Repurposing screen identifies novel candidates for broad-spectrum coronavirus antivirals and druggable host targets

Libraries composed of licensed drugs represent a vast repertoire of molecules modulating physiological processes in humans, providing unique opportunities for the discovery of host-targeting antivirals. We screened the Repurposing, Focused Rescue, and Accelerated Medchem (ReFRAME) repurposing library with approximately 12,000 molecules for broad-spectrum coronavirus antivirals and discovered 134 compounds inhibiting an alphacoronavirus and mapping to 58 molecular target categories. Dominant targets included the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor, the dopamine receptor, and cyclin-dependent kinases. Gene knock-out of the drugs' host targets including cathepsin B and L (CTSB/L; VBY-825), the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR; Phortress), the farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 (FDFT1; P-3622), and the kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1; Omaveloxolone), significantly modulated HCoV-229E infection, providing evidence that these compounds inhibited the virus through acting on their respective host targets. Counter-screening of all 134 primary compound candidates with SARS-CoV-2 and validation in primary cells identified Phortress, an AHR activating ligand, P-3622-targeting FDFT1, and Omaveloxolone, which activates the NFE2-like bZIP transcription factor 2 (NFE2L2) by liberating it from its endogenous inhibitor KEAP1, as antiviral candidates for both an Alpha- and a Betacoronavirus. This study provides an overview of HCoV-229E repurposing candidates and reveals novel potentially druggable viral host dependency factors hijacked by diverse coronaviruses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 68(2024), 3 vom: 06. März, Seite e0121023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haid, Sibylle [VerfasserIn]
Matthaei, Alina [VerfasserIn]
Winkler, Melina [VerfasserIn]
Sake, Svenja M [VerfasserIn]
Gunesch, Antonia P [VerfasserIn]
Milke, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Köhler, Natalie M [VerfasserIn]
Rückert, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Vieyres, Gabrielle [VerfasserIn]
Kühl, David [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Tu-Trinh [VerfasserIn]
Göhl, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Lasswitz, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Zapatero-Belinchón, Francisco J [VerfasserIn]
Brogden, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Gerold, Gisa [VerfasserIn]
Wiegmann, Bettina [VerfasserIn]
Bilitewski, Ursula [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Richard J P [VerfasserIn]
Brönstrup, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Schulz, Thomas F [VerfasserIn]
Pietschmann, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AXR52N9SMF
Antiviral Agents
Antivirals
CRISPR/Cas9
Coronavirus
G69Z98951Q
HCoV-229E
Host-targeting antiviral therapy
Journal Article
Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1
NF-E2-Related Factor 2
Omaveloxolone
Phortress
Repurposing
SARS-CoV-2
Thiazoles
Triterpenes

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Date Completed 07.03.2024

Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/aac.01210-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368083454