Repurposing of FDA-approved drugs against active site and potential allosteric drug-binding sites of COVID-19 main protease

Yüce M., Çiçek E., Inan T., Dag A. B., Kurkcuoglu O., Sungur F. A.

PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, cilt.89, sa.11, ss.1425-1441, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 89 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/prot.26164
  • Dergi Adı: PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1425-1441
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: allostery, drug repurposing, main protease, SARS-CoV-2, RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-CORONAVIRUS, MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS, BACTERIAL RIBOSOME, ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY, DOCKING, NETWORK, SIMULATIONS, INHIBITORS, DISCOVERY, COMMUNICATION
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) still has serious negative effects on health, social life, and economics. Recently, vaccines from various companies have been urgently approved to control SARS-CoV-2 infections. However, any specific antiviral drug has not been confirmed so far for regular treatment. An important target is the main protease (M-pro), which plays a major role in replication of the virus. In this study, Gaussian and residue network models are employed to reveal two distinct potential allosteric sites on M-pro that can be evaluated as drug targets besides the active site. Then, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs are docked to three distinct sites with flexible docking using AutoDock Vina to identify potential drug candidates. Fourteen best molecule hits for the active site of M-pro are determined. Six of these also exhibit high docking scores for the potential allosteric regions. Full-atom molecular dynamics simulations with MM-GBSA method indicate that compounds docked to active and potential allosteric sites form stable interactions with high binding free energy ( increment G(bind)) values. increment G(bind) values reach -52.06 kcal/mol for the active site, -51.08 kcal/mol for the potential allosteric site 1, and - 42.93 kcal/mol for the potential allosteric site 2. Energy decomposition calculations per residue elucidate key binding residues stabilizing the ligands that can further serve to design pharmacophores. This systematic and efficient computational analysis successfully determines ivermectine, diosmin, and selinexor currently subjected to clinical trials, and further proposes bromocriptine, elbasvir as M-pro inhibitor candidates to be evaluated against SARS-CoV-2 infections.