Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease by the anti-viral chimeric protein RetroMAD1

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COVID-19 results from SARS-CoV-2, which mutates frequently, challenging current treatments. Therefore, it is critical to develop new therapeutic drugs against this disease. This study explores the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro and RetroMAD1, a well-characterized coronavirus protein and potential drug target, using in-silico methods. The analysis through the HDOCK server showed stable complex formation with a binding energy of -12.3, the lowest among reference drugs. The RetroMAD1-3CLpro complex underwent a 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) in an explicit solvation system, generating various trajectories, including RMSD, RMSF, hydrogen bonding, radius of gyration, and ligand binding energy. MDS results confirmed intact interactions within the RetroMAD1-3CLpro complex during simulations. In vitro experiments validated RetroMAD1's ability to inhibit 3CLpro enzyme activity and prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in human bronchial cells. RetroMAD1 exhibited antiviral efficacy comparable to Remdesivir without cytotoxicity at effective concentrations. These results suggest RetroMAD1 as a potential drug candidate against SARS-CoV-2, warranting further in vivo and clinical studies to assess its efficiency.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 20178

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chan, Lee-Chin [VerfasserIn]
Mat Yassim, Aini Syahida [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad Fuaad, Abdullah Al Hadi [VerfasserIn]
Leow, Thean Chor [VerfasserIn]
Sabri, Suriana [VerfasserIn]
Radin Yahaya, Radin Shafierul [VerfasserIn]
Abu Bakar, Awang Muhammad Sagaf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Cysteine Endopeptidases
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.22.-
Journal Article
Peptide Hydrolases
Protease Inhibitors
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Viral Nonstructural Proteins

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Date Completed 20.11.2023

Date Revised 24.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-47511-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364697571