期刊
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
卷 788, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.139294
关键词
Coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Papain-like protease; GRL0617; Hypericin; Molecular modelling
资金
- McCord Research (Iowa, USA)
- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
- Australian Government
This study finds that hypericin may have antiviral effects against SARS-CoV-2 by inhibiting viral replication through binding to the PLpro protease. Although less potent than the known inhibitor GRL-0617, hypericin still shows inhibitory effects on the protease and deubiquitinating activities of PLpro.
The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like (PLpro) protease is essential for viral replication. We investigated potential antiviral effects of hypericin relative to the well-known noncovalent PLpro inhibitor GRL-0617. Molecular dynamics and PELE Monte Carlo simulations highlight favourable binding of hypericin and GRL-0617 to the naphthalene binding pocket of PLpro. Although not potent as GRL-0617 (45.8 vs 1.6 mu M for protease activity, respectively), in vitro fluorogenic enzymatic assays with hypericin show concentration-dependent inhibition of both PLpro pro-tease and deubiquitinating activities. Given its use in supplementations and the FDA conditional approval of a synthetic version, further evaluation of hypericin as a potential SARS-CoV-2 antiviral is warranted.
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