Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
Volume 39, Issue 9, Pages 3204-3212Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1761882
Keywords
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; RdRp; molecular docking; molecular dynamics simulation; drug repurposing
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- Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
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This study used molecular modeling and dynamics simulations to test the binding affinity of various clinically approved drugs and drug candidates to SARS-CoV-2 RdRp. The results showed that several drugs demonstrated effective binding, with Setrobuvir, YAK and IDX-184 showing particularly promising results.
New treatment against SARS-CoV-2 now is a must. Nowadays, the world encounters a huge health crisis by the COVID-19 viral infection. Nucleotide inhibitors gave a lot of promising results in terms of its efficacy against different viral infections. In this work, molecular modeling, docking, and dynamics simulations are used to build a model for the viral protein RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and test its binding affinity to some clinically approved drugs and drug candidates. Molecular dynamics is used to equilibrate the system upon binding calculations to ensure the successful reproduction of previous results, to include the dynamics of the RdRp, and to understand how it affects the binding. The results show the effectiveness of Sofosbuvir, Ribavirin, Galidesivir, Remdesivir, Favipiravir, Cefuroxime, Tenofovir, and Hydroxychloroquine, in binding to SARS-CoV-2 RdRp. Additionally, Setrobuvir, YAK, and IDX-184, show better results, while four novel IDX-184 derivatives show promising results in attaching to the SARS-CoV-2 RdRp. There is an urgent need to specify drugs that can selectively bind and subsequently inhibit SARS-CoV-2 proteins. The availability of a punch of FDA-approved anti-viral drugs can help us in this mission, aiming to reduce the danger of COVID-19. The compounds 2 and 3 may tightly bind to the SARS-CoV-2 RdRp and so may be successful in the treatment of COVID-19.
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