Azimi Sabikeh, Merza Muna S, Ghasemi Fatemeh, Dhahi Hasan Ali, Baradarbarjastehbaf Farid, Moosavi Mehdi, Kargar Pouya Ghamari, Len Christophe
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Birjand, Birjand, 97175-615, Iran.
Prosthetic Dental Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, 51001, Iraq.
Sustain Chem Pharm. 2023 Sep;34:101136. doi: 10.1016/j.scp.2023.101136. Epub 2023 Jun 5.
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for ongoing epidemics in humans and some other mammals and has been declared a public health emergency of international concern. In this project, several small non-peptide molecules were synthesized to inhibit the major proteinase (M) of SARS-CoV-2 using rational strategies of drug design and medicinal chemistry. M is a key enzyme of coronaviruses and plays an essential role in mediating viral replication and transcription in human lung epithelial and stem cells, making it an attractive drug target for SARS-CoV. The antiviral potential of imidazoline derivatives as inhibitors of (SARS-CoV-2) M was evaluated using techniques such as molecular docking simulation, molecular dynamics (MD), and ADMET prediction. The docking scores of these imidazoline derivatives were compared to that of the N3 crystal inhibitor and showed that most of these compounds, particularly compound , interacted satisfactorily in the active site of the coronavirus and strongly interacted with the residues (Met 165, Gln 166, Met 165, His 41, and Gln 189). Furthermore, the results were confirmed by MD simulations after exposure to long-term MD simulations and ADMET predictions.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)导致了人类及其他一些哺乳动物中持续的疫情,并已被宣布为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。在本项目中,运用药物设计和药物化学的合理策略,合成了几种小分子非肽类分子以抑制SARS-CoV-2的主要蛋白酶(M)。M是冠状病毒的关键酶,在介导人类肺上皮细胞和干细胞中的病毒复制和转录过程中发挥着重要作用,使其成为SARS-CoV颇具吸引力的药物靶点。使用分子对接模拟、分子动力学(MD)和ADMET预测等技术评估了咪唑啉衍生物作为(SARS-CoV-2)M抑制剂的抗病毒潜力。将这些咪唑啉衍生物的对接分数与N3晶体抑制剂的对接分数进行比较,结果表明这些化合物中的大多数,尤其是化合物 ,在冠状病毒的活性位点有令人满意的相互作用,并与残基(Met 165、Gln 166、Met 165、His 41和Gln 189)有强烈相互作用。此外,在进行长期MD模拟和ADMET预测后,MD模拟证实了这些结果。