies (GWAS), gene expression, and network analyses. These discoveries provide opportunities to identifying existing compounds targeting these genes for drug repurposing studies. However, systematically integrating discovery results and identifying relevant available pharmacotherapies for OUD repurposing studies is challenging. To address this, we've constructed a framework that uses existing results and drug databases to identify candidate pharmacotherapies. For this study, two independent OUD related meta-analyses were used including a GWAS and a differential gene expression (DGE) study of post-mortem human brain. Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) sub-networks enriched for GWAS risk loci were identified via network analyses. Drug databases Pharos, Open Targets, Therapeutic Target Database (TTD), and DrugBank were queried for clinical status and target selectivity. Cross-omic and drug query results were then integrated to identify candidate compounds. GWAS and DGE analyses revealed 3 and 335 target genes (FDR q < 0.05), respectively, while network analysis detected 70 genes in 22 enriched PPI networks. Four selection strategies were implemented, which yielded between 72 and 676 genes with statistically significant support and 110 to 683 drugs targeting these genes, respectively. After filtering out less specific compounds or those targeting well-established psychiatric-related receptors (OPRM1 and DRD2), between 2 and 329 approved drugs remained across the four strategies. By leveraging multiple lines of biological evidence and resources, we identified many FDA approved drugs that target genes associated with OUD. This approach a) allows high-throughput querying of OUD-related genes, b) detects OUD-related genes and compounds not identified using a single domain or resource, and c) produces a succinct summary of FDA approved compounds eligible for efficient expert review. Identifying larger pools of candidate pharmacotherapies and summarizing the supporting evidence bridges the gap between discovery and drug repurposing studies.
Keywords
Humans, Drug Repositioning, Genome-Wide Association Study, Opioid-Related Disorders, Protein Interaction Maps, Databases, Pharmaceutical, Multiomics, Addiction, Drug discovery, Genetics
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Stratford, Jeran K; Carnes, Megan Ulmer; Willis, Caryn; et al., "Identifying Compounds to Treat Opiate Use Disorder by Leveraging Multi-Omic Data Integration and Multiple Drug Repurposing Databases" (2025). Faculty and Staff Publications. 6031.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/6031
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