Novel adenosine derivatives against SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: an in silico perspective

Background SARS-CoV-2 is a newly emerged human coronavirus that severely affected human health and the economy. The viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is a crucial protein target to stop virus replication. The adenosine derivative, remdesivir, was authorized for emergency use 10 months ago by the United States FDA against COVID-19 despite its doubtful efficacy against SARS-CoV-2. Methods A dozen modifications based on remdesivir are tested against SARS-CoV-2 RdRp using combined molecular docking and dynamics simulation in this work. Results The results reveal a better binding affinity of 11 modifications compared to remdesivir. Compounds 8, 9, 10, and 11 show the best binding affinities against SARS-CoV-2 RdRp conformations gathered during 100 ns of the Molecular Dynamics Simulation (MDS) run (− 8.13 ± 0.45 kcal/mol, − 8.09 ± 0.67 kcal/mol, − 8.09 ± 0.64 kcal/mol, and − 8.07 ± 0.73 kcal/mol, respectively). Conclusions The present study suggests these four compounds as potential SARS-CoV-2 RdRp inhibitors, which need to be validated experimentally. Graphic abstract.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Pharmacological reports - 73(2021), 6 vom: 24. Juni, Seite 1754-1764

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sonousi, Amr [VerfasserIn]
Mahran, Hanan A. [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Ibrahim M. [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Mohamed N. [VerfasserIn]
Elfiky, Abdo A. [VerfasserIn]
Elshemey, Wael M. [VerfasserIn]

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44.38

Themen:

Computational drug design
Medicinal
Nucleotide inhibitors
RdRp
Remdesivir
SARS-CoV-2

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© Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences 2021

doi:

10.1007/s43440-021-00300-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR04560715X