The invention discloses a
natural compound for inhibiting disulfide death by taking VAV3 as a target spot and application of the
natural compound. Belongs to the technical field of biological
medicine and
pharmacy. According to the invention, through
virtual screening and
surface plasmon resonance technologies, seven small molecular compounds, including
kaempferol, liensinine,
sophocarpidine,
isorhamnetin, deoxyshikonin,
harmine and potenoside, which can be specifically bound with VAV3
protein are screened from a
natural product library for the first time. In a C2C12
cell insulin resistance model, the compounds can significantly reduce the
cell death rate caused by disulfide death, and the action mechanism of the compounds is to improve the activity or expression of VAV3, inhibit abnormal accumulation of
cystine and improve the NADPH level, thereby effectively preventing
disulfide bond crosslinking and collapse of an
actin filament network. Experiments show that the compound provided by the invention can effectively inhibit disulfide death of
skeletal muscle cells by targeting VAV3, and a new
lead compound and a solution are provided for developing drugs for treating diabetic
muscle dysfunction and related metabolic diseases.