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Int. J. Infect. Dis. · Sep 2020
Paromomycin: A potential dual targeted drug effectively inhibits both spike (S1) and main protease of COVID-19.
- Asma Tariq, Rana Muhammad Mateen, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, and Mahjabeen Saleem.
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Electronic address: asmi_mahmood@yahoo.com.
- Int. J. Infect. Dis. 2020 Sep 1; 98: 166-175.
ObjectivesWith the increasing number of people suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there is a dire need to look for effective remedies against this pandemic. Drug repurposing seems to be the solution for the current situation.MethodsIn a quest to find a potential drug against this virus, 15 antimalarial drugs (including chloroquine) and 2413 US Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs were investigated for activity against both the protease and spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 using an in silico approach. Molecular docking analysis followed by molecular dynamics simulation was performed to estimate the binding and stability of the complexes.ResultsThis study identified a single drug - paromomycin - with activity against two targets of SARS-CoV-2, i.e., spike protein (S1) and protease domain. Paromomycin was found to have strong binding affinity for both targets of coronavirus. The results also showed that no antimalarial drug exhibited effective binding for either S1 or protease.ConclusionsThis study found that paromomycin may be an effective dual targeting drug against coronavirus, as it binds not only to the protease domain of the virion, but also to the spike domain, with high stability. Furthermore, none of the antimalarial drugs showed strong binding affinity for either protease or the receptor binding domain (RBD).Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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