Structure-guided discovery approach identifies potential lead compounds targeting $ M^{pro} $ of SARS-CoV-2

Abstract The ongoing coronavirus disease 19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become fatal for the world with affected population crossing over 25 million in more than 217 countries, consequently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. Unfortunately, neither specific prophylactic or therapeutic drugs nor vaccines are available. To address the unmet medical needs, we explored a strategy identifying new compounds targeting the main protease ($ M^{pro} $) of SARS-CoV-2. Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 $ M^{pro} $ crystal structure (PDB ID: 6LU7) a combination of in silico screening, molecular docking, and dynamic approaches, a set of 5000 compounds of the ZINC database were screened. As a result, we identified and ranked the top 20 compounds based on the scores of ligand-interaction, their drug-likeness properties, and their predicted antiviral efficacies. The prominent drug-like and potent inhibitory compounds are 2-[2-(2-aminoacetyl) aminoacetyl] amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propanamide (ZINC000004762511), 6′-fluoroaristeromycin (ZINC000001483267) and cyclo (L-histidyl-L-histidyl) (ZINC000005116916) scaffolds. Further in vitro and in vivo validations are required to demonstrate anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

VirusDisease - 31(2020), 4 vom: 11. Nov., Seite 549-553

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Elmessaoudi-Idrissi, Mohcine [VerfasserIn]
Tsukiyama-Kohara, Kyoko [VerfasserIn]
Nourlil, Jalal [VerfasserIn]
Kettani, Anass [VerfasserIn]
Windisch, Marc P. [VerfasserIn]
Kohara, Michinori [VerfasserIn]
Malik, Yashpal Singh [VerfasserIn]
Dhama, Kuldeep [VerfasserIn]
Benjelloun, Soumaya [VerfasserIn]
Ezzikouri, Sayeh [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Inhibitors
Protease
SARS-CoV-2
Therapy
Zinc

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© Indian Virological Society 2020

doi:

10.1007/s13337-020-00627-6

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OLC2122115939