Kubra Bibi, Badshah Syed Lal, Faisal Shah, Sharaf Mohamed, Emwas Abdul-Hamid, Jaremko Mariusz, Abdalla Mohnad
Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, PR China.
J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2023 Oct-Nov;41(18):9103-9120. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2140201. Epub 2022 Nov 20.
Since its emergence in 2019, coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic and killed several million people worldwide. Even though several types of vaccines are available against the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, new strains are emerging that pose a constant danger to vaccine effectiveness. In this computational study, we identified and predicted potent allosteric inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro). Via molecular docking and simulations, more than 100 distinct flavonoids were docked with the allosteric site of Mpro. Docking experiments revealed four top hit compounds (Hesperidin, Schaftoside, Brickellin, and Marein) that bound strongly to the Mpro predicted allosteric site. Simulation analyses further revealed that these continually interacted with the enzyme's allosteric region throughout the simulation time. ADMET and Lipinski drug likenesses were calculated to indicate the therapeutic value of the top four hits: They were non-toxic and exhibited high human intestinal absorption concentrations. These novel allosteric site inhibitors provide a higher chance of drugging SARS-CoV2 Mpro due to the rapid mutation rate of the viral enzyme's active sites. Our findings provide a new avenue for developing novel allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
自2019年出现以来,冠状病毒感染(COVID-19)已成为全球大流行疾病,在全球造成数百万人死亡。尽管有几种针对COVID-19病毒(严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2,SARS-CoV-2)的疫苗,但新毒株不断出现,持续威胁着疫苗的有效性。在这项计算研究中,我们识别并预测了SARS-CoV-2主要蛋白酶(Mpro)的有效变构抑制剂。通过分子对接和模拟,100多种不同的黄酮类化合物与Mpro的变构位点进行了对接。对接实验揭示了四种最匹配的化合物(橙皮苷、schaftoside、Brickellin和marein),它们与预测的Mpro变构位点紧密结合。模拟分析进一步表明,在整个模拟过程中,这些化合物持续与该酶的变构区域相互作用。计算了这四种最佳化合物的ADMET和Lipinski类药性质,以表明其治疗价值:它们无毒,且在人体肠道中的吸收浓度较高。由于病毒酶活性位点的快速突变率,这些新型变构位点抑制剂为靶向SARS-CoV2 Mpro提供了更高的可能性。我们的研究结果为开发新型SARS-CoV-2 Mpro变构抑制剂提供了一条新途径。由Ramaswamy H. Sarma传达。