In Silico and In Vitro Screening of Some Pregnane Glycosides Isolated from Certain Caralluma Species as SARS-COV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors

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SARS-CoV-2 caused pandemic represented a major risk for the worldwide human health, animal health and economy, forcing extraordinary efforts to discover drugs for its prevention and cure. Considering the extensive interest in the pregnane glycosides because of their diverse structures and excellent biological activities, we investigated them as antiviral agents against SARS-COV-2. We selected 21 pregnane glycosides previously isolated from the genus Caralluma from Asclepiadaceae family to be tested through virtual screening molecular docking simulations for their potential inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. Almost all target compounds showed a more or equally negative docking energy score relative to the co-crystallized inhibitor X77 (S=-12.53 kcal/mol) with docking score range of (-12.55 to -19.76 kcal/mol) and so with a potent predicted binding affinity to the target enzyme. The activity of the most promising candidates was validated by in vitro testing. Arabincoside C showed the highest activity (IC50=35.42 μg/ml) and the highest selectivity index (SI=9.9) followed by Russelioside B (IC50=50.80 μg/ml), and Arabincoside B (IC50=53.31 μg/ml).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Chemistry & biodiversity - 21(2024), 4 vom: 16. Apr., Seite e202301786

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abdel-Sattar, Essam [VerfasserIn]
Kutkat, Omnia [VerfasserIn]
El-Shiekh, Riham A [VerfasserIn]
El-Ashrey, Mohamed K [VerfasserIn]
El Kerdawy, Ahmed M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2
Anti-SARS-CoV-2
Antiviral Agents
Arabincosides
Caralluma
Coronavirus 3C Proteases
EC 3.4.22.-
EC 3.4.22.28
Glycosides
Journal Article
Molecular docking
Pregnane glycoside
Pregnanes
Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors, Russeliosides

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Date Completed 18.04.2024

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cbdv.202301786

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369558553