Repurposing screen highlights broad-spectrum coronavirus antivirals and their host targets

Abstract Libraries composed of licensed drugs represent a vast repertoire of molecules modulating physiologic processes in humans, thus providing unique opportunities for discovery of host targeting antivirals. We interrogated the ReFRAME repurposing library with 12,993 molecules for broad-spectrum coronavirus antivirals and discovered 134 compounds inhibiting an alphacoronavirus, mapping to 59 molecular target categories. Dominant targets included the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor and dopamine receptor and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. Counter-screening with SARS-CoV-2 and validation in primary cells identified Phortress, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) ligand, Bardoxolone and Omaveloxolone, two nuclear factor, erythroid 2 like 2 (NFE2L2) activators as inhibitors of both alpha- and betacoronaviruses. The landscape of coronavirus targeting molecules provides important information for the development of broad-spectrum antivirals reinforcing pandemic preparedness..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 16. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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Englisch

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

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10.1101/2021.07.14.452343

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XBI03220339X