The results of postgenomic analysis of a glucosamine sulfate molecule indicate the prospects of treatment for comorbidities

Postgenomic analysis of the effects of active ingredients of drugs involves the evaluation of the effects of relevant molecules on the transcription of genes (transcriptomes), on the changes in the activity of proteins (proteomes), and on the activity of molecular cascades (reactomes). The paper gives the results of applying the current chemoinformational approaches to the postgenomic analysis of the effects of glucosamine sulfate (GS). The main result of the investigation is to simultaneously establish the synergistic effect of GS on transcriptomes, proteomes, and reactomes. In particular, GS assists in reducing not only the transcription of genes involved in the NF-κB proinflammatory signaling cascade (NFKB2, TNFRSF1B, PYCARD, TRAF2, TNFSF12, etc.), but also the activity of proteomic proteins that transmit a signal at different levels of the NF-κB cascade (CD44, TLR4, ICAM1, NF-κB, JAK/STAT, etc.). The complex anti-inflammatory effect of GS in reducing the synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines and weakening their effects on the cells is pathogenetic in the treatment of not only osteoarthritis, but also comorbidities accompanied by chronic inflammation.