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Zong, Keli (Zong, Keli.) | Wei, Chaochun (Wei, Chaochun.) | Li, Wei (Li, Wei.) | Ruan, Jiajun (Ruan, Jiajun.) | Zhang, Susu (Zhang, Susu.) | Li, Jingjing (Li, Jingjing.) | Liu, Xiaojing (Liu, Xiaojing.) | Zhao, Xu (Zhao, Xu.) | Cao, Ruiyuan (Cao, Ruiyuan.) | Yan, Hong (Yan, Hong.) (Scholars:闫红) | Li, Xingzhou (Li, Xingzhou.)

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Introduction SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has presented a significant threat to global health and the economy, necessitating urgent efforts to develop effective antiviral drugs. The main protease (3CLpro) of SARS-CoV-2 is a critical target for antiviral therapy due to its essential role in viral replication.Methods In order to find new structural types of 3CLpro inhibitors to facilitate the solution to the problem of new virus resistance. Six potential pharmacologically bioactive compounds were identified by utilizing structure-based virtual screening and in vitro assays from the Topscience database containing 10 million compounds.Results and Discussion Among these, compounds 34 and 36 exhibited potent inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 6.12 +/- 0.42 mu M and 4.47 +/- 0.39 mu M, respectively. To elucidate their binding mechanisms with 3CLpro, all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted. Principal component analysis (PCA), free energy landscapes (FEL) and dynamic cross-correlation maps (DCCM) revealed that the binding of compounds 34 and 36 to 3CLpro significantly enhanced the structural stability of 3CLpro, reducing conformational flexibility and internal motions. The results of protein-ligand interaction showed that compounds 34 and 36 formed strong and stable interactions to key residues at active site of 3CLpro with different binding modes from S-217622. And HOMO-LUMO gap and molecular electrostatic potential distribution revealed the quantum chemical properties of compounds 34 and 36. These findings suggested that compounds 34 and 36 can be as novel SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitors and promising lead-like drug candidates for developing COVID-19 treatments.

Keyword:

DFT 3CLpro molecular docking molecular dynamics enzymatic assay

Author Community:

  • [ 1 ] [Zong, Keli]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Chem & Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 2 ] [Wei, Chaochun]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Chem & Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 3 ] [Li, Jingjing]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Chem & Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 4 ] [Yan, Hong]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Chem & Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 5 ] [Zong, Keli]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 6 ] [Li, Wei]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 7 ] [Ruan, Jiajun]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 8 ] [Zhang, Susu]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 9 ] [Liu, Xiaojing]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 10 ] [Cao, Ruiyuan]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 11 ] [Li, Xingzhou]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 12 ] [Zhao, Xu]Fifth Med Ctr Chinese PLA Gen Hosp, Dept Hepatol, Beijing, Peoples R China

Reprint Author's Address:

  • [Yan, Hong]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Chem & Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China;;[Cao, Ruiyuan]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China;;[Li, Xingzhou]Beijing Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, Beijing, Peoples R China;;

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FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY

Year: 2024

Volume: 15

5 . 6 0 0

JCR@2022

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